Which Church Saves? (Packet of 100, KJV)
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Two people were having a discussion on religion one day. This is how it went:
"Do I have to become a Protestant to be saved?"
"Not at all! I wouldn't waste my time trying to convert you to Protestantism."
"But you don't believe that the Catholic Church can save, do you?"
"No, I don't."
"Well, I am a Roman Catholic and my friends are members of the Greek Orthodox Church. You say that neither one can save, and you are a Protestant. Don't you want us to turn Protestant also?"
"No, I don't. I have never asked any Catholic to become a Protestant."
"You haven't! I don't understand. Don't you believe that Protestantism can save?"
"No, I don't."
"You don't! What then--? How can one be saved?"
"Neither the Roman Catholic, the Greek Orthodox, or the Protestant Church can save your soul. No church can save, but the LORD JESUS CHRIST can."
"JESUS!"
"That's right: one is not saved by a Church, either Catholic or Protestant, but through a Person--the Lord Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son."
"Can it be possible? I've never heard this before!"
"You see, it would do you no good to become a Protestant, for there are thousands of Protestants who are not saved; there are thousands who have embraced Christianity, but have never accepted the Christ of Christianity personally as Saviour."
"Is that why we have not found peace? Is there no peace in Catholicism?"
"No, there's not--and none in Protestantism either. Peace is only found in Jesus. Religion cannot save; Christ alone can."
"Are you sure about this?"
"Don't just take my word for it. God says very plainly that salvation is only ...