Christ promised the Holy Spirit and the Spirit came and dwell among HIS followers. There had been division amongs the Followers of Christ(the church).
There was no division among the Early Christians. They were all unite as one in the body of Christ. They do things together.
There was only one church until the Protestant reformation by Rev. Martin Luther King around 1500 A.D.
Groups started breaking off the Catholic Church.
Take a look at this Statistic....

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CHRISTIANITY
There are 2.3 billions Christians in the World.

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1) Catholism:- In Catholism, we have Roman Catholic(1.2 billions) and the Eastern orthodoxy Catholic(300million).
They all do things together under the authority of one Pope, but differs just a little..
The whole Catholics Churches in the world has one belief and do things At the Same time.....
2) Protestanism:- Is Sub-divided into Many groups, numbering upto 800 million.

Restoration Movement, Anabaptism, Calvinism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Assyrian Church, Great Schism, Council of Ephesus, Baptist, Apostolic, Methodist, Nicce of Chaeddelon and others like Mormonism, Jehovah witnesses, and Pentecostalism e.t.c
They pentecostalism under Number 2(protestants) is the MOST confusing, self-contradicting, dis-united group in Christendom....
NOTE: I am not against any church...
For example in Nigeria. (MFM, Deeper, winners, chosen, embassy, and all other Ministry Int. E.t.c Their doctrines never agrees with each other. You will see them condeming themselves...
Among these pentecostal churches, some are 2yrs-old, 10yrs old, 3yrs old and still yet, they will claim supremacy that the Own Doctrine teaches the truth...
Every Single denomination in Christendom claims to be directed by the Holy Spirit....
Truely, The Holy Spirit is One.
Which Denomination is guided by the Holy Spirit??
Why all these Confusion?

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It has been said over and over and will still be reiterated that salvation is what you earn personally irrespective of your denomination

RaphaellaDD:


I don't particularly believe in denomination. As long as the preaching I'm hearing is in line with the word of God, then I know that I'm in the right place.

How do you know that the preaching you are hearing goes in line with the word of God??
Since Every Member of every denomination says thesame....

573V31D: It has been said over and over and will still be reiterated that salvation is what you earn personally irrespective of your denomination

Thanks for Your Answer.
Pls can two people who disagrees on earth agree in Heaven?
Am Just asking

It is not normal. it is the consequences of disobedience, no pastor will ever want to be controlled by another. That is why there are millions of denominations and there will continue to be till the dawn of eternity. Only the Catholic church will remain one because it has been built by Jesus on the foundation of obedience. Am not saying that there is no salvation outside Catholic church but it is hard to obtain salvation when you leave Catholic church where you were born (am speaking of people born Catholics) because you were born to survive on the sacrament of the Eucharist and reconciliation.

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stanchris4reality: It is not normal. it is the consequences of disobedience, no pastor will ever want to be controlled by another. That is why there are millions of denominations and there will continue to be till the dawn of eternity. Only the Catholic church will remain one because it has been built by Jesus on the foundation of obedience. Am not saying that there is no salvation outside Catholic church but it is hard to obtain salvation when you leave Catholic church where you were born (am speaking of people born Catholics) because you were born to survive on the sacrament of the Eucharist and reconciliation.

of what heresy is this? And what's is catholic church or protestant or pentecoastal?even the roman catholic church can be said to be the last&least of all the churches....Now is the time for all churches to be subdue to the power&authority of the Lamb.
Mancelliot,it is so concerning those you mentioned(pentecostal) coz the Lamb allows it but a time is coming(NOW IS THE TIME) that all those churches you mentioned will be scrapped...coz they're made with human hands,a NEW church is about to arise,even greater than what we had in the days of the witnesses(Apostles)

RaphaellaDD:


You study the bible. If you know what God said in the bible, then you'll know if you're hearing the truth.

that's right. That's why i love the bereans