You're the one that keeps inserting the word Catholic in it, Sanctus talks about the Church. Admitedly by implication this is the Catholic church. Don't you believe Jesus founded the Catholic Church?
You know, Jesus begin His ministry with 12apostles. The number 12 is an earthly number dipcting an earhtly organization. Also a complete cross section of all earhly things.
By the way, numbers in scripture are significant and carry allot of meaning.
The start of the ministry of the Apostles was at Pentecost. This was the beginnings of the Church of Christ, not the Catholic Church as we think today.
Let me explain why I say that.
The church of Christ is not an earthly body but a spiritual body in earthly vessels making up the spiritual church on earth.
At the very start there were no set rules, traditions or places of worship by where theses new found believers could worship in.
So they met in individual houses.
And as like the natrual human insticts, humanity desires a leader. Much like it is discribed in the bible when God gave the Jews King Saul.
They demanded a leader.
Anyways, you can read it for yourself and make up your own mind as to what to believe.
But, Christ's Church is in the hearts of souls. Once we become members by knowledge of, reliance of and trust in this new Savior of our souls, we become members forever and without end.
Those are promises given to us for our comforts in times of trials and tribulations.
Read the chapter of Romans 5. By the way, the number five is significant in the word grace.
As you will see by the contents of that chapter.
The physical churches are but mere directors, directing us to Christ. (hopefully if it does not corrupt itself )
Christ is the ultimate goal for all of us, because He is Jesus, the new name in heaven and on earth by which all mankind shall be saved.
He is God! Besides Him there is no other gods by which mankind can be saved.
Membership in any church will not save any soul, but Christ will. And when He does save you, you will become a member of His Church triumphant, of which nothing on this earth can touch it.
But is at the gates of hell rescuing souls, from this hellish environment.
You and I are at the gates of hell, because we know who our Savior is and we are known of Him.
We are therefore called to carry His message of salvation to our immediate circles of influence by demonstration. Christ of course being the perfect example of that demonstrate. Loving His enemies.
His enemies are the souls God wants, for He alone could save us all.
For all of us had become enemies of God because of the flesh, but now are given the privilege of becoming friends of Christ and invited to the feast.
1Pe 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Invitation:
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
The supper of the lamb.
Rev 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Rev 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
We are all called, but many don't come.
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