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That is some really good insight. I appreciate it. When I was younger, my best friend and I went to Christian camps for the summer and had an awesome time. I just remember the differences between Christian and Catholic church - if that makes sense.
Feel free to share what those differences are.
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I would honestly love to have our wedding and marriage in front of God in a Catholic church but I'm not sure if there is one around where I live. We are new to this area and want to be married before the baby comes as well. Yes, I have personally thought about marriage prep but again I'm stuck because I'm not sure where to go around here. I'll do some research and see if I can find anything.
Thank you and God bless!
Well, you did ask how to become a christian from a catholic and so that is how I had responded.
I heard that a ship's captain can marry two people. Elope. Elope.
Okay. No pressure.
Take it to Jesus in prayer. Trust Him to be Your Good Shepherd.
Sounds more like you are looking for a certain lifestyle, with benefits, rather than religion. I'm only pointing that out because if that's the case you are bound to be dissapointed and could even begin to resent christianity for not giving you what you think it will or living up to your expectations.
ARodriques88 - Take your time with the marriage. How does your fiance' react to your turn towards spiritual things?
Being a Christian is about your relationship w/ Christ - your sin, His death in your place, His resurrection to new life, and your life w/ Him in heaven. The rest is making your life on earth resemble Jesus Christ.
Catholicism doesn't matter - it's the relationship w/ Christ.
A point to remember:
Being a "member" of a church (Catholic or otherwise), isn't what makes you a Christian. A church can't save you. Only Jesus, through receiving Him as your personal Savior, is able to give eternal life to anyone.
When I was a little boy, I went to the local Methodist church for years and years. I was officially a "member". Was I therefore a Christian? Nope!I had not received Jesus as my Savior. Why not? Because.....NOBODY had told me of that need! Nobody told me that I was a sinner that needed redemption through Christ Jesus. Even our Sunday school teacher had never told us! You can be a member of a church until you are 100 years old, and still not be a Christian!
The question to ask is not whether "Catholics are Christian or not", (that has already been addressed in other threads...please don't argue that here) but the question to ask is whether you are a Christian. Have you talked this over with God, and received His only begotten Son, as your Savior? It is critically important!.
Receiving Christ as Lord is the single most important decision anyone can ever make.
Please people, don't cloud the issue by "plugging" for you own particular favorite "brand" of church on the thread...tempting as it may be. Please be in prayer for what is of primary importance: that those who are seeking the Lord may receive Jesus as Lord and Savior...church choice and attendance is of secondary importance. Just IMO...
A point to remember:
Being a "member" of a church (Catholic or otherwise), isn't what makes you a Christian. A church can't save you. Only Jesus, through receiving Him as your personal Savior, is able to give eternal life to anyone.
When I was a little boy, I went to the local Methodist church for years and years. I was officially a "member". Was I therefore a Christian? Nope!I had not received Jesus as my Savior. Why not? Because.....NOBODY had told me of that need! Nobody told me that I was a sinner that needed redemption through Christ Jesus. Even our Sunday school teacher had never told us! You can be a member of a church until you are 100 years old, and still not be a Christian!
The question to ask is not whether "Catholics are Christian or not", (that has already been addressed in other threads...please don't argue that here) but the question to ask is whether you are a Christian. Have you talked this over with God, and received His only begotten Son, as your Savior? It is critically important!.
Receiving Christ as Lord is the single most important decision anyone can ever make.
Please people, don't cloud the issue by "plugging" for you own particular favorite "brand" of church on the thread...tempting as it may be. Please be in prayer for what is of primary importance: that those who are seeking the Lord may receive Jesus as Lord and Savior...church choice and attendance is of secondary importance. Just IMO...
Bud
I agree with Bud, I was raised a Lutheran. Actually my parents dropped us kids off then went home. I was forced into confirmation as a teen-ager but knew nothing about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In fact it wasn't until I was 22 that I was truly saved accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
I am not saying that people are not believers or saved if they are Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, etc. but being in a denomination does not guarantee salvation and neither does going to church. You can sit in a church Sunday after Sunday for decades and never really KNOW Christ.
That is why to this day I attend non-denominational churches. I believe in Jesus and His Word (the bible). The rest of the stuff is a waste of time.. Who needs a confessional when Jesus is our High Priest and the one who forgives sin.
Sounds more like you are looking for a certain lifestyle, with benefits, rather than religion. I'm only pointing that out because if that's the case you are bound to be dissapointed and could even begin to resent christianity for not giving you what you think it will or living up to your expectations.
Very, very wise observation. What her actual motives are, of course, is between her and God, but it was vital to point this out.
My question was, since I have only known about Catholic preaches is there anything different that I need to do in order to become Christian?
Catholics are Christians. Jesus personally started the Catholic Church. If you follow Jesus, as all Catholics are required to do, then you are a Christian. When people started breaking away from the Catholic Church they added their own practices and started their own churches and now we have 30,000 - 40,000 Protestant churches to choose from. All of these, the Catholic and the Protestant, are Christian.
I would encourage you to look for an engagement encounter (google it). It might be very helpful to you in preparing for marriage. They are low cost anyway, but fees are generally waived for those who can't afford it, if that is an issue.
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Just because you changed your mind now your fiance has to also? Why do you have the right to believe in what you want but he doesn't have the right to his own beliefs? You can't force someone to believe in something they don't. I wouldn't go into this marriage thinking I could change him if I were you. Rather I would think long and hard about how I will feel if he never becomes a believer.
^That +1111111. How about trying to learn his ways? What makes yours hold more merit than his. What if HE doesn't want the baby to experience the same things as you desire? I don't know why you wouldn't have discussed such things before getting so serious and getting pregnant. IMO unless you are both open to each others ways this will never work out in the long run.
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I'll do some research and see if I can find anything.
I was forced into confirmation as a teen-ager but knew nothing about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In fact it wasn't until I was 22 that I was truly saved accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior. 
What her actual motives are, of course, is between her and God, but it was vital to point this out.
