Often, people are hostile to The Catholic Church. “I’m happy just the way I am!” they insist.
We may ask: “Would you like some more money? Would you like to win the lottery? Would you like to lose a few pounds? Be in better shape? A little more life insurance for your loved ones?”
“I always need more money! I’d love to win the lottery! I could stand to lose a little weight. Of course I’d like to be in better shape. And, my family sure could use more insurance if something happened to me.”
“So, you really aren’t happy, just as you are. If your earthly needs could use more, couldn’t your soul use a greater closeness to God?”
“My soul is just fine the way it is! And, so am I!”
The person with a need for more money, thinness, exercise, and life insurance is also aware that their soul may live forever. Many turn from the admitted complications of the very large, very old, Catholic Church. “I just want a cheap soul insurance policy!” Those policies are offered by the simpler Pastor Bobs and their Bobisms. Many of them have reduced two thousand years of Christian theology to: “If you believe in Jesus and The Bible you are saved! You get to go to Heaven! I guarantee it!”
Those seeking cheap soul insurance are amazed, especially if they’re aware of the complicated thoughts behind every Catholic doctrine. “That’s all I have to do to get to Heaven? Just say ‘I believe in Jesus and The Bible?”
“Well, some of our theologians think it helps if you say “I’ve been born again!” You should say that a lot. And, you should ask others ‘Have you been born again?’ That shows God that you are a serious Christian.”
“That seems too simple.”
“Well it’s not! It’s all you need. We start out by saying ‘I believe in Jesus and The Bible.’ Then, we move up to ‘I’ve been ‘born again!’ After all that, we tell people ‘I have a personal relationship with Jesus.’ That’s as far as anyone can go, theologically speaking.”
“I can do that! I can say all those things! ‘I believe in Jesus and The Bible. I’ve been ‘born again’! I have ‘a personal relationship with Jesus!’ Is there anything else I need to know?”
“Here, in the Family Evangelical Bible Church, we don’t ever tell anyone how much to give, but The Bible does say we should give ten percent. We have a lot of important outreach programs and mission work we are led to support.”
Some go along with that. The brighter ones do a little thinking. “Hmmm.”, the purchaser of cheap soul insurance ponders. “If all I need to get to Heaven is to say ‘I believe in Jesus and The Bible, ‘I’ve been born again!’ and ‘I have a personal relationship with Jesus’, why do I even need Pastor Bob’s church? I don’t need any church at all! I’ve really been ‘born again!'”
There is no cheap soul insurance in The Only Church Jesus Founded. We pay for that policy by giving up motivators and excuses like pride, envy, greed, gluttony, anger, lust, and sloth. At first, giving up those things seem like a big price to pay.
Often, those who are satisfied with their cheap soul insurance policies written by fly-by-night companies dislike us for our decision to be in The Only Church Jesus Founded.
