Catholic and Protestant�s Salvation

The normal reaction of the readers of my previous post entitled �The Church of Christ and The Protestant Sects,� is to asked: �Does it mean that men who are Protestant and Catholic have no salvation on the day of God�s wrath?
Well, I couldn�t answer it directly. The Bible and God�s Messengers are those who have the authority to answer this question. So, let�s try to examine the words of God written on the Bible in order to answer the question raised in our head� Is there salvation awaits to all men who are Protestant and Catholic?
The Lord Jesus Christ answers:
� 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.� (John 10:9, New King James Version)
According to Christ, anyone enters by Him will be saved. Take note, Christ said, anyone, which means who ever you are, whether you are a Filipino, American, Jews or of any race, salvation awaits for you if you will enter by Christ. But how could one enter Christ? Does it mean that man should enter into the physical body of Christ for one to be saved?
Apostle Paul said to his brethren in Rome:
�4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.� (Romans 12:4-5, ibid)
According to Apostle Paul, he and his brethren are members of one body in Christ. What is this body? Apostle Paul also answered in Colossians 1:18:
�18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.�(ibid)
The body is the church. But there are many churches that exist in the world today. Which of the churches should the man enter, for him to be saved?
On the same verse, it is clearly distinguished what church is it. It is the church in which Christ is the head of it. And it is the body of Christ. Christ called it His own�.. His Church (Matt 16:18), or the Church of Christ (Acts 20:28 -Lamsa Translation; Rom. 16:16) according to Apostle Paul.
Therefore, those who are members of the Catholic and Protestant faith will be saved on the Judgment day if they will follow Christ�s invitation to all men to enter his body, the Church. And it is not just any churches, remember that, but only to the Church of Christ. Take note, that there is only one true Church, just like what Apostle had said on Ephesians 4:4-6:
�4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you[a] all.� (ibid)
See! According to Apostle Paul, there is only one body. And we all know that this body is the church. There is also one Spirit and one faith which is a contradiction to what has happened to all Protestant Sects. There is only one baptism. And the most important one: There is only one God.
I hope this article answers your question regarding salvation. If you still have questions please feel free to email me at webspy85[at]yahoo.com. You can also dropped your comment on our comment section or visit the neareast locale of the Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo).
Thank you so much.
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