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Important Reminder: God is more Powerful than Satan
Archdiocese of Washington ^
| 08-14-18
| Msgr. Charles Pope
Posted on 08/15/2018 7:59:10 AM PDT by Salvation
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To: Salvation
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posted on
08/15/2018 9:57:15 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Salvation
They sneer, call people names, whine, and in many ways seem to be dumb as rocks; they often act like pre-teens. Or like demoncRATs ...
Hmmm ...
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posted on
08/15/2018 10:04:11 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: PeterPrinciple; Salvation
The picture caught my eye this morning. What/where is that statue?I am not an expert on China by any stretch (my Asian experience has been confined to Japan), but I think this is Guan Di, a war deity in the Chinese pantheon. Before he was deified, he was Guan Yu 關帝 (in Japan pronounced Kan U), a Han dynasty warrior who is best known today for the stories told about him in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
If you google "Guan Di" and click on "Images," you will see the resemblance--though I can't find the actual image in the Msgr.'s blog.
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posted on
08/15/2018 10:20:10 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: PeterPrinciple
An Angel does not have its will and intellect darkened by sin.
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posted on
08/15/2018 10:54:10 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: painter
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posted on
08/15/2018 4:00:49 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: painter
Again, it sounds good to our ears. Why? Because it appeals to our wanting to be in charge.
Does stop talking to God sound like good Biblical advice?
Talking to the problem instead? Rely on your own ability, take charge of the problem.
This is prosperity Gospel which our ears like. David constantly put his problems before the Lord. What happens when people take charge using the Lords Name? I will let you do you own testing of the statement with the Bible.
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posted on
08/16/2018 6:15:28 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: NorthMountain
An Angel does not have its will and intellect darkened by sin.
Would it be better to say an Angel gets his power from God, not his own ability?
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posted on
08/16/2018 6:18:27 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: PeterPrinciple
Again, it sounds good to our ears. Why? Because it appeals to our wanting to be in charge.
I don't think you understand what I'm talking about. It doesn't have to be written in the Bible to realize that there isn't anything TO big that God can't handle.
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posted on
08/16/2018 6:54:21 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: painter
So you agree with the statement to stop talking to God and talk to the storm?
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posted on
08/16/2018 6:56:31 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: PeterPrinciple
Any created being, from an Angel to a quark, gets its "power" (indeed its very existence) from God. So the distinction is not in where the being gets its capabilities, but how the being uses it. Those we call "Angels" have not sinned, and their wills and intellects are perfectly in tune with God. Those we call "Demons" have sinned grievously, are separated from and opposed to God. Hence they are unable (or unwilling, or both) to operate as God intended them to do. Sin has made them weak and stupid, by comparison to what they would be if they were in tune with God.
IMHO.
IANAT.
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posted on
08/16/2018 7:10:58 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: painter
It doesn’t have to be written in the Bible to realize that there isn’t anything TO big that God can’t handle.
The statement contains a little truth but is perverted. Does it not remind you of Satan talking to Jesus, “Hath God not said...
” Satan told the truth but was trying to get Jesus to take wrong action on that truth.
Now isn’t it better when God tells you thru his Word rather than relying on your own understanding?
Eyes to see and ears to hear.
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posted on
08/16/2018 7:17:38 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: NorthMountain
the distinction is not in where the being gets its capabilities, but how the being uses it.
Do you really mean that?
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posted on
08/16/2018 7:20:23 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: PeterPrinciple
Yes. EVERYTHING about our existence comes from God. (John 1:1-3) You exist because God created you. EVERY power, ability, whatever that you have came from God. You have no ability, no existence even, apart from God. The same is true of me, Donald Trump, Archangel Michael, the demon Lucifer, and the smallest quark. Therefore, power coming from God cannot be a distinction among us. It has to be something else.
IMHO.
IANAT.
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posted on
08/16/2018 7:25:45 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: PeterPrinciple
I think the explanation for "Angels are more powerful than Satan" might be that they were
originally equal (all sharing an angelic nature) but that Satan's sin clouded his mind and impaired his will.
We know that sin has many negative results which redound on the evildoer, and one of the results is, "Sin makes you stupid."
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posted on
08/16/2018 8:14:58 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Stand fast and hold the traditions ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2 Thess 2:15)
To: ealgeone
It illustrates the supremacy of Jesus Christ over all else. You’ll notice His Word was sufficient. He didn’t hit him with a book!
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posted on
08/16/2018 8:17:34 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Stand fast and hold the traditions ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2 Thess 2:15)
To: Mrs. Don-o
It illustrates the supremacy of Jesus Christ over all else. Youll notice His Word was sufficient. He didnt hit him with a book!You overlook His correct appeal to Scripture as compared to Satan's misuse of Scripture.
Rome needs to pay attention.
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posted on
08/16/2018 8:19:38 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: PeterPrinciple
So you agree with the statement to stop talking to God and talk to the storm
No. That is absurd!
First you never stop talking to God. No matter how great a challenge a person faces in life God is there to help you if you ask.
I have had personal experiences with His help.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:22:52 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: Mrs. Don-o
There wasn’t a Bible in the days of Jesus! LOL! Just Holy Tradition — his word being passed from person to person!
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:25:17 AM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: PeterPrinciple
The statement contains a little truth but is perverted. Does it not remind you of Satan talking to Jesus, Hath God not said...
Satan told the truth but was trying to get Jesus to take wrong action on that truth.
Satan was tempting Jesus to do what he (devil) asked.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:27:17 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: painter
So you agree with the statement to stop talking to God and talk to the storm
Again, read the statement, let you lips move, what does it say?
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posted on
08/16/2018 10:04:02 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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