Posted on 02/23/2015 9:53:14 AM PST by Gamecock
Catholic friend, do you desire this “so great salvation” (Hebrews 2:6)? If so, all you must do is receive it (John 1:12) through faith (Romans 5:1). God loves us and offers us salvation as a gift (John 3:16). If we receive His grace, by faith, we have salvation as our eternal possession (Ephesians 2:8-9). Once saved, nothing can separate us from His love (Romans 8:38-39). Nothing can remove us from His hand (John 10:28-29). If you desire this salvation, if you desire to have all your sins forgiven, if you desire to have assurance of salvation, if you desire direct access to the God who loves you – receive it, and it is yours. This is the salvation that Jesus died to provide and that God offers as a gift.
Christians believe in Christ hence the name. Do Catholics believe in Christ?
Maybe I just travel in different circles than the author, but in all my many decades on this earth I have NEVER ONCE heard a Catholic say that, or anything close to that.
Sigh. Catholics are the original Christians. I will never cease to be amazed at the voluminous verbiage I see on our FreeRepublic from my Protestant buddies.
Want a real challenge? Go after Muslims and leave the rest of us alone. Might be a bit hazardous, though.
Catholics look at Protestants and cry “Sola Scriptura”. Likewise Protestants look at Catholics and cry “Sola Eccliesia”.
I have observed that the term “prima” should be used instead of “sola”. This small change would avoid much of the us versus them conversations.
Oh here we go ... another religious war at FR.
THIS is what turns people off to Christianity.
***THIS is what turns people off to Christianity.***
Have you accepted Jesus as your Savior?
Me either. The author, in my opinion, is stalking a straw man of his own making.
Read this
I read most of it. This post is open to all so the use of the word Christian is open ended. If you are going to examine a small group usage of a word it needs to be precisely presented.
Do Catholics believe in Christ? This is the root of the question as I see it.
Never heard any Catholic ever use that question so not sure who the author is talking too.
I do not have to answer to YOU, that much I know.
I know who I have to answer to.
If there are any Muzzies who stop by FR, I’m sure they enjoy the ongoing Christian circular firing squad.
Great post. Once upon a time I was married to and converted to Catholicism. I’m divorced without an annulment (never understood that concept) and I walked back into my Christian tenets. I have never been able to reconcile praying to saints or Mary when the Bible is very clear on our direct line to God through Christ. Confessing my sins directly to a priest as if he can absolve them? He isn’t God any more than the Pope is the Holy Father. Truly no disrespect intended to my Catholic friends. These are my opinions.
I am both a Catholic and a Bible Christian. I pray directly to God and read the Bible. I personally have no conflicts being both a Bible Christian and a Catholic.
of course Catholics believe in Christ...do Protestants, Methodists or Baptists believe in Christ???
1) i’m a practicing Catholic all my life and believe, like all walks of life, there are good and bad in the religion and there are some who put the religion ahead of Christ....
2) for years I worked with dozens of born again Christians and while many were good people and equal number of them believed since they had “accepted Christ in my heart I am saved” they could do whatever the freak they wanted..of course these people were the most judgmental in the office and the one’s ripping people off and getting fined for violations....but they were saved because they said they accepted Christ in their hearts...
Not only enjoy it, but depend on it.
It is their chink in the wall.
“Christians believe in Christ hence the name. Do Catholics believe in Christ?”
Do Southern Baptists only believe in baptizing Southern people? What do Methodists believe in? What do Episcopalians believe in?
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