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To: Old Yeller

And as a former ex-Catholic, I am praying for your return.


110 posted on 03/23/2015 9:52:30 PM PDT by moonhawk (What if they gave a crisis and nobody came?)
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To: moonhawk; Old Yeller
And as a former ex-Catholic, I am praying for your return.

And just what is it that ex-Catholics need to return to? When I was a Roman Catholic, I didn't KNOW Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord. I didn't KNOW that I have eternal life through faith in Him - that all those who come to Him in faith are His sheep and we shall NEVER perish nor be plucked from His hands (John 10:27-30). I didn't KNOW that I could live in freedom from sin and its control over everything in my life. I didn't KNOW that it is by the grace of God THROUGH faith and not by my works of righteousness that I was saved. I didn't KNOW that the Holy Spirit indwells ALL those who are born again through faith and that He will never leave or forsake us. I didn't KNOW that I walk by faith and not by sight and the GOSPEL is the power of God unto salvation to all those who believe.

I DO know those things now. So, what exactly does going back to the Roman Catholic church do for me that Jesus has not already done? Does returning mean I must just accept all the dogmas and doctrines devised by men in that church over the centuries that have no basis in God's word? Will I find rest for my soul that is better than the rest I ALREADY know? Will I have any greater assurance of my salvation than that I have now or will that be something I have to give up since Catholics tell me such assurance is a "sin of presumption"? Sorry, I don't see any reason why anyone would want to return to such uncertainty - especially not when some of the FRoman Catholic representatives that show up on these threads exhibit such visceral hatred and contempt for others who won't, and don't, buy into their religious beliefs. We are supposed to speak the truth in love, gentleness and respect. THAT will be how other know we are Christ's disciples.

I will not be returning seeing as it was God who led me out and into the light of the glorious gospel.

252 posted on 03/24/2015 2:40:14 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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