Posted on 04/22/2015 2:34:02 PM PDT by RnMomof7
If the gospel does not offend, it is not the gospel ...so the offense is a good thing
Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
>>The Septuagint version of Scripture that Jesus quoted in the NT contained the Deuterocanonical books.<<
Jesus, in Luke 11:51 and Matthew 23:55 when he refers to the “the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah” affirms the first book of the Hebrew scripture as Genesis, and the last book as II Chronicles. This affirmation demonstrates the Hebrew “Canon” was closed by the time of Malachi in 425 B.C.
Jesus also referred to the 3-part division of Hebrew scripture in Luke 24:44, referring to the, “Law of Moses.. the prophets …the Psalms”. This reference confirms the current division of Hebrew canon, which excludes the books known as the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonicals.
Josephus (37-100 A.D), the Jewish historian also affirmed in his arguments in Contra Apion 1:7-8 the number of books in the Hebrew canon was numbered at 22, which according to Jewish numbering is the same as the 39 in the Protestant Old Testament.
Jerome (325-420 A.D.) The Biblical scholar of his day, and the translator of the Catholic Bible, the Latin Vulgate, clearly agreed with the Hebrew canon, being limited 39 books of the present Old Testament to the exclusion of the additional books of the Apocrypha.
I would suggest you study the history of the Septuagint.
Do you ever discuss it? You might be surprised what she thinks
Before the 1600's they were altogether...then suddenly someone had a brilliant idea....why don't we split off from Christ's church and decide on our own how to get to Heaven......How's that working out for you?????
No problem .. Eph 6:14
Jesus codified the O.T. canon in the book of Luke...
you ALWAYS attack the leader...what would be the point of Catholics going after protestants, who by their very name, are protesting what Catholics know to be the truth???
That makes sense, when you consider my signature.
....”If Jesus sends that soul to Purgatory, it is so that the soul can be purified by suffering and penance it did not do while on earth”.....
There’s no such thing as purgatory....they’re cannot be otherwise the work of the cross accomplished nothing at all.
Either Jesus died for us and forgives is of sins, and to grant us eternal life with him by that...or it’s all a lie.
I’ve often wondered how people that believe they are praying someone out of purgatory tells when they’ve finally made it????? Becuase otherwise if they don’t know then they too die without knowing....
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed ‘in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!’
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
They are foreign to the scriptures which they compiled...but you, on the other hand, are right on with the definite truth...
O.K., I guess.........
Is is not also true that we can be generous to one another across denominational lines and not attribute motives to Luther or others who are long dead?
Thank-you for making my night and God Bless.
The sad thing about all this is that at a time when Christians in the Middle East are either are dying for the Lord Jesus or are fleeing for their very lives, there is still infighting which simply is NOT of GOD and only gives the enemy unwanted support.
I too, love the Evangelicals even when hurtful posts are posted. In truth, they are FORGIVEN for doing such stuff including using the Holy Bible to bash Christian Catholics.
I use a courier’s pouch now ... 9mm rides better.
I would love to see Free Republic be a force for Good, across the board, not just on their other forums.
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Amen!
I have to respectfully disagree that threads talking about what the bible says can in any way displease Jesus.
Yet at the Catholic mass the scriptures are read, so it is round plug in a round hole.
A gentle correctin.
Yet sadly, the Bible has been used on a number of threads to bash other Christian believers, Catholics included.
What more would a lost person actually need than the gospel of the grace of God? Stock tips? Obama news? Recipes?
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