Posted on 06/28/2015 6:51:51 PM PDT by piusv
Is what a typo?
Your prayer doesn’t offend me, however, it is worthless. Jesus gave HIS followers the power to cast out devils in HIS name. He doesn’t do it for us. This is why it is so important to read the Bible for yourself.
I’m a Jew, so I don’t have... Err, skin in the game, but it seems to me the Catholic Church is the Church of Jesus Christ (the one from Bethlehem) and anti-Catholic sentiments seem sort of, well, devilish. “Read the Bible for Yourself and Interpret it as Ye May.” I guess it’s an interesting idea, but I just never saw it in... Well, your Bible. Then again, I’m destined for the eternal hellfire by the (I AM ONE)(ALSO THE KID) (SPIRIT TOO) (INTERCESSORS) (TALKING SNAKES) (OLYMPOS AND WHO KNOWS) godhead so what do I know? I just hate it when y’all are mean to each other. Jesus was a nice Jewish boy and would NOT approve.
No one is being mean to each other. If that is your perception, then you have misinterpreted it. No, the Catholic Church ISN’T the TRUE church of Jesus Christ. There are true believers in every group - Protestant, and Catholic, and yes, there are Jewish believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Only those who have accepted Jesus and his salvation can rightfully understand the Bible. To a carnal mind it is goobly gook - so, no we don’t have a personal interpretation. Paul told the Bereans to search the Scriptures for themselves to see if what he preached was truth. He called them “noble” for doing so. Shalom. Jesus was a “nice” Jewish boy? Hmmmm - it’s quite evident that you don’t see the other side of the Lord Jesus - and the wrath He is going to pour out on those who shake their fists in His face. Shalom! He came the first time as a Lamb, but He will return as a Lion.
How wonderful for them.
Tell that to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Or the Universal Syriac Church of Antioch. Or to the Copts. Or the Assyrians. Or the Ethiopians. Or the Armenians. Or the Malankaras. Or the Jacobites. Or the . . .
This man has gone the way of darkness....and he's taking catholics with him.
Christians should never "relate" to Islam nor look to their God who is not the God of the Bible or Christianity.
That’s what it sounds like to me. The dominant Islamic group in the north is Boko Haram.
They do so by remaining within catholicism.
The trumpet is sounding for them to come out now before it's too late....some are for they have eyes and ears to see where this is leading...some will not for they believe they can still stand under his leadership....they underestimate the power that is leading Francis now to their own hurt....which will be grave if they remain.
Francis is one of the “Point men” in the Global Agenda....he cannot be removed nor brought down by it's membership which the Globalist’s recognize there will be some who will leave and are willing to take that hit for what they will gain in membership from the “Citizens of the World” who will take their place.
Catholics who remain will have no power to interfere as this moves along...which it is gaining more and more momentum daily.
Pope Francis states...”There is no life that is more precious than another one because it belongs to a specific race or religion.”
The Pope is teaching Universalism or One World Religion...
The unity that many desperately are now seeking is expanding to acceptance of other religions.... Ecumenism is one of the major means the New Age movement intends to lead those who may not be willing to co-operate on an ‘interfaith level’.
With the acceptance of other religions comes a universal view of mankind..... A good portion of Christianity is already on the road of being brought together under ‘a FALSE UNITY that excludes doctrine, so it is not surprising to see individuals and denominations willing to ‘first’ merge with ‘other compatible religions’.
But as the barriers are let down ‘incompatible religions’ (Islam etc.) will become the next step..... For Christians it starts by uniting with Roman Catholicism’s moral agenda, what many don’t know is that Catholicism teaches that,... “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham” (Catholic Catechism). ....The Pope unites in prayer and effort with Hinduism, the traditional African religions of animism,... he acknowledges Buddhism ....approves of the Dalai Lama who is regarded as a living deity......
If you are involved in ecumenism you’re already connected to this. Ecumenism unchecked leads to interfaith which will eventually move the church into universalism or One World Religion.
Universalism teaches that all religions are worshipping the same God in different ways... This is what is known as syncretism. ....Some are teaching there are Messianic Muslims, that they can accept certain aspects of Jesus and still go back to practice Islam...... Others say that God was in various cultures before Christianity and these cultures had a valid concept of God. ...That Christ reaffirms what they have known in their cultures practice.
What is proposed is that no matter which religion is practiced, there are ‘some common denominators’ we can unite and agree on,... that they all have different roads that lead to the same destination. ......There are many who call themselves Christians that are moving toward a universalist view of mankind, where we can accept anyone’s God as the same God of the Scripture claiming we do not worship different Gods but the same one by different names.
... Accepting other religions as valid under the auspices of “all of us are worshipping the same God,” with different names is self-contradicting. .....The differences of religion are like different species. You can’t say a bird is a dog even though it may eat similar food. A whale may be a mammal but not like a human is a mammal. A car is not the same as a plane though they both may both run on fuel. What I’m trying to say is that there are differences in religion that cannot be overlooked, in both their mechanism of practice as well as defining God’s nature.
The promotion of today’s modern spirituality of there not being one path to God, but many is not what God says in the Bible, and it is made very clear by numerous statements. Universalism in the church is the natural outcome of liberalism. In the process of opening the door in the name of tolerance we end up accepting practices that oppose the Bibles clear teachings on the basics.
http://www.letusreason.org/Curren31.htm
He only apologized for the ruckus it caused. He didn't apologize for saying it.
Well aparently you missed the part where I beseached “My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” to intercede.
Of course, if you have the authority to speak for Him, I defer to your statement that my prayer to Him was worthless. /NOT
I am not wise enough to understand how this plays out eternally, but my gut instinct is that devout Jews are not damned.
That aside, you are definitely correct that there is a clearly devilish aspect to the dissent among those who profess to follow Christ.
Sigh again.
P.S.: Please don't cut our heads off.
And yet, the Bible tells us to treat enemies with love - it is akin to pouring hot coals over their heads because they will eventually grasp the hypocrisy and evil that they do.
did the pope forgive them for killing Christians?
Let's take a look at that apology again:
"I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address at the University of Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims. These in fact were a quotation from a medieval text, which do not in any way express my personal thought. I hope this serves to appease hearts and to clarify the true meaning of my address, which in its totality was and is an invitation to frank and sincere dialogue, with mutual respect."
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