Posted on 11/28/2017 12:09:34 PM PST by ebb tide
NOW you are ramping up to speed again!!
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The pot/kettle image can’t be TOO far in the future!
I was juggling two big plates in the pitchin dinner line; but when I got to the punchbowl...
..well; I just kinda lost my appetite.
I thought that was going to be a Perry Como song. 😀
I agree. Roman Catholicism does get some of it right. It when they’re wrong, wow....they are wrong. How we obtain salvation, forgiveness,, etc.
How DARE you post dissimilar statements together and make folks look the fool!
Go for it!
It’s time for me to move my flabby butt offa this chair and get some breakfast.
That’s a plan! Scramble up some eggs for all of us!
It's been a LONG time since I was THAT drunk!
Well, when you consider it’s been almost 48 years since my last confession to a priest in the confessional, I am sure I forgot a few of my more juicy sins.
You know, another thing I hated about going to confession, was the thing we kneeled on was hard wood. It hurt my knees, considering I was in the confessional for LONG periods of time, cuz I had so many sins to confess.
Sometimes I think kneeling on that hardwood, was penance enough, although after one particularly racy confession, the priest saddled me with 50 our fathers and 50 Hail Marys.
So, I am wondering to myself, am I the only one who is being honest in the confessional? Why does it seem like this priest is singling me out for punishment. That turned me off, so I was no longer honest with the priest in the confessional.
There you have it bro, the life and times of Mark. 😱😄😀
I wonder if our Roman Catholic friends really understand how often we sin. Just the mere thought of hatred toward another or lust after another would meet the definition of mortal sin.
I have no doubt many commit these type of sins daily, and more, and don't realize it.
The abject fear of the Catholic must be overwhelming.
Thankfully Christianity teaches all of our sins are forgiven for those who trust in Christ. They've been washed away....rubbed out by Him (Col 2:13-14). We've been adopted into His family. He doesn't kick us out when we mess up.
We give thanks to God for His grace that we are saved through faith and that He seals us with the Holy Spirit of promise!
I can’t speak for most Catholics, but it certainly was for me. I remember being 10 or 11, lying in the couch one day, trying to contemplate how long eternity was going to be, and what was going to my part in it. I was unable to figure it out, and it scared me to death, because I was not a self satisfied church member. In my heart of hearts, I knew I could never make it to Heaven, so I resigned myself to go to Hell. Later, things changed. Thank God for that. 😁
“... the Hamster Wheel of Works.” Oooo, that’s good! I’m gonna use that one.
Did the believers in the House of Cornelius have the Holy Spirit in them BEFORE they were baptized? Yes. Did Peter then give them the outward sign of their being members of the Ekklesia AFTER they were enjoined by the Holy Spirit? Yes. Were the 3000+ FIRST sealed by the Holy Spirit, then baptized? Yes.
Hear here!
Your desktop file must be fascibnating ...
Actually, there were 3,000 who came to believe they had to repent (which implies they believed in all that Peter said) and then they were baptized. There is no doubt that God, through the Holy Spirit and Jesus’ grace was reaching out to them since a man cannot even believe without receiving the gift of belief from God. Baptism was the way God gave grace for cleansing. It washed away sins. This is why Peter himself sad baptism saved people. Clearly he meant what baptism did - cleansed through grace.
“So it’s an assumption that Peter is responsible for their baptism.”
No, it’s a certainty since it was Peter who told them to repent and be baptized and it was only those from the Upper Room who would have been doing the baptizing and that was only 120 people total - and women would not have been doing any baptizing.
Acts 2:38: Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
“Were the 3000+ FIRST sealed by the Holy Spirit, then baptized? Yes.”
Actually:
Acts 2:38: Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
In this case, the order was the exact opposite of what you said. How do you account for your error? Did you not ever read Acts 2:38 before?
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