Posted on 09/26/2015 11:31:49 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
When I wrote about books I found value in from Baptist preachers: Charles Stanley was the writer I had in mind! One of his books was my daily devotional last year (this year it is C. S. Lewis)
GMTA
What junk.
Is it ‘junk’ when Poop Francis states that it is ‘dangerous’ to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?
People just aren’t reading and/or purposely taking him out of context. The key word here HUMANLY and even as an evangelical protestant I agree with tha phrase.
If I believe what the Church teaches, I suppose I am Catholic. If the Church begins to teach something other than those tenets that I have enumerated, then I guess I’ll be the only Catholic. I don’t think that will ever happen, but nothing a pope, priest, nun, monk or any human will destroy my faith. What I believe is constant and unshakeable. And I am at peace with that.
The bad priests will have to answer to God, not me, and
without sympathy from me. If there were justice here on earth, they would all be in jail, including the Belgian clergyman, I believe the name is Deneels (sp?) will have a great deal for which to answer to God, including the conspiracy to elect Francis.
Of course. Why would you ask that? I was talking about those pictures which do not belong anywhere near a church.
I am of a different religion from the Catholic. From earliest years my Lutheran family though separated by theology was very close to Catholic families and children. We played on sports teams together. My Lutheran pastors did not approve of such but we valued the friendship of our Catholic neighbors and friends. However, I don’t recall of any Catholic Pope or even Bishop trying to interfere in our lives and conscience as this Pope. I don’t believe this man is of the Apostles. He is of the south of the borders night club scene from whence he came. His redo US talks makes me think more of a false purveyor than a true leader for Jesus Christ.
I think it's an equivalent thing......Jesus and God have NO EQUALS, and our fathers, rabbis and teachers are NOT GOD or JESUS!! JMO.
I proudly called my dad, FATHER, and my Priests, FATHER....I guess Jesus will JUDGE me accordingly......I'll take my chances and my punishment if I did something wrong.
My apologies MamaB, I misinterpreted your comment, but now I understand. Mea culpa!
The victory of the cross was realized only later, after the appearance of defeat. At the moment of the crucifixion, essentially all his disciples saw defeat, not victory. That is how we behave at times, because we don’t employ God’s perspective. THAT was the pope’s point. Read what he said.
He didn’t mention the Resurrection directly, and that seems to be the beef some people here have. As this forum has taken up the mantle of False Prophet detectives, it has lost objectivity.
That is ok. I did not think you understood. I do that all the time. : )
Jesus never did anything with frivolity. Everything He did or said had eternal and incredible significance. As the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega, He knew all things.
He gave a strict order, and you choose to throw it aside, because....it is Catholic tradition.
That's a pretty big decision. As He said, if you were ignorant, you would be without sin, but since you say we see, the sin remains. John 9:41
As a former Catholic, I still have several priest friends. A couple are retired, although I have not seen two I know for several years (we still correspond). I don't address them as "Father" and they understand why, although I will cite them by that title 3rd party per as they call themselves. But not in a spiritually authoritative sense. Ever.
The reason Jesus gave these strict instructions (to not call spiritual leaders "Father") was this - He knew that sinfulness would attempt to usurp that spiritual authority that was our Father in heaven's, and His alone. He is the great I am.
This admonition was not without cause. Today, we see it played out in black and white.
We have the pope (Latin papa, which means father" - usurping the authority of God). It is literally Christ's warning to us coming into reality.
Francis has committed blasphemy against Christ, saying Jesus is not a spirit, a relationship with Him is "dangerous", that there is no difference between the God of Christianity or Islam's "Allah", and scores of other lies against the Scriptures.
And now.....Jorge is here, mentioning the Gospel of Salvation not once (not once) during his address with Obama, before Congress, or the United Nations.
His message is that of "climate change", economic Marxism, humanism, and anything else that flies in the face of Christ's Great Commission. A man of the "world."
"You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." James 4:4
"Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28: 18-20
To pick and choose what you know Christ said, and hide behind an institution (any institution) is to put your soul in eternal jeopardy. Christ gave another stern warning:
"Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!
Matthew 7: 21-23
....”The victory of the Cross was realized after the appearance of defeat”....
That is not what the Pope’s statement even implied....let alone was stated.
I have to agree with P-Marlowe posts completely...saying...
“Christ work was finished at the cross. His penultimate statement at the cross was “It is Finished.” ...The work was done. ...It was a ‘victory and not a failure’........You can make all the excuses you want for this miserable failure of a Pope, but you can’t polish a turd and call it art”.
That’s my take too. I will say the press does it’s best to chop his words up the accentuate the negative.
....” the Pope understands nothing of the assignment Jesus was given; an assignment he willing took on himself and fulfilled to the letter without failure, humanly speaking or otherwise.
There is a third option however,... that is,... The Pope may actually believe that Jesus failed as a human being. He did not fulfill his mission in his human form the sacrifice his body as a living sacrifice for the the sins of the world. If he really does believe this, he is Satans puppet and not Gods servant.
The translation I saw cut out right then so I don't know what was said beyond that...But one thing is for certain...If the pope's messaged ended there, he led countless thousands or millions astray...And likely appeased his muzlim brothers at the same time...
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