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To: Steven
You're asking me? You answered this for both of us in your previous post. Remember? You part of the church. Me not.

I did not answer this for you. I'm asking because you said this on the previous thread "You assume the catholic church is the only one. I don't. He's certainly protected me and others from that heresy. So I guess he's protected part of His church."

So I'll ask again. What church is he protecting and when did he start protecting it?

26 posted on 09/28/2001 5:00:00 PM PDT by pegleg
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To: pegleg
So I'll ask again. What church is he protecting and when did he start protecting it?

The only promise of Protection offered and honored is to those that obey him. There are no blanket statements for anyone on the issue of promises. And the Church speaks to the people who are the Church, not it's clergy. Christians are protected when standing in obedience to God. That doesn't mean they can declare whatever they wish, it means that God won't lead them into error. Men can ignore God and walk into error on their own and God will not stop them. If you stand in obedience as a sheep, Satan cannot touch you, and thus, the Gates of Hell cannot prevail against you. If you are in disobedience, there is no such promise and the sting of sin is Satan's rights in your life granted by bowing to his counsel rather than sticking to God's.

The Word of God rests all promises on obedience. This is nothing new. Your clergy is not protected no matter what - even in matters of faith if they are in disobedience or speaking contrary to the word of God. Speach is not protected. You can say anything you want - even having been obedient in all else - and if it isn't from God, it isn't protected from anything. If it doesn't line up with God's word, it didn't come from God because God does not contradict himself - he is not the author of confusion. Infallibility is a perversion of these principles.

36 posted on 09/28/2001 7:07:39 PM PDT by Havoc
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To: pegleg
So I'll ask again. What church is he protecting and when did he start protecting it?

Stupid question. He protects His church. Believers in Christ. Because you guys got it wrong on Matthew 1;25 thats suppose to mean you don't have his protection anymore or belong to his church?

95 posted on 09/29/2001 12:16:05 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant
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