Posted on 07/22/2007 7:40:38 PM PDT by xzins
Would it make you happy if we said that you were not a Christian?
You certainly don't act like one.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV)
To be honest, I really don't see a lot of THAT in your posts.
Maybe it's just hiding behind all that puffed up arrogance.
Dear Neener, I myself am an elder in the Presbyterian church. I know what it says. Your point?
****noting that your church clearly does not believe this*
so basically you’re saying everyone pre-Christ is in hell. permanently yes?
Methinks you should come up with a new slogan rather than prince of peace, the great bait and switch.****
I think you should quit drinking. That is not from any post I did.
well Marlowe protestants now have gay bishops, promote condom use (fornication), and many send funds to help girls get abortions in 3rd world countries so i don’t know if i’d be the first to bring up the bad fruits thing were i protestnt.
Is he always like this?
everyone who followed the COVENANT GOD MADE? yeah I’d generally say god lives up to his word.
WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!
N3
Tell you what, since you seem to be arguing with several people (and not doing so well, I might add) why don’t we just drop this portion so you can concentrate a little better?
so you’re concurring there eh marly?
wouldn’t have figured you for the God, Moses, Jonah, Noah, etc lied and died forever crowd.
:>)
God lied?
tell you what when you see abraham, moses, jonah, noah, aaron, and several other JEWS through the pearly gates, don’t be surprised when you get the real deal on the fact that God PROMISED them (hence the whole covenant thing)
now where you’re going to end up believing that God lied, well that’s a question you’ll have to ask for yourself.
I would suggest that his modus operandi is that of a disrupter. So far he has contributed nothing of substance to the discussion but he has made it clear that despite knowing nothing substantive, he is the sole purveyor of truth on this thread.
that’s what you’ve said.
so far you’ve been mum as to whether the Good thief died under the new covenant.
I have no idea what you are talking about. Not surprising as I don't think you know either.
irish tenor here has suggested there was no old covenant and without Christ all the jews who followed the old covenant are condemned to hell... why don’t you read back a bit before you sign up for that.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do NOT make it personal!
That is what all the heretics claimed and claim. What makes you special, such that of all those heretics and cults that claim to have ears to ear and eyes to see, you are immune from such self-deception?
Do you think all the Arians (and at one time there were a whole lot of them) of the fourth century were stupid? No. They were not stupid. They touted Scripture up and down. But they were deceived. Is the deity of Christ an "important thing of Scripture"? You bet. So that example right there refutes your claim above. I could go through all the councils and show the same thing, i.e. heretics deceived about "important things". You make it seem as though the heretics back then must not have been even able to read. That is just not the way it was. Without the guidance of the magisterium, people will misinterpret the Scriptures even on "important things". If that were not the case, then all the thousands of Protestant denominations would not be divided from each other.
-A8
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