Posted on 07/22/2007 7:40:38 PM PDT by xzins
"Pardon" works just fine. Most any way we phrase it, we're judged "not guilty" by way of Christ standing in the dock where we should be standing and taking on the punishment rightly due our sins.
Justification by Christ's actions alone.
Amen.
"...In exposing the idolatrous nature of the Mass, Knox stresses that all religious ceremonies and institutions must have clear biblical warrant, if they are to be admitted as valid expressions of worship. All worship invented by man is idolatry. Knox demonstrates that the Mass is a human invention; and, therefore, the Mass is idolatrous. The entire discussion turns upon Knox's defence of the scriptural law of worship..."
During Holy Mass, after the two-fold consecration, the host was changed into live Flesh and the wine was changed into live Blood, which coagulated into five globules, irregular and differing in shape and size...
You're looking for God in the wrong place.
We should "recall" Him constantly.
But we are not to repeatedly offer Him in sacrifice again and again since His one propitiation perfected His flock forever (Hebrews 10).
I will be praying for you at adoration tomorrow.
I propose it is better to conceive of reality – physical and spiritual – as God's will and unknowable in its fullness.
AMEN!
Then we can receive God's revelations to us for what they are – partial visions of His glory, never a full picture – we could not "handle it."
And another AMEN!
Again, there was a beginning of "all that there is." Moreover, there is a reason for it.
Yes, exactly and Scripturally true. There really was a beginning point and there really will be an end point which can be connected across the universe by our perceptions of a very real linear time-line, all determined according to the will and purpose of God from before time.
They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail." -- Hebrews 1:10-12"And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Wow -- Just how does a communicant get one of these??? Are they special order only??? I'll bet they would be quite popular down at the Church of the Sacred Heart on Halloween. And then what about on Fridays -- is one of these heart hosts considered meat or fishy or what???
Of course He does!
What is the Holy Spirit if not God "within time?"
I know the RCC has trouble with the concept of "being reborn," but that is exactly what the words "regeneration" and "renewing" are referring to.
If you think there's a difference, what is it?
We find numerous "heathens" who do the will of the Lord in Scriptures!
Many men think they're obeying the law and thus they think they are being righteous. But God says if we break even one part of the law we have broken all of it and we remain condemned.
Your humanistic attitude shows so clearly in your misinterpretation of the verses.
Look at Romans 5. To whom is Paul speaking? To those who have been "justified by faith." Not every man, only believers.
"But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many." -- Romans 5:15
The grace of God abounds to "many." Not "all."
"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)" -- Romans 5:17
Again, those who "receive" grace and the "gift of righteousness" will reign with Christ. Not the entire world because the entire world does not "receive Christ."
"Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." -- Romans 5:18
The "free gift came upon all men," which means, in this context, that all men are without excuse for not recognizing the truth that Christ is God. The gift stares them in the face, but they rebuke it because they have not been given eyes to see what is truly in front of them.
"For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous." -- Romans 5:19
Again, "many" will be made righteous.
Yes, ALL MEN ARE RECONCILED TO GOD!
If all men today are reconciled to God, then all men are acquitted of their sins and all men will end up in heaven and hell is empty.
Nowhere does the Bible say all men are reconciled to God, and thus forgiven of their sins.
If God wanted all men to be saved, all men would be saved.
Where does the Sciptures say that Jesus died ONLY for the elect?
On just about every page. But John 17 is pretty clear...
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them." -- John 17:9-10"I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
And don't try to say these verses are only to the Apostles, because Christ corrects that error 10 verses later...
"Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word" -- John 17:20
Cheer up, jo kus! You are not just another number to God. You are among a very specific group of sinners for whom Christ died. He has paid for your sins, every one of them. Rejoice.
That's what I keep telling my wife. :O)
Amen, FK!
What does that make of God? God is not just eternal—He is eternity, withough a beginning and without an end. Furthermore, God is outside of time.
If your definition is to be considered, then God, by necessity, has a beginning, and His very essence (of being without a cause) is made subject to His own creation, namely time.
Does the Holy Spirit move and work within time?
“Does the Holy Spirit move and work within time?”
Not if He’s a Baptist. We never start on time, get there on time, or end on time. We believe whole heartedly in moving when the Spirit moves.
Idolatry is worshiping false objects, objects other than God. The Divine Liturgy (Holy Mass) is entrely focused on worshiping the Triune God. Is the manner of worship now made idolatrous becase John Knox says it is? If so, then the muscial instruments in the Presbyterian churches are idolatrous innovations as well, for any kind of instrumental music was originally banned by the Reformers. And so are microphones and visual aides, because none fo these are mentioned in the Bible.
I think it would be good for the Protestants to look for logs in their own eyes before they busy themselves finiding thorns in other churches. For starters, they can show us where does the bible say that divorce is somehting Christians can exercise freely? Does it ever occur to the Protestants that perhaps they do many things that are not scripturally sound?
God intercedes within time but He is unaffected by it. He cannot be defined in terms of time or space. Your question is, no offense intended, pure sophistry.
I believe that many Anglicans and Lutherans would agree with that to this day.
It could not have been pride as pride is a sin and Adam, up to this point, was sinless
Pride was the cause of disobedience. His pride diminished God's commandment as he desired to be equal to God. His pride prevented him from repenting when it was time to repent.
Often times we don't even see our pride. In fact, we blame someone else. Just as Adam and Eve did.
Adam was guilty because Eve was given to Adam and man is the "head of the woman" as Apostle Paul says. He took the blame because it was on his watch.
Hopefully and God willing, someday during my retirement years, I will write a book on this and straighten everyone out on this subject
On that "humble" note, I will close with "good luck."
thks for allllllllllll your pings
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