Posted on 09/20/2008 3:31:26 PM PDT by narses
1. Who made us? God made us.
In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. (Genesis 1:1)
2. Who is God? God is the Supreme Being, infinitely perfect, who made all things and keeps them in existence.
In him we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17:28)
3. Why did God make us? God made us to show forth His goodness and to share with us His everlasting happiness in heaven.
Eye has not seen nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him. (I Corinthians 2:9)
4. What must we do to gain the happiness of heaven? To gain the happiness of heaven we must know, love, and serve God in this world.
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth; where the rust and moth consume and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven; where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. (Matthew 6:19-20)
5. From whom do we learn to know, love, and serve God? We learn to know, love, and serve God from Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who teaches us through the Catholic Church.
I have come a light into the world that whoever believes in Me may not remain in darkness. (John 12:46)
6. Where do we find the chief truths taught by Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church? We find the chief truths taught by Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church in the Apostles' Creed.
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. (Luke 10:16)
7. Say the Apostles' Creed. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
Ping.
This is always my first lesson in RCIC every year.
I am hoping many of our seperated brethern will see this as an opportunity to discover the truth about the Church.
Well, aside from “We find the chief truths taught by Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church in the Apostles’ Creed,” we Protestants agree, unless you accept our stipulation that there is a universal Church that includes believers in the lordship of Christ our Savior. We’re closer than you think — but forgive us if we won’t give up on those points of doctrine which do distinguish us.
“We’re closer than you think...”
I agree. God wants ONE Church, not many.
Send a copy to Biden and Pelosi.
Mat 5:16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
So you believe that God does NOT want to show forth His goodness and does NOT want to share with us His everlasting happiness in heaven?
God created man for His glory. He illustrates His glory everyday by sustaining and providing for man while they use His name in vain, mocking and reviling Him. He has promised His everlasting happiness with His children (believers), another trait that will bring glory to Him. Someday, every knee will bow to God. But God, the Ancient of Days, will be glorified with or without man.
It is rather narcissistic to suggest God showed Himself to be good by creating man. God didn't have to show anyone anything to be good.
And He does NOT want to share with us His everlasting happiness in heaven?
“6. Q. Why did God make you?
A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world,
and to be happy with Him forever in the next.”
50 years later, I can recite the opening questions and answers in my sleep. BTW, in the 1950s with the ironically named Sisters of Mercy, the Catechism wasn’t the “sensitive” document it is now! :)
Yes, I said the same thing for 33 years. That doesn't make it correct.
Of course He wants to share. But that is not the reason we are created.
“Yes, I said the same thing for 33 years. That doesn’t make it correct.”
It doesn’t and didn’t make me a Roman Catholic, either!
You know that how?
LOL!!!
Isaiah 43:7. Man was created for God’s glory. It simply states the purpose there. You will not find a verse in scripture that says man was created for purpose of God showing His goodness.
What? Even if the widow/widower is a really, really good person? ;-)
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