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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Why do we rob Him of His glory and exalt a manmade institution in his place? An insitution that moves Christ, far below even secondary status, yet still claims his name?

"We" don't. "Reformers" contrive accusations to flavor their hatred of the Church with "righteous indignation"...simply more vanity.

25 posted on 12/10/2009 10:11:47 PM PST by papertyger (Representation without taxation is tyranny!)
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To: papertyger

So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come.

And Christ HIMSELF is that reality.

Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud, and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.

You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”?

Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them. These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires.~

St Paul to the Colossians 16:23


27 posted on 12/10/2009 10:50:42 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ("When I survey the wondrous cross...")
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