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To: srweaver

Funny, I always seem to get that same non answer whenever I ask this question.

You claim you have not said the church is apostate and yet every post is a pronouncement of her heresies.

Can you not give me a straight answer?

If the Church has strayed so far, why would the Holy Spirit lead me to partake in her delusions?

Why not direct me away?


214 posted on 03/05/2010 1:36:55 PM PST by Jvette
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To: Jvette

I didn’t say the Holy Spirit has led you to partake in her delusions, and I do not think He would do so (lead you into delusion)...He is the Spirit of truth.

I encouraged you to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to the best of your ability, and I trust that God will bless you for doing so. If you feel He has lead you into the Catholic church that is between you and God, regardless of my opinion.

If I rebuke a brother or sister in Christ for a sin (or many) in their life, that does not mean I count them as an unbeliever (though if they refuse to repent at some point I might), I just encourage them to walk in the truth and in the light — and to repent of their sin(s). BTW, what if they’re right and I’m wrong? Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

If I speak against the false doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, that doesn’t mean I think there is no good in the church or her people, sorry, the world isn’t always that black and white. There are people I know who met Jesus in cults (Jehovah’s Witness and Mormonism), and one friend I have who met Jesus and was radically converted on an LSD trip.

So I am sorry if you are disappointed by my not telling you what to do, but I respect you too much to do that, and I understand that you have to answer to God, and not to me.


216 posted on 03/05/2010 2:07:46 PM PST by srweaver (Never Forget the Judicial Homicide of Terri Schiavo)
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