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Are You More Blessed Than the Virgin Mary?
Desiring God ^ | 12/15/2010 | Jonathan Parnell

Posted on 12/15/2010 5:09:09 PM PST by RnMomof7

In the sermon descriptively entitled, “That Hearing and Keeping the Word of God Renders a Person More Blessed Than Any Other Privilege That Ever God Bestowed on Any of the Children of Men,” Jonathan Edwards writes: The hearing and keeping the word of God brings the happiness of a spiritual union and communion with God. ‘Tis a greater blessedness to have spiritual communion with God and to have a saving intercourse with him by the instances of his Spirit and by the exercise of true devotion than it is to converse with God externally, to see the visible representation and manifestations of his presence and glory, and to hear his voice with the bodily ears as Moses did. For in this spiritual intercourse the soul is nigh unto and hath more a particular portion than in any external intercourse. ‘Tis more blessed to be spiritually related to Jesus Christ—to be his disciples, his brethren and the members—than to stand in the nearest temporal relation, than to be his brother or his mother. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus, ed. Nancy Guthrie, 57.


TOPICS: Apologetics; Ecumenism; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: blessed; catholicbashing; edwards; marianobsession; mary; scripture
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To: Quix

I guess name calling is important to you.

It’s part of the bigotry, I know. That isn’t mind reading, it’s observation.


421 posted on 12/16/2010 8:32:18 PM PST by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Quix

Oh, your Catholic. Well, my mistake.

Pax vobiscum.


422 posted on 12/16/2010 8:37:14 PM PST by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Quix

Oh, you’re Catholic. Well, my mistake.

Pax vobiscum.


423 posted on 12/16/2010 8:37:54 PM PST by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Cronos; RnMomof7
We Believe in One Lord Jesus Christ The Only Son of God Eternally Begotten of the Father God from God, Light from Light True God from True God Begotten, Not Made One in Being (homoousia) with the Father Through Him All Things Were Made ... All things were made by The WORD, Jesus. God spoke THE WORD and created ALL

And THE WORD was made flesh and dwelt among us.

The RCC's teachings/doctrines/their catechism oppose God's Word. There is ONLY ONE TRUTH - God's Word, Who is JESUS, THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE.

Catholics are rejecting Jesus, The Word, by embracing man made doctrine.

424 posted on 12/16/2010 8:50:26 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name

My soul magnifies the Lord,
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden,
For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with His arm:
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and exalted those of low degree.
He has filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich He has sent empty away.
He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy;
As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to His posterity forever.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen

Scripture text: Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition

Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum,
et exsultávit spíritus meus
in Deo salvatóre meo,
quia respéxit humilitátem
ancíllæ suæ.

Ecce enim ex hoc beátam
me dicent omnes generatiónes,
quia fecit mihi magna,
qui potens est,
et sanctum nomen eius,
et misericórdia eius in progénies
et progénies timéntibus eum.
Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo,
dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui;
depósuit poténtes de sede
et exaltávit húmiles.
Esuriéntes implévit bonis
et dívites dimísit inánes.
Suscépit Ísrael púerum suum,
recordátus misericórdiæ,
sicut locútus est ad patres nostros,
Ábraham et sémini eius in sæcula.

Glória Patri et Fílio
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio,
et nunc et semper,
et in sæcula sæculórum.

Amen.


426 posted on 12/16/2010 9:06:40 PM PST by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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To: Quix

427 posted on 12/16/2010 9:08:51 PM PST by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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To: wmfights

Finally the blinders have fallen off my eyes. After 54 years as a cradle Roman Catholic I know that I have followed false teachings. Please help me to the one and only true Christian church. I need to know. I do not trust my prayers to find the true church, since I have the heretical teachings of 54 years that block the truth to my heart and mind. I found a list of thousands of Christian churches who do not believe in the teachings of the harlot of Rome. Which is the true and only Christian church do you attend?


428 posted on 12/16/2010 9:11:54 PM PST by common-sense-man-1776
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To: Quix

Now that is truly hatred for God’s Word as everyone of those points clearly is in opposition to His Word.

The Catholics have their own Mary outfitted to deceive and uplift man to a god status.

Jesus is Our Savior, Jesus is King of Kings, so satan says Mary - She became Queen of Purgatory, Queen of us sinners, Thy kingdom come through Mary!,”Mary is the tree of life, ‘No one can go to God without Mary drawing him.’

‘No one can come to The Father but through Me’ - says Jesus.
The RCC as a pawn of satan - knows no bounds but his deception is known by those with eyes to see and ears to hear.

Christians/Christ’s Church has Biblical Mary, a servant of The Lord.

We know and serve OUR GOD, we know OUR SAVIOR, we will soon see our KING OF KINGS! And THE WORD always was and always will be and those not believing on THE WORD, JESUS, will not/does not have eternal life.

Thank YOU, JESUS, The Living Word!


429 posted on 12/16/2010 9:26:47 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: common-sense-man-1776
Finally the blinders have fallen off my eyes

PRAISE GOD! You heard and followed the prompting of the HOLY SPIRIT!
430 posted on 12/16/2010 9:29:25 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name

I found a list of thousands of Christian churches who do not believe in the teachings of the harlot of Rome. Which is the true and only Christian church do you attend?


431 posted on 12/16/2010 9:33:00 PM PST by common-sense-man-1776
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To: presently no screen name

I found a list of thousands of Christian churches who do not believe in the teachings of the harlot of Rome. Which is the true and only Christian church do you attend?


432 posted on 12/16/2010 9:34:00 PM PST by common-sense-man-1776
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To: common-sense-man-1776
My church only teaches The Word. It is not part of any denomination. I see you are in AZ. Surely, someone here lives in AZ and can guide you to one. In fact, pray about it.

I found a list of thousands of Christian churches who do not believe in the teachings of the harlot of Rome.

How can you tell by a 'list' what they teach?
433 posted on 12/16/2010 9:40:23 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Quix

OK, who is the greatest?


434 posted on 12/16/2010 9:42:12 PM PST by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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To: presently no screen name

Is your church a secret church that cannot be named? If your church is the true and only Christian church, then all of us need to know the name so as not to be lost.


435 posted on 12/16/2010 9:47:56 PM PST by common-sense-man-1776
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To: Quix

Finally the blinders have fallen off my eyes. After 54 years as a cradle Roman Catholic I know that I have followed false teachings. Please help me to the one and only true Christian church. I need to know. I do not trust my prayers to find the true church, since I have the heretical teachings of 54 years that block the truth to my heart and mind. I found a list of thousands of Christian churches who do not believe in the teachings of the harlot of Rome. Which is the true and only Christian church do you attend?


436 posted on 12/16/2010 9:52:20 PM PST by common-sense-man-1776
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To: wmfights
seeing the actual practices of RC's that Roman Catholicism is a faith unto itself

Yes it is. When one is in it and that's all they know, it's hard to see. However, these threads have clearly shown the difference between God's Church/based on His Word and the RCC/based on their man made teachings/doctrine.

So there is no excuse, IMO.
437 posted on 12/16/2010 9:53:17 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: metmom

Finally the blinders have fallen off my eyes. After 54 years as a cradle Roman Catholic I know that I have followed false teachings. Please help me to the one and only true Christian church. I need to know. I do not trust my prayers to find the true church, since I have the heretical teachings of 54 years that block the truth to my heart and mind. I found a list of thousands of Christian churches who do not believe in the teachings of the harlot of Rome. Which is the true and only Christian church do you attend?


438 posted on 12/16/2010 9:56:07 PM PST by common-sense-man-1776
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To: common-sense-man-1776
Is your church a secret church that cannot be named? If your church is the true and only Christian church, then all of us need to know the name so as not to be lost.

It's not my church - it's God's church. ONLY those who want to be lost will be lost. It's that simple.
439 posted on 12/16/2010 9:56:11 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name

So, it is better to hide the light under a bushel, than to boldly proclaim the name of the church that you attend that has the truth. Why so evasive? Even a simple answer like, “I attend the church on 3rd St and Main in Anytown USA.”, would be fine. Then I could attend the true and only Christian church.


440 posted on 12/16/2010 10:05:18 PM PST by common-sense-man-1776
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