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[Dr. Eckleburg]

"Grace is not a reward for faith; faith is the result of grace." - John Blanchard

"Saving faith is not a native product of the human heart, but is a spiritual grace communicated from on High." - A.W. Pink, http://bit.ly/drXWnO

"It is not faith that saves, but faith in Jesus Christ.... It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that saves through faith. The saving power resides exclusively, not int he act of faith or the attitude of faith or in the nature of faith, but in the object of faith." - B. B. Warfield

Justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. This is the article by which the church stands or falls...There is no gospel except that of Christ's substitution in our place whereby God imputed to him our sin and imputed to us his righteousness. Because he bore our judgment, we now walk in his grace as those who are forever pardoned, accepted and adopted as God's children. There is no basis for our acceptance before God except in Christ's saving work, not in our patriotism, churchly devotion or moral decency. The gospel declares what God has done for us in Christ. It is not about what we can do to reach him. We reaffirm that justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. In justification Christ's righteousness is imputed to us as the only possible satisfaction of God's perfect justice. We deny that justification rests on any merit to be found in us, or upon the grounds of an infusion of Christ's righteousness in us, or that an institution claiming to be a church that denies or condemns sola fide can be recognized as a legitimate church. - Cambridge Declaration

Faith itself is man's act or work and is thereby excluded from being any part of his justifying righteousness. It is one thing to be justified by faith merely as an instrument by which man receives the righteousness of Christ, and another to be justified FOR faith as an act or work of the law. If a sinner, then, relies on his actings of faith or works of obedience to any of the commands of the law for a title to eternal life, he seeks to be justified by works of the law as much as if his works were perfect. If he depends either in whole or in part, on his faith and repentance for a right to any promised blessing, he thereby so annexes that promise to the commands to believe and repent as to form them for himself into a covenant of works. Building his confidence before God upon his faith, repentance and other acts of obedience, he places them in Christ's stead as his grounds of right to the promise and so he demonstrates himself to be of the works of the law and so be under the curse." Galatians 3:10 - John Colquhoun (A Treatise on Law and the Gospel)

[irishtenor]

So be it.

[RnMomof7]

try St Jude, he may not be busy

[Dr. Eckleburg]

That’s revolting. 8~)

[Quix]

Quite so.

I’ve asked such questions stopped at sight-seeing venues; waiting in various lines . . . etc.

I don’t ever recall any RC—current or past—saying they guessed it was LESS THAN 15-20%.

[Titanites]

Which word did you not understand?

Probably the ones you didn't post to me. How much did you pay for the photo? You didn’t steal it, did you?

[narses]

“then I simply compare it against what is written in scripture.”

Really? Then you have not studied either subject well. Luther used SCRIPTURE to JUSTIFY Bigamy.

[Celtic Cross]

“I will put enmity between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He will crush your head while you will strike at his heel” (Gen 3:15).

Pick your side...The Woman's and Her Offspring, or the serpent's.

[rbmillerjr]

“This protection is of the Holy Spirit and was promised by Jesus Christ when He said that He would send the Holy Spirit to the Apostles to teach them all truth.”

Those who have a problem with this have a problem with Scripture...so take up your lack of faith with God, not I.

[Religion Moderator]

When you use a foreign language in your post - and it is not common, e.g. adios - always include the English translation.

[Quix]

Do y’all have

AS MUCH DIFFICULTY

telling the

DIFFERENCE

between

PRESENT vs PAST TENSE

as you do

telling the

DIFFERENCE

between SCRIPTURE—GOD’S WORD and

farcical fantasies by the magicterical political power-mongers?

Would you like to count my long past learning the ropes incident against the numbers of times RC’s have evidently knowingly violated such standards?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

ROTFLOLOLOL!

[rbmillerjr]

So I told you of my Protestant experience in good faith...

What is your denomination?

[Celtic Cross]

When was that made a rule, and where is it posted for all users to find and see?

Thanks

[irishtenor]

Re: your tag line...
So am I :>)

[Natural Law]

"I was raised Catholic I have done all the "research" into Roman practices I need to.

Which apparently involved sleeping through a few First Communion Catechism classes.

[HarleyD]

You haven't done any reconciling yourself. I asked you, who is the Lord that the Holy Spirit inspired Elizabeth to speak of? And who was his mother?

In post 357 I stated the following:

It is a mistake to take one scripture verse and extrapolate doctrine from it. This is often done by Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, or cults. Protestants believe that you must look at the entire Bible and let one verse interpret another. Thus, you would have to compare Luke 1:41-48 with Luke 8:21 (and Matt 3:25) and reconcile the verses. Elizabeth calling Mary "the mother of my Lord" is technically correct in the physical sense. The Lord saying, "who is my mother...but those who do the Father's will" is correct in the spiritual sense. Thus, in a spiritual realm, Mary hold no more sway than any other person.

Elizabeth calling Mary the "mother of my Lord" is correct in the technical sense-she WAS the physical mother of our Lord Jesus. But to believe that she was the "mother of God" is to simply deny that Christ existed before Mary ever came along and to deny the Trinity. Are you stating that is what you believe? That Christ didn't exist before Mary?

[narses]

” If I stop at your church and see you praying how would I know if you are venerating Mary or worshiping God??b “

It depends on the degree of BLINDNESS that you carry with you. You CLAIM to have been raised Catholic and yet spew falsehoods so often that it is hard to credit that claim.

Worship - the Holy Eucharist - the Sacrifice of the Mass - is reserved to God. You know that, right?

Veneration - the very SAME veneration that orthodox, Lutheran and some Anglicans have for the communion of Saints and that includes Joseph and Mary, is different in a very real way from the Worship that is given to God. That you pretend to NOT understand that is either to make your claim to have been raised Catholic questionable or your other claims about what Catholic’s believe not credible. Sad.

[Quix]

I don’t plan to explain the proper standards of posting via such a site as photobucket.com

TWICE.

And any mean-spirited assaultive harrassment can be dealt with sufficiently by the RM when he gets around to it, if he sees it that way.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

In the case of the Jews placing the lamb's blood on the doorpost, it was indeed done in faith that God would spare them from the angel of death. But it was ONLY because God had given them forewarning of His wrath to come. There is no evidence that the Egyptians had this warning. Thus, the Jews were "regenerated" by the news of God's wrath (understanding this is a methaphor and all methaphors break down).

It is much the same way with Christians. The only way we hear the gospel is when God opens our eyes and ears, helping us to understand the wrath to come. It is through this understanding that we come to Christ in faith. Those who believe this is "free will" would have to prove that someone who God brings to a true understanding of His wrath, would gladly welcome that wrath instead of the riches of heaven-which of course makes no sense. Everyone who heart is opened by God, will come to God. That is why regeneration proceeds faith.

God's word through your excellent preaching, Harleyd. Amen.

[HossB86]

BTW, why do Protestants hate The Mother of God, Whom He loved?

Please indicate the post, poster, post number etc. of any Protestant who has ever posted, stated, or implied any hatred of Mary.

Or do you enjoy setting up straw men?

Protestants don't hate Mary -- we just don't worship her, or ascribe to her unbiblical and therefore untrue offices, positions, or abilities.

So, to ask a question of you: why DO Roman Catholics ascribe non-biblical, offices, positions and abilities?

Hoss