Posted on 08/05/2013 10:31:02 AM PDT by Gamecock
Question:
Does the OPC use the crucifix in the church? If not, are they opposed to it?
Answer:
Thank you for your question. The answer is, so far as I know, the crucifix is not used in OPC churches, and here is why:
1.The Second Commandment (Ex. 20:4-6 and Deut. 5:8-10) forbids any picture or image of God, and that would include the Son of God, even as man. At any rate we do not know what Jesus looked like as there is no physical description of him.
2.The crucifix will always end up being an object of worshipregarded as holy. History teaches as much. The bronze serpent Moses made became an object of worship and was not destroyed till King Hezekiah did it (Numbers 21:9; 2 Kings 18:1-5). Roman Catholics have worshipped it, kissed it and held it to have mystical powers.
3.Christ did not remain on the Cross. In the Roman Church Christ is said to be resacrificed each time the Mass is celebrated. This is heresy; he died once for allHebrews 9:25-28.
We in the OPC have learned not to trust our idolatry prone hearts not to do the same as others have in the past. Hence, no crucifixes are used. So, yes, we are opposed to it.
HMMMmmm...
Then what ARE you thinking here, as I am a bit confused.
You are quite within your rights to do so - but please don't try to make everyone feel inferior for their NOT doing so.
TTIUWP
Butt out. I see that your head is so wooly, it’s easy to pull it over your eyes.
The practice of not eating meat on Fridays is a discipline - a reminder that Our Lord died on Friday. Since He died for us, we should at least commemorate it in some significant fashion. I don’t know how many Catholics adhere to this pracitce, but I do according to Church dictates. I do not give a s**t about Temple Recommends - you know that - however, I do pay attention to the practices of the Church going back 2000 years to the Acts of the Apostles and the people who knew Jesus Incarnate.
The "all" in Romans 14:10 and 2 Corinthians 5:10 is not the same "all" in Revelation 20:11-15. The time is different and the place is different. Only saved persons of Christ's bride will appear at His judgment seat. The "all" are the ones to whom the letters were addressed, not the general population.
That's not something I do. It's a thing everyone must do for themselves.
We’ve already been through this parable once in this post. Check it out.
I'm glad your clarity is not that of Paul and Christ. Apparently you have not clarified the doctrines of salvation and sanctification enough to become a judge of it, with your decision final. Christ will judge the conduct of people according to their works, and there will be a differentiation of rewards. Insert here the accounting for the talents apportioned. I'll let Him worry about the crown business.
As a follower, he's given me some things to do with expectations to follow through. One of them is to straighten my act up. If not, I will receive chastsement. As far as denying His rules for the game, failure when it is ones duty and He gives the power, will put one in the penalty box. Confession and repentance are something to think about. He chooses who reigns with Him. There'll be some tears over this.
>> e-s: “Have you ever read the second chapter of John carefully enough to determine what time of the year it was?”
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>> “Well, one really needs to start with Jesus’ baptism by John Baptizer, in mid-to-late AD 29 (of the 15th year of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Lk. 3:1” <<
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No, one need not do that, since the 2nd chapter of John clearly sets out the relationship of the days from the wedding, through his short stay in Capernaum, and the subsequent trip to Jerusalem for the Passover. None of these events are recorded in the other gospels, so your aimless wandering in Luke offers no help to your vapid position.
Your dates are also way off, and there is no excuse for that in this day of computers and information.
Yeshua was born on the High Sabbath of Succot, in the 15th day of the 7th month (Sept 26, 3 BC by the Julian)
He was circumcised on the High Sabbath of The Last Great Day, 22nd day, 7th month (Oct 3, 3 BC by the Julian)
He was baptised on the Sabbath, 20th day, 11th month (Feb 16, 27 AD by the Julian)
His ministry was exactly 70 weeks long (affirming prophecy) ending at Shavuot on the 8th day, 3rd month (June 20, 28 AD by the Julian.
So much for your smoke screen!
You do need much education, yes scripture strongly confirms the time of the Cana wedding as a week before Passover.
Yes, I meant year.
My apologies for not pinging you to #530
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3051353/posts?page=530#530
Are your interests prurient or not?
Ah, but there are some who DO give a, ahem, care.
They are the ones who want to know why YOUR church removed much of the plain and precious things from the original manuscripts.
Izzat so?
Why even LOOK at the BoL if ONLY 'saved persons' will be there?
Sorry; but you are incorrect.
Jesus answered, The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.
But YOU aren't the one who TYPED 'yar'.
You were pinged merely to see someone hoist on their own petard.
Bitter much? Better pull out your beads and pray to Mary. Hate for you to spend 10,000 years in purgatory over this.
Tell ya what, I’ll go straight to Jesus for ya!
In the Book of 2 Samuel 11: 1 ff, we have the story of David and Bathsheba. David was the king. She was wife of Uriah, the Hittite, a soldier in David's armies. David was smitten of her and slept (fornicated) with her, whereby she became pregnant. David placed Uriah at the battle front where he surely would die, and did.
God chose David. God knew David's heart, and life, if you believe in God's eternity. In Acts 13:22, Paul quotes God: 2... God testified concerning him: I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.
Did David do everything God wanted him to do? David lost that son, but do you think God was in error?
In several of your posts, you have hinted that I may not know God. I have news for you. He is my Father, Brother, and Redeemer.
You set yourself as a judge, but you can't even properly divine the Word. You claim scholarship, but cannot even read plain words.
Please know that I will pray for the scales to come off your eyes! Satan has set a trap, and it seems to me that you have stepped right into it. "Pride goeth before a fall", ya' know! Wine can only make you stumble...
It was a joke. Have you not seen those threads that are about some female beating up three guys or robbing a store, etc.....?
There is always at least one TTIUWP post.
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