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To: vladimir998
Ephesians 3: 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms...

ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 3: 10 ἵνα γνωρισθῇ νῦν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἡ πολυποίκιλος σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ,

so, how do you get that your roman catholic cult teaches angels about God? I think your church is certainly teaching error...

One very good explanation is :

Ephesians 3:10 reveals God's intent to make known his "manifold wisdom" through the church "to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms." What are these rulers and authorities? Why do they matter?

We encountered these powers in chapter 1, where it says that God seated Christ "at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion" (1:20-21). Chapter 2 referred to Satan as "the ruler of the kingdom of the air" (2:2). Later, in Ephesians 6, we'll read about "rulers," "authorities," "powers of this dark world," and "spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (6:12). Paul uses this kind of language to refer to what we might identify as demonic powers. Yet, he is not thinking simply of individual demons who harass or possess people. Rather, he envisions the whole cosmos as permeated and influenced by powers that we might call supernatural. Yet, these powers might also include cultural, economic, and political forces, the kinds of forces that shape our lives each day (see, for example, 1 Corinthians 2:8).

446 posted on 09/10/2013 5:13:46 AM PDT by WVKayaker ("So weÂ’re bombing Syria because Syria is bombing Syria? And IÂ’m the idiot?" - Sarah Palin)
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To: WVKayaker

“so, how do you get that your roman catholic cult teaches angels about God? I think your church is certainly teaching error...”

I’m not in any “roman catholic cult” and have never been a in a cult of any type. Cults with some Christian teachings are really a Protestant thing, not Catholic.


448 posted on 09/10/2013 5:30:25 AM PDT by vladimir998
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