Posted on 09/30/2013 11:30:08 AM PDT by NYer
You DO understand that every time that statement is made (”Without the Catholic Church there would be no Holy Bible”), God takes note..? Do you think He laughs, or cries when it’s repeated over and over, like it’s truth or something. One more time: It’s HIS WORD. HE PUT IT TOGETHER FOR MAN, not the Catholic Church. And it has endured, not BECAUSE of the Catholic Church, but DESPITE the Catholic Church. Take care in what you take pride in. He will NOT share His Glory with ANYONE.
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
2 Timothy 3:16–17
” so you abandoned the 2,000 year history of christianity, the Catholic Church, for an evangalestic store frone church of what’s happening now??? O.K., I guess, but what are the odds that you chose the right one out of the 30,000 or so protestant denominations??? “
Great trade - religion for Christ!
Christ started one Church, not 35,000. If Martin Luther had never lived you would be a Catholic and we wouldn’t be having this ridiculous conversation.
“Christ started one Church, not 35,000.”
Christ started ZERO churches. He started a gathering, a Bride, a Body.
“If Martin Luther had never lived you would be a Catholic”
I would never underestimate God’s ability like that. Once the Roman church lost its way, God’s Spirit simply moved around it.
“and we wouldn’t be having this ridiculous conversation.”
At least you are admitting it!
I can GUARANTEE he is not confused anymore.
John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890)
it is obvious that Christ filled people, Christians, wrote the bible, transcribed the old testament, but wrote the New. The only Christians around at that time were those who brcsme known as Catholics....the bible, as we know, is error free....because God said so.
to what are you referring???
“...who brcsme known as Catholics....”
I assume that says, “who became known as Catholics....”
I suspect they were long departed for a much better place before a single Christian was ever referred to as Catholic.
they said nothing about her death and where she was buried....surely they would have recorded that and honored her burial place, but they didn't.
Now that there is funny! I suppose because the RCC says so right?
>>the bible, as we know, is error free<<
The Catholic bible includes books that definitely have errors. So that statement from a Catholic would be untrue.
So what?
Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
Anyone who claims otherwise is wrong.
Wait, wait. You’re telling me that a great part of the Catholic faith is built on speculation? And you put your eternal life on the line following an organization that bases its beliefs on speculation? That’s scary to say the least. No wonder Catholics can’t claim assurance of salvation.
They said nothing about her death because it was irrelevant to the gospel story inspired by the Holy Spirit. It was the Holy Spirit after all that inspired what to write. I think the Holy Spirit knew what was relevant and what was not. And before you try to remind me to be thankful to Catholics for the bible keep in mind that God used Judas also.
A person only needs to be reborn once, not multiple times.
Otherwise, what you’re saying is that nothing the Catholic church can do to attain salvation for its adherents is good enough. It has to be repeated over and over again, ad nauseum.
I wonder what Elsie's wife would think of him doing that.....
even Peter and Paul???
Oh the intent of the post was just to be snide then. Got it.
pffttt......
1 Corinthians 1:21-24 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11-16 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
If they had not done it; I guess we've be hearing about Jesus from the ROCKS!
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