Posted on 10/13/2013 8:17:11 PM PDT by jodyel
It is never mean or absurd to tell the truth, whether the hearer believes it or not.
I am not superior, just born again and filled with the Spirit, and that is all I want for Roman Catholics.
It's because they're not dead.
And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And the multitudes hearing it, were in admiration at his doctrine.
-Matthew 22: 31-33
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
They are incredibly, indubitably dead.
Their souls are in heaven or hell where they know not what is happening here.
By Catholic standards, Lenin should be a saint then too.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0304/lenin.asp
They don't know what is happening here? How is that the case with the blessed in Heaven? What are you basing this on?
By Catholic standards, Lenin should be a saint then too.
That's not how it works. The recognized (canonized) saints of the Church's lives of sanctity are well documented. Lenin's wicked life is as well, so unless he repented, and we don't know it, there's a good chance he's in hell.
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LOL I think consensus is that the body in that box is pretty much dead.
http://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2001/lloyd-jones-on-romans-103/
Perhaps this will help explain the difference between nice Christians (those who do not evangelize like your Lutheran neighbor) and biblical born-again Christians (those that point out error and false doctrine and care for your soul more than they do your feelings).
God bless you, mlizzy!!
True life is in Christ. (”I AM the Way, the Truth, and the LIFE”) The blessed in Heaven are MORE alive than we in the valley of tears are, as they are with LIFE ITSELF.
It's pretty sad when a post is dripping with mocking, instead of charity.
It is a lazy age in every respect, a sentimental, sloppy age, an age that wants entertainment and dislikes effort.Well I agree with the above, Jody. And I think one who cares for another's feelings is already displaying their Christianity [even if they're not a Christian]. You would like my old [and she is very old right now] neighbor. As a little girl, she would welcome me into her home, offer me fresh baked cookies and cold milk, and there was always one of those small Bible-story books on the table next to the cookies, and she would read it to me. She had a Cocker Spaniel named "Happy," and she had a long very thick blonde ponytail [the owner, not the dog] -lol- that swayed when she walked. Very wonderful woman!
Never have understood the Roman Catholic fascination with all things dead...Pretty disgusting.Ruh-roh, Jody. Neither could my sister, who was freaked out by some of the ["creepy"] statues in the RC Church. Which was interesting because she tends to be a macabre person... :) But not me! Ha! Here's a rosary I'd like to have some day, though: http://www.rosaryworkshop.com/RDLM-Dia-de-los-Muertos.html#A SPLENDID REWARD ROSARY
Ah well....gotta do what we gotta do. None of them evangelized you and you are still in the RCC.
So I will continue on hoping that the Lord will do what He’s gotta do.
Best,
jodyel
Yowza!!!
Do not get it!!!
And don’t wanna get it!!!
I think it must be that once you have the true Holy spirit stuff like that is disgusting in the extreme. There is no substitute dead or alive for Christ.
So incorruptible they needed to cover her with wax. Right!
Man, the stuff you guys will believe. Gullible and deceived.
Let’s see how you look in 200 years, even with a thin layer of wax.
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