Posted on 01/16/2015 5:56:35 AM PST by metmom
I am secure in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
I have the guarantee of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:14 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 15 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.
I wish that people would get out of that Catholic Church apostasy and study the word of God instead.
>>When you reject the teachings of the Catholic Church, you reject Jesus. Look it up, it is in the Bible.<<
Nope, it's not there.
It appears you are trying to be cute by half and it’s not working for you. I think you need to restudy all those verses again and look closely at the Greek words and their intent.
We are calling the Catholic Church corruption of scripture a lie. If Jesus truly ate blood and encouraged others to do so He sinned. How about you address that instead of making evasive comments?
:-)
Acts 2:38 is talking about a public expression of an already accomplished spiritual truth. Stop playing the “did God really say” game.
Roger that. I bet a dip in that frigid water was literally breath taking, and an experience you will never forget. I was a former catholic, and got saved about 6 months before I went to Vietnam. I actually stayed with the catholic church for awhile. I went to mass a few more times, but as I read my Catholic Bible, I could see that even the catholic Bible didn't agree with the catholic church. I replaced it with another Bible. I was baptized in the swimming pool at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, by a Southern Baptist Chaplain, even though, at that time, I did not even know what a Southern Baptist was, because as a catholic, I knew nothing about any other denominations. I was 21 at the time. I kind of thought the whole world revolved around me, and I thought if I, as a catholic, could find the truth of the real Jesus, as opposed to the Jesus of the cult religions, that millions of people in the catholic church would come out of it and be saved. Obviously, that did not happen, and unfortunately, on these threads, I see the cults are still alive and well. Oh well, they have been warned.
Well now! There we proof from scripture that Catholic Church has rejected Christ. They have clearly rejected what the apostles taught. Here's on: Acts 15:29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, and from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
And he posts another verse to prove that Catholic Church has rejected what the apostles taught.
Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Paul said anyone teaching something they didn't teach was to be considered accursed. Not on Catholic can show that the apostles taught the assumption of Mary yet the Catholic Church teaches that.
I wonder where that "game" originated? The Garden of Eden maybe?
And it's still being played through many willing followers.
Well I hope God is secure in you.
Scripture, by which we mean the Old and New Testaments, was inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16). The Holy Spirit guided the biblical authors to write what he wanted them to write. Since God is the principal author of the Bible, and since God is truth itself (John 14:6) and cannot teach anything untrue, the Bible is free from all error in everything it asserts to be true.
Some Christians claim, “The Bible is all I need,” but this notion is not taught in the Bible itself. In fact, the Bible teaches the contrary idea (2 Pet. 1:20–21, 3:15–16). The “Bible alone” theory was not believed by anyone in the early Church.
It is new, having arisen only in the 1500s during the Protestant Reformation. The theory is a “tradition of men” that nullifies the Word of God, distorts the true role of the Bible, and undermines the authority of the Church Jesus established (Mark 7:1–8).
Although popular with many “Bible Christian” churches, the “Bible alone” theory simply does not work in practice. Historical experience disproves it. Each year we see additional splintering among “Bible-believing” religions.
Today there are tens of thousands of competing denominations, each insisting its interpretation of the Bible is the correct one. The resulting divisions have caused untold confusion among millions of sincere but misled Christians.
Just open up the Yellow Pages of your telephone book and see how many different denominations are listed, each claiming to go by the “Bible alone,” but no two of them agreeing on exactly what the Bible means.
We know this for sure: The Holy Spirit cannot be the author of this confusion (1 Cor. 14:33). God cannot lead people to contradictory beliefs because his truth is one. The conclusion? The “Bible alone” theory must be false.
I am sorry that you have rejected the Catholic Church and her teachings.
I haven’t read any truth here that logically refutes the teachings of the Catholic Church. I have pointed out various passages of the Bible that the non- Catholics here do not accept and accordingly reject the Word of Jesus.
God’s Peace be with you.
It is with me, and I hope you find Jesus Christ as I have.
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
1 John 3:21-24
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”
6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me. 14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16 “‘After this I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’[b]—
18 things known from long ago.[c]
19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
The apostles and elders, your brothers,
To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
Greetings.
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. [34] [d] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
Your comment: “We are calling the Catholic Church corruption of scripture a lie. If Jesus truly ate blood and encouraged others to do so He sinned. How about you address that instead of making evasive comments?”
The Catholic Church has a history of truth in matters of faith for 2000 years that God will not allow it to err. You are not able to prove otherwise and do not respond logically.
Read the Bible and the teachings of the Catholic Church and stop the spin with no substance. You state that Christ sinned by giving us HIS BODY AND BLOOD. You are wrong and that is blasphemy. The Old Covenant was completed and Jesus established the New Covenant.
Regarding the Eucharist. Reread my post # 55. There is scientific evidence of the body and blood in the Eucharist. Why do you reject the specific words of Christ in his gift to us of the Body and Blood in Holy Communion? As Christ indicated in the Bible those that did not believe stopped being followers of Jesus Christ.
You may claim to be a follower of Jesus Christ, but you reject Him and His Church.
Wake up, Repent and accept Jesus Christ and follow HIM.
Bob; we CAN and we HAVE.
We really like your current pope!!!
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