Posted on 02/08/2015 3:28:55 PM PST by RnMomof7
Sounds like you're saying the American people are too confused to think clearly.
Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Notice He didn't say to make disciples of just a few and put them in long robes and make the elites.
It says no such thing. Show us the verse where that's taught.
His death and suffering occurred at one point in time, but his sacrifice is eternally present in heaven.
What's eternally present in heaven is the RESURRECTED Christ sitting at the right hand of the Father interceding for us.
Jesus in heaven Acts 2:32-36 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”’ Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Acts 5:30-31 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Ephesians 1:15-23 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 2:4-6 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Colossians 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Romans 8:34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Hebrews 1:1-4 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
Hebrews 9:11-17 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 8:1-2 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
Hebrews 9:24-28 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Hebrews 10:8-14 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 10:15-18 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,” then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 3:21-22 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
Why don't Catholics believe what the Holy Spirit tells us in Scripture is happening in heaven right now?
Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary is finished.
Our APPROPRIATION of the grace that comes to us through Christ is not finished.
Satan, who hates us and does not want us to grow in grace, promotes the notion of “once-saved-always-saved” and other doctrines that destroy people’s understanding that they need to GROW in grace and holiness.
The idea that we do NOT grow in holiness, but that God merely lies to himself, and proclaims filthy sinners to be “saved,” is a Satanic idea.
Satan is delighted by maimed, deformed versions of Christianity that have deprived many generations of the sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist.
Why do you leave off the full name of your church? To deceive someone before he/she realizes you are advertising the LDS cult?
You seem certain of the mind of Satan. That’s odd.
WOW...so do I...where on Earth can I get such a book and who brought us this book through the centuries since it was written??????
Oh, wait a minute...it was those darned Catholics.........sigh.
Maranatha beloved brother!
I agree with you 100% so I went to Borders Books....and then I went to Sears book dept, and then the public library, I searched every source of books that I could find seeking a Bible that was not written, edited, transcribed, copied through the centuries, saved from annihilation, protected against all challengers by the Catholic Church and I couldn't find one.
Could you please tell me where you got your copy and can you show me that those darned Catholics had nothing to do with it...I certainly wouldn't want any of my dollars going to Rome......gasp!!
And notice the past tense “crucified” not “crucifying”.
Hebrews 10:12. It’s was once and for all (for all who wanted it).
Billions.....very sad!
We all know that........once upon a time there was this magical book store.....no one knows where nor when nor how, but suddenly, on the shelf there was a BIBLE....there was no author listed on the main page, but there was the word of God...miraculously printed in book form, not in that pesky Greek nor Latin language, but in English where I could understand it.....I wonder how it got there/////A mystery I guess.
“For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” (Exodus 9:16, Romans 9:17).
If the Living God could use Pharoah, He could use the Catholic Church. I’ll thank HIM, then, for HIS Scriptures...not you.
yes because the number of people who believe something makes it right.
we’d all like to know when are you going to become a muslim?
Amen! Seated at the right Hand of the Father! Forever! Amen!
Who else was there to do so??
Christians wrote the Bible. They did not know the term Roman Catholic because it hadn’t been coined yet. If any term applied they called themselves “The Way”.
If you just realized what a twisted version of what scripture actually says and what true believers believe that you just presented you would turn from that fallen church.
Not me...I want to read the one that someone else has written....where can I find one???
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