We could honestly debate the quality of any Scripture course for either Catholics or Protestants, but to say that someone can be ordained to the Catholic priesthood without being required to study Scripture is simply false.
But there was one gift they all received that was essential.
And that is the new covenant. God destroyed, the old temple, sacrificial system and priestly system. Man rebuilt it.
Jer_31:31 “The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
Jer_31:33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD. “I will put My instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.
The new covenant is of the Spirit, God’s personal, direct relationship with us. We must be born again, that is a requirement.
Many here will object to these words, but what does God say on the matter? Folks, get you Bibles out
They all speak about the same things, but from many different perspectives.
For example, I learn a lot about talking with God and how God works by listening to Joel Osteen’s sermons while driving.
He starts them by saying this:
“This is my Bible.Works for me.
I am what it says I am.
I have what it says I have.
I can do what it says I can do.”
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God pours His Grace on all of us, so I imagine everyone has at least something of value to pass along.
However, I find that listening while suspending judgment is hard for me to do, but I’m getting better at it.