To: kosta50
I feel for you, for love burns you, doesn't it? Oh pleazzzze!!! Let's summarize:
Orthodox/Catholic:
1) Not sure if they're saved or not
2) Must do good works to be saved
3) Asks the saints to intercede for them
4) Have to constantly be filled with "God's grace" through the Eucharist
5) No plan of God for one's life
Reformed:
1) God loves me and has guarentee my salvation
2) I'm saved by what our Lord Jesus has done
3) I can boldly go directly to the throne of God the Father because of His Son
4) God has rebirth me and sealed me with His Holy Spirit
5) God has a perfect plan for my life to give me a future and a hope
Now you tell me which system illustrates God's love more.
1,386 posted on
01/13/2006 3:34:54 PM PST by
HarleyD
("No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him..." John 6:44)
To: HarleyD
To: HarleyD
I would say one is a labor of love; the other one is just self-love.
1,389 posted on
01/13/2006 3:53:47 PM PST by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: HarleyD
Your lists were rife with inaccuracies. Shouldn't they read:
Orthodox/Catholic:
1) Not sure if they're saved or not Do not presume that they will go to Heaven 2) Must do good works to be saved Faith without works is dead.
3) Asks the saints to intercede for them May ask saints to pray for them, but pray to God.
4) Have to constantly be filled with "God's grace" through the Eucharist Honored to obey Jesus' instructions at the Last Supper
5) No plan of God for one's lifeDo not pretend to know God's mind
Reformed:
1) God loves me and has guarentee my salvation God loves the elect and has guaranteed their salvation, but hates the rest of humanity 2) I'm saved by what our Lord Jesus has done Only the elect are saved by Jesus' works
3) I can boldly go directly to the throne of God the Father because of His Son
4) God has rebirth me and sealed me with His Holy SpiritGod has rebirthed the elect and sealed only them with the Holy Spirit
5) God has a perfect plan for my life to give me a future and a hope God has a perfect plan for the elect, but created the rest of humanity to be damned
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