Posted on 05/30/2008 10:21:34 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
AS I’ve said repeatedly . . .
I INVITE EARNEST CHRISTIANS
who feel genuinely led to do so—to post every bit as forcefully as I do—using satire, mocking—whatever could be remotely construed as redemptive—toward helping me see through my blind spots.
Many folks in my past have done so to redemptive effect, for me.
What do you think it CLEARLY SAYS?
Not what inferences do you draw from it.
Not what extrapolations do you draw from it.
Not what fantasies does it trigger.
What do you honestly think it CLEARLY SAYS?
And I respect that. Im going to try it with the extra helping of jelly for a while and see how it goes.
With all Our Lords blessings, Ill see some good things come from it.
I may not change a million hearts but maybe I can find a ground that we can all stand on.
Night all!
I think that’s a very admirable supposition.
Bzzzzt
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I gather that was the accurate original Scripture being zotted by the magisterical?
1. There’s no evidence that he had a significant indwelling presence of Holy Spirit or an ear trained to hear Holy Spirit.
2. God is sovereign. He chose to do it the way He did. No biggy. Just God being God.
3. Perhaps in order to give Scriptural evidence of folks traveling IN THE SPIRIT a la Philip.
“we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is.”
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Perhaps you’d be willing to list the things the RC edifice loads in on top of that verse’s meaning(s)??
“That is true, and to the point that those who win reward by their works will inevitably throw their crowns at Jesus’ feet. None deserve any glory but Christ.”
O.k.: it’s very clear that we have very different understandings about the nature of the Body—either we become one Body or we don’t.
I Cor 12:22-26
“Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary, and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our less presentable parts are treated with greater propriety, whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another. If (one) part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.”
that their point is not to have a clash of ideas but to irritate, to drive people nuts. And, yes, if someone sets out to irritate me or a group I’m in, I take that personally, as it was meant.
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I still don’t fit the tidy little box some seem determined to shove me into.
None of the variations of
co-
work for me. The English meanings are all an affront, a blasphemy to Christ and His utterly unique role, imho.
The meanings are clear in English . . .
Regardless of the English meaning chosen, Mary still ends up inordinately ranking very high on a two person team that God designed as a one person slot—essentially—for Himself.
Perceptively put about the salt deficiency.
Though that’s a hazard for all Christians.
There is no context in which a ‘co’ of any kind will be sufficient. I will not suffer that credit being taken from Christ by even the least increment, subordinate or otherwise.
That Jesus died for me at Calvary shows His deep and abiding love for me personally. What need have I for any other? My Lord need not be wheedled nor convinced with regard to His concern for me and mine. We stand boldly before the Holy of Holies and simply ask. No “goddess of heaven”, no angel, no saint, no “priest” gets credit for that. There is only one Redeemer. There is only one Mediator (Priest). One Savior is all I need.
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INDEED!
The Scriptures and the Holy Spirit lead men to the full understanding of Jesus Christ and the victory He alone won for His sheep on the cross.
“How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. “ — Psalm 119:103-105
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INDEED.
Amen! Just tonight I posted to the dreaded “hate” assault.
They need a new drug.
They need a new MANTRA.
I am still unconvinced that co- in the Vaticans view is limited to the something like an airline copilot in relation to the pilot.
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imho, even that quasi ‘limited’ elevation is blasphemy.
Christ gave every indication, even in Scripture, that as far as He was concerned—Mary and his wet half-brothers rode coach like the rest of the believers. And that all who did the will of the Father were EQUAL TO MARY.
I don’t see RC’s admitting the plain meaning of that Scripture at all.
Shoot. I’m pretty generous.
I don’t even hate 100% of the system! LOL.
LOL.
I was reared on KJV and that’s how I’ve memorized so much of it.
However, I’m NOT a KJV only person by a long shot.
Yeah, well . . .
RC’s aren’t the only group with rubber Bibles.
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