Posted on 04/30/2010 8:03:48 AM PDT by Quix
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7 When you pray, dont babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 8 Dont be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! 9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, --New Living Translation 7And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.] 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 9Pray, therefore, like this: 15But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their [j]reckless and willful sins, [k]leaving them, letting them go, and [l]giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. --Amplified Pray with Simplicity 5"And when you come before God, don't turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat? 6"Here's what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace. 7-13"The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They're full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don't fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need. With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: 16-18"When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don't make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity but it won't make you a saint. If you 'go into training' inwardly, act normal outwardly. Shampoo and comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face. God doesn't require attention-getting devices. He won't overlook what you are doing; he'll reward you well. |
Mark Kirby: O Mother of Good Counsel, I am all thine, Most Holy Mary, There is no part of my life that is not open to thee, I want to be completely transparent with thee, Praying in this way, I can be at rest, |
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As though you've NEVER been told what Catholics believe before. As though we've kept it a secret! LOL! Not a chance. Look it up.
That would be refreshing.
Honest candor from that side!
What a novel idea!
That’s pretty well true around here. Steal a man’s wife, feh! Steal a man’s dog, say your prayers.
What reaches the edges of my comprehension is the people who CLAIM to know Catholicism but whose attempts to articulate what the Church teaches are just flat wrong, while they continue to insist they are right.
>>That source mongers hatred<<
And when a poster states the exact same words without giving a reference to it? Does that stand unchallenged by the mod?
I don’t want to be called a tattletale, but when I cut and paste a quote by a FReeper and the first site that pops up on Bing is one of the “sites that shall not be named”, what can I do?
See post 1076.
We do look it up, that seems to be what’s causing some catholics the greatest difficulty. Is Mary the tree of life for example? Is she the “firstborn” of every creature? And so on, and so on, and so on. And if she is, if she does in your theology, usurp all the roles that belong to Christ, then defend why it’s so, or you believe that it’s so and proper. Calling people “bigots” for asking serious theological questions is childish behavior and doesn’t belong on a religion forum.
What reaches the edges of my comprehension is the people who CLAIM to know Catholicism but whose attempts to articulate what the Church teaches are just flat wrong, while they continue to insist they are right.
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Sorry, Bro.
However, at many points, that assertion just doesn’t hold water, for me.
There have been a list of FREEPERS alone who have had well taught and long experienced backgrounds very well aware and accurate about formal Roman Catholic et al beliefs as well as the informal.
They have presented them accurately hereon.
No, but it's one of the perks of possessing sound doctrine. Rome fails in comparison, as Scripture and these many threads reveal.
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." -- 2 Timothy 1:7-14"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
But since Roman Catholic apologists exhibit such ignorance of the Reformation and Protestant doctrines and Christianity in general, here is a short and simple description of the "reformed faith" with which most every Bible-believing Christian could agree...
2. I believe that God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal and incomparable in all that he is; one God but three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, my Creator, my Redeemer, and my Sanctifier; in whose power and wisdom, righteousness, goodness and truth I may safely put my trust. 3. I believe that the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, are the work of God's hands; and that all that he has made he directs and governs in all their actions; so that they fulfill the end for which they were created, and I who trust in him shall not be put to shame but may rest securely in the protection of his almighty love. 4. I believe that God created man after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness and holiness, and entered into a covenant of life with him upon the sole condition of the obedience that was his due; so that it was by willfully sinning against God that man fell into the sin and misery in which I have been born. 5. I believe, that, being fallen in Adam, my first father, I am by nature a child of wrath, under the condemnation of God and corrupted in body and soul, prone to evil and liable to eternal death; from which dreadful state I cannot be delivered save through the unmerited grace of God my Savior. 6. I believe that God has not left the world to perish in its sin, but out of the great love wherewith he has loved it, has from all eternity graciously chosen unto himself a multitude which no man can number, to deliver them out of their sin and misery, and of them to build up again in the world his kingdom of righteousness; in which kingdom I may be assured I have my part, if I hold fast to Christ the Lord. 7. I believe that God has redeemed his people unto himself through Jesus Christ our Lord; who, though he was and ever continues to be the eternal Son of God, yet was born of a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem them that are under the law: I believe that he bore the penalty due to my sins in his own body on the tree, and fulfilled in his own person the obedience I owe to the righteousness of God, and now presents me to his Father as his purchased possession, to the praise of the glory of his grace forever; wherefore renouncing all merit of my own, I put all my trust only in the blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ my redeemer. 8. I believe that Jesus Christ my redeemer, who died for my offences was raised again for my justification, and ascended into the heavens, where he sits at the right hand of the Father Almighty, continually making intercession for his people, and governing the whole world as head over all things for his Church; so that I need fear no evil and may surely know that nothing can snatch me out of his hands and nothing can separate me from his love. 9. I believe that the redemption wrought by the Lord Jesus Christ is effectually applied to all his people by the Holy Spirit, who works faith in me and thereby unites me to Christ, renews me in the whole man after the image of God, and enables me more and more to die unto sin and to live unto righteousness; until, this gracious work having been completed in me, I shall be received into glory; in which great hope abiding, I must ever strive to perfect holiness in the fear of God. 10. I believe that God requires of me, under the gospel, first of all, that, out of a true sense of my sin and misery and apprehension of his mercy in Christ, I should turn with grief and hatred away from sin and receive and rest upon Jesus Christ alone for salvation; that, so being united to him, I may receive pardon for my sins and be accepted as righteous in God's sight only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to me and received by faith alone; and thus and thus only do I believe I may be received into the number and have a right to all the privileges of the sons of God. 11. I believe that, having been pardoned and accepted for Christ's sake, it is further required of me that I walk in the Spirit whom he has purchased for me, and by whom love is shed abroad in my heart; fulfilling the obedience I owe to Christ my King; faithfully performing all the duties laid upon me by the holy law of God my heavenly Father; and ever reflecting in my life and conduct, the perfect example that has been set me by Christ Jesus my Leader, who has died for me and granted to me his Holy Spirit just that I may do the good works which God has afore prepared that I should walk in them. 12. I believe that God has established his Church in the world and endowed it with the ministry of the Word and the holy ordinances of Baptism, the Lord's Supper and Prayer; in order that through these as means, the riches of his grace in the gospel may be made known to the world, and, by the blessing of Christ and the working of his Spirit in them that by faith receive them, the benefits of redemption may be communicated to his people; wherefore also it is required of me that I attend on these means of grace with diligence, preparation, and prayer, so that through them I may be instructed and strengthened in faith, and in holiness of life and in love; and that I use my best endeavors to carry this gospel and convey these means of grace to the whole world. 13. I believe that as Jesus Christ has once come in grace, so also is he to come a second time in glory, to judge the world in righteousness and assign to each his eternal award; and I believe that if I die in Christ, my soul shall be at death made perfect in holiness and go home to the Lord; and when he shall return to his majesty I shall be raised in glory and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoyment of God to all eternity: encouraged by which blessed hope it is required of me willingly to take my part in suffering hardship here as a good soldier of Christ Jesus, being assured that if I die with him I shall also live with him, if I endure, I shall also reign with him.
1. I believe that my one aim in life and death should be to glorify God and enjoy him forever; and that God teaches me how to glorify him in his holy Word, that is, the Bible, which he had given by the infallible inspiration of this Holy Spirit in order that I may certainly know what I am to believe concerning him and what duty he requires of me.
I don't meanthispersonally about you, but when I am called a liar, either straight out or by implication, and when someone persists in lying about my Church, I am not about shaking hands afterwards.
I don't mind debating (though I don't much like it). I despise cheaters. I know the Forum rules. I just don't think the alleged debate here is productive.Weought to be about seeking the Truth. When winning an exchange is more important that finding the truth, idolatry has triumphed and Nike has displaced Him who called Himself the Truth.
Thank you!
>>I don’t meanthispersonally about you, but when I am called a liar, either straight out or by implication, and when someone persists in lying about my Church, I am not about shaking hands afterwards.
I don’t mind debating (though I don’t much like it). I despise cheaters. I know the Forum rules. I just don’t think the alleged debate here is productive.Weought to be about seeking the Truth. When winning an exchange is more important that finding the truth, idolatry has triumphed and Nike has displaced Him who called Himself the Truth. <<
I’m adding an Amen here.
3/4 of my family is not Catholic. Yet I have never seen such nasty, ego filled words against me.
I don’t want to shake hands, but I will be praying for the people who slam us for all I’ve got. Because the shock and awe when they hit the pearly gates is going to be pretty tough on them.
Ever see The Simpson’s Catholic Heaven?
Judith Anne:No, not a fact. An opinion.
It's not an opinion in the Bible. There it's stated as a fact. Christ died ONCE for all and our salvation was made complete then. There is no more need for a priesthood.
Romans 6:10
The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
Hebrews 1: 1-3
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 5:8-10
Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:26-28
Such a high priest meets our needone who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:26
Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
Shepherding the body of believers is not a priestly job.
I looked and couldn’t find this post. If you aim me at it, tonight I’ll address it.
post 868
But since Roman Catholic apologists exhibit such ignorance of the Reformation and Protestant doctrines and Christianity in general,
If the Reformation was actually based upon a cohesive set of doctrines there would be ONE Protestant Church. What you call "ignorance" is really disgust at the hubris demonstrated over the past five centuries.
My former pastor -- and I'm not letting some protestant tell me what the job of my priest is -- gave me the URL when it was on You-tube.
Not only is it true that women become 10% hotter when they become Catholic [according to my scienterrific studies], but Catholics have WAY better parties.
Currently we have the first Kenyan Dominican (!) at our parish and he and I are planning a goat kid barbecue for when Catholic Student Ministries cranks up in the Fall. PartAY!
Gotta go.
Telling another poster how their posts are coming across is not mind reading.
My, you sure are quick to jump to that conclusion. It’s not the first time you’ve done it on this thread.
thnx. D.V. (that’s Catholic for “imshallah,”) I’ll be on it after supper 2nite.
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