[Titanites]

I don’t know if you’ve been following along with the conversation in these posts: 895 , 904 , 927 , 959 , 976 , 1024 , 1057 , 1109 , but I am now beginning to understand that Protestants, or at least Calvinists, really don’t believe the beatitudes or being charitable applies to them.

They are taught that the needy among us are “children of satan”, “goats, or “tares”. Love your neighbor does not apply.

Maybe you realized all this previously, but I did not, and I admit that I am stunned to find this out. Thank God I have not been sucked down the drainhole of Calvinism.

[MarkBsnr]

but I am now beginning to understand that Protestants, or at least Calvinists, really don’t believe the beatitudes or being charitable applies to them.

If you read the Westminster Confession of Faith, it confirms it. Those who are unfortunate are that way because they are accursed of God, according to the Calvinist. The exalted position that a Calvinist finds himself in is because God smiles upon him and has rewarded him. That is their theology.

Maybe you realized all this previously, but I did not, and I admit that I am stunned to find this out. Thank God I have not been sucked down the drainhole of Calvinism.

The lord of this world created, supported, and sustains to this day the un Christian beliefs of the Reformed.

[stfassisi]

Protestants, or at least Calvinists, really don’t believe the beatitudes or being charitable applies to them

The poor hungry and meek do not represent the God of their wrongly formed mind because of John Calvin, so they think the poor hungry and meek lack the grace of God because they are not like Calvin-who was a devil in disguise.

[Quix]

. . . I am now beginning to understand that Protestants, or at least Calvinists, really don’t believe the beatitudes or being charitable applies to them.

They are taught that the needy among us are “children of satan”, “goats, or “tares”. Love your neighbor does not apply.

Sometimes, it's still shocking to see the lengths of

UNMITIGATED FALSEHOOD; BEARING FALSE WITNESS; OUTRAGEOUSLY ABSURD TO IRRATIONAL ASSERTIONS; ETC.

Which folks of the Roman Catholic et al rabid cliques are willing to habitually go. Fascinating . . . if one can get over the pathetic and sad aspects.

[wmfights]

...but I am now beginning to understand that Protestants, or at least Calvinists, really don’t believe the beatitudes or being charitable applies to them.

I guess this is one of those times it's good to not be a protestant. As a Born Again Christian I can't disagree with the very easy to understand point my brothers and sisters in Christ were making. The point is:

Your works whether they be charitable or not do not buy you your salvation.

Being in a church that teaches otherwise won't be an excuse.

[annalex]

Protestants, or at least Calvinists, really don’t believe the beatitudes or being charitable applies to them.

Not all Protestans; some branches of Protestantism are quite service oriented. See, for example, the Methodists or Salvation Army. However, all of them are evasive about Mt. 5-7 because read honestly these chapters teach squarely that works play a cardinal role in our faith formation, and are the basis of our salvation.

When pressed, the evasion becomes wholesale denial of these chapters, often in some artful ways. The usual trick is to say that because Jesus spoke to the disciples, they refer to the rewards of the justified rather than to the salvation or condemnation itself. That, of course, denies Mt 25.

Heard of sheep without a shepherd?