Posted on 10/11/2010 2:57:22 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
Faith has an object. If the object of faith is not through Christ, it is separate from the Plan of God, i.e. misses the mark, i.e. the very meaning of ‘sin’.
Loving another as loving ourselves, through faith in Christ implies sharing the Gospel, especially to those who may not be aware.
>>Small is the gate... let’s remember that as we all get big egos and big heads when debating our religious beliefs. Not sure big heads sill fit through a small gate.<<
You are brilliant!!!!
Spot on!
I forgive you.
“He taught me True Discernment”
I think you let the cat out, one isn’t ‘taught’ discernment.”
He certainly does in ever Bible I’ve ever read:
New International Version (©1984)
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
New Living Translation (©2007)
But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.
English Standard Version (©2001)
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
International Standard Version (©2008)
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have told you.
GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995)
However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you.
King James Bible
But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
American King James Version
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
She is certifiably insane, IMHO, for all of the false prophesies that she has given over the years. She operates out of a flattering, greedy spirit. Several of my friends mimic that weird voice she speaks out of, too, when she "prophesies"... It would be a list a mile long of all the false words and lying missives she has given in the name of Jesus Christ over the years... Jezebel in the flesh.
It is a hymn about the Savior, Mary’s son, Jesus Christ, who she realized she needed to save her from her own sins.
Mary was a lowly sinner just like you and me. There is nothing in the Word of God that says that she was sinless. She may have been a virgin, but she was not without sin. Otherwise, she would have no need of praising through the Magnificat. She cannot answer our prayers and we are in sin if we dare to pray to someone human entity other than the Mediator, our Intercessor, the Savior, the Lord God Jesus Christ.
There is no place in the Word of God (which is Jesus by the way, He is the Word made flesh) that says that Mary was without sin in order to carry Jesus. She of course conceived immaculately, and also, this was not a situation where God would allow Mary or Joseph to “give even the appearance of evil” because under Hebrew law, a betrothed couple were allowed conjugal rights before the actual ceremony. So even her conception was a holy thing that would not have drawn attention to it when she became with child — except Joseph knew he had not lain with her. In other words, it was all kosher and under Jewish law that she and Joseph could sleep together as betrothed.
That said, this still speaks nothing of Mary’s sin or sinless state. It is ridiculous to even think that anyone but Jesus was without sin. I have no idea where this legend arose in Catholicism but it breeds a Mary veneration that is not cool with the Lord God.
Yes she was blessed among women, and yes her virgin birth of Christ was prophesied over the centuries, even to Genesis, but this is not because she was sinless. It is because it was God’s will that His son was born through that Davidic bloodline, by a virgin.
Great. Now to the daily task of our carrying own personal cross, dying to self, and following Him... which has nothing to do with Mary. She needed the gift of the Holy Spirit to fall on her at Pentecost just as it did the other disciples... nothing special here to see folks.
Thank you for preaching. Not everyone agrees with you, nor feels compelled to take your post seriously.
I also wouldn't be surprised by "It never actually happened" or "the platform fell when the pentecostals attacked us".
LOL.
Masterfully done.
Yes. I think he’s been straight with folks and himself and God way above average.
Good point.
Faith has an object. If the object of faith is not through Christ, it is separate from the Plan of God, i.e. misses the mark, i.e. the very meaning of ‘sin’.
Loving another as loving ourselves, through faith in Christ implies sharing the Gospel, especially to those who may not be aware.
INDEED. Well put.
Forgiveness is good to extend routinely.
Though it’s usually not needed for telling the truth about Marian blasphemies and idolatries.
INDEED.
That said, this still speaks nothing of Mary’s sin or sinless state. It is ridiculous to even think that anyone but Jesus was without sin. I have no idea where this legend arose in Catholicism but it breeds a Mary veneration that is not cool with the Lord God.
Yes she was blessed among women, and yes her virgin birth of Christ was prophesied over the centuries, even to Genesis, but this is not because she was sinless. It is because it was God’s will that His son was born through that Davidic bloodline, by a virgin.
Great. Now to the daily task of our carrying own personal cross, dying to self, and following Him... which has nothing to do with Mary. She needed the gift of the Holy Spirit to fall on her at Pentecost just as it did the other disciples... nothing special here to see folks.
INDEED. THX.
One sin, Our Lord Jesus Christ commands us not to commit is to worry and exhibit anxiety. These were all apparent in the gospel account when Mary was looking for Our Lord Jesus Christ for three days. This shows she was not sinless.
“I have Sky Angel which has all Christian types”
What is that?
The Pentecostals I know are channeling something that isn’t Holy. It’s a very terrible deception that is leading them from light into the depths of darkness.
1. guide you into all truth
2. bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you
Oh, wait a minute ... bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you? That would be a major issue ... I personally was not there in the upper room ... I wasnt around to hear the words of Jesus when he gave them to the apostles. If I wasnt there to hear the words, how could He bring them to MY remembrance. Further, if the second doesnt apply to me neither does the first.
The simple historical fact is that NONE of us were there in the upper room, none of us were there during the time of Christ on earth. This cannot be a promise to us, nor can we Biblically claim it is a promise to us ... yet this is the most used passage in every denomination to justify their own interpretation of the Bible. "The Holy Spirit taught me this."
Our application of this passage today is to believe the result of their "guidance into truth" and "bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you" ... namely ... the New Testament.
The ability to discern comes from a careful reading and study of the doctrines taught in the New Testament, which were written by the apostles (they were guided into this truth) ... some of which were the actual words of Christ (such as in the gospels).
Our Blessed Mother always points to her Son as the one to follow.
Just as she commanded the servants at the Wedding Feast to do as her son, Jesus, commanded, she also tells us.
Just as Solomon raised his mother up as Queen, Jesus has His mother raised as Queen.
I can't understand why anyone would want to lower the mother of Jesus and think that would honor Jesus? That Our Lord Jesus Christ would be jealous of his own mother is ridiculous!
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