Posted on 02/26/2011 1:52:09 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
It’s amazing the virulent reaction resulting when someone posts about salvation through by grace through faith alone.
Considering what a struggle it is to live the kind of righteous lives Christ sets forth in the Beatitudes, you’d think that anyone in their right mind would jump at the chance to be forgiven and justified on the merits of someone else and have that person’s righteous simply imputed to them, giving them assurance of their salvation.
It’s inconceivable why anyone would insist on working for their salvation when God offers it to us as a gift.
That’s the doctrinal goal, though. There can be no bad law when you roll your own as the situation requires.
This could be an interesting study if we can get through all the static. :-)
I wonder if the OT example of the Jews placing lamb's blood on the doorposts and lentil fits. I believe they did this in faith. Would we consider their actions work that made a God a debtor, obligated to spare them, or would we consider it an act of faith alone?
Salvation occurs when we die and are joined to God in heaven. It does not occur on earth. It is however, merited on earth by the holy lives we lead and only available to us in the first place because Jesus opened the gates of heaven by His death on the cross. Good works are the result of God’s grace bestowed on those who love Him. Faith is also a gift from God and, yes, good works do demonstrate that our faith is genuine. Further, good works give glory to God:
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly father.” (Mt: 5:13-16)
Deal language, dead saints, eat flesh and blood, doctrines of the devil, idol worship - catholicism is demonic to the core.
“The fact that you’re littering this thread with prayers to dead people is a good illustration of why the Caucus label is necessary.”
..moaning and crying to the RM?
This is an open religion thread.
Prepare to defend ya’lls false doctrine.
presently no screen name wrote:
“Deal [sic] language, dead saints, eat flesh and blood, doctrines of the devil, idol worship - catholicism is demonic to the core.”
I wonder what odd denomination teaches such illiterate and hate-filled bigotry? Any guesses?
Roll a 30,000 sided die to pick one at random, there’s a good chance you’ll be right.
People like that need to be careful lest a lot of the “demonic” types pray for them to see the light. They’d be really screwed then.
The fact that you’re littering this thread with prayers to dead people is a good illustration of why the Caucus label is necessary.It is an open thread. Why are you whining to the RM? Your post is "making it personal" and a violation of the RM's rules, right? Are you asking the RM to delete your own post?
Reader Rabbit special on aisle 6
Me thinks they should spend more time in remedial reading class before we can expect them to stop with them devilish incantations.
The Greek manuscripts are available for anyone to reference and available online. Those don't change.
Translating Scripture from Greek to Latin to English is working off a translation of a translation, hardly a way to guarantee the meaning of the original Greek words is maintained with any integrity.
Unlike the oddities who claim the Faith but allow divorce, celebrate abortion and “ordain” the openly deviant.
Annulment = divorce
There are more than enough Catholics who are pro-abortion, if not in words, in voting record.
No Catholic is in any position to criticize another church for ordaining deviants. Not only does the Catholic church ordain them, even when they practice their deviancy and the church finds out about it, nothing is done beyond transferring them elsewhere until secular authorities are brought in and they're forced to as PR damage control.
Why is the Catholic church disobedient to instruction in 1 Corinthians 6 regarding the sexual sin in its members?
Ignatius of Antioch
“Be not deceived, my brethren: If anyone follows a maker of schism [i.e., is a schismatic], he does not inherit the kingdom of God; if anyone walks in strange doctrine [i.e., is a heretic], he has no part in the passion [of Christ]. Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: For there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of his blood; one altar, as there is one bishop, with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons” (Letter to the Philadelphians 3:3–4:1 [A.D. 110]).
“Annulment = divorce”
Right, only if “Black = White”.
Greek in fact does change, it is a living language. Sorry you didn’t know that.
As for the rest of your factless whine, well, YAAAAWNNNNNN.
Our Nar(cissist), who art on earth,
hallowed be thy screenname.
May Romanism come,
the religion forum done,
on Free Republic as it is in Romanist forums,
Give us this day our daily post.
And forgive us our post to Protestants,
as we forgive those who post to Protestants.
And lead us not into Protestant Caucus threads,
but deliver us from the religion forum.
For thine is the religion forum,
the caucus’ and every post,
at least for today.
Amen.
That is funny. Thank you!
And of course, he was correct, per Ephesians 2. Roman Catholics do not understand that fact, instead substituting their own good works for the grace of God.
I wonder if the OT example of the Jews placing lamb's blood on the doorposts and lentil fits. I believe they did this in faith. Would we consider their actions work that made a God a debtor, obligated to spare them, or would we consider it an act of faith alone?
It was an act of God's grace that gave them the faith to do as He instructed.
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For whatever reason when we began posting threads as Caucus Threads RC's became very agitated and it was perceived as a "war". It might be nice to be able to attract posters that don't want to deal with the static.
“For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
“if you love me, you will keep my commandments”
“Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
“Roman Catholics do not understand that fact, instead substituting their own good works for the grace of God.”
A sad lie. One that you KNOW is a lie because you have been told that again and again.
“So by their fruits you will know them.” (Mt 7:20) Works flow from the grace bestowed by God upon those with true faith.
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