Posted on 08/05/2013 10:31:02 AM PDT by Gamecock
Question:
Does the OPC use the crucifix in the church? If not, are they opposed to it?
Answer:
Thank you for your question. The answer is, so far as I know, the crucifix is not used in OPC churches, and here is why:
1.The Second Commandment (Ex. 20:4-6 and Deut. 5:8-10) forbids any picture or image of God, and that would include the Son of God, even as man. At any rate we do not know what Jesus looked like as there is no physical description of him.
2.The crucifix will always end up being an object of worship—regarded as holy. History teaches as much. The bronze serpent Moses made became an object of worship and was not destroyed till King Hezekiah did it (Numbers 21:9; 2 Kings 18:1-5). Roman Catholics have worshipped it, kissed it and held it to have mystical powers.
3.Christ did not remain on the Cross. In the Roman Church Christ is said to be resacrificed each time the Mass is celebrated. This is heresy; he died once for all—Hebrews 9:25-28.
We in the OPC have learned not to trust our idolatry prone hearts not to do the same as others have in the past. Hence, no crucifixes are used. So, yes, we are opposed to it.
Might be time to review your position.
No Rabbi does not mean teacher. It means most great one.
It implies godly powers to alter Yehova’s word.
That is why Yeshua forbid to call men Rabbi or Father.
I’m sorry but I still don’t know what you are talking about re: bearing false witness.
LOL, i think you do.
“the bread i will give IS MY FLESH for the life of the world”
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
RABBI
In the Old Testament the title rab referred to any eminent holder of an office. Rabbi literally means “my master.” In the New Testament it is the honorable name by which the Disciples addressed Jesus as their Master (Matthew 23:7; John 1:38). Soon after the apostolic age it became the recognized title of Jewish religious teachers, and all modern Jewish clergy are called rabbis. (Etym. Aramaic rab, master + first person pronomian suffix: my master.)
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
I’ve refuted everything you’ve said.
Everyone else has refuted everything you’ve said.
All men are sinners.
You can say that again. Please.
Yeshua was the Rabbi, the great one, the son of Yehova.
Yeshua told his disciples that they had no master among men.
He said be not called Rabbi.
How do you not understand this?
Rabbi and Father are evil titles.
Well for me it does feel free to have the last however many words you like.
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when someone posts that they don’t understand “bearing false witness” and i post an article explaining the concept, how can that possibly be considered “making it personal”? no mention of anyone was made in that post.
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