Posted on 09/03/2014 6:36:07 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Jesus chose Judas to be an Apostle... and bishop.
Acts 1:20
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Psalm 109:8
Let his days be few; Let another take his office.
So what are Moses and Isaiah, chopped liver? What Bible did Jesus use? And yes, He did use one.
Peace,
SR
The Septuagint. About 200 of the 300 NT citations of the OT are from the Septuagint.
Septuagint Quotes in the New Testament
The Septuagint contains the deuterocanonical books of the Catholic canon of the Old Testament, or those books termed "apocryphal" by Protestants.
Which is 360 degrees opposite to what God wants. Jesus did ALL the work FOR you.
Matthew 11:28-30 (ASV)
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Hebrews 4:3 (AMP)
3 For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although [His] works had been completed and prepared [and waiting for all who would believe] from the foundation of the world.
Romans 7:6 (AMP)
6 But now we are discharged from the Law and have terminated all intercourse with it, having died to what once restrained and held us captive. So now we serve not under [obedience to] the old code of written regulations, but [under obedience to the promptings] of the Spirit in newness [of life].
Colossians 2:20-23 (AMP)
20 If then you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things and have escaped from the world's crude and elemental notions and teachings of externalism, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? [Why do you submit to rules and regulations?—such as]
21 Do not handle [this], Do not taste [that], Do not even touch [them],
22 Referring to things all of which perish with being used. To do this is to follow human precepts and doctrines.
23 Such [practices] have indeed the outward appearance [that popularly passes] for wisdom, in promoting self-imposed rigor of devotion and delight in self-humiliation and severity of discipline of the body, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh (the lower nature). [Instead, they do not honor God but serve only to indulge the flesh.]
Galatians 4:4-7 (AMP)
4 But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law,
5 To purchase the freedom of (to ransom, to redeem, to atone for) those who were subject to the Law, that we might be adopted and have sonship conferred upon us [and be recognized as God's sons].
6 And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the [Holy] Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba (Father)! Father!
7 Therefore, you are no longer a slave (bond servant) but a son; and if a son, then [it follows that you are] an heir by the aid of God, through Christ.
Ephesians 2:4-9 (AMP)
4 But God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,
5 Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation).
6 And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
7 He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;
9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]
They wanted to do it their way instead of God’s way.
Oh, the irony of this statement. The Truth, and freedom from religious bondage, is waiting in God's Word.
"If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me." --Jesus
See what passes for scholarship today?
Wikipedia!
See how the illiterati attack the Church,
Wikipedia!
Facts? Nah, Wikipedia!
And then we have the Inumerati!
“Which is 360 degrees opposite to what God wants.”
Pssst, can you say “full circle”?
Maybe you meant to say 180 degrees?
ROTFLMAO!
I will try to remember you next time an RC denies this...
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Denies what?
(And please know that *Rome* has impugned no one.)
Now, with things in the world deteriorating as quickly as they are, do you really think we should spend our time this way...or would it be better to pray for one another and then commit to prayer for those who really need to hear the Gospel?
Your ignorance of Christianity is duly noted........
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Why modern science was born in the Catholic Church
How Catholic priests developed the idea of free-market economics five hundred years before Adam Smith
How the Catholic Church invented the university
Why what you know about the Galileo affair is wrong
How Western law grew out of Church canon law
How the Church humanized the West by insisting on the sacredness of all human life
No institution has done more to shape Western civilization than the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church—and in ways that many of us have forgotten or never known. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization is essential reading for recovering this lost truth.
Uh, speak for yourself...No doubt those you admire are well educated...And they are well educated 'about' the bible...But it's clear to me they educated themselves right out of the bible...
God didn't write the bible for intellectuals...God made the bible simple enough that a school kid could read and understand it...
As always, the problem isn't education...The problem is belief...
Thru Mary...We both know this...And in fact, all of the Catholics I know don't believe that Jesus atoned for our sins...They teach that they have to atone for their own sins...Most Catholics on these threads teach that...
They teach that grace is free, out of one side of their mouth while at the same time claiming that grace is given (by Mary) for the works that are done in the sacraments...
Yes, we and Catholics can pray for salvation for others but (most) Catholics pray that sinners will come to the Catholic religion while I pray that sinners will come directly to Jesus...
How foolish some people are!!! Do they imagine the Holy Spirit sat around waiting for the "church fathers" to give their stamp of approval on those books HE had holy men of God write as HE carried them along??? God's word was God's word even if NOBODY received them. Many of God's prophets were murdered by those God sent to them and there still ARE religious people who are too blinded by pride to understand that we are in subjection to God's word - NOT the other way around!
"So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter." --St. Paul
And we've been trying for years to get one of you guys to show us these traditions that were passed on by the apostles by word of mouth...But you refuse to show them to us...Any reason why???
AMEN!
Yes, we and Catholics can pray for salvation for others....
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Good...then we shall do that and let go of the negative, the differences, etc. We are called to be holy and demonstrate the fruits of the Spirit per Galatians.
Some people need to read the Book of Revelation again.
Not that I don't appreciate your attempts to infuse some civility and perspective into this thread dialog, but I don't see you directing your words towards your fellow Catholics - those who post provocative anti-Protestant threads as well as asserting no Protestant can be saved until he/she converts to Roman Catholicism.
Those of us who feel compelled to post rebuttals here are doing so to CORRECT such falsehoods.
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