Posted on 11/28/2014 2:33:31 PM PST by NYer
Now you done it.
I didn’t say Jesus was Christian; I said the church He founded was.
Welcome home son.
“By Grace you have been saved through Faith (in Jesus alone), and this not of yourselves, it is a gift of God that no man may boast”. This one passage answers all your objections. If you brake this down (among other passages in the Bible), you’ll find that all we need is Jesus. It is The Holy Spirit that draws a person to Christ through the preaching of His Word. I don’t need a church- and frankly though sad... Many “churchgoers” do not know Christ.
Dear moderator, please consider re-instating post (comment) #41.
There was nothing factually incorrect or insulting to anyone with the post and should it not be removed for pointing out that Jesus the Christ (Jewish Messiah) was not a follower of Himself...a Christian, if that is the reason you removed #41.
Thank you for considering my request.
I misread
>> “And if anyone can interpret scripture for himself, why have any church at all?” <<
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We do not have the “church” that you imagine here.
Scripture is not permitted to be interpreted.
It all was written plain and open to prevent the apostasy of interpretation.
All scripture is self interpreting “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”
Nowhere does it say faith cometh by listening to a nicolaitan.
>> “Northern European Christianity is a Father religion. Mediterranean Christianity is a Mother religion. So what?” <<
Yeshua didn’t come to bring any “religion.”
Religion is entirely man made, and was rejected by Yeshua (Matthew 15, 23) completely.
The Way of Yeshua has no communion with religion, which is what every organized ‘church’ clearly is.
We have been called out from these pits, the Harlot (RCC), and her daughters (Reformed).
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The reason was for name calling, which is making it personal.
Name calling and making personal attacks tends to lead to flame wars.
Someone needs to tell idiots they are idiots.
How else will they learn and quit being idiots.
If they make inflammatory comments, they need to man up and stand behind them. If not, and you're worried about a flame war, then remove their posts also.
Oops, being an idiot, I used a period instead of a question mark.
>> “Someone needs to tell idiots they are idiots.” <<
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I agree, but on the RF, one does it more indirectly.
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*8When I asked one pastor friend of mine during my junior year why Catholics thought Mary remained a virgin after Jesus’ birth when the Bible clearly said Jesus had “brothers,” he simply grimaced: “They don’t read the Bible.”**
The pastor lied to him.
I agree. The quality of education was top notch and I notice in communications with peers. I’m now learning the “method behind the madness” of the catholic religion. I no longer think or feel a catholic God is one of spite and vengeance but one of forgiveness and love.
Amen, my friend.
We need to follow the rules of the forum else we be idiots as well. Discuss it strictly on a position/pov basis. Name calling is the cheaters way out. Prove they are idiots for believing xyz because xyz is non-biblical.
**I have not so much left my former faith as I have filled in the gaps. I thank God for the fullness of the Catholic faith.**
Welcome home, Anthony Baratta!
God bless you Andyman!
Welcome home — this Easter, right?
Christ founded the Catholic Church on the apostles, the first Bishops. What to rethink your claim?
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