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To: ADSUM
>>Good luck when it comes to Judgement Day.<<

I am secure in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

I have the guarantee of the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 1:14 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 15 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.

I wish that people would get out of that Catholic Church apostasy and study the word of God instead.

>>When you reject the teachings of the Catholic Church, you reject Jesus. Look it up, it is in the Bible.<<

Nope, it's not there.

122 posted on 01/17/2015 7:48:53 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear

Well I hope God is secure in you.

Scripture, by which we mean the Old and New Testaments, was inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16). The Holy Spirit guided the biblical authors to write what he wanted them to write. Since God is the principal author of the Bible, and since God is truth itself (John 14:6) and cannot teach anything untrue, the Bible is free from all error in everything it asserts to be true.

Some Christians claim, “The Bible is all I need,” but this notion is not taught in the Bible itself. In fact, the Bible teaches the contrary idea (2 Pet. 1:20–21, 3:15–16). The “Bible alone” theory was not believed by anyone in the early Church.

It is new, having arisen only in the 1500s during the Protestant Reformation. The theory is a “tradition of men” that nullifies the Word of God, distorts the true role of the Bible, and undermines the authority of the Church Jesus established (Mark 7:1–8).

Although popular with many “Bible Christian” churches, the “Bible alone” theory simply does not work in practice. Historical experience disproves it. Each year we see additional splintering among “Bible-believing” religions.

Today there are tens of thousands of competing denominations, each insisting its interpretation of the Bible is the correct one. The resulting divisions have caused untold confusion among millions of sincere but misled Christians.

Just open up the Yellow Pages of your telephone book and see how many different denominations are listed, each claiming to go by the “Bible alone,” but no two of them agreeing on exactly what the Bible means.

We know this for sure: The Holy Spirit cannot be the author of this confusion (1 Cor. 14:33). God cannot lead people to contradictory beliefs because his truth is one. The conclusion? The “Bible alone” theory must be false.


132 posted on 01/17/2015 8:26:53 AM PST by ADSUM
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