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Three Words Catholics Do Not Understand
Proclaiming the Gospel ^
| March 18,2015
| Mike Gendron
Posted on 03/18/2015 6:21:18 AM PDT by RnMomof7
1/14/2015 8:04:57 AM
Three Words Catholics Do Not Understand
It Is Finished - Three Words Catholics Do Not Understand
The perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice of Christ that satisfied divine justice for all believers was accomplished 2000 years ago. Jesus cried out in victory - "It is finished." The work of salvation is done. The eternal debt for sin has been paid in full. No more offerings, no more sacrifices, no more priests! The Lord Jesus willingly died for mans sins to pay the debt that we could never pay. He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness: by His wounds you have been healed" (1 Peter 2:24). Yet Catholics instead choose to trust in the sacrifice of the Mass, a blasphemous representation of a eucharistic Christ on an altar. They would rather trust the Sacrifice of the Mass as a sin offering to God rather than trusting in the one-time, all-sufficient, sacrifice of Christ.
Jesus appeared to take away sins once for all" by His sacrifice" (Hebrews 9:26). Through His blood God made Him the means of expiation (of sin) for all who believe" (Romans 3:25). Vatican II denies these sacred Scriptures by teaching: Sins must be expiated...on this earth through the sorrows, miseries and trials of this life and, a above all, through death. Otherwise the expiation must be made in the next life through fire and torments or purifying punishments (Vatican Council II). What a terrible deception to impose on faithful Roman Catholics who look to their church for the truth! The very reason and purpose Christ became man and suffered such an excruciating death was to expiate sin, once and for all, by His perfect sacrifice. How can any church, which claims to follow Christ, withhold this truth from its people and create in its place doctrines that nullify the Savior's finished work?
Roman Catholic teachings also nullify another accomplishment of Christ, the purification of sins. The writer of the book of Hebrews declared that "when He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Heb. 1:3). The apostle John also proclaimed that those who trust Christ are purified from all sin, by His blood (1 John 1:7). Vatican Council II states that purgatory is where "those
who have not made satisfaction with adequate penance for their sins and omissions are cleansed after death with punishments designed to purge away their debt. Jesus reconciled the world to God, changing its relationship with God from hostility to harmony. The sinner is reconciled to God when he trusts in Christ as his Savior. "It is in Christ and through His blood that we have been redeemed and our sins are forgiven" (Eph. 1:7). Being reconciled to God is difficult for Catholics to comprehend, for they have been taught the only way to made peace with God is through a life long journey of works--receiving the sacraments, going to Mass and doing penance. The only response to the accomplishments of Christ that will reconcile anyone to God is repentance and faith.
TOPICS: Apologetics; Evangelical Christian; Mainline Protestant; Theology
KEYWORDS: cross; expiation; purification; salvation
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To: pgyanke; RnMomof7; CynicalBear; metmom; Elsie
I posted - “... youve posted many condescending comments on this thread.”
You posted - “Example?”
You posted at post #7 of THIS THREAD!
Protest-ants... you are well named. This board is becoming a 24 hour protest against the Church. It’s tedious, your arguments are infantile and nothing is accomplished besides setting conservatives against each other. Besides that... good job!
Is this not condescending? I find your comments condescending and infantile.
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03/18/2015 7:41:55 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:44:12 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Is this not condescending?It could be read that way and for that I apologize. I was frustrated at yet another thread on this board that takes direct aim at the Catholic Church by "fellow" Christians. If you look down the list of posts by Catholics on this board, you will find mostly posts of faith, devotions and explanations of the tenets of faith. VERY rarely will you find a direct polemic that takes direct aim at specific congregations... and certainly not with such derogatory language suggesting the domination is full of evil. Recently, there is a daily thread (or even more often) that does just that with the Catholic faith. It isn't a stretch to say that FR is feeling very anti-Catholic these days and that is sad because we are all supposedly on the same team (in conservatism and Christianity).
Your example is a good one and I repent of my snark.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:54:30 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: Gamecock
You are wasting our time.
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:07:52 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
To: editor-surveyor
Scripture says what it means when it is read.So say men who claim it means all manner of different things. Why should your claim carry any more weight than another man's?
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:09:29 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: editor-surveyor
I only use the word.If that were true, your posts would be devoid of anything other than Holy Scripture and we wouldn't be having this discussion.
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:11:18 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: editor-surveyor
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:50:39 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
To: af_vet_1981
Show me in Torah where prayers for the dead are offered?
150 psalms recorded and not one plea for the dead.
This is a dead issue.
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posted on
03/18/2015 10:48:38 PM PDT
by
redleghunter
(In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1))
To: tioga; editor-surveyor
Google Jewish prayers for the dead...seems they pray for the dead to me, since they have set prayers.
Sure as I stated earlier those prayers are man-made traditions. You won't find them anywhere in the Torah. You won't find praying for the dead from the prophets. 150 psalms recorded and not one plea for souls in Sheol. None at all.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for their man made traditions. We should as well to modern day Pharisees.
Praying for the dead is a dead issue.
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posted on
03/18/2015 10:54:44 PM PDT
by
redleghunter
(In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1))
To: SkyPilot
As a former Catholic myself, I concur.
Catholics claim that the church teaches salvation by grace alone, but that is not either historically or in practice what they teach.
They claim it’s grace and then make that grace conditional upon behavior and works.
It’s not grace any more then.
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posted on
03/19/2015 3:29:57 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: pgyanke
What was finished? History? Salvation? How can either of these be finished when the work of the Church was just beginning... to teach, preach, and baptize the world? What a beautiful example of what the author is talking about.
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posted on
03/19/2015 3:31:42 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: pgyanke; CynicalBear
Please tell me how this process of adoption works.You don't know what adoption is? How sad.......
Romans 8:14-15 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba! Father!
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posted on
03/19/2015 3:38:30 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: G Larry
Your failure to recognize the truth is not my responsibility.
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posted on
03/19/2015 3:40:25 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
To: Legatus
>>Would you be so kind as to indicate which type of Jew DOESNT pray for the dead<<
The ones who follow the Torah rather than the man made traditions of the Pharisees. God never sanctioned praying for the dead.
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posted on
03/19/2015 5:05:55 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: af_vet_1981
“The sages decreed”! Better take a look at what Jesus thought of the man made laws that had been added to the Torah.
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posted on
03/19/2015 5:19:21 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: G Larry
There is no mechanism to prove your absurd statement.Who was saved at the cross..anyone???anyone??
To: G Larry
If you don’t like rebuttal then don’t post a false premise. And I’m not swayed by Alinsky tactics calling someone a bigot.
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posted on
03/19/2015 5:29:21 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: G Larry; Gamecock
>>She just asserted all Catholic Priests are pedophiles.<<
All of them ey? Do you always read into things not there? Besides, the office of "priest" in the New Testament ekklesia is non existent other than the priesthood of all believers and Jesus as the High Priest. The Catholic priests don't even qualify for any type of leadership in the New Testament ekklesia.
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posted on
03/19/2015 5:42:07 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: pgyanke; RnMomof7
>>That is because Christ has merited for us the ability to merit from God.<<
Christ only opened the door as far as Catholics are concerned right? Man has to work to merit the rest?
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posted on
03/19/2015 5:46:37 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: RnMomof7
Keep going, you getting closer and closer to coming back to the Catholic Cburch everyday.
Still praying for you.
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posted on
03/19/2015 6:06:47 AM PDT
by
verga
(I might as well be playing chess with pigeons,.)
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