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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: G Larry
So you changed the subject to transubstantiation?
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posted on
03/19/2015 6:07:40 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
I find your comments condescending and infantile.While I find that your chosen religion's to be arrogant and bombastic:
"One indeed is the universal Church of the faithful, outside which no one at all is saved, in which the priest himself is the sacrifice, Jesus Christ, whose body and blood are truly contained in the sacrament of the altar under the species of bread and wine; the bread (changed) into His body by the divine power of transubstantiation, and the wine into the blood, so that to accomplish the mystery of unity we ourselves receive from His (nature) what He Himself received from ours." Pope Innocent III and Lateran Council IV (A.D. 1215)
Therefore, if anyone says that it is not by the institution of Christ the lord himself (that is to say, by divine law) that blessed Peter should have perpetual successors in the primacy over the whole Church; or that the Roman Pontiff is not the successor of blessed Peter in this primacy: let him be anathema. Vatican 1, Ses. 4, Cp. 1
182
posted on
03/19/2015 6:13:59 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: pgyanke
Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments.Not to mention the Novenas that NEVER fail...
183
posted on
03/19/2015 6:14:34 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: G Larry
You are wasting our time.Well; if nothing else; it keeps you from running the streets.
184
posted on
03/19/2015 6:15:18 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: pgyanke; CynicalBear
Christ on the Cross isnt the end from which there is no more to be done, it is the beginning from which all else is possible. It is more than paying the price for sinners, it is restoring lost family members to the Holy Family of God. Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Jhn 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst
.Jhn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Was anyone saved at the cross??
To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
I am TIRED of being branded a heretic or a Protestant if I dont always march in lock step with the Church.a real easy way around that is to stop spouting heretical protestant nonsense.
I would also suggest that unless you are in the Norfolk VA area that you get together with your Grand Knight and tell him of those points that you disagree with the Catholic Church. I am certain that he will be glad to temporarily suspend your membership until you get your head on straight.
You are not a Catholic in good standing and are not permitted membership in the Knights until you are. I might suggest the Masonic lodge down the road they will put up with that nonsense.
186
posted on
03/19/2015 6:16:04 AM PDT
by
verga
(I might as well be playing chess with pigeons,.)
To: metmom
Translation:
We are Saved by Grace,
and Kept by Works.
187
posted on
03/19/2015 6:16:29 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: metmom
You don't know what adoption is? How sad.......You have to ignore an awful lot on this thread to post that to me.
188
posted on
03/19/2015 6:17:23 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: CynicalBear
And Im not swayed by Alinsky tactics calling someone a bigot.How about Racist??
No?
Then maybe HATER!!
Still no??
Would NAZI!!! get the job done???
189
posted on
03/19/2015 6:18:34 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: CynicalBear
Christ only opened the door as far as Catholics are concerned right? Man has to work to merit the rest?Why don't you argue from your own perspective rather than putting comments into my mouth to defend.
190
posted on
03/19/2015 6:18:47 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: Gamecock
Didnt you used to be a Roman Catholic?Yep.. born, educated RC through college,active in my parish..then I met Christ..
I am simply a beggar trying to help others find bread
To: RnMomof7
No actually Trent FORBIDS you from owning
or reading a poorly translated version of the bible.
Fixed it for you. Have you begun to look into the RCIA program yet?
192
posted on
03/19/2015 6:23:58 AM PDT
by
verga
(I might as well be playing chess with pigeons,.)
To: painter
There is one thing I know. God is pure LOVE. More than you can Imagine. Why, because 30yrs ago I had something similar to a near death experience in which I had a glimpse of Heaven and the experience is something I will never forget.Indeed He is love...He is also Holy, righteous, justice, wrath ...
In the Jewish culture, a word was repeated 3 times to give it the emphasis ...You never see anywhere in scripture that God is "love,love,love'..but you do see that He is "Holy, Holy,Holy".. THAT is His primary attribute ...not love...
Until man understand the holiness of God and see themselves in relationship to that instead of to their neighbor, they will never understand the wrath of God against sin, they will never understand how great their need for a Savior
To: RnMomof7
Was anyone saved at the cross??Yes. Those who had been baptized in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Who have been saved since? The same.
The Cross is promise, not the end of salvation history. It is the completion of the New Covenant but not the end of the story. What remains is the Great Commission to bring the Gospel to the whole world through preaching, teaching and baptizing.
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posted on
03/19/2015 6:37:28 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: RnMomof7
When the Catholic Church put scripture in second place to their tradition they put their followers in a rather untenable position when discussing scripture didn’t they.
195
posted on
03/19/2015 6:41:38 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: Elsie
Translation: We are Saved by Grace,
and Kept by Works.
Salvation history doesn't lend itself to slogans very well. The Church takes much greater pains to explain deep theology in such bodies of work as the Summa Theologica, Papal Encyclicals, the homilies and writings of the Doctors of the Church, et al, than can adequately be explained through trite jargon. When you try, you set up straw men arguments that are nothing but nonsense... they make you feel superior to your target but truly say nothing about the subject.
If you want to attack Church theology, I recommend you read an actual body of work rather than tracts about bodies of work you've never read.
196
posted on
03/19/2015 6:44:07 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: Elsie
LOL! They’ve tried them all and still I persist!!
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posted on
03/19/2015 6:44:14 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: pgyanke
>>Why don't you argue from your own perspective rather than putting comments into my mouth to defend.<<
2010 Since the initiative belongs to God in the order of grace, no one can merit the initial grace of forgiveness and justification, at the beginning of conversion. Moved by the Holy Spirit and by charity, we can then merit for ourselves and for others the graces needed for our sanctification, for the increase of grace and charity, and for the attainment of eternal life. Even temporal goods like health and friendship can be merited in accordance with God's wisdom. These graces and goods are the object of Christian prayer. Prayer attends to the grace we need for meritorious actions.
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posted on
03/19/2015 6:51:58 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: Gamecock; RnMomof7
Didnt you used to be a Roman Catholic?In name only, but we are working on getting her back by constant prayer.
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:03:56 AM PDT
by
verga
(I might as well be playing chess with pigeons,.)
To: verga; RnMomof7
She is saved where she is, and no Papal incantations will change that!
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
200
posted on
03/19/2015 7:13:08 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
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