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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
>>Please tell me how this process of adoption works.<<
Galatians 3:26 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:14-19 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:53:19 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
Thanks. Also I neglected one other Catholic practice I disagree with: While the Bible does state you must confess your sins, I have never found any requirement that you must confess only to a priest.
The Bible is very clear on this - it's a good exercise to find the applicable verses.
That is, those that answer the question: "whom should we confess our sins to ?"
After all...
If a Church teaching contradicts the Bible's teaching, the Church teaching is wrong.
And if a Church teaching adds to a Biblical teaching on matters that are not adiaphora, it contradicts the Bible.
The ultimate sure way to go for believing Christians is to a) understand the Bible and b) live according to it.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:54:45 AM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.)
To: G Larry
If you believe that your obligations end with I believe, then you fail to recognize that belief means living that faith. Or you could just believe the bible and what the Lord says in John 6:28
Then they said to Him, What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:59:18 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.)
To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
1) Jesus is the son of God.
I am Catholic too, I would like to expound on that.
Jesus Christ is the son of God. Jesus is also God himself.
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:00:00 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: safeasthebanks
Get a life.I have eternal life.. just one beggar showing others where to find bread
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:01:44 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: avenir
Lots of preaching is nothing more than FLESH trying to beat down and subdue other FLESH. John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:03:33 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.)
To: pgyanke; Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
I think it is possible to be both a Catholic and a Bible believing Christian.
Of course! It is ignorant protestants who have made a distinction, not us. What are the authorities of the Church? The Deposit of Faith (big "T" Tradition), Scripture, and the Magisterial teaching through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Without the Bible, there is no Church. Without the Church, we would not have the Canon of Scripture. We are Bible-believing people.No actually Trent FORBIDS you from owning or reading a bible
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:08:33 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: pgyanke
.....Yet Catholics and other Christians do understand.
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:09:09 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: Resettozero
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:09:15 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: G Larry; Resettozero
To be Roman Catholic IS to follow Christ and no other.The Roman church has a false christ
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:10:29 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: pgyanke
Salvation is free and easy... Tell that to the martyrs...
Being a "martyr" saves no one ...One is a marytr for something one believes.. not because one is saved
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:14:42 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: CynicalBear
Here's another good one for your list: John 3. In the opening narrative of John 3, Jesus tells Nicodemus how man is to be born again... of water and Spirit. Following this discussion, Jesus immediately goes to baptize. Your Scripture quotes are correct but incomplete. They are proof quotes, not full thoughts. Faith leads to action in the Spirit of God to come to Baptism to be joined to God's Family in the New Covenant. Baptism in the name of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is the process by which one is "adopted" into the Family of God. It is the beginning of life in Christ from which all else is possible. It is also the Sacrament of Initiation in the Church.
Proof quotes can only take you so far. Don't forget that the Devil and his demons know who Christ is... they believe He is the Son of God. What they don't do is take that knowledge of belief into action in service of God. Belief is an action word, it is not a mere knowledge of identity. Belief without action is dead. We follow Christ in what He has commanded us to do as His followers... prayer, fasting, almsgiving and the Eucharist. These are the things that Christ commanded in Scripture. You will find they are also the things the Apostles delivered to the Churches (1 Cor 11).
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:14:53 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: painter
Jesus Christ is the son of God. Jesus is also God himself. And?? What does that mean for you?
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:16:21 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: pgyanke
Proof quotes can only take you so far. Don't forget that the Devil and his demons know who Christ is... You are right..and Rome runs on proof texts
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:17:26 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: pgyanke
Please re-read thoughtfully what Jesus of Nazareth said to Nicodemus in John 3. Just take Jesus at His Word and don’t add accrued religious teachings to It. Thanks, R2z
To: RnMomof7
“no second collection” ??
To: RnMomof7
One word Protestants don't understand: Arianism
That's the religion most Europeans might have been practicing if there hadn't been a strong, centralized church holding the fort for Christianity.
Take away dat ole' debbil the Catholic "whore of babylon" Church and you have small groups of committed, "bible"-believing, on-fire-for-the-Lord congregations that generate hundreds or thousands of different "scriptures" and are snuffed out one-by-one by hoards of arians, monophysites, nestorians, pelagians, etc.
To: RnMomof7
A deeper meaning than you probably understand.
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:30:54 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: pgyanke
>>Baptism in the name of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is the process by which one is "adopted" into the Family of God.<<
NO, it is not. Baptism is an outward sign of having been buried with Christ.
>>It is the beginning of life in Christ from which all else is possible.<<
False once again. It's faith in Christ that is the beginning.
>>It is also the Sacrament of Initiation in the Church.<<
Absolute nonsense. There is no scripture to substantiate that.
>>Don't forget that the Devil and his demons know who Christ is... they believe He is the Son of God.<<
Once again, total corruption of what scripture says trying to mislead. The demons know that there is one God. Believers believe on Jesus Christ.
The Catholic belief system is a total corruption of the word of God with added pagan beliefs and practices. Just like you attempt to use the demons know that comment. It's corrupting the words of scripture and not to be trusted.
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posted on
03/18/2015 8:31:24 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
That's the religion most Europeans might have been practicing if there hadn't been a strong, centralized church holding the fort for Christianity.
That's one scenario that didn't happen. There may be others that did not happen either. "Might" is a very large word in your quoted fiction.
(BTW, you've learned incorrectly about the Church that The Lord Jesus Christ founded on Himself...and about the degree of danger Arianism posed to that Church, not to be confused with the Roman Catholic church.)
G. K. Chesterton, eh?
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