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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: RnMomof7; Gamecock
Yep.. born, educated RC through college,active in my parish..then I met Christ.. If you would have spent 1/2 the time, while you were still a practicing Catholic, defending your true religion, as you now do trying to justify your VERY poor decision to leave her....you would be close to sainthood.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:39:08 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: editor-surveyor
The Holy Spirit speaks only to the individual elect, not to Satans Magisterium. So, for 2,000+ years, the Holy Spirit has chosen to speak only to a handful of "elect" rather than the organized Catholic church which has encompassed BILLIONS of faithful Christians. That would be a mighty poor way of spreadingtheword of God.....just saying. .
482
posted on
03/20/2015 8:17:49 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: Resettozero
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First, clean your own doctrinal houses which appear to be divided. Nope...Catholic doctrinal housee is in good order...there are, however, some misinterpretations of it...pay little attention to those...stick with what the Catholic church teaches based on YOUR thorough study of them......we're waiting!!!
483
posted on
03/20/2015 8:42:43 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: CynicalBear
>
>If the Church has the authority of binding and loosing<<They don't so there goes that whole idea.
You take a direct quote from the bible and somehow twist it to mean that YOU decide what is truth.......AMAZING
484
posted on
03/20/2015 8:48:03 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: CynicalBear
Until Catholics can show another infallible source for what the apostles taught the Catholic Church will be considered accursed for teaching another gospel. ANOTHER ONE??? one isn't enough for you???Sheeesh
485
posted on
03/20/2015 8:51:22 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
So Im the one in agreement with Pope Francis and St. Paul-and I am branded questioning my faith. DO NOT PANIC WHEN REPLYING TO POSTERS ON THIS SITE!!!some of them have NO idea of what they are talking about and the rest will do almost anything to get under your skin.!!
486
posted on
03/20/2015 9:11:03 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
Comment #487 Removed by Moderator
To: daniel1212
>>in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen, transferred into it the outward ornaments to which they had been accustomed in their own.<<
And that in direct opposition to God's commands.
Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God:
488
posted on
03/21/2015 5:59:48 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: D-fendr
Neither one of them differ on what is required for salvation.
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posted on
03/21/2015 6:06:43 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: terycarl
>>You take a direct quote from the bible and somehow twist it to mean that YOU decide what is truth.......AMAZING<<
That wasn't a direct quote from scripture. No where does it say "the church has the authority of binding and loosing". Trying to inject a meaning that isn't there is what is ....AMAZING.
490
posted on
03/21/2015 6:10:06 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: terycarl
>>ANOTHER ONE??? one isn't enough for you???Sheeesh<<
You haven't shown where the apostles taught the assumption of Mary.
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posted on
03/21/2015 6:11:49 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: terycarl; RnMomof7
Biblical Sainthood=repent and believe
Roman Catholic “sainthood”=work hard to live an especially outwardly pious life and if enough people take notice maybe, just maybe, you will be nominated for the title “saint.”
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posted on
03/21/2015 6:56:28 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
To: CynicalBear
Thanks for reading it.
They differ greatly in their doctrines of grace and salvation and election and redemption and atonement and...
The subject is sola scriptura. My point is it doesn’t work in practice. If “Holy Scripture is sufficient of itself to be the final authority of Christian doctrine and Holy Scripture is self-authenticating, perspicuous and its own interpreter - then the resulting doctrine would be virtually identical.
If you start with the same resource and apply the identical method/process, the results should be identical. If not something else is involved - it’s not sola - and/or your assumptions are false.
493
posted on
03/21/2015 8:29:45 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
>>then the resulting doctrine would be virtually identical.<<<
Who says? Those differences are not affecting salvation. It's only the Catholic Church that ties beliefs to salvation not found in scripture. Whether someone believes once saved always saved or not does not affect what is required for salvation. That's why I asked you to show a difference that did but you couldn't.
494
posted on
03/21/2015 8:55:31 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: CynicalBear
Those were definitely not pearls but an attempt to pervert the meaning of scripture. False and, perhaps, malicious, statement; the fact remains that the Orthodox, Jews and Christians, pray for the dead from ancient times until now.
495
posted on
03/21/2015 8:58:19 AM PDT
by
af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: terycarl; Gamecock
If you would have spent 1/2 the time, while you were still a practicing Catholic, defending your true religion, as you now do trying to justify your VERY poor decision to leave her....you would be close to sainthood. I am a saint.. made one by the work of JESUS CHRIST
To: af_vet_1981
>>the fact remains that the Orthodox, Jews and Christians, pray for the dead from ancient times until now.<<
Not sanctioned by God they didn't. God has rejected and set aside those who go beyond or pervert His word. Saying they have done it "from ancient times" means nothing.
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posted on
03/21/2015 9:14:23 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: CynicalBear
If you start with the same resource and apply the identical method/process, the results should be identical. If not something else is involved - its not sola - and/or your assumptions are false.
498
posted on
03/21/2015 9:19:40 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: CynicalBear
Whether someone believes once saved always saved or not .. The differences go beyond OSAS..
Those differences are not affecting salvation.
Who is saved, who Christ died for, who is given God's grace.. It is inaccurate to say this does not affect salvation.
According to Arminianism: Salvation is accomplished through the combined efforts ofGod (who takes the initiative) and man(who must respond)mans response being the determining factor. God has provided salvation for everyone, but His provision becomes effective only for those who, of their own free will, choose to cooperate with Him and accept His offer of grace
According to Calvinism: Salvation is accomplished by the almighty power of the Triune God. The Father chose a people, the Son died for them, the Holy Spirit makes Christs death effective by bringing the elect to faith and repentance, thereby causing them to willingly obey the gospel
Whether they fit one's definition of 'affecting salvation', the differences are significant, certainly enough to not result in "one Lord, one faith, one baptism."
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posted on
03/21/2015 9:30:39 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
How does whether one believes that it's man's free will that they accept Christ as their savior or that it's God working through them that they accept Christ as their savior affect the fact that they both accepted Christ alone as their savior?
>>the differences are significant, certainly enough to not result in "one Lord, one faith, one baptism."<<
Not in the least. They both have one Lord, on Faith in that Lord, and one baptism.
Once again, you fail to show how their differences affect salvation.
500
posted on
03/21/2015 9:39:54 AM PDT
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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