A Testimony of God's Amazing Grace

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[Resettozero]

The fervent prayer of a righteous wife avails much.

[Campion]

She taught that there was NO SALVATION outside of her. If you weren't a Catholic, you were going to Hell--it was just that simple.

You can see he put a lot of effort into understanding what he was leaving. [eye roll]

(Like, none at all, not even a cursory reading of the relevant catechism passages.)

[knarf]

The key to MANY conversions .. (luke 22:32 .. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. ((to Simon .. er .. Peter ... er ... Pope)) ... ) is simply;

" ... as I had never heard someone actually “teach” Bible passages before ... "

And for me as well ... I never was "taught" the bible .... just memorize catechism and obey the nuns

[PieterCasparzen]

Great post !

[9thLife]

He’ll be back.

[Albion Wilde]

God healed our marriage. We horrified the marriage counselor by telling her that God had intervened and forgiven us, we had both forgiven each other and our sessions were going to be abruptly ending. She was not a happy camper about that! She was convinced that I had found a new “scam” and was worried I would hide behind the Bible instead of facing my “real” problems.

Had to LOL at that one!

[Albion Wilde]

And for me as well ... I never was "taught" the bible .... just memorize catechism and obey the nuns

So, how did that turn out for you? Did you stay or migrate to another church?

[2nd amendment mama]

And for me as well ... I never was "taught" the bible .... just memorize catechism and obey the nuns

Same here. We were discouraged from reading the Bible in Catholic school.

[Wpin]

I am in the process of checking out Catholicism. I have reservations like what the author is talking about above...but I am not sure that what us Protestants think the Catholics believe is accurate, yes I know he is/was Catholic. Whether I convert or not I will always have great respect for the Catholic Church, as I do most all Christian Churches.

[.45 Long Colt]

I suggest you investigate the information at Berean Beacon. That is a website for the ministry operated by Richard Bennett, who served as a Catholic priest for decades before he was saved. To get an idea of who Richard is, you might start with either watching or reading his testimony and then go from there.

http://bereanbeacon.org/en/

[MamaB]

A great story. Good for them. Thanks.

[agere_contra]

GameCock: this post is another 'journey' piece of a kind that you often post.

The main character narrative consists of one Protestant misconception after another joined together like beads on a string.

They're ... pretty samey. Read one and you've read them all, except for changes in voice and tense.

So I'll pick out one detail:

At no time in your life could you ever be certain of going to Heaven, as that was called the “sin of presumption”.

The two sins against Hope are Presumption and Despair.

We must NOT presume that we are saved. We must hope we are saved. Why would St Paul trouble to list Hope alongside Faith and Charity if we did not need to hope?

If Protestants truly believe that they will enter heaven simply because of the fact of their baptism - regardless of whether they sin or not, regardless of whether they repent or not, then this is very bad news.

Sin separates us from God. That's why it's called 'Sin' - for 'Sin' means absence, separation.

But we can sin after we've been baptised. Honest Protestants must admit as much.

This is why Christ gave His Church a remedy for sin - what we call today the sacrament of Reconciliation.

For if baptism made it unnecessary for our sins to be forgiven, then why did Christ say:

"If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."

It's very late here so I am off to bed. May God keep us all, and bring us at last to our true home. Good night.

[Bodleian_Girl]

Wow! Thank you for the testimony!

[Iscool]

(Like, none at all, not even a cursory reading of the relevant catechism passages.)

With a bible in one hand and your catechism in the other, there are no relevant catechism passages...

[Iscool]

Great testimony...Most Christians have testimonies...

[Former Fetus]

And for me as well ... I never was "taught" the bible .... just memorize catechism and obey the nuns

Same here. In fact I got one of the first Bibles in Spanish for sale in Madrid, and the next day a nun snatched it away from me and told me I had no business reading that. It took a long time, I was then a child and I was not exposed to true Christianity until I was 30. But it changed my life. It was like someone turned the light on for me, why should I ever want to turn it off?

[Former Fetus]

If Protestants truly believe that they will enter heaven simply because of the fact of their baptism

We don't believe that! Actually we, Southern Baptists, believe that one is saved first, then follows our Lord in baptism. The baptism does not forgive our sins or grant us any special dispensation. It is a beautiful symbol of how we have died to sin, been buried with Christ, and now we are resurrected to a new life.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

It was like someone turned the light on for me, why should I ever want to turn it off?

You shouldn't. But the foundational principles of Protestantism are false. Sola Scriptura, for example, isn't in the Bible.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Welcome a Home! You will always be a Christian now!