Posted on 06/23/2015 10:06:16 AM PDT by RnMomof7
While Jesus is in Heaven with His Father, who uses all signs and lying wonders? What is it that Jesus The Christ puts a stop to when He returns in ‘the Second Coming’?
I haven’t heard anyone, other than you, talk about throwing out James. In fact, if you study James and Paul in context you will see they are not arguing against each other....hence they both cite Abraham as an example of faith and works.
Referring to your tagline, 1Thess 4:13-17, John 14:1-3; 1Cor 15:51-53, Rev 20 ... you might want to check your assumptions.
I don’t know I’m not catholic
;)
Not sure what you are getting at Christ fulfills the Passover but they are 2 different things, one a mere shadow of the other. If the Jewish passover could really save there would have been no need for Christ
I don’t know why it is so difficult to believe Christ can be truly present in His Supper, particuoarly leaving out all he other man added stuff like worshipping the elements and the idea that there is a resacrifice of Christ every time communion is offered
I am not a Greek scholar but I understand from those that are that there is a special emphasis on the “is” in the words of institution Also if communion is a strictly symbolic act why in the book of Acts do we find some early believers were struck dead for misusing the sacrement?
I don’t get heartburn over whether others believe Christ is really present as He says I don’t think it is a salvation issue (other than the blasphemous add ons in the Catholic mass), but I do think there is blessing to be missed out on if one doesn’t believe what Christ says about His Supper and there are many Protestants that believe as I do
We are saved by the Blood of Christ painted on the doorframe of our heart But if Christ chooses to also come to us in His Supper for nourishment of our spiritual life once we are saved cannot He do so? God is not against physical presence, He created the physical world as well He above all knows we are physical beings in need of His physical touch again, I don’t condemn you for what u believe about Christs Supper. The most important thing is that it is celebrated reverently He said “this do” we are commanded to celebrate His meal for us and we should do so regularly
Communion is symbolic in the flesh and spiritual in the belief. Asserting that the literal body and blood are ingested in the communion focuses on the carnal. Many times in the Bible we hear Jesus using a carnal ‘inference’ to illustrate a spiritual reality. A quick search of His use of ‘verily verily’ can help. The followers that turn away after His reference to eating His flesh and drinking His blood some assume were turning away because they would not countenance cannibalism. In that they were partially right. Sadly, they did not make the transfer to the metaphorical inference used to illustrate a spiritual reality. Taking it back to just the carnal application and thereby violating a command of God to ALL THEIR GENERATIONS, the sacred is made sacrilege. Truly, doing the communion in Remembrance of His Crucifixion and death for us, we bring the physical act of ingesting bread to the spiritual reality of taking His Life into us. Reading the scene in Luke, a very different set of conclusion from cannibalizing emerges.
Keep up the good work mom.
Since God knows the end from the beginning, He need not EVER violate any commandment He issues FOR ALL THEIR GENERATIONS. He simple makes no commandments that He will eventually violate or contradict in the future.
How many converts do these threads make?
I would continue it for even one. But there are more than that.
We all will answer for our own words. Good luck.
What kind of response is that? No one is questioning His ability, FRiend. We are questioning Romanists understanding of God’s Word.
And do you think making fun of my FReeper name is a substitute for biblical exegesis? Also, since you are a FReeper, presumably you support the 2nd Amendment. If yes, why make fun of a firearms related screen name? If you don’t fully support the 2nd Amendment, I wouldn’t admit that here.
We don't know. But the task of the Christian is not to keep a tally of how many lives they have somehow impacted for the Kingdom. It is to spread the Word.
Are you counting?
It’s not about converts, though we know that has occurred as a ‘result’ of these threads. It’s about showing the truth, dispelling lies, and deception.
That sir, is precisely why I am no longer a catholic. I didn't feel too good about waiting till I croaked to see if I was in or out. I thought, what if I lead a good life and still not make it. 🔥 I had hoped I was good enough to at least make it to purgatory, but deep inside I knew I could not even qualify for purgatory. 🙀 If you think about it, that is pretty sick, just hoping for purgatory, not even hoping for Heaven. Once I had true faith, as opposed to pseudo faith, the false issues of salvation gradually worked themselves out, but it took a few months. 😊
God also clearly sets aside one covenant with His people for another. He clearly states that we have a new covenant in Christ I don’t know why you take an obscure part of levitical dietary law which was clearly rescinded in the NT to try to prove God can’t do what He says We no longer live under levitical law it has served its purpose are you a Jehovah’s Witness? You speak like one
LOL, I wondered when you were going to say that. 😂
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.