Posted on 02/23/2016 8:17:35 AM PST by Salvation
Well, you may be one of a kind, but like we said already, I do not make personal posts and do not focus on the personal. If I said something that does not apply to you, that is not personal too; just disregard that part.
I wondered where you were.
Why, the same thing St. Paul means in a number of places: a system of legalisms, based on the Old Testament and understood through Jewish tradition, that convicted Jesus of blasphemy.
knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ; we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified (Galatians 2:16)
Your dishonesty leaves me shaking your dust from my boots. I will not waste any further efforts with you since your twisting methodology, being so typically catholiciism, adds nothing to sharing the Gospel, which comes as no surprise since catholiciism is not Christianity.
A last word: how ironic that a twister catholic would accuse of contradicting the Word, when it is Jesus Who calls the cup contents WINE as He pours out the last bit of it. Amazing disconnect ...
If the point is that physical eating and drinking is a good metaphor for strengthening the life of faith by reminding us of Christ sacrificing His flesh, yes, of course. Christ gave is the sacrament that includes eating because it fits our goals as Christians very well. Note that though these authors rightly link the Eucharist to the life of faith, none says that there is no physical eating, or that is not real presence of Jesus in it.
That would apply to any constituent of an assembly of Christ-followers whose model of church is that of the independent autonomous New Testament apostle- or disciple-planted locality-named company of professors claiming spiritual birth, joined by the induction ritual of baptism by water immersion, and governed by a plurality of spiritually mature elders.
Such a NT body has nothing to protest against and no catholicism to proclaim. And let me suggest that it is only at the convening of such bodies for worship and the breaking of bread that the Spirit of The Christ, the Head of the local church, meets with His constituents for the non-sacramental memorial of breaking both the Bread of the Table and the Bread of The Word.
Please don't go anywhere. It is for gems like this that I participate in ecumenical brawls.
Don’t flatter yourself, I’m not leaving the debate, I’m just leaving you to your catholic destiny given your catholic methodology of twisting and basic dishonesty over the blatant blasphemies of your religion..
I’m not the one being hostile. The citation of chapter and verse was a given and most all of us did so on our own and didn’t NEED to be told. Are you denying that this took place - your clipping together passages without citing book/chapter/verse, complaints that on several occasions you strung passages in a way where their meaning was obscured or misapplied, that the RM reprimanded you for doing so and insisted you do so from then on? It was after this that you started with the citing the way you do. My memory works great. How’s yours?
Are you ignoring direct questions here?
I agree. I don’t see myself as a Protestant either. Instead, I follow the faith of the first Christians as taught in the Holy Scriptures.
Moses was a Christian??...Abraham was a Christian??David was a Christian???
Actually, you don't know anything about my wants...so you must be mind reading. Remember: that's a no-no.
It is sad however that you can't seem to see the plain and simple refutation of your own statement. But, rest assured, others do.
' This attempt to deflect is sad. And pedestrian. Maybe even childish. But, that's for others to see.
Do take care... The veneration of ANYONE or ANYTHING other than God IS idolatry....which is exactly what Roman Catholicism does when it ascribes to Mary qualities that are, by Scripture, God's alone. I pointed out just one example in 1 Timothy 2:5...which is the counterpoint to your claim about "Protestant charlatans" that can't read scripture plainly in front of them showing that Catholics apparently don't read plainly stateled scripture.
So... If Scripture SAYS PLAINLY that Christ is the only mediator between God and men, why does Roman Catholicism teach that Mary is a mediatrix? Do you not see that plain scripture that refutes Catholic teaching?
Nice try. No cigar for you.
Hoss
Like what?
What do you claim I have to do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus' real presence is in the heart of the believer that He dwells in.
It is NOT in a confected wheat wafer.
Jesus does not inhabit objects as if Christianity were animism.
It must be very sad to be so lacking in faith....I REALLY feel sorry that you cannot comprehend the fantastic gift of transubstantiation that Christ PERSONALLY handed to us...
Nope. I’m ignoring posters who are only interested in baiting.
Would it be too much to ask for the chapter and verse this time?
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