Posted on 04/22/2016 8:47:44 AM PDT by metmom
“Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand” (1 Corinthians 15:1).
The true church has consistently testified to the power of the Resurrection.
Kenneth Scott Latourette observed in his History of the Expansion of Christianity: “It was the conviction of the resurrection of Jesus which lifted his followers out of the despair into which his death had cast them and which led to the perpetuation of a movement begun by him.” This statement was true for the church at Corinth, even with its many problems.
The apostle Paul opens his well-known chapter on the Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15 by implicitly affirming the Corinthians’ testimony to that doctrine. Simply by receiving the gospel and having their lives transformed, the believers at Corinth demonstrated the reality of Jesus’ resurrection. And that resurrection is what empowered the gospel. Paul did not need to explicitly remind the Corinthians of Christ’s rising to life until verse 4, “He was raised on the third day.” The apostle was confident at the outset that the Corinthians had already believed in the truth of the Lord’s resurrection.
The fact that the Corinthian church continued to exist, though beset with problems of immaturity and other weaknesses, was a solid witness to the power of the gospel of the risen Christ. Only a living Savior could have converted some of the hardened sinners of Corinth—extortioners, idolaters, the sexually immoral—into a community of the redeemed. Paul was concerned and distressed about many of the things that did and did not happen in the church at Corinth, but he did not hesitate to call the core group of members there “brethren.”
In spite of many challenges from skepticism, persecution, heresy, and unfaithfulness, the church through the centuries has continued to testify to the reality of Christ’s resurrection. The true church celebrates that truth often, not just on Easter Sunday. Actually, because the church gathers on Sunday, the Lord’s Day, the first day of the week (when Jesus rose), we remember the Resurrection every week. Praise the Lord for that reminder the next time you worship on the Lord’s Day.
Suggestions for Prayer
Thank God that His church was faithful in the past to testify to the truth of the Resurrection.
For Further Study
Read Acts 4, and list some things that suggest a testimony to the power of the Resurrection.
You must be quite the “apple picker” your self lifting out only Matthew 26 without the rest of the scriptures being cited on this thread! Do you even understand what irony is...or how to apply it to your self?
Actually the several councils that put the Bible together were of folks derived from different parts of the empire over a span of several centuries; not just Italian ancestors whose tribes were derived from main peninsula containing Rome!
You like my post #23 regarding the Scriptures on the Lord’s Supper.
I'd buy that, since the Roman Catholic bible is ignored in favor of lies made from whole cloth and called "holy tradition." RCCs would HAVE to have a different bible in order to have "scriptural proofs" of things like the immaculate conception, Mary as a "mediatix" or "co-redemptrix" and other heretical crap.
Not to mention that CCC 841 spells out clearly enough that the Church of Rome teaches that Catholics and Muslims "adore" the same "God" -- when we ALL know Muslims worship a false god.
It would help Roman Catholics immeasurably if they would put down their pack of lies and start reading the "Protestant" Bible... The inerrant, inspired, God-breathed truth. It might bring them back to the truth--God's Truth--not some magisterial tripe.
Hoss
JP II’s “catechism” is flawed. The Bible is not.
The “rest of scripture” was never cited on this thread.
Then why do RCCs ignore the Bible and believe the CCC? Is not the CCC part of the accepted teaching of the RCC? If so, why does the RCC allow the teaching of error from what you call a "flawed" source? And isn't it called, "the Catechism of the Catholic Church," not "JP II's Catechism"?
I've been told over, and over, and over again that the RCC does not teach error; yet you indicate that a teaching source is flawed and thus the RCC DOES teach error.
It sounds to me as if the RCC is at odds with itself.
And thanks for confirming that the RCCs teachings are flawed.
Hoss
Nice try. JP II’s catechism in not RCC teaching. It’s first edition was recalled due to blatant heresy.
"841 The Church's relationship with the Muslims. "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day."
So... Do you worship Allah, or not? According to the RCC, you do. What say you? We all know Allah is a false god, and we all know Muslims DO NOT worship or adore the One, True, Living God.
So, there you go...there's heresy for you in one entry. Enjoy.
By the way... Where do you stand? With the heresy of the RCC, or with the rest of us Christians who place our faith in Christ?
Hoss
I’ve already told you, JP II’s catechism is flawed. Catholics do not worship the same God as Muslims and Jews worship some “god”.
P.S. Only Catholics are Christians. Non-catholics who claim they are “christians” are heretics and outside the Church.
Yeah, like God’s word needs the stamp of approval from man to be validated.
Right?
Well, I don’t have any doubt about that but others aren’t so sure.
From the Catechism of St. Pius X:
The Ninth Article of the Creed
The Church in General
1 Q. What does the Ninth article: The Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, teach us?
A. The Ninth Article of the Creed teaches us that Jesus Christ founded a visible society on earth called the Catholic Church, and that all those who belong to this Church are in communion with one another.
2 Q. Why immediately after the article that treats of the Holy Ghost is mention made of the Catholic Church?
A. Immediately after the article that treats of the Holy Ghost mention is made of the Catholic Church to indicate that the Church’s holiness comes from the Holy Ghost, who is the Author of all holiness.
3 Q. What does the word Church mean?
A. The word Church means a calling forth or assembly of many.
4 Q. Who has convoked or called us into the Church of Jesus Christ?
A. We have been called into the Church of Jesus Christ by a special grace of God, to the end, that by the light of faith and the observance of the divine law, we may render Him the worship due to Him, and attain eternal life.
5 Q. Where are the members of the Church to be found?
A. The members of the Church are found partly in heaven, forming the Church Triumphant; partly in purgatory, forming the Church Suffering; partly on earth, forming the Church Militant.
6 Q. Do these various parts of the Church constitute one sole Church?
A. Yes, these various parts of the Church constitute one sole Church and one sole body for they have the same Head, Jesus Christ, the same Spirit animating and uniting them, and the same end, eternal happiness, which some already enjoy and the rest hope for.
7 Q. To which part of the Church does this Ninth Article principally refer?
A. This Ninth Article of the Creed principally refers to the Church Militant, which is the Church we actually belong to.
The Church in Particular
8 Q. What is the Catholic Church?
A. The Catholic Church is the Union or Congregation of all the baptised who, still living on earth, profess the same Faith and the same Law of Jesus Christ, participate in the same Sacraments, and obey their lawful Pastors, particularly the Roman Pontiff.
9 Q. State distinctly what is necessary to be a member of the Church?
A. To be a member of the Church it is necessary to be baptised, to believe and profess the teaching of Jesus Christ, to participate in the same Sacraments, and to acknowledge the Pope and the other lawful pastors of the Church.
10 Q. Who are the lawful pastors of the Church?
A. The lawful pastors of the Church are the Roman Pontiff, that is, the Pope, who is Supreme Pastor, and the Bishops. Other priests, also, and especially Parish Priests, have a share in the pastoral office, subject to the Bishop and the Pope.
Do you actually want to post those passages to make a point, or are you just in the darkness and think you have disproven something about John 3:16?
What are you babbling about? It’s wasn’t I who posted the same bible verse, three consecutive times from different bibles.
Ah, the usual catholic effort at diversion. I posted the different versions to help you learn the Gospel of Salvation. It is fully contained in that John 3:16 verse, but you appear to be still confused and posted several verses in your frustration in darkness. And now when asked to explain your post of several verses you have to resort to diversion rather than honesty.
It’s no diversion. Your “Gospel of Salvation” is the diversion. The Gospel speaks frequently of Hell and those who may go there.
I’m not a cherry-picker; I believe everything in the Bible, including the following:
John 20:23
Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
James 2:18
But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith.
James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:26
For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.
Romans 3:28
For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.
James 2:14
What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?
James 2:22
Seest thou, that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made perfect?
I thought you said it was "recalled"? What I posted was straight from the Vatican website. If you have an issue, take it up with the magisterium.
And, what it s says is "...with us [Roman Catholics], they [Muslims] adore the one, merciful God...."
That is plainly written. You can't weasel word it. Your "church" TEACHES that Catholocs and Muslims adore the same God.
No matter how you try to spin it, it says exactly what it says. Muslims don't worship the One, True, Living, Triune God. And your catechism teaches that Roman Catholocs don't either.
There may be some Catholics that are Christian and have yet to leave the Roman cult. There are Protestants who are not Christian; some because they have yet to be called, some who will never be. Roman Catholicism doesn't make you a Christian; saving faith in Jesus Christ as one's Lord and Savior does. No denomination; no church; we are saved by grace through faith -- a gift from God, to His everlasting praise and glory so we should never boast.
Hoss
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