It's certainly the idea of some Protestants, because Luther said virtually the same thing verbatim.
It’s certainly the idea of some Protestants, because Luther said virtually the same thing verbatim.
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Two words, buddy.
Prove it.
Don’t Catholics teach the same thing -— if you sin, then repent, and ask for forgiveness, you’re forgiven? I’ve read right here on FR, that if you’re baptized a Catholic, you’re a Catholic no matter what. I don’t know of any protestant doctrine that says it doesn’t matter what you do, because you’re saved, no matter what. I DO know of protestant churches that preach the whole Bible that teach, “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” It’s not just Baptists who teach once saved, always saved. I know some churches preach that everything and anything a Christian does, is forgiven past, present, and future. If that’s what they’re teaching, they better back it up with plenty of scripture, and explain it thoroughly, because a false sense of salvation, is no salvation. I can accept it, IF what they mean is, no matter what you do, if you truly repent and ask forgiveness, you’re forgiven, but that doesn’t give you a license to sin. If you’re following Jesus, you’ll sin, anyway, because we’re human and we all sin, but you will not do it joyfully, because the Holy Spirit will “needle” you about it, if it takes the rest of your life, to get you to the realization that you sinned, and need to ask for forgiveness. Then some teach, “If you fall into sin, or start living like you’ve never been born again, then you obviously DIDN’T get born again, like you thought you did, because a true Christian, can’t “backslide”. But the Bible teaches that you CAN backslide, but not easily. What I DO know, is that we are to “work out our own salvation with fear and trembling”. In other words, we are responsible for learning and applying the Word of God, to the best of our ability, once we have become Christians. The Holy Spirit is our guide, and He will let us know when we stray from the truth, IF we are sincerely seeking the truth. God has no grandchildren.
So by that logic, some Catholics are heretics because the Pope is saying some heretical things. As a result we should condemn all Catholics.
Get a grip, buddy.