Ego much.Why is your focus on me and not what was said by Paul?
This is how I feel. Jesus said:
Matt 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Ego much.Why is your focus on me and not what was said by Paul?
mica said:
Yes, I am. No one is 'in Christ' without it. do you think there is an unbiblical way?
what does 'born again' mean to you as a catholic?
I've noticed how often catholics here quote a verse to 'support' what they claim to believe, but the verse using 'we' in it is referring to those in scripture who have been born again. The 'we' isn't anyone who believed the teachings of the rcc. the rcc didn't exist then. Jesus and the apostles didn't teach what the rcc teaches.
If the verse is a promise (such as of forgiveness, eternal life etc), it is to those who actually do believe what they teach, not what the rcc teaches.
sorry to hear you've spent so much of your life in bondage to it. i was very blessed that God drew me out of it in my early 20s.I've had 60 plus years of Catholic formation and now I'm getting some insight into how some zealous non CC's think and believe.
you object to human interpretations? that's strange coming from someone who believes in a religion made up by men.The intense campaign to have us take your human interpretations as gospel and ditch the Church, just doesn't move me.
if you were a believer in Christ then you'd know what 'scripture alone' actually means. you should look up what your ccc says about it.If I was a non Catholic who believed in Scripture alone
you mean like your rcc men leaders do in opposition of God's word? their views aren't God's views, yet they keep millions in bondage to it.I would pull back from trying to force my view on others and let God give out His grace as He wills.
balshan said:
Oh if only that was your obsession but it isn't.
what question? do you have a problem when someone else doesn't answer a question? you do a lot of not answering questions.dingoling. said: - Why do you seem to be running away from the question?
That is a great verse but don't you see the blessings that Jesus wants to give us by allowing us to suffer?Ego much.
This is how I feel. Jesus said:
Matt 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
We who Jesus know He looks after us, those who don't have a problem Every person has sufferings both saved and unsaved, but the saved have JesusThat is a great verse but don't you see the blessings that Jesus wants to give us by allowing us to suffer?
This is how I feel...Paul said:
II Corinthians 416-18,
So we do not lose heart. Even though are outward nature is wasting away, our inward nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is producing an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
Why did Jesus take Peter down the path that led to his crucifixion? That doesn't sound like an easy yoke or a light burden.We who Jesus know He looks after us, those who don't have a problem Every person has sufferings both saved and unsaved, but the saved have Jesus
Matt 11:28+
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Yes, we should count ourselves worthy to suffer shame for his name. Thanks for sharing.ACTS 5:
40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Proclaiming the Gospel and suffering for the Gospel are, of course, not two mutually exclusive notions. Paul suffered for the Gospel precisely because he proclaimed the Gospel. Conversely, if he would not have proclaimed the Gospel of Christ, he would not have suffered for Christ. A prominent example of suffering for the Gospel is the fate of the Bohemian reformer Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake for challenging the Catholic hegemony and its false gospel.Paul didn't tell Timothy to join him in proclaiming the gospel but join him in suffering for the gospel. We don't seem to here words like this in Christianity today.
or Hus preached a false gospelProclaiming the Gospel and suffering for the Gospel are, of course, not two mutually exclusive notions. Paul suffered for the Gospel precisely because he proclaimed the Gospel. Conversely, if he would not have proclaimed the Gospel of Christ, he would not have suffered for Christ. A prominent example of suffering for the Gospel is the fate of the Bohemian reformer Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake for challenging the Catholic hegemony and its false gospel.
If the devil persecutes us for our gospel its not because we are wrong. Its because the true gospel saves. The gospel is 'the' power of God for salvation to all who believe....Romans 1:16. Check it out, its a good verse.or Hus preached a false gospel
Why aren't you being taken to Iran?Why did Jesus take Peter down the path that led to his crucifixion? That doesn't sound like an easy yoke or a light burden.
No the RCC adds to scripture, goes beyond scripture and takes away/ignores scripture. Therefore it teaches a false gospel.or Hus preached a false gospel
now you all have the same gospel?If the devil persecutes us for our gospel its not because we are wrong.
Quite Catholic!Its because the true gospel saves.
yes, everyone who believesThe gospel is 'the' power of God for salvation to all who believe....Romans 1:16. Check it out, its a good verse.
So he got what he deserved, you mean?or Hus preached a false gospel
Well when are you going to a country where you will suffer for his name? By the way it is your institution that has brought shame to His name by its actions.Yes, we should count ourselves worthy to suffer shame for his name. Thanks for sharing.
Teaching heresy to the masses?So he got what he deserved, you mean?
Because in the context of Matt 11 He isn't talking about how to die a painful death after years of serving His God while giving God the glory, thats why. I thought you people had some infallible leadership to get all this stuff right?Why did Jesus take Peter down the path that led to his crucifixion? That doesn't sound like an easy yoke or a light burden.
What "heresy" are you thinking of that made him worthy of painful death?Teaching heresy to the masses?
Council of ConstanceWhat "heresy" are you thinking of