Posted on 01/14/2021 9:47:35 PM PST by blueplum
I gotta love Franklin Graham!!!
Catholics are arrogant, if nothing else.
It’s kind of impressive, the level of deceit they work under.
You all have the largest pedophile ring going that’s been in existence for centuries, they have protected and covered up for the perps, the Vatican hosts cocaine fueled homosexual orgies, you have a commie pope who’s a shoe in for the False Prophet, won’t administer church discipline to clean up the mess and then have the unmitigated gall to accuse others of not believing or obeying God’s word and then try to convince us that your religion is what Christ left us for the salvation of souls?
Call no man *father*.
Matthew 23:1-12 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.
But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
1 Corinthians 5:1-13 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
1 Timothy 3:1-13 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:5-9 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
Follow your own advice. "Actually READ the word of G_D, and learn from it."
When Catholics can manage to get these clear, unequivocal things done, then MIGHT have some room for dialog with others about obedience to Christ.
This is idiotic. Franklin Graham should know better. Of course my criticism is only to be applied if the story is true.
How have you not come up with this stuff?
Oh,get a life. The betrayal of someone innocent of the charge is similar.
No one is ascribing God status to DJT.
Graham needs to tone down the political rhetoric. His statement implies that those politicians are worse than other sinners. Not Biblical. The Republican who denies God’s authority is as much a sinner as the Democrat vote cheater.
Franklin Graham is irrelevant when he speaks
Did you read the article, or just the misleading headline?
Bert is irrelevant when he posts.
Maybe Socon-Econ shoul tone down his political rhetoric. Let’s just put a muzzle on all conservative opinions.
These traitors are Judases. That’s a term that has been applied to turncoats for 2000 years. Franklin Graham uses it and you get all huffy.
Have you ever called anyone a Judas?
Saw the moving trucks at the whitehouse and very excited for our President and his family to be underway to his own private life away from the ‘DC cesspool’ to Florida. All the family now have homes there. I’m ready for this move and trust they’ll shake the dust from their feet as they leave!
Read later.
I didn’t read the article. Simply hedged my comment. Fair point.
He did not compare Trump to Jesus. He compared these Judases to Judas.
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