Posted on 07/18/2010 6:04:05 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiachJoel 2:32 "And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of YHvH Will be delivered;Also Hab 2:4; Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Hbr 10:38Romans 10:13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF YHvH WILL BE SAVED."
I’m not at all surprised to see some posters attempt to pick and poke at this testimony...it’s done with everything which God might use to help them see differently than thru the eyes of Rome.
But it is a powerful story and one that touches the soul and mind. An amazing testimony and much truth to it.
Where the heck does this stuff come from? Catholics don’t read the bible - in a religious order????? I went to a Trivia Night once at a Catholic high school where a fight broke out between one of the sisters (an Ursuline, at that) and the scorers because they incorrectly cited the number of psalms, among other mistakes. Sister was pretty hot about it, too. We do get Mary and Martha inverted from time to time, but, jeez. The Easter Vigil alone puts that notion to shame. All priests are supposed to say the Office daily as well as a Mass. There’s no way they can’t know Scripture. No friggin’ way.
If I’m not mistaken Salvation it is ONLY the catholic church who still sees them as catholics once they leave it. But either way one looks at this, his testimony is he is now saved and in the service of the Lord...and no longer bound to the Law but Free in Christ. And that’s a very good thing.
Correction: it is a powerful story laughable fiction and one that touches the soul and mind will mislead many protestants.
There is leadership in all faiths who believe in God and read the Bible faithfully....yet they are not His until they see the truth of the Gospel of Christ....further their understanding of scripture is limited at best until they have the indwelling of God’s Spirit. There are also those who do preach the Gospel itself yet are not saved themselves. Further proving that it is God who does the transformation...not man in and of himself alone...but man is seeking or not.
“When a priest starts reading the Bible.”
I have a friend who works at the archdiocese and arranges for daily masses there. She is disgusted with some of the clergy who seem to have forgotten a lot of their education when they preside, some clergy who have never volunteered to do a mass for their co-workers in years of working there, and some who are downright surprised when she mentions Jesus in the context of conducting office business.
(Not everybody is like that. She works with some really excellent priests, too.)
I have no idea whether this story is true or not, but I don’t underestimate the potential for ordained priests to misunderstand or forget what they’re supposed to know and care about.
Oh Judith....why am I not surprised tearing down the things of God are easier for some than others.
Perhaps it is because of your long and varied experience trashing His One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church?
We should celebrate everyone who comes to know and accept Yah'shua.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiachWhat I see here are people who indulge in the politics of personal destruction.
9 He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip.These seem to be another sign of the End Times.20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
NAU 2 Timothy 3:1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Truth always prevails Judith...and it will indeed do so with the issues debated...but it will always be up to the individual on what they choose to believe as truth... which determines their ultimate position in Christ...or not.
May God continue to enlighten the eyes and ears of those who desire and seek to know His truth.. such as this mans testimony evidences.
Yes, truth always prevails, although on FR's RF it may not. And yes, it will always be up to the individual on what they choose to believe as truth.
And, if anyone here thinks that I accept any protestant as a valid judge of my Church or my personal faith in Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior, then that person is deluded. I have seen too many vicious, arrogant, ugly statements purporting to be truth about Catholics to ever believe any of their empty, false, deluded, statements.
You pray, then, that God may continue to enlighten the eyes and ears of those who desire and seek to know His truth? Perhaps you would do better to pray that Christ Jesus enlighten the know-it-alls on your side whose smug self-satisfaction with their perfect faith stinks up the place on a daily basis.
...I began to return to the authority of God's Word. Finally the tension became like a tug-of-war inside me. Sometimes I looked to the Roman Church as being absolute, sometimes to the authority of the Bible as being final. My stomach suffered much during those years; my emotions were being torn. I ought to have known the simple truth that one cannot serve two masters.
Amen, you must pick what your final authority is and judge by that. It sure clarifies why some churches hate Sola Scriptura.
One other thing that occurred to me in reading this was the author came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior over time. It was a process that required serious prayer, thought and critical examination of what he had been taught. He didn't become Born Again by membership in a particular church, or by doing certain rituals.
What a great testimony.
Feeling puffy Judith Anne? That was ONE puffed up, mean, intolerant, and arrogant rant, worthy of at least one point deduction on your salvation/grace score card.
Wow, that's pretty cool. His testimony is compelling.
As for some of the comments of “personal destruction” posted. We do know why that battle rages so. Truth may reach the heart but the mind has a grip on that which is comfortable and familiar. This Priest took years to come to the place where he saw his faith as it really was...so too it shall be for others. When one touches anothers comfort zone of beliefs there is always a defense...if they cannot defend their position they will indeed lash out. It is not their faith they are defending for the most part, it is their church and Rome's authority over them for which they are bound.. we are Free!
I think a lot of that is "attack the messenger if you can't attack the message"?
Same to you.
Does your church count them on it's membership roles even though they have become Born Again Christians and are members at other churches?
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