Posted on 05/04/2012 6:50:14 AM PDT by marshmallow
I’d hate to think he’s right, but look how many lapsed Catholics get drawn into stupid and/or evil things.
As for me, once you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior I can’t see any situation which would cause me to want to backtrack on that.
You’re going to burn in Hell for that.
Seems to me that God promised to keep his church free from error through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Seems he also prayed for his disciples to remain in unity, and another Scripture seems to say that "the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much," therefore, we know that that prayer was heard.
So by deserting those promises, Catholics who apostasize demonstrate their faithfulness to God's other promises?
I don't think it works that way, sorry.
John 14: 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, how is it, that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard, is not mine; but the Father's who sent me.
We must keep the Faith given to us from the Apostles who received it from Jesus Himself. Is it possible to be saved by God outside of the Faith? Could be - if God were to decide that. But we have no assurance that He will. Rejecting the Faith is not the surest way to one's salvation.
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