We MUST love Catholics enough to say the truth: we cannot stand by and see them lost!
Penance, and good deeds WILL NOT SAVE YOU!
Going to Mass WILL NOT SAVE YOU.
Mary will NOT SAVE YOU!
Baptism will NOT SAVE YOU: look at the thief on the cross- did he say a rosary? Was he baptized?
The ONLY thing that will save you is repentance of your sins, and calling upon the Son of God, Jesus the Christ.
Remember on Calvary, when Christ said, “It is finished!”, the veil of the temple was torn from TOP to BOTTOM. This means that YOU, yes you and me, have Direct Access to God, thru His Son, Jesus the Christ. You DO NOT need a priest to find eternal life!
Call upon Him right now. Test Him; He will speak to your heart...
“Dear Lord Jesus, help me. Show me Your truth. Help me to know You as Savior. Thank You, Holy Lord. I ask this in Your name; Jesus Lord and King. Amen”
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Amen to that. However, it’s up to the Holy Spirit to do the actual changing. But we must still be messengers.
Romans 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:13 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I don’t see repentance here as a stipulation for Salvation.
The flesh is too weak. Only the Holy Ghost can modify behavior consistently to where it is pleasing to God.
To avoid confusion we must always rightly divide the Word, as directed in 2 Timothy 2:15.
Oh, puhleeze! Living in the South, among Protestants of every stripe, I can attest that sexual misbehavior is no less prevalent among non-Catholics, the ministry included. Thank you for your concern and prayers for the good of my soul, but I am concerned for yours as well, separated from the true Church and lacking the graces imparted by the sacraments.
Please read John 6, and then read it again, and again.
Perhaps you mean well. Perhaps you’re ignorant of Catholic teaching. We, as Catholics, believe we are saved ONLY BY GRACE. We believe that we receive grace through
- Penance
- Going to Mass
- the intercession of Mary
- Baptism
And the other sacraments, and through prayer, and in co-operating with God’s will with in us.
“The ONLY thing that will save you is repentance of your sins, and calling upon the Son of God, Jesus the Christ.”
Actually, the ONLY thing that will save anyone is grace. Repentance of sin is a way to receive grace - we do that in the sacrament of Confession and in the Mass and in our personal prayers.
NO ONE WILL EVER BE SAVED EXCEPT BY GRACE. Someone can call upon the Lord and still not be saved (Matthew 7:21) but only those who DO the will of the Father.
It helps to actually know what you’re talking about.