Posted on 05/02/2018 2:35:21 AM PDT by JosephJames
The fact that banks are now starting to monitor gun purchases tells me the quiet Federal Reserve is about to jump the communist shark eventually. If the Fed Reserve decides to not allow banking by such banks, the mark of the beast will be it.
The Federal Reserve is now a “non profit” buying up bad debt and treasuries. Basically the separation of church and state, ie the provision against the establishment of speech is all but dead when your tax money is funding the views of federal reserve bureaucrats and their kushy salaries.
When the church fails to render unto God what is God’s, and instead says what the state wants it to say and thus perceives church money to sustain false priests who are government propaganda fronts, then the church is just another state bureaucrat raising taxes for the state bureaucracy on state welfare.
By upholding freedom of religion, the Founders aptly observed that no cult should dominate.
Thank you for posting the article, JosephJames.
The Biblical indications are that the we will loose our greatest help on earth, Jesus in the Eucharist, which will kick off the last 3 and a half years of really bad stuff. Shortly after this will be the mark of the beast and all the rest. It will be real hell on earth to say the least!
A agree.
You might check out:
The “Prophecy” of Saint Francis (Assisi)
http://spir-food.blogspot.it/2013/11/prophecy-st-francis.html
In particular regarding the false pope not canonically elected, put there by the Masons!
The Masonic Plan For The Destruction Of The Catholic Church
http://spir-food.blogspot.it/2013/11/masonic-plan.html
Take a look at the last 4 directives!
Christians do not lose Christ. Roman Catholics might...but Christians don't.
1 Corinthians 9:27 but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.
2 Timothy 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;
Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
13In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory. Eph 1:13-14 NASB
21Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, 22who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 NASB
Notice in both of these passages it is God who is the One doing the sealing. No where in the NT is the believer ever said to be unsealed nor is it ever said the believer can unseal what God has sealed.
Let's put 2 Tim 2:12 in context shall we:
11It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; 12If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; 13If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. 2 Timothy 2:11-13 NASB
Paul concludes his letter to Timothy:
6For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Paul did not believe or teach one loses one's salvation.
An examination of the Greek behind the NT supports that conclusion.
I do not think it is by chance that the only verse in the whole Bible with the number 666 is when many disciples refused Christ’s teaching about the Eucharist and they went away!!! John 6:66!
Best wishes, when the the Abomination of Desolation happens and all those Christians who have not accepted or are ignorant or have refused Christ’s teaching about the Eucharist, will not even know why things will precipitate to the worse more quickly than we can imagine.
And again the context of the passage in question. Context is your key to understanding the Scriptures.
60Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” 61But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? 62“What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? 63“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
64“But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him. 65And He was saying, “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.” 66As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.
67So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?” 68Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. 69“We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.” John 6:60-69 NASB
If your conclusion is correct then Jesus lied to Nicodemus as there is no mention of the necessity of the RC understanding of the Eucharist.
9Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things? 11“Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony. 12“If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13“No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man. 14“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17“For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18“He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19“This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20“For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21“But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.” John 3:9-21 NASB
There are thousands of independent protestant groups, and even more independent protestant individuals who interpret the Bible, which was compiled by the Catholic Church, in many contradictory ways. This is why Jesus left us an authority on earth to interpret Divine Revelation objectively, not subjectively. Best wishes.
There are about a billion Roman Catholics who interpret Scripture in their own way. Your point fails.
This is why Jesus left us an authority on earth to interpret Divine Revelation objectively, not subjectively. Best wishes
Uhhh....no. You again show a lack of understanding of the most basic things related to the Scriptures.
Believers were given the gift of the Holy Spirit for this.
16“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. John 14:16 NASB
25“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. 26“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. John 14:25-26 NASB
If your postings are any example of Roman Catholic exegesis it is in dire need of help.
Your own posts contradicts your position.
You may recognize these words.
>> Thus it is very important in these times of great confusion, when even Catholic bishops are no longer in agreement about the fundamentals of our faith and morals, to not only pray much and to study the Catechism of the Catholic Church for adults, but to keep our eyes open so as not to fall into the beautiful lies of Satan presented as if they were the Truth!<<
Nothing you presented answers the assertions in the verses I presented.
Pretending that your examination of the Greek is superior has no merit.
And yes, the Greek does have merit. The words Paul and the other writers used were specific and guided by the Spirit.
I know the vast majority of RCs don't know the Greek. To be fair most Christians don't either. It does take studying to understand the language.
Thank you for making my point for me!
“Paul would not contradict himself as Scripture cannot be contradictory. “
What's restraining evil is the Holy Spirit and His presence in us.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy and you are that temple.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
>> “Paul would not contradict himself as Scripture cannot be contradictory. “<<
If you're understanding is that Christians don't lose Christ as evidenced by Scripture then yes.....however, you were arguing the position that Roman Catholics, as opposed to Christians, can, and by RC teaching, do lose Christ. That is not supported by Scripture and the verses you posted, out of context and not supported by any Greek exegesis, would be in contradiction of the ones I posted based upon an exegesis from the Greek, something you rather casually seemed to dismiss. Oh, and my verses were in context I might add.
A well made point somehow lost on the lost Roman Catholics.
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