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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"Of course my future sins have been forgiven...."

Sin without consequence is not in the Bible. However, that arrogant and misguided belief certainly explains those who mistreat those with whom they disagree. I will continue to pray for a conversion of your heart.

"For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality." - Colossians 3:25

"Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know [h]what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, “ If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. - James 4:11-17

185 posted on 05/07/2012 2:03:53 PM PDT by Natural Law (God, be merciful to me, the sinner!)
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To: Natural Law; metmom

God’s children are chastized and corrected for their sins as part of their sanctification, but they are never punished because (and how do RCs miss this?) Christ has taken on the burden of paying for every one of the sins of His sheep.

RCs just don’t comprehend what Christ has done for them. They foolishly think they’re paying a debt that’s already been marked “paid in full.”


189 posted on 05/08/2012 9:36:35 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (i don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Natural Law; metmom; daniel1212; HarleyD; RnMomof7
"For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality." - Colossians 3:25

Did Christ pay for your sins or not?

When Christ carried His cross were your sins nailed to it or not? Does Christ "receive the consequences" of our sins?

190 posted on 05/08/2012 9:56:44 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (i don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Natural Law; Dr. Eckleburg; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; ...
"For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality." - Colossians 3:25

Wow, way to take a verse out of context.

That whole passage is not about salvation or salvation by works.

Colossians 3:1-25 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

Cherry picking Bible verses to support Catholic doctrine fail.

191 posted on 05/08/2012 10:16:14 AM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Natural Law; Dr. Eckleburg
Sin without consequence is not in the Bible.

Then you understand neither forgiveness or mercy.

While there are plenty of examples of consequence of sin in Scripture, it's usually earthly consequence, not a loss of salvation like Catholicism teaches.

Catholicism makes so much of salvation conditional on works that nobody can ever be sure if they're coming or going.

It makes a mockery of the finished work of Christ on the cross.

193 posted on 05/08/2012 10:29:40 AM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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