Posted on 01/27/2014 1:46:12 PM PST by Gamecock
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." (Jude:24,25)
Protestantism was/is the return to the true New Testament era doctrine which had been corrupted by wrong doctrines of Catholicism all through the Middle Ages, when men once again had access to the scripture and weren’t dependent on the words of RC authorities who had twisted the original intent of scripture. It wasn’t “created” out of thin air in the 15th century.
The way I understand this passage is that "death" refers here to physical death, because the child of God has eternal life. John is saying that believers can commit a sin for which their heavenly Father will remove them from this life physically, perhaps because they are disgracing Him, perhaps to stop further sinning... Look for example at Ananias and Sapphira in the book of Acts. They were were guilty of a lie and God chose to end their lives.
Oh, there's good reason the Religion Forum is so active. The devil is about, and he knows the right address, attacking the Church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth. 1 Timothy 3:15
There is a faithful little Remnant, fighting the good fight, but the Remnant gets a bit tired of the same old, same old.
... Simply wrong, but that is to be expected.
Yep. I’m pretty sure we’re told to take unto ourselves the whole armour of God, in order to withstand in the evil day, and having done all we can, to STAND. (Eph. 6:13-20). No where that I read does God’s Word say to lay down and get some rest, I look really tired. And no where does His Word tell me that it’s time for the Lord to sort it out. The only reason we are still on this site, giving Scripture and reproving, rebuking, and exhorting with all longsuffering and doctrine (2 Tim. 4:2) is because of God’s patience and His desire to be reconciled to man through the finished work of Christ. He is giving us another day because He desires that no man enters hell for rejecting His Son. Every minute He gives us is a minute to give the gospel of the grace of God to an unbelieving world. Who yawns, and stretches and talks about how tired of the same old, same old they are...Boo hoo. It’s just so pathetic..
That is, assuming that purgatory exists.
claim has been made that Lazarus of the parable was sinless, according to scripture he couldn’t have been
I agree!
As a Catholic, one should wonder why he wasn’t in purgatory
Maybe it is because there is no such a place as purgatory.
If you think I am wrong, why don’t you elaborate? or am I supposed to just take your word? Verse 1 reminds us that John was writing to “ whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ”, that is, to believers.
Nobody is sent to the Lake of Fire because of any judgment of personal sin. ALL sin has been judged at the Cross.
We all stand condemned, until we exercise faith in Christ at the Cross. When we accept the judgment of those sins at the Cross and confess our acceptance of that payment for our sins, then we are forgiven and He gives us eternal life.
Every human being begins condemned (except Adam and the 2nd Adam). The Judgment of all sin has now occurred some 2000 years ago.
That’s a good one. Some of these protestant vs Catholic threads also remind me of the disciples arguing who is the greatest among them :-)
And Catholics seem to not realize that Christ took our sins upon Himself. Our sins have been forgiven and removed as far as East is from West. Claiming that we need to “pay for our sins in purgatory” is denying Christ.
Yes. Hebrews 10:10 is clear. Either Christ's sacrifice was enough, or it wasn't. If it wasn't, God's power to cancel sin is being denied, which is blasphemy. If it was enough, there's no need for any purgatory.
What is that mortal sin?
You are right, the determining factor is whether a person’s name is found in the Lamb’s Book of Life. If not found, that person is thrown in the Lake of Fire. And we get our names in the Book by faith in Jesus and His work at the cross. The point I was trying to make in my previous post was that any sin is the same to God, deserving of eternity in the Lake of Fire, regardless of how “bad” or how “small” the sin is. It is not confession, purgatory or anything like that that saves us, but grace through faith.
Thanks, Tom.
Yep, and in the red letters no less.
Than it isn't Catholic, truth was in short supply today from that angle.
Correct.
Driving 22mph in a 20mph School Zone with a faulty speedometer will qualify as sin as many immoral acts.
Sin is just missing the mark in God’s Plan.
The issue today is remaining in fellowship with God, to be in the right place, at the right time, to do the right thing in the right manner, all through faith in Christ. He handles the rest.
16th.
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