Posted on 10/25/2014 4:12:46 PM PDT by ebb tide
The way in which this heretical nonsense of the “god of surprises” has been swallowed by the obedient Pollyannas is a very good indication of the decay of Christian thinking among people who tell themselves Catholics, and of the inability to even understand that this disgraceful Pope is indicating to them the perfect path to hell.
As so very much that Francis keeps saying, these words contain some emotional appeal meant to please the stupid; as if God’s Law were a vegetable, for which “freshness” is a quality attribute.
The contrary is the case.
Our God is a God of no surprises. Being perfect, he is unchangeable. Being unchangeable, He can never have anything new in Him.
This principle, of the unchangeable God, is what provides the basis for the unchangeable Truth of which God’s immutability is at the same time the reason and the guarantee. As God can never change, so can Truth never change. He, and it, will remain always the same, world without end.
Were it not so, God would not be God. Were it not so, there would be no God.
Truth is forever. God Himself assures us that this is so, and that there will no surprises. Produce has a selling window before it becomes stale. The Truth, the Way and the Life haven’t. And if an angel – much less a clown – should come down from heaven and tell us: “God has decided to surprise you!” we.would.not.believe.him.
Francis obfuscates and mystifies. His supermarket-jargon hides one and only one intent: the subversion of God’s law into something “surprising” and, by the very definition of the word, both unexpected and different.
This is another definition of heresy.
Let those who feel so inclined blindly follow the Pope in the pit of heresy and blasphemy he wants to lead them. A faithless Pope will only be followed by faithless people, or by people so stupid – and culpably so – that they are ready to ditch an unchangeable Truth for the produce section of Francis’ satanic supermarket.
We live in times that are so stupid that these cheap appeals to – nay: cheap papal ads of – novelty and freshness are applied to what is Immutable and Unchangeable by the very definition of the word.
And please, *please* do not even *try* to justify the Pope’s words with some fluffy commentary along the lines that Francis refers to an “ever new joy”, and such like nonsense. If you still have not understood what kind of “surprise” Francis has in store for you, the smell of reprobation is strong in you, and you should be very worried by now.
Francis’ “god of surprises” is a god of heresy and blasphemy. It can’t be the God of the Christians. It is some strange New Age fantasy creature.
Our God is a God of no surprises. Do not blaspheme Him by making of Him the same as Francis’ strange, fantasy creature.
Mundabor
Grow up.
Francis may be right.
If you’ve never read God’s Word He may indeed seem to be a god of surprises.
Stop pinging me to threads.
Although it took over 1700 years before you could own one without being burned at the stake.
I did. I don't comprehend catholic legalize too well though. Can ya sum it up simply? Thx
I believe in that context, he was referring to them as the fathers of their own earthly children, not as HIS father.
Why not ?
Is there nothing to be dogmatic about ?
Doesn't ex cathedra grant the pope the power of "thus saith the Lord" in matters important to God ... like the abomination of homosexuality ?
Paul wrote about it in Galatians and John finished in Revelation 2:18-29
You’ll stop wondering at your last judgement. Don’t worry.
“Our God is a God of no surprises. Being perfect, he is unchangeable. Being unchangeable, He can never have anything new in Him.”Mundabor
His essential character will never change, his love, fairness, justice and willingness to show mercy will never change. God’s moral statutes that he laid down for man will never change. Yet God’s ways are higher than man’s ways and if he decides to show man something of his essential character that he has never revealed before...does that mean he has “changed”?
The Jews never accepted Christ in part (’he was a stumbling block to the Jews and to the Greeks, foolishness’) because their concept of an “unchanging God” did not fit with a God in Flesh who came to redeem all men by dying on the cross, (not just for the Jews), and to establish a heavenly Kingdom...not an Earthly one free of the Gentile subjugation of the Hebrew peoples!
God is unchanging, but humanity’s concept of God’s full “unchanging” personality is frightfully limited.
,,,,Our God is a God of no surprises. Being perfect, he is unchangeable. Being unchangeable, He can never have anything new in Him,,,,,
And what does he base this on?
The Bible.
Well it is called a "monstrance."
I find it curious that some Roman Catholics are so vociferously against everything he says but will condemn "Protestants" for not being in submission to the Pope of Rome and head shepherd of ALL Christendom. It's no surprise that the Reformation went into full swing around the same time of some of the worst Popes in Roman Catholicism's history.
God would not allow the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ to be stifled....hence the Reformation. (my personal belief)
Can’t stand on principle.
Can’t say homosexuality is wrong.
Too much money to be made.
After all it is the Catholic and Jewish way.
So many stone throwers who think that their own sins do not count if someone has a sin they deem to be worse than theirs. Eye, meet log....
I find it ironic that so many lose track of the fact that all sin is pretty much equal in the price that must be paid for it (except for blasphemy of the Holy Spirit). Jesus' Blood washed away the taint of even homosexual sins in God's eyes or it washed away nothing. Go through a whole day without the sinful nature coming out and then rant and rave about the sins of others.
You’ll have to blame Jesus for that.
Another Catholic basher. Duly noted.
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