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Why I'm Still Catholic (And Why Other People Aren't)
catholic365.com ^ | 6/24/2015 | y Anabelle Hazard

Posted on 06/26/2015 10:18:59 AM PDT by Morgana

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To: Rockingham
>>You are trying to vary Scripture in order to dismiss passages that conflict with your views.<<

No, I refer to the original meaning of the Hebrew and Greek words to correctly understand the intent rather than change the meaning like the Catholic Church does.

141 posted on 06/29/2015 4:42:19 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: Rockingham
>>Just what sort of reason do you suppose man is capable of except human reason?<<

You didn't attempt to understand the original Hebrew and Greek words did you.

142 posted on 06/29/2015 4:43:20 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: vladimir998
I ask again was anyone saved at the cross? Might jesus had died in vein ?

Might the world have been redeemed and no one saved?

143 posted on 06/29/2015 7:13:29 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: CynicalBear

Not being fluent in ancient Greek and Hebrew, I rely on people who are — just as you do.


144 posted on 06/29/2015 8:37:03 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: RnMomof7

“I ask again was anyone saved at the cross?”

And, again, I tell you EVERYONE was redeemed by Christ.

“Might jesus had died in vein ?”

No, Jesus did not die in vein. He didn’t even die in vain. Learn the difference.

“Might the world have been redeemed and no one saved?”

No. The two are not the same, but they are related. Learn the difference.


145 posted on 06/29/2015 9:41:56 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998
And, again, I tell you EVERYONE was redeemed by Christ.

I guess i wonder why the question has not been answered.. Were Hindis and Buddhists redeemed at the cross ? .......

Christ will indeed redeem all thing of this world and restore them

But the scriptures indicate that through the cross the elect stand justified before God.. having now a right standing before Him

Romans 5: 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

1 Cor15 ;1 Now aI make known to you, brethren, the Gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

The difference is of course you do not consider the work of Christ completed.. He bought you back from the slavery of sin but now you need to work for that freedom

I ask one more time If the entire population of the earth from all time was redeemed can a faithful Buddhist? a faithful Hindi , faithful Muslim be saved ??

If the work of salvation was not completed at the cross was it possible that Jesus dies for no one?? IN VAIN ??

146 posted on 06/29/2015 11:08:11 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7

“Were Hindis and Buddhists redeemed at the cross ? .......”

Are you familiar with the meaning of the word EVERYONE?

“Christ will indeed redeem all thing of this world and restore them”

Christ already redeemed EVERYONE. Galatians 3:13; 1 Timothy 2:6; Acts 20:28.

“But the scriptures indicate that through the cross the elect stand justified before God.. having now a right standing before Him”

Christ already redeemed us. What part of that do you not understand?

“Romans 5: 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.”

Redeemed and saved are related but different things. The fact that you apparently confuse justification with redemption as if redemption were the same thing as saved and ignore sanctification only shows your apparent confusion.

Nothing in 1 Cor contradicts anything I said.

“The difference is of course you do not consider the work of Christ completed..”

There you go again making you false things I don’t actually believe. I don’t mind when someone attacks what I believe, but why do anti-Catholics so often resort to outright falsehoods? It’s as if they have no conscience and don’t care about the truth. Christ’s work was essentially done with the Ascension. His work, however, still continues INSIDE US because His grace is never exhausted.

“He bought you back from the slavery of sin but now you need to work for that freedom”

“bought you back” = redemption. I do not have to “work” for anything from God. I must merely cooperate with Him and His gifts.

“I ask one more time If the entire population of the earth from all time was redeemed can a faithful Buddhist? a faithful Hindi , faithful Muslim be saved ??”

And I tell you AGAIN, EVERYONE is redeemed. Redemption and salvation are related but are two different things.

“If the work of salvation was not completed at the cross was it possible that Jesus dies for no one?? IN VAIN ??”

Wow, you finally learned to spell “vain” correctly. Now maybe you’ll learn the difference between “redemption” and “salvation”. Jesus died for EVERYONE. Not EVERYONE will be saved. Why? Because redemption is not the same thing as salvation.

1 Timothy 2:5-6


147 posted on 06/29/2015 11:42:18 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998

So then a faithful Buddhist or a faithful hindi ia
can be saved


148 posted on 06/29/2015 11:50:23 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: vladimir998

One more question.. Did Jesus die for my sin??


149 posted on 06/29/2015 11:57:43 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: Rockingham

Then you would have known that the Hebrew word has no tie to your using “reason” in the way you do.


150 posted on 06/29/2015 12:13:39 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: RnMomof7

“So then a faithful Buddhist or a faithful hindi ia can be saved”

Redemption and salvation are related, but are two different things. Again, learn the difference.


151 posted on 06/29/2015 12:30:12 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998; RnMomof7
>>And, again, I tell you EVERYONE was redeemed by Christ.<<

Only those who the Father has given.

John 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

152 posted on 06/29/2015 12:31:57 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: RnMomof7

“One more question.. Did Jesus die for my sin??”

Did you ever read Romans 4:25?

How about 1 Cor 15:3-4?

How about 1 Peter 2:24?

You don’t seem well acquainted with the Bible. Maybe you should spend your time reading and praying over the scriptures rather than repeatedly conflating redemption and salvation online? Certainly that would be a better use of your time.


153 posted on 06/29/2015 12:37:59 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: CynicalBear

1 Timothy 2:6 says otherwise. It doesn’t surprise me you would go against the Bible.


154 posted on 06/29/2015 12:58:38 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998
“So then a faithful Buddhist or a faithful hindi ia can be saved”

Redemption and salvation are related, but are two different things. Again, learn the difference.

Please answer my question can an observant Buddhist or Hindi be saved ??

155 posted on 06/29/2015 1:03:33 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: vladimir998

So Jesus redeemed mankind and died for their sins... and justified men before the Father... but none of that saves right?? His work was incomplete.. and we have to do stuff ??


156 posted on 06/29/2015 1:07:53 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: CynicalBear

Do you have any proof of this, or are we to accept it as fact based on your say so, drawn from whatever cramped and sectarian authority that you regard as binding on you?


157 posted on 06/29/2015 1:09:10 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: CynicalBear; vladimir998
John 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

They like to ignore 90% of John 6

Jesus died for those the Father gave Him...

158 posted on 06/29/2015 1:09:30 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: vladimir998; RnMomof7
>>1 Timothy 2:6 says otherwise. It doesn’t surprise me you would go against the Bible.<<

Not so fast there.

The Greek word doesn't mean "all" as in every one.

Greek - 3956 /pás ("each, every") means "all" in the sense of "each (every) part that applies." The emphasis of the total picture then is on "one piece at a time."

It doesn't surprise me that you would use the Catholic corruption of the meaning instead of the intent of the Greek word.

159 posted on 06/29/2015 1:10:03 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: Rockingham
>>Do you have any proof of this<<

I've already told you the intended meaning of Hebrew word.

Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, let's yakach (decide, adjudge, prove) this," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.

Greek - yakach - to decide, adjudge, prove [http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3198.htm]

None of your human reasoning in there. It's God's declaration that counts. Only the cults add human reasoning and come up with all kinds of contra scripture beliefs.

160 posted on 06/29/2015 1:20:50 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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