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You are made in the image of God ~ fearfully and wonderfully made, knit together in your mother's womb ~ and your identity is in Christ Jesus. God looks on you and sees Christ ~ because you are clothed in His righteousness. You are as beautiful as can possibly be... because Christ Jesus is...

Not really sure what you mean by "incorporating it into my thinking"... Do you mean to ask what I think about Revelation 12 in general, or specifically about Revelation 12:7-12, or how it fits with the rest of John's Revelation, or fitting it into a timeline of events, or...? I'll just kind...

He "prowls" according to Peter in 1 Peter 5:8-9. What Peter means by that is that, although Satan is able to exert influence in many ways on individuals, tempting us to sin and even trying to deceive us, we should "resist him" by "(h)umbl(ing) (ourselves) under the mighty hand of God so that at...

Some think that, for sure. :) Sure. But he is unable to deceive the nations, as it is shown to John (and us) in the vision given to him in Revelation 20. Thus is his current "binding," which Jesus Himself alludes to, as documented by Matthew, Mark, and Luke: "...how can someone enter a...

It is the end of the "thousand years"... the fullness of God's time in bring "all Israel," as Paul puts it in Romans 11:25-26, which consists of all Gentile and Jewish believers whom He calls ~ collectively, His elect ~ to completion Jesus's return marks the beginning of eternity... actually...

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever! Psalm 30:11-12

Well, it is part ~ one ninth :) ~ of the fruit of the Spirit... :) Thank you. :) Right. Don't think I said or insinuated any differently, but maybe worded it somewhat ambiguously. Yes, I agree. Thanks for clarifying that... And... regarding Noah's story... Jesus is the ark. :) Rather...

Yes. :) But it's not about me. But... to what you say here... yes. :) Ohhhhh, boy. I thought you were done. Oh well, on we go, I guess... :) I wouldn't say that, and never have. But it doesn't save. God saves. Even when we were dead in our trespasses ~ as Paul says ~ He made us alive...

My sentiments exactly. :) Grace and peace to you.

That's exactly what I would say to you. :) But you seem to not be concerned about that and continue anyway, according to your own will, so I will do the same. Or not, if I so choose. :) And you're wrong about that; see above. But, we can agree to disagree, surely, right? LOL! See...

Do you mean to draw a distinction between the eucharist of Catholic churches and the communion, or the Lord's supper in Protestant churches? I see no real difference here, except maybe in the sense of transubstantiation, which I addressed above. Sure. Because it's silly. :) And being bought...

Yes, it was different than the Catholic Church (and Pelagius), for sure. :) But very much the same as St. Augustine, who, oddly enough, Catholics revere... But far more importantly, Moses demonstrates in Genesis 3 that all are born into sin (Adam and Eve took on this state as a result of the...

Sure. There's more (much more, really) to it than that, but sure. The crux of the difference between us, really, Mary, is what water baptism is. You may agree with what I said before, that water baptism is a sacrament, but by definition, water baptism, since it is a sacrament, is not...

Well, Scripture does not equate being baptized in water (by men) with being born again of the Spirit in that moment. We cannot cause anyone else to be born again of the Spirit through any means. Only God can do that. It is possible for the two things (water baptism and being born again of the...

Okay, well, we understand that differently, obviously. Jesus always was, is, and forever will be one with the Father and the Spirit. As I said, He was never in need of salvation. For Him, being born again of the Spirit was not needed. He is the One Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit, as Mark...

LOL! Actually, Jesus says that, to Nicodemus in John 3... :) But your position on that ~ and the Catholic position ~ is not really a Catholic vs. Protestant thing. It goes back much further than that, which gets at what we were discussing about denominations and such. The promise is for...

I am glad to hear that you are born again, Mary. Me, too. But that is not because you were baptized in a church by human beings. :) No one but God ~ by His Spirit ~ can cause you to be born again. Grace and peace to you.

Thank you for the kind words. Well, thank you again, and I'm glad you feel that way. But I would submit to you, regarding what you intimate about some other posters here, every street is a two-way street (so to speak)... Right, well, no apology necessary, but yes, I was and am well aware of...

Fair enough, but, Protestant or Catholic (or any other -ant or -ic... or -ist or -ian or -ite... :)), I find it astounding, really, and yes, sad, that so many Christians think along the lines you are thinking here. And this is puzzling for a slightly different reason, but the result is still...

As best I can remember, Mary, you came to this "logical conclusion" based on something that I had said. You acknowledged something I had said, and then said "well that means..." Here you go: Marymog: "You said each of them (the reformers) made great contributions to bringing Christians back...