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That's the 'ol "BIblical Promises are for THEM, and NOT FOR US" cessationist LIE!!!! The "Apostles" (the original 12) are DEAD, and "Apostolic succession" is just another phony Roman Catholic fantasy. God still speaks to his Children, and PROMISES that we will KNOW HIS VOICE. ANd He promises...

The Holy SPirit, John 16:13 / James 1:5 Next question??

Not necessarily. They may be philanthropic Athiests. Being born again occurs ONLY by FAITH - which Biblically has to be GIFTED BY GOD (Eph 2:8,9). Good works are also subjective in nature and "proof" of nothing. I said "CAN BE", but what's more telling is that when a person "CLAIMS" to be...

"Works" can be regarded as an INDICATION that a Person has BEEN Born again of the Holy SPirit, and indwelled by Him, however "Works" don't contribute to a person's salvation - which depends ONLY on the gifted FAITH the person has in the SIN OFFERING of CHrist on the cross to cleanse them from...

Actually the teaching of the time was "It is FAITH ALONE that Saves, but the FAITH that saves will never be ALONE". (Melancthon's dictum) That puts the cart at the proper end of the horse.

I lived it. I taught Bible in Catholic home meetings at the invitation of the parish priests.

WHich is contrary to the teaching of the Bible, which is that WORKS are the RESULT of Salvation (being Born again of the Holy SPirit). Typical Catholic "Cart before the horse" thinking.

This is the common "Works Salvation" rationalization. James is a "litmus test". the REAL MESSAGE is: "If what you CALL faith produces NOTHING in terms of "Good works" as a result of it's intrinsic nature, then what you CALL Faith, isn't "Biblical FAITH" at all (Dead faith). Roman Catholics...

Chuckle!!!! WIthout the TRUTH of EPh 2:8,9 you've got NOTHING. it took the Roman Church 1000 years or more to take spiritual Christianity down into spiritual death under Papal corruptuin and political chicanery. Salvation BY FAITH AND NOT BY WORKS (religious or otherwise) is the absolute...

When Luther taught those things which were Biblical he was preaching the TRUTH. But Luther WAS an educated Roman Catholic Priest/Theologian. What God RESTORED through his ministry was THE MOST IMPORTANT THING that Roman Catholicism had forgotten/ignored/discarded. Eph 2:8,9 - i.e...

Opionion noted. Disregarded.

Because the ROman Catholic system had totally forgotten the Biblcal Gospel, and replaced it with their bells, smells, Traditions, and salvation by WORKS Theologies. Luther re-introduced salvation BY FAITH - Eph 2:8,9. SImple as that.

LUther was Inspired by the Holy SPirit to teach ONE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE - i.e. Eph 2:8,9. We are saved NOT by "works"/religious activity, but BY FAITH which is gifted by God. HE had a PILE of other stuff wrong (we was, after all, an educated Roman Catholic priest / Augustinain Monk. BUt...

Based on the ground rules found in Rom 14, If you have to ASK the question, you already have the answer - whatsoever is not of FAITH is SIN. Next question???

BUT HEY!!!! At least the "Holy Roman Catholic CHurch COrp." doesn't murder folks that get in it's way any more!!! That's progress, at least. Now they've got a heretical universalist "Pope thing" running their show for them.

Standard Roman Catholic rhetoric. Ignored.

Oops - it was "Theefaith" (158) that made that statement - not you. Of course I've heard the same thing from Romanists for decades. As usual in "VISIBLE CHURCH" Theological maters, both sides of a schism inevitably blame the other side for it. That's why the Romanists and the Orthodox WILL...

You said: "the orthodox separated themselves from Christ and his one true church"

YEP!!! That's the Roman Catholic version of the Great Schism!! "They Split from US, and WE'RE THE ONES WITH THE TRUTH"!!!! Of course we all knew that (wink, wink say n'more).

Simple - He STARTED speaking in parables AFTER the Jewish leaders Accused Him of being SATAN'S AGENT, and speaking SATAN'S WORDS. HE spoke parables so as not to ADD TO THE GUILT of those who would reject Him - i.e. He stopped "Casting his pearls before swine", and spoke in a manner whereby only...