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John 15:3 - You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Jude 24 - 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

I believe there is God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. How to explain that, I'm not sure, but they are One. There is only One God. Maybe you all heard it explained like this; but the Trinity is like H20 - you have water as a liquid, steam, and ice. All are water (H20) but take on...

Well said, and I agree with you. God knows the heart of the person. The one thing we can't go wrong on is that "Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life" He is the only way, only He can wash away sins and give us forgiveness and He is the only access to the Father. No one in the church is in...

Just curious BreadOfLife, as a Catholic, how does your view of purgatory come in to play with salvation? (CCC 1031) Is the Blood of Jesus not good enough to clean sin fully once for all? What work can any man do that is equal to or greater than the blood of God's own Son who died for you?

God is not bound by time though and He knew what you and I would choose.

Yes it does, If God knows then they were NOT truly saved to start with. God didn't start out with a list of saved people then started erasing names off. What was done in the eternal past is still true to this day. People are not temporarily redeemed.

I know, He already knows, that's how He predestined. Who is saved and who is lost is already known, A true believer is known to God and is Sealed

Although one may struggle in their faith (after a traumatic event, death, etc.) I do not believe that a true believer will all together turn on God. Even in my hardest faith trials when I was far from God I felt His presence close to me and the leading to repent. As stated before, if they leave...

I'm human, of course I sin. The difference is those who are truly born again do make a practice of living in willful sin. You sin as well as every human on the earth. Jesus is our Advocate making intercession for us. When I do sin I feel convicted, I feel the Holy Spirit bringing it to my...

Jude 24,25 -To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen

1 John 2:19 - They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

Indulgences was basically the reason why the protestant reformation occurred. You guys don't remember Martin Luther? What I am realizing is that it is pointless to discuss these things with Catholics since everything is just a "lie" and the RCC is "perfect" and can do no wrong. I'm done with...

Pope Leo X was all about indulgences, it was done to raise money for the construction of St. Peter's Basiclica.

It’s a yes or no question. Do you agree with the pope with what he said about homosexuality..."It doesn't matter. God made you like this. God loves you like this." Does God make people gay? See, if you can’t disagree then you twist scripture to stand in alliance with what a man says. By the way...

1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. A true believer will not make the practice of living in willful sin. I believe those who hold the position that they can lose their...

John 6:39 - And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. John 6:44 - No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. Salvation is the work of God - He...

By "we" I mean believers in Christ (body of Christ - church) As Christians serving God. Each individual believer must search the scriptures and rely on the Holy Spirit to guide them. And to be honest, philosophy type discussions seem to be a waste of time. I was glad when my one and only...

God desires that all be saved but even God doesn't get what He wants. God knew who would respond to His saving grace through His Son. Foreknowledge = predestination. How else could God choose us in Christ before the foundation of the world?? He did. It's in scripture. And we don't need to...

2 Timothy 1:9 - He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,