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Just based on this glaring deviation from the biblical narrative, Luther should have been rejected outright. He was no apostle or prophet sent from God. He was an opinionated racist. And his opinionating spread. The temporal powers took Luther on and protected him to gain wealth by claiming...

Sheep are dumb animals. They don't have any way of perceiving the danger they are in for being weak and not too smart. A shepherd leads them and protects them. Spiritually speaking, we are also weak and as dumb as sheep. We have no idea of the spiritual dangers we are exposed to in a world run...

And you are welcome to the reformation ideas....as God Himself allows this...to test those who have no love for the truth...but only care for what is beneficial to them. God weeds all self-seekers out of His kingdom. If you could only see the gospel apart from yourself... What I seek to...

I see the Reformation doing the confusing...even as it sought to clarify a bad practice in the RC system. I say practice, not doctrines. Anybody who needs to throw out part of the bible to make his ideas work...is out to lunch. (like Luther wanted to throw out the book of James, since he was...

And/or...we can spell things out that are in the bible that we have understood in many other ways in order to avoid an indoctrination through learning bible-ese...or bible speak...that gives an impression that we have even a clue as to what is being related in the bible. To me, if a person can...

Is there a holy tradition passed down from the apostles that instructs us to kiss icons, wear vestments, light candles, burn incense...etc?? The OT was based on a representation of a higher order based on a temporal temple. But in the NT we are to experience the actual presence of God where He...

I have to ask...beyond the fact that they read bible verses...what makes the service "divine"???

You are missing the point. Man-made things comes with labels that claim great things, but lead people astray. If a building says" church" on it, does that make it a church? If you believe that then you can also believe in divine liturgies or apostles' creeds. Using slogans or labels to attract...

The divine liturgy of St. Basil? Whose liturgy? The divine St. Basil?

Stop with the religious pride already. Get off the personal one-upmanship and stick to the subject. Liturgies are man -made. You are very off as you can't show any meeting from the bible that shows an order of service APART from having more than one prophet speak by the SPIRIT. No system...

I would say that for maintaining an apostolic DOCTRINE the Orthodox are the closest, followed by the Catholics. Far behind these two sects comes the Protestant sects...having thrown out the baby with the bathwater, as stated. As for PRACTICE..it depends on the individual. You find righteous...

People parrot scriptures all the time to give a kind of religious legitimacy to the proceedings called "services" or "masses". But the understanding of what is being read is lacking so often. The problem is that by parroting verses and agreeing in principle with them, that somehow that makes us...

No Law : Lawlessness Under Grace : Given the Power to fulfill the Law

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

I leave it for people to choose...either Jesus Barabbas...and the freedom from prosecution for sins....OR...Jesus Bar Abba the Son of the living God...who went to the cross to liberate us from sin and give us His life and holiness to be His Bride and live forever in holiness with the Father who...

Reading skills and lack of honesty aside...I have stated, for those who can read, that Jesus didn't have to come to us to accomplish God's mercy..as God has always been merciful. God doesn't need the cross to forgive,. That's a false gospel. The devil wants to insult God by saying that someone...

Only God can forgive sins in an eternal way. And He has always done so. He decides who is forgiven...and He is a very merciful God. What God doesn't forgive is the pretense of pretenders that accuse others who are actually saved by grace. You are claiming to be forgiven for all sins past...

It's obvious that God is holy and needs to bring us into that holiness to have intimacy with Him. Jesus came to reconcile us to a holy walk...not just forgive a constant unholiness. Paul was merely sent to the nations as a mission...not because the message was any different. Those who deviate...

Good to hear. :) We need to encourage one another into the upward calling of Christ. Peace and blessings to you <><

That's God's character...merciful. Jesus didn't have to come to die to accomplish God's mercy. But people were not able to be holy...so Jesus died to give people a way into holiness through Him. You think of Paul as a mediator...replacing Jesus who you say is only for the Jews. You have fully...