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Hi H, I know that annointing could be with the Holy Spirit and with oil. You mentioned water - which I had never heard of. This is what you said in post 178: You will know them by their fruit, and understanding spiritual water (anointing) is testing their fruit. Ur welcome. I just don't...

I agree.

You said the Father enables us to believe in Jesus. Calvinists believe God picks who will be saved and makes them believe. You should familiarize yourself with the theology of John Calvin, circa 1540.

Interesting take. I was worried there for a second. I agree. All are drawn. Some refuse,,,or refuse to be drawn. OK.

This sounds calvinistic. I have a big problem with the such.

That sounds conflicting...just as calvinists sound conflicting. The N.T. also says: "No one can come to the Father except through Me". John 14:6 So which is it?

You sound very calvinistic. Very Augustinian. Could you expound a bit? I don't know enough about the Catholic idea of predestination because I only found out about it a few years ago and, frankly, it's nice to be ignorant about it. But now that you bring it up...

The Kingdom is within us. WE make up the Kingdom. It's our new nature, or, I should say our old nature made better by the Holy Spirit -- put into submission by Him and made to honor God and obey Him as best we could. The Kingdom is within us and outside of us. We believe it with our heart and...

The point is never to be right. But we do have to discuss differences. You keep saying Jesus was on the cross for 48 hours. How do you come up with that? I gave you scripture to show that it was not even one day. As to who recorded it...who recorded anything? Maybe Peter. Maybe John. Maybe...

bb, if Jesus says TODAY, you will be with Me in paradise, we have to accept what He said. We can't make it mean something else. Jesus died that same day. The soldiers broke the legs of those not dead because it was almost the Sabbath. This is not a mystery... The thief also died that very same...

part 2 of 2 (1) It was observed in Canaan long before the Hebrew conquest, and, accordingly, Weinel (Stade's Zeutschrift, XVIII, 50) holds that, as the use of oil for general purposes in Israel was an agricultural custom borrowed from the Canaanites, so the anointing with sacred oil was an...

Could you just tell me why you think that Jesus told the Apostles to baptize all nations in the name of the Trinity and to teach them to obey all that Jesus had taught. He seems to make the baptizing as important as the teaching since it's the only two things Jesus mentioned. Also, in post 178...

Interesting that you say that we see the fruit of the Spirit lacking in Christianity. Do you wonder why that is? Maybe it's because of your theology?? You say that salvation is a completed act by Jesus on the cross. So, if it's a completed act, why do we not have the fruit of the Spirit? Is...

Agreed. Funny about the sword! I wish I had a church that taught this. A church I went to years ago did some teaching on this but it was so long ago I can't remember anything. The marriage supper, of course, reminds me of Mathew 22. I do understand about the church being the Bride. I do wish...

Here it is for those reading along: CCC paragraph 1268 1268 The baptized have become "living stones" to be "built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood." By Baptism they share in the priesthood of Christ, in his prophetic and royal mission. They are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood...

Hi Naomi, You know more about this than I ever will since I'm not that interested; however, I do agree with your points above. I've never even heard of this marriage supper. John had visions,,,we're not supposed to take them literally. Some could be understood because they're based on other...

What are you talking about bb? Jesus died on the same day. THAT day the thief would be with Him in Paradise; which is Abraham's Bossom. TILL Jesus freed those waiting there and then they went to heaven. This is taught in mainline Christianity. I like traditional, mainline Christianity...I don't...

I see your point. Can we be absolutely sure about anything then? No. But I'm going by what Jesus said... This Very Day You Will Be With Me In Paradise..or words to that effect.

Oh. Well, not all the baptized babies become living stones. As catholics explain it...the Holy Spirit is received, but never put to good use. They do acknowledge that we must accept our baptism or, by itself, it is worthless for salvation.

Wonderfully recounted. I'm so happy you didn't leave us.