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Oh. Do you have the Acts 2:4 experience? See also Acts 10:44-48, and Acts 19:6. Here is what Christian disciples do that are set in a NT assembly by the Holy Spirit. Mark 16:17-18 Do you do those things? Does anyone in the church do them? If not why not? They also do Matthew 10:7-8. Do you? does anyone in the church you attend do them? If not why not? Does this church believe and teach this:John 14:6The "real" Holy Spirit was only ever infused into Christ's True Apostolic Church [ Catholic ] at Pentecost 1st century.
My answers follow your questions above in your post #5Oh. Do you have the Acts 2:4 experience? See also Acts 10:44-48, and Acts 19:6. Here is what Christian disciples do that are set in a NT assembly by the Holy Spirit. Mark 16:17-18 Do you do those things? Does anyone in the church do them? If not why not? They also do Matthew 10:7-8. Do you? does anyone in the church you attend do them? If not why not? Does this church believe and teach this:John 14:6
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[sup]6 [/sup]Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
1 Timothy 2:5 -----Yes, the Catholic Church teaches that Jesus is the only way.
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[sup]5 [/sup]For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
Is salvation by grace through faith apart from works as this says:
Ephesians 2:8-9----------------------- The Catholic Church of course teaches that Jesus is the only Mediator between God and men.
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[sup]8 [/sup]For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, [sup]9 [/sup]not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Romans 11:6
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[sup]6 [/sup]And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.[sup][a][/sup] But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Romans 4:2-4------------- What good is faith without works [ Jas. 2:14-26
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[sup]2 [/sup]For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. [sup]3 [/sup]For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[sup][a][/sup] [sup]4 [/sup]Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
Romans 4:16 --------- the only time the expression 'faith alone" is mentioned in the bible is in James 2:24 works have merit,read - Phil. 2:12; 2 Cor 5:10; Rom. 2:6; Matt. 25:32-46: Gal 6:6-10 Keep commandments 1 Jn. 2: 3-4; 1 Jn. 3:24; 1 Jn. 5:3 also read [ perhaps the very first words Jesus will ask ] Matt.25: 31-46 that is "works". Christ's Catholic Church has always taught that faith, hope, and love [ charity ] are required for salvation.
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[sup]16 [/sup]Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
If the church you refer to does not have the way of Christian salvation right then it is not the true church.
My answers follow your questions above in your post #5
Your Martin Luther , wanting to avoid the responsibility of doing good works, promoted the idea of 'faith alone' as a means of salvation.
Jesus left us only with His Church which was and still is 'Apostolic' only the Catholic Church for the past two-thousand years has been "Apostolic ".
A Christian is justified by grace through faith and is a new creation in Christ when he calls on the name of the Lord. The "good works" are a result of salvation not to earn or keep it. A christian can do nothing to earn anything from God or do anything to receive grace or prepare for grace. Grace in the Bible is always set in opposition to debt Romans 4:4 and 16, to works Romans 11:16, and to law John 1:17. See also Galatians 5:14 and Romans 6:14-15. Grace is grace and it CANNOT be earned by anything we do.We are saved by grace through faith and if it is saving faith it does works i.e obeys God by being baptized in Jesus name by immersion at the age of being able to understand what they believe, asks for and receives the Acts 2:4 experience, lives Matthew 5, 6, and 7, and does what Mark 16:17-18 and Matthew 10:7-8 says.My answers follow your questions above in your post #5
Your Martin Luther , wanting to avoid the responsibility of doing good works, promoted the idea of 'faith alone' as a means of salvation.
Jesus left us only with His Church which was and still is 'Apostolic' only the Catholic Church for the past two-thousand years has been "Apostolic ".
Scripture for the "real presence" please and that priests have any special power to do this.the Eucharist defines catholicism, not constantine. Belief in the real presence was there from the beginning.
There are true Holy Spirit miracles today but they will be by God's people that do these things from a heart of compassion just as Jesus did; not to gain a following, money, or fame. A lot of them will be nameless and faceless "nobodies". I will check out the video.First thanks for this video. To give more insight into this phenom. We see in the video a comparing of the Christians, with the Hindu religions. Hold on to your hats--- Maitreya who has been predicted to come by Buddha is here. This is also a thing that is Hindu and those types of religions. Maitreya is the anti-Christ. On you tube if you watch ----Maitreya and the masters miracles--- you will see his work to unite both Christians and world religions together by his miracles already being done.
If you read Revelation 2 and 3 it is speaking "to him that overcomes". I do not know if you are pre, mid, or post tribulation rapture i.e. catching away but one promise is clear:You don't want to miss this video, it is very hot. There are those Christians who believe they are called over comers, they believe they will be raptured before anti-Christ comes fully on the scene.. If they are over comers they must be ready soon. There is info. that the Benny Hinn ministry announced that Jesus would literally appear on the stage with him. He applies the kundalini spirit on people. I think it's Maitreya he is talking about. He by the way could fit the description of a false prophet. He says he got his anointing at the grave of a dead preacher woman Kathyrin Cullman sorry can't remember how to spell it. That is the operation of a familiar spirit.
Revelation 3:10
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[sup]10 [/sup]Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
I see no reason that Jesus would have His bride who had trusted Him only for He what He provides, submitted to His preparation Holy Spirit training go through any of the tribulation.
Cal Pierce claims he got his "healing rooms" anointing by laying on John G Lake's grave. He is totally false.
Benny Hinn believes and teaches Jesus became a sinner on the cross, finished His atonement in Hades suffering for 3 days under Satan and had to be born again. Hersey!He threatened one time if any spoke against him a curse would come on their children. Well that would be like Balaam cursing Israel, for it is written no curse or lying divination can bring harm to God's people. Balaam came to know it's a waste of time because he said I can only bless Israel.
Wearing a cross is like wearing a miniature electric chair or gas chamber around your neck. The early church would have none of it.Christians must know the difference between true and false signs and wonders. crosses of light have nothing to do with crosses of wood. the cross in the bible was a curse. It was a instrument of death. It is Jesus alone taking our punishment --the cross. in our place.
There is nothing good about the cross. Unless you like punishment to. To carry our cross is a suffering. it is where self must be put to death. Then Jesus can live in us. Gal.2:20.
When someone like Ravi Zacharias embraces the Mormons it is very close.love and unity is where all religions unite with the anti -Christ and become followers of him. Proof of this is many Christians they say they are, believe Catholics and Mormons, church of Christ, and other cults are our brothers. They say we should love and embrace them. That is the plan of one world religion.
By the way , Oral Roberts and Ken Copeland , got the Kundalini anointing..
I did not know about Oral Roberts but he claims he had a vision of a 100 foot tall Jesus that told him to build a hospital to unite divine healing with the medical system. That was a disaster in more ways than one.
If you read Revelation 2 and 3 it is speaking "to him that overcomes". I do not know if you are pre, mid, or post tribulation rapture i.e. catching away but one promise is clear:
Revelation 3:10
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[sup]10 [/sup]Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
I see no reason that Jesus would have His bride who had trusted Him only for He what He provides, submitted to His preparation Holy Spirit training go through any of the tribulation.
Cal Pierce claims he got his "healing rooms" anointing by laying on John G Lake's grave. He is totally false.
Benny Hinn believes and teaches Jesus became a sinner on the cross, finished His atonement in Hades suffering for 3 days under Satan and had to be born again. Hersey!
Wearing a cross is like wearing a miniature electric chair or gas chamber around your neck. The early church would have none of it.
When someone like Ravi Zacharias embraces the Mormons it is very close.
Y'all still doing this:The only church back then was apostolic, formed by Jesus , the only church that ever was apostolic at that early time and still today is Christ's Catholic Church. Not Baptist, not Methodists, Not Evangelical non-denominational, not Anglican ,not Mormon etc., no rapture churches, no billy-bob church , nope, just Christ's One Apostolic Church and that is only then as today -The One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.The only Church that is not a "denominational or non-denominationa'l church is Christ's Catholic Church. because it never split from another church and that is because it is Christ made, not man-made as your particular Protestant sect, all non-Catholic so called Christian churches were formed heretically by being originally split from Christ's Catholic Church and that started a coninue splitting from another Protestant man-made church etc.
The Catholic Church never split from any other church because it is the Bride of Christ, Jesus never divorced His Catholic/Apostolic Church and never will, all of its apostolicdoctrinal teachings have been protected by Jesus. Not one Catholic Doctrine has ever been left out or changed since Pentecost 1st century. Try and name one doctrine that has been rejected or changed in the past two-thousand years.
Y'all still doing this:
Mark 16:17-18
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[sup]17 [/sup]And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; [sup]18 [/sup]they[sup][a][/sup] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
How about this:
Matthew 10:7-8
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[sup]7 [/sup]And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ [sup]8 [/sup]Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,[sup][a][/sup] cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
And this:
John 14:12
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[sup]12 [/sup]“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
And:
James 5:14-15
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[sup]14 [/sup]Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. [sup]15 [/sup]And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Greek word is sozo meaning heal.
You do have this one but it has been perverted to mean "last rites" or extreme unction when they are sure the person will die. They usually do.
This one?
Matthew 23:9
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[sup]9 [/sup]Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
How about Mary remaining a virgin?
Matthew 13:53-56
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[sup]53 [/sup]Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. [sup]54 [/sup]When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? [sup]55 [/sup]Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses,[sup][a][/sup] Simon, and Judas? [sup]56 [/sup]And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?”
How about Peter as the first pope?
Galatians 2:11-13
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[sup]11 [/sup]Now when Peter[sup][a][/sup] had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; [sup]12 [/sup]for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. [sup]13 [/sup]And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
1 Corinthians 9:5
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[sup]5 [/sup]Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
How about all the additional unscriptural RCC works/requirements for salvation when the Bible says this:
Ephesians 2:8-10
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[sup]8 [/sup]For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, [sup]9 [/sup]not of works, lest anyone should boast. [sup]10 [/sup]For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Notice the good works come after or as a result of salvation not to earn it.
Here it is put another way:
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[sup]9 [/sup]that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. [sup]10 [/sup]For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1 Timothy 2:5
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[sup]5 [/sup]For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
This eliminates the priesthood and Mary.
Deuteronomy 4:15-17
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Beware of Idolatry
[sup]15 [/sup]“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, [sup]16 [/sup]lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female, [sup]17 [/sup]the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
How about water baptism by immersion in Jesus' name of an age of understanding?
Acts 8:36-38
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[sup]36 [/sup]Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”
[sup]37 [/sup]Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.”
And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”[sup][a][/sup]
[sup]38 [/sup]So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
Note the Greek word is baptizo process of immersion, submersion and emergence.
I now have a question for you. Please state one doctrine of the Bible that the RCC has not perverted beyond recognition.
I listed 13 doctrines that are taught by Jesus and the apostles from the scripture that the RCC no longer does or has perverted. Now please give just one that the RCC has not perverted.You really don't have a clue to how to properly interpret the Bible, do you. First, learn how to understand the Bible as it was intended.That is you must learn how to read and interpret the Holy Bible as understood by the early Christians, not by one of the 33,000 + ways of interpretations of today. Don't you understand that there is only "ONE " Interpretation.
You are one hurting dude when it comes to taking verses out of context , learn to read the Holy Bible correctly.
Why is it, with all the above writing from you that you still haven't given me one Catholic Church doctrine that the Catholic Church has changed or left out in the two-thousand years since Jesus made it His Church.
Why can't you show me "just one doctrine" ?
I listed 13 doctrines that are taught by Jesus and the apostles from the scripture that the RCC no longer does or has perverted. Now please give just one that the RCC has not perverted.
Mary remaining a virgin, salvation by grace through faith, Peter as an infallible "first pope", James 5:14-15 healing of the sick, Mary as co mediator with Christ, Acts 2:4 experience, worshiping/bowing down to statutes, repetitive prayer Matthew 6:7, Praying to Mary and the "saints", believers doing Matthew 10:7-8 and Mark 16:17-18, infant baptism by sprinkling instead of immersion at the age of being able to believe as the Bible teaches,The Catholic Church has never changed any defined doctrine. Disciplinary matters, such as priestly celibacy or abstaining from meat on Fridays in Lent, can and do change, but these items are not doctrines and do not come from the deposit of faith left by the apostles. Consequently, the Church may change or dispense such matters as it sees fit.
Also, while you may see certain differences and even changes within or between the teachings of individual theologians, but when the Church defines something as dogma, it doesn't change.
For developments in Catholic teaching to be grounds for accusations of false religion, these would have to involve reversals of defined doctrine. But this simply has never happened in the Church's entire history.So where is that doctrine that you will give me?Perhaps you are confused about Christianity and do not know what a Christian doctrine is , can you at least give me one Catholic doctrine that Christ's Catholic Church has rejected or changed since the Holy Spirit entered the Catholic/Apostolic Church at Pentecost approximately two-thousand years ago. Name one.
Mary remaining a virgin, salvation by grace through faith, Peter as an infallible "first pope", James 5:14-15 healing of the sick, Mary as co mediator with Christ, Acts 2:4 experience, worshiping/bowing down to statutes, repetitive prayer Matthew 6:7, Praying to Mary and the "saints", believers doing Matthew 10:7-8 and Mark 16:17-18, infant baptism by sprinkling instead of immersion at the age of being able to believe as the Bible teaches,
These are all contrary to scripture as taught in the Bible by the apostles and Christ. If the RCC contradicts Jesus and the apostles' clear teaching it disqualifies it from being "apostolic" or Christian. Christians follow the teachings of Christ as the NT apostles did. Read Acts 19:1-6, Acts 10:44-48, Romans 10:9-10 and Ephesians 2:8-10. This is what Jesus and the apostles taught and did. The RCC does not teach or believe this for how one is saved, baptized in the Holy Spirit with speaking in new tongues, or water baptized. Please show me in the Bible how this is not true because what the RCC teaches on these fundamental Christian beliefs does not say what the Bible says.