Unfortunately you have no assurance. You have no certainty, I mean REAL certainty, that when you die some day, you will go to be with Jesus.
The verses in Scripture that speak about the confidence of our hope are written by, for, and about Catholics. It may seem to you that they do not belong to us, but that does not change the facts.
It is a puzzle why you would want to come into a Catholic forum and try to deny us our birthright in Christ by saying we don’t have it.
It makes it appear as though you have aligned yourself with one who is the father of lies.He was a liar from the beginning.
Code:
That is a very sad situation, and one God does not want you to stay in.
It is not sad for us, because we don’t perceive it the way you do. We are confident in our hope, and we know that, when we see HIm, we shall be like HIm, for we shall see HIm as He really is.
I have had the privilege of leading many people to that place of assurance, where they can say with Paul, “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day!”
YOu see, we believe that Paul, being Catholic, wrote this and it reflects what the Catholic Church believes and teaches.
And of course he said “For I am confident of this very thing-that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Billy Graham was used by God to start that in my life many years ago, and I thank God for that ‘blessed assurance’. I am sorry I spoke in a belittling way. Please forgive me.
I am working on that forgiveness thing. In fact, it is one if the teachings of Jesus that we believe refutes OSAS.
" For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; 15 but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matt 6:14-15
Holding on to resentments and unforgiveness can separate us from the great and precious promises. God is able to keep us, but that does not mean we will always be willing to be “kept”. When we choose to hold on to unforgiveness,we are no longer committing our way to Him.
False doctrine tends to infuriate me and sometimes in those situations I fail to ask the Holy Spirit to control my words!
I can see that you are passionate about your faith, and I commend you for that. It is also clear that you have been wrongly taught about CAtholicism.
Yes, and God wants us to be humble. But He also wants those who have been saved to be confident and to know for sure they have a Father who will NEVER forsake them. That’s grace.
I agree. this is Catholic Teaching.
If you are a parent, let me ask you…is there anything your child could do to get you to disown him or her? I never would, and I’m not nearly as patient and merciful as God. He emptied his wrath for ALL my sins on the cross of Christ. Someday maybe you will enjoy all that it means. I want that for you and everyone.
I appreciate your desire for souls.
Yes, the comparison to being a parent is very fitting. However you will also note that children can disown their parents. It does not make them any less the parent, but for the benefit of the child, it does.
"if we endure, we shall also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;
13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful -
for he cannot deny himself. "
2 Tim 2:12-13
Scripture is full of these “conditional” phrases (IF). We must find a way for all of it to fit together, not ignoring these conditiional references. They do not take away from the others, but they shed light on how we are to understand them.
Their spirits are dead! That is what Jesus said! A dead saved spirit? That is an Oximormon, Eerrrr I meant oximoron. **
You know like 10 points for getting others to roll out in laughter.