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NewAgeCatholic
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How do you respond? If they ask if I’m saved. I just respond, No, I’m just Catholic.
As a Catholic, how do you respond when the Protestants ask, are you saved??
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wardrandolph
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What I have found in talking with differant friends who are Protestant,and are from differant denominations,the meaning of their question varies.My Baptist friends believe in "once saved always saved.My Penticostal friends believe you can lose your salvation through sin.Some realy mean "do you havea personal relationship with our Lord.We do, or should have a personal relationship with our Lord Jesus,We should be in a state of grace when we recieve the Lord in Holy Communion.St.Joan of Ark had a great responce to the English when they ask her if "she thougt she was in the grace of God.Her reply was,If I am may it please the Lord to keep me there,If I am not may it please the Lord to put me there.(paraphrased).I also try to explain the Blessed Hope we have that our Lord will get us safely home.Peace,Rocky.
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Califman831
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i say:
I won’t find out that until judgment day, but you really should consider joining Christ’s one and only church if you are worried about salvation instead of following a heretic like martin luther.
I won’t find out that until judgment day, but you really should consider joining Christ’s one and only church if you are worried about salvation instead of following a heretic like martin luther.
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jonnyws
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That is an on going process involving acceptance of the Lord’s grace through the Sacraments and prayer and striving to do His will. I trust in God’s mercy and try to follow Him as best I can whilst knowing that I can do nothing without first having His grace freely given to me - that grace although not limited purely to the Sacraments is most evidently experienced and given through them.
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Sailor_Kenshin
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That’s an insult to Catholicism. It implies we cannot be saved, nor do we care.
I reply that I am redeemed, and hope to be saved.
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GraceSofia
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LOL And how does that result? I like it, don’t get me wrong, but is it a conversation starter or stopper?
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John92
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“Only God knows that.”
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NewAgeCatholic
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I’ll try that! Reverse psychology. Anything to get the JW’s back in their car!
heh…heh…hehMy neighbors invested in a Doberman with an invisible fence. They buzz right on by now. They named the pooch, Killer!
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JohnMPhilomena
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I’d say: “I pray that I may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.”
John Marie Philomena
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John_Grudzien
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I didn’t know the origin of that phrase but I’ve used a similar phrase like St.Joan’s when asked that question…it makes the thoughtful questioners pause and think:yup:
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4EverHis
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if you say “no I’m Catholic” they’ll just try to convert you
you can say something like:
“Are you saved?” asks the Fundamentalist. The Catholic should reply: “As the Bible says, I am already saved (Rom. 8:24, Eph. 2:5–8), but I’m also being saved (1 Cor. 1:18, 2 Cor. 2:15, Phil. 2:12), and I have the hope that I will be saved (Rom. 5:9–10, 1 Cor. 3:12–15). Like the apostle Paul I am working out my salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), with hopeful confidence in the promises of Christ (Rom. 5:2, 2 Tim. 2:11–13).”
catholic.com/library/Assurance_of_Salvation.asp
God bless
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4EverHis
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that’s a good way to put it
We’re all redeemed, but only those in Heaven and Purgatory are saved… the rest of us, are either in God’s grace or mortal sin…
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truevaticanii
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I’m saved, but I am workign out my salvation…
Christ saved me once on the cross, but I can lose that salvation…
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Mrs_Sally
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I love this answer. I’ve used it before and it started a good conversation. Can’t say I’ve converted anyone on the spot, but then neither di they convert me.if you say “no I’m Catholic” they’ll just try to convert you
you can say something like:
“Are you saved?” asks the Fundamentalist. The Catholic should reply: “As the Bible says, I am already saved (Rom. 8:24, Eph. 2:5–8), but I’m also being saved (1 Cor. 1:18, 2 Cor. 2:15, Phil. 2:12), and I have the hope that I will be saved (Rom. 5:9–10, 1 Cor. 3:12–15). Like the apostle Paul I am working out my salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), with hopeful confidence in the promises of Christ (Rom. 5:2, 2 Tim. 2:11–13).”
catholic.com/library/Assurance_of_Salvation.asp
God bless
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Ridgerunner
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I always ask them what they mean by being saved. The formulation is almost always something like “accepting Jesus Christ as my personal savior”. Then, of course, I always say “Yes, I do accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior” or whatever works if it’s true.
That pretty well ends the whole inquiry, because the whole thing is as shallow as shallow gets.
That pretty well ends the whole inquiry, because the whole thing is as shallow as shallow gets.
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NewAgeCatholic
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Well, I must say, the Watchtower publication is pretty good. Maybe we have one we can swap with them? Barter system, no money need change hands.I love this answer. I’ve used it before and it started a good conversation. Can’t say I’ve converted anyone on the spot, but then neither di they convert me.
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Califman831
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it goes either way, die hard protestants like to argue about it, the others look at you as you are crazy or something.
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maryjk
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It really depends on who is asking.
I live in the South. That means, if you are out and about all day on a Saturday, you might get asked this a number of times. If it is a stranger on the street, I say, “yes,” and move on.
If it is someone that I know, and they truly are trying to find out about my salvation, I will explain what the Bible says about salvation.
Down here, you also get asked, “have you found Jesus?” To that I have answered, " I didn’t know he was lost."
Not a great answer for starting a conversation, but when it is the 3rd person to ask in a day, you get tired of answering.
I live in the South. That means, if you are out and about all day on a Saturday, you might get asked this a number of times. If it is a stranger on the street, I say, “yes,” and move on.
If it is someone that I know, and they truly are trying to find out about my salvation, I will explain what the Bible says about salvation.
Down here, you also get asked, “have you found Jesus?” To that I have answered, " I didn’t know he was lost."
Not a great answer for starting a conversation, but when it is the 3rd person to ask in a day, you get tired of answering.
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Lujack
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“I’m working on it.” That sort of sums up the Catholic perspective on the whole thing.
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