Dear friends in Christ; share your opinion please

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Rom 8:38-39

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He loves us with an everlasting love.

 

[JonNC]

Dear friends in Christ,

Either Subjectively or Objectively, please share what is your favorite bible teaching and WHY it has significance to you.

God Bless you,
Patrick

Hi Patrick,
There are a few: Galatians 5:6, which speaks of faith working through love, and of course Christ’s institution of the blessed Sacrament, but on this from Romans 7, I’m reminded that I am not alone in this conflict against sin:

**15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. 17So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

21So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.**

Jon

 

[House_Harkonnen]

So MY Friend, what are YOU going to do about it.

Because “we can” has NEVER meant that “we should”

God Bless you,
Patrick

It’s not about what I am going to do, or what I can do. Its about what Christ has done for me.

 

[Isaiah45_9]

I LOVE the Book of Isaiah!

What do you mean here? That the bible is not necessary?

God Bless you,
Patrick

I wouldn’t necessarily say that it’s not necessary… but…

What good is the Bible if I don’t have Jesus in my life?

 

[PJM]

=Matthew Light;12049810]The older I get, the further along the road I walk with God, the more I see that “my life” is not about me but about God - that is about Reality, Truth, Beauty and Love. That is: spiritual principles, not my flawed and limited personality.

One line right after that same passage that I did not quote, but which sums it up perfectly in my mind is:

“That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” 1 Cor 1:31

That is the foundation of wisdom. That our ego-self is not the source of what is good, right, and beautiful. Instead those things come from the True One, that is: God. When our self-centered nature tries to take credit for our positive decisions, this is hubris and is one of the greatest of all errors.

"And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. " - Galatians 2:20

As long as I remember that I am to serve love, compassion, truth and beauty, and not my own swollen ego, things unfold beautifully. When I lose sight of that, the stench of arrogance begins to permeate my actions, and I can do no good in this world. That is why I love 1 Corinthians 1 so much - a perfect reminder of Who is to be the center of my life!

So by “truth” I take it to me YOURS; because God’s is differnt:shrug:

God Bless you,
Patrick

 

[7_Sorrows]

Rom 8:38-39

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He loves us with an everlasting love.

That is another favorite of mine also.

 

[Matthew_Light]

So by “truth” I take it to me YOURS; because God’s is differnt

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[PJM]

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So by “truth” I take it to me YOURS; because God’s is differnt

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Perhaps this will explain it?

Pope Benedict XVI, on the day he was made Pope, had these words to share aboutTRUTH

"There cannot be [impossible] your truth AND my truth or their would be NO-Truth:thumbsup:

Because what I shared is God’s singular truths; your’s W/O evidence is simply your’s, not THEE truth:thumbsup:

And yes my friend, I DO understand that you DON"T understand it. That too is from God alone.

God Bless you,
Patrick