Do Catholics follow the Protestant doctrine of...

[shark76z]

…“accepting Christ as their personal savior”? I always here Protestants (mainly Baptists) speaking of this.

Thanks.

 

[Julian0404]

…“accepting Christ as their personal savior”? I always here Protestants (mainly Baptists) speaking of this.

Thanks.

They speak about it, as it is a Christian point of view - not a protestant discovery or “new” theology. Go to www.thereasonforourhope.com and Father Larry Richard CD TRUTH, in which he proclaims the most important thing you can do is to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, that’s it, that is the most important thing.

 

[TriuneUnity]

…“accepting Christ as their personal savior”? I always here Protestants (mainly Baptists) speaking of this.

Thanks.

I sure hope they don’t ever utter such meaningless drivel. He’s your personal Savior whether you accept it or not.

 

[Monica4316]

…“accepting Christ as their personal savior”? I always here Protestants (mainly Baptists) speaking of this.

Thanks.

It depends on what you mean…
if you mean that Jesus is our Savior (I’m not sure what “personal” means), of course, He is. But many Protestants mean that to say that they have “accepted Christ” and so are “saved”. This is not Catholic because we don’t believe salvation is instantaneous, and we don’t believe in OSAS (“once saved always saved”).

Here are some good articles on the Catholic view of salvation
catholic.com/library/salvation.asp

God bless

 

[eucharisteo]

I think its a little more complicated than that. I believe they mean that Jesus paid the price for my sins and by this acknowledgment we are saved by the blood of Christ. I do believe it’s morphed into multiple meaningless drivel though. There is a sense of lacking recognition that we can lose salvation in the end whether we make this claim or not. Like poorly catechized Catholics some Christians that make this claim fail to realize the meaning originally placed upon those words.

 

[activeCatholic]

I think its a little more complicated than that. I believe they mean that Jesus paid the price for my sins and by this acknowledgment we are saved by the blood of Christ.

I believe you hit the nail on the head here.

There is a sense of lacking recognition that we can lose salvation in the end whether we make this claim or not. Like poorly catechized Catholics some Christians that make this claim fail to realize the meaning originally placed upon those words.

I believe that a case can be made for both positions from Scripture. I take a third perspective that of no one can pull you out of Christ hands (28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish —ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. John 10:28-29) but that we can walk away (The prodigal son)

 

[I_Fortuna]

…“accepting Christ as their personal savior”? I always here Protestants (mainly Baptists) speaking of this.

Thanks.

I believe as I have often heard in homilies that as we have free will it is up to us to “accept” Christ Jesus and “accept” that He is our Savior as well as the Lord and Saviour of the world.

There are people who do not accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. To assume that they do is an error. Jesus’ salvation is freely given to all and often not accepted by some.

 

[justamoose89]

It depends on what you mean…
if you mean that Jesus is our Savior (I’m not sure what “personal” means), of course, He is.

I believe the “personal” part comes in when Protestant preachers give the example of, “If you were the only sinner on earth that needed redemption and everyone else was already saved somehow, Jesus would still come back and die for your sins”. Its the idea that Jesus was thinking of YOU when he died. So he is our “personal” Saviour.

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.” Luke 15:4-7

 

[SpiritusSanctus]

It depends on what you mean…
if you mean that Jesus is our Savior (I’m not sure what “personal” means), of course, He is. But many Protestants mean that to say that they have “accepted Christ” and so are “saved”. This is not Catholic because we don’t believe salvation is instantaneous, and we don’t believe in OSAS (“once saved always saved”).

Here are some good articles on the Catholic view of salvation
catholic.com/library/salvation.asp

God bless

Good post!

 

[Nicea325]

I believe you hit the nail on the head here.

I believe that a case can be made for both positions from Scripture. I take a third perspective that of no one can pull you out of Christ hands (28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish —ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. John 10:28-29) but that we can walk away (The prodigal son)

Okay,but the above verses read: I give them eternal life. Eternal is after our current life.Seems to me Jesus is referring to in the afterlife,not our current one here on earth.

 

[Nicea325]

…“accepting Christ as their personal savior”? I always here Protestants (mainly Baptists) speaking of this.

Thanks.

Well is there another savior? Depends on what level one wants to take those words.Many Protestants and Fundmenatlists, especially Baptists link it to OSAS; and as Catholics we do not accept instant salvation,associated with salvation never being lost.More important, soley on a confession.

We teach salvation is a life-long process,not an instant.

Only God alone saves through His Graces and with our cooperation.