But scripture says:
You were wrong in your understanding of Jesus discussion with the lawyer earlier in the thread and you are still wrong. Jesus did not tell the lawyer to keep the Mosaic and Levitical laws and you know it. Why attempt to deflect the truth?
Do you believe that a person is truly righteous in God’s eyes if he is not perfect? We can act righteous. We can even be called righteous in that we have been regenerated but we are not truly righteous in that we are not perfect.
I hope you continue to devote all of your energy, and all of your time toward the goal of the total annihilation of Protestantism.
Christ dealt with the lawyer right where he was at. He questioned Jesus in order to put Him to the test, according to the Law. The parable of the good Samaritan graphically demonstrated to the lawyer that he did not live up to the requirements of the Law, nor could he be justified by it. Eternal life comes through faith in Christ alone.
I am surprised you would even feed into this, sandy. Our Lord was clear that we were to let the wheat and the tares to grow together until the harvest.:dts:
Maybe Pax is right, and you totally missed the point of the whole parable. Jesus did not mislead the lawyer, just because the lawyer was trying to mislead Him. Salvation is, indeed, found in the keeping of the commandments. This is because love is the fulfillment of the law. Jesus is love, and Jesus is the fulfilment of the law. If we have died with Him in a death like His, then we will live with Him in a life like His. If we are “in Christ” we will be poured out as a love offering for others. Such a life brings salvation not only to ourselves, but to others. Jesus never askes us to do something that it is not possible to do.
If I may throw my two cents in…I, being a Protestant, have struggled with sola fide for a long time, and the answer I have received from many, many learned Protestants is the* Bible as a whole* teaches faith alone. I agree that nowhere in the Bible can you find the words “faith alone” in that order, and thus justify sola fide. But from what I have been told, and taught, one must take the Bible as a whole to understand the doctrine.
Total annihilation of Protestantism? Wow…I did not know our doctines were such a curse on the earth. After all, the millions who have found Christ as Savior through Protestant teaching must also be destroyed, because they are continuing to spread this horrible curse. I thought one, being Catholic or non-Catholic should send all of his/her time and energy serving Christ, not destroying a belief system you disagree with. I guess after you get done the Protestant theology, you will move on to Muslims, Hindus, etc…right?
You are new to the thread, so you don’t realize that sandusky is being facetious. It is true that protestantism continues to spread heresy, but that does not mean the adherants are heretics, any more than Catholic apostates “begat more apostates” as has been suggested. I agree with you, that we should all be spending our time and energy serving Christ, rather than “annihilating” one another. The gates of hell will not prevail against Christ’s church, and it is not our part to determine who is, and who is not, a member of it. That belongs to the Head, who is Christ.
Amen!!
Matthew 5:48
The perfection of God is unique to God. The perfection of angels is that of angels, and the perfection of man is that which is in keeping with man’s nature as created in the image and likeness of God. We can be perfected by God’s grace, but we can never approach the perfection of God. Instead, we can be perfect as the Father is perfect. I believe scripture and the promises and hope given to us by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Are you suggesting that this is not possible?
It is not impossible for us to love our enemies as much as we love our good neighbour or to pray for those who persecute us. Nor is it impossible for us to obey the will of God in all things. And so it is not impossible for us to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect. Unless we do reach this form of perfection, we cannot be saved. Heaven holds no place for those who are unmerciful and cannot love unconditionally as our heavenly Father does. (Mt 5, 43-48; Luke 6, 36)
Only by Faith and Christ’s righteousness.
Well, I am glad we can agree about something! God provides the grace and ability for us to follow His commandments. It is our part to exercise our faith, and to cooperate with the grace. We must allow Him to work in us the will and doing of God’s pleasure.
Is that so? :coffeeread: