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Varghese
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GOD IS NOT PARTIAL : So why do Christain are Partial
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Tantum_ergo
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You need to explain yourself: This is extremely vague.
In what way do you claim that first: God is not partial? Can you give examples?
In what way do you claim that Christians are ‘partial’ in direct CONTRADICTION to God’s ‘nonpartiality’ otherwise? Can you give examples?
In what way do you claim that first: God is not partial? Can you give examples?
In what way do you claim that Christians are ‘partial’ in direct CONTRADICTION to God’s ‘nonpartiality’ otherwise? Can you give examples?
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Mea_Culpa
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He, or she, is probably referring to Acts 10:34 And Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.”
In other words, it doesn’t matter if you’re Jew or Gentile - if you fear God and do right, you will be acceptable to Him.
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In other words, it doesn’t matter if you’re Jew or Gentile - if you fear God and do right, you will be acceptable to Him.
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How are Christain {sic} partial? It doesn’t say we should accept everyone, everything, etc. It says if you fear God and do what is right, you will be acceptable to God (and presumably to Christians also). One of our Christian duties is to admonish sinners - tell them to repent. Allowing them to continue in their sins is not an act of love.
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Varghese
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Mea Culpa, whoever u r he or she u are right
po18guy
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God is perfect, beyond our capability to imagine. We are imperfect, being mere creations. We are called to be perfect, like God, but we struggle and never reach perfection on this earth. We are less than God, and can never be equal with Him. Since we are less, we must live with our faults.
Peace be to you.
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goofyjim
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I’m not partial. I don’t boycott any businesses or discriminate in any of my friendships.
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Tantum_ergo
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I guess I need to ask the OP again then because I’m still not sure what he is trying to ask here even in the context of Acts and Peter’s statement on God not being partial:
Just how do Christians act ‘partially’ such that it directly contradicts Peter’s teachings?
In fact, the Catechism acknowledges that nonCatholics and indeed nonChristians may be ‘acceptable to God’ in so far as they may be saved. . .but that does not indicate that they were ‘acceptable to God’ because they were not Catholic or Christian but just ‘did good’, but that, in spite of their not being ‘formally’ Catholic or Christian, their souls–as indicated by their actions–were pleasing to Him.
Big difference. We are not being partial in preaching the good news and seeking to bring all people into the unity of the Catholic Church–because that is what the Father wants. That He saves those who through no fault of their own are not in full communion with the Catholic Church is not the sign of our ‘not needing to bring people into the Catholic Church because they’re OK if they’re just good enough’–it is the sign of God’s mercifully granting them salvation through the Catholic Church even though they were not formally members.
We are saying exactly what Peter said. We are not partial; we are simply obedient to God’s will.
Just how do Christians act ‘partially’ such that it directly contradicts Peter’s teachings?
In fact, the Catechism acknowledges that nonCatholics and indeed nonChristians may be ‘acceptable to God’ in so far as they may be saved. . .but that does not indicate that they were ‘acceptable to God’ because they were not Catholic or Christian but just ‘did good’, but that, in spite of their not being ‘formally’ Catholic or Christian, their souls–as indicated by their actions–were pleasing to Him.
Big difference. We are not being partial in preaching the good news and seeking to bring all people into the unity of the Catholic Church–because that is what the Father wants. That He saves those who through no fault of their own are not in full communion with the Catholic Church is not the sign of our ‘not needing to bring people into the Catholic Church because they’re OK if they’re just good enough’–it is the sign of God’s mercifully granting them salvation through the Catholic Church even though they were not formally members.
We are saying exactly what Peter said. We are not partial; we are simply obedient to God’s will.
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PlatformWAGAR
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We are NOT called to “live with our faults”; we are called to perfection - like you rightly said.
A person who has decided to live with his faults can NEVER attain perfection; neither in this life nor in the next.
Indeed, perfection CAN be attained in this lifetime. Enoch, Abraham, Elijah, and Mary the Mother of Jesus are just a few renowned names I can mention.
Romans 3:22a: “This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.”
2 Corinthians 5:21: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
If humans could never be perfect, Jesus wouldn’t have said
“Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48.
God makes us perfect.
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