I’m working through that very course myself currently. It was hard to choose which one to do first, lemme tell ya.Can’t wait to read them all!!
I couldn’t agree more! I’m currently working my way through their newest course.Thank you for the Link. I just submitted my info to enroll this class “Christ’s Mother and Ours”
One of the first that I ever did, and one of my favorites.
Thank you for the offer, and I will contact you if I have questions.
He doesn’t give grace through sacraments, He gives grace through faith.
Really? Well where does your cited verse say that grace does not come to us through the sacraments?
Yes you would absolutely still go to heaven because Christ died for past, present and future sins.
Didn’t you read the one I just posted. It says that grace comes through faith. Don’t you believe God?
This is an absurd, clownish parody of what Catholics believe. Had you been listening all this time, you would know that Catholics do not take credit for our own salvation. We give full credit for our salvation to Jesus alone.
Don’t YOU believe God? If so, then why do you deny His teachings?
Funny but the last time I checked my Bible when JESUS got asked how do I get to heaven he replied Follow the ten commandments, and give away your money and follow me. Also in the Book of James Paul says We are not saved by faith alone, but faith and works. Also give me a verse in the Bible that says accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and you will be saved… If this is true, why did we wait 1500 years for it to get figured out???
You were sealed with the Holy Spirit at the moment of your baptism. You grieve the Holy Spirit by choosing to sin, instead of living in the light of Christ.
That is simply not a logical conclusion. Christ died for the sins of all, but not everyone is going to Heaven. Therefore, we cannot say that someone is going to Heaven simply because Christ died for their sins - past, present and future. You continually deny this - despite having it pointed out to you repeatedly.
Sure, why not? What you dont “know” (you can have confident faith) is whether you will lose that eternal life by choosing self over God at a later point in time. Again - this has been pointed out to you, but you ignore it. As I have told you repeatedly, your logical fallacies and misreading of Scripture come from your erroneous faith in OSAS. Notice that it is at the root of the question above.
“Rest assured”? Im not sure what that means, but I do know that a faith without works is dead and doesnt save you. At least that is what Scripture tells us (cf James 2) “If a man says he has faith but has not works, will that faith save him?” Faith, if it does not have works, is dead" This has also been pointed out repeatedly - but you ignore it without addressing it. I post it for those who might be confused by your spin on Scripture.
Yes, OSAS to the core. It is taught in there that future sins are forgiven; but that wouldn’t make sense, frodo, since how can Jesus forgive something not yet committed? Or, put another way, why would you ask forgiveness for sins you knowingly will commit? So, if you know you will sin, and do nothing to prevent sin, are you forgiven? Or does that make sin and salvation senseless? See, it does not add up at all. You know you will sin, and then ask for forgiveness now for sins you know you’ll commit? Where is repentance there? How can Jesus then forgive a person who does not repent of his sins?
Ah, but Jesus also commanded us to do good; where is it said that we should take credit for these things then? Paul said it simply: God has prepared those good works for us to live in them. So the credit still goes back to God; we are commanded to live in them, because if we do not live in them, then our faith is dead. See how James is tied up to Paul’s thought.
Of course I read what you posted…
What we are saying is that God’s grace saves, those who place their FAITH in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The good works are the natural result of true faith, but they don’t save as the bible clearly states.
You apparently still misunderstand the Catholic position, because you keep telling us things we already know and believe. Sorta.
The Church does not teach that we are saved by our own “works of righteousness” and yet you seem to keep erroneously insisting that the Church does teach this. Please show me where in the Catechism of the Catholic Church that it tells us we are saved by our own works. I pointed out to you on the first thread you did with the same copy/paste job in the OP that Catholics believe we are saved by GRACE. God’s grace gives us faith, and we demonstrate that faith with works, which are not OUR works of righteousness, but God working in and through us. We’re not hoping to make it to Heaven by pulling our own bootstraps and to keep insisting that we believe that is bearing false witness.Water baptism IS a spiritual baptism! The Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus at His baptism (Matthew 3:16) We are born again in baptism (born of water and of the Spirit) according to Jesus Christ in John 3:5. When we are baptized, our sins are washed away, according to Acts 22:16. Don’t you believe God?
Nope, not deeds of the law, but works of mercy and grace which God has ordained for us. Review Matthew 25 and then tell me if Jesus says anything about “just place your trust in me for your salvation” in that chapter.