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Even Paul saw this and warned against this in two passages concerning geaneologies and in one about I am of Apollos, I am of Paul , I am of CEPHAS; isn’t that what you claim to be…of CEPHAS?
No. I am assuming you are misquoting and misunderstanding 1Cor 3:1-9. Here is the section and identify that Paul is identifying these Corinthians as quite immature, evaluating in human terms and missing the point. The Apostles are responsible and accountable to God.
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Brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ.
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I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were unable to take it. Indeed, you are still not able, even now,
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for you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving in an ordinary human way?
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Whenever someone says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human?
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What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one.
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I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.
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Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth.
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The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.
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For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. **
I belong to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, founded by Christ on Peter. Christ did not found His Church on Luther or Calvin or Henry VIII - and that is the truth. Of course, if you have a Scriptural quote where Christ came back and took His Authority away from the Catholic Church and gave it to any man (or woman) I would invite you to produce it.
If you are going to put words in the Lord’s mouth, you better make sure they are accurate, which here you are wrong again and I am assuming you mean water baptism. He did command all believers to be water baptized, but not as a means or resulting in salvation.
I will do my best, Calvin95, to quote correctly. Here is some informaton on the necessity of Baptism. You will find both Scriptural references given in context and a logical presentation on what is involved.
catholic.com/thisrock/2008/0803fea2.asp
catholic.com/library/Infant_Baptism.asp
catholic.com/library/Necessity_of_Baptism.asp
Christ did not command anyone to literally eat His flesh and literally drink his blood anymore than he literally meant that literal sheep hear his voice. If He had He would have actually given His flesh and His blood to the apostles/disciples at the last supper since He always lead by EXAMPLE, but He was pointing to the sacrafice of His flesh and blood on the cross, which all the writers of the NT understood. Praise God for the apostle Paul who was not there but God used to make very clear the intent of the Lord’s Supper.
Here againi, Calvin95. we see the dangers of private interpretation. You have totally misread the clearly written Word of God. Just read the words of John 6 - no one ever walked away from an analogy. Ah, but back to the immature Corinthians as we find in 1Cor 11 - Paul was clear, these people were eating and drinking the Lords Flesh and Blood to their own condemnation - not for somehow abusing an analogy or a ‘rememberance’ - but for their lack of respect for the Real Body, Blood, Human Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, hidden under the form of Bread and Wine. Here are two reference you may find helpful - but, be warned - they totally refute your view:
catholic.com/thisrock/1993/9307iron.asp
catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0402sbs.asp
Show one one example where an apostle directly by his own power that you claim was given to them forgave anyone’s sin. You won’t find one; so I’ll save you the trouble
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On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
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When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
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(Jesus) said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
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And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the holy Spirit.
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Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” **
Now, Calvin, I admit there is no place in the NT where the Apostles using the Power God gave them to forgive sin were recorded as having done so. But, how do you then address these verses from John 20? We know that not everything Christ did is recorded. Guess what? Not everything the Apostles is recorded either. Your argument against Confession is simply an argument against the Word of God. I suggest you prepare your response for why you did not believe His Word very well when you come before the White Throne of Judgment. Now, in case you need some Scripural content and a logical presentation - try this:
catholic.com/thisrock/2001/0110sbs.asp
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The part you may have some trouble coming to girps with, however, is that man has free will and this is a free gift (Grace) of God. The next will require a leap of faith - but, here it is: God has freely chosen to work with man’s exercise of free will as it cooperates or fails to cooperate with the Grace God has given. Just like Adam had free will and freely chose to disobey God - so we, too, have this same gift. If we choose to cooperate with God’s Grace, God will give us His Life. Those who, at the end of their lives, choose to refuse God’s Grace will be denied access to God’s Divine Presence.