Many Protestants Are Just Plain Ignorant

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You know, you cant dismiss the possibility that she just wants an excuse to live in Malta. It’s a tourist paradise. Heck, I’d join the Baptist Mission if I thought I could go 😃
 
The World Loves It’s Own

John 15:19 tells us that the world only accepts it’s own. If we live as the heathens, then the world will accept us. The world will never accept any Christian who honors God by obeying the Bible. I’ve been around heathens in the workplace my whole life. I don’t have to say a word to them and they still KNOW that something is very different about me. That difference is the Holy Spirit in my heart. They curse in God’s name, but they never hear me say it. And when they do curse in God’s name, they see the look of disapproval on my face. They look at porno, but I walk away. They invite me to the strip-joints, but I never go. They talk filthy, but I change the subject or try not to get into conversations with them. It is unavoidable that at some point they always ask if I’m religious. This is when I witness to them. I have witnessed to many people in the secular workplace, some listen, most don’t. Thankfully, I’ve had the opportunity of leading a few men to the Lord in the workplace. I’ve learned that God DOES work in people’s hearts. And it’s often the person whom you thought didn’t care. It is unavoidable, Jesus and the Bible are a Pandora’s box to the unsaved world. The Holy Spirit does convict people, and it makes many unsaved people very angry! The same Sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay.

Expectedly, I’ve always experienced persecution in the secular workplace. There’s a lot of hateful people in the world, and they greatly hate Jesus and the Word of God. People don’t mind if you’re religious, just so long as it’s not the Truth. I’ve noticed that heathens have no problem with false religions, but you mention the Truth concerning Jesus Christ and watch the sparks fly. People don’t mind religious magazines or newspapers, but open a King James Bible and see what happens…people freak out!!! I was reading my Bible one day at work in the lunch room and one of my coworkers just started belittling me in front of everyone. Another guy said that he felt very uncomfortable with me bringing a Bible into the workplace every day. I literally carried it under my arm into the workplace each day. Some of those people hated my guts. It’s no surprise that the new heathen boss conspired against me and fired me, after being employed there for four years. I was blamed for something I didn’t do. I literally was fired for missing a “zerk” grease fitting on a truck. It was my word against the bosses. He also claimed that I left a fuel filter loose. We had another mechanic double-gasket an oil filter which ended up destroying a DT-466 Diesel engine when it ran out of oil on the highway. A double-gasket happens when you don’t remove the old gasket before installing a new spin-on oil filter. The guy wasn’t even disciplined. But I got fired for petty accusations which weren’t substantiated. The world loves it’s own, but hates Christians because we have Christ in us. It’s Jesus that the world hates, not us.

“Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.” -Luke 6:22,23
 
:confused: WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA REQUEST?

At Fatima Our Lady said that God wished to establish in the world devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Lady said that many souls would be saved from Hell and the annihilation of nations averted if, in time, devotion to Her Immaculate Heart were established principally by these two means:
  1. the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by the Pope together with the world’s bishops in a solemn public ceremony, and
(2) the practice or receiving Holy Communion (and other specific devotions of about 1/2 hour in duration) in reparation for the sins committed against the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the first Saturdays of five consecutive months–a practice known to Catholics as “the First Saturday” devotion.

“Our Lady said that many souls would be saved from Hell and the annihilation of nations averted if, in time, devotion to Her Immaculate Heart were established…”

(The above was copied from an earlier post)

I read this several times and the problem with this message is in #2–in reparations for the sins committed against the Blessed Virgin Mary?
How does on commit sins against the Blessed Virgin Mary? Does one only commit sins against God?
What are the Sins that are committed against Mary?
I am not trying to be funny, I really would like to know. Just call me an ignorant Christian;)
 
tiemry said:
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How does on commit sins against the Blessed Virgin Mary? Does one only commit sins against God?
What are the Sins that are committed against Mary?
I am not trying to be funny, I really would like to know. Just call me an ignorant Christian;)
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If you punch me in the face, you’re not just committing a sin against God. You’re committing a sin against ME as well 😃

If you call my Mama a bad name, you’re sinning against God, but also against her.

So, since Mary is Mother to the Church, Mother to God, and Mother to all Christians, insulting her is a sin against her AND God. Make sense?

As for the specific sins talked about in the Fatima prophecies, I can’t help ya, as I’m not very familiar with them.
 
pjn6444 said:
Malta is 97% Catholic, I don’t know what they expect to accomplish. Also, they speak so highly of the apostle Paul, I wonder what they would do if they realized he was Catholic. But, just wait until they try sending “missionaries” to the Vatican.
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I have a protestant friend that was once a missionary to the Balkans, he now carries a Holy card of Mary with the Hail Mary prayer on it that I gave him. He has been having trouble in his marriage and I suggested he develop a devotion to Mary to help him have a different way to relate to his wife and women in general. He isn’t Catholic yet, but he tells me his relationship with Christ has been growing in leaps and bounds.🤷 Who knows, maybe they see themselves as missionaries, but myabe it is they that will get converted?😉 Pray for them.
 
chris_molter said:
If you punch me in the face, you’re not just committing a sin against God. You’re committing a sin against ME as well 😃

If you call my Mama a bad name, you’re sinning against God, but also against her.

So, since Mary is Mother to the Church, Mother to God, and Mother to all Christians, insulting her is a sin against her AND God. Make sense?

As for the specific sins talked about in the Fatima prophecies, I can’t help ya, as I’m not very familiar with them.
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By punching you in the face, I would have wronged you deeply, in which I would ask for your forgiveness and understanding but I would have “sinned” against God for what I have done to you and must ask for His forgiveness. For I would have broken one of the Comandments. Same with the confusion I have over Devotions to Mary for sins I would have wronged her? What sins? I realize we are all sinners and must ask for forgiveness but why not to God.
It would be like me asking just you for forgiveness and not bothering to confess the sin to God.
 
“Hail mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you” Luke 1:28

Oh shoot son the angel was worshipping Mary.
 
This thread has worked itself off topic. It is no longer commentary on the article, but a Marian discussion.

It is now closed. Thank you to all who have participated.

God bless-

Rachel
 
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