=distracted;5894027]if this sounds arrogant, sorry… sometimes truth sounds all kinds of weird ways…but my post is a more accurate portrayal of the Catholic view…
for instance it is wrong to say that Baptists will go to Heavnen. some do some don’t…
if one is a baptist and suspects the RCc may be right about some things… and doesn’t bother ivnestigating things… that person could be in serious trouble.
**Jesus said ti is hard to make it into Heavne… **i think the main reason he said that is because peple dont want to change, don’t want to give up thingsthat drag them to Hell… material things, lack of charity… sex… e tc…
if he said its hard to get there we should never act like … well, like just anyone can get into Heaven… better to err on the side of caution.
My dear friend in Christ.
We Catholics certainly do not aim to be seen as “arogant” but if simply articulating the TRUTH gives that impression, we must reread Mt. 5:11-13, and then do it anyway, because it is true, it is also the right thing to do.
All Catholic Teaching is rooted in the Bible, either explicitly, or implicitly. Christ Himself along with the Holy Spirit give themselves as warranty for the trutfulness of all Catholic Church teachings on all matters of faith and Morals.
No OTHER body of Christians can make this claim.
As my signature suggest, truth can be denied, but never can truth be altered. What is…IS!
God will judge everyone, believers, skepitcs, unbelievers, based on our lifes personal choices.
1Pet.1: [17] "And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile"
God being God absolutely must, as it is part of His Ddivine Nature, be Just and Fair.
1 John 1: 8-10 [8] If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. [10] If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 5: 16-17 “If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal. all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” Which means that we do commit MORTAL -soul damming to hell sins!Mt. 16:19
Mt. 16:19 **[19] I [JESUS] will give you {Peter and Apostles that continues even today] the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." **
[19] On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. [23]
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
Friend,
no options, no apealing directly to Jesus, this is what Jesus says and means. And it is also in your KJB! So, belief it or not, does not alter what JESUS WHO IS A PERFECT GOD has mandated and authorized. And yes it is God who forgives our sins when HIS PRIEST ask Him to do so
Love and prayers,
Pat
