Most Offensive Claim in the Realm of Religion
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Sometimes the truth hurts!
There IS only One way to God and it is through the Lord Jesus Christ!!!!
Amen, Reverend John MacArthur;
2 John 1:6-11, 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
This passage is an introduction to a thread I'll be sharing soon.
2 John 1:6-11, 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
This passage is an introduction to a thread I'll be sharing soon.
Amen, and one of the many deceptions out there is Torah-ism, or Torah-following, which is a mixture Judaism dogmas with those of the New Covenant, which simply do not mix without casting Paul of Tarsus and his epistles off into the realm of illegitimacy.
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Torah-ism is to Christianity what hyphenated Americanism is to our nation. People feel adrift and have the need to anchor themselves to some kind origin apart from their present existence. At one time being a Christian in the present was sufficient, but now some people feel the need to go back to the roots and become hyphenated Christians. In practical terms they're becoming Jewish-Christians, like some people are African-American, Asian-American, Arab-American, etc being unsatisfied with just being a plain American.
Islamic-Christian would be an oxymoron. Besides, Christians don't make good headhunters.
Makes me wonder…., Paul had all this freedom, and the power to abuse it.
he chose not to and that is incredible, inspirational stuff indeed.
he chose not to and that is incredible, inspirational stuff indeed.
I read an article on Real Clear Religion last week from a young Jewish woman who married a young Islamic man and is raising her family as both Jewish and Muslim. The article makes it sound as if they are making it work but I have to wonder if that's only because they live in Germany. If they moved to a more culturally orthodox location would their choice still be tenable?
Do not believe everything you read!!!!
A "Jewish" woman raising here child as Jewish and Muslim is NOT Jewish at all. That child will be confused, stressed and uncomfortable.
According to Islamic law, children born to a Muslim man are automatically born into Islam. There is no other option; his children are Muslim according to his own religion. If they move to an Islamic country, they would find themselves constrained to ensure their children attended mosque and went to madrassah school. The children would not be allowed to engage in non-Islamic religious practices.
Amen! They are not compatable at all!
This is my point. The couple in question believe they are embracing both faiths when in reality they embrace neither.
To a more difficult question, what is a faith? Is a faith what authorities in that faith claim it to be? What if the authorities change, as so often happens? Case in point, look what changes Pope Francis is making in the Catholic Church. Or, as Protestants believe, is a faith what a written body of text says it is?
Correct. You can not have it both ways, and in fact those two ways are BOTH wrong!
Faith = believing in something you can not see, touch or taste or even hear.
You asked........
" Or, as Protestants believe, is a faith what a written body of text says it is?:
NO!. It is believing in what is written and PROVEN over time to be true!
The Pope in the Catholic religion is THE APOSTLE!. To them he is the Vicar of Christ.
Nowhere does Scripture state that in order to keep the church from error, the authority of the apostles was passed on to those they ordained (the idea behind apostolic succession). Apostolic succession is “read into” those verses that the Roman Catholic Church uses to support this doctrine.
What Scripture DOES teach is that false teachings would arise even from among church leaders and that Christians were to compare the teachings of these later church leaders with Scripture, which alone is cited in the Bible as infallible. The Bible does not teach that the apostles were infallible, apart from what was written by them and incorporated into Scripture which is why "SOLA SCRIPTURA" is so vital!
That's an interesting point. Those who lack spiritual depth to their faith in God would indeed easily lapse into a stupor of existence, and so seek something physical, tangible, or rather, faith replacement, to fill in the gaps.
Interesting deed....
MM
Faith is THE mechanism that draws to one the imputation of righteousness:
Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Faith is the dividing line between sin and non-sin:
Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.
Because Christ is raised, faith is not in vain, which is what separated us from our sin:
1 Corinthians 15:17 KJV] 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Faith is what rescues us from under the curse of the Mosaic Law:
Galatians 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
The greatest key to them all:
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
MM