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201 | Please read the 8th verse as well. | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62747 | ||
Neither do I. Could I read every prayer you have ever said in the bible? Saint comes from the Latin root sanctus or holy. Those in heaven, man or angel, are holy by definition since nothing and no one who is not holy can enter heaven. Emmaus |
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202 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62748 | ||
CDBJ I note you have not addresed my question about corporate prayer and people asking one another for intercessory prayer. Are they violating a rule that we must go directly to God alone? Or are they honoring the fact that we are all in Christ and therefore interceeding for one another through Him, with Him and in Him? The communion of saints is in our union with Christ. Are the dead saints still in Christ? If so we are still in communion with them and can still ask for their prayers just as we do here. I will not bother to quote the numerous passaages to support the practice of Christians praying for one another. Was the Holy Spirit in conflict with the teaching of Jesus on the Our Father when He inspired those other passages? God is the God of the living as Jesus pointed out and the saints who have gone before us are alive with and in Christ and we are "surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses." Emmaus |
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203 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62752 | ||
Pray: 1. Originally to implore; beseech; entreat... Webster's Anyone who has ever done the above "to" any but God, please stand up and bow you head in shame. Emmaus |
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204 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62753 | ||
Hank, You are correct in understanding as it applies to the sainst in heaven. Obviously there is abundant scripture for asking the saints here on earth to pray for us and with us. Emmaus |
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205 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62755 | ||
Glory, I think it is safe to say that if Uncle Bob is in heaven that he has much greater capacities than we do here as he is now a "partaker of His divine nature" in an even more radical way. I think it also safe to say that the saints in heaven pray in conformity to God's will and Christ's prayer as He is ever interceeding for us before the Father. Prayer for one another, here or in heaven, is one way in which we "conform ourselves to Christ." Do you think you mother in heaven loves and cares for you less because she is in the presence of God or more? If we love God, do we not love what and whom He loves even more the closer our relationship with Him becomes? Emmaus |
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206 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62756 | ||
John, I think I have done enough of a good work for a while in drawing fire away from you and to myself. I think I will now withdraw and let you have eveyone's undivided attention again. ;-) As you alluded in an earlier post, Catholics are even more outnumbered than the unreformed Reformed on this forum. I can only pray for all those saints for support. You at least have Joe and an occasional other supporter who is allowed to post messages since they are still on this side. :-) Emmaus |
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207 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62762 | ||
Ed, Thanks for your comments. I did not intend to start a thread on this subject when I affirmed CDBJ's post on Michael the angel. I only intended to make a connection between the scriptures being discussed and a particular prayer drawn from them which came to my mind. I should have anticipated the result. I had never really make the conscious connection before. In any case I have stated my belief on the subject and am content to let it stand with the clear expectation that it is not shared by anyone else on this forum. I have never represented myself as an adherent of sola scriptura, though I love and revere the scriptures as the word of God. Emmaus |
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208 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62776 | ||
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209 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62777 | ||
Hank I got your point. It just that the Catholic use of English goes back to the very begginings of the language itself and so we sometimes use even the most archaic usages of the word pray as well as the most current. So we use it in more than one meaning. That was the point I was driving home. But enough said, I am trying to escape this thread. Emmaus |
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210 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62790 | ||
Norrie, You asked:"How does divine relate to us once we're in Heaven?" 2 Peter 1:4 "For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust." Emmaus |
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211 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62900 | ||
John, I think my previous posts have already addressed all your questions to the best of my ability. I don't believe anthing I might have to say would sway you. We are simply in disagreement. But be consoled. In this matter everyone else is on your side, not on your case. Emmaus |
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212 | Is praying to created beings scriptural? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 62922 | ||
John, I did not say you are against me only that we disagree. Nor do I feel I am being piled up on. I am at peace with the realization that some of my theological views are minority positions on this forum. I usually know which those views are and the general nature of the response expected. For the most part, I find the atmosphere here cordial even in disagreement. Emmaus |
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213 | Seven Steps of Spiritual Love? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 64733 | ||
Hank, Is there a Walmart in heaven? On secondthosught, never mind. I don't want to start that thread. Emmaus |
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214 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 65953 | ||
Get the book, Darwin's Black Box, by Michael Behe, a professor of Biochemisty. He discusses the problem presented by the irreducible complexities of some parts of nature, e.g.the eye, to the concept of batural selection. You should be able to get it at a library. If not you can get it online. Emmaus |
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215 | Egnatain Way? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 66170 | ||
Prayon, Read more closely. It was built in the 2nd Centurty B.C., before Christ. Emmaus |
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216 | HOW COULD JESUS BE A DESCENDANT OF DAVID | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 68089 | ||
Hank, Regarding the virgin birth of Jesus, the ture son of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit I sometimes ponder this comparison. Eve according to Genesis was created out of the side of Adam by God's direct action and Adam said of Eve, "this is flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone." But an even greater act of God was the Incarnation of Christ in Mary by God's direct action, because Mary could say and now we can say of our God, "flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone," because He has become one of us. How glorious our God showed Himself by so humbling Himself. Emmaus |
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217 | Did Christ Descend into hell/ | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 68203 | ||
Dear Robert, I am RC, as anyone can see from my profile, and I think the article I quoted from gives substanial scriptural references and is not an area of dispute between Catholics and Protestants. In fact, I suspect that some Protestant catechisms would follow substanially the same lines on this particular subject. I have certainly seen Reformer Joe quote from the Catechism of the Westminster Confession on some questions and not every one here is of the Reformed branch of Protestantism. I make it very clear what my souces are and what faith I profess. Anyone on this forum for any length of time is aware of these facts and I am sure takes them into consideration in evaluating my posts. "We know that the church as you know it went out from the early church and developed many theories which are not of God." This is your opinion, with which I would disagree. "If you are a true believer in the finished work of Christ on the cross, why are you unwilling to take your place with him outside the religions of men?" I believe in the promise of Jesus that the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church (Matt 16:18). I believe that I belong to that Church. I read many Protestant souces here on the forum and elswhere. Many parts I agree with and some I do not. But I quote from Catholic sources, because I know them best, and they are the teachings, including Sacred Scripture, that have formed my faith. I do not "take your(my) place with him(Christ) outside the religions of men" because I believe I am already with and in Him where I am and He is with me and with you also for that matter. I do not feel led by God to go anywhere else or profess any other faith. I presume you say the same if I asked you why you do not become a Catholic. I know that some do not consider Catholics to be Christians. I do not believe that is the majority opinion on the forum. So, I feel no pangs of conscience citing Catholic sources as long as they cite scripture, which my post did in abundance. I posted what I did because I felt it answered the particular question asked in a thorough but reasonably concise manner with scriptural references. Is there anything in the substance of the material presented that you disagree with other than the fact that it is from a Catholic source? Emmaus |
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218 | Did Christ Descend into hell/ | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 68255 | ||
Dear Robert, I can only tell you that we Catholics are as puzzled about why all you guys don't see the light and re-join us, as you are about why we don't see the light and join you. :-) I assure you that any personal relationship with Christ which I have attained was attained by grace through the ministry of the Catholic Church which I believe Jesus founded. I believe Jesus established a Church with a leadership and authority and that this fact is clearly demonstrated in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles. I believe in a visible Church just as much as I believe Jesus was visible when He was on earth and established His Church. Perhaps that is where we differ. I am not sure. I believe the Church is there to minister to us and facilitate more than regulate our personal relationship with Christ. I have tried doing things on my own in this realm to my great sorrow. If I am being regulated it is with my consent and by my choice to my benefit. I am free to leave any time I wish. Many do. And many come in from other Churches or no Church. Those that come from other Churches do so because they believe the Catholic Church enhances their relationship with Christ. You, I gather, believe differently. If Church affiliation does not enter into this at all, why are you encouraging me to leave the Church with which I am affiliated and through which I have come to know Christ? "I have an aunt who is RC and is in her last days on this earth, although a devout RC all her married life, she is trusting on the finished work of Christ for her salvation." I do not believe that being a devout RC all one's married life and trusting in the finished work of Christ for salvation at life's end are mutually exclusive. I hope to do the same at my life's end even as I do now from day to day. I pray that God will receive your aunt into His presence when she is called. Emmaus |
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219 | What are Calvins and Arminians? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 68365 | ||
Rob, Penquin Classics, neither Catholic nor Protestant, has published an excellent little paperback that has been in print for decades I believe. Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers (Penguin Classics) -- by Maxwell Staniforth (Translator), et al;Paperback It is easily found online or in any major bookstore such as Barnes and Noble or Borders. It coveres the major and earliest Christian writers such as Ignatius of Antioch, Ireaneaus and one or two others. Emmaus |
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220 | Where are guardian angels mentioned? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 68471 | ||
Rob, Dan 10:13 I think the "Prince of Persia," is one of the minions of the "Prince of this World," that is a fallen angel. Otherwise why would he contend with the angel sent to Danieel and with the abgel Michael? You are correct that the catholic Church teaches we have guardian angels. Specifically it teaches "From infancy to death human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession.(203) "Beside each believer believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life."(203)Already here on earth the Christian shares by faith in the blessed sompany of angels and men united in God." As you can see from the references below, this teaching is not entirely wwithout scriptural reference especially Matt 18:10 even if the precise term like the term "guardian angel," like the term "Trinity" is not found in any texts explicitly. 202 Cf. Mt 18:10; Lk 16:22; Pss 34:7; 91:10-13; Job 33:23-24; Zech 1:12. 203 St. Basil, Adv. Eunomium III, I: PG 29, 656B. Emmaus |
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