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241 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12721 | ||
Nolan Have you ever heard a parent say to their arguing child: "I'm right, because I'm your father(mother) and I said I'm right, now quit arguing." In any form of government, we need a leader and that leader needs to be able to make a final decision and then everyone can move forward from that point. Just as the parent above, there is a time for discussion and debate, which the Church allows, and then the time comes in which a final decision needs to be made, so the familly can function as one, instead of living in the seperation created by constant arguing and challenging of each other. Someone in a family must be a leader and the other members of the family must accept that person. The acceptance of that person as the leader may be called by some, as submission. Other may call it trust in the leader of the family. Some may accept that persons leadership out fo humility and some may accept that persons leadership and decisions on the basis that they know the leader is only concerned about making the right decision for the good of the family. The Pope is the leader of a Church. The Pope is a man. The Pope is not God. The Pope is a man. When making a decision, we are hopeful that the Pope is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit, in the same way a congregation is hoping that their Pastor is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit. In this forum, there has been discussion regarding the responsibility a Bible class teacher has to his/her students. If the teacher is not teaching God's law properly, the teacher is doing a grave injustice to the student, who is relying on this knowledge and guidance to properly serve God. The role of the Church is to insure proper understanding of God's law in order to properly educate its members. Look at all of the different Churches which have been formed by people leaving the Catholic Church and think of all of the time and energy spent fighting the Church as the enemy. The Church is not the enemy, Satan is. Focus your hatred and distaste towards the true enemy and unite with those who are fighting the same enemy as you. Satan is successful in dividing the House of Jesus among itself and keeping everyone's attention on infighting, rather than on him. I realize that the members of this forum are dedicated and commited to God. Would we not have done a better job of serving God if we had taken the 100-200 man hours spent here debating Papal infallibility and instead, spent this time serving God, by reaching out to our fellow man to fight Satan. Aren't we falling into Satans trap of dividing our house to fight to other, instead of fighting Satan. Luke 11: 17-18 17: Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18: If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? Today, we are seeing the birth of a new sin - probably the greatest sin ever tempting man - taking the life of an unborn baby and selling it for a profit to prolong the life of another. Will you join this Catholic in fighting Satan on this sin rather than debating each other on who is the better Christian. Can we unite our house of Christianity to serve God? Is anybody up for a really good fight? - Let me know. |
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242 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12715 | ||
Have you ever heard a parent say to their arguing child: "I'm right, because I'm your father(mother) and I said I'm right, now quit arguing." In any form of government, we need a leader and that leader needs to be able to make a final decision and then everyone can move forward from that point. Just as the parent above (and being a parent is a form of government - some say a democracy, some say a dictatorship) - just as the parent above, there is a time for discussion and debate, which the Church allows, and then the time comes in which a final decision needs to be made, so the familly can function as one, instead of living in the seperation created by constant arguing and challenging of each other. Someone in a family must be a leader and the other members of the family must accept that person. The acceptance of that person as the leader may be called by some, as submission. Other may call it trust in the leader of the family. Some may accept that persons leadership out fo humility and some may accept that persons leadership and decisions on the basis that they know the leader is only concerned about making the right decision for the good of the family. The Pope is the leader of a Church. The Pope is a man. The Pope is not God. The Pope is a man. When making a decision, we are hopeful that the Pope is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit, in the same way a congregation is hoping that their Pastor is seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit. In this forum, there has been discussion regarding the responsibility a Bible class teacher has to his/her students. If the teacher is not teaching God's law properly, the teacher is doing a grave injustice to the student, who is relying on this knowledge and guidance to properly serve God. The role of the Church is to insure proper understanding of God's law in order to properly educate its members. Look at all of the different Churches which have been formed by people leaving the Catholic Church and think of all of the time and energy spent fighting the Church as the enemy. The Church is not the enemy, Satan is. Focus your hatred and distaste towards the true enemy and unite with those who are fighting the same enemy as you. Satan is successful in dividing the House of Jesus among itself and keeping everyone's attention on infighting, rather than on him. I realize that the members of this forum are dedicated and commited to God. Would we not have done a better job of serving God if we had taken the 100-200 man hours spent here debating Papal infallibility and instead, spent this time serving God, by reaching out to our fellow man to fight Satan. Aren't we falling into Satans trap of dividing our house to fight to other, instead of fighting Satan. Luke 11: 17-18 17: Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18: If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? Today, we are seeing the birth of a new sin - probably the greatest sin ever tempting man - taking the life of an unborn baby and selling it for a profit to prolong the life of another. Who will join this Catholic in fighting Satan on this sin rather than debating each other on who is the better Christian. Can we unite our house of Christianity to serve God? Is anybody up for a really good fight? - Let me know. |
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243 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12627 | ||
Every Church has a form of government, whether it's a local pastor or a national council. These are the people who are in charge - here on earth. |
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244 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12583 | ||
Some call it submission Some call it humility Some call it infallibility Some call it trust On the day the decision was made, I trust the Pope has made a decision in the best interest of the Church. Would the Popes decision be different if it was made a month, year or century later, maybe. Is it better that the Church corrects an error or allows the error to remain, in order to avoid criticism? |
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245 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12460 | ||
By the time that Peter assumed the leadership role of the Church, he was a Christian. There is no mandate that the leader of the Catholic church be Jewish. |
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246 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12458 | ||
I'm sorry, I don't understand your question | ||||||
247 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12454 | ||
Jesus was also a Jew |
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248 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12453 | ||
I am quoting this because I am not the enemy. If you only listen to what you want to hear, you will miss a great deal of wisdom that can be found from the other people within this forum. In addition to a better understanding of God, you have an opportunity to gain a better understanding of your fellow man. I have found my understanding of my fellow man actually helps me, better understand God and Jesus. My ministry is the sick and dying. Hearing what these people think and feel as they prepare for death has enabled me to understand the teachings of Jesus more than I could ever have hoped for. And not out of fear of death, because I don't fear death - but out of seeing living, breathing examples of what Jesus has tried to teach us. Again, I am not the enemy and maybe we can learn from each other. |
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249 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12449 | ||
2 Timothy 43 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. |
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250 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12445 | ||
I'm afraid I wasn't clear in my definition. It does not say that the Pope is without error or failure It says if he is wrong or perceived as being worng - his decision will still be accepted - because his decision is made with good intentions. He will be given the benefit of doubt. |
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251 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 12443 | ||
None of us is without fault But, when he makes a decision out of true love and commitment for you, his family - show him your love and support - and accept his decision with humility and love. |
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252 | I guess I'm asking because... | Bible general Archive 1 | Brian.g | 12276 | ||
At this point, I feel it is important to address some basic issues. First, why does the Church exist - to insure that God's law is taught properly in order to enable men and women entry into heaven. Second - why does Church leadership exist - these are the people entrusted with the responsibility to insure that God's laws are being taught exactly, as God intended. This is their sacred responsibility. When teaching a Bible class,the teacher has the responsibility to be sure they are teaching Gods law exactly as God intended or they are doing a disservice to the students. Jesus taught many disciples and then picked the original 12 Apostles from his following and later selected an additional 72 disciples, again from a larger number. These were the men Jesus entrusted to teach the word of God - Jesus did not pick every person - only a select few. Acting upon their responsibility, today's Church leaders have the same responsibility to insure that today's teachers also are well choosen for the task. Subsequently, the Church leaders, have not only the right, but the responsibility to the STUDENT, to insure the teacher is properly qualified to teach. Can Church leaders ever make a mistake or error in judgement - yes, all humans can. What is the responsibility of the Church members to complying with decisions of the Church leaders. There will be many times in which the members will disagree with the Church leaders. However, the leaders of the Church have the responsibility of insuring Gods laws are taught properly. The members must be humble when they disagree and accept the ultimate decision of the Church leader. The members must understand that the Church leaders are not acting out of malice, but according to the responsibility which they have accepted. |
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253 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 10400 | ||
If I am in need, do I have the right to ask you to pray for me? And, will you then pray for me, if I ask. Are you not then interceding with God on my behalf. Are you not assisting me; as service to God. Do I not have the right to ask the Saints to pray for me? You must understand, the Saints are still living, only in heaven and not on earth. Do you feel that the Saints are not allowed to continue serving God in the same way they did while their bodies where alive, and in the same manner in which you will do for me? |
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254 | Evangelicals and Catholics | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 10382 | ||
You, who have found God, are not the purpose of the Saints serving God. It is the lost lamb, those who have not found God, to whom the Saints are reaching out and in doing so, are continuing their service to God. |
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255 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 10299 | ||
I'll leave that to God to decide - That's not my role. I have enough confidence in God to insure the correct decisions are made. |
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256 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 10075 | ||
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." |
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257 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 10066 | ||
Each of us has made decisions, which, to an outsider may look as though we made a mistake in judgement. When others fully understand the circumstances by which our decisions were made, the decisions may seem more justifiable. We cannot judge the quality of the decisions made over the past 2,000 years. The Church was living and surviving in a different world than it lives in today. At times, the Church was fighting many battles and different battles, that can't even be imagined today. We must have enough faith in God that God was keeping an eye on things and if He felt things were getting to far out of hand, that He would step in - as He has done in the past. Jesus did warn that the victories of the Pope and the Church would be victories for God and the losses suffered by the Church would also be the losses of heaven. 19 ""I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.'' I think Jesus knew what he was doing when made Peter the first in the line of Popes. |
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