Happy Fat Tuesday everyone!
I'm wanting to give up something meaningful for Lent and that will be Great Awakening any world news for that matter. As you know, this site can be addictive!
Now seems like a difficult time to give up on paying any attention on current events. What will happen with the Ukraine\Russia conflict? What about the trucker convoys? Will Covid be gone by Easter? It seems the CDC is releasing damning information now, what will become of that?
I gave up the same last year, and it definatly gave a great sense of peace to have little to no input on world events for 40 days. Returning was actually really disappointing. The only developments I came back to last year were discussions of airlines requiring vaccinations, and talk at GAW about "the upcoming Arizona audit."
Keep up the good fight Patriots!
Until April 17.
People can't even be bothered to give something up once a year because "I don't have to!"
EVERY day is the LORD's day, bro.
Catholics don't believe salvation is based on works, fool.
Y'all don't even have faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Everything about catholicism is works based, penance, communion, the mass, prayers to idols.
Jesus Himself said we have to do works.
Matthew 15:24 KJV But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Jesus ministered, on Earth, to the people of Israel. The people of Israel were under the Old Covenant, which required works for salvation. Welcome to the New Covenant, bro. See the writings of Paul for details.
You don't HAVE to sacrifice for God but what does it HURT?
Because it is a substitute for a personal relationship with Him. Which is what He wants from you. The veil was torn, go on inside.
The apostles fucking DIED for Him what have you done?
They were appointed to death, to show their faith to unbelievers. What ever He appoints me to, I will be so happy to receive it, all joy to Him.
"prayers to idols"
^^^this is how you spot the protestant. We don't pray to idols. We ask Mary to pray for us.
Jesus ministered, on Earth, to the people of Israel. The people of Israel were under the Old Covenant, which required works for salvation. Welcome to the New Covenant, bro.
So you're actually saying Jesus doesn't care if you do good works and only emphasized them CONSTANTLY because he was talking to Jews? I think you win gold in the mental gymnastics competition. If you have the love of the Lord in you then you will want to do good things for others. (Galatians 5:22)
See the writings of Paul for details.
Very familiar with the Pauline epistles, don't need a lecture on them. My favorite verse in the whole book is from Galatians (10:11). I guess you conveniently missed the verses where Paul emphasizes works. (Ephesians 2:10, Galatians 6:9, Titus 1:16, Titus 2:7, 1 Timothy 6:17-19, 2 Thessalonians 3:13)
Nobody's saying you are saved by good deeds. But I can't comprehend that people are practically discouraging good deeds. Christ's message was love, and if you're saying good works aren't important I don't want anything to do with you.
"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased." -Hebrews 13:16
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." -Matthew 5:16
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works." -James 2:14-26
We ask Mary to pray for us
Mary is an idol. You don't need to go through Mary when you are of the Body of Christ. Think about it for minute. You are asking Mary to ask Someone Who is inside you already?
If you have the love of the Lord in you then you will want to do good things for others. (Galatians 5:22)
I couldn't agree more. But it's not required for salvation. What works did the thief on the cross do?
I guess you conveniently missed the verses where Paul emphasizes works. (Ephesians 2:10
catholics just cannot interpret scripture. Proven fact. His workmanship. They are claiming it for themselves.
Nobody's saying you are saved by good deeds.
The catholics are.
James is stating that a man who says he has faith but has no works to show it, does not have true faith. This is proven by the statement this faith. Of course believers have works but they are not saved by them. So that no man can boast.
Mary is an idol
No. Mary was the mother of Jesus. Moloch is an idol.
You are asking Mary to ask Someone Who is inside you already?
Yes. It's called intercession. It's no different than asking for prayers from a person in your life, like your grandma or friend.
What works did the thief on the cross do?
Again you're missing the point. I'm not saying works are required to get into heaven but implying they aren't important or at least expected is hogwash. As for the works of the man on the cross, I'm not sure. But as far as I can tell Jesus saved the man because he repented.
Luke Chapter 23: “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our crimes; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
catholics just cannot interpret scripture. Proven fact. His workmanship. They are claiming it for themselves.
You apparently can't read so I'll literally spell it out for you. "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
God literally prepared us to good works. Plain, simple English. Not hard to understand. Now if you're claiming Catholics are taking credit for the good works, again that's b.s. Maybe SOME Catholics do, but when a Godly person does good works they do it in the name of God not their own.
So that no man can boast.
You clearly have a problem with Christians doing good works because you think they take credit for them. Not sure where you get this idea but scripture commands us to love our neighbor and help them.