I was about to note to winn privately that while he has well researched points, as does young patriot, he might want to tone things down, though his heart be in the right place.
This is your mistake, and where I hope that rather than a private note, it may be beneficial to us to look at this all together:
I trust the Catholics
Unlike winn, I do not have anything against Catholicism, though I have some great issues with many church leaders and very strongly disagree with a great deal of their dogma, and emphatically against several top church leaders. However, I also greatly admire the zeal of several branches. Consider it my effort to try and identify that which is redemptive in Catholicism, and I firmly do believe there are things that are done right (and many done wrong) within it.
Yet the mistake is, trust no man. Test everything, and hold fast to that which is good.
2 Corinthians 1:9 - Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead
1 Timothy 4:10 - For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 - Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
1 John 4:1 - Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
As winn noted, he gets excited. It’s quite hard not to when you see the depths of The Lie. Yet, don’t trust him. Don’t trust me. Don’t trust the Catholic Church. It’s all information. Test, test, test, and humbly search The Word in prayer, that the Holy Spirit might show you the way.
John 5:18-44
“Which translation? Which claim?”
That’s the catch, isn’t it?
And feel free to call me out on any of this if you catch me screaming at a gnostic.
Was more trying to explain we aren’t even to trust our own selves, as our hearts are deceitful, but let it be as you say. Tongue in cheek can be tricky via text!
I was about to note to winn privately that while he has well researched points, as does young patriot, he might want to tone things down, though his heart be in the right place.
This is your mistake, and where I hope that rather than a private note, it may be beneficial to us to look at this all together:
Unlike winn, I do not have anything against Catholicism, though I have some great issues with many church leaders and very strongly disagree with a great deal of their dogma, and emphatically against several top church leaders. However, I also greatly admire the zeal of several branches. Consider it my effort to try and identify that which is redemptive in Catholicism, and I firmly do believe there are things that are done right (and many done wrong) within it.
Yet the mistake is, trust no man. Test everything, and hold fast to that which is good.
2 Corinthians 1:9 - Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead
1 Timothy 4:10 - For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 - Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
1 John 4:1 - Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
As winn noted, he gets excited. It’s quite hard not to when you see the depths of The Lie. Yet, don’t trust him. Don’t trust me. Don’t trust the Catholic Church. It’s all information. Test, test, test, and humbly search The Word in prayer, that the Holy Spirit might show you the way.
John 5:18-44
“Which translation? Which claim?”
That’s the catch, isn’t it?
And feel free to call me out on any of this if you catch me screaming at a gnostic.
I don’t actually trust them on par with God, anon fren. It was a tongue in cheek response, not meant to be taken so literally, fren.
Was more trying to explain we aren’t even to trust our own selves, as our hearts are deceitful, but let it be as you say. Tongue in cheek can be tricky via text!