Your body is your temple, right? Three parts -- outer court/flesh, holy place/spirit, Holy of holies/soul -- right?
Catholics, for the most part, spend their time in the outer court, the "flesh," working out their salvation through sacramental rituals, lighting votive candles, etc. We rarely see Catholics in the holy place of the "spirit" feeding on shewbread/word by the light of the menorah/Spirit, do we?
Calvinists and Reform-type Protestants spend lots of time in the holy place saving (actually, sanctifying) the spirit by feeding on scripture and offering incense (praise/confession) to God. But for them and the Catholics, it seems that the "secret councils of God" -- the Holy of holies -- is "off limits" - or maybe unknown. Jesus "tore the veil in twain" there but their leaders actually prevent them going in (as did the Pharisees, Mt 23)! How? "God is Sovereign, not you." Or you're not even allowed into the holy place where we, your priests discover the "oracles of God" for you. You certainly can't accesss the Holy of holies!
Your see, these above have have they taken the Sacrifice of Christ's blood into the mercy seat of their soul. That's right. To some extent they both believe that God will save His elect who serve in flesh and spirit without them disturbing Him in His Holy of holies -- without them acknowledging and putting Him on the throne/mercy seat of their lives. Know what? Most don't even know that the Holy of holies is where the "rebudded"/"reborn" rod of Arron is - where "regeneration" comes from.
Guys/gals, you have GOT TO CHOOSE to take the blood of Jesus before God and plead the blood over your soul unto justification before any of those spiritual and bodily activities can be any more than "filthy rags."
If you didn't know you had a soul or it is not in your theological-sotierological calculations, better restudy what you do and don't know about salvation.
skypair
Catholics, for the most part, spend their time in the outer court, the "flesh," working out their salvation through sacramental rituals, lighting votive candles, etc. We rarely see Catholics in the holy place of the "spirit" feeding on shewbread/word by the light of the menorah/Spirit, do we?
Calvinists and Reform-type Protestants spend lots of time in the holy place saving (actually, sanctifying) the spirit by feeding on scripture and offering incense (praise/confession) to God. But for them and the Catholics, it seems that the "secret councils of God" -- the Holy of holies -- is "off limits" - or maybe unknown. Jesus "tore the veil in twain" there but their leaders actually prevent them going in (as did the Pharisees, Mt 23)! How? "God is Sovereign, not you." Or you're not even allowed into the holy place where we, your priests discover the "oracles of God" for you. You certainly can't accesss the Holy of holies!
Your see, these above have have they taken the Sacrifice of Christ's blood into the mercy seat of their soul. That's right. To some extent they both believe that God will save His elect who serve in flesh and spirit without them disturbing Him in His Holy of holies -- without them acknowledging and putting Him on the throne/mercy seat of their lives. Know what? Most don't even know that the Holy of holies is where the "rebudded"/"reborn" rod of Arron is - where "regeneration" comes from.
Guys/gals, you have GOT TO CHOOSE to take the blood of Jesus before God and plead the blood over your soul unto justification before any of those spiritual and bodily activities can be any more than "filthy rags."
If you didn't know you had a soul or it is not in your theological-sotierological calculations, better restudy what you do and don't know about salvation.
skypair
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