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I'll just go ahead and say it!

The Calvinists have completely disfigured the Biblical meaning of "chosen."

Calvinist theology has had centuries to file off the rough edges, sand down the rough spots and smooth out the overall appearance.

What I have stated as the "bottom line" is in fact the bottom line.

 

A lot of Calvinist theologians read Aquinas. Edwards really liked Thomas Kempis's "The Imitation of Christ". Sometimes Owen would complement the Catholic Schoolmen on some doctrinal point. But they also tended to think the Catholic Church represented the Anti-Christ.

 

What they liked about Kempis was that he tried to imitate Christ. He wrote a book about it. What they liked about Aquinas was his explanation of the predestination of all things which in some ways paralleled Calvinistic theology. They, and so do I, disagree completely on the claimed closeness of the Roman Catholic church to the early church fathers.

 

...they invited them?

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Going by your logic then man should be able to heal the sick and raise the dead as that is what the apostles did. You seem to be quite selective in the way you read scripture.
A man cannot forgive sin, it is only the arrogance of the RC church that thinks they can replace God.

Jesus gave the apostles abilities that we do not have.

So I have to agree with you when you said "this is where ignorance of scripture really holds back people’s understanding" You continue to show your lack of understanding. You have chosen to allow some men tell you what the scriptures mean and have followed their false teachings.

 

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Nope, it's just your Catholic jealousy of our Eternal Security. We have a peace that you can't comprehend.

 

Hebrews 6 is very clear. If a man could lose his salvation, it is possible for him to get it back because he would have to crucify Jesus all over again.

Be consistent. If you believe a person can lose salvation, don’t pretend they can get it back. That is unbiblical, as is much Catholic dogma.

peace to you

 

Catholicism is, and has always been, about human power. There’s virtually no difference between the Catholics and the Pharisees. A bunch of hypocrites that magnify themselves. They fit in perfectly with the modern invention of self-magnifying Reform Judaism.

 

I did not say we should not pray for one another did I. I said we cannot forgive their sins. Only God can do that.

Even our faithful prayers do not heal or raise up someone. It is God that does that in response to our prayers.

I go directly to Jesus as He is the one the forgives and heals. At best man is just an intermediate step and an unnecessary one at that.

In my men's study group, which includes ministers, we pray for those that are sick or struggling with some sin in their lives. But none of us are under the impression that we can heal them or forgive their sin.

 

And yet, Hebrews 6 clearly states if someone loses salvation it’s impossible to get it back.

peace to you

 

Please quote the scripture that states “mortal sin puts one outside the church”? The church doesn’t control who is saved.

My salvation comes from my Lord Jesus, not His assembly (church) of believers, and certainly not any man.

James is offering good advice, not dogma. Oil was often used as medicine and could be expensive. The Elders would have access to it.

Praying for others is always good and not confined to “Elders”. The idea of sin being forgiven, in this context, is that the sickness was the result of sin.

The Elders would have exercised church discipline in bringing the “sin” to the believers’ attention and encouraging them to repent, the person confesses their sin to God and they are forgiven by God, not the elders, not a priest.

I appreciate your defense of your beliefs. The BB rules don’t allow proselytizing by none baptists. Just a reminder.

peace to you

 

Yea…2000 years of heretical false teaching. Congratulations!

 

I hold to the "P" in Tulip.

 

Did not God know we would sin when he saved us?

If we could lose our salvation, what did it take to get it?

Many religions believe The Lord Jesus just is not enough. i.e. JWs, Mormons, RCs. etc.

Ephesians 2:8-9 Faith is a gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.