Your false gospel is not binding (Gal.
1:68).
See:
Why Biblical Christianity Cannot Merge with the Church of Rome
Whose Interpretations are Binding upon Christians?
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: [Whose Interpretations are Binding upon Christians?]
Your false gospel is not binding (Gal.
1:68).
See:
Why Biblical Christianity Cannot Merge with the Church of Rome
"So, then, your answer to whose interpretations are authoritative and binding is "serpent's..."
Truth is truth independent from me (Ac
5:29,
Mt 15:9).
"Every verse of the Bible means exactly what the author intended it to mean..."
Full text:
How to Interpret the Bible by Darrell Ferguson
See:
Hermeneutics
Isa 11:2;
40:13,14
[The Only Hope for a World Spinning Out of Control Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries] "The world is spinning out of control and people are desperately
looking everywhere for answers. This dire situation continues to deteriorate as
severe earthquakes, widespread famine, deadly superbugs, radiation poisoning,
economic troubles, political unrest, expanding terrorism, wars and rumors of
wars have caused instability and unrest throughout the world. In the midst of
all the frightening news and a growing sense of hopelessness, there is some good
news to proclaim! Christians have a great opportunity to share the hope that we
have in Christ Jesus. We don't know what the future holds, but we know Who holds
the future. Only the Lord Jesus can provide the peace that surpasses all
understanding! Those who live with an eternal perspective are not easily shaken
by the many temporal dangers of today.
If anyone is going to be impacted by the good news of Jesus Christ, we must
first give them a true diagnosis of the problem. The root cause of all our
troubles in sin. We live in a fallen world and everyone is born with a fatal
disease called sin that we inherit from Adam. The soul who sins will die because
the wages of sin is death (Rom.
6:23; Ez. 18:4). We must tell the world there
is no human cure for the deadly disease of sin - that's the bad news, but there
is a divine cure - that's the good news! It's available free for the asking
because of a love story written in blood on a wooden cross two thousand years
ago. Everyone who is convinced they have the disease can trust God for the only
cure...'I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God
unto salvation to everyone that believeth (Romans
1:16).'" Full text:
The Only Hope for a World Spinning Out of Control
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "Jn 6:53..."
That awkward
moment when
you realize that you've been caught eating the cat's treats#
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "...Either one is a "natural man" who cannot understand the things of the Spirit of God (1 Cor 2:14) or one is spiritual in Paul's sense. Either one is anointed by the Spirit and has the Spirit as teacher or not, in John's terms (1 John 2)."
The spirit of
God (Pr
1:23) takes the things of God (1
Co 2:10,13)
and makes them real to the believer (Jn
4:26;
16:13).
The fleshlings
don't get it. (1
Cor 2:14).
[God Gives Life to the Dead Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "The Word of God
reveals that all people are born physically alive but spiritually dead. But God,
being rich in mercy brings to life everyone who will believe in Jesus (Eph.
2:1-5;
1 John 5:1). They are
born again and made alive through the living and abiding Word of God (James
1:18;
1 Pet. 1:23)...'Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians
1:3).'" Full text:
God Gives Life to the Dead
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "The only interpretation that is binding is the interpretation of the Holy Spirit..."
Are you saying
that we are taught by the Holy Spirit
rather than the Pope?
Ne 9:20;
1 Co 2:12,13.
The Holy Spirit is qualified to teach us?
Isa 30:21;
Eze 36:27.
[God Redeems Believers Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Everyone is born
under the curse of the law and slaves to sin (Rom.
6:17). Man's only hope for redemption is to
trust Jesus for deliverance. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law,
having become a curse for us" (Gal.
3:13). What was the price that had to be paid
for man's redemption? "You were not redeemed with perishable things like silver
or gold...but with precious blood...the blood of Christ" (1
Pet. 1:18)..." Full text:
God Redeems Believers
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "You and I are individually responsible for our interpretations and our faith."
All of those
false accusations against you at
Satan, Inc. (TOL's heretic's list) will not go
unpunished?
Mt 12:36 That's a shame.
Ezek.
18:130; Ezek.
33:119; Matt.
10:1115 Luke
9:5; 10:1015. Matt.
11:2024; Matt.
12:41, 42 Luke
11:31, 32. Matt.
23:3135 Luke
11:4951. Matt.
25:1430 Luke
19:1227. Mark
6:11; Luke
13:69; Luke
21:14; John
3:18, 19; John
12:48; John
15:22, 24; Acts
17:30, 31; Rom.
12:3, 68; Eph.
4:7; 1
Tim. 6:20
[God Justifies Believers Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "A holy God can only declare a repentant sinner righteous in His site if three legally binding conditions are met. 1) a perfect human substitute must take the condemned person's place, 2) the sin must be placed on the substitute and 3) the substitute must pay the sin debt in full. These conditions were met when God, in the person of Jesus Christ took upon our humanity to become the Substitute (Isa. 53:4; John 1:14, Heb. 2:14-16). God placed the sin of many upon His Son (Isa. 53:6, 11). He paid the sin debt in full having nailed it to the cross (Co. 2:13). God justifies believers "as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 3:24). "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1)..." Full text: God Justifies Believers
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I'd say not the interpretations of those who murdered Croatians, abducted children from their parents and covered up incidents of sexual crimes against children, including rape, as a result of making that a policy of their fascist organization..."
Bad roots (Gal.
1:68). Bad fruits (Mt 7:16).
See:
Works vs. Faith
Roman Catholic Traditions
"...I don't think that is the kind of think Jesus had in mind."
Jn 12:40
[God Sanctifies Believers Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "At the moment of
conversion God sets believers apart from the corruption of the world for His
glory and purpose (2 Pet. 1:4). In our Lord's prayer to His Holy Father, He
asked that believers be sanctified by the truth of His Word (John 17:17). It is
through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, while abiding in God's Word,
that believers become vessels for honor, sanctified, and useful to the Master (2
Tim. 2:21; 2 Thes. 2:13-14). Through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit,
believers are conformed to the image of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29)..." Full
text:
God Sanctifies Believers
[God Forgives Believers Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "God's justice
demands that the eternal sin debt must be paid in full. The eternal Son of God
did what finite man could never do. He cancelled the eternal sin debt at
Calvary's cross for all believers (Co. 2:13-14). "It is written, that Christ
would suffer and rise again from the dead on the third day, and that repentance
for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name" (Luke 24:47). God
offers forgiveness of sin to all who respond to the Gospel with repentance
toward God and faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21). In Christ, every believer has
the forgiveness of sins according to His grace (Eph. 1:7)..." Full text:
God Forgives Believers
Pr 14:33
[God Purifies Believers Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Jesus gave Himself
as a sacrificial offering to purify for Himself a people for His own possession
(Titus
2:14). The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses every
believer from all sin (1
John 1:7). When He had made purification of
sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high (Heb.
1:3)..." Full text:
God Purifies Believers
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "If no one's interpretation of Divine Revelation (God's Word) is binding upon Christians, then Revelation itself has no binding authority upon Christians..."
The source of revelation is the Spirit (1
Cor. 2:10)
not man (Matt.
16:17).
[God Reconciles Believers to Himself Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Since
man is born separated from God because of sin, someone must mediate
reconciliation. As God's perfect man and man's perfect God, Jesus is the only
One qualified to reconcile God and man. He changes their relationship from one
of enmity and hostility to one of peace and harmony. "God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against
them...He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might
become the righteousness of God in Him" (2
Cor. 5:19-21)..." Full text:
God Reconciles Believers to Himself
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "...[Y]et the Church is built on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets.."
Your church is built on lies.
"You nullify the Word of God by your traditions that you have handed down (Mk
7:13)."
See:
Roman Catholic Traditions
The Roman Catholic Church is an apostate church (Rev.
3:1422). They are in their final stages of
apostasy (Mt
7:16).
[God Seals Believers with His Spirit Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries]
"Everyone who believes the promises of the Gospel can live with an eternal
perspective because they have divine assurance. "After listening to the message
of truth, the Gospel of your salvation, having also believed, you were sealed in
Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our
inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the
praise of His glory" (Eph.
1:13-14). Believers have the divine assurance
that they belong to God for all eternity. The Spirit's seal assures believers
that their gift of salvation is irrevocable (Rom.
11:29)..." Full text:
God Seals Believers with His Spirit
Pr 16:25
[God Indwells Believers Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "What an awesome
reality for all believers! "We are the temple of the living God; just as God
said, 'I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God and
they shall be My people'" (2
Cor. 6:16). Knowing this, the apostle Paul
exhorts all believers to live holy lives by asking the rhetorical question: "Do
you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in
you?" (1
Cor. 3:16)..." Full text:
God Indwells Believers
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: [Your church is built on lies. [URL="http://pro-gospel.org/resources/articles/97-catholic-traditions"]Roman Catholic Traditions [/URL]] "Your "church" (i.e., schismatic sect) is built on lies."
Intensional
[You nullify the Word of God by your traditions that you have handed down (Mk 7:13).] "You nullify the word of God by your traditions that you have handed down" [i.e., sola scriptura, sola fide, schismatic sectarianism, anti-sacramentalism, etc., etc., etc...] (Mk. 7:13).
Intensional
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken (Ga
5:9).
"Your affirmation of the ancient anti-christian heresy of Ecclesial Deism is noted."
You've repeated this charge several times. I reject deism.
Eph 4:14.
See:
What is deism? What do deists believe?
What was the first / original church? Is the original / first church the true
church? Is the church that is the oldest necessarily the most right ...
Vid. Catholicism vs Christianity by Mike Gendron
[God Adopts Believers as Sons Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries] "To all who received Jesus by faith, He gives the right to become
children of God. They are "born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God" (John
1:12-13). Believers receive "a spirit of
adoption as sons by which we cry out, 'Abba! Father!' The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that we are children of God" (Rom.
8:14-16). Those who are led by the Spirit of
God are sons of God..." Full text:
God Adopts Believers as Sons
[
You've repeated this charge several times. I reject deism.
Eph 4:14.] "You've repeated this claim several times. This refutes you."
Refute a position I do not hold (
Strawman). Ok,
why not?
Eph 4:14
[God Baptizes Believers into Christ Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Every
believer has the awe-inspiring reality that they are in the Body of Christ and
are eternally attached to its Head, the Lord Jesus Christ. By one Spirit
believers are baptized into one body, the Body of Christ, which is the Church (1
Cor. 12:13). "God has placed the members, each
one of them, in the body, just as He desired" (1
Cor. 12:18)..." Full text:
God Baptizes Believers into Christ
[God Makes Believers New Creations Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Everyone who is in Christ becomes a new creature (2 Cor. 5:17). God plants new desires, new hopes and new inclinations in believers to enable them to be victorious over worldly passions. "Our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin" (Rom. 6:6). Believers "put on the new self, which... has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth" (Eph. 4:24)..." Full text: God Makes Believers New Creations
"Post #6."
Non causae ut causae (claiming victory despite defeat)
[God Grants Believers Eternal Life Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "The
hopelessness of this fallen world does not offer any security of what tomorrow
may bring, but God grants a security that is out of this world. Eternal,
everlasting, never ending life with our Creator does not depend on any human
effort, but is grounded in the gracious promise and sovereign power of almighty
God. To every believer Jesus said, "I give eternal life to them, and they will
never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand" (John
10:28). As the good Shepherd of the sheep, He
protects His flock and loses not one. The apostle John declared under divine
inspiration: "I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God,
so that you may know that you have eternal life" (1
John 5:13)..." Full text:
God Grants Believers Eternal Life
"And, yet, Post #6 stands as stated."
And yet you
commit--yet--another fallacy
Non causae ut causae (claiming victory despite defeat)
[God Gives Believers an Inheritance Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Every
believer will obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will
not fade away because it is reserved in heaven (1
Pet. 1:3-4). "The Spirit Himself testifies with
our spirit that we are...heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we
suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him (Rom.
8:16-17)..." Full text:
God Gives Believers an Inheritance
[God Rescues Believers from Darkness Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "Jesus said, "I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness (John 12:46). In doing so He rescues believers from the domain of darkness and transfers them into His glorious kingdom (Col. 1:13). He sets them free from the bondage of sin and Satan by the truth of His Word (John 8:31-32). God makes every believer on earth His eternal citizens of heaven (Phil 3:20)..." Full text: God Rescues Believers from Darkness
"I claim victory based upon your defeat (Post #6)."
You do that a lot.
Non causae ut causae (claiming victory despite defeat)
[God Gives Eyes to See the Future by Mike Gendron Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries] "Just as a physically blind person cannot see the sun, a spiritually
blind person cannot see the Son of God (2
Cor. 4:4). Our sovereign Lord must open the
natural man's eyes before they can comprehend His Word (1
Cor. 2:14-16). Since a good portion of
Scripture contains prophecies, believers are given a special blessing to know
the future. They can know with certainty the events recorded in the Bible will
all come to pass. Many of the events taking place in the world today were
prophesied thousands of years ago as warnings to prepare us for the second
coming our of Lord Jesus Christ (Mat.
24:3-31).
May God give us all a sense of urgency to proclaim the Gospel of peace as we
await the appearing of our blessed hope. Religion offers no hope because
religion does not offer a Savior who is sufficient to save sinners completely
and forever. The Lord Jesus is the only hope for those who are perishing in a
world that is spinning out of control..." Full text:
God Gives Eyes to See the Future
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "[Cruciform] "You are a riot......You posted a link that was apparently written by the same person who tried to get around "call no man father" by saying Jesus was kidding."
It's amazing what people will believe.
I heard a caller ask radio talk show host Dennis Prager, a Jew, once: [I
paraphrase] "Dennis, what do you believe
Genesis 1:26 means when
it says that God said: "Let us make man in our image.."?
Dennis said someone had told him that God was talking to the animals----and
he believed it.
God never asked us to trust the Roman Catholic Church.
He asked us to trust him.
The object of your faith is all-important.
"Belief...[T]o place ones trust in Gods truth; one who takes God at His word
and trusts in Him for salvation.
Mere assent to Gods truth is not saving faith, according to the Bible (John
8:3146; Acts 8:1324; James 2:1426). Neither is total commitment of oneself to
Jesus as Lord a form of saving faith. Such a view places too much emphasis on
the act of belief, as opposed to the object of beliefJesus Christ. This view
also goes beyond the biblical evidence of faith as reception of a gift (John
4:142; Eph. 2:810).
A belief that saves is one that rests in the finished work of Christ; it trusts
God alone for salvation (John 3:16). Believers are those who have trusted God
with their will as well as their mind (Rom. 1:16; 3:22; 1 Thess. 1:7).
Additional references dealing with belief, or faith, are Gen. 15:6; Ex. 14:31;
Hab. 2:4; John 3:36; Acts 16:31; Rom. 3:215:1; Gal. 2:16, 20; and 1 John 5:1."
Youngblood, Ronald F. ; Bruce, F. F. ; Harrison, R. K. ; Thomas Nelson
Publishers: Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Nashville : T. Nelson,
1995
[God never asked us to trust the Roman Catholic Church.
He
asked us to trust him.
The object of your faith is all-important.] "Straw Man Fallacy. (Again.) [yawn]"
I'm not here to teach you philosophy 101.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken (Ga 5:9).
[God never asked us to trust the Roman Catholic Church.
He
asked us to trust him.
The object of your faith is all-important.] "Straw Man Fallacy. (Again.)
[yawn]...[Y]ou're clearly unqualified to discuss the principles of rational
thought..."
You do not show the most basic
understand of
fallacious arguments. Or, you don't care (Eph
4:14).
[Fallacious arguments] "I can certainly spot yours a mile away..."
Intensional
Eph 4:14
"No..."
Let the reader decide.
"...inventing words..."
You've said this before when I advised you that it is not a typo (Eph 4:14). Keep studying.
"Good. Then you can stop trolling this
thread."
You are
responsible for rejecting the truth (Ezek.
18:130; Ezek.
33:119; Matt.
10:1115 Luke
9:5; 10:1015. Matt.
11:2024; Matt.
12:41, 42 Luke
11:31, 32. Matt.
23:3135 Luke
11:4951. Matt.
25:1430 Luke
19:1227. Mark
6:11; Luke
13:69; Luke
21:14; John
3:18, 19; John
12:48; John
15:22, 24; Acts
17:30, 31; Rom.
12:3, 68; Eph.
4:7; 1
Tim. 6:20).
Too bad your heart is hard (2
Chr. 36:15, 16; Psa.
95:811 Heb.
3:8, 15; 4:7. Prov.
1:2431; Prov.
29:1; Rev.
9:20, 21).
"Too bad."
~ Seth Brundle, The Fly
In summary,
Ac 5:29
You are
a
grace-perverter (Gal.
1:68), bound by traditions (Mt
15:9), deceitful in all your ways (Eph.
4:14).
"Again: please stop trolling this thread."
What is your definition of "trolling"? Responding to a
truth claim or
ad hominem attack?
Eph 4:14
"Not "my" definition. It's right there in the posting rules."
What TOL rule have I broken? You thought that you could use fallacious arguments against others without being challenged?
[What TOL rule have I broken?] "Post #212."
As usual, you
make a charge and cannot back it up (Eph 4:14).
"Post #212."
Non causae ut causae (claiming victory despite defeat)
Believe God (Isa
11:2;
40:13,14)
not men who pervert and invert God's word (Ga
1:6-8,
Mt 15:9).
