Special Saturday Edition: Faith Of A Child

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1. A Catholic chica — January 29, 2005 #

   How proud you must feel for your nephew! But in answer to your question, well I believe there is a stop between your life eternal, so if I died in a car accident today I would go there first along with all the rest of my family and believers. I do believe though when judgement day rolls around I will be with our Lord Savior.

2. bigdaddy c-14 — January 29, 2005 #

   WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   strike another one up for the home team!!!

3. Capt'n Ron — January 29, 2005 #

   Webmaster J,
   There could not be any better news to be posted on a Saturday or any other day for that matter!!I know that there was rejoicing in Heaven yesterday because the Word tells us that the angels rejoice when even one lost sinner puts their faith in JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR.”Let the little children come to me,and do not hinder them,for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth,anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.(Mk 10:14b-15 NIV).You see,Joshua,here lies the problem why most of us adults can’t see salvation as little Michael did. We try to make it something difficult when it is not. It’s kinda like that acronym K.I.S.S.–keep it simple stupid!!But K.I.S.S. also can be used as-keep it simple sinner.
   Dad

4. Artie — January 29, 2005 #

   A simple faith that makes this grown man cry tears of joy.

5. Joshua — January 30, 2005 #

   Catholic Chica,

   Here are two passages from the Bible that disproves purgatory beliefs:

   The Rich Man and Lazarus
   Luke 16:19-31

   19 There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

   22 The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

   25 But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

   27 He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

   29 Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

   30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

   31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’

   If you notice, the poor man was immediately taken to heaven and the rich man to hell when they died. No waiting there. Also, Luke 16:26 makes reference to a great gulf fixed between heaven and hell over which no one can pass.

   One other passage to make note of is

   Jesus is Placed on the Cross
   Luke 23:32-43

   32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals-one on his right, the other on his left. 34Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

   35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

   36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

   38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

   39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

   40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

   42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

   43 Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”

   The Bible speaks only of two destinations for those who die, heaven and hell. Jesus promised the thief on the cross, who certainly had not had an exemplary life, that he would be with him in Paradise immediately. Furthermore, there is no need for purgatory. A person who has faith in Christ has complete forgiveness of sins. There is no more debt to be paid. A person who does not have faith in Christ has no forgiveness of sins. No amount of time in purgatory could ever pay for his or her sins.

6. bigdaddy c-14 — January 30, 2005 #

   to catholic chica and joshua,

   i have been keeping up with the current postings. while i am myself a baptist i do believe that we all are worshipping the same God. we each have our own seperate forms of belief but the God we serve is one and the same. let me explain. the church that makes up the body of the Lord originated from the same place. at one point, the church divided itself into what is now the roman catholic and the orthodox church. during this time, there were people who disagreed with both churches pertaining on where divine intervention took place. you see, the catholic church still believes in the priesthood, similar to the pharisees of the old testiment. the priest of the church is the one who can intervine to relieve the person of sin by prescribing a set amount of prayer, thus the hail mary (which is a totally different and lengthy story that’ll wait until later). now this group, known as the protestants because they protested the catholic beliefs, understood that there was direct connection between a person and God and there was no need for the priesthood. seeing as how we needed leadership to help guide our understandings they elected people into a pastorhood, like the modern protestant churches you and i attend, joshua. it was only within the last few centuries that the protestant church was divided into the different denominations that we have today, like the baptists, presbyterians (whose beliefs are still similar to the orthodox catholic church), methodists, pentecostal, etc.

   i just thought that i’d offer some insight on this. some of this info may not be completely accurate as i had this conversation with another catholic friend of mine several years ago and had actually heard a sermon about the modern protestant church a few years back and now i realize that i should listen closer more often. but i just wanted to throw that out there for y’all’s rhetorical pleasure.

7. A hardcore Presby — January 31, 2005 #

   um presbyterianism is a FAR cry from Catholocism