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Comment on HAPPY EASTER! by Myra

Myra — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:01:16 +0000

inspiring

Comment on How Do I Love My Enemy? by rieshapabalate

rieshapabalate — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:58:04 +0000

What I offered Jesus on my watch day is myself . I offered my presence because I want to learn the teachings that Jesus teaches us .I also offered my time to Jesus because I want to spend a long time with Jesus. I believe it is more important than spending it on playing and just talking.

Comment on Feast of the Holy Cross by rose ricafort

rose ricafort — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:40:50 +0000

Let us celebrate the “FEAST OF THE HOLY CROSS.”

Comment on Feast of the Holy Cross by rose ricafort

rose ricafort — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:38:24 +0000

Through JESUS on the cross. shows how really GOD loves us. He gave us His only precious Son to save us. JESUS is our salvation. He redeemed us in all our sins. Jesus is all in all.

Comment on Patches & Wineskins by geeme68

geeme68 — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:52:49 +0000

Very nice and helpful insights bro…. may the Holy Spirit illuminate your mind and heart even more so that many others will benefit thru this blog. Let the all the glory be the Lord’s!

Comment on Joy from the Holy Spirit by jean lapa

jean lapa — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:54 +0000

Your daily gospel reading insight had been a source of nutrients for the soul. Blessings to you and the people behind this effort to bring Christ to others.

Comment on Faith and Good Works by geeme68

geeme68 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:31:02 +0000

Philippians 2:12-13, “workout your salvation with fear & trembling”

Could it be that our basic differences are in the “semantics”?

Nevertheless, the trouble might have originated from Luther having made no effort to see what St. Paul meant by faith. If one reads all of Paul, he basically says: 1) If God speaks a truth, believe in it; 2) If He make a promise, be confident in it; 3) If He tells you to do something, do it– “the obedience of faith”: Romans 1:5.

Luther did not see that faith includes obedience to God, and even wrote: “Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly… . No sin will separate us from the Lamb, even though we commit fornication and murder a thousand times a day.” Luther further wrote:”If this article [justification by faith] stands, the church stands;’ if it falls, the church falls.”

Since he did not know what St. Paul meant by faith, his church never did stand. — and further, he had no means of knowing which books are part of Scripture. He tried to say that if a book preaches justification by faith strongly, it is inspired. He did not notice that most books of Scripture do not even mention the subject.

(source: Fr. William Most)

Comment on Faith and Good Works by momong

momong — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:43:27 +0000

Thanks, but I still stand by my belief that we all need to work to earn our salvation. Jesus said it, and the Father said it. Like in today’s (March 8) first reading, the prophet Jeremiah warned: “I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” (Jer 17:10)

Comment on Faith and Good Works by conmathews

conmathews — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:59:55 +0000

Simply because one Christian is confused or ignorant of Doctrine does not allow one to generalize the understandings of that one said Christian. “Born again” believers do not believe that works are unnecessary. On the contrary, as you have pointed out, there is plenty of Biblical evidence to suggest that the case is otherwise. We simply do not believe works save us. In verse 18 of James, he states “show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Works are an evidence of salvation, not a requirement for salvation. Matthew 7:21-23 states that there will be those that say:”Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders in your name? and then I will declare to them, I never knew you. depart from Me you who practice lawlessness. Works then do not save. What then? it is the faith of the worker, not the work itself. Sometimes “born again christians” become so adamant on the point of faith, that they neglect to mention works;p this I will admit of my fellow Christians. but to say we do not believe in works at all is not true, and a misrepresentation of the whole by a few.

Comment on The Unforgivable Sin by Amari Sayer

Amari Sayer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:41:29 +0000

I loved your blog post.