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  1. Arsenios

    What is DISCIPLING?

    The Bible says that we must endure, persevering to the end, so that we SHALL BE SAVED... Mat 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for My Name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. What do you think Christ meant, Menno, to be enduring to the END?? Are you calling...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    Acceptance and tolerance means love? You see, I asked you what one is to do when one is shown that they are FAR FAR from God's Love... Your reply extolling your own love of acceptance and tolerance does not answer the question... Your judgementalism of disapproval and rejection is God's...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    When one becomes one with God... And asks God a question... You do the math... Arsenios
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    PERFECT LOVE

    What does your theology teach you to DO when your love of God is far from mature? When you love your friends and family and allies... But not your enemies and evil-doers and murderers and adulterers... Arsenios
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    PERFECT LOVE

    So here is the question: We all know that we do not have perfect love... So what? That is the question... You do not have perfect love... You do not have God's Love... You hate your enemies and love your friends... You are a mess at the Feet of God, proclaiming what you do not have...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    Perfectly true... We are justified at Baptism... Which follows after we have established repentance as our manner of life... We are not Baptized first, and then handed out God's Righteousness... And "cover" means not concealed, but cloaked as in surrounded and saturated... And is not an...
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    Ash Wednesday

    The Antiochian Archdiocese has a Western Rite Church that indeed celebrates Ash Wednesday - We take the Palms from last year's Palm Sunday, burn them, bless and apply the ashes with great solemnity... But the "Imposition of Ashes" started out as a penance for those seeking re-entry into the...
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    What is DISCIPLING?

    Yes - The Works of the Mosaic Law... Those works are no longer done in Christ... Arsenios
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    What is DISCIPLING?

    2Cor 4:4 records that Christ is the EIKON of Christ, His very Image... We do not worship His Image, but He Himself... Yet His Image we venerate while worshipping Christ Himself... We are not ashamed of our Lord... Arsenios
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    Have you felt/heard the presence of Jesus?

    He can be a tad sneaky that way... Arsenios
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    Ash Wednesday

    We have been transitioning into Lent for two weeks now, beginning with Meatfare Sunday last week and Cheesefare this Sunday... Sunday after Liturgy we do Forgiveness Vespers, asking and granting forgiveness to each of our faithful... This Monday is the actual kick-off into the Great Fast, with...
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    Ash Wednesday

    Interesting to me is the fact that it was accepted by the Latins just after the inauguration of the Great Schism... AND... The fact that its imposition of the ashes is historically a Rite for those seeking to RE-ENTER the Church... Glory to God in ALL things... Arsenios
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    Have you felt/heard the presence of Jesus?

    Welcome to the Forum, Audax - Best advice I have on prayer is to simply be genuine and sincere, and then pay attention to what happens across time - You will find your answers there, normally, unless you are a total miscreant (like me) and God has to come Himself and straighten you out...
  14. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    The Presbyterians and Methodists would not agree? I guess Lamm is a Lutheran? Forgive me, I do not pay much attention to those kinds of details... Arsenios
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    What is DISCIPLING?

    The Icon Made Without Hands is recorded in Holy Scripture, Menno... Made by Christ Himself... Luke merely imitated Christ with paint... And yes, Luke's iconography is recorded by the Church, the Ground and Pillar of the Truth... Arsenios
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    What is DISCIPLING?

    Well that makes a little more sense then - Where in Galatians does Paul condemn diligence in confessing one's sins And where does he condemn vigilance in repenting from one's sins? Judaizers were packs of foreskin snippers, as I am recalling... Thank-you... Arsenios
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    What is DISCIPLING?

    We see the Sacred Art of the Church as giving to us the images which the Apostles saw first hand... Christ Himself fabricated the first Icon Do you remember when He did so? Made without hands, as I recall... Luke did the first one with paint... Arsenios
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    Ash Wednesday

    It is not clear when the Wednesday beginning the Lenten fast began to include the imposition of ashes. Originally, the imposition of ashes was one of several public rites required of those penitents who wished to be restored to the Church. As early as the 4th century, these rites were...
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    Ash Wednesday

    It is foreign to mine as well... As it is to all the Apostolic Churches not in Communion with the Latin Church... At least I am unaware of any others celebrating it... Arsenios
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    What is DISCIPLING?

    Show me in Galations what is written about Judaizers that you are seeing me doing... I mean, it is you making the charge, not me... I read Galatians and do not see your meaning, ok? Arsenios
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