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    PERFECT LOVE

    I think Peter is getting too harsh a judgement from Christians. There is more than a bit of hypocrisy there. Peter said at the last supper (as did all of the disciples) that he would die for Jesus. Peter stayed up all night with Jesus at Gethsemane, after having been up all day and traveling...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    I liked your pointing out what really mattered ... the contrast between Judas and Peter.
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    Communion of the Saints

    As long as we are discussing Saints of the Roman Catholic Church, I have a question: Near me is a RCC called St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church (that has a beautiful sanctuary and a nice Midnight Mass on Christmas). I can understand that there might be a Saint Michael (what do I...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    POINT OF INFORMATION: Calvinism believes that “natural man” is incapable of obedience (Eph 2:1-3, 1 Cor 2:14). Calvinism believes that God empowers people to believe and obey (Romans 8:9-11, Phil 2:12-13). Calvinism does NOT teach that God MAKES people believe. (Although Calvinism does teach...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    [Matthew 27:3 MGNT] 3 τότε ἰδὼν Ἰούδας ὁ παραδιδοὺς αὐτὸν ὅτι κατεκρίθη μεταμεληθεὶς ἔστρεψεν τὰ τριάκοντα ἀργύρια τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσιν καὶ πρεσβυτέροις Matthew says it.
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    Did Jesus quote the Apocrypha?

    FYI:
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    PERFECT LOVE

    Technically, there is no Calvinist Denomination, I checked. There are MANY different “Reformed” and “Presbyterian” denominations ... typically divided by national geography and cultural origin. There is a Calvin Synod (United Church of Christ), but the denomination is “United Church of Christ”...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    But you don’t live in Antioch, so to call yourself the Church of Antioch makes you a denomination. As an aside, most of the churches that Paul wrote to no longer exist ... they were wiped out by the Caliphate and the surviving buildings are now Mosques.
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    Hate

    Fortunately God knew we (at least I am) are slow learners, so anything important He repeats over, and over and over. So How many times does God say to love God? How many times does God say to love others? How many times does God say to hate someone? Look at all of Scripture, and the big...
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    Hate

    [Matthew 22:36-40 NASB] 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37 And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38 "This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 "The second is like it, 'YOU...
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    Love

    Yes.
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    PERFECT LOVE

    Even Judas, the Son of Perdition? And Esau, “whom God hated”?
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    Communion of the Saints

    The saints praying are on earth, not in Heaven. It is OUR prayers that the elders deliver to God. [Act 9:13, 32, 41 NASB] 13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; ... 32 Now as Peter was traveling through all...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    What better test of Perfect Love than trying to get a Calvinist to love an Arminian and an Arminian to love a Calvinist! :) [John 17:20-24 NASB] 20 "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father...
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    Communion of the Saints

    Those verses do not mention anyone in Heaven praying FOR the Saints still living. [Rev 4:10 NASB] 10 the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (The 24 elders in...
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    Communion of the Saints

    I like the story, but just for my personal curiosity (your answer is non-binding opinion) ... Do you think God heard and answered your prayer or do you think St John of Shanghai and San Francisco answered your prayer?
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    Communion of the Saints

    Day late and dollar short ... deleted.
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    PERFECT LOVE

    If “love” means doing nothing ... just “turn the other cheek” and “bless” ... when confronted with real evil, then I cannot love like God loves. I am incapable of feeling ‘joy’ for the man who molests children and simply offering him my child as well (in the spirit of giving your shirt to the...
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    PERFECT LOVE

    I simply and emphatically disagree. When Paul says “we” in Ephesians 2 and elsewhere, the Apostle to the Gentiles is speaking to the saints ... all of the saints (there is no Jew or Greek) ... and he is not speaking only to Jewish Christians. You are excluding so much of the Bible as “not...
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    If Calvinism is not right, how come some people can't muster up faith?

    Tone is difficult to convey in written form. It is usually communicated with voice inflection and non-verbal clues like facial expressions. So forgive me if I have misinterpreted the tone of your post, but ... I do not believe that your post is honest and straightforward. If you have a real...
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