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  1. Arsenios

    Justification

    I look foreward to the day when I can welcome you Home to the Orthodox Faith... Technical formulaics are not what I do... You can talk to me... Yes... It is not either-or, but both-and, and is a Mystery... We sieze by repentance what God Gives to us by His Grace BECAUSE God is...
  2. Arsenios

    For RC and EO - What did Jesus' death on the cross actually achieve for you?

    Me too... It IS the Atoning Sacrifice, but this is because we are baptized into His Death... It is the Life-Giving Sacrifice because we are baptized into His Life... We are baptized, you see, into Christ... And this Christ lived and died and took up the death of Adam and re-fashion our Human...
  3. Arsenios

    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    You are right - Simply by abandoning the issue... Turning it over to science... Now you are in heap big trubble! Explaining my struggles here! :) See? Yup - The Latins over-dogmatize the means... We simply hold that the Bread and the Wine ARE the Body and Blood of the Risen...
  4. Arsenios

    For RC and EO - What did Jesus' death on the cross actually achieve for you?

    No... Not accurrate... But thank you for replying... One more time: God forgives sins... God's "work" on the cross does NOT forgive sins... Baptism is unto the forgiveness of sins, remember? Mark 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the...
  5. Arsenios

    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    It is funny to hear you arguing for what the meaning of the word "IS" is... And for your opponents arguing that the word "IS" means "IS NOT"... God Bless Ya Bro! Arsenios
  6. Arsenios

    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    A stunning, overwhelming, and irrefutable argument... :) Arsenios
  7. Arsenios

    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    Here, you can talk to Jesus: John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, "I am the Bread of Life..." I am sure the two of you caan work this out... :) Arsenios
  8. Arsenios

    For RC and EO - What did Jesus' death on the cross actually achieve for you?

    Might I ask you to respond to the two posts I wrote above? I mean, this is not a deposition, but perhaps a conversation?? Arsenios
  9. Arsenios

    For RC and EO - What did Jesus' death on the cross actually achieve for you?

    The Way of Salvation begins with man being called by the Gospel unto obedience to it unto repentance... That is why John baptized unto repentance prior to Christ's beginning His ministry... After that, we are baptized into Christ, which requires purity of heart, which is given in that Baptism...
  10. Arsenios

    Justification

    Truer words have not been uttered! :) It is by God alone, for God IS our Salvation... God Himself, and not His works... I sometimes believe that our works are given to us to do so that we will KNOW in the Age to Come why we have the place in that age that we end up having... That we are...
  11. Arsenios

    Justification

    Indeed I am totally responsible in this fallen life... Choosing good and choosing evil unto God's approval and unto God's disapproval... You should capitalize the term Grace - It is God Himself... Me choosing good cannot cause God to give me Salvation... But God DOES give Salvation to...
  12. Arsenios

    Justification

    We do not and indeed CANNOT earn even so much as one teeny-weeny bizillionth of an atomic particle of our Salvation... Salvation is the Gift of God to us of Himself... We cannot possibly earn it, because we do not create it... Plant wheat and harvest it and you have earned the crop... God is...
  13. Arsenios

    How often do you go to church?

    I should not be answering this, but it is too funny to pass up... You see, I was looking for two more categories: o - Daily o - More than once daily I am perhaps outside the box here... Twice daily until I fade too far to make it... We do the Orthros Service mornings... And the Vespers...
  14. Arsenios

    Justification

    I can make it simpler for you... We are saved by Grace through Faith, yes? The Faith is a great work of repentance... This is what you do not seem to discern... The difference between THROUGH faith and BY Grace... eg THROUGH repentance and BY God... At the first indication of our need for...
  15. Arsenios

    Justification

    All the Apostles save Judas Iscariot... Plus the 70... Plus the 2-3000 at Pentecost... Plus all their disciples whom they taught... All of them through Repentance siezing the Kingdom of Heaven Who is Christ... Arsenios
  16. Arsenios

    Justification

    I was one of these - Denied God and did not like Christians at all, and would not suffer them to be in my presence as Christians... I did not seek God at all... I can still prove He does not exist... And yet I found God, not seeking Him, but actively denying Him utterly, scorning those who...
  17. Arsenios

    Justification

    I don't - Why do you keep saying that I do... I preach Salvation by God... THROUGH the works of the Faith of Christ... Just as the Bible clearly proclaims... Repentance is unto Salvation... That is God's Plan... Arsenios
  18. Arsenios

    Justification

    I went there and gave an answer for you - Pease feel free to cut and paste it here if you think it might prove useful... Salvation is not Justification - It is the overcoming of Death... Justification is a necessary feature OF Salvation... Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    For RC and EO - What did Jesus' death on the cross actually achieve for you?

    In a way, Christ is the re-set button for us, and not all of us want to be reset... But more to the OP... Adam failed and we are all, including Christ, born in Adam... Adam turned from God and ate of the tree and died to the Life he had enjoyed in Paradise, and 900+ years later himself...
  20. Arsenios

    Justification

    Pithily, Jesus is God... More specifically, Jesus IS the Kingdom of Heaven, the Father of us all... We are entered into Him at Baptism, and live in obedience to Him Who IS our Master and King... And the first obedience is to always and ever keep on repenting from sin and turning unto God...
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