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  1. Arsenios

    Justification

    "Our" is you and me and all the rest of fallen mankind... IF We hold up our end of the New Covenant of the Body and Blood of our Lord, THEN... God will most assuredly hold up His End of the Covenant... After Christ's Resurrection He preached the Kingdom of Heaven for 40 days... Does that...
  2. Arsenios

    Justification

    Do you confess to BELIEVE IN one, holy, catholic and Apostolic Church... Is the Body of Christ Whose Head IS Christ something other than Christ? The Ekklesia IS the Body of Christ... And Christ IS the Head of His Body... Ask anyone! :) You can ask Josiah himself! Welcome to Orthodox...
  3. Arsenios

    Justification

    May you all have a blessed and Joy-filled Feast Day of the Holy Ascension of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ... Arsenios
  4. Arsenios

    Justification

    Because in Adam we are both Good and evil... Of which Tree did Adam partake? Genesis 2:17 should provide the needed clue... Arsenios
  5. Arsenios

    Justification

    Does Josiah agree with you? Does God justify unrepentant sinners so then they can repent? OR... Do sinners repent in order that God should justify them? We hold the latter, and you and Josiah seem to hold the former... Arsenios
  6. Arsenios

    Justification

    . The early Church gave you the Scripture telling us that it is God Who Justifies... It is the understanding of the one, holy, catholic and Apostolic Church... If you believe it, you are agreeing with Christ... Which addendum is, to Orthodox hearing, blathersome... Not to mention...
  7. Arsenios

    Justification

    Every action YOU take and every word YOU utter are consequential... Perhaps you were referring to YOUR verbal efforts here??? Speaking for yourself? I agree that if YOU had made those comments, you would have been desiring to wrest control... "We have the Mind of Christ..." Paul's own...
  8. Arsenios

    Justification

    God Justifies - So why is repenting the first word of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Why does John's baptism of repentance precede the ministry of Christ? What is the before and after relationship of repentance and the siezing of the Kingdom of Heaven? What does "making straight the road"...
  9. Arsenios

    Justification

    A terrible way to coin a phrase! I mean, this is a SERIOUS discussion being tossed here! :) Not a mere word salad! Goorsch all Friday! I say! Arsenios
  10. Arsenios

    Justification

    What is the difference between Salvation and Justification? And how are they related? The stages in human terms according to Paul are 1 - God Calls us [to repentance] 2- God Justifies those He has Called 3 - God Glorifies those He has Justified... And we should add to this that many are...
  11. Arsenios

    Justification

    See post 781... Arsenios The quintessential non-engagementalist!
  12. Arsenios

    Justification

    Is there anything I can DO to become one of the elect? Arsenios
  13. Arsenios

    Justification

    Agreed... Agreed... OK... Yes, all true enough... Yet is this a decent dogmatic account of Salvation? No... It is not even close... Not by the standards of the Ancient Faith... Arsenios
  14. Arsenios

    Justification

    So it seems... OK - I get that part, and it happened before your heart was beating and breath filled your lungs... After living 9 months in the womb and being born... So we each develop differently according to who we are and what we DO after birth... Is your point not about...
  15. Arsenios

    Justification

    Oh, the only point is that it is not always easy to be a preacher's kid... How's that? I mean, how would you advise him in your Doctrine of Justification? It happens to the best and to the worst of us! :) Got it - Eventually you were born... Except for before they are born and...
  16. Arsenios

    Justification

    If only you were Josiah... Please bear with me for a little story - A true story... I encountered it online... There was a little boy who was the son of a fiery 5-Point Preacher who loved to scare his flock fron sinning, and there were the righteous and there were the hopeless sinners - The...
  17. Arsenios

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

    Some of us think He was speaking the Truth... "Take, Eat, This IS My Body..." Others think He meant something else... Arsenios
  18. Arsenios

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

    I love your optimism! Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

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

    Then you know that Truth is the Person of Jesus Christ... "I AM the Truth, the Way, and the Light..." yes? The Consecrated Bread IS the Body of Christ... The Whole Body in any small particle of it... By saying that it only CAN BE symbolic, you are right but only in fallen human terms... That...
  20. Arsenios

    Justification

    Then you are preaching to the choir... Our witness (martyria) is to sinners... That our lives might be their Call... Should God Call them unto Him... Arsenios
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