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    Justification

    Fire does purify and the faithful can expect purification at the last judgement but isn't your perspective very close to the doctrine of purgatory? Of course I think of justification as inclusive of purgation because ultimately only purity is admissible to the beatific vision of God (deification).
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    Justification

    The word "baptise" implies water. Does't it mean to submerge [in water]? And baptism washes away sins, it is not like a bath insofar that its purpose is not to remove dirt from the body but it is like a bath insofar that it is with water and washes. Saint Peter says it in his second letter and...
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    Justification

    There is mention - in saint John the Baptist's speech about Jesus our Lord - of a baptism with the Holy Spirit and with Fire and some think that is a 'second baptism' but reading what saint John the Baptist says and the context in which he says it leads to a different conclusion. Matthew 3:1 In...
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    Truth

    Repentance from the heart that leads to life is much more than a mindset isn't it? To repent means to turn away from sins and towards God. It is asking to be forgiven because of sorrow over the sins that offend God and it is resolving to avoid sins in the future and to serve God now and in the...
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    Justification

    Brother psalms 91, it is not the phrase "baptised with the Holy Spirit" that raises a curious glance but the view that there is a second baptism that is without water and with the Holy Spirit. There is one baptism as saint Paul writes, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of...
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    Truth

    Oh goody! A pretend self flagellation thread. Cool :cool-relaxed:
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    Justification

    Since the arrival of Pentecostalism in the 20th century people have been referring to "baptism with" and "the baptism of" the Holy Spirit as a second experience of 'baptism', it's a recent innovation in theology-talk in some circles.
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    Could it all be a fraud?

    I have a friend from India, he is a Jain and he reverences Ganesh as well as other gods, I know a Muslim who reverences Allah and counted the Quran as heaven's message for mankind, I know several Jehovah's witnesses who follow the teaching of the governing body of Jehovah's witnesses and a 66...
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    Justification

    I see, from the quote in your post, that my post was not well received by brother MennoSota. But the holy scriptures encourage the faithful to offer help even when it is likely to be rejected. Nevertheless the holy scriptures do teach the things that I wrote. First that baptism is an instrument...
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    Justification

    Brother MennoSota sees no grace in what I wrote. That is not a surprise. But to help make matters clear it is not the sacraments that are grace - baptism, confirmation, holy orders are sacraments that God gave to the Church as instruments of grace and just as the musical instrument is not the...
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    There really are Protestants who say "The Bible is God"

    The bible is a book whose content is either the whole of holy scripture or a part of holy scripture. What makes scripture holy is the one who gave it and inspired it. The book is not in itself any more holy than other books but the message it contains is holy because it comes from God and God is...
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    Could it all be a fraud?

    My bible is 73 books. The 66 book "bible" is not the bible, it is an eviscerated edition created by human beings who for reasons best known to them and their followers removed 7 books and parts of 2 other books from the inspired canonical scriptures.
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    Justification

    Repentance is from God and it comes from the heart moved by the Spirit of God so that one sorrows for sins and seeks forgiveness which leads to healing of one's soul and life in the grace of God.
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    Justification

    I do not know if Judas Iscariot felt godly sorrow but his suicide is a fruit of worldly sorrow which the holy scriptures say produces death. God alone knows what became of Judas Iscariot and if he repented but there is no evidence that he did repent that I know of. 2Corinthians7:8 If my letter...
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    Justification

    Judas Iscariot killed himself and self killing is in itself a sin and it can be a mortal sin. There is no evidence in holy scripture that I know of showing that Judas Iscariot repented. He sorrowed and in desperation killed himself.
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    Justification

    Catholic teaching is that baptismal grace and being a child of God never cease to be once they are received in baptism, confirmation, and ordination. Each places a mark on one's character. Mortal sin is an entirely human activity and from the human side severs one's love for and relationship...
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    Justification

    Taking Justification to mean "being made righteous" as Catholics do helps a reader of saint Paul's letters and and the letter of saint James to understand that saints Paul and James are not using the word differently nor contradicting one another. They both mean that one is made righteous by...
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    Justification

    Wikipedia has something to say about Justification. Let me know if your reaction is "it sounds good to me!" In Christian theology, justification is God's act of removing the guilt and penalty of sin while at the same time making a sinner righteous through Christ's atoning sacrifice. The means...
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    Justification

    You've given a selection of verses from new testament books but none from old testament books and maybe defining what salvation means by checking what holy scripture says ought to start with how "salvation" is used in old testament scripture. I know that defining the meaning of "justification"...
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    Justification

    Holy scripture uses "justification" and its cognate forms (justify, justified and so on) in a wider sense than is common in Reformed theology so the use of the word as if it is the same in meaning as is "justification" and its cognate forms in holy scripture cannot help but be a source of...
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