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  1. MoreCoffee

    Justification

    I reckon that in the west Catholics have all the fun :)
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    Justification

    We have Irish Coffee! :disgonbegood:
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    Justification

    You're likely right about what you've written. As I read the thread I come away relieved that I am not a Protestant.
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    leave of absence

    God grant you better health and speedy recovery from all ills.
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    I am the light of the world.

    The ancient Churches do all those things and have done them for more than a thousand years. Recently formed denominations may not have the resources to do those things.
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    Lent

    Lent season is ended. It is Easter season now.
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    Follow the leader - or Simon says.

    The passage from Luke tells of how necessary it is to be persistent in prayer and gives one explanation for why some of the prayers of the saints meet with silence. Persistence may bring a discernible answer after a time of silence. James reminds the saints that praying with a "double mind" will...
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    There really are Protestants who say "The Bible is God"

    Three things are immediately obvious. They are The things that God created. Human nature and human conscience. Apostolic Tradition. But the most obvious of all is not a thing it is a man, the man Jesus Christ. He is the Word who is God.
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    Justification

    It read as a melodramatic Luther emulation comment to me. Not a substantial argument about Justification. Only unwillingness to admit a mistake.
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    Justification

    You need to retract the statement made here because it is false.
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    Justification

    What you say about Ephesians 2:2-3 is not true. It's just a falsehood to pretend that the passage does not say that "spiritually dead" people sin. It obviously and clearly says that such people do sin. And sin is a "spiritual bad" so what you claimed before about "spiritually dead" people is a...
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    Justification

    Ephesians 2:2-3 says that these "spiritually dead" people manage to do "spiritual bad". 2 Once, you lived according them, according to this world, and followed the sovereign ruler who reigns between heaven and earth, and who goes on working, in those who resist the faith. 3 All of us belonged...
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    Justification

    The idea in the post to which you replied is in error. No one in this thread is teaching "salvation by self". That such was suggested is a sign of polemics taking pride of place above truth. The quote from the council of Trent is clear. No person has anything to give to God no "self actuated"...
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    Follow the leader - or Simon says.

    Many verses - especially in the psalms - speak of silence from heaven in the face of prayers and though the thought that every prayer offered by the saints receives a discernible answer from God is comforting it is most likely wishful thinking. But in the examples given in this thread it has to...
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    Justification

    We are discussing salvation but through the lens of justification. One may be justified yet be lost on judgement day if justification is not eternal as some Protestant theologies suggest and if it were eternal as some other Protestant theologies suggest then one who is/was justified will...
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    Follow the leader - or Simon says.

    Perhaps God didn't speak to either.
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    The old testament

    It's always bold to suggest a norm for around two billion professing Christians. :)
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    Justification

    Also obvious is that "spiritually dead" people are human beings. The "spiritually dead" are not corpses devoid of heartbeat, electrical activity in the brain, and all the other signs of life that a doctor (whether he is Christian or "spiritually dead" himself) uses to check for life. Ephesians...
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    Justification

    Obviously "spiritually dead" people can think, speak, walk, write, and grieve as well as feel sorry and resolve to change. It is also obvious that "spiritually dead" people are not actually dead.
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    Justification

    A reminder from the thread starter "It may be interesting to have a calm and well reasoned discussion about these ideas and their sources in holy scripture as well as in the development of theology in Christian thought. If you're interested in such a discussion come on board and start. I will...
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