The Catholic Church would like a word with you... Jokes aside, how does the Catholic Church fare with this line of reasoning? I am a born-again Catholic (baptised, had my confirmation as a kid, etc.) and the institutionality of the Church is sometimss worrying. In this way I respect reformed denominations who put more emphasis on the Holy Book.
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I got a Kobo Libra and immediately put KOReader on there. Works great and jailbreaking is extremely easy.
Matthew 18 21: Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22: Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 23: Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 24: And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. 25: But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26: The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 27: Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28: But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29: And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30: And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 31: So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 32: Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 34: And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 35: So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
(KJV1611)
Great one concerning forgiveness. We are often blind to what we are forgiven and what we are gifted with, that we don't know how to do the same to other people. Thank you for sharing.
I struggle to understand this thin line we walk of being deceived by false prophets. Could you share a real-life example that might help me understand better? I'm a newly converted Christian.
I can relate to this. I've been in 4 relationships and had 2 flings from ages 15 to 22. I finally found God and decided to turn my life around. However, I am ever grateful for the experiences I had with those women.
Beautiful. My father is an extremely greedy and empty rich man. He deals with money so single-mindedly that he has completely destroyed any dignity or respect anyone has ever had for him. I pray at least that he isn‘t alone on his death bed, because finding God just seems too impossible for such a person.
It really is difficult to remain unstained. Even worse is that people don't want to deal with the downtrodden so that they will not "stray" from their path. The parish priest gave a homily yesterday about the temple of the body, and, how it should be kept clean and neat for when God comes to meet us, just how we are to keep His Church clean and neat for when he takes it up into the heavens.
I'll have to read this book. Sounds pretty interesting. It's pretty relevant to a situation my parents are in.
Based, I'll save this one to my phone.
I switched to Zorin OS (from Windows) at the beginning of this year and never looked back. Great for newbies.
Funny you post this, I just bought premium for KeePassDX this morning.