1) Nowhere in this verse does St. John say the word “Never” so stop adding to the Bible.
2) The verse prior (v.18) was referring to those "antichrists" who came in to deceive the church.
3) St. Paul also says that “in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons" (1 Timothy 4:1).
4) No one in the first 1500 years of the Church taught Once Saved Always Saved until John Calvin in the early 1500s.
To dive deep into Scripture and Church History is to cease to be Protestant
@Truth_matters20 “A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.”
— Revelation 12:1-2
Read your Bible next time, Danny
@GoodShepherd316 Many ex Protestants converted to Catholicism & Orthodoxy because they actually studied their Bibles along with Early Church History.
To dive deep into Church History & Scripture is to cease to be Protestant.
@FreakBobGrypr69 Interesting that you keep screen shots of my past repented sins before I converted to Catholicism.
“He among you who is without sin, let him cast the first stone.” - Jesus
The sole purposes of Catholic
Content Creating is to help lead lost souls to Christ and help other Catholics grow in their faith. There are many Catholic influences on social media who use their content for the glory of God, but there are also many Catholic influences who use their content for the glory of self.
Catholic Content Creating doesn't make saints, following Christ and suffering for His name sake does. May we always remember that we are servants of the Lord and are called to do His will, not our own.
May those who are Catholic Content Creators remember the words of our Lord, as it is written, "Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted." One day, we will stand before Christ our Judge, and He is not going ask us "How many followers on social media did you get, or how many conferences did you speak at?"
@iamrjknight Yeahhhh no… Protestantism was a rebellion against Christ Church, and made every church/denomination have their own pope who interprets the Bible for their followers. Protestantism is not based on scripture, but on pride.
Catholics hate Sola Scriptura because it’s nowhere found in the Bible, it was never taught nor practiced in early Church, and it’s a heretical man-made doctrine, along with these:
• Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
• Once saved, always saved
• A 66 books Cannon
• The idea that everyone has the authority to interpret the Bible for themselves
• The idea that anyone can start their own church/denomination
• The Rapture
• Female Pastors
• Altar Calls
• The Sinners Prayer
• Rebaptism
• Grape Juice for Communion
1. “All sin is mortal.” And yet scripture says: “All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.” (1 John 5:17)
2. “Once you are saved, no sin can separate you from the love of Christ…” And yet scripture says: “and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt. (Hebrews 6:5-6)
3. “To say otherwise is to deny the gospel and blaspheme the Spirit.” And yet scripture says: “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,” (Hebrews 10:26).
To teach Once Saved, Always Saved is to contradict the gospel and teach doctrine of demons.
So Catholics like VOR or myself (a Hispanic) are fake Byzantine rite Catholics because of our ethnicity?
You sound like the Corinthians that St. Paul called out: “For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,”* or “I belong to Christ.” - (1 Corinthians 1:11-12)