Praying with Scripture opens the door for an intimate relationship with God who through these sacred writings invites us into conversation with Him. I encourage you to read and contemplate the inspired word of God daily. May the Word of God nourish our hearts and minds and lead us to the fullness of life. #GeneralAudience
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Former Pentecostal.
Found it in Scripture.
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May #OurLadyOfLourdes, whom we celebrate today, accompany you with a motherโs care, intercede for you before God, and obtain graces to sustain you on your journey. We entrust to her all those who are ill, whom we remember with particular affection on this World Day of the Sick. #PrayTogether
Do people still not know that Catholics produced the number one Christian podcast in the world (with nearly 1 billion downloads), which is literally just someone... reading the Bible?
Ran into a Baptist today who "was a Catholic till highschool school then got saved"
He said the Catholic Church never told him what he needed to believe to go to heaven
I asked him if he used to go to Mass when he was a Catholic
He said yes
I said, "That means you would've prayed the 'I believe' every Sunday"
He said yes
Then I asked, "So why did you lie about the Catholic Church not telling you what to believe to go to heaven?"
He kept quiet
Respectfully, I disagree. Trent was unmoved because of Tacoโs logical inconsistencies. Trent asked him plainly how can he be saved. What must he do to go to heaven.
From Trentโs perspective, Taco might not be saved based on the content he regularly posts or at best, he considers Taco probably saved but bottom of the barrel theologian aficionado.
Trent is well versed on Calvinism and predestination, so it was a trick question Taco failed to answer.
If you believe in predestination, the answer is thereโs nothing you can do to be saved and go to heaven. Nothing at all. You are saved by no effort of your own, but as a byproduct of Godโs sovereign decision before the foundation of the world.
Even if you canโt decide whether the new birth precedes faith or faith precedes the new birth, your salvation has nothing to do with you believing in the right Jesus or having the right theology.
Trent was unmoved by Tacoโs self contradictory beliefs regarding salvation.
You canโt say you believe in predestination, meaning there is no personal will involved in salvation, but you must believe in the right Jesus, right doctrine on the divine nature, etc. You canโt do both.
Why?
Because if salvation depends on the correctness of your beliefs, itโs no longer a sovereign work of God. Itโs all on your ability to blindly believe things you donโt understand.
Taco also said understanding of the right doctrine isnโt required. You must believe in the Trinity even if you donโt understand it. What???
The logical conclusion of predestination and Calvinism is that if you are saved, you will know why you believe what you believe because the Holy Spirit provides the illumination and understanding; those things are given to you by God.