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Made for God, restless until we rest in Him. Claims checked against the text, Saints from the sources, prayer from the passage.

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Jesus entrusted His Church with a mission that would outlive the apostles.

But when the apostles died, how was the faith to be preserved, unity maintained, and that mission continued?

Scripture and the earliest Christians offer a fascinating story worth exploring together.

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@JoeThePirate2 @joshwhitlatch @88mph121 The Bible calls Mary the mother of Jesus. John 2:1

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Are you seeking God's will or asking Him to approve yours?
Consider the Agony in the Garden. In praying this mystery, we contemplate Christ surrendering His will to the Father.
Before your next difficult decision, pray this mystery. Are you willing to accept an answer different from the one you want?

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@jo_jnlld7935 🙏🙏🙏

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@JesusandWhatnot Amen, Jesus said it himself: 'Do this, and you will live' Luke 10:28. Paul calls it 'faith working through love' Gal 5:6, and James says not by faith alone 2:24.
But we all fail at it.
What do you think Christ gives us for getting back up?

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@kagoloto39742 @joshwhitlatch @88mph121 I agree that we need the Holy Spirit to understand Scripture.
That's why I'm asking us to examine Christ's words together.
In John 19:26-27, Jesus establishes a relationship between Mary and the beloved disciple.
Why should we exclude a spiritual meaning from that relationship?

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@kagoloto39742 @joshwhitlatch @88mph121 Jesus entrusts Mary to the beloved disciple, traditionally understood to be John.
But is this only a son providing for his mother, or is Christ revealing something deeper about Mary's relationship with His disciples?
You are invited to consider both.

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@liquiddoors @joshwhitlatch @88mph121 The original post is too clever by half. The Bible calls Mary "the mother of Jesus." Who is the Bible?

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@joshwhitlatch @88mph121 John 19:26-27. From the Cross, Jesus say, "Behold, your mother."

John 2:1 At the wedding at Cana, John himself identifies her as "the mother of Jesus"

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Read John 19:26-27. From the Cross, Jesus says, "Behold, your mother."

Calling Mary "woman" does not deny that she is His mother. At the wedding at Cana, John himself identifies her as "the mother of Jesus" John 2:1.

Why assume a title of disrespect when Christ is entrusting His mother to the beloved disciple?

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If sanctification were easy, why would Christ tell us to take up our cross daily? Luke 9:23

Salvation is God's gift, not something we earn. But becoming holy demands a lifetime of cooperation with His grace.

Paul tells us to work out our salvation because God is at work within us. Philippians 2:12-13

Why reduce the Christian life to a single moment of belief?

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@TrevorSheatz "Agreed, Christ is the one mediator. Yet the verses just before (1 Tim 2:1–4) urge us to intercede for one another, and James 5:16 says a righteous person's prayer is powerful. God is 'God of the living' (Mark 12:27). How do you read the saints' prayers in Rev 5:8?

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@Pontifex Christ does more than rescue us from darkness. He calls us to become light for others. Let this shape how we treat even those we fear or disagree with.

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@CathSteelMan Christ died for all; not all accept His saving grace. The distinction is between the universal offer of salvation and its actual reception. Universal redemption does not mean universal salvation. Salvation is entirely dependent upon God's grace.

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@Adam_FaithfulM The 7 book Old Testament difference came with the Reformation. Who had the authority to decide?

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"Thou hast taught me to approach food as medicine. But while I am passing from the discomfort of hunger to the satisfaction of eating, in that very passage the snare of concupiscence lies in wait for me."
Augustine, Confessions, X.31

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@sola_chad One of the hardest verses in the Gospels. Athanasius read it through Christ's two natures: as man he spoke from his human knowledge, while as the Word he knew all things. Chalcedon later guarded both natures. How do you explain it to people?

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@UcheMaryOkoli Exactly, and add Gregor Mendel, the Augustinian friar whose pea experiments founded genetics. Faith and reason were never rivals in the Church's eyes. Which of these surprises people most when you mention it?

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@BishopJaxi Exactly, and Jewish debate over some books went on after Christ, while the apostles mostly quoted the Greek Septuagint. Regional councils at Hippo (393) and Carthage (397), and Pope Innocent I (405), listed the books. If not the Church (1 Tim 3:15), then who?

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@sola_chad He meant participation in the sacramental life.

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@KirkCameron Great passage. And just a few verses later, James 2:24 is the only place Scripture puts 'faith' and 'alone' together: 'not by faith alone.' Catholics read James and Paul together, as faith working through love (Gal 5:6). How do you read 2:24?