John 5: 37 “; and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent. You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life [Speaking of accepting the entire WORD of GOD]. I do not receive glory from men. [Meaning disobedience is rampant!] But I know that you have not the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me” [Obey Me! Accept MY teaching as those I CHOOSE relate them to you.]
Then there is the necessity to KNOW [AND FULLY ACCEPT] the Gospels and WHAT THEY Actually teach which requires the CC.
Plus there is the issue of Good Works and Charity [James Chapter 2]
We also see when all is said and done on Judgment day (Matt 25), those who will be saved are ONLY those who can answer yes to the series of questions. Did you feed me when I was hungry, clothe me when I was naked, visit me in prison, or when I was sick, invite me in when I was a stranger...etc, These questions were not a matter of simple belief, but of works.
[See above John 20:20-23, and this: Matt. 16: 18-19] “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I [Jesus] will give you {Peter} [SINGULAR] the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." And passed to other Apostles and therefore the CC in Matt. 18:18 “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Nevertheless, knowing that a man is not justified by legal observance [as a FYI: this actually refers back to the 613 additions to the original 10 commandments] but by faith in Jesus Christ… for by works of “the law” no one shall be justified. Gal. 2:16
Repent of your sins because Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for them. Not just Original sin; but all sins. The Apostle John wrote the blood of his son Jesus cleanses us from all sin. 1st. John 1:7
1st. John 1: 5-10 “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth;
but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” …
and what does this mean?
John 20: 21-23 “Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
[23] If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
God says it is Christ who saves [we Catholics are in COMPLETE agreement with this statement]. Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked either by people who think they can be saved by works
[alone assumed here?] or by the Catholic Churches claim that they dispense salvation.
[Jesus Himself in Person Gave the
“key to Heavenly access to ONLY Peter and through Peter, to the CC…
Matt. 16] The Church says the sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation…
[EXCUSE Me Thomas; but my friend, its Christ HIMSELF
[John 20:19-23] who is Commanding it; the CC is just following God’s DIRECT - Order] …
There in no offense,
NO SIN, no matter how serious that Catholic Priest who ARE ACTING With, Through,
In AND for CHRIST cannot forgive…
Except for Denial of God Himself. It remains Christ who forgives the sins with the priest permission.
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