1 Corinthians 9:27 But I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.
2 Peter 2:20-22 For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them. For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit; and: The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
How can you guys call yourself prots if you don't even follow sola scriptura? Truth be told if you read the bible you'd be Catholic either way.
Evan Perez
I'll post it again for you:
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You're ignoring John 6:44
Julian Morgan
2 Corinthians 13:5-6 Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
Now 2 Peter chapter 2 is talking about the wolves among the sheep, false prophets, who were never saved but who were crept in unawares. Same people that Jude is talking about. They were never saved, like Judas Iscariot, who was never saved, see John 17:12.
Asher King
Seems pretty unequivocal to me. Why would Jesus be talking about the need to avoid sin in terms of literally mutilating yourself to avoid it if it's no biggie and you can get into heaven anyway? Mortal sin cuts you off from Gods grace.
Thomas Gutierrez
Walking this back to Aquinas himself would be like arguing that Aristotle was literally a Christian philosopher while he was alive. Also, there are better apologists than Akin. Try this article which refutes him from an orthodox Catholic perspective.
lol, this is exactly the question raised in Romans 9:14 and Romans 9:19. The answers lie in the following verses. Also, regarding the law being impossible, I don't think it's so much that the law is impossible but rather than we are so depraved that we can't do something as simple as to love our neighbour. And it's important to understand the purpose of the law, it wasn't so that we should do it since even the prophets of the OT failed in that regard and Peter even says that the law was a strain on the believer. T he purpose of the law was to show us our sin. See Romans 3:20
Grayson Collins
Dude that's nonsense. And it's funny because weren't you just a minute ago saying God's will prevails over all things? So now it doesn't when we're looking at 1 Timothy 2:4?
And you're ignoring John 12:32-33
Josiah Smith
What kind of retarded interpretation is that? It's completely out of context. In Corinthians Paul is asking them if they believe what Paul teaches is the Truth. If they feel the truth is in them. And Peter is clearly talking about people who are Christian and then become apostates. Read them fully instead of isolated verses.
Lad predestination =/= predestinarisnism Read Saint Augustine pls
Austin Hernandez
Whoa there. That's not the protestant way. We've got to read Bible verses completely out of context and interpret them in the most bizarre ways possible, that's how we protestants determine biblical doctrine!
Tyler Allen
Read what I wrote here:>>678732
Laughable. If you even read exodus 4 you'll see that even before Moses went to go speak with the pharaoh, God told Moses He would harden His heart.
