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2013: My son am tired 2014: why? 2013: My time is up, i will be going to join your forefathers 2014: I know, u have less than 48... hours to live... i will miss you Dad 2013 :But let me tell you some things b4 i go 2014:What is it? 2013: Please when i go, make sure you take care of this person 2014: Who?... 2013: The person (reading) listening to this conversation of ours? 2014: Okay 2013: I made some promises to this person during my reign, i fulfilled some, and some I couldn’t 2014: But why couldn’t you fulfill all dad? 2013:Well, my son...sometimes time and human factors affected some of the promises 2014:But... 2013: But surely, I spoke with God on this person's behalf, and God granted my wish in you to fulfill the rest promises. So these are the rest of the fulfillment you will carry out on this person.. 2014: Go on dad.. 2013:Stabilize this person's health without cease all through your reign!Open a direct link between our God and this person 2014:Done, carry on 2013:Ensure that this person's dreams come to reality within the shortest 2014:Alright 2013: Give this person wealth that will touch lives of multitudes 2014: surely 2013:Make sure that you remove all remaining hindrances to success from this person's way, I have being trying to make sure that money will never remain d priority of this person, so keep to that pls, make sure son! 2014: I will dad, no problem! 2013:Pay more emphasis on the advice of this person's friends, don't worry about that of this person's enemies, God will take care of that! Get it? 2014: Yes 2013:Finally, promise me that when your own time is up, you will instruct that your offspring after offspring (2015 ,2016 , 2017.....to.... 2100) to keep positive fulfillment of this person going! 2014:yes dad, may God help me! 2013: Now i can pass to the beyond happily! May you be prosperous 2014 ,, |
2013: My son am tired 2014: why? 2013: My time is up, i will be going to join your forefathers 2014: I know, u have less than 48... hours to live... i will miss you Dad 2013 :But let me tell you some things b4 i go 2014:What is it? 2013: Please when i go, make sure you take care of this person 2014: Who?... 2013: The person (reading) listening to this conversation of ours? 2014: Okay 2013: I made some promises to this person during my reign, i fulfilled some, and some I couldn’t 2014: But why couldn’t you fulfill all dad? 2013:Well, my son...sometimes time and human factors affected some of the promises 2014:But... 2013: But surely, I spoke with God on this person's behalf, and God granted my wish in you to fulfill the rest promises. So these are the rest of the fulfillment you will carry out on this person.. 2014: Go on dad.. 2013:Stabilize this person's health without cease all through your reign!Open a direct link between our God and this person 2014:Done, carry on 2013:Ensure that this person's dreams come to reality within the shortest 2014:Alright 2013: Give this person wealth that will touch lives of multitudes 2014: surely 2013:Make sure that you remove all remaining hindrances to success from this person's way, I have being trying to make sure that money will never remain d priority of this person, so keep to that pls, make sure son! 2014: I will dad, no problem! 2013:Pay more emphasis on the advice of this person's friends, don't worry about that of this person's enemies, God will take care of that! Get it? 2014: Yes 2013:Finally, promise me that when your own time is up, you will instruct that your offspring after offspring (2015 ,2016 , 2017.....to.... 2100) to keep positive fulfillment of this person going! 2014:yes dad, may God help me! 2013: Now i can pass to the beyond happily! May you be prosperous 2014 ,, |
The Pope said NOTHING about the bible being outdated, nor the nonexistence of hell, and there is nothing like 3rd Vatican Council ANYWHERE. Catholics have receive tons of messages asking us for clarification. The Pope serves God, has been formed in Catholic Tradition, and is clearly being guided by the Holy Spirit, if he would say something directly contrary to traditional Catholic teachings, he would have done so since as a priest/ Archbishop. |
from Catholic and Proud On the bible... Did you ever wonder how the Bible came into being? A little known, but easily documented fact is that the books of the Bible were compiled by the Catholic Church. For many years after Christ ascended into Heaven, there was debate about which scriptural writings were inspired by God. The canon of Scripture (the books of the Bible) was first formally decided at the Synod of Rome in 382. This decision was upheld at the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397). At these Catholic Church councils, the same 46 Old Testament and 27 New Testament books that appear in today’s Catholic Bibles were declared to be inspired by God. As a side note, approximately 1200 years after this decision was made, Martin Luther and the Protestant reformers removed 7 books from the Old Testament. As a result, most Protestant Bibles are still missing these 7 books. May the Lord keep us all in his Church. Amen |
Ubenedictus: That silly news, i pity for fragile catholics who read it and are decieved, it seams the mods are there 4 decoration, i was so unhappy wen i was abt 3-4 threads stating d same lie and non was closed.happy birthday sir..... Where u run go na?? |
R.I.P to the Dead. If To say na 9ja Dem for hand ova d dog to calabar Man. |
Sin has two sides, it is an "aversio" and a "conversio", a "turning away" and a "turning to". An aversion from God and a turning to created things. We cannot possibly talk about sin without talking about a wounding of our friendship and communion with God. True conversion and repentace also has two sides, a "Conversio ad Deum", and an "aversio a creaturis": a "turning to God" and a concomitant "turning away from created things". What this entails is that we turn from created things that cause us to Sin, and place God as our ultimate good. May the Lord help us come back to him with all our hearts, so that at last, after having run this race to the finish, we may find only reasons to rejoice when we see Christ. Peace be with you ! |
Curled From Facebook. PROOF OF PURGATORY: A REPLY TO THOSE IN DOUBT Chukwuebuka Lois Egbuna posted: "Confused people , how can u people misinterpret de scripture to suit ur fanaticism . De foundation here in 1cor 3:10-11 said "Christ is the foundation himself." whatsoever we build on dat foundation (Christ)will be tested by fire on the judgment day. Everyone being find out by wot he has used be it gold,silver,pre cious stones, wood,hay and straw. Then everyone will be rewarded if his building is left standing,. The interpretations of this is whatsoever u do after u must ve heard about Christ u will be rewarded thus sinners will be destroyed by fire while the righteous ones will be saved 1cor 3:15. So tell me where purgatory is written here for u to suit your fanatic doctrine with . When will people ask God for grace to understand the bible" WE ANSWER: Well brother, if by "Fanaticism" you mean calling other Christians "Confused people" and "Fanatics", then the description does not suit us. In response to what you said, you have missed the whole point. St Paul wrote : "14: If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. 15: If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire." He says "Any man" to show you that it is the SAME PERSON who suffers loss that is saved not your generalist "thus sinners will be destroyed by fire while the righteous ones will be saved". Your reference is to a "General Judgement" where "Sinners are destroyed" and the "Righteous saved" whilst St Paul refers to particular Judgement where A PERSON faces God with HIS WORKS, which work was supposed to bring him to salvation. Those who have no works at all aren't mentioned here, since even those who "Suffered" were still "Saved". I do not know who between us is misquoting St Paul, but i think the text is pretty clear. Read it a couple of times more, maybe it will become clearer what it implies. This forum isn't for fights, it is for the building of faith. Men who wish to fight join Karate Clubs, men who wish to be saved look unto God and his Church and treat other people with love. God bless |
try69: The bad part of this discuss is the Ignorance of supposed educated people because of sectarian belief.simply Put. |
ARareGem: Alright. In simple english, why don't you believe in hell? What do you understand hell to mean? The term 'hell/lake of fire' as used in the Bible, is in a literal form, no?where u see or read say catholic say hell no dey exist?? |
woky: *asking the intruder some questions*nawaooo. Na Illegal immigrant Be that oo. |
Viewing an Intruder.... @Sir Syn |
FrancisTony: Good-day sir!chaii N somebody Don spoil my face 4 here ooo. Abeg ur help is needed. BTW SaL C Scarce somehow dis Afternoon. @ SaL C Abi u don subsidize urself ? |
@striktlymi Bounti-ful sowing leads to bountiful reaping. God Bless Ur Kind Gesture. |
woky: ![]() ![]() ![]() cypher Really Provoke. |
[quote author=lana_Vello]ambiguity equivocation! #smh[/quote][quote author=lana_Vello]ambiguity equivocation! #smh[/quote]what do Mean By falsification is that all u have to say ![]() |
hybridtm: Guy no dey... Explain 2 people wai,,don make up dere mind..2 hate catholicsbro wetyn Man pikin go do na.. Mk we try show dem Light it's Part of our obligation.... God Bless you. God Bless the supreme pontiff God Bless The Catholic church. |
DEVA1: wait o, God didn't forbide d religious worship of statues abi wetin I read?God forbids the worship of images as gods, but he doesn’t ban the making of images. If he had, religious movies, videos, photographs, paintings, and all similar things would be banned. |
woky: here he isnothing Master.. Sal C deY look who she go box. |
Idolatry Condemned by the Church Since the days of the apostles, the Catholic Church has consistently condemned the sin of idolatry. The early Church Fathers warn against this sin, and Church councils also dealt with the issue. The Second Council of Nicaea (787), which dealt largely with the question of the religious use of images and icons, said, "[T]he one who redeemed us from the darkness of idolatrous insanity, Christ our God, when he took for his bride his holy Catholic Church . . . promised he would guard her and assured his holy disciples saying, ‘I am with you every day until the consummation of this age.’ . . . To this gracious offer some people paid no attention; being hoodwinked by the treacherous foe they abandoned the true line of reasoning . . . and they failed to distinguish the holy from the profane, asserting that the icons of our Lord and of his saints were no different from the wooden images of satanic idols." The Catechism of the Council of Trent (1566) taught that idolatry is committed "by worshipping idols and images as God, or believing that they possess any divinity or virtue entitling them to our worship, by praying to, or reposing confidence in them" (374). "Idolatry is a perversion of man’s innate religious sense. An idolater is someone who ‘transfers his indestructible notion of God to anything other than God’" (CCC 2114). The Church absolutely recognizes and condemns the sin of idolatry. What anti- Catholics fail to recognize is the distinction between thinking a piece of stone or plaster is a god and desiring to visually remember Christ and the saints in heaven by making statues in their honor. The making and use of religious statues is a thoroughly biblical practice. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t know his Bible. I REST MY CASE |
The Form of God? Some anti-Catholics appeal to Deuteronomy 4:15–18 in their attack on religious statues: "[S]ince you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, beware lest you act corruptly by making a graven image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth." We’ve already shown that God doesn’t prohibit the making of statues or images of various creatures for religious purposes (cf. 1 Kgs. 6:29–32, 8:6–66; 2 Chr. 3:7–14). But what about statues or images that represent God? Many Protestants would say that’s wrong because Deuteronomy 4 says the Israelites did not see God under any form when he made the covenant with them, therefore we should not make symbolic representations of God either. But does Deuteronomy 4 forbid such representations? The Answer Is No Early in its history, Israel was forbidden to make any depictions of God because he had not revealed himself in a visible form. Given the pagan culture surrounding them, the Israelites might have been tempted to worship God in the form of an animal or some natural object (e.g., a bull or the sun). But later God did reveal himself under visible forms, such as in Daniel 7:9: "As I looked, thrones were placed and one that was Ancient of Days took his seat; his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire." Protestants make depictions of the Father under this form when they do illustrations of Old Testament prophecies. The Holy Spirit revealed himself under at least two visible forms—that of a dove, at the baptism of Jesus (Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32), and as tongues of fire, on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1–4). Protestants use these images when drawing or painting these biblical episodes and when they wear Holy Spirit lapel pins or place dove emblems on their cars. But, more important, in the Incarnation of Christ his Son, God showed mankind an icon of himself. Paul said, "He is the image (Greek: ikon) of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." Christ is the tangible, divine "icon" of the unseen, infinite God. We read that when the magi were "going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh" (Matt. 2:11). Though God did not reveal a form for himself on Mount Horeb, he did reveal one in the house in Bethlehem. The bottom line is, when God made the New Covenant with us, he did reveal himself under a visible form in Jesus Christ. For that reason, we can make representations of God in Christ. Even Protestants use all sorts of religious images: Pictures of Jesus and other biblical persons appear on a myriad of Bibles, picture books, T-shirts, jewelry, bumper stickers, greeting cards, compact discs, and manger scenes. Christ is even symbolically represented through the Icthus or "fish emblem." Common sense tells us that, since God has revealed himself in various images, most especially in the incarnate Jesus Christ, it’s not wrong for us to use images of these forms to deepen our knowledge and love of God. That’s why God revealed himself in these visible forms, and that’s why statues and pictures are made of them. |
If one measured Protestants by the same rule, then by using these "graven" images, they would be practicing the "idolatry" of which they accuse Catholics. But there’s no idolatry going on in these situations. God forbids the worship of images as gods, but he doesn’t ban the making of images. If he had, religious movies, videos, photographs, paintings, and all similar things would be banned. But, as the case of the bronze serpent shows, God does not even forbid the ritual use of religious images. It is when people begin to adore a statue as a god that the Lord becomes angry. Thus when people did start to worship the bronze serpent as a snake-god (whom they named "Nehushtan" , the righteous kingHezekiah had it destroyed (2 Kgs. 18:4). What About Bowing? Sometimes anti-Catholics cite Deuteronomy 5:9, where God said concerning idols, "You shall not bow down to them." Since many Catholics sometimes bow or kneel in front of statues of Jesus and the saints, anti- Catholics confuse the legitimate veneration of a sacred image with the sin of idolatry. Though bowing can be used as a posture in worship, not all bowing is worship. In Japan, people show respect by bowing in greeting (the equivalent of the Western handshake). Similarly, a person can kneel before a king without worshipping him as a god. In the same way, a Catholic who may kneel in front of a statue while praying isn’t worshipping the statue or even praying to it, any more than the Protestant who kneels with a Bible in his hands when praying is worshipping the Bible or praying to it. Hiding the Second Commandment? Another charge sometimes made by Protestants is that the Catholic Church "hides" the second commandment. This is because in Catholic catechisms, the first commandment is often listed as "You shall have no other gods before me" (Ex. 20:3), and the second is listed as "You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain." (Ex. 20:7). From this, it is argued that Catholics have deleted the prohibition of idolatry to justify their use of religious statues. But this is false. Catholics simply group the commandments differently from most Protestants. In Exodus 20:2–17, which gives the Ten Commandments, there are actually fourteen imperative statements. To arrive at Ten Commandments, some statements have to be grouped together, and there is more than one way of doing this. Since, in the ancient world, polytheism and idolatry were always united—idolatry being the outward expression of polytheism—the historic Jewish numbering of the Ten Commandments has always grouped together the imperatives "You shall have no other gods before me" (Ex. 20:3) and "You shall not make for yourself a graven image" (Ex. 20:4). The historic Catholic numbering follows the Jewish numbering on this point, as does the historic Lutheran numbering. Martin Luther recognized that the imperatives against polytheism and idolatry are two parts of a single command. Jews and Christians abbreviate the commandments so that they can be remembered using a summary, ten-point formula. For example, Jews, Catholics, and Protestants typically summarize the Sabbath commandment as, "Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy," though the commandment’s actual text takes four verses (Ex. 20:8–11). When the prohibition of polytheism/idolatry is summarized, Jews, Catholics, and Lutherans abbreviate it as "You shall have no other gods before me." This is no attempt to "hide" the idolatry prohibition (Jews and Lutherans don’t even use statues of saints and angels). It is to make learning the Ten Commandments easier. The Catholic Church is not dogmatic about how the Ten Commandments are to be numbered, however. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "The division and numbering of the Commandments have varied in the course of history. The present catechism follows the division of the Commandments established by Augustine, which has become traditional in the Catholic Church. It is also that of the Lutheran confession. The Greek Fathers worked out a slightly different division, which is found in the Orthodox Churches and Reformed communities" (CCC 2066). |
People still make this ridiculous claim. Because Catholics have statues in their churches, goes the accusation, they are violating God’s commandment: "You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow down to them or serve them" (Ex. 20:4–5); "Alas, this people have sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of gold" (Ex. 32:31). It is right to warn people against the sin of idolatry when they are committing it. But calling Catholics idolaters because they have images of Christ and the saints is based on misunderstanding or ignorance of what the Bible says about the purpose and uses (both good and bad) of statues. Anti-Catholic writer Loraine Boettner, in his book Roman Catholicism, makes the blanket statement, "God has forbidden the use of images in worship" (281). Yet if people were to "search the scriptures" (cf. John 5:39), they would find the opposite is true. God forbade the worship of statues, but he did not forbid the religious use of statues. Instead, he actually commanded their use in religious contexts! God Said To Make Them People who oppose religious statuary forget about the many passages where the Lord commands the making of statues. For example: "And you shall make two cherubim of gold [i.e., two gold statues of angels]; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be" (Ex. 25:18–20). David gave Solomon the plan "for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. All this he made clear by the writing of the hand of the Lord concerning it all, all the work to be done according to the plan" (1 Chr. 28:18–19). David’s plan for the temple, which the biblical author tells us was "by the writing of the hand of the Lord concerning it all," included statues of angels. Similarly Ezekiel 41:17–18 describes graven (carved) images in the idealized temple he was shown in a vision, for he writes, "On the walls round about in the inner room and [on] the nave were carved likenesses of cherubim." The Religious Uses of Images During a plague of serpents sent to punish the Israelites during the exodus, God told Moses to "make [a statue of] a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live" (Num. 21:8– 9). One had to look at the bronze statue of the serpent to be healed, which shows that statues could be used ritually, not merely as religious decorations. Catholics use statues, paintings, and other artistic devices to recall the person or thing depicted. Just as it helps to remember one’s mother by looking at her photograph, so it helps to recall the example of the saints by looking at pictures of them. Catholics also use statues as teaching tools. In the early Church they were especially useful for the instruction of the illiterate. Many Protestants have pictures of Jesus and other Bible pictures in Sunday school for teaching children. Catholics also use statues to commemorate certain people and events, much as Protestant churches have three- dimensional nativity scenes at Christmas. |
juanmiguel: I dnt jst knw y pple r so bothered abt what happens in d catholic church. Catholics dnt read bible only bulletin, catholics dnt preach they only kneel n get up, catholic dis catholic dat! R u pple nt tired? Since u pple knw what is in the bible n u r practicing it well, kudos! Leave catholics alone to do dea own tin dea own way yl u do urs.Pls Try As Much As possible to ignore a thread such as this. |
Sal C: He has gone boxingChai his Presence is urgentlY needed here ooo.... Cos na the two of Una DeY ruLe here. |
Sal C: Amen.where Is Woky ?? |
forgetting that bowing was not depicted in the same bible for God alone. Infact Revelation 3:9 says:
so much for reformation.
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, the righteous king