I posted this on YouTube in response to an anti-Catholic video:

This isn't entirely honest. Verse 37 isn't present in all manuscripts (predating the KJV). Textual variants can be verified through comparison with other manuscripts for correctness and to mark errors. Some points to think on/pray about: -If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans Ch 10). If I was baptized as a baby and believe, what saves me? Given that it says believe, it doesn't say during baptism. -In Acts Ch 16 whole households were baptized. -In keeping with Romans Ch 14, who cares! Don't set up stumbling blocks for your brothers and sisters. -In keeping with Sola Gratia, it is the Holy Spirit working in baptism that legitimizes the rite, nothing I do? I cannot earn my salvation, no matter how much I believe. If I am too young to believe as a baby, and He can do more than I can ask or imagine, is baptism invalidated because I didn't do something (believe)? What about the handicap or the mentally ill? Sucks to be them, I guess. Hope they understand enough. Believe as a child. -While I understand the insidious nature of (or implication of) saying that Joseph was Jesus' father by changing the text from the KJV, what was the intent? Luke's own account of the Gospel shows the lineage through Mary and Joseph. Besides, John Ch 1 makes it pretty clear who Jesus is; unless you're a JW, I'm pretty sure the Bible made this fairly clear. -I don't need to be re-baptized (Ephesians Ch 4). -Methinks thou doth support thine doctrine by thine interpretation of scripture. Love the KJV btw, not the original English translation though. -Was the criminal on the Cross baptized? -Sola Fide, if I believe, is His grace enough, or am I saved by works (*I* must do something)? -In Jesus' own instructions, He says to baptize in the name of th Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Period? -Judge not a fellow servant of the Master, telling them their baptism is invalid. Fellow Christians are not the enemy. There is one body. Focus your energy somewhere else. Now I'm arguing fruitlessly on social media, so thanks a lot for that. If you're not thinking TLDR by now... Pax Vobis!

RE: FATHER, protect me from sacrilege and false doctrine

No, it’s in Mark Ch 10; I bought in to the dawaguys talking points.

 

From: Ramier, William
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 4:08 PM
To: 'wramier.godwallblog@blogger.com' <wramier.godwallblog@blogger.com>
Subject: FATHER, protect me from sacrilege and false doctrine

 

I was this many days old when I realized that the doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement is not straightforwardly mentioned in the Gospels.  It is there by inference.  And, that bothers me.  Although, I don’t know why.  I’ll have to explore that emotion.  It is, however, very black and white in the epistles and in the Old Testament.  It is there.  A strongly held belief of mine since before memory, I am bothered.

 

I’ve been watching a lot of Islamic focused Christian Apologetics as of late, and have been exposed to Muslim objections.  So, that could be the reason that I’m aware, that it’s at the forefront of my mind.  So, there’s that, but it doesn’t matter.  The epistles teach SA as well as, technically, that’s not the same as belief in Jesus Christ.

 

If we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that He was raised from the dead, we will be saved.  For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believed in Him should not die, but have everlasting life.  If we eat of His flesh and drink of His blood, we will have eternal life.  So, we don’t have to understand SA or the Trinity, for that matter.  We only have to believe; God is beyond human comprehension anyway.

 

For the record, I do believe—and accept the gift—that Christ died for my sins, that I may be not judged.  I just am shocked that it is not called out in the Gospels (apparently) specifically.  We base doctrine on the canonical 66 books, so I’m good.

 

Romans 16

16 is the chapter I'd leave out, a roll call.  Except, it has some stuff in there about Paul having a scribe (interesting), about Jesus crushing Satan, about avoiding division, about women deacons, and about prophesy.  

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What does your heart tell you is wrong?

 Chapter 14 deserves it's own post, all on it's own; and, I've written about it many times before. 

• Who are we to judge the servant of another?  We shouldn't. 
• There really isn't anything wrong with making days holy or saying they are not.
• Nothing is unclean in and of itself.
• Don't cause your brother/sister to fall; don't do what they think is unholy around them. 
• If you think it's wrong, don't do it.

Romans 1:28-2:4

All these things are wrong.  But, don't judge; because, you do it too. You pass judgement on yourself when you judge others.

Olives

 Being that I am a grafted in olive branch, I take Paul's warning to not be boastful seriously.  Also, I am comforted that Israel will be easier grafted in when it is saved.

Written on Their Heart

 If the gentiles, who did not know the law, followed it because it was written on their heart, are they lost.  I'm thinking not.  After all, Jesus descended to the dead.