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    why do people think ot covenant are still active?

    Alright, and then how do you differ?
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    why do people think ot covenant are still active?

    It's often just the way we sincerely interpret it, whether rightly or wrongly. Everyone thinks that they're just receivng the truth directly, first-hand, but they're filtering through the lens of limited, fallible human thought, with the result being their opinion. The more infomed they are, the...
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    why do people think ot covenant are still active?

    But at the end of the day, whether it's the opinion of a team or the opinion of an individual, it's still all about human opinion, as to what exactly God's truth is, how revelation is interpreted.
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    Judgement

    The church had to deal with this many, many centuries ago. Novel theologies have constructed a salvation model that opens up a question as to whether or not a person must be righteous and live accordingly in order to enter heaven, as if the new covenant might be some sort of reprieve from this...
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    why do people think ot covenant are still active?

    Things get out of hand in this present world; controversies and conflicts and struggles arise, as was already happening in Acts. And yet the Holy Spirit nonetheless wins out in His church at the end of the day despite human limitations, ignorance, weakness, sin. Jesus had to leave, but He didn’t...
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    why do people think ot covenant are still active?

    Well...I just thought they were doing a pretty fair job of defending and preserving the true faith- lest the whole world become Arian in this case, as St Jerome lamented could happen. And even if they were using what's come to be considered some rather antiquated sentiments and language with the...
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    why do people think ot covenant are still active?

    The new covenant did not revoke the old; it simply made the old obsolete: because the new could actually, finally, accomplish what the old could not: authentic righteousness in man. This occurs as we turn to God in faith, thus becoming "My people" (Jer 31:33). Reconciliation and communion with...
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    why do people think ot covenant are still active?

    Been awhile since I read the decisions and decrees of Nicea but I don't recollect any anathematizing involving the old covenant.
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    Is honesty a strict requirement, always, no exceptions?

    We live in a messy, non-innocent world where truth is under-valued and can actually get us into trouble, or keep us from getting what we want. It's all about putting me first, not truth first unless it serves my purposes. And lying comes pretty naturally to us in this fallen world-and it's not...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    In Catholicism faith is the beginning, the foundation of salvation, not the end of it as some would have it. Faith is the engrafting into the Vine. In Catholicism we’ll be judged by our love at the end of the day which should be the result of that connection-and will be to the extent that we...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    Well, in Rom 1, of course, Paul maintained that creation, itself, testifies to the reality of God, leaving no excuse for unbelief. That’s at least a “motive of credibility” as they’re sometimes called. And these can be aspects of His revelation and grace as well. Again, this world is a...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    And the church's basic teachings on how man is first moved to God are pure Augustinian, based largely on his arguments against Pelagianism which he made some 75 years before the church used them at council in 529 to formulate doctrine on the matter. And man is a limited, finite being in any case...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    The question to begin with: what exactly is the Divine will? How does God work in man and what does He want from and for us? Our job, our purpose in this life in any case, is to find our way to Him, We have no way to do that unless He comes to us first, however, because we're lost, sick, dead...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    Yes, the question involves the role of man's will, or if there is such a role IMO that role is crucial to understanding the gospel. We can walk away from the Spirit. He's as active as we allow Him to be simply because He refuses to completely overwhelm the human will, for our own highest good...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    The right way to look at it, IMO, is that only with grace can we possibly move closer to the goal. The goal is good and it's His ultimate goal for us And it will be done at some point. And if the alternative is to ignore sin as if it doesn't matter, I guarantee you that's not His will either, or...
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    They deny the Saving Efficacy of the Death of Christ !

    That's interesting because I began to be impressed with Catholicism, to my own surprse, when I discovered that they agreed with me, on justification primarily and to begin with. It's also interesting that you disagree with the WCF on divorce since ther position is fairly close to Catholcism, I...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    And yet if that's not the goal, then we're not even on the path, not His children. Read John's letters, for one. The goal might not be fully realized until the next life but its to become our goal in this life. "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect", Matt 5:48 And I've...
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    No, mankind and God. Faith is the doorway to that love, to that righteousness, as faith is the doorway and connection to the Vine, the source of the love that puts things right in this world, that restores justice to its wayward inhabitants. God literallly justifes the ungodly, through faith.
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    According to Catholicism, what must one believe and do to be saved?

    No…..it means we must be on board with God, no longer a slave to sin but a slave to righteousness (Rom 6). We do the best we can with what we’re given, and He gives grace to all, but with more demanded of those given more (Luke 12:48). The Parable of the Talents in Matt 25 also sheds light on...
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    Why did God send Jesus into our world?

    Jesus came to reconcile man with God, finally restoring justice to His lost and wayward creation
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