Also, I wanted to add that the sacrifice offered by the priest during a mass is by definition (CCC) The one same sacrifice that Christ offered on calvary. They just re-present that sacrifice. It's just a way of side stepping the once for all problem.
The time and space issue doesn't seem to register at all with Catholic apologists. Neither does the whole problem about how people were saved before the cross. They were saved by having faith in what God had revealed about a Messiah to come. They weren't saved by works of righteousness but by faith. They lived out this faith through obedience to the law which was the schoolmaster which showed the true nature of their existence. Rome cannot answer this question without torturing logic into a pretzel. Well, if the Jews didn't need Catholicism to filter out how God saved them, why do we? We don't!
Also during the mass there is a phrase that the priest uses as he is presenting the eucharist, " the work of human hands". This also is a contradiction of basic theological fact. God does not dwell in man-made dwellings, objects or glutin free wafers. God's spirit dwells in the hearts of believing Christians. He is in our hearts by faith and His grace towards us is ours because we know and trust that His son is the only way, truth and life.
If a cradle Catholic hears this message it is truly frightening for them. So many ingrained fears, family ties, habits keep them enslaved to this man-made fake authority. It's what grandma did. It's what WE do. They wonder how anyone could maneuver the complexity of appeasement of God without their religion. It just doesn't make sense.
When it's a persons moment of hearing the Spirit call them, will they allow God to be heard? Or, will they listen to man-made rules and traditions?
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is simple and pure. It needs nothing in order to be all you need. Let religion go, let it pass away and ask God to reveal the completed work that was finished for you once for all. Once you truly accept the gift Jesus already paid for you can be satisfied. Religion will never fulfill your need to have the Father child relationship that you really long for. By faith in Jesus you can be right with God. It's the only way.
Jeff
The time and space issue doesn't seem to register at all with Catholic apologists. Neither does the whole problem about how people were saved before the cross. They were saved by having faith in what God had revealed about a Messiah to come. They weren't saved by works of righteousness but by faith. They lived out this faith through obedience to the law which was the schoolmaster which showed the true nature of their existence. Rome cannot answer this question without torturing logic into a pretzel. Well, if the Jews didn't need Catholicism to filter out how God saved them, why do we? We don't!
Also during the mass there is a phrase that the priest uses as he is presenting the eucharist, " the work of human hands". This also is a contradiction of basic theological fact. God does not dwell in man-made dwellings, objects or glutin free wafers. God's spirit dwells in the hearts of believing Christians. He is in our hearts by faith and His grace towards us is ours because we know and trust that His son is the only way, truth and life.
If a cradle Catholic hears this message it is truly frightening for them. So many ingrained fears, family ties, habits keep them enslaved to this man-made fake authority. It's what grandma did. It's what WE do. They wonder how anyone could maneuver the complexity of appeasement of God without their religion. It just doesn't make sense.
When it's a persons moment of hearing the Spirit call them, will they allow God to be heard? Or, will they listen to man-made rules and traditions?
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is simple and pure. It needs nothing in order to be all you need. Let religion go, let it pass away and ask God to reveal the completed work that was finished for you once for all. Once you truly accept the gift Jesus already paid for you can be satisfied. Religion will never fulfill your need to have the Father child relationship that you really long for. By faith in Jesus you can be right with God. It's the only way.
Jeff