Yes I do! Why does it matter if I choose certain devotions that help me in my spiritual life? I seen through these threads that others have devotions to tv preachers and their local pastors.Why am I not aloud to have my devotions?Acts 10.39-42 - every one who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins though His Name
Acts 13.32-39 - through this Man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by Him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which they could not be freed by the Law of Moses.
Acts 20.24 - to testify to the Gospel of the unmerited love and favour of God
Acts 20.28 refers to the local church leaders appointed by the Apostles as local guardians of God's people NOT to bishops and clergy.
Acts 27.23 - irrelevant.
Romans 1:3-6, - designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead -- to bring about the obedience of faith (to cause men to obey Him by believing) for the sake of His name.
Romans 2:10 (this refers to good works) - yes but not as saving men and women. Why do men do these good works? Because having been saved by God's grace without works, and having believed (Eph 2.8-9), they are created in Christ Jesus (through new birth) UNTO good works which God has before ordained that they should walk in them (Eph 2.10).
Rom 3.24 - being accounted as righteous AS A FREE GIFT through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.
Rom 5:8, But God commends His love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, since therefore we are now counted as righteous by His blood. much more will we be saved by Him from the wrath of God.
So you agree that the Gospel is that we are freely forgiven by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and as a consequence accounted as righteous by faith without works? (No need for the church to intervene)
We disagree on "worship"Devotion to Mary is a MORTAL sin mwc68 that will keep you from entering into Heaven.
Luke 4:8
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written,'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.' "
You are only to Worship God mwc68, by Worshiping Mary you have rejected God and made Mary your God.
You are only to serve God mwc68, by serving Mary you have rejected God and made Mary your God.
Devotion = a form of worship.
Being Devoted to Mary IS Worshiping Mary as your God mwc68.
Devotion to Mary is a MORTAL sin mwc68 that will keep you from entering into Heaven.
Luke 4:8
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written,'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.' "
You are only to Worship God mwc68, by Worshiping Mary you have rejected God and made Mary your God.
You are only to serve God mwc68, by serving Mary you have rejected God and made Mary your God.
Devotion = a form of worship.
Being Devoted to Mary IS Worshiping Mary as your God mwc68.
I'm pretty sure you're alone in your crusade against me!Since you see nothing wrong with Worshiping Mary mwc68, leads us to believe your story of accepting Salvation may be false.
Are you mentally challenged? I have given my answer. Accept it dude!!!!Worship -reverent honor and homage paid to God.
Yes you do Worship Mary as your God mwc68.
Seriously, go to any Christian bookstore and you will find all kinds of devotional materials so don't give me that!! I'm gonna say it one more time. I DON'T WORSHIP MARY!!!!!!!
All I have learned from you, and the post above proves it, you really hate the Blessed Mary, me and about 1 billion of your brothers and sisters in Christ. What you have shown me is you don't know Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. For your sake, I pray He knows you!Its interesting, i was out today and drove past a Catholic Church. At the front of the Catholic Church was a statue of Mary.
Guess what I saw? I saw a Catholic kneeling in front of the statue of Mary praying to the statue!