Yes I know the Sola fide doctrine of protestantism. It is false. Faith is ultimately tied to good deeds, repenting from sin and striving to live a life in Christ. If I love my wife, I wouldn't cheat on her. Sola fide is like saying "I love my wife and that's the only thing that matters - cheating on her wouldn't change that". Believing in Christ is a prerequisite for being saved, it makes one "salvable". But it's not enough just like it wasn't enough for Christ to reveal Himself in flesh, to teach and perform miracles without ultimately sacrificing Himself and defeating death for us.
It's true Christ fulfilled the law and made a new covenant with the people of the eternal Israel which is not of this world (His Church). This is why we don't observe the same laws given to the hebrews but that doesn't mean Christ did away with all of His previous law (because He's the one speaking to Moses) and left people do whatever they please. Christ and the Apostles laid out the moral law Christians must follow which is a continuation of the law of the OT. Christ made sinners repent and "sin no more" in order to be saved.
I listen to many Christian pastors and they don't preach easy believe-ism. I just watched a talk last night from pastors who you would call "Protestant" stressing how fundamental repentance is based on scripture, and they called out easy believe-ism teachings from false teachers.
Faith is proved by good deeds. If someone claims to be of faith, then you see them going around spreading wrath, hatred, and strife, then you know they walk in the flesh, and their faith is in vain.
If you come to faith (marry Christ), then lose your faith (cheat on your wife), then it is impossible to renew your faith to repentance, as Jesus can not be sacrificed on the cross a second time for you.
In Christ, there is no sin, so if you abide in him, you do not sin.
If you come to faith (marry Christ), then lose your faith (cheat on your wife), then it is impossible to renew your faith to repentance, as Jesus can not be sacrificed on the cross a second time for you.
People can repent from all sin no matter how grave it is and still be saved, except the unforgivable sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Christ's incarnation and sacrifice is cosmic in scope and not limited in time and space (i.e. each individual's sin but man's sinful nature as a whole). It was the undoing of the fall of Adam and bringing man back to eternal life (through salvation within the Church) by defeating death. He assumed human nature and lifted it up. God became man so that man can become god.
Yes I know the Sola fide doctrine of protestantism. It is false. Faith is ultimately tied to good deeds, repenting from sin and striving to live a life in Christ. If I love my wife, I wouldn't cheat on her. Sola fide is like saying "I love my wife and that's the only thing that matters - cheating on her wouldn't change that". Believing in Christ is a prerequisite for being saved, it makes one "salvable". But it's not enough just like it wasn't enough for Christ to reveal Himself in flesh, to teach and perform miracles without ultimately sacrificing Himself and defeating death for us.
It's true Christ fulfilled the law and made a new covenant with the people of the eternal Israel which is not of this world (His Church). This is why we don't observe the same laws given to the hebrews but that doesn't mean Christ did away with all of His previous law (because He's the one speaking to Moses) and left people do whatever they please. Christ and the Apostles laid out the moral law Christians must follow which is a continuation of the law of the OT. Christ made sinners repent and "sin no more" in order to be saved.
I listen to many Christian pastors and they don't preach easy believe-ism. I just watched a talk last night from pastors who you would call "Protestant" stressing how fundamental repentance is based on scripture, and they called out easy believe-ism teachings from false teachers.
I'm sure, but then you have Taylor Swift claiming to be Christian. I bet she's part of some Church too.
Such is life. It is as Jesus said it would be.
Faith is proved by good deeds. If someone claims to be of faith, then you see them going around spreading wrath, hatred, and strife, then you know they walk in the flesh, and their faith is in vain.
If you come to faith (marry Christ), then lose your faith (cheat on your wife), then it is impossible to renew your faith to repentance, as Jesus can not be sacrificed on the cross a second time for you.
In Christ, there is no sin, so if you abide in him, you do not sin.
I agree with most of this.
People can repent from all sin no matter how grave it is and still be saved, except the unforgivable sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Christ's incarnation and sacrifice is cosmic in scope and not limited in time and space (i.e. each individual's sin but man's sinful nature as a whole). It was the undoing of the fall of Adam and bringing man back to eternal life (through salvation within the Church) by defeating death. He assumed human nature and lifted it up. God became man so that man can become god.