How To Defeat Sin

[Paddington]

[quote name='Katholikos' post='1248025' date='Apr 18 2007, 03:03 PM']But the Protestant meaning of 'born again' as some emotional experience related to "accepting Christ as my personal savior" is unbiblical.[/quote]

Historical Prot theology does not fit your description. Not Lutheran. Not Reformed. Not Anglican. Not Baptist.

What kind of Prot were you?

[FullTruth]

[quote name='Paddington' post='1248834' date='Apr 19 2007, 12:32 AM']Historical Prot theology does not fit your description. Not Lutheran. Not Reformed. Not Anglican. Not Baptist.

What kind of Prot were you?[/quote]
I have to admit, I thought being born again was all about the emotional stuff.

Now that I'm out of it, I don't get as emotional as much as before. However, I was born again.

You can only be born again of the water and the spirit, which is through the incorruptable seed - the Word of God.

If you weren't born from above through the word of God, then all you will find is failure in your walk.

I have to admit, living in freedom is really cool. It didn't require one thing from me to do, except believe God's word, and allow God's word to change me, Praise God!

That is why I am becoming very insistant for people to read the Word every single day! The word will change you, if you allow it too. because the spirit will change your heart to become more like God!

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='FullTruth' post='1248866' date='Apr 19 2007, 01:06 AM']I have to admit, I thought being born again was all about the emotional stuff.

Now that I'm out of it, I don't get as emotional as much as before. However, I was born again.

You can only be born again of the water and the spirit, which is through the incorruptable seed - the Word of God.

If you weren't born from above through the word of God, then all you will find is failure in your walk.

I have to admit, living in freedom is really cool. It didn't require one thing from me to do, except believe God's word, and allow God's word to change me, Praise God!

That is why I am becoming very insistant for people to read the Word every single day! The word will change you, if you allow it too. because the spirit will change your heart to become more like God![/quote]
THis is why going to Mass every day is so cool, you hear the Word and a sermon on a daily basis. If you say the Liturgy of the Hours every day, you munch on the Word as well.

[FullTruth]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1248876' date='Apr 19 2007, 01:17 AM']THis is why going to Mass every day is so cool, you hear the Word and a sermon on a daily basis. If you say the Liturgy of the Hours every day, you munch on the Word as well.[/quote]
Or just waking up and reading 7 chapters of the Bible, and constantly saying, Lord, your voice and your will is only found in your word. Thank you for your word. Thank you so much for your faithfullness to your word and to us Lord. You are an amazing God and I love you Jesus!

And I pray this in the holy and exalted name of Jesus Christ.

Does anybody here think it wrong of me not making the sign of the Cross. I haven't done that since I became a Christian. I've always been a Jesus Name person, praying in the holy and exalted name of Jesus Christ.

[KnightofChrist]

I love to post this whenever possible and it shows how Staretz is correct.


To be saved, you must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31), but the Sacred Scriptures show other things you must also do to be saved.

* You must endure to the end. Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13.
* You must accept the Cross (suffering). Matthew 10:38, Matthew 16:24-25, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, Luke 14:27.
* You must be baptized with water. Mark 16:16, John 3:3-5 Titus 3:5, I Peter 3:20-21.
* You must be a member in God's true church. Acts 2:47.
* You must confess your sins. James 5:16, I John 1:9
* You must keep the Commandments of God. Matthew 5:19-20, Matthew 7:21
* You must heed the words of St. Peter, the first Pope. Acts 11:13-14, Acts 15:7.
* You must eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus Christ. John 6:51-58, I Corinthians 10:16, I Corinthians 11:23-29

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='FullTruth' post='1248894' date='Apr 19 2007, 01:30 AM']Or just waking up and reading 7 chapters of the Bible, and constantly saying, Lord, your voice and your will is only found in your word. Thank you for your word. Thank you so much for your faithfullness to your word and to us Lord. You are an amazing God and I love you Jesus!

And I pray this in the holy and exalted name of Jesus Christ.

Does anybody here think it wrong of me not making the sign of the Cross. I haven't done that since I became a Christian. I've always been a Jesus Name person, praying in the holy and exalted name of Jesus Christ.[/quote]
Reading the bible on your own is a good thing, but hearing the Word of God and recieving Jesus in Communion is priceless.
Its like comparing apples and oranges.

The Sign of the Cross is one of the most ancient CHRISTIAN acts of belief in the Trinity. There is no reason for anyone who is christian NOT to do it.