Are you talking about the verse which says to honour Christs disciples?
There is the verse.. he who gives you only a cup of water because you belong to christ will by no means lose his reward.
And there is another verse.
I made a post once about taking communion when I am sick. Someone said the blood of Jesus has power to cure all sickness.. meaning I can take communion when I am sick. Does this apply to all sicknesses?
It says somewhere else in the bible that they were going to take Him by force and make Him king because of the miracle of the five loaves and two fish.
If he became king then people will take it easy thinking if they accept him they are entitled to…
Gmankbadi
What did you mean by the Holy Spirit is enough witness.. will the Holy Spirit answer all of our questions immediately? Do we then have to ask other people questions about the faith?
Also you said
that even the most confined of monks can…
"Cast not your pearls before swine lest they turn and tear you in pieces"
Proverb
Also another proverb
"Do not rebuke a scoffer lest he hate you. Rebuke a wise man and he will love you"
As long as they are not swine then I think it is our duty t…
gmankbadi
What do you think the pope meant by
Some try to transfer the problem of religion to philosophy
and to bring it out of the heart and the soul and restrict it
only to the limit of the mind.
That was what Saint Paul the apostle fought with …
I am not saying christianity does not have answers. However I have not found answers to my thoughts. There is an answer I suppose but I do not find it, but I hope I will.
Jesus said "I thank you Father, LORD of heaven and earth that you have hidden…
if you read what pope shenouda said again you should see that he says the faith of the adult is deeper but not as sincere as the child(I am not sure right now exacly why it is more sincere). Also /The child accepts without investigation.
The adults…
In regard to protestants ..atleast those who do not hate our church. I can only think that God is able to raise up children to abraham from stones. So some it would seem may be saved.
So we can not be proud as the jews were.
But we are not God to …
From
http://tasbeha.org/content/hh_books/faith/index.html
Life of Faith by H.H Pope Shenouda III
I need help in this matter. Pray for me.
My question is.. can I really obtain simple faith? how? I have to base my beliefs on some facts just the im…
I don't say OMG to people but whenever I encounter something and I want God to help or atleast want God to know my feelings (though I know He already does) I say O my God and do not always finish it saying ..help me..OMG this is painful.
I don't do…
Beware of arguing with heretics for the sake of
defending faith, lest the poison of their shameful words
affect you.
From St Isaiah of Eskeety. A famous saint I think of the 4th century. I think he was an abbot.
Your response about deeds being blotted out is what I think it is right. I hope so or there is little hope.
"One more thing I wanted to mention. When God told Ezekiel "whether they hear or not, preach to them," do you think maybe God was trying to…
Does this mean that if a person has done many righteous deeds and then one day falls in adultery of the heart after 5 years and repents of that sin that his previous righteous deeds will not be remembered? (I know It would be more logical if it was…
One of the best nuns out there is St Mary of Egypt who was a prostitute before she turned to Christ. People become monks and nuns, with the proper reason having a desire to always be one with Christ and to live repentant lives or Holy lives.
I don'…
God wanted to give humans a chance to choose him by leaving satan to tempt them. God made them to know only good. Only from satan could they possibly know evil.
Mark 2 (NKJV)
17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”[b]
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark 2…
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Didn't find this post in tasbeha.org
Care to give an explanation?
"But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come” (Matt 10:23)
Ive read that before and took it to possibly mean that not all …
Faith starts in the heart not the mind and it comes from Gods grace. I think there are many stumblings of faith. And its best to avoid reading some stuff. However some people will not be affected as others and I don't know whats best for you.
2 Tim…