I do like Martin Luther. He is correct about a few things.
According to this Protestant theology, a true Christian has been possessed by the Holy Spirit. Your salvation has thereby been guaranteed, as you have become a fleshly vessel of God.
Those who genuinely call on the Lord God are rewarded this. The Holy Spirit descends and you are freed from death. Of course, we can all name a hundred false Christians. They were never genuine to begin with; as they were blatant sinners and thereby could not have been possessed by the Spirit of God.
However, all sin is equal. There are no levels to sin. Eating too much is akin to child sacrifice. Drinking a little too much wine is akin to murder.
So according to Protestant Theology, if you cast your wandering gaze onto a fair maid... Sorry! NOT a *real* Christian and you never were! Your moment of simple lust has uncovered you to be a monster.
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So the question is this... Is Luther right? Are none of us Christians? Is a true Christian absolutely without sinfulness or desires of the flesh?
What I just described is Protestant theology without the endless rhetoric, gaslighting and misdirection. Don't believe me? Go tell a "Christian" that all sin is not equal. Tell them that salvation is not guaranteed just because you confessed Christ and got baptized. Tell them that one can fall from God's favor because of sin and be rejected.
Martin Luther was right about Sola Fide. *Work* is justified by Faith alone. He was right about the jews.
Otherwise, Catholicism is the closest doctrine to the truth.
According to this Protestant theology, a true Christian has been possessed by the Holy Spirit. Your salvation has thereby been guaranteed, as you have become a fleshly vessel of God.
Those who genuinely call on the Lord God are rewarded this. The Holy Spirit descends and you are freed from death. Of course, we can all name a hundred false Christians. They were never genuine to begin with; as they were blatant sinners and thereby could not have been possessed by the Spirit of God.
However, all sin is equal. There are no levels to sin. Eating too much is akin to child sacrifice. Drinking a little too much wine is akin to murder.
So according to Protestant Theology, if you cast your wandering gaze onto a fair maid... Sorry! NOT a *real* Christian and you never were! Your moment of simple lust has uncovered you to be a monster.
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So the question is this... Is Luther right? Are none of us Christians? Is a true Christian absolutely without sinfulness or desires of the flesh?
What I just described is Protestant theology without the endless rhetoric, gaslighting and misdirection. Don't believe me? Go tell a "Christian" that all sin is not equal. Tell them that salvation is not guaranteed just because you confessed Christ and got baptized. Tell them that one can fall from God's favor because of sin and be rejected.
Martin Luther was right about Sola Fide. *Work* is justified by Faith alone. He was right about the jews.
Otherwise, Catholicism is the closest doctrine to the truth.