Where Is Mother Teresa Now?
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Christ was the first fruits of the resurrection and the church is next. In between Christ and now, there has been no resurrection. Also, the word "Anastasis" translated resurrection always has to do with the body standing up again:
386 anástasis (from 303 /aná, "up, again" and 2476 /hístēmi, "to stand") – literally, "stand up" (or "stand again"), referring to physical resurrection (of the body).
Christ's physical resurrection is the foundation of Christianity, which also guarantees the future resurrection of all believers (see Jn 6:39,40,44).
[386 /anástasis ("resurrection") refers to the physical, bodily resurrection of Christ – and people (both of the redeemed and the unredeemed).]
386 anástasis (from 303 /aná, "up, again" and 2476 /hístēmi, "to stand") – literally, "stand up" (or "stand again"), referring to physical resurrection (of the body).
Christ's physical resurrection is the foundation of Christianity, which also guarantees the future resurrection of all believers (see Jn 6:39,40,44).
[386 /anástasis ("resurrection") refers to the physical, bodily resurrection of Christ – and people (both of the redeemed and the unredeemed).]
As I stated and provided, the resurrection always has to do with the physical body, as there is no such thing as a spiritual resurrection. The spirit/soul departs from the body at the time of death and goes to be in the presence of the Lord, but that is not the resurrection. They will be in the Lord's presence up until the Lord descends and will they will come with him and be reunited with their resurrected bodies. Those who are living will be transformed/changed into their glorified, immortal bodies on the spot and that because they will still be alive at the time the resurrection takes place.
In order to claim that the resurrection is the name of the place we go when we die, just as with all Biblical topics, you must have scripture to support your claim. That said, I have not seen anywhere where heaven is referred to as the resurrection, but heaven is a real name and place. Furthermore, our lives do not turn into heaven while we are here on earth. We are looking for a real resurrection and a real place called heaven, which is the Father's house where Jesus went to prepare places for us. Regarding the "kingdom of heaven is at hand" Jesus was speaking of himself, he being the way to heaven through faith in him. He did not mean that the literal place of heaven was upon the earth.
In order to claim that the resurrection is the name of the place we go when we die, just as with all Biblical topics, you must have scripture to support your claim. That said, I have not seen anywhere where heaven is referred to as the resurrection, but heaven is a real name and place. Furthermore, our lives do not turn into heaven while we are here on earth. We are looking for a real resurrection and a real place called heaven, which is the Father's house where Jesus went to prepare places for us. Regarding the "kingdom of heaven is at hand" Jesus was speaking of himself, he being the way to heaven through faith in him. He did not mean that the literal place of heaven was upon the earth.
It sounds to me like she suffered from mental illness, especially depression. David suffered great angst expressed in the Psalms. Do you really think Catholics are not Christians, some of their doctrines are very Biblical Christian teaching. I am trying to study the history of Christianity without bias. The Catholic church became corrupted by greed, power and politics. The same thing is happening to fundamentalist churches. I was raised southern baptist, thankfully, God opened my eyes, opened my parents eyes, to the selfishness, petty narrow mindedness, arrogance, ignorance, greed, political idiocy stubborn hard heads and cold hearts of baptists.
It is neither works or faith that saves, it is love. Mother Theresa had a lot of love. She tried to fight the darkness, and it is harder to fight the devil when you have a problem with mental illness, your brain, soul is wired differently than others. You have no idea, when your heart is broken, over and over again, by living in a world full of evil and darkness, you don't know if god or the devil is the enemy, like they play with human souls as if it's a game.
It is neither works or faith that saves, it is love. Mother Theresa had a lot of love. She tried to fight the darkness, and it is harder to fight the devil when you have a problem with mental illness, your brain, soul is wired differently than others. You have no idea, when your heart is broken, over and over again, by living in a world full of evil and darkness, you don't know if god or the devil is the enemy, like they play with human souls as if it's a game.
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How can you jaybird88 be so sure she dedicated her life to Love for God? Seeing that the Catholics do believe they receive Salvation only by their own Works?
I believe she was trying to earn her Salvation by doing the Works that she did. It had nothing to do with Love, it had everything to do with her Works for her Salvation.
Also we do know for a fact that the Catholics see nothing wrong with bowing down to a statue of Mary, and serving Mary, which clearly God says we are not to do in the Ten Commandments.
So who was Mother Teresa's god?
From all the evidence we see in the Catholic Church, there is a 99.999999999999999999999% chance she did Worship Mary as her god.
I believe she was trying to earn her Salvation by doing the Works that she did. It had nothing to do with Love, it had everything to do with her Works for her Salvation.
Also we do know for a fact that the Catholics see nothing wrong with bowing down to a statue of Mary, and serving Mary, which clearly God says we are not to do in the Ten Commandments.
So who was Mother Teresa's god?
From all the evidence we see in the Catholic Church, there is a 99.999999999999999999999% chance she did Worship Mary as her god.
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i know many of catholics and they dont worship mary as a god so there goes that argument.
but look at what your saying, you are basing your entire theory on opinions/theories and dogmas of others and not the person in question. were you there working alongside this lady, did you witness her doing all these things with your own eyes? because if you didnt, you are falsely accusing her. i would not want to falsely accuse anyone of anything as it is a sin the bible says our Lord thinks is detestable.
but look at what your saying, you are basing your entire theory on opinions/theories and dogmas of others and not the person in question. were you there working alongside this lady, did you witness her doing all these things with your own eyes? because if you didnt, you are falsely accusing her. i would not want to falsely accuse anyone of anything as it is a sin the bible says our Lord thinks is detestable.
How can you jaybird88 say Catholics do not worship Mary when clearly they see nothing wrong with bowing down to a statue of Mary and Praying the Rosary to her?
I personally have seen many Catholics praying the Rosary in front of a statue of Mary.
Therefore either you have been totally deceived by the Catholic Church or you see nothing wrong with bowing down to a statue of Mary.
Either way i really question everything you say about the Catholics because i believe you are biased in their favor.
So now you are an expert in what is and is not a sin?
I personally have seen many Catholics praying the Rosary in front of a statue of Mary.
Therefore either you have been totally deceived by the Catholic Church or you see nothing wrong with bowing down to a statue of Mary.
Either way i really question everything you say about the Catholics because i believe you are biased in their favor.
So now you are an expert in what is and is not a sin?
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Jesus brought light to the world by hanging naked on a cross...the sinless Son of God became the object of God's wrath
YOU are walking in darkness if you think hating on Catholics, because you THINK you are walking in the light, justifies this thread
How do so called Christians say they love God whom they cannot see, and hate half the world's population?
Pray God opens your eyes
YOU are walking in darkness if you think hating on Catholics, because you THINK you are walking in the light, justifies this thread
How do so called Christians say they love God whom they cannot see, and hate half the world's population?
Pray God opens your eyes
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When some people are afraid of what they cannot control or do not understand, they react by trying to belittle it or destroy it
If you are secure in Christ, my guess is you may actually agree with some of the negative statements about Catholicism, BUT you will not feel the desire to call names and exhibit hatred
Being right is not Christianity...thinking you are right is usually the argument neither side wins
Knowing what scripture states and arguing from that position, rather than love or understanding, is just a big loud noise. ..people cover their ears
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they may be many catholics that worship mary for all i know. i have not met all of them and can only speak of the ones i have met. i am not obsesses over what they do and dont do. i am not gonna point my finger at them just to justify my own faith.
i am a member of a baptist church but almost never call myself baptist, what difference does it make, as it will never change the truth .
none of this has anythig to do with mother teresa btw.
if we were to follow your logic then we could base the faith of every non catholic Christion on jim and tammy, david koresh and jim jones.
people like you really make me scratch my head in wonder.
i am a member of a baptist church but almost never call myself baptist, what difference does it make, as it will never change the truth .
none of this has anythig to do with mother teresa btw.
if we were to follow your logic then we could base the faith of every non catholic Christion on jim and tammy, david koresh and jim jones.
people like you really make me scratch my head in wonder.
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Wow! You Protestants are shameless. Do you think you are so much better than Mother Theresa? Like many of the great and humble saints before her, she was very critical of her own failings and sinfulness. She looked at her own faults, but all some of you can do is find fault in her - how arrogant and prideful you are. Just because she wrote about her failures doesn't mean she was an evil woman. It's easy for you to sit behind your computer screens and criticise her, but how many of you regularly go out in the streets to pick up the destitute in our society so as to comfort them in their final hours of life. This is what she did, and she had to do it on her own; without help from the government, hospitals, or family members of those she helped. She was not able to do much other than to give them a place to die in dignity. This tiny saint once picked up a woman, half eaten by rats and ants, and carried her to one of her convents so that she wouldn't need to die alone on the streets. Before you criticize Mother Theresa, perhaps you should humble yourself to read about her life - you might learn something.
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Here you go from the Scriptures.
Romans 3:10
[SUP]10 [/SUP] As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;
Romans 3:23
[SUP]23 [/SUP] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 5:12
[SUP]12 [/SUP] Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned--
Clearly God the Holy Spirit says everybody is a sinner, even Mary. Mary was born into sin and Mary sinned her whole life, and died a sinner.
Hebrews 4:15
[SUP]15 [/SUP] For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
There is ONLY one person who never sinned and He was Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 2:5
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
There is ONLY one Mediator between God and men and He is Jesus Christ. Not Jesus and Mary. Mary was never our Mediator like the Catholic Church teaches.
I have just proven that the Catholic Church today has walked away from the Truth to follow Mary. Mother Teresa also walked away from God to follow Mary.
Today there is no Truth in the Catholic Church because they have decided that Mary is also their god.
Romans 3:10
[SUP]10 [/SUP] As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;
Romans 3:23
[SUP]23 [/SUP] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 5:12
[SUP]12 [/SUP] Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned--
Clearly God the Holy Spirit says everybody is a sinner, even Mary. Mary was born into sin and Mary sinned her whole life, and died a sinner.
Hebrews 4:15
[SUP]15 [/SUP] For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
There is ONLY one person who never sinned and He was Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 2:5
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
There is ONLY one Mediator between God and men and He is Jesus Christ. Not Jesus and Mary. Mary was never our Mediator like the Catholic Church teaches.
I have just proven that the Catholic Church today has walked away from the Truth to follow Mary. Mother Teresa also walked away from God to follow Mary.
Today there is no Truth in the Catholic Church because they have decided that Mary is also their god.
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That's not helping Xpert
Not everyone agrees with this bash Mother Theresa thread so how does your bashing of ALL Protestants come across?
Same way maybe?
I asked the question how many would do what she did a few miles back
Dont complain about ALL Protestants and then do what only SOME Protestants did
I'm not Catholic but I am against this type of attack thread wherein people shoot scripture like it somehow does not apply equally to them