Why I didn't celebrate Joe Schmid's "conversion"

You didnt because he became an actual christian, and that bothers you

Sorry bud, but Revelation is a book in the Bible too.

Weird I thought you were a Christian.

Why would anyone ever celebrate a conversion to Romanism

Joe just replaced one paganism for another.

Did you want him to convert to one of the 10,000 different Protestant cult sects that all disagree with each other on interpretation ?

When He was on earth didn't He teach us the way to eternal life through Him? Aren't we supposed to believe everything He taught us to do and be if we want eternal life? He taught water baptism in His name in which we are anointed by the Holy Spirit as Christians (anointed ones), He taught us the need for repentance of our sins and we know that sins are disobedience of the 10 Commandments and they condense down to the 2 great Commandments to love God and our neighbours. And so repentance means apologising for our failures to love God and neighbours and resolving not to do so in the future if we want salvation right? So, we are commanded to believe and repent, we are not saved by Faith Alone but by Faith and Love by the grace of God. Jesus started HIs public ministry by preaching, 'Repent and believe the Good news for the kingdom of God is close at hand.' If we want salvation we are given TWO COMMANDMENTS NOT ONE, not faith alone, we are commanded to have Faith AND Love: 1 John 3:22-24 Whatever we ask God [including salvation], we shall receive because we keep his commandments and live the kind of life that he wants. His commandments are these: (1) that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ AND (2) that we love one another as he told us to. Saint Paul clearly teaches here that we are to keep the Law by acts of love, we have to love God and our neighbours if we want salvation. Galatians 5:13-14 My brothers, you were called, as you know, to liberty; but be careful, or this liberty will provide an opening for self-indulgence. Serve one another, rather, in works of love, since the whole of the Law is summarised in a single command: Love your neighbour as yourself. Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. And that correlates with what James was teaching in James 1 and 2, they had faith but no love for the poor, also with what Jesus taught in the Gospels, see Matthew 25 judgement scene (mercy is love in action/at work), the command to forgive others (act of mercy) if we want to be forgiven, the Beatitude to be merciful (Blessed are the merciful, they shall receive mercy), the command not to deny Jesus (love God and neighbours), the command to do God's will (which is that we love God and our neighbours) the command that we not just have faith even to cast out demons etc. but that we put love into action as in Matthew 7: 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ (Evildoers? Yes they refuse to love others), the command to keep our lamps burning (with love), the command not to grow lukewarm (in love), the command to bear fruits (of love), the command to be like the Good Samaritan who put love into action all show that we must be merciful if we want salvation and mercy is love in action or love at work. We are commanded to love God and our neighbours if we want salvation. Every day that's a new challenge.

1. Church A claims to be the single true Church. 2. ​Church B believes Church A teaches serious doctrinal error on salvation. ​if a high-profile athiest moves into Church A, why are members of Church B expected to celebrate? ​if Catholics wouldn't celebrate someone becoming a Protestant, expecting Protestants to celebrate the conversion relies on an asymmetric standard. genuine conviction doesn't applaud what it believes to be theological error.

Because Protestantism is unbiblical

Someone who believes the earth is 6.000 years old, shouldn’t discuss anything serious. Mainly not about Catholicism.

He is out of the frying pan and into the fire. Still as lost as a ball in high weeds.

How fitting that the most effeminate version of Christianity that demands no accountability has a soyboy like you with a stuffed cartoon platypus representing it.

right

I dont see how you can Honestly say Catholics have bad theology why you have never Won a formal debate with a Catholic and used fake Quotes. Catholics are Christian they affirm you as separated brethren but you have hardened your heart to them.

You didnt because you arent the Christian you claim to be ryan. It doesn't matter what you say and how say it.

Goofy

This is a great explanation why Catholics don’t believe in faith alone and it’s all biblical.

I guess thats a good point. But it still is a small victory. The leap from atheist to catholic is smaller than catholic to protestant. Lmfao. Give him a few years.

Because your on the spectrum and protestant

Jesus alone saves yet He doesn’t save us alone. Not without His Church and not without our cooperation. It’s in the Bible.

Quiet heretic

We know why .. relax buddy

You are truly a demon sent to lead God’s people astray

Mary is a female demon called ” our lady ”

If your theology is true then the gates of hell prevailed against the Church Ryan

You are literally pagan …not even Protestant. Those who encounter Mary also encounter Jesus in their lives and also find themselves converting to Catholicism quite often. I pray to JESUS that Mary visits you someday

Cause you took an L

This dude is an antiCatholic bigot.

You’re an absolute clown. Probably the least literate “apologist” on the internet. You or Bible in context are the absolute worst.

Creepy heretic

Could you recite the only verse in the Bible that says “faith alone?” Oh wait…..