Benedict XVI receives birthday greetings from Pope Francis

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• John 12 years ago

  May the Good Lord bless pope Bennedict and grant him serenity of life in retirement.

  May the Good Lord bless pope Bennedict and grant him serenity of life in retirement.

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• Michael Akuoko Kwabena (Hon) 12 years ago

  May the retied Holy Father live long.

  May the retied Holy Father live long.

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• Segoe 12 years ago

  May the Lord bless you and pray the the Blessed Virgin Mother continues to plead on our behalf to the forgiveness of our sins

  May the Lord bless you and pray the the Blessed Virgin Mother continues to plead on our behalf to the forgiveness of our sins

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• Salifu 12 years ago

  Doesn't the Bible say Mary is in heaven? Hasn't the church celebrated
  the Feast of Assumption in her honor for many years?
  
  Segoe, FYI: (1) Nowhere in the Bible does it say Mary is in heaven; she is dead and like all the ...
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  Doesn't the Bible say Mary is in heaven? Hasn't the church celebrated
  the Feast of Assumption in her honor for many years?
  
  Segoe, FYI: (1) Nowhere in the Bible does it say Mary is in heaven; she is dead and like all the dead she is in the grave awaiting the resurrection. The word assumption is not in the Bible neither the Feast associated with her bodily presence in heaven. (2)Jesus is the only mediator between God and man, not Mary.
  
  Let's allow the Bible to speak to us.
  "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, this to be a testimony at the proper time" (1 Timothy 2:5-6).
  
  The dead are waiting in their graves until there is a change.
  
  "If a man dies, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change comes. You shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands" (Job 14:14-15).
  
  What is this change Job is talking about?
  
  "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory" (1 Corinthians 15:51-54).
  
  "Doesn't the bible say the soul/ spirit goes to heaven?
  
  There is one verse that describes a spirit going to heaven when we die:
  
  … and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. (Ecclesiastes 12:7)
  
  This is an allusion back to Genesis 2:7 and the creation of Adam.
  
  He was made from dust and God breathed into him the “breath of life” to make him a living person. The word “breath” is the same as the word “spirit” in Hebrew. When we die, the life-force that keeps us alive returns to God. He keeps all things alive by his power or spirit. This is not a conscious part of us, it is simply the power of God that keeps us alive. Psalm 104:29-30 says much the same thing about animals.
  
  There is nothing in scripture about us having any kind of consciousness while dead (apart from a few highly allegorical poems in the prophets). In fact, several verses teach quite clearly that there is no consciousness in death. See Ecclesiastes 9:5; Psalm 6:5; 115:17.
  
  The Bible does describe the hope of life after death, but it is on earth and not in heaven, and it happens when Jesus returns, not the moment we die." Source:
  Rob J Hyndman

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• VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTION 12 years ago

  If it is not about Jesus Christ and his disciples chasing their salvation ministries do not give in to the preaching. It is a lie.
  
  They might use Moses and the jewish nation's expiration, it is false gospel.
  If it is abou ...
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  If it is not about Jesus Christ and his disciples chasing their salvation ministries do not give in to the preaching. It is a lie.
  
  They might use Moses and the jewish nation's expiration, it is false gospel.
  If it is about USA nation political doctrines and religion it is not of God. Avoid the preaching.
  
  If it is about promoting a church instead of the name Jesus Christ and his disciples,it might be a deception.
  
  If it is about unity for unity sake, it is not of the kingdom.
  
  The heart of men comes with jealousy, hate, deceptions, love, faith or believes systems, however, what the heart of human needs is the words that came from the Lord of Lords. Which some like me will say Jesus in your heart, that means the person have total understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the last days, the lord through the gospel will call on all nations to repent and those who ill heed becomes the inheritance of the Kingdom of God.

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• VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTION 12 years ago

  I lusted after your wife last night...this is a sin.
  
  I lusted after my own wife last night... this is not a sin.
  
  USA COVETED THEIR.
  
  USA coveted the resources of Ghana.. this is a sin. According to the bible of Chris ...
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  I lusted after your wife last night...this is a sin.
  
  I lusted after my own wife last night... this is not a sin.
  
  USA COVETED THEIR.
  
  USA coveted the resources of Ghana.. this is a sin. According to the bible of Chris Jesus.
  
  These two comparison one has right to the need or want, the other is not. Understanding gospel is not th word as it is used but what is corrctly assigned. Hence love can be of target so faith. A politician plying with faith is most like dangerous in the sense in the world of legalism goes with proofs, attaching faith can be questionable.
  
  Is like doing things in the name of GOD, instead Christ Jesus. Under God are variaties of things like government systems or ruling systems, but under Jesus Christ there is one way and the only way.

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• VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTION 12 years ago

  No system of government has been assigned by God for a nation. God the Jehova endorsed Kingship to the land of Judah which has been termed Israel of today. Kingship operates like dictators of today without longitivity of li ...
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  No system of government has been assigned by God for a nation. God the Jehova endorsed Kingship to the land of Judah which has been termed Israel of today. Kingship operates like dictators of today without longitivity of lineages. I found it perplexing for another systems of government to give sanctions to another because of differences in ideologies. That is absurd and should be denounced in all spheres of systems. It comes under intolerance and undemocratic. Allow nations to make their choices of governments untill the citizens disaproof of it. Without sanctions N. Koreans or Cuba will come to know what others have and make their own decisions to go back massively to overthrow what they have. Sanction and all other manauverings to destroy is still not from God. It is chaotic, havoc and therefore cannot promote peace.

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• amass. 12 years ago

  papa,notae bene,dominus et spiritus dei nus 4rever n ever .may u grow 2 see ur generation.happi bthday.

  papa,notae bene,dominus et spiritus dei nus 4rever n ever .may u grow 2 see ur generation.happi bthday.

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• Salifu 12 years ago

  God will never promote idolatry in his creation. Let's allow the Bible to speak to us.
  
  "I am the LORD (Yahweh): that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images" (Isaiah 42:8).
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  God will never promote idolatry in his creation. Let's allow the Bible to speak to us.
  
  "I am the LORD (Yahweh): that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images" (Isaiah 42:8).
  
  Family Bible Notes
  Isaiah 42:8
  "My glory will I not give to another--to graven images; by allowing the cause of idolatry to triumph. Thus God pledges his own glory for the success of the Messiah and his kingdom."
  
  The first Commandment forbids all forms of idolatry and the second forbids the making of an idol, and serving it.
  
  "The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority of the Roman State. The framework for Imperial cult was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus, and was rapidly established throughout the Empire and its provinces, with marked local variations in its reception and expression." Source:Wiki
  
  "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time" (Daniel 7:25).
  
  The papal history reveals its use of divine titles on behalf of popes.
  
  In 1512 Christopher Marcellus said this to Pope Julius II:
  
  Take care that we lose not that salvation, that life and breath which thou hast given us, for thou art our shepherd, thou art our physician, thou art our governor, thou art our husbandman, thou art finally another God on earth (emphasis added).iii
  
  Just recently, in 2004, Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland said this:
  
  "It seems that Pope John Paul II now presides over the universal Church from his place upon Christ's cross.iv
  
  The Gloss of Extravagantes of Pope John XXII says this:
  
  But to believe that our Lord God the Pope the establisher of said decretal, and of this, could not decree, as he did decree, should be accounted heretical (emphasis added).v
  
  Words from the Popes themselves:
  
  In 1302 Pope Boniface said this in a letter to the Catholic Church:
  
  Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.vi
  
  Papal coin of Pius VI from the 1700s, with the title 'Pius VI Pontifex Maximus.'
  
  [Contrarium videtur.] Christus commissit summo Pontifici vices suas, (ut habetur Matth. 16. cap. et 24. q I. quodcumque.) Sed Christo data erat omnis potestas in caelo et in terra (Matth. 28.) ergo summus Pontifex qui est ejus vicarius habebit hanc potestatem. extra de translat. cap. quanto. Here's the english translation: Christ entrusted his office to the chief Pontiff; (Mat 16:18, Mat 24:45) but all power in heaven and in earth had been given to Christ; (Mat. 28:18) therefore the chief Pontiff, who is his vicar, will have this power. [Extravagantes, Decretal. Greg. IX. de Transl. lib. i. tit. 7. c. 3. 'Quanto personam,' Pope Innocent III.
  [Contrarium videtur.] Christus commissit summo Pontifici vices suas, (ut habetur Matth. 16. cap.
  
  Source: Amazing Discovery
  "Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness? And what harmony has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from among them, and be you separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty" (2 Corinthians 6:14-18).

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• KOMFO ANOKYE 12 years ago

  RELIGION IS POLITICS AND MAN MADE. NO ONE CAN BE SAVE THROUGH RELIGION.

  RELIGION IS POLITICS AND MAN MADE. NO ONE CAN BE SAVE THROUGH RELIGION.

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• Salifu 12 years ago

  Mary, Queen of Heaven? Isn't this title for Mary of pagan origin. Note:
  
  "As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth ...
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  Mary, Queen of Heaven? Isn't this title for Mary of pagan origin. Note:
  
  "As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?" (Jeremiah 44:16-19).
  
  "And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty" (2 Corinthians 6:16-18).

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• Destiny 12 years ago

  We are all sinners and fall short of the grace of God. Let us continue to pray forgiveness.

  We are all sinners and fall short of the grace of God. Let us continue to pray forgiveness.

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