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faithnfamily1st · 9 months

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Interviewing for a job in my diocese! Prayers please 🙏

#catholicism #prayer request #jobs #job interview #faith and works #honestly i am so nervous because i habe not worked in this direct field but im super hopeful #it is in four minutes

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the-mercy-workers · 8 months

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Faith and works are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God trusts God; and he that trusts God obeys God. He that is without faith is without works; and he that is without works is without faith.

Charles Spurgeon

#catholicism #christianity #works of mercy #spiritual works of mercy #corporal works of mercy #faith and works #quote #charles spurgeon #charles spurgeon quote

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orthodoxadventure · 4 months

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Grace and Free Will

The fact that man is in God's image means among other things that he possesses free will. God wanted a son, not a slave. The Orthodox Church rejects any doctrine of grace which might seem to infringe upon man's freedom. To describe the relation between the grace of God and free will of man, Orthodoxy uses the term cooperation or synergy (synergeia); in Paul's words: 'We are fellow workers (synergoi) with God' (1 Corinthians iii, 9). If man is to achieve full fellowship with God, he cannot do so without Gods help, yet he must also play his own part: man as well as God must make his contribution to the common work, although what God does is of immeasurably greater importance than what man does. 'The incorporation of man into Christ and his union with God require the cooperation of two unequal, but equally necessary forces: divine grace and human will.' The supreme example of synergy is the Mother of God.

The west, since the time of Augustine and the Pelagian controversy, has discussed this question of grace and free will in somewhat different terms; and many brought up in the Augustinian tradition --particularly Calvinists -- have viewed the Orthodox idea of 'synergy' with some suspicion. Does it not ascribe too much to man's free will, and too little to God? Yet in reality the Orthodox teaching is very straightforward. 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in' (Revelation iii, 20). God knocks, but waits for man to open the door -- He does not break it down. The grace of God invites all but compels none. In the words of Saint John Chrysostom: 'God never draws anyone to Himself by force and violence. He wishes all men to be saved, but forces no one.' 'it is for God to grant His grace,' said Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (died 386); 'your task is to accept that grace and to guard it.' But it must not be imagined that because a man accepts and guards God's grace, he thereby earns 'merit'. God's gifts are always free gifts, and man can never have any claims upon his Maker. But man, while he can not 'merit' salvation, must certainly work for it, since 'faith without works is dead' (James ii, 17)

-- Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Church

#Kallistos Ware #Christianity #Orthodox Christianity #Faith and Works #God

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mostesteemedgingeroverlord · 11 months

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Belief: Faith and Works

Started thinking about how I live out my faith, because I saw, once again, the argument that if pro-lifers were serious about saving children, more of us would foster or adopt. And look, it's a bad faith argument, I know that. It's more of a "gotcha" than an actual thing they expect us to consider. But maybe we need to take it seriously. Maybe we need to be willing to think about the implications of our beliefs, all of our beliefs, beyond the easy parts.

Before I get blasted, let me acknowledge that many people are not able to foster or adopt, whether for physical, mental, or financial reasons. And that doesn't undermine the validity of their belief that babies deserve to live. I'm not saying that you have to do something about your belief to be allowed to believe it.

But you probably should.

What resources do we each have to live out the conclusions of our beliefs, yet choose not to do so? And I'm not even talking big. Yeah, some of us can donate our time and money, some of us can foster or adopt, but everyone can do something. You can pick up the kids of the single mom down the road when she works late on Tuesdays. You can start a little dance class at your church for the under privileged girls in your community who couldn't otherwise afford it. You could give that international student a ride to the airport at 5 in the morning. You could have dinner with the immigrant family who is new in town and doesn't have many friends yet. You could help your widowed friend move in to his new house. You could babysit for that mom you know who needs a night out with her friends or her husband. You could invite that college kid who is far from home or rejected by her parents to come to your house for the holidays. You could love the people around you! Even when it's uncomfy or awkward or inconvenient. (And those are all real examples I've seen lived out by those around me, not hypotheticals.)

Being pro-life is just a facet of the Christian life. A glimmer of the diamond that is the body of Christ in it's magnificent whole. Of course we are pro-life! We are pro-humanity! Pro-community! Pro-compassion! Because that's what Jesus requires of us. Two commands: love the Lord your God and love the people He made in his Image. We love God by knowing Him better. But we don't get to separate our love for Him from our love for others. "As much as you have done of the least of these, you have done for Me."

It's easy to write this. It's easy to yell on the internet, to rant at those who disagree or misunderstand. It's easy to get puffed up in our "most correct" beliefs. But love? That thing that our faith is empty without? That thing that defines us as Christ followers? That's gotta come from more than just our words, guys. And actions are really hard sometimes, but if our faith is real, we have to ask the Spirit -- our Comforter and Advocate and the Voice of God in our hearts! -- for the strength to do it anyway.

There are over 300, 000 children in foster care in the US. There are 4000 in my state. I'm a single woman, but I have a good job and a house and a good support system. I have a deep hurt for these kids. I'm not for one second under the impression that it would be easy to foster (I have close friends who foster and my best friend is a social worker, I know the realities) or that I would be undermining my beliefs if I don't do it. But I'm praying about it, very seriously. Praying that if that's what I am suppose to do, that God will give me the strength to do it, and that if that's not what I'm supposed to do, that He will show me what I am supposed to do.

I think we make excuses too often. "Oh sorry God, I can't do that, so I guess I can't help with this. Good luck!" It needs to be "God I don't think I have the ability to help this way, but help me to see if I'm wrong or to find the thing I can do." There is always something you can do! (Even if it's prayer! And there's no "just" prayer, but that's a rant for another day. Prayer is big and powerful and tunes our hearts to God's, I'll just say that for now.)

Anyway, this is mostly an introspective ramble about my own conviction about my faith, but maybe it will help someone else. And remember! God made you special and he loves you very much.

#christianity #faith and works #faith #faith without works is dead #sacrifice is part of love #love is inseparable from christianity

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wecanbeperfect · 2 months

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FAITH WITHOUT WORKS

#Faith made Perfect #Our faith can be made Perfect #Faith and Works #Wemustbebornagain #Jesus Christ #A More Perfect Tabernacle #The Son of God #Praise God #The Father

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cathnews · 2 years

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For the school gun lockdown generation, prayer is code for inaction

My kids didn’t learn about the Uvalde shooting until Sept. 6, the first day Uvalde students went back to school after a gunman entered Robb Elementary and murdered 19 fourth graders and two teachers. Even though I’d spent the summer reporting, driving the 90 miles back and forth for interviews, protests and church services, I had not yet covered that difficult ground with my own elementary…

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#Faith and works #Gun Control #gun crime #Prayer #Prayer and action #Uvalde

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coptorthodox · 2 months

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What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,’ but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:14-17

#James 2:14-17 #coptorthodox #bible #bibleverse #coptic #orthodox #bibleversedaily #dailyverse #dailybibleverse #copticorthodox #faith and works

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thinkingonscripture · 4 months

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Assurance of Salvation

At the moment of faith in Christ, we have eternal life. This is a fact, even if we don’t fully understand it. In truth, most people will not understand what they have from God or find assurance of their salvation until they’ve studied God’s Word and learned to live by faith. Doctrinal ignorance and/or false teaching will lead to fear and doubt. For those who have trusted Christ as their Savior,…

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edelweissacermacrophyllum · 9 months

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Faith and works

It's news to me that in Romans when Paul really starts getting into the whole faith and works debate the works that he spends time talking about are things like circumcision and eating kosher. The works he isn't talking about are things like giving to the poor and working for the kingdom. I might be projecting here, but in my mind, these are acts of faith.

I've never really understood the faith vs works debate because I tend to see things like James does. Faith without works is dead. But the word works is ambiguous here, and originally the debate seems to be about the jewish religious customs that marked them as separate. Paul says that this is not what saves you and cites a whole bunch of old testament authority on the matter. The debate subtly shifted in North American culture, or maybe before, I don't know.

Works used to be this box you tick: circumcision, kosher keeping, not eating food sacrificed to idols; and faith referred to your state of relationship with God and the community. I think it's actually reversed now, with faith being the box we tick; with baptism, chatecism, whatever; and people get to claim because they have faith they don't have to do any of the works.

Anyway, I maintain that the initial 'works' that were being described were things that were ceremonial or symbolic in nature. In a very real sense we are saved by our works, because the things that we do with our lives, how we spend our time, and how we spend our money; these save or damn us. Beyond these there is no such thing as faith.

Now I am even more frustrated with the faith and works debate.

#Faith and works #Bible in a year #Jesus #Apostle paul

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siriuslemonmuffin · 1 year

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instead of bitching why don’t we all just be thankful ao3 doesn’t have ads xxx

#ao3 #respect authors #fan fiction #stop crying bitch boy they’ll update when they’re ready #faith shit posts #fanfic author appreciation #but like genuinely understand what i’m saying here #no ads = no revenue #=authors don’t get paid #and so riddle me this wise guy #why are you whimpering and begging in comments for updates #from authors who are providing you with their work #FOR FREE?!

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eastgaysian · 2 months

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the specific frustration with dungeon meshi is that there's been a very distinct shift in fan content and a very clear reason for it. it was one of the rare cases of a decently popular work where the vast majority of fan content you saw was gen or f/f; m/m ships existed but they were not anywhere near as overwhelming as in other fan spaces, and people who heard about dunmeshi by word of mouth often came in knowing about farcille. the anime started airing after the manga was completed and is a pretty faithful adaptation, it's not as if it added any more fanservice/sexualization/shipping fodder. the only difference is that it made dunmeshi more mainstream/popular, and that's when the focus started shifting towards m/m ships and away from gen and f/f. for the people who enjoyed being in a fan space that unlike 99% of fandoms wasn't m/m focused, that fucking sucks, and there's nothing you can do about it because you are always flat out outnumbered

#chilchuck got his ARM BITTEN OFF for being faithful to his wife and you want to yaoify him.#like its literally just if you reach critical mass it becomes a game of finding two guys to smack together. sorry!#has nothing to do with the work itself the characters and their relationships the themes etc

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the-mercy-workers · 1 year

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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder. Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is barren? Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was brought to completion by the works. Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another road? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.

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#catholicism #christianity #bible verse #the book of james #works #faith and works #works of mercy #corporal works of mercy #spiritual works of mercy

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harmonizingsunsets · 6 months

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Running Gags in Hatchetfield Musicals pt 10 | Fake Musicals within a Musical

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reverendchrismullis-blog · 1 year

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(Pastor Chris Mullis) In this message we'll examine the importance of doing good. True Christian faith necessarily leads to good works, because (as the Apostle James said) faith with out good deeds is dead and useless. I'll share the difference between being a good person and doing good deeds and I'll explain a some categories of good deeds. Finally, I'll challenge you to focus on one type of good deed over the next 6 weeks.

#SoundCloud #music #Pastor Chris Mullis #Chrisian #Faith and works #Faith #Good deeds

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dorkfruit · 6 months

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tiffany is a hater

#can u tell its my day off bc i posted 3 arts in one day #my art #procreate #i was telling a friend that the tiffany amy drama was soo good so i decided to draw them #too many hands in this piece #also the hair is a weak point for me i think. doesnt feel 3d.#faith the unholy trinity #ftut #amy martin #tiffany robinson #faith tiffany #tiffamy #/ tw eye trauma #/ tw eyestrain #tried shading with black for once . a lot of work.

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brotherpreacher · 2 years

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From Revelation to Reality

“Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.” for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more. Exodus 36:1,7 Moses steps down from the mountain of God the second time. Because of the rebellion witnessed in…

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#Faith and Works #Idea

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