Jesus Died for Judas

[amigo de christo]

Show me a Verse in the KJV that says “ Repenting OF SINS” is the way to get Saved and I’ll sendcyou $ 1000.....The only “ Repentance” That Saves is the Repentance that involves “ TURNING to God with Faith in Jesus Christ”..... it is the “ Change of Mind” where a person is an UNbeliever in the Gospel and becomes a Believer in the Gospel——THAT is the Repentance That Saves....

When it comes to sorrow for sins or regrets for sins, Judas is the King—— and I think that we all know where he us today....

If you take “ repenting” to mean “ STOP sinning”....... that is an impossibility ....how’s your “thought life”......ever have an impure thought ? Do you ever worry ? Worrying is a sin....while you are sitting around doing nothing , you are committing “ Sins Of Omission”—— why didn’t you invite the poor and homeless people in your area inside of your house to feed and clothe ? Have I made my point?

Rather odd BB . How come when GOD drew me , HE drew me to faith in CHRIST and away from the love of sin .
GOD sent JESUS to bless us by turning us from our inquities
BB , do me and yourself a favor . WHEN i say me i dont mean to imply i am saved by what you do
but its out of great love for your soul i say it and it would bring me peace for you if you would heed it
SO again , DO ME and yourself a favor . FLEE the stephen furticks and the false hyper grace .
WHO have turned the grace o GOD into a license to do evil and yet FEEL saved .
How come todays leaders dont sound anything like paul did , or Christ did , peter did or james did , or jude did
when it comes to sin . How come todays leaders are not lighting fast to correct sin
and rather are big on a love that is not compatible to GOD , to CHRIST .
Judas is not in heaven . Too many people are falling for a love that is not compatible to the very love of GOD .
Too many folks are ready to hug satan into heaven under a false love .
DENY JESUS and HE WILL DENY YOU . AND PS , if we deny HIS SAYINGS WE DONE DENIED HIM .
SO let me leave you with this solid proof . Written by paul himself .
HE who wont provide for his own and specially for those of his own household HAS DENIED THE FAITH . THE FAITH BB . THE FAITH
and is worse than even an infidel . AN infidel is one who aint even following or truly believes IN JESUS .
BB .
I want you to flee these hyper grace teachers . THEY are not teaching grace , they are teaching something else all together .

 

[ByGraceThroughFaith]

The delusion of the all inclusion is very powerful ziggy . And it begins and has began long ago
with a perverted love . A love which twists the very love of GOD .
But i come to remind us of the love which comes from GOD .
Judas did betray Christ . Just because GOD used pharoah dont mean pharoah was saved
ANd just because GOD used judas dont mean he was either .
Better were if for that man if he had never been born . YES GOD is in control
but HE uses the evil , the weapon for HIS own purpose . IT DONT MEAN the weapon is saved though .

Jesus Christ Died for both Pharoah and Judas, but both are sadly lost, and not in heaven

 

[amigo de christo]

Jesus Christ Died for both Pharoah and Judas, but both are sadly lost, and not in heaven

HE did die for the sins of the whole world . But right you are my friend . IF one believes not , follows not Christ
They are doomed to perdition and destruction .
Pope francis is a liar and not only HE but most of our protestant leaders who are leading us into this false love
which says all religoins are saved . If they just love and do them some good works . I would love to
hear many agree with that . BUT that is what MOST WONT DO . THEY will not expose this pope
nor this all inclusive false love unity religoin . my question is ...........WHY .
But as for me , I STAND ON THE GOSPEL TRUTH , I DO NOT care what this costs me nor will cost me .
I KNOW . I ACTUALLY KNOW . I TRULY KNOW that the only way one can be saved is BY BELIEVING IN JESUS .
AND i wont preach any other hope or gospel . I SURE WOULD LOVE SOME SUPPORT THOUGH .

 

[Marvelloustime]

HE did die for the sins of the whole world . But right you are my friend . IF one believes not , follows not Christ
They are doomed to perdition and destruction .
Pope francis is a liar and not only HE but most of our protestant leaders who are leading us into this false love
which says all religoins are saved . If they just love and do them some good works . I would love to
hear many agree with that . BUT that is what MOST WONT DO . THEY will not expose this pope
nor this all inclusive false love unity religoin . my question is ...........WHY .
But as for me , I STAND ON THE GOSPEL TRUTH , I DO NOT care what this costs me nor will cost me .
I KNOW . I ACTUALLY KNOW . I TRULY KNOW that the only way one can be saved is BY BELIEVING IN JESUS .
AND i wont preach any other hope or gospel . I SURE WOULD LOVE SOME SUPPORT THOUGH .

Praise the Lord. Sound it out dear brother.
The only way to be saved is through the biblical Lord Jesus. Not the false inclusive dung lie.

 

[amigo de christo]

Praise the Lord. Sound it out dear brother.
The only way to be saved is through the biblical Lord Jesus. Not the false inclusive dung lie.

YEs indeed sister .
I tell us all a truth . I had rather sit in prison and be tormented and then brought
into an arena and put on a scaffold full of wood and burned to death , LONG before i give my heart to this sold out
unity all inclusive lie .
TRUTH is , i would count it an TOTAL HONOR to die for CHRIST than to live for a lie .
I WONT BUDGE . MY mind is fully made up . I wont sit at the table of unity with the CC ,
I Sit at one table , THE TABLE OF CHRIST and no matter the cost , I WIN CAUSE JESUS WON .
ITS NOT ABOUT THIS LIFE , ITS ABOUT WHERE WE SPEND OUR NEXT LIFE . AND JESUS HAS GIVEN ME GREAT HOPE
where i , and any other true lamb WILL SPEND THEIRS .
THIS WORLD AINT MY HOME . AND that aint just some cute catch phrase , ITS REAL .
MY HOME IS WITH JESUS . AND I AM MORE THAN FULLY PERSAUDED that to be with CHRIST is FAR FAR BETTER .
TILL THEN , WE POINT TO JESUS . WE WANT SOULS TO BE WITH US IN OUR NEW HOME WITH CHRIST .
BUT Pointing to the CC and this all inclusion , THAT AINT HOME , IT AINT HOPE , ITS THE LAKE OF FIRE . ITS END the SECOND death .
I STAND ON THIS BEFORE ALL . Let all witness today , THAT I POINTED TO JESUS and i warned people about the lie .

 

[ByGraceThroughFaith]

I KNOW . I ACTUALLY KNOW . I TRULY KNOW that the only way one can be saved is BY BELIEVING IN JESUS

but surely this is only half of what saves the sinner? Jesus is very clear in Mark 1:15, that to be saved, the sinner must "REPENT and BELIEVE in the Gospel". At the end of His earthly Ministry, Jesus says, "and that REPENTANCE for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem" (Luke 24:47). After his first Sermon, the Apostle Peter, in response to those who had been "cut to the heart" (convicted by the Holy Spirit), and asked, "Brethren, what shall we DO? (Acts 2:37). Peter did not say, "do nothing, just believe". He says, "REPENT , and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit"

A Gospel Message that excludes "REPENTING from sins", is what Paul calls in Galatians 1, "another gospel"(verses 7-9), which cannot save anyone!

 

[Ziggy]

The guilty should pay, and the innocent should not. This is a pedestrian axiom that is being trashed today when it comes to assessing priestly misconduct, something the Pennsylvania grand jury report has contributed to mightily.

No amount of compassion for those who have been violated by priests should ever be done at the expense of telling the truth, no matter how unpopular it may sound. To do otherwise is cowardly, shameful, and unjust.

What is driving the current mania over this issue is not hard to figure out. I am a sociologist who has been dealing with this issue for a long time, having published articles about it in books and international journals.

Here is what’s going on. There are many vicious critics of the Catholic Church who would like to weaken its moral authority, and will seize on any problem it has to discredit its voice. Why? They hate its teachings on sexuality, marriage, and the family.

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Not sure what your getting at here.
The Catholic Church has no moral authority. Perhaps when it was first begun some 2000 years ago, but surely not today.
The Catholic Church is welcoming gay pride. They are allowing other religions to intermingle which is a form of prostitution with other pagan religions.
Not that this is anything new, they been doing it for millenium.
Hey, if you like your catholicism, you can keep your catholicism.
It's not in the direction of the path the Lord is leading me on.
But you do what you think is right. And I will follow the Lord.
Hugs

 

[amigo de christo]

but surely this is only half of what saves the sinner? Jesus is very clear in Mark 1:15, that to be saved, the sinner must "REPENT and BELIEVE in the Gospel". At the end of His earthly Ministry, Jesus says, "and that REPENTANCE for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem" (Luke 24:47). After his first Sermon, the Apostle Peter, in response to those who had been "cut to the heart" (convicted by the Holy Spirit), and asked, "Brethren, what shall we DO? (Acts 2:37). Peter did not say, "do nothing, just believe". He says, "REPENT , and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit"

A Gospel Message that excludes "REPENTING from sins", is what Paul calls in Galatians 1, "another gospel"(verses 7-9), which cannot save anyone!

You are looking at a man who has lived both lives .
years back i could say JESUS saves , YET I LIVED and LOVED the lusts of sin .
THAT is what is known as dead faith . IT aint real at all . A delusion only .
Years later the Lord would flip me around and bring me to true faith in Christ . A whole new heart with whole new desires .
AS JOHN once said , HE who says HE knows God yet walks in darkness is a liar . Many claim to KNOW CHRIST
yet walk in darkness . THEY LIE and do not the truth .
A hearer only has decieved themselves . who WE obey , who we serve IS WHOSE WE ARE . YE WILL INDEED KNOW THEM by their fruits .
This generation within christendom has in large tanked big time . I never seen such a delusion that has arisen and so fast .
I see it already on folks even on this site . Its darkness my friend but many and when i say many within even the christain realm
now follow another jesus , another gospel , the dragon who can portray himself as light , YET IS DARKNESS .
MANY claim to have and know the light of Christ , YET the light that is in them IS DARKNESS and they know it not .
And if the light that is them be darkness , THEN HOW GREAT that darkness is . ITS bad now . real bad .
My best guess , and its only a guess , IS that about ninety eight percent of christanity OR MORE , is now under
this darkness . TO SOME degree or another .

 

[Ziggy]

@amigo de christo
Honest question...
Why doesn't the 7 times 77 rule apply to Judas?
If men are to be judged by their works, whether they are good and remain or are bad and get burned in the fire...
What works did Judas do prior to his betrayal?
Is there anything that would remain?

Just thinking friend..
Hugs

 

[amigo de christo]

Not sure what your getting at here.
The Catholic Church has no moral authority. Perhaps when it was first begun some 2000 years ago, but surely not today.
The Catholic Church is welcoming gay pride. They are allowing other religions to intermingle which is a form of prostitution with other pagan religions.
Not that this is anything new, they been doing it for millenium.
Hey, if you like your catholicism, you can keep your catholicism.
It's not in the direction of the path the Lord is leading me on.
But you do what you think is right. And I will follow the Lord.
Hugs

That is the problem with the church . We have become so into live and let live that we now say , OH but YOU JUST DO what YOU think is right .
HE aint right ziggy . So dont tell him to do any such thing . THEY are in dire and grave danger .
If you saw a child about to skate on thin ice or skating on thin ice , would you say , HEY just do what you think is right
OR would you warn and do all to get that child OFF that ice . NO mam . That church is in dire and grave danger
As are many even within the protestant realm now . AS For me i willl warn . OH yes it has already cost me .
I get banned and shunned in many places . BUT LOVE does not regaurd itself , IT DOES FOR THE OTHERS .
SO i warn . AND no one here or there can stop me . I love them , so i warn them . FLEE THE CC
and get back in bibles and flee these protestant leaders who are fleecing the flocks as well .

 

[amigo de christo]

@amigo de christo
Honest question...
Why doesn't the 7 times 77 rule apply to Judas?
If men are to be judged by their works, whether they are good and remain or are bad and get burned in the fire...
What works did Judas do prior to his betrayal?
Is there anything that would remain?

Just thinking friend..
Hugs

Your overthinking . JESUS never told peter , when PETER ERRED , Better were it for peter that he had never been born .
JESUS said i have chosen YOU all , YET ONE OF YOU IS a DEVIL and this he SPOKE of JUDAS who should betray him
Its clear JESUS KNEW who HE chose and WHO Judas was . Judas wont be in glory land sister .
Judas never truly followed Christ . HE was a thief , it says so in the scriptures . He was covetous .
HE was simply chosen so as the scripture could be fullfilled . Truly better were it for that man had he never been born .
Its not judgment . GO read the bible my dear sister . There are many places which prove JUDAS was never truly of them .

 

[Ziggy]

That is the problem with the church . We have become so into live and let live that we now say , OH but YOU JUST DO what YOU think is right .
HE aint right ziggy . So dont tell him to do any such thing . THEY are in dire and grave danger .
If you saw a child about to skate on thin ice or skating on thin ice , would you say , HEY just do what you think is right
OR would you warn and do all to get that child OFF that ice . NO mam . That church is in dire and grave danger
As are many even within the protestant realm now . AS For me i willl warn . OH yes it has already cost me .
I get banned and shunned in many places . BUT LOVE does not regaurd itself , IT DOES FOR THE OTHERS .
SO i warn . AND no one here or there can stop me . I love them , so i warn them . FLEE THE CC
and get back in bibles and flee these protestant leaders who are fleecing the flocks as well .

You can't convince someone who is already convinced in their minds.
I use sarcasm a lot. Sometimes that gets through, most times not.
Anyone willing to defend pedophlia, I have nothing good to say at all.
Sorry.
Hugs

 

[amigo de christo]

You can't convince someone who is already convinced in their minds.
I use sarcasm a lot. Sometimes that gets through, most times not.
Anyone willing to defend pedophlia, I have nothing good to say at all.
Sorry.
Hugs

Nor can we support those who preach another gospel . THINK about all the blood this pope , vatican two
and now our own protesant leaders are teaching . ZIGGY they are preaching things
like other religoins now have no need to repent and beleive in JESUS . ITS A LIE and its one FROM HELL
and its one i had rather DIE than to follow .
MY war is against the unity all inclusive move that is merging the protestants and the other false religions home to ROME .
You looking at a man that will die FIRST . Soon i will be banned from even more places .
But remember this . WHO DID I POINT TOO . REMEMBER that i never allowed anyone to beleive
they had salvation in a false religon by doing good works . I SAID JESUS ONLY . YET watch . EVEN HERE i will
be banned in the time to come .
I have said this on many sites , even warned my banning was coming and was accused .
YET it came to pass . AND IT WILL HERE TOO . The catholics and the protestants and the other religoins
WILL MERGE . I WILL WARN AGAINST IT till the end . MY SAVOIR IS JESUS and I KNOW and am fully persauded
that the other religoins are false and that to be saved , one must repent and BELEIVE THE GOSPEL .
This unity and lovey stuff our churches preach is FALSE . We better learn our bibles is all i can say .

 

[Ziggy]

Nor can we support those who preach another gospel . THINK about all the blood this pope , vatican two
and now our own protesant leaders are teaching . ZIGGY they are preaching things
like other religoins now have no need to repent and beleive in JESUS . ITS A LIE and its one FROM HELL
and its one i had rather DIE than to follow .
MY war is against the unity all inclusive move that is merging the protestants and the other false religions home to ROME .
You looking at a man that will die FIRST . Soon i will be banned from even more places .
But remember this . WHO DID I POINT TOO . REMEMBER that i never allowed anyone to beleive
they had salvation in a false religon by doing good works . I SAID JESUS ONLY . YET watch . EVEN HERE i will
be banned in the time to come .
I have said this on many sites , even warned my banning was coming and was accused .
YET it came to pass . AND IT WILL HERE TOO . The catholics and the protestants and the other religoins
WILL MERGE . I WILL WARN AGAINST IT till the end . MY SAVOIR IS JESUS and I KNOW and am fully persauded
that the other religoins are false and that to be saved , one must repent and BELEIVE THE GOSPEL .
This unity and lovey stuff our churches preach is FALSE . We better learn our bibles is all i can say .

We sure are in the thick of things.
They call it, the fog of war. And there isn't just one war, their are multiple wars on so many levels,
But the most dangerous is the spiritual war happening before our very eyes.
They are stealing peoples beliefs, by trying to whitewash and genocide anything and everything that has to do with Christ.
They are trying to erase him out of existence.
Boy so they have a surprise coming.
Talk about shock and awe..
Only this will be the real thing.
I'm praying, praying hard that a lot of people turn to Christ before this all comes to a conclusion.
The thing that's going to hurt the most is the food supply.
And in the bible, everytime there is a famine, that's when people start really looking for God.
There are no coincidences.
The Lord's got this.
Hugs

 

[amigo de christo]

We sure are in the thick of things.
They call it, the fog of war. And there isn't just one war, their are multiple wars on so many levels,
But the most dangerous is the spiritual war happening before our very eyes.
They are stealing peoples beliefs, by trying to whitewash and genocide anything and everything that has to do with Christ.
They are trying to erase him out of existence.
Boy so they have a surprise coming.
Talk about shock and awe..
Only this will be the real thing.
I'm praying, praying hard that a lot of people turn to Christ before this all comes to a conclusion.
The thing that's going to hurt the most is the food supply.
And in the bible, everytime there is a famine, that's when people start really looking for God.
There are no coincidences.
The Lord's got this.
Hugs

And they are doing it under the guise that they believe in GOD , believe in JESUS
and yet they are following , teaching and preaching another jesus . Its all a sham .
Biden lies when he says he follows Christ , so do many others , popes and all .
To learn JESUS , i say open BIBLES . LEARN AND LOVE HIS TEACHINGS AND LEARN THE DOCTRINE FOR OURSELVES

 

[amigo de christo]

We sure are in the thick of things.
They call it, the fog of war. And there isn't just one war, their are multiple wars on so many levels,
But the most dangerous is the spiritual war happening before our very eyes.
They are stealing peoples beliefs, by trying to whitewash and genocide anything and everything that has to do with Christ.
They are trying to erase him out of existence.
Boy so they have a surprise coming.
Talk about shock and awe..
Only this will be the real thing.
I'm praying, praying hard that a lot of people turn to Christ before this all comes to a conclusion.
The thing that's going to hurt the most is the food supply.
And in the bible, everytime there is a famine, that's when people start really looking for God.
There are no coincidences.
The Lord's got this.
Hugs

THINGS ARE gonna get ugly . the world will soon learn why it should not have abandoned God
and the churches in large will learn why they should not have abandoned the biblcal Christ and the biblical gosple .
We must pray that many repent and fast . Deceptions and hard times will only increase in this world .
OH but our home is with the LORD and our end is REAL GOOOD Ziggy . JUST CLING TO JESUS
and no matter what comes against us , WE GOT THE LORD and our END IS GOOD , FOREVER WITH THE GLORIOUS LORD .

 

[Illuminator]

Not sure what your getting at here.
The Catholic Church has no moral authority. Perhaps when it was first begun some 2000 years ago, but surely not today.
The Catholic Church is welcoming gay pride. They are allowing other religions to intermingle which is a form of prostitution with other pagan religions.
Not that this is anything new, they been doing it for millenium.
Hey, if you like your catholicism, you can keep your catholicism.
It's not in the direction of the path the Lord is leading me on.
But you do what you think is right. And I will follow the Lord.
Hugs

It's not the Lord that leads you to make lies, falsehoods, and unjustified attacks. The world hates the Catholic Church, and you are just part of that world. There are many vicious critics of the Catholic Church who would like to weaken its moral authority, and will seize on any problem it has to discredit its voice. Why? They hate its teachings on sexuality, marriage, and the family. You are a vicious critic with little or no education. So you attack the Pope out of ignorance and prejudice. Your particular brand of anti-Catholicism is a sign of deep seated mental illness. You should tell your doctor how you feel about the CC, he has medications that can help you.

 

[Ziggy]

It's not the Lord that leads you to make lies, falsehoods, and unjustified attacks. The world hates the Catholic Church, and you are just part of that world. There are many vicious critics of the Catholic Church who would like to weaken its moral authority, and will seize on any problem it has to discredit its voice. Why? They hate its teachings on sexuality, marriage, and the family. You are a vicious critic with little or no education. So you attack the Pope out of ignorance and prejudice. Your particular brand of anti-Catholicism is a sign of deep seated mental illness. You should tell your doctor how you feel about the CC, he has medications that can help you.

"The world hates the Catholic Church" ...
There are an estimated 1.2 billion Catholics in the world, according to Vatican figures.
https://www.scripturecatholic.com › how-many-catholics-in-the-world

No friend, there are 1.2 billion Catholics OF the world who love the Catholic Church.
And if not being one of them makes me a vicious critic with deep seated mental illness,
Then so be it.
I rather be handicapped and enter into heaven. Then have a degree in sociology and end up in hell.

Have a good day.

 

[Illuminator]

Catholic Morality: Life in Christ
Catholic morality is about life: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10)

Faith & baptism give us new life in Christ. That life involves far more than simply following a set of rules.

This article provides an overview of basic principles of Catholic morality.

It is essential to know these principles: they are the how-to manual for living fully your new life, for obtaining that abundant life Christ has promised you.

The Catholic Catechism starts its section on Catholic morality with St. Leo the Great’s beautiful words:

Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return to your former base condition by sinning. Remember who is your head and of whose body you are a member. Never forget that you have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the light of the Kingdom of God. (Catechism, #1691)

Morality is a call to recognize our dignity as men and women who have received a free gift of new life in Christ. We must live accordingly.

The Law of Love
Our Lord Jesus himself clearly taught us the first principles of Catholic morality:

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.” (Mt 22:37-40)
Love, or charity, is the great commandment of the Lord.

Love of God and love of neighbor are the source & summary of Catholic morality. “All the law and the prophets” flow from this starting point.

This means that what love requires is the essence of all moral rules, all of the Ten Commandments, and all aspects of morality spoken of by the prophets and even by Christ himself. The only things needed are those things which love makes necessary.

It is also important to say that love does, indeed, require many things!

In fact, it takes only a few simple steps of logic to deduce the Ten Commandments and most of the rest of Catholic morality from this starting point.

Those moral precepts describe the minimum that love requires.

“What do you mean, the minimum?”
Catholic morality’s basic moral code describes the minimum necessary to live in union with Christ. If we fall below that level, then the life of Christ cannot live within us.

That’s the meaning of mortal sin: an action which shows God that we refuse his offer to become “children of God” (John 1:12) and “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Pet 1:4).

So if that’s the minimum, then what’s the maximum that love requires? Again, Jesus provides the answer:

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35)
The maximum, then, is to completely give ourselves for others, even as Christ did for us.

To put it more simply: there is no maximum! We’ll always find that we can give more.

Challenging? Yes!

So how do we ever live up to this demand?

Grace to the rescue!
The demand to love without limit is very demanding.

Christ’s disciples thought so, too!

They couldn’t believe that the demands of discipleship far exceeded human ability: “When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, ‘Then who can be saved?’” (Mt 19:25)

Jesus’s response to them reveals the key: “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Mt 19:26).

It is not you who will save yourself, it is God who saves you!

If you let him, God will give you the strength and ability to do more than you can believe is possible. And the more you give, the more help God will give you. We call this grace.

It is the Holy Spirit himself who gives us the gift of grace. He not only calls us to holiness, but he sanctifies us (makes us holy) and gives us the grace we need to respond to his own call.

Once you begin to accept grace, you’ll find that it changes you in wonderful ways:

• There are seven specific Gifts of the Holy Spirit. For the beginning Catholic, they are particularly important: they help us to make progress with greater ease and stronger love during the challenging early stages of Christian life.
• The Holy Spirit will develop many excellent qualities in your life. These fruits are countless, but following St. Paul, the Church lists twelve specific Fruits of the Spirit.
• Much of the spirit’s work within us involves developing the virtues and helping us avoid the vices.

More than anything, though, the Holy Spirit gradually moves us toward the ultimate goal of virtue: to love and act with the heart of Christ himself. This state is described by The Beatitudes, which begin the beautiful “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew’s Gospel, chapters 5-7.

They are not just a set of nice ideals: “The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus’ preaching” (Catechism, #1716). They are a radical call to live according to a new set of standards.

The Beatitudes are a self-portrait of Christ. If you aspire to live in Christ, you will strive to make the Beatitudes your own.
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[Illuminator]

These are basic concepts in Catholic moral theology:

• Freedom
• Truth
• Natural law
• Law
• Conscience

There’s a lot to say about these, but I’ll keep it short. It boils down to this:

• God creates us in the state of freedom. We are at liberty to choose, based on reason and will, whether to act or not in a specific situation. We are responsible for our choices. With these choices, we choose our own ultimate destiny: that of eternal life with God, or that of death.
• We believe that moral truth is objective, and not relative to the subjective whims of culture or taste. It is valid at all times & everywhere. God is the ultimate source of all moral truth.
• People have an innate sense of basic moral truth. Using human reason, we can deduce the principles of this natural law. But because sin clouds our vision of the truth, God has chosen to directly reveal the law to us.
• We use our natural facility called conscience to apply the general principles of the law to specific situations, judging specific actions to be right or wrong in accordance with objective law. (Conscience is not the source of those moral principles!)

Understanding these basic principles of Catholic morality will help you avoid a lot of trouble. (Believe me, it’s hard enough to avoid trouble even when you do understand these!)

“But what are the rules?”
Okay, so Catholic morality does have an actual moral code that you need to know!

But just remember: this moral code doesn’t represent the summit of Catholic morality. It is a description of the most basic requirements of the command to love God and love neighbor.

Focus on the Beatitudes as your goal, but make sure that you don’t fall below the minimum level of Christian living.

Here’s the basic content of these “minimum requirements”, the moral law:

• The Catholic Ten Commandments describe “the conditions of a life freed from the slavery of sin” (Catechism, 2057).
• Each Commandment is simply a summary of a whole category of actions. For example, “bearing false witness against your neighbor” covers any kind of falsehood: perjury, lying, slander, detraction, bragging, rash judgment, etc.
  (I address some specific issues in the next section, below.)
• The Commandments must be understood in relation to the “law of love.” (That’s why we discussed it at length above!)
• The Precepts of the Catholic Church are a small number of things related to the Church that any good Catholic must do at an absolute minimum. They describe things like the necessity to worship at Mass at least each Sunday and on Catholic holy days of obligation, go to Confession at least once a year, etc.

(Also be sure to read the section on Catholic morality in your Catechism of the Catholic Church.)

Willing & knowing violation of one of the above items (the Ten Commandments and Precepts of the Church) is considered a mortal sin: it constitutes rejection of God’s law, and of God himself.

Such rejection can be repaired only by true contrition, repentance, and seeking forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation as soon as possible. (A detailed Catholic examination of conscience is essential for preparing for Confession.)

Again, remember that this moral code is only a description of some of the minimum requirements of Catholic morality. True Christian life not only requires much more of us, but…

…it is also incredibly positive in the blessings that it brings!

As Jesus himself said, “theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Mt 5:3).

Specific issues
There are certain moral issues that people have a lot of questions about. I’ve addressed some of these special topics in Catholic morality in separate articles.

There’s a special article about Christian sex that takes a detailed look at that important topic of Catholic morality! It describes the basic principles of Catholic sexual morality.

Also see Christian oral sex, Catholic teaching on masturbation, Catholic natural family planning, and contraception and religion for applications to those specific topics.

The article Catholic annulment discusses Catholic marriage and annulment in detail.

Onward… to life!
I hope you’ve found this tour of the basics of Catholic morality to be useful.

These principles are a description of how we live the life of Christ. It is essential for every Catholic to know them!

Remember above all else:

• The law of love is primary.
• The “law and the prophets” are summarized by the command to love God and neighbor.
• The basic moral precepts of Catholic morality are a minimum level below which we must not go.
• This is about life — “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10).

In Christ, God is making you the most incredible offer. Will you accept it?


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