Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the disobedient.
Ephesians 4:32-5:8
This daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?
Luke 13:10-17
The great immovable mountain is thus an image for the recalcitrant presence of evil. ... The miniscule mustard seed then portrays the irresistible force of faith, which can pry loose and evict such a monster without even lifting a finger.
Fr. Anthony Giambrone
CCC 128-133 The Church 'forcibly and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful...to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures.' Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. (CCC 133)
I think sometimes that I feel more free in my slavery/bondage than I do when I'm actually free from mortal sin. But feeling free isn't the same as actual freedom. It's an empty promise that never makes good. If I only had the faith to remember what happens every time I fall for the empty promises of the devil - I am ensnared once again. Abraham had the faith that changed him. The long suffering woman in the Gospel has faith that ultimately changes her.
Is it because I lack knowledge of Christ, or because I don't act like the knowledge matters?
Ephesians 4:32-5:8
This daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?
Luke 13:10-17
The great immovable mountain is thus an image for the recalcitrant presence of evil. ... The miniscule mustard seed then portrays the irresistible force of faith, which can pry loose and evict such a monster without even lifting a finger.
Fr. Anthony Giambrone
CCC 128-133 The Church 'forcibly and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful...to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures.' Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. (CCC 133)
I think sometimes that I feel more free in my slavery/bondage than I do when I'm actually free from mortal sin. But feeling free isn't the same as actual freedom. It's an empty promise that never makes good. If I only had the faith to remember what happens every time I fall for the empty promises of the devil - I am ensnared once again. Abraham had the faith that changed him. The long suffering woman in the Gospel has faith that ultimately changes her.
Is it because I lack knowledge of Christ, or because I don't act like the knowledge matters?