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Matthew 6:6-13 may help: But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

One of the things I struggle with is prayer. What is a correct prayer? Why do others have such boisterous words? Am I just being repetitive? Should they be formal prayers? I still pray but feel im lacking. I know Jesus is happy with me coming to him regardless of how I pray. I try to spend time with him everynight regardless and thats when I feel most at peace.

@oliverburdick Unless they hear the Gospel, repent, and believe in Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.

The people who look down on Christians now will be looking up at us on judgment day.

@french_tho37809 @taco_talks Where's the lie though?

@taco_talks You well meaning, sad human. You should tread softly. Learn the 3rd Commandment. Your confidence on this matter is foolish & dangerous. "You shut up the Kingdom of God for others, and you're not even going on yourself."

Do people who never hear about Jesus still go to hell?

@taco_talks Amen!

You're doing God's work to expose Orthobros. Keep it up! Since Orthobros demand we look into orthodoxy or else we're grifters, it's on. Dahwahbros did this with David and they got crushed. Now Orthobros are on the hook to prove their case and they'll be under the scrutiny they demanded.

@SacredStoic @IanCarrollShow I was there to debate not converse.

How?

@5SolasMissy @PurestZinc I seriously doubt these accounts are driven by humans. Could be bots or paid agitators.

@PurestZinc Mary having children with her husband wouldn’t make her a whore. Referring to Christs mother that way is very disrespectful

Protestant women are all whores. That's why they want to make Mary a whore like them. Protestant "men" are simps, so they go along with it to avoid the fact that all the women in their lives are whores, too. Mary is sinless, prot women are bicycles, and prot men are cucks.

@Truth_matters20 Whaat in the...?!

I couldn't believe this was actually real when I first saw it. The pagan idolatry of Rome is astonishing.

@pureMetatron Yes

Do you believe in God?

@Acts17David Amen brother!

My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. ~1 Corinthians 1:11-17

@5SolasMissy Amen Missy! Amen!

"so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” -Isaiah 55:11 God declares that His Word never returns empty and always accomplishes exactly what He sends it to do. That means the gospel is never ineffective. When it's preached, it either softens hearts and brings life to those He saves, or it hardens and leaves others without excuse. The same sun that melts wax hardens clay. God's Word succeeds every time, either as the aroma of life to those who believe or as a witness of judgment to those who reject it. It never fails and it fulfills His purpose perfectly

Hello! Something for you to seriously contemplate is what draws you to Christianity? Is it tradition? Rituals? The crowd to be with? Intellectual engagement? You don't need to follow Jesus if these worldly things are what you are drawn to. For "becoming Christian" is to realise you're a sinner who deserves to be thrown into the lake of fire, but by no action/deed of your own and only by God's love for you that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16) Jesus died for you so that you may live. By no longer desiring to sin and believing the good news that you are saved if you trust in Jesus, you'll be a born again follower of Jesus. This is the most important thing about being a follower of Jesus: why we need saving and how we are saved. Everything else you can take your time to learn as God works on making you more holy by His will. This comes after you've placed your trust in Jesus. God bless and may you "confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)

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@crochet_mom314 AMEN!!! Praise be to God!

My 93 year old grandfather, who has been an atheist all his life, became a Christian last night. 🥹

Right that's a good reference to Isaiah and I'll need to study that more! I looked into the unique things about Peter, just to Peter and no other apostle, and found the following: * Keys of the kingdom of heaven which we've been talking about but included for completeness. * Jesus prays specifically for Peter’s faith and charges him to strengthen the others (Luke 22:31-32). * Jesus gave Peter specific tasks after the resurrection to "feed my lambs... tend my sheep... feed my sheep (John 21:15-17) Is this what you meant by unique authority to Peter? Am I on track, missing any other points, or off mark? If I got that right, I'm happy to move on to the "binding" and "loosing".

Take as much time as you need man, I know how it is! You bring up some good points, but we would say that Mathew 16 describes something deeper than “Peter was the first to preach the gospel.”Let's look at the hermeneutics of the “keys.” In Isaiah 22:20-22, the key represents an office of authority, as the king appoints a role of authority over the kingdom. “I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, what he shuts no one can open.” This is echoed in Matt 16:19. To a Jewish audience, this imagery pointed to a chief steward or prime minister under the king. Since Jesus is the Davidic king, Catholics see Peter being appointed to a real governing office in Christ’s kingdom, not merely being complimented for recognizing the Messiah. And I'm not saying that Peter is above the other apostles but that he has a unique authority among them. There's a lot here so I wanted to address the “keys” first then I'll come back and address “binding and loosing” later!

@ChristandGuitar Hats off to you. I couldn't make it past 30 mins because of how much Andrew behaved like the dahwahbros.

I just finished watching this "debate." My observations: - David Wood came to have a conversation about morality and orthobros aligning with Muslims against Christians. - Andrew Wilson came to win a debate. Honestly, it was a fairly fruitless discussion in terms of the topics, but it was worth seeing how these guys handled 3 hours of going back and forth. David came out looking way better, standing firm on what we know are foundational Christian truths. Andrew seemed to not be able to understand basic Christian beliefs, which was something David hammered on in the middle section. For instance, he appeared to think that "non-denominational" somehow means "I'm hiding what I actually believe." It was just really weird. Maybe he was just playing ignorant? Has Andrew ever given a steelman definition of a Protestant's view of salvation?

@EliteAurumDC @AM198712 @Acts17David We don't need to be muslim to criticise islam. We don't need to be part of EO to criticise EO.

@AM198712 @Acts17David If you are not orthodox you don't have respect for their authority to begin with... piety signaler, are guys able to criticize without contradicting every second? Like gosh the only inference is that you're being malicious

We're LIVE, discussing the weird alliance between dawahgandists and Christians: youtube.com/live/v7wpQj7FC…

@LordDiososceles @Acts17David Perhaps orthodoxy and orthobros are different things? I need to see more as I'm sure I'm missing pieces of information.

@Acts17David I find it hard to believe Orthodox bishops and priests would approve of what some of these Orthos are doing. Isn’t Orthodoxy supposed to emphasize humility, obedience and submission to spiritual authority rather than constant hostility and internet bloodsport?

Apart from the ☦️ in their bios, the online OrthoBros are indistinguishable from the DawahBros.

@TheNewMexicanCG @adelethelaptop I don't understand your question, or how it relates to my replies.

@KhorPoints @adelethelaptop Invisible or at all visible and accountable?

I’m curious why you’re ignoring all the ones calling it out

Hmm I see! When I go to the Greek for "Peter" and "rock", Peter is "Petros" Πέτρος which is the masculine form meaning "rock" or "stone". The word for rock was translated from the feminine form "petra" πέτρα meaning large stone/rock formation. So Peter is a small stone while the rock Jesus referred to is a different word that is a large stone/rock formation. Besides the difference in gendered words (which is significant as we know you can't be both contrary to modern culture), there is also a difference in the size of the rock in question. It makes sense that Jesus builds his believers on a large, solid foundation rather than on a small stone. This is one reason why when I read this passage, Peter is not what Jesus builds his church (gathering of believers) on. What do you think?

@KhorPoints @Allesontiire Is this accurate?

Firstly, sorry if I'm slow in replying as I have a lot going on outside of Twitter. But I'll come back when I can for sure! The context of verse 19 is Jesus, after saying "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah..." because Peter was the first to recognise Jesus as the Messiah prophesised in the Old Testament, giving Peter the "keys of the kingdom of heaven..." Keys open doors, or put another way, allow one to enter where it is locked/shut away. Heaven I think we both can agree on what it is, so rhetorically, how does one get into heaven? Scripture is clear that Jesus is the way the truth and the life (John 14:6); that he is "... the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved" (John 10:9). How does one come to know this? Through the gospels. And when we look at Scripture, Peter was the first to spread the gospel to the Jews and then to the gentiles, then other apostles like Paul continued to spread it. While this can be thought of as a unique leadership role to be the first to spread the gospel, Scripture doesn't say that Peter is above the other apostles (if that is what you are suggesting. I could be wrong here). In fact, Peter calls himself another one of the elders and was later rebuked by Paul for treating gentiles with partiality depending on whether they were in the presence of Jews. This shows that Peter was not above the other apostles (if I'm reading your point correctly). As for the authority of Peter, the role of being the first to spread the gospels to the Jews and gentiles, it is finished because he's already done it. Paul and the rest have carried it on to spread the gospels far and wide. I don't see where in Scripture this authority can be passed down or is passed down. Regarding the binding and loosing, it's in context to the key to heaven; Jesus; the gospel. Since Peter has already spread the gospel to everyone (Jews + non-Jews = everyone is how I arrive at this), and the apostles have spread the gospel far a wide to reach all corners of the world, so too will all around the world who believe in the gospel be bound in heaven. Happy to hear your thoughts!

@KhorPoints @Allesontiire Yes, a unique leadership role among the apostles. This authority continues through the bishops of the Holy See (the Popes). What is the context of verse 19 here?

@TheNewMexicanCG @adelethelaptop The church is a gathering of the born again believers in Jesus. I am one of them. What are you trying to say here?

@KhorPoints @adelethelaptop “If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.” Matthew 18:17