[Faith-talk] The "CCC?" Was: "Blind Catholics"

[Vincent Fugate]

	The CCC is the Catechism of the Catholic Church and it is based on
the whole Bible.  We do use the Bible, and we have only one commentary, one
interpretation.  Not 35, 000 different denominations.


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On Behalf Of Everett Gavel
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:01 AM
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Subject: [Faith-talk] The "CCC?" Was: "Blind Catholics"

Joseph Wrote:
> In order to live correctly according to one's faith, 
> we must first
> understand what the doctrines of faith are.  It's a 
> little easier for
> Catholics, particularly today, because we have 
> resources such as the CCC
> which spell it out for us with references so we can 
> look it up.  Then we
> must live what we understand, to the best of our 
> ability and conscience.
>

Hello Joseph, and all,

With all due respect, Joseph, honestly, where does 
Jesus fit in to that statement?  I didn't hear Him 
mentioned once in your thoughtful message.  You mention 
as the first response, the resources of the CCC. 
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the CCC?  Is that the 
Bible?  Because if not, it should not be the first 
thing you go to, for guidance.  Christians are 
Christ-followers, Christ is God, and the Holy Bible is 
the Word of God.  I don't know exactly what the CCC is 
at this moment, but hope you'll enlighten me.  If it's 
the Holy Bible, thank you Jesus.  If not, well, no 
Catholic manual, or Baptist manual, or Nazarene manual 
or any other manual, is better than the Word of God, 
straight from the Holy Bible.   I feel urged to share a 
short message I read a few minutes ago, somewhat on 
this subject of reference manuals and doctrines and all 
that.  At least, that's one of the applications as to 
how it hit me this morning.  Please read on for a 
moment longer, below, and then, I look forward to 
discussing this all with you further, and finding out 
what the "CCC" actually is. (smile)


Below is a brief bit from this morning's "A Word With 
You" message from Ron Hutchcraft:

"How can I say that there are people who look and sound 
and act like a Christian but have somehow missed Jesus? 
Because that's what God says in the Bible. In our word 
for today from the Word of God in Matthew 7, beginning 
with verse 21, there's a scene from the Final Judgment 
and it's pretty sobering for us religious folks. Jesus 
says, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will 
enter the kingdom of heaven." These are obviously 
people who know all the Christian words. Then it says, 
"Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we 
not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out 
demons and perform many miracles?'" These are folks who 
are doing lots of Christian things. Surely they are 
going to heaven.

Jesus then makes this shocking statement: "Then I will 
tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me...'" 
Those are words I pray you will never hear from the 
lips of Jesus on the day when it's too late to change 
it, "I never knew you." Why? Because they only knew 
about Jesus. There's one base they missed, giving 
themselves to the Jesus they knew so much about. Lots 
of Christianity, but missing Christ.

Jesus said that only those who "do the will of My 
Father" will go to heaven. John 6:40 tells us what that 
will is: "My Father's will is that everyone who looks 
to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal 
life." It's not looking to church, or Christianity, or 
Christian beliefs, or Christian activities that give 
you eternal life. It's abandoning any other hope of 
heaven and pinning all your hopes on the Man who died 
for your sin and rose again to give you life that never 
ends.

The life-or-death question for you is, "Has there ever 
been a time when I actually gave myself to Jesus in 
total faith?" If you don't know you did that, you 
probably didn't. And you probably shouldn't wait any 
longer to do it before your heart turns hard or your 
time runs out.

Just tell Him, "Jesus, I want to really belong to you. 
Your death for me is my only hope, and I am yours." 
When you do that, in God's own words, you "cross over 
from death to life" (John 5:24)."



Thanks for Reading, and Hopefully Responding,
Everett
everett at everettgavel.com
www.everettgavel.com






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