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Teresa complained in her private letters of feeling abandoned by Christ, and in point of fact was unsure that a God actually exists out there.
Well; according to the Holy Bible-- which Roman Catholicism holds in very high regard --God has a supernatural way of assuring His own that He does in fact exist and that they are not abandoned.
†. Rom 8:16 . .The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
The Greek word for "bears witness" means to corroborate; which Webster's defines as: to support with evidence.
It is possible to short circuit the Spirit's witness.
†. 1Ths 5:19 . . Do not quench the Spirit.
How does one quench the Spirit? Well . . the better question is: How did the most dedicated Catholic nun the twentieth century every produced manage to quench Him? If the most pious role model in the modern Catholic world could quench God's Spirit for virtually five decades, then where does that leave John Q and Jane Doe pew warmer?
Here's an item of interest that isn't talked about much.
†. Rom 8:15 . . For you have not received a spirit of slavery again to fear; but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we call out: Abba, Father!
Abba is an Aramaic word. It refers to one's male parent but not as an ordinary noun. It's a vocative.
For example: When my son points me out to one of his friends and says "That's my dad over there." he's not using dad as a vocative. But when he shouts "Hey dad, I'm over here!" then he's using dad to get my attention. That's a vocative.
Rom 8:15 is saying that the spirit of adoption compels "we" to call out to a father rather than a mother. So then, people who feel compelled to call out to Jesus' mom instead of his Father, are not the Father's children because the spirit of adoption would never compel them to do that.
The spirit of adoption, as it turns out, is the spirit of God's son.
†. Gal 4:6 . . As proof that you are children, God sent the spirit of His son into our hearts, crying out: Abba, Father!
The spirit of His son compels the children to pray to Jesus' Father, never to his mother because Jesus never prayed to his mother. So then, people compelled by the spirit of His son will address their prayers to Jesus' Father same as he did.
What does that tell us about Mother Teresa and her devotion to Jesus' mother? Duh. She did not have the spirit of His son in her heart; and she knew it too.
"The place of God in my soul is blank-- There is no God in me-- He is not there-- God does not want me"
People lacking the spirit of His son are not His son's sheep.
†. Rom 8:9 . . If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
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Teresa complained in her private letters of feeling abandoned by Christ, and in point of fact was unsure that a God actually exists out there.
Well; according to the Holy Bible-- which Roman Catholicism holds in very high regard --God has a supernatural way of assuring His own that He does in fact exist and that they are not abandoned.
†. Rom 8:16 . .The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
The Greek word for "bears witness" means to corroborate; which Webster's defines as: to support with evidence.
It is possible to short circuit the Spirit's witness.
†. 1Ths 5:19 . . Do not quench the Spirit.
How does one quench the Spirit? Well . . the better question is: How did the most dedicated Catholic nun the twentieth century every produced manage to quench Him? If the most pious role model in the modern Catholic world could quench God's Spirit for virtually five decades, then where does that leave John Q and Jane Doe pew warmer?
Here's an item of interest that isn't talked about much.
†. Rom 8:15 . . For you have not received a spirit of slavery again to fear; but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we call out: Abba, Father!
Abba is an Aramaic word. It refers to one's male parent but not as an ordinary noun. It's a vocative.
For example: When my son points me out to one of his friends and says "That's my dad over there." he's not using dad as a vocative. But when he shouts "Hey dad, I'm over here!" then he's using dad to get my attention. That's a vocative.
Rom 8:15 is saying that the spirit of adoption compels "we" to call out to a father rather than a mother. So then, people who feel compelled to call out to Jesus' mom instead of his Father, are not the Father's children because the spirit of adoption would never compel them to do that.
The spirit of adoption, as it turns out, is the spirit of God's son.
†. Gal 4:6 . . As proof that you are children, God sent the spirit of His son into our hearts, crying out: Abba, Father!
The spirit of His son compels the children to pray to Jesus' Father, never to his mother because Jesus never prayed to his mother. So then, people compelled by the spirit of His son will address their prayers to Jesus' Father same as he did.
What does that tell us about Mother Teresa and her devotion to Jesus' mother? Duh. She did not have the spirit of His son in her heart; and she knew it too.
"The place of God in my soul is blank-- There is no God in me-- He is not there-- God does not want me"
People lacking the spirit of His son are not His son's sheep.
†. Rom 8:9 . . If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
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