The Book of James tells us to never argue with The Father OR The Son OR The Holy Spirit.
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Question 33: “Does The Book of James always tell us to ‘Be Catholic!’?”
Answer: “Look what we find in James 4:8! ‘The nearer you go to God, the nearer He will come to you. Clean your hands, you sinners, and clear your minds, you waverers.’”
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Question 34: “How does that tell us to ‘Be Catholic!’?”
Answer: “Everyone who ‘wavers’ may most meaningfully ‘clear their mind’ by gratefully embracing This Word, Church, and ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’ from God’s Son!
‘And I say unto you, thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.’”
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Question 35: “What should we do when we realize that ‘wavering’ is keeping our minds and souls from being ‘nearer to God’?”
Answer: “James 4:9 tells us what to do! ‘Look at your wretched condition, and weep for it in misery; be miserable instead of laughing, gloomy instead of happy.’
There is no more ‘wretched and miserable condition’ than to know we have willfully rejected God’s earthly ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’ for our immortal soul!”
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Question 36: “How can we stop living in that ‘wretched and miserable condition’?”
Answer: “James 4:10 tells us what to do! ‘Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up.’”
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Question 37: “What do we need to do to ‘humble ourselves before The Lord’ so that He will ‘lift us up’?”
Answer: “Catholics begin by loving our neighbors! ‘Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who slanders a brother, or condemns him, is speaking against the Law and condemning the Law.’”
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Question 38: “What happens to us if we ‘condemn the Law’?”
Answer: “We have broken His First Commandment! We have put our opinions ‘before God’! James is clear: ‘But if you condemn the Law, you have stopped keeping it and become a judge over it.’ There is no greater vanity!”
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Question 39: “Do we show our love for God by loving our neighbor instead of ‘slandering or condemning’ them?”
Answer: “James 4:12 is clear! ‘There is only one lawgiver and He is the only judge and has the power to acquit or to sentence. Who are you to give a verdict on your neighbor?’”
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Question 40: “If we give a ‘verdict on our neighbor’, what will our ‘sentence’ be’?”
Answer: “May all be blessed to ‘clear our minds’ about that enough to Be Catholic!”
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