Does anybody ever consider referring to God's word
for understanding of what the NT apostles were saying?

Garee wrote:
Revelation 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride “adorned” for her husband.


Well, when are you going to strive to enter in, Garee, so you can go in and out and find pasture? (John 10:9)
The tender and delicate woman among you,
which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,
her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom,
and toward her son,
and toward her daughter,
and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet,
and toward her children which she shall bear:
for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness,
wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Deuteronomy 28:56-57

Garee wrote:
Isaiah 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.


"And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." 
~ Matthew 19:28

"That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
~ Luke 22:30
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment:
thou shalt not respect the person of the poor,
nor honour the person of the mighty:
but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:15

Now what did St. John SEE when he looked into Heaven?

"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them..."
~ Revelation 20:4
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire:
and them that had gotten the victory over the beast,
and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name,
stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying,
Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty;
just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints.

Revelation 15:2-3

Jesus is reigning NOW in the hearts of His people and those who followed Him into Heaven are reigning with Him....which is what Catholics call the Communion of Saints! We can enter into the Kingdom NOW and go in and out and find pasture (John 10:9), as the majority of Catholic Saints did, but once we enter Heaven, we will go out no more! (Rev 3:12)
O that there were such an heart in them,
that they would fear Me, and keep all My commandments always,
that it might be well with them,
and with their children for ever!

Deuteronomy 5:29

Surrender ALL, Garee!

"Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them."
~ Pope Francis

Not about following Jesus' commandments?
And Christ takes possession of you, even though you don't keep His words?

God's commandments = His word.
I believe it is to be followed.
And that Catholicism strives to have us of it, and keeping such sayings as their Popes give.
Hear Jesus.

...but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew 19:17

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love;
even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

John 15:10

And I know that His commandment is life everlasting:
whatsoever I speak therefore,
even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.

John 12:50

Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is nothing,
but the keeping of the commandments of God.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Don't be amazed that your Popes speak the opposite to what the Word of scripture says.
Remember, they had to be Catholic to become a Pope.

Anybody who believes in the word is excommunicated like they are a devil,
long before getting any position of power in any earthly Church.

" Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 
 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 
 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 
 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise."
 
~ Isaiah 43:18-21


What NEW thing did God do,Garee?
In those that repent, God renews His covenant with them.
This is the house of Israel.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 1:19-20

Bless Jesus Heart Throb
Teach His judgments
`Paul

To the law 
and to the testimony: 
if they speak not according to this word, 
it is because there is no light in them.
Isaiah 8:20

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