>>760093
>Uhh, how do I KNOW that my free will doesn’t dovetail precisely with God’s own will? Call me cocky but I have every reason to think it does. If truth, goodness, and light are God’s priorities, they are also MINE.
If you say so. But if you openly brag about it, you've already proven yourself wrong.
>In every moment I feel I obey Christ’s greatest commandments perfectly (Mt. 22:35-40). It’s unfathomable to do anything else, it’s just how I operate. Therefore I don’t feel guilty for his crucifixion or for what Eve did.
We are not guilty for His crucifixion (it was His victory anyway) or for Adam and Eve's sin.
But read the stories of the saints. If you feel you are doing well, good! Keep doing well. But do not let it rest in your heart and turn into pride, because you "possess" nothing, everything is a gift from God and your own "merits" can do nothing.
>I will truth, goodness, and light in every moment.
Are you poor in spirit, that is, do you tolerate the fact you have more belongings than your neighbor does? Do you mourn for a suffering humanity? Are you meek? Do you hunger and thirst for righteousness? Are you merciful, pure of heart, a peacemaker? Are you persecuted, be it by the infidels or by the demons, for the sake of Christ?
Do you reject idolatry, that is, do you put God absolutely above all other things? Do you worship anything other than the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you speak His name in vain? Do you remember Easter and therefore go to Church to receive communion? Do you honor your parents? Do you reject killing, including hating, which is killing in spirit? Do you reject fornication, including lustful thoughts, which are fornication in spirit? Do you steal, which also means keeping your goods when they properly belong to others? Do you covet anything that your neighbor possesses?
I of course do not wish to disparage you, but have you seriously thought about these questions? Remember Luke 18:9-14:
>Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Again note I am not saying this to accuse you of sins I would not even know, or worse, to imply that a Christian necessarily cannot be righteous. But read the Scriptures more carefully. Read the Psalms in particular, maybe. But read also about the saints, our forefathers who have finished their race. You will find that only very few of them, such as St. Paul, recognized that they were holy and righteous people, and even Paul himself is able to say that he is the king of sinners and that he is not justified until he finishes his race.
>>760150
>>760174
You're mistaken. "The Trinity" is not a monad. Our God's name is not "Trinity". "Trinity" is a description of the eternal relationship between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Is it correct to say "the marriage loves itself"? No. In the marriage, the husband gives himself up entirely for his wife, loving her unconditionally, and the wife does the same for her husband.
The idea of an eternally loving God who really just loves Himself as a monad is not Christian, but Muslim at best.
>>760203
Linked at the end of the first thread. I'm not done sharing the catechisms for all the sacraments, but at least read up on Baptism and the Eucharist.