That is a very good question Unknown Warrior.

I reckon one can be saved under such circumstances, provided one is baptised first and with our prayers together with the prayers of our brethren, whom are already i)n the Kingdom of Heaven in the presence of our Father.

Infant baptism is not biblical.

Q. If salvation is by grace alone, i.e., none deserve it, then why is it up to the choice of man to receive it, as if God needs our permission to save us?

I am definately not an expert in Catholic doctrine but intercession is clearly found in scriptures. However the initial question was related to a sickness of an unsound mind, right ? Confession from an unsound mind, now that I've never experienced before.

It is possible bro., for everything is possible for the one who believes.

I remember fighting the evil spirit before with our Lord's Prayer and verses in the Holy Bible only and that took a solid 3/4 of a hour to finish. However the subsequent exorcisms was completed on a shorter time frame as I called upon everyone I could think of in heaven. Thank goodness everyone replied. 😊

I can't believe I'm doing this, but I have to say something against this "anti-life insurance" business.

Life insurance is not "fearing death", or "depending on someone else besides Jesus to save you", it is merely a financial arrangement to take care of your family's earthly needs when you're gone. And your family is also an extension of the Church, since they are probably fellow Christians. Taking care of your family therefore is also Christian work. In fact I would say there are plenty of verses in the Bible which prove it is one of the most important responsibilities of Christians. But I dislike quoting verses, and I'm sure many others here can provide them.

Even if they are non-Christians, the societal norm is that you have a responsibility to take care of them. By doing so, you demonstrate a good testimony to non-Christians that a Christian is a person of good character and a good member of society, and that is also a form of missionary work. (There is also Biblical support for this.)

Don't think that Jesus has no idea about finance, or that he doesn't care about family. We are commanded to be fruitful in both areas, to spend our money on preaching the Word (growing the Church externally, through missionary work), to take care of current Church members and to multiply (growing the Church internally).

Money is needed in this world to further the work of the Church. It is not to be eschewed and avoided. If we don't generate it, it has to come from somewhere.

No, we cannot only depend on "faith" to take care of the financial needs. That kind of faith is testing God. God never intended us to sit back, hold out our hands, ask for money to drop from the sky and call that a "miraculous blessing". We are supposed to do our best and trust God to provide by turning our best efforts into something beneficial. THAT is practical application of faith.

Life insurance provides your wife and children with the resources they need to grow up to be useful members of the Church. If you don't provide, someone else has to. Probably the Church itself, since it is one of the Church's responsibilities to care for its members. So what have you really accomplished by avoiding life insurance, other than to transfer your burden to other Christians?

This isn't prosperity gospel, BTW. Prosperity gospel focuses on enriching yourself. This is about being good stewards of the resources which belongs to God, which is not just the Church offerings but also ourselves, our money, time, and effort.

Nor am I promoting any investment-linked insurance products. Investment-linked products are generally very poor financial investments.

Only when people don't post misinformation on Catholic doctrine here.

Not only with Catholic doctrine but also with your doctrine, I can see.

You mean prosperity gospel, hyper-grace are not obvious gaps? Fine..

That's between you and the other Protestants, I won't interfere. Just giving an example. Another thing I recalled being different between you and the rest are the 10 Commandments. What is your position on that?

But others will point to ‘If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments’  (Matt. 19:17).

And another:

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

True, no one denies only Christ can fulfill all. But note well, certain things not fulfilled yet such as His Second Coming. Heaven and earth has not passed away yet.

This is where you differ with the rest. For you all the Law has been fulfilled and finished, not differentiating between ceremonial and moral laws. I can go in further details how the Catholic position is more sensible and in harmony with Scripture, while yours is making verses of Scripture seems like contradicting one another.

The Catholic truth is summed up in two simple and essential truths. 1) By our own selves, we indeed cannot fulfil the Commandments. Jesus Christ said,"Without Me, you can do nothing" (Jn 15:5). 2) With the grace of Jesus Christ, we CAN and must fulfil the Commandments. In the very same passage, "I am the vine, you are the branches, he that abideth in me and I in him, the same beareth much fruit." "In this is my Father glorified, that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples (Jn 15:8). And St Paul says "I can do all these things in him who strengtheneth me" (Phil 4:13).

When St Paul says "we are not under the Law", not as if we are allowed to break the Law like committing idolatry, adultery, etc, but by the grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we are empowered to fulfill the Law out of love, thus the Law is not a burden for those who love God, but is indeed a burden for those who rejects Christ and does not have the grace to obey the Law. "What then, shall we sin, because we are not under the Law, but under grace? God forbid!"

Next, how to obtain grace? By prayer and the Sacraments instituted by Christ. Certainly the first grace is given without being asked, i.e. the grace to pray. If you say I expect all graces from Christ and need not lift a finger, you are greatly deceiving yourself, less we hear on our judgement from the mouth of Our Lord "Thou wicked and slothful servant!, ...and the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness!" (Mt 25: 26, 30).

....... So, your argument for buying life insurance is naught or baseless as it goes against trusting in God by keeping His Law/Word, in order to be blessed by God with a good and long life on earth. You either trust God or trust Mammon = you cannot trust both at the same time.

Now if the ministration of death: Paul means the former law, which by giving them a greater knowledge, and not giving graces of itself to fulfil those precepts, occasioned death, was notwithstanding glorious, accompanied with miracles on Mount Sinai, and so that the Israelites, when Moses came down from the mountain, could not bear the glory of his countenance, which he was forced to cover with a veil, when he spoke to them. Shall not the ministration of the Spirit in the new law, which worketh our sanctification and salvation, abound with much greater glory?

Don't forget the moral standard in the New Testament is higher than that of the Old. "You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." (Mt 5:27).

What do you mean look to death? The post above has answered you.

Nope. Your position is not the same as UW's. UW is implying the 10 Commandments can be completely ignored because it comes under the OT.

And no again to your second part. A Christian's life in this world is a constant warfare. I don't deny there will be times when one will fall, but with grace, prayer and the sacraments, one can rise again. "Fight the good fight"

What a perverse misinterpretation of St Paul that you have! Are you saying God is the cause of sin?

Not that the law was designed for that end; but the word that, as in many other places, so here expresses only the consequence that followed, when sinners occasionally became more guilty by the knowledge of the law, and the precepts given. Not as if the law were given purposely for sin to abound (that itself is a blasphemy against God the source of all goodness); but that it so happened, through man's perversity, taking occasion of sinning more, from the prohibition of sin. St Paul does not say that grace abounded in every place where iniquity had abounded; but he says indefinitely where, that is, in many places where sin abounded, grace hath abounded also.

If you read what was written above, Scripture has answered you. "I can do all these things in him who strengtheneth me".