CATHOLICISM: WHERE IS JESUS?
A friend of mine once told me that his catholic father-in-law told him that if a catholic read the bible that they would probably become a protestant. Wow!
Did he just hear himself? I had already studied up on catholics and their beliefs before i heard this so i knew what he was meaning by the comment. Did you know almost every main doctrine of the catholic church is not in the word of God. It amazes me how powerful satan is in blinding so many people but its true. The catholic church is the largest church organization in the world and because it is we should not take it lightly on what they believe and teach their people.
The biggest flaw of the many is the fact that Mary, Jesus' mother, is the central theme and not Christ. Mary is said to be the sinless one who had Christ, therefore he was sinless.
They teach others to pray to her and that she is their strength. Is this wrong? As we look into it did you realize that no verse in the bible gives her special authority or even acknowledges her in any way as a devine being and certainly not as Gods mother. This is another twist on words they use. Yes, she had Jesus, but it was only because she was chosen by God to have the Christ child who was the focal point and not her. It was her destiny chosen by God. Remember, Jesus is the alpha and omega, the beginning and end. He has no mother. They also call her the blessed but even Mary in the scriptures turned the focus back on Jesus as she told the lady who called her blessed of women that the blessed are those who believe in him. She knew Jesus was the one to be looked upon. He was the Savior, not her.
Infant baptism is another teaching of the church. This is also totally contradictory to the word of God. According to scripture you are baptized after conversion to show that you have accepted Christ and that the baptism, as explained in Romans 6, is an illustration of our death to self and a ressurection to him. We are new creatures in Christ and baptism signifys this.
Infant baptism is not in scripture at all. Infants can not repent and accept Jesus. There baptism is on the wrong end of the conversion, if there is a conversion at all.
The priesthood is the main body of Catholic leadership and is their main foundation. according to their teaching, you have to repent of sin through them to God and that they are called by God to be celibate. Is either of these accurate? No. A leader of the church is said to be the husband of one wife. No where is it taught in scripture that a church leader had to be celibate. Paul stated that it is better not to be married because of the hardships that come along with it and that we should marry if we lust after the opposite sex. These are teachings for an individual. scripturally you can be celibate and be a leader in the church but if you have desires then you should marry. This is the correct teaching to us.
As far as repenting to a priest we should also not accept. When Jesus died, the vail of the temple rent intwo signifying we now have access to the Father and that Jesus is now and forever our high priest and only him. Hebrews chapters 7 through 10 explain this. we no longer need priest of men for they were just following Gods orders signifying that the messiah was to come. Once he came the priest of the church were no longer needed. This is why bishops and deacons are talked about in the word as the leaders of the church and not priests. All believers are said to be priests of God since we are all part of his body, he being the high priest.
The Pope and his authority is another amazing position held in the church of Catholicism. He is said to be the head of the church and is referred to as infallible. What does the word say? The bible is clear; Jesus is the head of the church and we are the body of Christ. In other words, we do his works for him while listening to his word for guidance and direction. No man heads his church. Even a preacher is only a part of the body and is in subjection to the word of God.
What about infallibility? Only Christ is said to be sinless and that all should repent and be saved. Having a man in such a position is dangerous in the eyes of God and to most of us is considered blasphemy.
There are many more but the last i will discuss is pergatory. this is a teaching that after you die you go to a place and pay for your sins. Then you can go to heaven. Is pergatory even in scripture? As we look into the subject we find one glaring fact. First, Jesus died and paid our sin debt and two, we are said to be sleeping in the grave until the last day when we are ressurected to Jesus in our new glorified bodys. Paul called it the last trumpet. Martha acknowledged to Christ that she knew he would raise her on the last day. No where in scripture do we go to a place and pay for sin. This is a slap in the face of what Christ did. They are basically saying that his death didn't erase their sin.
As you can see the Catholic church is nothing more than a man made religion, run by men, giving a group of men all the power. You also can see why i made the statement, "where is Jesus?" Jesus is completely missing in their church. Yes they say a few prayers with his name in it but the meat of their church takes all his power away and hangs it on mere mortals who will one day die and be ressurected only to stand before the God they ignored.
Did he just hear himself? I had already studied up on catholics and their beliefs before i heard this so i knew what he was meaning by the comment. Did you know almost every main doctrine of the catholic church is not in the word of God. It amazes me how powerful satan is in blinding so many people but its true. The catholic church is the largest church organization in the world and because it is we should not take it lightly on what they believe and teach their people.
The biggest flaw of the many is the fact that Mary, Jesus' mother, is the central theme and not Christ. Mary is said to be the sinless one who had Christ, therefore he was sinless.
They teach others to pray to her and that she is their strength. Is this wrong? As we look into it did you realize that no verse in the bible gives her special authority or even acknowledges her in any way as a devine being and certainly not as Gods mother. This is another twist on words they use. Yes, she had Jesus, but it was only because she was chosen by God to have the Christ child who was the focal point and not her. It was her destiny chosen by God. Remember, Jesus is the alpha and omega, the beginning and end. He has no mother. They also call her the blessed but even Mary in the scriptures turned the focus back on Jesus as she told the lady who called her blessed of women that the blessed are those who believe in him. She knew Jesus was the one to be looked upon. He was the Savior, not her.
Infant baptism is another teaching of the church. This is also totally contradictory to the word of God. According to scripture you are baptized after conversion to show that you have accepted Christ and that the baptism, as explained in Romans 6, is an illustration of our death to self and a ressurection to him. We are new creatures in Christ and baptism signifys this.
Infant baptism is not in scripture at all. Infants can not repent and accept Jesus. There baptism is on the wrong end of the conversion, if there is a conversion at all.
The priesthood is the main body of Catholic leadership and is their main foundation. according to their teaching, you have to repent of sin through them to God and that they are called by God to be celibate. Is either of these accurate? No. A leader of the church is said to be the husband of one wife. No where is it taught in scripture that a church leader had to be celibate. Paul stated that it is better not to be married because of the hardships that come along with it and that we should marry if we lust after the opposite sex. These are teachings for an individual. scripturally you can be celibate and be a leader in the church but if you have desires then you should marry. This is the correct teaching to us.
As far as repenting to a priest we should also not accept. When Jesus died, the vail of the temple rent intwo signifying we now have access to the Father and that Jesus is now and forever our high priest and only him. Hebrews chapters 7 through 10 explain this. we no longer need priest of men for they were just following Gods orders signifying that the messiah was to come. Once he came the priest of the church were no longer needed. This is why bishops and deacons are talked about in the word as the leaders of the church and not priests. All believers are said to be priests of God since we are all part of his body, he being the high priest.
The Pope and his authority is another amazing position held in the church of Catholicism. He is said to be the head of the church and is referred to as infallible. What does the word say? The bible is clear; Jesus is the head of the church and we are the body of Christ. In other words, we do his works for him while listening to his word for guidance and direction. No man heads his church. Even a preacher is only a part of the body and is in subjection to the word of God.
What about infallibility? Only Christ is said to be sinless and that all should repent and be saved. Having a man in such a position is dangerous in the eyes of God and to most of us is considered blasphemy.
There are many more but the last i will discuss is pergatory. this is a teaching that after you die you go to a place and pay for your sins. Then you can go to heaven. Is pergatory even in scripture? As we look into the subject we find one glaring fact. First, Jesus died and paid our sin debt and two, we are said to be sleeping in the grave until the last day when we are ressurected to Jesus in our new glorified bodys. Paul called it the last trumpet. Martha acknowledged to Christ that she knew he would raise her on the last day. No where in scripture do we go to a place and pay for sin. This is a slap in the face of what Christ did. They are basically saying that his death didn't erase their sin.
As you can see the Catholic church is nothing more than a man made religion, run by men, giving a group of men all the power. You also can see why i made the statement, "where is Jesus?" Jesus is completely missing in their church. Yes they say a few prayers with his name in it but the meat of their church takes all his power away and hangs it on mere mortals who will one day die and be ressurected only to stand before the God they ignored.
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