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10 Biblical problems with the Catholic Cults and the Protestant friendly cults,
and how the real Jesus is different from both.
(This
article/study does not focus on obvious cults, such as Mormonism, Jehovah’s
false Witness, “Christian” Science, etc – they are not addressed specifically
in this article/study. But, they all fit under the category of: Rome’s
lies, and apostate cults.)
10
Key problems with the Catholic Cult
1) The “pope” pretends to be God on
earth, (even deadly force to “prove” it)
2) The assumptions about Mary, and how
the Bible, including Peter, Paul, and Mary, are against Rome
3) The “pope”, “arch-bishops”, “bishops,
and “priests” pretend to be between you and God
4) The “popes” pretends that God doesn’t
hear your prayers directly, you need to go thru a pagan-god or goddess
re-imagined and called “saints”
5) The Vatican cult pretends they are
necessary for salvation
6) The Vatican cult twists all
definitions, and then pretends they are infallible
7) The Vatican cult pretends their
traditions are equal to (or sometimes supersede) God’s Word
8) The Vatican cult regularly promotes
the “good” in false religions, also promotes false teachers of other religions
as people we should admire and listen to
9) Short list of Catechism false
teachings
10)
The
Vatican spawns other cults, false apostles, false prophets, false teachers, and
helps false religions rebrand to look more like parts of the one-world religion
You can read and see the errors of
Rome in her catechism yourself. Just buy yourself a copy and compare it tightly
to Word of God that is living and powerful, and they aren’t adding to it, they
are adding to their judgments (Matthew 5:17-20; Proverbs 3:5-6)
> https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/
> https://www.amazon.com/Catechism-Catholic-Church-Second-U-S/dp/0385508190/
Point
1: All “popes” pretend to be God.
The Pope is the head of the
church and has the authority of Christ
CCC 882, “The Pope, Bishop of Rome and
Peter’s successor, “is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the
unity both of the bishops and the whole company of the faithful.” “For the
Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the
entire (Catholic) Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole
(Catholic) Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.”
CCC 883, “The college or body of
bishops has no authority unless united with the Roman Pontiff, Peter’s
successor, as its head.” As such, this college has “supreme and full authority
over the universal (Catholic) Church; but this power cannot be exercised
without the agreement of the Roman Pontiff…”
CCC 2034, “The Roman Pontiff and
the bishops are ‘authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed
with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted
to them, the faith to be believed and put into practice.’ The ordinary and
universal Magisterium of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him
teach the faithful the truth to believe, the charity to practice, the
beatitude to hope for.”
Vatican council in Lateran, AD 1215
“We excommunicate and anathemize [curse]
every heresy which exalts itself against the holy, orthodox and Catholic faith,
condemning all heretics, by whatever name they may be known... If laymen, their goods must be confiscated... Secular powers
of all ranks and degrees are to be warned, induced, and if necessary, compelled
by ecclesiastical censure, to swear that they will exert themselves to the
utmost in the defense of the faith and extirpate (kill) all heretics denounced
by the Church who shall be found in their territories. And whenever any person
shall assume government, whether it be spiritual or
temporal, he shall be bound to abide by this decree...” “We
decree further that all who may have dealings with heretics (Protestants), and
especially such as receive, defend, or encourage them, shall be excommunicated.
He shall not be eligible to any public office...” Quote from the
Council of Lateran, AD 1215, found on pages 56 to 57 of Chiniquy's book, “50
Years in the Church of Rome”.
Jesuit Catholic Catechism,
pg2:
“The papal fiat [power] is the guide; What he doth here, in Heaven is ratified; He acts as God,
their power so equal are, that God, Christ, Pope have but one Judgment Chair.
Then [“than” or “compared to”] Paul or th[e]’ old
Law, he’s great and true, he can command ‘[a]gainst Paul and the Gospel too,
Can from Rules of Faith, the old casheer [guard/keeper]; And over General
Councils domineer; If he to Hell millions should draw, Yet none must ask him
why? His will is Law.” (Jesuit Catechism, page 2)
Jesuit Catholic Catechism,
pg4:
“There is but one Supreme Authority in the
world, and that is the Pope.”
> Pope Pius IX, the
Allocution [formal speech given], September 1851
“The Catholic religion, with all its votes,
ought to be exclusively dominant in such sort that every other worship shall be
banished and interdicted [destroyed,
murdered].”
> Pope Pius VII, Encyclical,
1808
“It was proposed that all religious
persuasions should be free and their worship publicly exercised. But we have
rejected this article as contrary to the canons and councils of the first
Catholic Church [Vatican].”
> Brownson’s Review, May 1864
“Undoubtedly it is the intention of the pope
to possess this country. In this intention he is aided by the Jesuits and all
the Catholic prelates and priests.”
> Right Reverend O’Connor,
Bishop of Pittsburgh
“Religious Liberty is merely endured until
the opposite can be carried into effect without peril to the Catholic Church [Vatican]”
> Father Hecker, Catholic
World, July 1870
“There
is, ere long, to be a state religion in this country [United States], and that
state religion is to be the Roman Catholic. 1st. The Roman Catholic is
to wield his vote for the purpose of securing Catholic ascendancy in this
country. 2nd. All legislation must be governed by the will of God
[Vatican’s will], unerringly indicated by the pope. 3rd. Education must
be controlled by Catholic authorities, and under education the opinions of the
individual and the utterance of the press are included, and many opinions are
to be forbidden by the secular arm, under the authority of the Church
[Vatican], even to war and bloodshed.”
> Boston Pilot, official
journal of the Catholic Bishop
“No good government can exist without
religion, and there can be no religion without an Inquisition, which is wisely
designed for the promotion and protection of the true faith [Vatican/Catholic].”
> Brownson’s Review, June
1851
“The power of the Church [Vatican] exercised
over sovereigns in the Middle Ages was not a usurpation, was not derived from
the concession of princes or the consent of the people, but was and is held by
divine right, and whoso resists it rebels against King of Kings and Lord of
Lords [the Vatican’s “pope” is
satan’s counterfeit].”
> Tamburini, General of the
Jesuits
“See, sir, from this chamber, I govern, not
only to Paris, but to China; not only to China, but to all
the world, without anyone knowing how I do it.”
> Busenbaum in Lacroix,
Theologia Moralis, 1757
“A man who has been excommunicated by the
Pope may be killed anywhere.”
> Catholic Archbishop James Quigley, Chicago
Daily Tribune, May 5, 1903
“Within twenty years this country [the United States] is going to rule the world. Kings and Emperors will
soon pass away and the democracy of the United States will take their place…
When the United States rules the world, the Catholic Church will rule the
world… Nothing can stand against the Church [Vatican]. I’d
like to see the politician who would try to rule against the [Vatican] Church in Chicago. His reign would
be short indeed.”
http://notfooledbygovernment.com/essays/america-held-captive-part-5-recognize-conspiracy-see/
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
Jesus
Himself said: Matthew 16:18, Matthew
10:16-26, Matthew 5:17-18, Matthew 7:13-27, Luke 11:46-54, John 10:10, John
15:18-25, John 18:36, Revelation 2 thru 3, Revelation 19:11 thru Revelation 22
From
Peter: 1 Peter 4:3-5, 2 Peter 2:1-22
From Paul: 1 Timothy 4:1-3, Matthew 23:15, Acts 2, Jeremiah
10:2-5, 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1 and 2, Romans 1:18-32, Romans 1-3, Ephesians
2:8-10, Galatians 1:8-9
Also:
Exodus 20:13, Deuteronomy 5:17, Deuteronomy 19:11-12, Proverbs 1:10-19, Ephesians
2:2,
All popes
have tried to claim to be God’s Throne on earth. They call themselves “Vicars
of Christ” and use all wars as deadly force, like the inquisitions and
crusades, to counteract anything that opposes their dominion. The Jesuits are
their highest order of knights, in Rome, they are
called the “militantis regimini”. Read the active Jesuit oath,
it’s not old – it’s still active, which calls for alarm concerning the 28
official Jesuit colleges in the US, not to mention the secret ones. ~ Watch and
Pray.
++ Another very key set of
quotes:
Abraham Lincoln
himself said this of Rome and Rome’s Jesuits: ““I feel more and more every day that it is not against the Americans of
the South, alone, I am fighting. It is more against the Pope of Rome, his
Jesuits and their slaves. There are only vary few of the Southern leaders who
are not more or less under the influence of the Jesuits, through their wives,
family relations, and their friends. Several members of the family of Jeff
Davis are under the influence of the Jesuits. Even the Protestant ministers are
under the influence of the Jesuits, without suspecting it… Rome is doing here
what she has done in Mexico, and all the South American Republics; she is
paralysing, by civil war… She divides our nation in order to weaken, subdue and
rule it.”
“…I pity the priests, the bishops,
and monks of Rome in the United States when the people realize that they are in
great part responsible for the tears and bloodshed in this war. I conceal what
I know, for if the people knew the whole truth, this war would turn into a
religious war, and at once, take a tenfold more savage bloody character. It
would become merciless as all religious wars are. It would become a war of
extermination on both sides. The protestants of both
the North and the South would surely exterminate the priests and the Jesuits if
they could hear what Profess or Morse has said to me of the plots made in the
very city of Rome to destroy this republic…”
“…The true motive
power [of the civil war] is secreted
behind the thick walls of the Vatican, the colleges and schools of the
Jesuits…They have continued in a silent, but most efficacious way, to spread
their hatred against our institutions, our laws… and our liberties in such a
way that this terrible conflict became unavoidable between the North and South…
it is Popery that we owe this terrible civil war… I would have laughed at the
man who would have told me that before I became President. But Professor Morse
has opened my eyes on that subject… Our people are yet ready to learn and
believe those things, and perhaps it is not the proper time to initiate them
into the dark mysteries of hell… Sooner or later the nation will know…And then
those who have caused those desolations and disasters will be called to give an
account.”
“This war [United States Civil War of 1861-1865] would never
have been possible without the sinister influence of the Jesuits. We owe it to
the Popery that we now see our land reddened with the blood of her noblest
sons. Though there were great differences of opinion , between the South and
the North on the question of slavery, neither Jeff Davis nor anyone of the
leading men of the Confederacy would have dared to attack the North had they
not relied on the promises of the Jesuits that, under the mask of democracy,
the money and the arms of the Roman Catholics, even the arms of France, were at
their disposal if they would attack us.”
One author added this comment to clarify what
Rome vocally did just before the start of the US Civil War: “Pope
Pius IX never actually signed any kind of alliance or 'statement of support'
with the Confederate States of America, but to those who understand the nuance
of papal protocol, what he did do was quite astonishing. He acknowledged
President Jefferson Davis as the "Honorable President of the Confederate
States of America.”
- author quote found at: http://www.seawapa.co/2014/10/The-American-Civil-War-the-Jesuits-and-Abraham-Lincoln.html
Richard W Thompson,
Secretary of the Navy (1887-1880)
Mr. Thompson, in his paper “The Papacy
and the Civil Power” said it this way:
“Nothing is plainer than that, if the
principles of the Church of Rome prevail here, our Constitution would
necessarily fall. The two cannot exist together. They (principles of the Church
Rome) are in open and direct antagonism with the fundamental theory of our
government and of all popular government everywhere.”
> Source: “Fifty
Years in the “Church” of Rome”, by Charles Chiniquy, page 285
>> More information, quotes, and
evidence at:
https://www.RestoreMBI.com/written-proof.htm, https://www.RestoreMBI.com/written-proof.pdf
Point
2: Assumptions about Mary
The Perpetual Virginity of
Mary, Her Assumption to Heaven, and her oneness with God
CCC 966 “Finally, the Immaculate
Virgin, preserved from all stains of original sin, when the course of her
earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and
exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more
fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death.
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son’s
resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians.”
The merit of Mary and the
Saints can be applied to Catholics and others
CCC 1477, “This treasury includes as
well the prayers and good works of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are truly
immense, unfathomable, and even pristine in their value before God. In the
treasury, too, are the prayers and good works of all the saints, all those who
have followed in the footsteps of Christ the Lord and by his grace have made
their lives holy and carried out the mission in the unity of the Mystical
Body.”
Other Catholic Assumptions
about Mary
Ø Mary was perfect and
sinless
CCC 968, “Her (Mary) role in relation
to the (Catholic) Church and to all humanity goes still further. “In a wholly
singular way, she cooperated by her obedience, faith, hope, and burning charity
in the Savior’s works of restoring supernatural life to souls. For this reason
she is a mother to us in the order of grace.””
Ø Mary is Mediatrix,
CCC 969, “… Therefore the
Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper,
Benefactress, and Mediatrix.'”
Ø Mary brings us the gifts of
eternal salvation,
CCC 969, “… Taken up to heaven she did
not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession
continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation…”
Ø Mary delivers souls from
death,
CCC 966, “…You [Mary] conceived the
living God and, by your prayers, will deliver our souls from death.”
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
About
and From Mary: Luke 2:22-35, 2:41-52, John 1:15-36,
John 2:1-4, Matthew 13:55-56, Matthew 12:46-50 and Mark 3:20-21 and Luke
8:19-21, John 7:1-8, John 10:25-27
Point
3: “Pope” + hierarchy of Rome pretends
to be between God and us
The Catholic church is the one true church
CCC 2105 “The
duty of offering God genuine worship concerns man both individually and
socially. This is ‘the traditional Catholic teaching on the moral duty
of individuals and societies toward the true religion and the one Church of
Christ.’ By constantly evangelizing men, the Church works toward enabling them
‘to infuse the Christian spirit into the mentality and mores, laws and
structures of the communities in which [they] live.’ The social duty of
Christians is to respect and awaken in each man the love of the true and the
good. It requires them to make known the worship of the one true
religion which subsists in the Catholic and apostolic Church. Christians
are called to be the light of the world. Thus, the Church shows forth the
kingship of Christ over all creation and in particular over human societies.”
Only the Roman Catholic
Church has the authority to interpret Scripture
CCC 100, “The task of interpreting
the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of
the Church, that is, to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him.”
> Catholic World, April 1870
“The Church [Vatican]… does not and cannot
accept, or in any degree favor, liberty in the Protestant sense of liberty.”
> Catholic World, July 1870
“The Catholic Church is the medium and
channel through which the will of God is expressed. While the state has rights,
she has them only in virtue and by permission of the Superior Authority [of the Vatican] and that authority can be expressed only through the Church [Vatican].”
> Catholic Review, June 1875
“Protestantism has not, and never can have,
any right where Catholicity has triumphed.”
> Cardinal Manning, Tablet,
October 9, 1864
“I acknowledge no civil power; I am the
subject of no prince, and I claim more than this. I claim to be the supreme
judge and director of the conscience of men – of the peasants that till the
fields, and of the prince that sits upon the throne; of the household that
lives in the shade of privacy, and the legislator who makes laws for kingdoms –
I am sole, last, supreme judge of what is right and wrong. Moreover, we
declare, affirm, define, and pronounce it to be necessary to salvation to every
human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff [pope].”
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
o
1
Timothy 2:5-7, Hebrews 4:15, Romans 8:26-27, Revelation 1:4-7, Ephesians
3:10-21; continual theme all thru Hebrews: Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews
5, Hebrews 7:1-3, Hebrews 8:1-5, Hebrews 9,
o
2
Corinthians 11:13-15, 2 Peter 2, Jude, Revelation 17 thru 19
Point
4: The “popes” pretend God doesn’t hear
your prayers directly
Prayer to the saints
CCC 2677, “By asking Mary to
pray for us, we acknowledge ourselves to be poor sinners and we address
ourselves to the ‘Mother of Mercy,’ the All-Holy One. We give ourselves over to
her now, in the Today of our lives. And our trust broadens further,
already at the present moment, to surrender ‘the hour of our death’ wholly to
her care.”
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
John 14, John
16:23-27, 1 John 5:14; See also:
Hebrews 2
Point
5: The Vatican cult pretends they are necessary
for salvation
The Roman Catholic Church
is necessary for salvation
CCC 846, “How are we to understand
this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated
positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head
through the Church which is his Body: Basing itself on Scripture and
Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth,
is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of
salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself
explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at
the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as
through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic
Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to
enter it or to remain in it.”
The full benefit of
Salvation is only through the Roman Catholic Church
“For it is only through Christ’s Catholic
Church, which is “the all-embracing means of salvation,” that they can benefit
fully from the means of salvation,” (Vatican 2, Decree on Ecumenism, 3).
Penance is necessary for
salvation
CCC 980, “This sacrament of Penance is
necessary for salvation for those who have fallen after Baptism, just as
Baptism is necessary for salvation for those who have not yet been reborn.”
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
John 10, John
14:6, Acts 4:12, John 3:16-21, Ephesians 2:8-10, 2
Peter 1:16-21, Acts 2, Acts 15,
Christ laid
out His church structure, which satan’s team rejects:
1
Corinthians 12:28-31, Ephesians 4:11-16, Revelation 2:6, 2:15, 3 John 1, Galatians
1:8-9,
1 Timothy 3 thru 4, 2 Timothy 3 thru 4
Point
6: The Vatican cult twists all definitions, and
then pretends they are infallible
Analyze their writings and
compare them to the definitions God explains in His Word
>>> See previous examples in
this study and other studies who compare the words of
Rome to the Word of God. The list of Rome’s errors and false definitions is too
long to list here.
The Vatican’s “pope” and
hierarchy and their supposed infallibility
CCC 889, “In order to preserve the
(Catholic) Church in the purity of the faith handed on by the apostles, Christ
who is the Truth willed to confer on her a share of his own infallibility. By a
“supernatural sense of faith, the People of God, under the guidance of the
(Catholic) Church’s living Magisterium, “unfailingly adheres to his faith”.”
CCC 890 “The mission of the Magisterium
is linked to the definitive nature of the covenant established by God with his
people in Christ. It is the Magisterium’s task to preserve deviations and
defections and to guarantee them the objective possibility of professing the
true faith without error. Thus the pastoral duty of the Magisterium is aimed at
seeing to it that the People of God abides in the truth that liberates. To
fulfill this service, Christ has endowed the Church’s shepherds with the
charism of infallibility in matters of faith and morals. The exercise of this
charism takes several forms.”
CCC 891 “The Roman pontiff, head of
the college of bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office… The
infallibility promised to the (Catholic) Church is also present in the body of
bishops when, together with Peter’s successor, they exercise the Supreme
Magisterium, above all in the Ecumenical Council…”
CCC 2034 “The Roman Pontiff and the
bishops are “authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority
of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted to them, the faith to
be believed and put into practice.” This ordinary and universal Magisterium of
the Pope and bishops in communion with him teach the faithful the truth to
believe, the charity to practice, the beatitudes to hope for.”
CCC 2035 “The supreme degree of
participation in the authority of Christ is ensured by the charism of
infallibility. This infallibility extends as far as does the deposit of divine
Revelation; it also extends to all those elements of doctrine, including
morals, without which the saving truths of the faith cannot be preserved,
explained, or observed.”
Jesuit Catholic Catechism,
pg4:
“There is but one Supreme Authority in the
world, and that is the Pope.”
Jesuit Catholic Catechism,
pg2:
“The papal fiat [power] is the guide; What he doth here, in Heaven is ratified; He acts as God,
their power so equal are, that God, Christ, Pope have but one Judgment Chair.
Then [“than” or “compared to”] Paul or th[e]’ old
Law, he’s great and true, he can command ‘[a]gainst Paul and the Gospel too,
Can from Rules of Faith, the old casheer [guard/keeper]; And over General
Councils domineer; If he to Hell millions should draw, Yet none must ask him
why? His will is Law.” (Jesuit Catechism, page 2)
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
2
Corinthians 11:13-15, 2 Peter 2, Jude, Revelation 17 thru 19
Point
7:
The Vatican cult pretends their traditions are equal to (or sometimes
supersede) God’s Word
Sacred Tradition equal to
scripture
CCC 82, “As a result the Church, to
whom the transmission and interpretation of Revelation are entrusted, does not
derive her certainty about all revealed truths from the holy Scriptures
alone. Both Scripture and Tradition must be accepted and honored with
equal sentiments of devotion and reverence.'”
Bible is “dead” unless
reinterpreted and “applied” to modern culture, but the “pope” and team
CCC 108 (a concluding point to CCC105
thru CCC108)
“… Still, the (Catholic) Christian faith
is not a “religion of the book”. Christianity is the religion of the “Word” of
God, a word which is “not a written and mute word, but the Word which is
incarnate and living.” If the Scriptures are not to remain a dead letter,
Christ, the eternal Word of the living God, must, through the Holy Spirit , “open [our] minds to understand the Scriptures”.
>> They do not have the right to
give themselves the right to add to Gods’ Word. They are neither God-incarnate,
nor approved by God, and they prove that by contradicting Him in so many ways,
reducing God’s Word for profit and to excuse sins. (2Corinthians 2:17, Acts 20:27)
>> (And this, found among other
supposed sacred symbols and explanations of those symbols explained in Rome’s
Catechism, and some are odd)
The “seal” (supposedly
among the “accepted” traditions)
CCC 698 “The seal is a
symbol close to that of anointing. “The Father has set his seal” on Christ and
also seals us in him. Because this seal indicates the indelible effect of
anointing with the Holy Spirit in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and
Holy Orders, the image of the seal (sphragis) has been used in some
theological traditions to express the indelible “character” imprinted by these
three unrepeatable [meaning: copy-able] sacraments.”
>> That is *not* equal to
Scripture. It’s traditions of man, something Jesus said He hates.
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
Galatians
1:8-9, Revelation 2:1-5, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12-13; Read thru Revelation
2
Point
8: The Vatican cult regularly promotes
the “good” in false religions, also promotes false teachers of other religions
as people we should admire and listen to
Ecumenical Unity
CCC 814, “From the beginning,
this one (Catholic) Church has been marked by a great diversity which
comes from both the variety of God’s gifts and the diversity of those who
receive them. Within the unity of the People of God, a multiplicity of peoples
and cultures is gathered together. Among the (Catholic) Church’s members there
are different gifts, offices, conditions, and ways of life. “Holding a rightful
place in the communion of the (Catholic) Church, there are also particular
Churches that retain their own traditions” The great richness of such diversity
is not opposed to the (Catholic) Church’s unity. Yet sin and the burden of its
consequences constantly threatens the gift of unity.
And so the Apostle has exhorted Christians to “maintain the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.”
CCC 815 “What are these bonds of
unity? Above all charity “binds everything together in perfect harmony”. But
the unity of the pilgrim (Catholic) Church is also assured by invisible bonds
of communion:
-- profession
of one faith received from the Apostles,
-- common
celebration of divine worship, especially the sacraments;
-- apostolic
succession through the sacraments of the Holy Orders, maintaining its fraternal
concord of God’s family.”
CCC 816 “The sole (Catholic) Church of
Christ [is that] which our Savior, after his Resurrection, entrusted to Peter’s
pastoral care, commissioning him and the other apostles to extend and rule it…
This (Catholic) Church constituted and organized as a society in the present
world, subsists in (subsistit in) the Catholic Church, which is governed
by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him.”
“The Second Vatican Council’s Decree
on Ecumenicism explains: “For it is through Christ’s Catholic Church alone,
which is the universal help toward salvation, that the
fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained. It was the apostolic
college alone of which Peter is the head, that we believe that our Lord
entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant, in order to establish on earth
the one Body of Christ into which all those should be fully incorporated who
belong in any way to the People of God.””
>> See also CCC 817 thru CCC 822
Billy Graham, a Jesuit of highest
rank, and very close “brother” of Catholic leaders -- including Pope John Paul
II, phrased it this way:
“Well, Christianity and being a true
believer--you know, I think there's the Body of Christ. This comes from all the
Christian groups around the world, (and
even) outside the Christian groups. I think everybody that loves Christ, or
knows Christ, whether they're conscious of it or not, they're members of the
Body of Christ. And I don't think that we're going to see a great sweeping revival, that will turn the whole world to Christ at any
time. I think James answered that, the Apostle James in the first council in
Jerusalem, when he said that God's purpose for this age is to call out a people
for His name. And that's what God is doing today, He's calling people out of
the world for His name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the
Buddhist world, or the Christian world or the non-believing world, they are
members of the Body of Christ because they've been called by God. They may not
even know the name of Jesus but they know in their hearts that they need
something that they don't have, and they turn to the only light that they have,
and I think that they are saved, and that they're going to be with us in
heaven… Yes, it is, because I believe that. I've met people in various parts of
the world in tribal situations, that they have never seen a Bible or heard
about a Bible, and never heard of Jesus, but they've believed in their hearts
that there was a God, and they've tried to live a life that was quite apart from
the surrounding community in which they lived…”
(1997 conversation with Robert Schuller)
You can find more on Billy Graham
here:
>
https://www.incpu.org/a-Jesuit-evangelist.htm
“In 1981, Billy Graham met the
pope at his papal apartment in Rome. At the end of meeting John Paul ll reached over, grabbed Graham’s thumb, and told him, “We are brothers.””
>
https://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2018/02/21/billy-graham-and-pope-john-paul-ii/
>
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/june/17.28.html
> https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lausanne_Committee_for_World_Evangelization
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pl4zRtWYc
Look also for: Billy Graham and His Friends”,
by Cathy Burns.
ISBN-10: 1891117173, ISBN-13: 978-1891117176
See also the examples where the “pope”
or one of his ambassadors and leaders publicly meets with the Dali Lama, etc.
> https://medium.com/otdsyb/pope-john-paul-ii-and-the-dalai-lama-meet-63cde35d0515
> https://catholicreview.org/pope-tells-christians-buddhists-to-work-together-for-peace/
> https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/39415/pope-francis-meets-bono
> https://people.com/human-interest/pope-francis-meeting-celebrities/
> https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/the-popes-most-famous-moments-533108.gallery
> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c722vd9274yo
> https://va.usembassy.gov/pope-franciss-historic-visit-to-the-arabian-peninsula/
· But God answers that in His Word, the
Bible:
John 14:6, Matthew
7:13-14, John 14, Acts 17:30-31, Acts 19:17-20, 2 Timothy 3 and 4, 1 John 2:15-17,
James 4:1-4
Point
9: Short list of Catechism false
teachings
Peter being the first of succession of
“popes” (CCC 891, CCC 1369, CCC 1594, CCC )
Ø God replies in His Word, the Bible: Matthew
16:17-19, Matthew 16:23-28, John 13:1-14, Matthew 26:31-35, Matthew 26:75, John
21, Revelation 2 thru 3
Forgiveness of sins, salvation, is by
faith and works (CCC 2036 CCC 2080 2068),
Grace can be merited (CCC 2010 CCC
2027),
Indulgences (CCC 1471 CCC 1478 CCC
1498 CCC 1472),
Ø God replies in His Word, the Bible: Romans
3:10-23, Ephesians 2:8-10, Galatians 3:11, Hebrews 10:38, Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah
17:9, Romans 4:4, Romans 11:6, Romans 6 thru 8. See also Matthew 13, Mark 4,
Luke 8 – the pattern of Jesus’ Parable of the Soils
Purgatory (CCC 1031 CCC 1475),
Ø God replies in His Word, the Bible: Luke
16:19-31, Mark 9:42-50, Matthew 7:13-23, Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 22:15,
Romans 1:18-32, Luke 14:27, Galatians 5:15-26, 2 Peter 3
The Communion elements become the
actual body and blood of Christ (CCC 1374 CCC 1376)
Ø God replies in His Word, the Bible: John
6:52-71, Matthew 26:26-30, Mark 14:22-26, Luke 22:17-23, John 13, 1 Corinthians
11:20-34,
Point
10: The Vatican spawns other cults,
false apostles, false prophets, false teachers, and helps false religions
rebrand to look more like parts of the one-world religion
Interactions with all
religions
CCC 39, “In defending the ability of
human reason to know God, the (Catholic) Church is expressing her confidence in
the possibility of speaking about him to all men and with all men, and
therefore of dialogue with other religions, with philosophy and science, as
well as with unbelievers and atheists.”
CCC 40, “Since our knowledge of God is
limited, our language about him is equally so. We can name God only by taking
creatures as our starting point, and in accordance with our limited human ways
of knowing and thinking.”
CCC 41, “All creatures bear a certain
resemblance to God, most especially man, created in the image and likeness of
God. The manifold perfections of creatures -- their truths, their goodness,
their beauty – all reflect the infinite perfection of God. Consequently we can
name God by taking his creatures’ perfections as our starting point, “for from
the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of
their Creator.””
CCC 42, “God transcends all creatures.
We must therefore continually purify our language of everything in it that is
limited, image-bound or imperfect, if we are not to confuse our image of God…
with our human representations…”
CCC1936, “On coming in the world, man
is not equipped with everything he needs for developing his bodily and
spiritual life. He needs others. Differences appear tied to age, physical
abilities, intellectual or moral aptitudes, the benefits derived from social
commerce, and the distribution of wealth. The “talents” are not distributed
equally.”
>> Simply put, in case you got
lost in their lofty jargon, is that Rome wants people to explore other cultures
and “learn” things from other religions, including “acceptance” of immoral
lifestyles. This is proven by what they encourage publicly.
“Pope” says he would “baptize an
alien” if one came to him.
“Pope” commands all to be tolerant to
other humans
> https://www.kron4.com/news/pope-francis-calls-for-more-tolerance-less-judgment/
Popes accept Muslims as “brothers” and
call for the world to do the same
Pope Francis gets caught more
protecting predators, calling for accepting
· But God answers those false teachings
in His Word, the Bible:
Matthew
7:13-14, Galatians 1:8-9, 2 Corinthians 11:15-16, 2 John 1:7-11, Romans 1:32, Romans
8:20-22, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 9:10, 2 Timothy 3:1-9
10
Key problems with the Protestant Cults
1) Nicolaitan-ism
2) Rejection of Christ
as the head
3) Jesuit and mason
training men to act as “pastors”
4) 501c3 and other
government control chains
5)
Many false gospels
6)
Promoting the sin-pleasures of this world, tickling itching ears
7)
Pagan holidays promoted instead of God’s holidays
8)
Often very little of God’s Word read or taught
9)
Calvinism, Arminianism, and other pride-fights
10)
Promotion of man-centered teachings, not God-centered teachings
· Nicolaitan-ism
For those who don’t know what
Nicolaitan-ism is and why Jesus said He hates it, let’s start
there. So, early into the time after Jesus, Jesus’ apostles were leading well,
and they were sharing the gospel, training up disciples, and training up
leaders of these new home-churches and groups of home-churches in the cities
they went. And the true church of Jesus Christ was growing, and growing well.
The devil could not allow this, so he played another trick. Quickly in, the
apostles and team discovered a problem – some people wanted to get into
leadership to get power and money for themselves, Ananias and Sapphira being
just one very loud and talked about example. Today’s established “church” on
the Protestant side are extreme versions of that problem – men (and some women)
promoted to positions of power way too soon (spiritual “novices”) and then they
pretend they are the powerful CEOs of a corporation, and everything must bow to
them. Today, we have large denomination organizations that rule the little
churches in their denominations and oftentimes require regular money payments
and in some cases own the properties and buildings of those churches. And
that’s not even talking about how the seminaries play “god” and lord it over
every pastor and so-called pastor that comes thru their teachings and gets a
degree from them.
Simply put, instead of bowing to
Jesus, most pastors and so-called pastors bow down to their seminaries, other
so-called pastors, denominational power-dogs, and the prideful controlling
abusive leaders in the government. They can’t serve two masters – some pastors have
already made their choice to serve satan and money,
other pastors are still making their choice – what choice is your pastor
making? What do his actions and pattern of teachings show?
And then there’s the man-made human
hierarchy structure where the rich fakes get promoted to leadership or made
“deacons” or “elders”, while the honest-living and honest-teaching poorer
members of the congregation might be allowed to teach a Sunday School class, but nothing more than that. That is something
Jesus said he hates - man-approved teachers and excluding honest Bible teachers.
In Revelation 2, Jesus called out and harshly rebuked those who did this back
in AD35 to AD90, using the word “Nicolaitan”. Why that word? Because those who
did this man-approval power structure were following a rebel against God who
was prominent but a crafty false teacher, a man named Nicholas. So, Nicholas’
followers were called Nicolaitans. This Nicholas might be the same Nicholas
mentioned in the Book of Acts.
Definitions:
“The word
"Nicolaitan" literally means, according to the Greek-Interlinears:
"Conquer-
Peoples", which Strong's Notes
defines as "a Nicolaite, adherent of Nicolaus." One other note
on this word "Nicolaitan", do you
see the word "laitan" in there? That is the word for
"laity"
meaning what we call clergy/bishop/pastor.”
And
easy summation is this is men playing power games and pride fights and pride
games – who is the greatest in this little kingdom? Men, stupid, prideful, rebellious, sin-driven men. But
ladies in power can tend to do the same thing in a slightly different way –
more excusing major sins because they think someone is “cute” or “flatteringly kind”.
So
as you can see, this is sin-nature, prideful human-driven leadership that
rejects God’s blueprint and pretends they are little “gods”, that no one is
allowed to question, ever. That’s a far cry from the many Scriptures in the Old
and New Testaments that teach what God’s under-shepherds are like. It’s like
night and day.
Biblical definitions and proof:
“5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus,
Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, 6 whom they set
before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them."”
(Acts 6:5)
"6 But this you
have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate."
(Revelation 2:6)
"15 Thus you also
have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate." (Revelation 2:15)
"1 Woe to the
shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My
pasture!' says the LORD. 2
Therefore thus says the
LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My
people: 'You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to
them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,' says the LORD… 4 I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they
shall fear no more...'" (Jeremiah 23:1-5)
“7 Therefore, you
shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: 8 'as I live,' says
the Lord GOD, 'surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food
for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My
shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not
feed My flock.'" -- 9
therefore, O shepherds,
hear the Word of the LORD! 10
Thus says the Lord GOD:
'Behold, I AM against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand;
I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed
themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they
may no longer be food for them.' 11
'For
thus says the Lord GOD: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek
them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered
sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where
they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring
them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring
them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the
valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country.'"
(Ezekiel 34:7-13)
"6 They love the
best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7 greetings in the
marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi, Rabbi.' 8 But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the
Christ, and you are all brethren. 9
Do not call anyone on
earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is
in heaven. 10 And do not be called teachers; for One
is your Teacher, the Christ. 11
But he who is greatest
among you shall be your servant. 12
And whoever exalts
himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
(Matthew 23:6-12)
“9 I wrote to the
church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not
receive us. 10 Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his
deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words. And not content
with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish
to, putting them out of the church.” (3
John 1:9-10)
"31 The prophets
prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own
power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?" (Jeremiah 5:31)
"1 'Most assuredly,
I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up
some other way, the same is a thief and a robber...' 4 'And when he
brings out His own sheep, He goes before them; and the sheep follow Him, for
they know His voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from
him, for they do not know the voice of strangers...' 7 'Then Jesus said
to them again, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, I AM the Door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came
before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did
not hear them. 9 I AM the Door. If anyone enters by Me,
he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does
not come except only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that
they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 11 I Am the Good
Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the Shepherd, one who does not own
the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf
catches the sheep and scatters them. 13
The hireling flees
because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I AM the Good
Shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own."
(John 10:1,4-5,7-14)
"1 But know this,
that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be
lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving,
unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors,
headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of
godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 6 For of this sort
are those who [religious teachers] creep into households and make captives of
gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning
and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and
Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt
minds, disapproved concerning the faith; 9 but they will
progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also
was." (2 Timothy 3:1-9)
"1 I charge you
therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and
the dead at His appearing and His Kingdom: 2 Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince,
rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires,
because they have itching ears, they will heap up for
themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned
aside to fables." (2 Timothy 4:1-4)
"10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they
know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the
error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are spots
in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by
the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering
stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever."
(Jude 1:10-13)
"1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there
will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift
destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the
way of truth will be blasphemed. 3
By covetousness they
will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not
been idle, and their destruction does not slumber."
(2 Peter 2:1-3)
"1 The elders who
are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings
of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2 Shepherd the
flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but
willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as being
lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; 4 and when the
Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade
away." (1 Peter 5:1-4)
Especially in America, but also
worldwide, all denominations are hierarchy structures, built for control,
manipulation and money. And most often with some noticeable false teachings too,
and/or covering for idolatry and pagan entertainment in some form, predator
behavior or unhealthy addictions, and in many seemingly little ways completely
contradicting Jesus. Oddly, what many pagan-loving “pastors” don’t realize is
that the games are rigged – literally, so the joke is on them. And it doesn’t
take much of any study of God’s Word to see that *all of the world’s favorite
shows, books, novels, games, and stories violate all of the rules of eternal
righteousness and God’s laws, which are a direct reflection of God’s character.
Those lying shepherds who boast of
their greatness and cherry-pick verses and borrow and plagiarize other people’s
teachings and “sermons” to make themselves look great and get a following after
themselves for money and power – those shepherds are the ones that God hates.
And they are all of the top most prominent ones that satan’s
fake Christianity system promotes – yes all of those satan is promoting, even
craftily/secretly promoting – all of those leaders are liars and thieves just
like their spiritual father. The key question here is: Can you spot the
difference?
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
For more
verses, study here: 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1 and 2, 2
Timothy 3 and 4
Christ laid out His church structure,
which satan’s team rejects:
1 Corinthians 12:28-31, Ephesians
4:11-16, Revelation 2:6, 2:15, 3 John 1, Galatians 1:8-9,
· Rejection of Christ as head, then
Biblical apostles, Biblical prophets, Biblical evangelists, and Biblical
pastors/teachers.
Many so-called pastors today are only
in it for the career – meaning money. They love this world and try to chase
everything in this world they can get for themselves and their family, and some
of them don’t realize they are selling little pieces of their soul to get those
useless glittery trinkets and brief seconds of “fun”. But we’ll get back to
that in a minute.
But it’s because of this key problem: the
love of money is their first policy of the leadership. And because money is
their actual “god”, they easily and quickly dismiss and reject Christ as Head
of their church, and they also reject and banish anyone who would hold them to an
honest account or show them to be a fraud.
Truly, if Jesus came to earth and
visited to any of the major buildings that call themselves churches today,
especially in America, Jesus would be overturning tables and speaking kind words
but very direct rebukes to almost all of the so-called pastors you could name. The
so-called pastors love this world and reject God and His Word, and that is why
almost all of the so-called official “churches” around
you with those prominent signs that say “… Church” -- are spiritual dead and
dangerous. They refuse to obey and serve Jesus, only doing what is
convenient, propping up people’s happy feelings, rarely teaching the conviction
and repentance and healthy fear of the Lord and daily growth in obedience = the
meat of the Word… But why? Because
most leaders don’t actually want their congregants to grow spiritually.
They just want spiritual babies. It lets them stay in power and feel powerful
without anyone to keep them accountable or to keep their yes-men (and
yes-women) accountable.
God’s Word does not play favorites
with anyone – not one. If each person looked daily into the perfect law of
liberty (James 1:25), they would be honest with God, and themselves, and
others. But most people prefect quite a few daily lies to cover their sins and
pretend they are fine, and doing even better than most around them. But the
truth is if you aren’t daily looking to God’ perfect law and staying in His
classroom and trainings daily – you are not walking with Him, it’s just a
façade, it’s just show-biz. You are no better than a demonic magician. Why?
Because even the demons know some of the Word of God and know that God exists
and is holy, and they tremble – but it doesn’t change how they act. Same thing
with most so-called “Christians” in America and many so-called “pastors” – they
aren’t even saved yet, because they haven’t stopped their sin-driven
directions, and started where God says to start.
To be clear, those who love this world
have rejected God. And those who love God, reject the
sins of this world. They can’t serve two masters – they are choosing one. Which
one are they choosing? “15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.” (1
John 2:15)
So is your pastor a God-approved Biblical
pastor? Or is he just another worldly carnal counterfeit whom the equally likeminded
and worldly abusive (even predatory) men and women approve of and promote?
“26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their
fathers to the false prophets.”
(Luke 6:26)
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
“28 And
God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations,
varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all
teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all
speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the best gifts.
And yet I show you a more excellent way.”
(1 Corinthians 12:28-31)
“11 And
Jesus Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and
some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work
of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come
to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect
man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should
no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful
plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into
Him who is the head--Christ-- 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit
together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which
every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself
in love.” (Ephesians 4:11-16)
“6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold,
I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And
he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame." 7 Therefore, to
you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The
stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief
cornerstone," 8 and "A stone of stumbling And a rock of
offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also
were appointed. 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not
a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have
obtained mercy.” (1
Peter 2:6-10)
See also Matthew 23, and yes Jesus’
Words apply to today’s pastors as well as the spiritual leaders of the Jews.
· Jesuit/Mason trained pastors, not
Biblically trained pastors, also Jesuits and masons in all large churches,
ruling anti-Biblically
Many of those in pastor positions are
in it for a career, yes money. They are trying to do exactly what Jesus said no
man can do:
“24 No one can serve two masters; for either he
will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and
despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
(Matthew 6:24)
>> Mammon is the Greek word that
means confidence in wealth and position – meaning it’s what God defines in 1
John 2:15-17: wants of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life. Jesus is
being very emphatic here: no one can serve and cling to both, at some point
they will come to a cross-roads and they will have to choose one, and then God
will make known to all who know them which they chose.
So, it gets worse from there. We have
a perverted cult that disguises itself as a men’s club and business club,
called Freemasonry, or masonry. To become a member of this club, you have to
pledge you undying loyalty above all else to this false “god” that they pretend
unifies all false gods GAOTU “Grand Architect of the Universe”. And you have to
take off all your belongings (including wedding ring) and put on a special robe
and do this special ritual, which in some cases includes signing with your
blood. Then you are bound by that blood-oath or just solemn oath to defend your
freemason “brethren” even lying before a court of law, as well as telling your
wife as little about your secret deals and meetings at all. A follower of
Christ cannot and will not be allowed by God to stay in this perverted cult.
Unfortunately, because most Americans turn a blind eye, right now the
Vatican-created cult, controls all major business in
most of the major cities around the world.
What does freemasonry have to do with
pastor-ship? Many prominent and even smaller “pastors” are actually masons. I
know this firsthand and secondhand. If you look for the clues, you can catch
them too. Some of them are very obvious, some are very sneaky – but God says He
will reveal them all to those who diligently seek Him and discern and sift *everything*
using His Word as the Truth.
> www.incpu.org/new-masonry-tract.pdf
> www.incpu.org/masonic-tract2.pdf
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“1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit,
but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have
gone out into the world.” (1
John 4:1)
But it gets worse still. Do you know
what a Jesuit is? Do you know what training they get? Have you read the Jesuit
oath? Did you know that some satanic-trained, Vatican-approved Jesuits pretend
to be “pastors”? I personally can name at least 2 or 3 known Jesuits, and some
who are very sneaky that have at least gotten Jesuit training, and are approved
by Rome.
““… I
furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make
and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants
and Liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from
the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex or
condition; and that I will hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive
these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush
their infants' heads against the walls, in order to annihilate forever their
execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly use
the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the
leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the
person or persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or
private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or
Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of the Society of Jesus.
"In confirmation of which, I
hereby dedicate my life, my soul and all my corporal powers, and with this
dagger which I now receive, I will subscribe my name written in my own blood,
in testimony thereof; and should I prove false or weaken in my determination, may
my brethren and fellow soldiers of the Militia of the Pope cut off my hands and
my feet, and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned
therein, with all the punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth and my
soul be tortured by demons in an eternal hell forever!...”
> http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/jesuits.htm
That’s a dangerous oath as you see
(and a blood-oath/pact as I understand it). And yet Erwin Lutzer and Michael
Card and RC Sproul use/used that as their core, and alter/altered their
teachings on the Word of God with demonic mythology and demonic psychology,
teaching demonic doctrines (including doctrines of Rome) in US churches. John
MacArthur, a 5th generation mason and one with high level Jesuit-Kabbalah-satanist
training including from Billy Graham himself, is one of the world’s renowned
almost-Bible teachers, alongside of (and friends with) false teachers like Rick
Warren, John Piper, Francis Chan, Joel Osteen, the Hinn family, and many
others. Some of them are Jesuits – figuring out which ones is extremely
complicated research. But, all of those individuals (and many more) partner
with Rome. As did ones from the past like Martin Luther, John
Calvin, Francis Schaeffer, CS Lewis, etc. When you see a so-called Bible
teacher quoting a satanic mythologist and philosopher who pretended or pretends
to be a Christian, then you need to start questioning that so-called “pastor”
too.
> www.incpu.org/jesuit-oath.pdf
> www.RestoreMBI.com/Jesuit-exercise-psych-myths.htm
> www.RestoreMBI.com/the-Jesuits.pdf
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Most people would be utterly shocked
to learn that the Vatican controls most printing and publishing companies in
the US and only the liars get their books sold and promoted. There are very few
exceptions to that rule. That’s why the honest ones typically have to
self-publish and/or publish for free – satan’s fake “Churchianity”
stops lots of honest teaching from being seen and published. And yes, top
“Christian corporations” do control the “Christian industry” here in America.
It’s a real problem.
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
See previous
verses. And for more verses, study here:
1 Timothy 3, Titus 1 and 2, 2 Timothy 3 and 4
· 501c3 and other chains that limit the
Bible teaching
Then there’s this huge problem, an
elephant in the room that most people don’t notice or discuss. Do you know what
a 501c3 accreditation is? 501c3 is an IRS tax-code, and the legality according
to our US Constitution is highly questionable for several reasons. Setting that
aside for now, what is this 501c3 accreditation?
501c3 is a very popular and
often-promoted IRS tax-code that allows a gathering of believers or people of a
“faith” to collect, set themselves up as a corporation (for money, though they
can call themselves “for profit” or “not for profit”). Then once they are an
established corporation (for money), they can then ask the government for
approval of existence as well as the right to be “tax-exempt”. So as you can
see, they are literally asking for the government’s approval in 2 or 3 major
ways. This allows the pagans who most-often rule in US govt, the right to
require those 501c3 partners to change what they are teaching and how they are
teaching. For instance, the IRS “tax code” has at least a list of 200 requirements
that 501c3 “churches” are not allowed to talk about. AND, 501c3 partners are
also required by these govt leaders to teach certain things at certain times.
Though the rules are not always applied evenly in peaceful times, they are in
place for a dictator to rule America quite easily. The 501c3s do get regular
updates on what should and should not be taught and emphasized at least several
times a year, and/or sometimes once a month. But most often 501c3s lie to cover
and/or keep as much of that a secret as possible.
“8 Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised
from the dead according to my gospel, 9 for which I suffer trouble as an
evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.”
(2 Timothy 2:8-9)
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> http://jcmatthews.org/uploads/5/3/7/7/5377341/in_caesars_grip.pdf
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Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
See previous
verses. And for more verses, study here too:
1 Timothy 3, Titus 1 and 2, 2 Timothy 3 and 4
· Many false gospels and versions of
Jesus promoted… Jesus is rarely represented or preached Biblically, even
according to His own Words.
Have you heard satan’s top 100 best-selling lies lately? Here are some of
them, paraphrased. How many lies can you see in this next list? The spiritual
mature will probably see at least 100 to 200 false teachings mentioned in this
short list. And we apologize that it is cringy, but true. These are popular
false teachings right now (especially in America, and being spread widely to
the world through our worldly mission agencies), and they are very tricky but
very harmful. We, the honest body of Christ, need to discuss these and prove
from God’s Word why they are lies.
“God is crazy about you”
“Come to Jesus and He will solve your…”
“Just give your life to Jesus. It’s
easy.”
“Jesus came to save you from death and
pain and sickness and poverty and…”
“Just add Jesus…”
“Jesus is the answer to everything you
want”
“Jesus plus nothing equals everything”
“Ask Jesus into your life”
“Everything points to Jesus”
“Come as you are, leave as you came”
“Jesus came to help you find peace,
and the American dream”
“You’re ok, God gets you”
“10 Free Sins, God is not mad at you”
“Come to Jesus. His burden is easy and
light… and fun.”
“Jesus paid your fine, just receive
that”
“Love wins. And God is so love, so…”
“Jesus doesn’t see you as broken. He
made you flawless…”
“When God looks at you, He sees you as
perfect because He only sees Jesus”
“You are awesome”
“Don’t worry. With Jesus, you can be
happy”
“We can learn a lot about joy from
Jesus and disney”
“The Good always wins”
“We all have some darkness and light
in us. That does not make us evil. It only matters what we choose to act on”
“God is good, though sometimes you
need to flatter Him to get what you want”
“God can be an egotistical maniac, but
your praise and flattery reminds Him to be Love.”
“Fear is a liar. In fact, all fear is wrong
and evil. We don’t need the fear of the Lord.”
“We all make mistakes. It’s okay. Even
Jesus did.”
“We are all sinners,
even Jesus drank wine and lost his temper.”
“God will never… no scratch that, God
most often doesn’t give you more than you can handle”
“God gives his toughest training to
His toughest warriors. He loves collecting trophies.”
“Prayer changes everything”
“The God of the Old Testament was vicious/cruel, but the God of the New Testament is all love/grace”
“If you say a prayer and believe it,
you’re in. It’s that easy”
“If you said you gave your life to
Jesus, He accepts you. So stop doubting it.”
“Stop trying to be good. That’s God’s
job to do that in you.”
“If you’re here today, you’re one of
God’s family, because you keep the 4th commandment.”
“Don’t let satan make you dwell on
what you’ve done. Only think about what Jesus did” – several lies
“If you are from any religion and you are
following the best light you know, you’re saved”
“Thank you God for giving me what I
want”
“I surrender some. To Jesus, I
surrender. I surrender some.”
“Follow Jesus within your comfort
zone”
“Jesus wants us to have and live our
best life now”
“The best way to show God thanks is to
live well here on earth”
“I have plenty, so I say to my soul, “this
must be God’s blessing. Eat drink and be merry.”
“The world is peaceful,
just ignore rumors about a spiritual war”
“Jesus is too busy to hear your
prayers right now, would you like to hold for Mary?”
“You are second. Make sure Jesus is
sort of first in your life.”
“God is prideful and not doing His job,
but He’s Lord, so what can you do about it?”
“When the church does not stand up to
evil and make it completely stop, it has become evil.”
“If you pray for God to do your will,
God will give you your heart’s desires”
“You are sure to do impossible things,
when you follow your heart”
“God feels really good when we give
him flattering praise, while refusing to obey Him”
“Predators are just seriously misunderstood
creatures…”
“All sins are equal in the eyes of God.
Even premeditated murder is the same as a lie.”
“Jesus isn’t coming; we’re going to
have to save ourselves.”
“Everyone will have to take the mark
of the beast, if they want to live, even Christians.”
“The pope is sometimes God’s voice on
earth and he approves new apostles, prophets, and evangelists.”
“We want to help you, we really do.
But God can only help those who help themselves. So do something.”
“All leaders are God-ordained. If they
are in any position of power, they are definitely from God.”
“We all have to pick a side. Are you
going to side with evil men or God? God isn’t running for office. You are going
to have to settle for one of satan’s leaders. We require
you to vote.”
“I don’t know how, but somehow God
uses evolution and karma to shape the world.”
“I have evolved to a higher understanding
of God that is based in love and does not bother itself with every trivial iniquity
that I do.”
“People don’t make idols anymore. We
have more things to entertain us now. And God has given us liberty to do that.
Jesus came just to give us an abundant life.”
“God doesn’t hate pride. He wants us
to have pride in our work and in our successes. He wants us to be the best. He
wants us to make a name for ourselves.”
“Give to me and you’re giving directly
to God’s work. Sow a seed and God will bless you abundantly.”
“Today, God can only be found in the
buildings we call churches. Those who don’t attend are unchurched.”
“Share Jesus and make people happy.”
“Let’s go do something good. Let’s go
help somebody.”
“Santa is just like Jesus in many ways.
And Christmas is one of baby Jesus’ favorite holidays.”
“Jesus and satan are brothers. Many
mythologies show this.”
“We can learn a lot from all
religions, it helps make us one.”
“Every catastrophe comes from God and
is decreed by God.”
“Real men love guns, country, beer…
and Jesus.”
“Real women need nice things, less
stress… the beach… a good book to read, maybe a devotional, but not really a Bible.”
“Guys are demons, women are angels.”
“Never let go of friends or family,
even if they try to make you leave God.”
“You’ve got to forgive yourself and
completely forgive others, forgetting the past.”
“Spending 5 to 10 minutes a day in
God’s Word is enough time to get to know God.”
“Entertaining yourself with sins is normal.
We’re doing it. It’s fine. Don’t be a goody two-shoe.”
“Sinful entertainment is just stories about
God. Someday you will grow old enough to enjoy fairy tales again.”
“Don’t judge me. That’s God’s job.”
“When we stop holding accountable the
worst criminals of the worst crimes, we pretend we are all-powerful to forgive.
And we set ourselves free from having to worry about the growing list of the
criminals we are releasing. That is what we are really saying when we command
you to forgive everything.”
“We have God’s resurrection power
inside us, so now we can do the impossible.”
“Almost everyone will go to Heaven.”
“God causes some things to work
together for the good of those who love Him.”
“There are many paths to God. We’re
all trying to climb up the same mountain of God.”
“Seek your fragile avoidance first. Only good vibes.”
“I believe I’m right. Therefore I am as
close to right as I want to be.”
If you want Biblical answers to these
lies, and verses that show it, just send us an email.
How many of those false gospels and
false teachings have you seen or heard? How many can you answer? Why do false
gospels like that matter? Because when someone believes and locks into a false
gospel (by choice), they also lock themselves out of salvation. Those who do
not make a salvation covenant with Jesus, not entering into salvation, they
will not be in Heaven. Do lies hurt us? Yes. Do idols hurt us? Yes. And an
honest leader of God calls out these false teaching and provides the Biblical
tools needed to refute these lies. If your pastor isn’t teaching them, check to
see if they are a Biblical pastor, or a career “pastor”
who is led around by his worldly wants and his pride-games and hierarchy
pyramid schemes.
Each pastor is supposed to have pledged
his oath to Jesus to follow and to teach all of God’s Word. When a pastor tells
God “no” that they will not obey that part of God’s Word or teach that part of
God’s Word, they start to forfeit God’s Spirit and help. If they say keep
saying “no” to God too many times that they will not teach parts of God’s clear
Word, eventually they become an apostate – as in leaving the faith, with extra
judgment on them from which they cannot return, because God will not let them. Up
until they time that “God gave them up”
(Romans 1:21, 24, 26, 28), any person and pastor can repent and come back. But
no pastor can tell God “no” and be a follower of Jesus or a Biblical pastor. And
God isn’t waiting for all of that conversation at His Throne. God also shows
publicly which pastors have left the faith and rejected God and gone back to
their favorite sins and idols. That is a work that God does actively – if you
pay attention to the fruit. Jesus said, you will know
them by their fruit. Jesus also said that out of the abundance of the heart,
the mouth speaks. Those are things that God makes clear, at least partially
here on planet earth. Don’t ignore the clues. Sometimes those are the only
pieces that you get to find the honest truth about a crafty deceiver.
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
“15
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so,
every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear
good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”
(Matthew 7:15-20)
“33
"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad
and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers!
How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good
treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil
treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say
to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in
the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you will be justified, and
by your words you will be condemned."”
(Matthew 12:33-37)
“9 but they will progress no further, for their folly will be
manifest to all, as theirs also was.” (2Timothy
3:9)
Also, see previous verses. Also, God
explains this very plainly in 2Timothy 4, 2Peter 3, and Jude.
· The love of the world is encouraged
and promoted, tickling itching ears
Many so-called pastors become apostate
because of the previous things mentioned… but for more things too. Those who
decide to chase and fight for and excuse their loving this world and friendship
with the sin and sin-driven people of this world, eventually it leads them
astray.
When a pastor will not preach against
the sins of TV, movies, music, books, games, etc, they are not being
under-shepherds under Christ. Jesus preached against sins of all types. If they
do not, they are not following Jesus. That at very least is a strong
questioning of if God has appointed them, or if evil-men appointed them.
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
“15 Do
not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world--the
lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the
Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust
of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”
(1 John 2:15-17)
>> God did not say it’s hard to
do – to love the world and Him, He said do not love the world.
It’s really very simple wording, but sadly very ignored by both real and fake
pastors alike. God cannot work with or use much a pastor or layman who refuses
to study and obey His Word, departing from sin and walking closer with God.
And God gets even more specific thru
James:
“1 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not
come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do
not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do
not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask
amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and adulteresses!
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever
therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
(James 4:1-4)
>> So, how about you, person or
pastor: are you a friend of God and enemy of the sins of this world, or are you
a friend of sins and demons and enemy of God? There are only 2 teams.
Everything you see and hear and read are sermons –
drawing you closer to God, or further from Him. So, my question remains: what
is your trajectory? Are you growing closer to God and away from sin? Or are you
growing away from sin and more toward God, growing to walk in the purity and
holiness He lives in. God will not be mocked – He will not let you do both. The
more spiritually mature walk holy regularly, and God can use them to help
others get free from slavery to sin.
See also:
2 Timothy 3 and 4
· Pagan holidays are promoted and
celebrated and pushed (and sort of enforced)
Yes, you read that right, thanks to
the false religions around us and the Catholic cult promoting many false
gospels, sadly many in the honest churches and in the Protestant cults
celebrate the pagan feasts of the world. Christmas isn’t about Jesus, it’s about
the Rome “pope” coming as “santa” to give gifts and pretend they are kind, and
benevolent, when they are actually diabolical dictators. Jesus wasn’t born and
He didn’t die. Jesus *added* a human body to Himself and came down to walk
among us to fulfill the Jewish feast of Sukkot. But who among the pagan-filled
American Churchianity teaches about it? No… they replace it with the
covetousness-filled and idolatry filled pagan Roman folly-day called
“Christmas”… which is really just a “mass” celebrating how God was a born a
baby… another mock of the Catholic cult. Thanks to the Roman and Catholic
influences, people regularly weave in Winter Solstice mythology, occult
practices, insults of Jesus, covetousness as idolatry, pretend happiness
because of the giving-to-get, and the celebration around/with a fir tree,
something God soundly condemned in Jeremiah 10:3-5. No, Christmas is not about
Jesus… but Sukkot is.
You see, God Himself established 7
Jewish feasts… and they aren’t just for the Jews. We, who are grafted into Abraham’s
family thru Jesus should be celebrating God’s holidays
and not satan’s folly-days. When a so-called pastor cannot
tell the difference, check to see whom he’s serving, man or God. Gently
address the situation with him, let him think it over with the Word of God, and
if he takes God’s approach, then he needs to be commended as a man who fears
God. But if he rejects God’s Word for man’s traditions, consider that he is
becoming an apostate or has become an apostate.
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
“5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth:
fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is
idolatry.” (Colossians
3:5)
“1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that
you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is
your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good
and acceptable and perfect will of God… Let love (for Christ) be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is
good. ” (Romans
12:1-2 and 9)
See also Romans 6, 7, and 8
Also, there are so many passages in
Scripture talking about how God hates it when His people celebrate pagan
festivals and their wants, but do not care about or focus on Him. Here are a
few various passages on these topics: Isaiah 1:11-18, Jeremiah 10:3-5, John
1:14, Acts 7, Romans 14
· Very little of the Word of God is
preached (rightly or at all) – for very key reasons
Why have I heard for decades so many
sermons and speeches yet with so few verses? Lots of words of man that are not grounded
and centered in the Holy and Pure Word of God are useless. It’s man’s doctrine instead of God’s teachings when very few
cherry-picked verses are read, and the sermon topics can be counted as less
than 10 topics per year. Doctrines according to self-driven
and sin-chasing man is what got us into this whole mess to begin with. We
can’t keep following those so-called pastors who let sin-nature do the
preaching. We need to only follow those pastors who let God’s Word do the
preaching. There is a distinct and eternal different. You need to sort out the
liars from the truthful, and God’s Word is the only way to do that.
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
“1 I
charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the
living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach
the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with
all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have
itching ears, they will heap up for themselves
teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned
aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do
the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”
(2 Timothy 4:1-5)
As you can see, whether you are layman
the world ignores and pretends you have no right to preach, or you are a pastor
whom the world approves, there is still only one choice you have if you are
going to claim to be a follower of Jesus and not get exposed as an apostate –
preach. the. Word. It’s
really very simple. Prove to be a man of God (or woman of God for the positions
God does allow) who rightly teaches the Whole Counsel of the Word of God.
Daily, in every message, teach the flock of God. Teach them how to study the
Bible. Minimize when they want to argue, but feed the hungry. Or you will keep
finding the flock scattering from you. Teach the WHOLE counsel of God. But to
do that means you will have to be diligent to apply yourself to know the Word
of God and teach it. Always remember, most of men’s commentaries are garbage
and contradict the passages they pretend to explain. Just study and teach the
Word of God, and if you seek God with your whole heart and stay in His presence
constantly, He will be your Teacher.
John 10 is very instructional for all
teachers. You want to be like your Teacher, Jesus? Study His Words, then and
only then will you know what He said, so you can teach what He said. Too many
so-called pastors say they teach about Jesus, but rarely do they remind people
of what Jesus actually said.
And, to clarify, yes Jesus’ sheep will
need reminders. But if you have gotten stuck with only 12 sermon topics, you
aren’t doing your job. Study diligently, teach boldly and graciously, and pray fervently
that you and the flock put in your care would grow spiritually in holiness and
maturity. And you will see God do miracles in hearts around you, as you are
faithful to do your work as a minister of the Lord.
· Calvinism vs Arminianism (and other
pride-fights)
So… have you ever heard of a man named
John Calvin? Have you heard of his TULIP teachings? What about a man named Arminius?
What about his attributed acronym DAISY? Have you heard gnostic philosopher and
false teacher RC Sproul’s ROSES acronym?
Did you know all 3 of those skip Bible
verses they don’t like? And it doesn’t matter if you look at more of their
writings. The more read, the more you see they did not know the real God of the
Bible. So, what do we do? Well, we need to agree with the rightly interpreted verses
that they are talking about, but also fill in the verses that they each skips,
as well as the verses that all 3 skip.
Besides the fact that those creeds
skip verses, there’s another key problem here. Why have the churches in America
fallen to the level of arguing which man they are following? Are you we not
supposed to be ALL following Jesus? Amen?
But that is not the only pride-fights
that happen in churches. Sadly many play pride-games over: who is raising their
families better, who wears the better clothing, who has better modesty
standards, who has the better job, who has better rules for their family, whose
beard is better, who knows Hebrew or Greek better, who can memorize quotes from
books better, who has more money and therefore should have more clout in the spiritual
leadership, which of their rigged idolatrous sports teams is better, etc, etc.
The list goes on. Oddly enough, I think most American Christians today would be
shocked to see most of those pride-fights answered in the New Testament,
because sin-nature hasn’t changed, and neither has God’s replies. All you have
to do is read them. God’s Word answers everything a human needs – male or
female. You just have to study to find out what God has said. Then you’ll have
the answers you need.
Quick review: God hates man’s pride,
because it works in the opposite direction as His righteousness. We need
gracious Bible discussions in the body of Christ, not prideful ones. The two
heart-attitudes of sinful pride and Godly humility - are very different. One
will boast that it’s best and that it doesn’t need to listen to anyone. And the
other will hear out the person and graciously discern the truth from
error. One is carnal and sin-filled, one
is righteous. The rampant pride-fights in our churches and so-called churches is a systemic problem, and it needs to change, ASAP. Only
teaching boldly from the literal Word of God, boldly and gently applied, with
the silent working of the Holy Spirit, will change it.
Ø God’s Word corrects that very large
problem:
“11
For it has been declared to me concerning you, my
brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of
Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of
Cephas," or "I am of Christ." 13 Is Christ divided? Was
Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?.."
(1 Corinthians 1:11-13)
“1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people
but as to carnal, as to babies in Christ. 2 I fed you with (spiritual) milk and
not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even
now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal.
For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal
and behaving like mere (carnal) men? 4 For when one
says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are
you not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through
whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered,
but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he
who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who
waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own
labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are
God's field, you are God's building.
“10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master
builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one
take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay
than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on
this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
13 each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because
it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what
sort it is. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will
receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but
he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 16 Do you not know that
you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If
anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God
is holy, which temple you are. 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone
among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may
become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For
it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness"…”
(1 Corinthians 3:1-19)
God allows divisions for a purpose –
to edify His followers and to show who refuses to follow Him.
“18 For
first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are
divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19 For
there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be
recognized among you.” (1
Corinthians 11:18-19)
“5 … "God resists the proud, But
gives grace to the humble." 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the
mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your
care upon Him, for He cares for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith,
knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the
world.” (1 Peter
5:5-9)
· Promotion of man-centered teachings,
not pure Whole-Counsel of the Word of God
I’m always pleased to see false
teaching brought to light in a way that can be discussed and sorted thru. Sadly
many common teachings in the current Church situation are man-teachings, not God
teachings. And oftentimes, sadly, some people respond to man-teachings and
reply with more man-teachings, instead of Biblical teachings.
The list we shared above in the “false
gospels” set had both false versions of God and false teaching. There are too
many topics to go thru from that list, but here’s a short list of the topics
that we the body of Christ need to address, in addition to the list we have
already gone thru in the previous 9 points.
> What gets us up in the morning
> Why we go to work
> How to grow in diligence and
faithfulness to Christ
> What evangelism is, and how do we
do it
> Why we do evangelism
> How we study the Bible
> How husbands discuss things with
our wives, even when we disagree
> How we teach our children
> Why we teach our children
> How to disciple
> How to teach what God says when
the world says no
> How we handle conflict or
correction
> How we handle our relationship
with God
> How we
pray, and what we should pray
> How we engage in spiritual
warfare
> How to find spiritual protection
in spiritual warfare
> How we reach out to unsaved
family
> How we reach out to satanic
family members
> How we handle pressure and trials
> How do we handle persecution for
honestly following Jesus
> How we add to our covenant with
Christ
> Preparing for eternity
> How to become intercessors for
others here and abroad
> How we hold spiritual leaders
accountable
> How we hold corrupt government
leaders accountable
> How we hold abusers accountable
> How we become shelters for the
abused and innocent
> How to provide the homeless and
poor with God’s Word and their necessities, including spiritual
Ø God’s Word gives the answers:
--- Every answer needed by man, woman,
or child, is found in God’s Word. All of it.
“11 But
you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness,
faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay
hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good
confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight
of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the
good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment
without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, 15 which
He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the
King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in
unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and
everlasting power. Amen.” (1 Timothy
6:11-16)
“5 But
also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to
virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control
perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly
kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if
these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that
he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more
diligent to make your call and election sure, for if
you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be
supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.” (2
Peter 1:5-11
“18 Grow
in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.”
(2 Peter 3:18)
“7 Do
not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also
reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the
flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap
everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good,
for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
(Galatians 6:7-9)
Reasons
Jesus is outside the false gatherings
1) Jesus is the Head of His church. Those
who reject Him (and His teachings) are outside His church
2) Jesus is our High Priest, all of us
can go directly to Him in prayer
3) Jesus established salvation by a
covenant thru and by Him.
4) God’s Word is the foundation and
explanation for all things. Jesus had His servants collect the literal Hebrew
and Greek books and assemble them by 100AD
5) Jesus started the home-church pattern,
not the large building and corporation/money-driven model. Jesus established
one-day or all days alike, not Rome
6) Jesus is the One who established
honest apostles (none alive today), honest prophets, honest evangelists, honest
pastors, honest teachers, honest servants of Christ in
the rest of the Body of Christ. Jesus Himself established gifts of the Spirit,
some are still around today, some are gone, and some are diminished
7) Church replacement mythology is of the
devil and Rome. God started the nation of Israel and those Gentiles who believe
by faith are grafted into the same family as the saved Jews. God keeps His
covenants.
8) Jesus is the One who established the
Biblical feasts, not as commands, but as reminders to come into His presence
and stay there Jesus still uses His Law to show His character, and correct and
grow us
9) Jesus still uses His Law to show His
character, and correct and grow us
· Jesus is the Head of His church. Those
who reject Him (and His teachings) are outside His church
“11 This is the 'Stone which was rejected by you builders, which
has become the chief cornerstone.' 12 Nor is there salvation in any other,
for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be
saved."” (Acts 4:11-12)
“16
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or
powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is
before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of
the body, the church, who is the beginning, the preeminent
from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence and leadership.”
(Colossians 1:16-18)
“18 Let
no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship
of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up
by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all
the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the
increase that is from God.” (Colossians
2:18-19)
“10
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I
have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed
how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that
which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this
foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each
one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be
revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is.
14 If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a
reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself
will be saved, yet so as through fire.”
(1 Corinthians 3:10-15)
· Jesus is our High Priest, all of us
can go directly to Him in prayer
“13 Then
they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the
disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14 But
when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, "Let the
little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom
of God. 15 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom
of God as a little child will by no means enter it."”
(Mark 10:13-15)
“29
Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the
mountain and sat down there. 30 Then great multitudes came to Him, having
with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them
down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. 31 So the multitude marveled when
they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the
blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.”
(Matthew 15:29-31)
“23 And
Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of
disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and
they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases
and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics;
and He healed them. 25 Great multitudes followed Him--from Galilee, and
from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.” (Matthew
4:23-25)
>> That is the Jesus we can all
pray to. No “saint” needed as a mediator – Jesus is our Mediator.
“3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the
truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between
God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be
testified in due time…” (1Timothy
2:3-6)
“14
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we
do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in
all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come
boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
(Hebrews 4:14-16)
“19 This
hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which
enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered
for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of
Melchizedek.” (Hebrews
6:19-20)
“11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come,
with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not
of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His
own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal
redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a
heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new
covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the
first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the
eternal inheritance.” (Hebrews
9:11-15)
“24 For
Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the
true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the
Most Holy Place every year with blood of another-- 26 He then would have
had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end
of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the
judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those
who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for
salvation.” (Hebrews
9:24-28)
“19 Therefore,
brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil,
that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,
for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in
order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so
much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
(Hebrews 10:19-25)
· Jesus established salvation by a
covenant thru and by Him.
“22 And
as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to
them and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."
23 Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them,
and they all drank from it. 24 And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.”
(Mark 14:22-24)
“29 Of
how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has
trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which
he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For
we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the
Lord. And again, "The LORD will judge His people." 31 It is a fearful
thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
(Hebrews 10:29-31)
“22 But
you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly
and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of
all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of
the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than
that of Abel.” (Hebrews
12:22-24)
“20 Now
may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great
Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you
what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory
forever and ever. Amen.” (Hebrews
13:20-21)
“12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to
become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and
truth.” (John 1:12-14)
“16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but
that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is
not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is
the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone
practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds
should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his
deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."”
(John 3:16-21)
Matthew 5-7 and 13 are crucial to
understanding everything Jesus taught.
Mark 4 and Luke 8 are parallel
passages to Matthew 13.
>>> What are God’s
essential promises from us for the salvation covenant?
(1) He/She must understand that Jesus is God
and Messiah, and the only way to Heaven. There is nothing
else
and no one else who can cleanse from sin and save our souls. [John 1:29, Acts 4:12, 1Timothy 2:5]
(2) He/She must see and agree that willful
sins have temporary and eternal consequences, because all
willful
sins are active rebellion against righteousness, and God. [Rom3:23, Galatians 6:7-9, 1John
3:4]
(3) He/She needs to fully realize that holy
God must punish all willful sins in Hell (then eternal Lake of
Fire) forever. [Mark
9:44-48, Luke 16:19-31, Revelations 20:11-15]
(4) He/She must start their
salvation/sanctification journey by faith only, it’s a multi-part
covenant/partnership [Rom10:10,
Eph2:8-9]
(5) He/She cannot add human good works to
their salvation covenant. [Romans
4:4, Ephesians 2:8-9]
(6) He/She must decide to have child-like
trust with God Jesus, not following their clever ways. [Mark
10:14-15,
Luke 9:48, 1Corinthians 1:26-31]
(7) He/She must repent to get started, and
starting a regular communion/fellowship with God which
includes
daily repentance to continue growing and building that covenant with God. [Acts 2:38 + 3:19,
1
John 1:9]
(8) He/She must believe everything they know
about God's Word. [John
3, Hebrews 11:6, 1John 5:13]
(9) He/She must accept and obey God’s
commands, as a daily continuing growing pattern [2 Cor. 6:17,
1John
1:7] He/She must
agree to grow in spending quality time in God’s Word and with Him, to learn
more
understanding of God and His pure and holy and beautiful character, and to
walks more in His
ways.
[Joshua
1:8, Psalm 119:9-18]
(10) He/She must believe and claim Jesus' blood
has paid for all of their sins on the cross. [Jn
3:16-21,
Jn1:12-14]
(11) He/She must learn to forgive those who
have done them harm as Jesus explained, yet hold them
accountable. [John
17:3-4, See also: Matthew 7:1-6]
(12) He/She must believe that God made the
worlds in 6 days as God stated with His own finger in the
10 Commandments. [Exodus
20:11, Exodus 31:16-17, Isaiah 45:11-12, Hebrews 11:3]
(13) He/She must love Jesus first. “Those who love sons or
daughters more than Me are not worthy of
Me. And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.” (Matthew 10:34-39)
We
cannot let family, or possessions, or co-workers, or earthly pleasures pull us
away from following
Jesus.
[Luke
9:57-62; Mark 8:34-38]
(14) He/She must agree that they cannot love
God and also love the world's sinful pleasures.
[Matt6:24,
1John 2:15-17, James 4:1-4]
(15) He/She must agree that salvation requires
they forsake the covetousness of money which is idolatry
[Colossians
3:5, 1Timothy 6:5-10]
(16) He/She must receive that love of painful
truth and tough love from God. [2Thessalonians
2:10]
(17) He/She must accept God's chastening for
his/her sins. [Hebrews
12:5-8]
(18) He/She agrees to grow in identifying and
running from sexual sins. He/She also needs to be aware
that
if they fall into sexual immorality and walk away, they aren’t saved. “...ungodly men
turn the
grace of God into lewdness.” (Jude 1:4). There is a group “almost”
Christians who said they wanted to
get
saved, but later changed their desire from Heaven to listening to demons
tempting sexual sins and
lewdness.
They let their earthly desires choke the Word of God, and stayed unsaved, and
grew to be
hardened
in sins. [1
Corinthians 6:18; Romans 12:9; Hebrews 12:15]
(19) He/She must agree to root out sins and
false teachings from their hearts. As each grow, they must
let
go of false beliefs and idols in their minds, always keeping Christ, following
and obeying Him, and
eternity-focus above all. [Matthew
13, Matthew 6:33, Colossians 3:2, Hebrews 12:1-2, 2Peter 1:5-11]
>>
identification marker: If he/she loves false teachings, they
will come to a crossroads many times
with
each false teaching – if they let go of the false teachings to instead follow
Christ, that is an
evidence
of salvation. If they hold onto the false teaching, it’s
evidence they haven’t made the salvation
covenant
with Jesus yet. [2Timothy
3:5-6]
(20) He/She must trust their life and death to
God's decision, not themselves. [Philippians 1:21]
(21) He/She must decide to be willing to die
for their faith like Stephen, if God chooses/allows that (“…
if need be…” 1Peter 1:6), harsh persecution example in Acts 7:59-60. [See also: Revelation 12:11]
(22) He/She must learn not to spend God's grace
on their pride or the love of the world. [James 4:6]
(23) He/She must agree to be learning to take
up their cross daily and follow Jesus. Everyday, they
get
up
so serve and walk with Jesus – not their own earth-bound ambitions. [Luke 9:23, 2Peter 1:5-11]
(24) He/She agrees to let God teach them how to
reach out to others around them, leading them from
sin
to follow Jesus too. [Mark
1:17; Matthew 28:18-20]
· God’s Word is the foundation and
explanation for all things. Jesus had His servants collect the literal Hebrew
and Greek books and assemble them by 100AD
“12 For
the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is
no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes
of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews
4:12-13)
“16 All
Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man
of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)
“16 For
we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power
and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice
came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 18 And we heard this voice
which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 And
so we have the prophetic word confirmed… 20 knowing this first, that no
prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy
never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by
the Holy Spirit.” (2
Peter 1:16-21)
· Jesus started the home-church pattern,
not the large building and corporation/money-driven model. Also, Jesus
established one-day or all days alike, not Rome.
“12 So
when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said
to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher
and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher,
have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I
have done to you. 16 Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not
greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”
(John 13:12-17)
“42 And
they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the
breaking of bread, and in prayers… 46 So continuing
daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house,
they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God
and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily
those who were being saved.” (Acts
2:42, 46, 47)
“At
that time Jesus went through the grain-fields on the Sabbath. And His disciples
were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 And when the
Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not
lawful to do on the Sabbath!” 3 But He said to them, “Have you not read what
David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 how he entered
the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor
for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in
the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and
are blameless? 6 Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. 7 But
if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would
not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord even of the
Sabbath.” (Matthew 12:1-8)
“27 And
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28
Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27)
“24
Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be
justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a
tutor.” (Galatians 3:24)
"One
person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each
be fully convinced in his own mind."
(Romans 14:5)
"Now
concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the
churches of Galatia, so you must do also: On the first day of the week let each
one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no
collections when I come." (1st Corinthians 16:1-2)
"Now
on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread,
Paul,
ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message
until midnight." (Acts 20:7)
· Jesus is the One who established
honest apostles (none alive today), honest prophets, honest evangelists, honest
pastors, honest teachers, honest servants of Christ in
the rest of the Body of Christ. Jesus Himself established gifts of the Spirit,
some are still around today, some are gone, and some are diminished
“28 And
God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations,
varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all
teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all
speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the best gifts.
And yet I show you a more excellent way.”
(1 Corinthians 12:28-31)
“11 And
Jesus Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and
some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work
of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come
to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect
man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should
no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful
plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into
Him who is the head--Christ-- 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit
together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which
every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself
in love.” (Ephesians 4:11-16)
“10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let
him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the
ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through
Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
(1 Peter 4:10-11)
“13 For
such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into
apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For satan
himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no
great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of
righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”
(2 Corinthians 11:13-15)
· “Church Replacement” mythology is of
the devil and Rome. God started the nation of Israel and those Gentiles who
believe by faith are grafted into the same family as the saved Jews. God keeps
His covenants.
“30 What
shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have
attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; 31 but Israel,
pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of
righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it
were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that
stumbling stone.”
(Romans 9:30-32)
“1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of
Benjamin.” (Romans
11:1)
“11 I
say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through
their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
12 Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for
the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!”
(Romans 11:11-12)
Genesis 12:1-3, promises from God of
large family, and a land to dwell in
Genesis 15:7-21, unconditional
covenant to Israel, sons of Abraham
Genesis 15:13, Abraham told by God his
descendants would be in captivity in Egypt 400 years
Genesis 17:4-8. everlasting
covenant, including land
Genesis 26:1-5, covenant continued to
Abraham’s son Isaac
Genesis 32:24-32, Jacob, Isaac’s son,
wrestled with Jesus (God in human form), Jesus blessed Jacob, and changed his
name to be Israel
Genesis 35:9-15, covenant continued to
Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, son of Isaac
Numbers 34:1-15, the boundaries of the
Land God promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel and their descendants
***
>>> Prophecies about Israel
being able to dwell in the Land God promised them, when they follow His law and
His ways, and carried away captive when they did not
- Deuteronomy 28 (whole chapter),
blessings on everything they do when they walk in God’s ways, but conversely
cursing on them when they wander from God’s ways
- Nehemiah 9:5-38, Nehemiah, a prophet
of God, reviewing God’s covenant with Abraham, and their journey, and return
back to Israel, and their renewed covenant with God, back in the Land of
Israel.
· God and Jesus are the Ones who
established the Biblical feasts, not as commands, but as reminders to come into
His presence and stay there
The 7 Biblical Jewish feasts
- Feast of Trumpets = Leviticus 23
- Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) = Leviticus
23
- Feast of Booths (Sukkot) = Leviticus
23
- Feast of Passover (Pesach) = Exodus
12, Leviticus 23
- Feast of Unleavened Bread = Exodus
23, Leviticus 23
- Feast of Firstfruits/Harvest = Exodus
23, Leviticus 23
- Feast of Weeks (Shavuot/Pentecost) =
Exodus 34, Leviticus 23
Other Jewish feasts worth
noticing
- Purim (established in the Book of
Esther) = Esther 9
- Hanukah (established 200 to 300
years before Jesus came to earth and walked among us)
= John 10:22
One more Biblical holiday
- ThanksGiving Day (US celebrated) = 1
Chronicles 16, Psalm 107, Psalm 118, Psalm 136, Colossians 3:17, 1 Corinthians
5:15-22, Hebrews 13:15
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Pagan folly-days
Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween,
Christmas/Winter Solstice, worldly-partying for a birthday
>> Verses for thought: 1 John
2:15-17, 1 Peter 5, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:22, Romans 12:9. 1 Peter
4:1-5, James 4:1-4, Deuteronomy 6:5, Mark 12:30
· Jesus still uses His Law to show His
character, and correct and grow us
“24 Therefore
the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.”
(Galatians 3:24-25)
The 10 Commandments are God’s
Character in short form. And the fruit of the Spirit are both God’s Character
on display and commands for us to grow in, if we have the Holy Spirit.
“16 I
say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things
that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the
Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are
evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness,
revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told
you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the
kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's
have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
(Galatians 5:16-25)
“6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if
need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of
your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is
tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of
Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him,
yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9
receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls. 10 Of this
salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of
the grace that would come to you, 11 searching what, or what manner of
time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.”
(1 Peter 1:6-11)
“21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of
wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save
your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his
natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and
immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the
perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a
doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. 26 If anyone
among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives
his own heart, this one's religion is useless.”
(James 1:21-26)