I need to say up
front that there is no perfect 'man made' church. All denominations qualify as
man made churches. The “Body of Christ”, which consists of every Born
Again Christian, qualifies as “The Church” and has nothing to do, organizationally
with any particular denomination. Only Born Again Christians make up the Body
of Christ. Jesus said: "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."[1]
The Catholic Church
came into existence in the year 1,045. This was almost 1,000 years after the
earthly death of Saint Peter. This date precludes the possibility of Peter
being the first Catholic pope, as its “popeism” didn’t exist until the Catholic
Church was formed.
Like many
denominations, the Catholics invented some really weird ideas, like -
1. determining Mary, the mother of Jesus, to be divine and to be
worshiped and that she intercedes for believers
2. indulgences
3. purgatory
4. Infallibility of the Pope
5. The pope being God’s representative on earth and speaks for
God, more than any other Born Again Christian.
If you want to know what else Jesus doesn’t care for in the
Catholic Church, Google “Nicolaitans”, or see my paper[2]
on the subject.
At this point, I
should mention that I have known many Christian Catholics, including priests
and nuns. Most Catholics have knowledge of who Jesus is and believe the Bible
to be God's Word. The problem is that most, or at least many, have not taken
the step of becoming “Born Again” and this is the fault of the Church.[3]
Recently, the present
pope has said some really ridiculous things, like-
1. Having a personal relationship with Jesus is dangerous - I
guess this precludes the Born Again experience
2. Wanting to change Jesus words in the Lord’s Prayer - lead us
not into mistranslation
3. Touts science over scripture about climate change
4. Consulted a psychoanalyst to “clarify a few things”[4]
5. Says President Trump destroyed peace chances by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
6. Says all men of 'good will' are saved - denying Jesus being the
only way to be saved. John 14:6 Yeshua said, “I AM the Way — and the Truth and the
Life; no one comes to the Father except through me". Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
7. he expounds an unscriptural view of LGBTQ
8. Places himself above God, in saying President Trump is not a
Christian
9. Says that the great majority of Catholic marriages are null[5]
10. Said that pastors shouldn’t be “putting our noses into the
moral lives of other people”[6].
It is hard enough,
in today’s world, to live the life of a Christian. It seems that persecution of
Christianity is the in thing to do. Christians are the most persecuted group in
the world[7].
Satan knows that he doesn’t have much time left, so he has to destroy as many
lives as he can. Distorting the teachings of scripture is the easiest way to
accomplish this goal. Jesus will be returning very soon and the churches needs
to be preparing His way. The apostate church is readily discernible, if you are
familiar with scripture. God has supplied us with the Bible, the guide to
understanding what is going on around us. It is hard to discern when you are
being fed junk if you don’t know the guide. The Holy Spirit will guide you into
all truth.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the
world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him
may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed." Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
Romans
10:9-11 "if you acknowledge publicly with your
mouth that Yeshua is Lord and trust in your heart that God raised him from the
dead, you will be delivered. 10 For
with the heart one goes on trusting and thus continues toward righteousness,
while with the mouth one keeps on making public acknowledgement and thus
continues toward deliverance. 11 For the passage quoted says
that everyone who rests
his trust on him will
not be humiliated." Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
[1] John 3:7
King James version
[3] John
3:16 and Romans 10:9
[4] Http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-psychoanalyst-therapist-female-jewish-clarify-few-things-dominique-wolton-a7924366.html
[7] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-james-clark/christianity-most-persecuted-religion_b_2402644.html
https://www.christianforums.com/threads/christians-are-the-most-persecuted-people-in-the-world- today.8009401/page-2
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/04/16/easter-2017-christians-most-persecuted-group-in-the-world/
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