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| Roman Catholic Pope Francis |
The newly appointed pope has coped the greatest amount of flack though, with so many out there that are running end times blog spots calling him of all things the second beast of Revelation Chapter 13, the False Prophet. For starters, there is very little mentioned in the word of God relative to the FP, but what we do know is that he does not seek authority for himself; but instead, he gives his backing or support to Antichrist. Right now, there is really no one at all that I could quite categorically identify as being the Antichrist. As that is the case, how that is there are then those out there who are identifying this Pope as being the FP, when we don’t even know who the Antichrist is? In other words, what they are saying is that the Pope is the FP even though he is not giving his authority over to anyone, let alone the Antichrist, who we don’t even know who is yet. A lot of this rot going on at the moment relative to the RCC may have a lot to do with a book that has recently been published written by on one Tom Horn who has claimed, amongst other things, that the current Pope is the last Pope and therefore must be the FP. Avoid that book like the plague for the complete and utter nonsense that it is. For appetizers, there is really no one at all who really knows whether the RCC is the Whore of Babylon or not let alone if this Pope, or any other Pope for that matter, is the FP. My firm belief is that Babylon is the United States of America simply because the city described a burning sounds a lot like New York Harbour? At the end of the day who really knows that answer to that one either?
Despite all of what I have made mention of above there is still no getting away from the facts of the tremendous amount of sheer idolatry that has infiltrated the RCC over the centuries. The greatest amount of blasphemy and hypocrisy is directed by the Catholics against the one true and living God in the deity worship of the earthly mother of the Lord Jesus Christ, Mary. What bothers me the most about this kind of false worship is that even though she was a virgin when Christ was conceived, Mary was not a virgin on the day she died simply because after the birth of Christ Mary gave birth to brothers and sisters for Christ, all conceived the natural way? Even though Mary was blessed amongst women she is not the Queen of Heaven sitting alongside and being worshiped on the same level as Christ and the father himself. The bottom line is that Catholics have knowingly, and stubbornly, rejected the commandments of God to follow their own traditions instead. This is exactly what Jesus said concerning the Apostate Jewish religion, "Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, this people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men? For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men ... Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition ... Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye" (Mark Chapter 6, Verses 8 and 13). (Emphasis added)
The Catholic Church is a prison house of religion.
Even though there are several faults with the RCC I have only mentioned one in this article; but there are still no doubts at all that there are also faults with the fundamentalist churches as well. For example, the Pentecostal teaching that a believer can LOSE salvation has been a cause for great concern by believers for a long time. From my own experience, I have found that the average Christian isn't sure what to think about the Pentecostals (i.e., the Charismatic Movement). Are they saved or not? If you speak to most Charismatics, they'll give every impression that they're true Christians. Many are aggressive witnesses for their religion. Yet something is VERY wrong with their doctrine ... VERY WRONG! The Jehovah's Witnesses are as aggressive as any religion in propagating their doctrines; yet they serve Satan by spreading devilish doctrines. Just because Pentecostals are aggressive to spread their doctrines doesn't mean that they're of God. Charismatics PERVERT the Gospel of Jesus Christ by ADDING holy living as a requirement to keep one's salvation. This is utter self-righteousness, and a lack of faith in God.
Pentecostalism looks and feels good, but is rotten to the core!
If there are faults with both the protestant and the Catholic movements then what do we do to make sure that we are truly saved? Which church do we attend and indeed does our salvation depend on what church we attend and how we live according to the particular doctrines of faith that each particular domination holds fast to. From the time that I was saved forty four years ago I remember the beautiful feeling that it was and how I just knew that I had been truly Born Again, and as a consequence was Heaven bound upon having the death experience. Needless to say, I have not been a regular church attendee over the past few years. However, I still knew that I had to hold onto my salvation by regular prayerful sessions and daily Bible reading which I have kept up for decades and decades now. That being said, I do not advocate non church attendance. On the contrary, go to church by all means, but still be very aware of the wolves in sheep’s clothing and the absolute jackals that now inhabit the pulpits of so many so called houses of God in this modern day and age. Not to go to church was and still is the best path for me to take, I make that statement given the enormous amount of pretence so many church leaders and attendees seem to have.
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matthew Chapter 7, Verse 5 (Emphasis Added)
Go directly straight to the point of Christian preaching and apologetics and defend the Fundamental Born Again Christian faith and its stand of Scripture alone, faith alone, grace alone, in Christ alone and glory to God alone. Uproot heretical teachings that mislead people, win souls and promote the splendour, the majesty and the triumphs of the Church that was built upon Jesus Christ.
WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical.
