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LifeWay tweeted this out this morning:
Seth Dunn, a young Christian man whom I follow on Twitter, responded thus-
The United States' Christians' response to Pope Francis' trip to our shores is sad but not surprising. End Time apostasy is growing and growing, metastasizing in fact, if you ask me.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, (1 Timothy 4:1)
Worse to swallow though is the massive biblical ignorance from the more conservative quarters, such as the LifeWay survey participants. Catholicism is NOT Christianity. The Protestant Reformation happened during the last year of the Middle Ages (1517) because of the protests from those who had come to see this fact and were willing to stand up and be heard. Christians protested the Catholic Church's corruption of the Gospel, its stranglehold on the people, and the depravity of the papacy & priesthood. We are still protesting, or should be. Yet according to the survey above, those who should know better are accepting, not protesting. They are joining, not separating. The blood of all the true Christians martyred at the hands of the Pope and his henchmen cries out from the ground against this blasphemy and this defection.
On the other hand it is not surprising that it seems that only 37% or less of pastors surveyed actually hold to biblical doctrine. Many of you faithful and lovely readers email or comment or contact me on Facebook in your pain and confusion over the rapid loss of biblical truth in your church and who mourn the defection of your own husband-pastor-deacons-women's leaders-church from the true faith. Anyone who worships in a church which preaches solidly in these days seems to be in the minority.
It seems to be the way of flesh and it seems to be the way of the prophecies that this would happen. See this from Hosea of the people Israel after they got comfortable subsequent to the Exodus,
When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me. (Hosea 13:6)
See this similar behavior from Revelation of the wealthy and satisfied church at Laodicea,
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. (Rev 3:17).
See this rebuke from God to His people Israel for having rejected His knowledge,
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. (Hosea 4:6).
See this similar pattern in the New Testament-
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. (Romans 8:7)
Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? 37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. 38 If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. (1 Corinthians 14:36-38).
It is prophesied that what is happening will happen. The prophecies of mass defection from sound doctrine are many, as is the past behavior of a myriad of peoples all throughout time in the Bible.
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, (2 Timothy 4:3).
And 2 Timothy 3:1, Jude 1:18, 1 Timothy 4:1 and many other verses also speak to the professing believer's refusal to submit the flesh to sound doctrine and that they will go astray, revealing they were only professors and not genuine after all.
Here are some resources regarding the hopeless religion Catholicism is. And keep studying your bible so!!
The Beginning of Knowledge
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:1-7)
Resources; and there are many more at each of these sites besides just the three listed here,
Mike Gendron, ex-Catholic Apologist:-
False Prophet praised as Holy Father
Matt Slick, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry-
Attaining salvation in Roman Catholicism
John MacArthur, Grace To You-
Explaining the heresy of Catholicism
Seth Dunn, a young Christian man whom I follow on Twitter, responded thus-
The United States' Christians' response to Pope Francis' trip to our shores is sad but not surprising. End Time apostasy is growing and growing, metastasizing in fact, if you ask me.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, (1 Timothy 4:1)
Worse to swallow though is the massive biblical ignorance from the more conservative quarters, such as the LifeWay survey participants. Catholicism is NOT Christianity. The Protestant Reformation happened during the last year of the Middle Ages (1517) because of the protests from those who had come to see this fact and were willing to stand up and be heard. Christians protested the Catholic Church's corruption of the Gospel, its stranglehold on the people, and the depravity of the papacy & priesthood. We are still protesting, or should be. Yet according to the survey above, those who should know better are accepting, not protesting. They are joining, not separating. The blood of all the true Christians martyred at the hands of the Pope and his henchmen cries out from the ground against this blasphemy and this defection.On the other hand it is not surprising that it seems that only 37% or less of pastors surveyed actually hold to biblical doctrine. Many of you faithful and lovely readers email or comment or contact me on Facebook in your pain and confusion over the rapid loss of biblical truth in your church and who mourn the defection of your own husband-pastor-deacons-women's leaders-church from the true faith. Anyone who worships in a church which preaches solidly in these days seems to be in the minority.
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It seems to be the way of flesh and it seems to be the way of the prophecies that this would happen. See this from Hosea of the people Israel after they got comfortable subsequent to the Exodus,
When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me. (Hosea 13:6)
See this similar behavior from Revelation of the wealthy and satisfied church at Laodicea,
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. (Rev 3:17).
See this rebuke from God to His people Israel for having rejected His knowledge,
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. (Hosea 4:6).
See this similar pattern in the New Testament-
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. (Romans 8:7)
Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? 37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. 38 If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. (1 Corinthians 14:36-38).
It is prophesied that what is happening will happen. The prophecies of mass defection from sound doctrine are many, as is the past behavior of a myriad of peoples all throughout time in the Bible.
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, (2 Timothy 4:3).
And 2 Timothy 3:1, Jude 1:18, 1 Timothy 4:1 and many other verses also speak to the professing believer's refusal to submit the flesh to sound doctrine and that they will go astray, revealing they were only professors and not genuine after all.
Here are some resources regarding the hopeless religion Catholicism is. And keep studying your bible so!!
The Beginning of Knowledge
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:1-7)
Resources; and there are many more at each of these sites besides just the three listed here,
Mike Gendron, ex-Catholic Apologist:-
False Prophet praised as Holy Father
Matt Slick, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry-
Attaining salvation in Roman Catholicism
John MacArthur, Grace To You-
Explaining the heresy of Catholicism
As a former Catholic, this is disheartening and incredulous to me. There seems to be a profound lack of knowledge regarding church history nowadays.
ReplyDeleteThank you and bless you for this. I've felt very alone and frustrated this past week around people praising this celebrity and the spectacle (and hissing at believers who refuse to idolize this false teacher). The Catholic Church is such a cunning deception. It stings more when so called brothers and sisters hate us for telling the truth. The only consolation is knowing this future is revealed in the Word and the Lord has promised us a place in his eternal presence. Keep on fighting the good fight. I've been very encouraged by your blog.
ReplyDeleteThere is an email circulating to use a hail Mary to pray for pope. I had to correct a dear friend and tell her this is not scriptural. Oh for eyes to see and ears to hear truth.
ReplyDeleteI can understand christians being saddened by this kind of news, but not surprised. It is, after all, what to expect in these times.
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ReplyDeleteJust to top it off, the national media covered the Pope's motorcade this morning and recorded what was supposedly an impromptu stop at the Pope's command. It was reported that the Pope somehow became aware of people desperately entreating him to stop and leave his car to bless a disabled boy with cerebral palsy. (Shades of Jesus??)
He is shown supposedly calling his motorcade to a halt, leaving his car and moving to the fenced off area of the road where the boy and his parents were waiting. And all of this reported by the Vatican and our national media as a totally spontaneous response by the Pope.
Before I go any further, let me ask you this, OK?
Are you aware of the security efforts in place for the Pope's visit? They have been touted as being the most thought out and the most serious effort ever made to protect any one individual. Millions were spent to ensure his safety.
So all of a sudden the Pope decides to halt his motorcade, leave the protection of his car and the surrounding security personnel, walk across a totally exposed street in order to bless a young man with a disability that "he" just happened to notice.
And then claim it was all unplanned and spontaneous!!! Yeah Right!!
First of all, any terrorist with a brain would have considered the best possible way to attract the Pope into a situation where they could detonate explosives strapped to a suicide bomber. And a disabled boy in a wheel chair would have been the perfect vehicle to attempt such an assassination.
There is absolutely no way in the world the Pope would have been allowed anywhere near this boy or his parents. NO WAY!! Unless of course it had been pre-arranged with security being fully informed, the family and the boy fully vetted and camera’s strategically located (which they clearly were).
It is yet another example of how our press, the Pope and the Vatican will lie at the drop of a hat. And it proves once more at how gullible and depraved the lost are!
I blogged about our neglect of the great Reformers Friday. We've completely forgotten church history, and we'll pay for our willful ignorance.
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