The UNHOLY Roman Catholic Church (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1....

Catholic Church statements in Bold.
Scripture in itallics.
My comments in red.

9) The Catholic Church teaches that forgiveness can only be granted by a priest.

Matthew 9:2-7

2. Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you."

3. And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, "This Man blasphemes!"

4. But Jeus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?

5. "For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise and walk'?

6. "But that you may know the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"-then He said to the paralytic, "Arise take up your bed, and go to your house.

7. And he arose and departed to his house.

For a priest to claim that he can forgive sins is to make himself eqaul to God (and Jesus). Only God can forgive sins! This is something the scribes understood from the Law and the Prophets. The Son of Man (Jesus) is the only One who can make the claim of being God, proved by His innumerable miracles (including raising people from the dead) and His own resurrection which cannot be historically disproved. I don't see any priests (or the Pope for that matter) healing paralytics, raising people from the dead, etc. According to Old Testament scripture, these catholic priests should be stoned to death for making such claims.

10) The Catholic Church teaches that you must continually go to the confession booths and ask for forgiveness every time you sin, and if you miss one you either pay in Purgatory....or just go straight to hell.

Colossians 1:13

13. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love...

Hebrews 10:14

14. For by one offering He (Jesus) has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Romans 6:14

14. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Those who have been born again of the Holy Spirit have been sanctified and made forever perfect in God's sight through the blood of Christ. Those who are perfected cannot sin...they are no longer under the law (the Torah/Holy Law). Jesus offered Himself once and only once, so how is it possible to get "more forgiveness"?

11) The Catholic Church teaches that if you commit suicide you go straight to hell guaranteed, no matter what..."do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars!"

Romans 8:38,39

38. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

39. nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to seperate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16

16. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting (eternal) life.

Eternal life means eternal life. The only way to lose life is by death. Death comes through sin. If you cannot sin under the new law of grace than how can you lose eternal life? If Jesus paid for all sin, then the sin of suicide is also paid for. Eternal life is not life temporarly on loan nor is it possible to be 'unborn' once youve been born again.

12) The Catholic Church teaches that in order to be accepted by Jesus you must
a. confess your sins as often as possible,
b. give us your money, and
c. take our classes.

John 6:37,40

37. All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

40. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and beleives in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

13) The Catholic Church teaches that the priest is the Mediator between God and man. You're not good enough to come to Jesus on your own, so you must come through the priest.

Hebrews 9:14,15

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 (like Catholic traditions) 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 (forgiveness) of the transgressions under the first covenant (righteousness through obedience in the Law), that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inhertance.

JESUS is the Mediator of the new covenant between God and man. The Catholic Church is not Jesus. "Priests" are actually the people who offered the atoning sacrifice on behalf of the people. God never called for priests under the new covenant. So why would they call themselves priests in the first place? The Church of Jesus is the new priesthood (1 Peter 2:5,9).

14) The Catholic Church teaches that the Virgin Mary never died but ascended into heaven at the end of her life.

Romans 6:23

23. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 9:27

27. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.

So Mary was perfect and without sin? Enoch and Elijah never died and must come back as the 2 witnesses during tribulation in order to die. Jesus lived and died as a sinless man. Is Mary really equal to Jesus? Will Mary be the only one in heaven who has never died, including Jesus? I dont think so.

15) The Catholic Church claims that Mary remained a virgin throughout her life and ascended into heaven a virgin.

Matthew 13:55

55. "Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?"

Ok....so either Jesus' brothers were Mary's sons or Joseph cheated on Mary. Do you really think she would have gotten married and never had sex? Mary was chosen to give birth as a virgin it was nothing in her power that caused this event. The Catholic Church just wants to "deify" Mary anyway they can. It is often the desire of people to worship the created instead of the Creator. Only acknowledging Mary as a virgin is like only acknowledging the baby Jesus and not the resurrected Messiah. Jesus did not remain a baby nor did Mary remain a virgin.

16) The Catholic Church, as of recently, does not stand up to Darwin's theory of evolution. Instead they accept evolution as science and do not want to challenge it. The Catholic Church does not discourage the teaching of Darwinian evolution.

Do I really even need to go there?

I think we can apply this to today....

Matthew 15:12-14

12. Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees (religious leaders) were offended when they heard this saying?"

13. But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

14. "Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

To be continued...

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