Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matt.4:4
How could we dare deprive, discourage, or demand somebody quit reading and studying God's precious Word?
- the inspired,
- the infallible,
- inerrant,
- the pure,
- the powerful,
- the preserved,
- the life-giving,
- the life-transforming,
- the powerful,
- the very words of life
The Roman Church did! From monasteries, monks, friars, popes, and the Roman Church amassing great wealth and power over people - they did not want people to study the Word of God and know the truth of God. It is an evil, devilish history. Take time to study the history of the Roman Church.
But thank God, the truth makes us free. Not even the gates of hell can prevail. Hallelujah! What a Saviour we have! Now, far beyond the Catholic Church, Mary has thousands of shrines dedicated to her. More dedicatory shrines have been built to Mary to than Jesus. This rapidly elevates her in becoming the Queen of Ecumenicalism.
It's not just Catholics who are interested in Mary. Apparitions of Mary even appear in Islamic countries An entire chapter in the Qur'an is to her, and hundreds of hadiths pay homage to Mary. Mary, the Blessed Virgin of Islam, can it be?
Note this:
The Mary of Catholicism is...
- immaculately conceived,
- a perpetual virgin,
- mediates tricks between God and man,
- the Queen of Heaven
Is this the Biblical Mary, the mother of God? NO!!
Now, if we want to know the truth about saints, about salvation, about who Jesus is, about who Mary is, where do we go? We go to God's Word. The King James Bible for us today holds God's powerful, pure, preserved Word of God.
And man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Saint ain't a bad word, people (excuse the "Southern" emphasis)! As a matter of fact, saint is from the same Greek word as holy and sanctified. Dear brother and sister, this is talking about all true believers. Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? If yes, then God calls you, the Word of God calls you, a saint! We're not saints because we're perfect, we're saints because we have the perfect Savior. Jesus has forgiven and washed our sins away.
Study your history. With Constantine came paganism and pagans professing Christianity. The New Testament standard of church and worship, leadership, and the authority of God's Word changed or, better said, the pagans changed it. The unconverted changed it. The Bible does not say Peter is the head, nor the founder, nor the foundation of the church. The Bible does not even say is supreme to all other churches, but the Roman Church, Pope, and bishops perverted and twisted Scripture and the doctrine of salvation.
The Catholic perversion of Scripture invented a works system for achieving righteousness. Works included sacraments, eucharist, transubstantiation, penance, confession to priests, and prayers to Mary and saints. The child of God and student of His Word understands that there is only one mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ - Not Mary, not St. Thomas, nor St. Patrick. No!
No Pope or priest forgives sin. Only Jesus can forgive sin. It's not penance and purgatory nor popes.
We had a dear Catholic lady coming to our Bible study. I pray she got saved. She told the priest all about what she was learning by studying the Bible herself. The priest told her quit that Bible study and just listen to him. He insisted that she didn't need Bible study. That priest told her to just listen to the priest. Sadly, she quit Bible study and returned to the Catholic Church. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. How could we dare deprive, discourage, or demand someone quit reading and studying God's word? It is Life-giving, life-transforming, and it is the powerful Words of Life?
Dear child of God, read, study, allow the Holy Spirit of God to guide you in God's truth.
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