I love my 4 children. I also have learned some new terms for things I had become familiar with. Popcycles in our house are known as opcorns. They eat GRARNOLER bars, not granola. Toaster struddles are called toaster guthers. Wal Mart is WEHRMERT. And the man who paved the way for the Lord Jesus Christ is John the Bapsmith. My son Zechariah calls Elijah "Guys" and Josiah he calls "Sy-EE". Bottles are bahbahs.
My sons have a special language, but even though they say things different, they are talking about the same thing.
This is not so in most churches today.
The Bible says salvation is repentance and faith. If you talk to a catholic they will say yes, it is repentance and faith. You will say you need to receive Jesus Christ and they will say yes they did that. You can ask if they know where they will go when they die. They can say for sure they know where they are going. They believe Jesus is God.
What is the problem?
In these examples, they have the same names for biblical terms, but they fooled you. They have different definitions.
Here are the basic catholic definitions.
1. Repentance = penance
2. Faith = Works based "faith"
3. Receive Jesus by faith = receive Jesus in the wafer
4. When they die = go to purgatory.
5. Jesus is God = Jesus is God, equal to Mary is God, and both share in my salvation.
This is where the confusion lies. They say the same words but mean something completely different. If you don't know that, you will forever think that Catholics are Christians and that us who try to convert Catholics are mean and offensive.
We care enough about Catholics to tell them the truth.
There is no salvation in the Catholic Church. Their different definitions are damning definitions.
In fact, they teach that it is only through their church that there is any salvation. I teach the Bible where Jesus says he is the only way to salvation. I say salvation is a person, not a prayer or performance. HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE says the Bible. I say salvation is in a person, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, not in a pew of church membership, not in a pool of baptism, not in a Priest, not in Purgatory.
Ever see any Catholic concerned enough about your soul to try and convert you to their religion? Or do they only want to win an argument? Try that one on for size. They are offended by us actually believing and acting on what we "believe". They literally believe "We are the WAY" (ie the Catholic Church) not "I am the WAY" (The Lord Jesus). They are wrong, and there is no hope in the Pope. But my point is if they only believe that "WE" are the way, and they never bother to tell you that "false truth that would be true in their eyes" how even colder they truly are!!!! If you don't truly believe that lie that your church is the only way, GET OUT! If you do truly believe that lie and don't act on it and tell the whole world we are all going to Hell because we don't go to your CHURCH, what kind of selfish hateful person are you? You literally, if you are Catholic, go to a church that teaches 1. If you are not Catholic you are going to burn in Hell. 2. If you are catholic you are going to burn in Purgatory. And this is appealing, why?
You can't give what you don't have. If you don't have the truth, you aren't going to go out and tell people that you have the only way to heaven.
Catholics believe that even if they don't know what they believe. However I am a Baptist. And in my BAPTIST CHURCH there are LOST Baptists and SAVED Baptists. Being baptist doesn't save, but if you are saved you want a GOOD PREACHING AND TEACHING CHURCH. Jesus is the trump card in this game of life. The Catholic church teaches church tradition, Mary, the Pope, church doctrine, etc are all above the Bible and what Jesus says.
That is blasphemous.
There is no salvation in the Catholic church, and if you have any ancestors, like I do, in that church, they are not right now burning in purgatory.
They are burning in Hell.
They will never be let out, and the families are still paying money to the church that lied to them and damned their souls to get their loved ones out by paying money for masses etc.
That is the ultimate double-cross.
God hates religion. We need not worry about being offensive. Love people enough to tell them the truth.
And if you are catholic that is why I wrote this.
I don't even know you but God loves you enough to warn you to turn around, jump ship and get on the right one. The Jesus Boat is the only one heading for destination Heaven.
The rest are of the S.S. Hell Bound Cruise line.
Get off now. And get saved.
Born again. Not at baptism like Catholicism teaches.
But by faith and repentance. Jesus saves. He delivers from hell, a sinful lifestyle, and dead and damning false religions.
Get out at once.
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