Catholics follow religious teachings that did not come from the Lord, so they actually follow doctrines of demons.
Such as praying to and worshiping Mary which is idolatry and they continue in their sins ongoing which is why they are not forgiven. One must turn away from their sin and confess their sin to the Lord to be forgiven (see: Proverbs 28:13 and 1 John 1:9)
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
The Lord teaches in His Word that we are to pray to the Father (that's God THE Father, not some catholic priest) directly - see John 16:23, Luke 11:1-13, Matthew 6:9-13, John 15:16, John 16:23-24, 1 Peter 1:17, Hebrews 7:25, John 14:6
The Lord never taught anybody to pray to mary and ask her to pray to God in their behalf.
That's a doctrine of demons because the devil is the one teaching this stuff. It's NOT the Doctrine of Christ and those not walking in the Doctrine of Christ are not in right standing with the Lord:
2 John 1:9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
To those that follow catholic doctrine, in their minds you are in error for questioning anything catholics teach.
That's what they do.
Amen.
Any spirit that requires unquestioning conformity and tries to bludgeon or subtly intimidate people into conforming....is not of God. It is of the world and flesh and devil. (It is that exact same spirit of political correctness we have seen taking over society in recent decades.) For example, one doesn't dare to question a Catholic priest or what that church teaches in general, when they are presented as God's representatives on earth (aka idol) ...how dare one question God?? Whereas, on the contrary, the LORD tells us in His word to test everything........those who love the truth and actually care about souls, don't mind questions, they expect and welcome it.
Those who are of a wrong spirit are threatened by testing or challenge and rise up to protect their idols, instead of examining anything. Don't ask questions, don't be a troubler in Israel.....just submit, conform, and everything will be all right....just come join us and let's hold hands, kumbya. That's a cult spirit of slumber of those who are walking off a cliff with eyes closed.....not being sober and alert as the apostles warned and instructed. Why does God send/allow a spirit of delusion? Because they received not a love of the truth. So we need to first of all have received the Spirit of truth to love the truth....receive Christ, His Spirit, who is the Way and the Truth and the Life. That is the starting point.
Jon 1:5-6
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him,
What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Eph 5:13-15
But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light: for whatever doth make manifest is light.
Wherefore he saith,
Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give thee light.
See then that ye walk circumspectly,
not as fools, but as wise,
1Th 5:4-7
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
