pia
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Also we are told the the Lord will confirm His word..It's a good reminder that we should always test everything via the Word of God.
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Also we are told the the Lord will confirm His word..It's a good reminder that we should always test everything via the Word of God.
Prosperity preachers...
A lady I once met said she was the church secretary of a very large non-denominational black church. She said one day she and her pastor picked up other pastors at the airport for a conference, and they all started bragging about how much money they brought in and how much influence they had over their members. Apostate Protestantism is also mentioned in Revelation and it's just a matter of time before it joins up with the Papacy.
You do talk a 'load of it".
Jesus tells us to focus on The Kingdom...seek ye FIRST the kingdom OF GOD.
Nowhere are we admonished to spend precious time , that belongs to God...is digging into things that are time wasting and distractions from the Lord.
Go for it....it will keep you busy, but it will get you no where spiritually.
@Harvest 1874 That sounds good...but how much of what is posted per day on here is nothing more than Catholic bashing.
I do not believe this blesses God heart...
While so much focus is on the Catholics , the Beast, The man of sin, the anti-christ ...it is not on God ..therefore that make the Enemy happy I am sure.
I must get to bed...before I turn into a pumpkin.
Did you know that the Antichrist is the most thoroughly described character in scripture apart from Jesus? Phoneman is correct. Revelation 14 describes God's wrath as being directly attributable to those who accept the mark of the Antichrist/beast.You do talk a 'load of it".
Jesus tells us to focus on The Kingdom...seek ye FIRST the kingdom OF GOD.
Nowhere are we admonished to spend precious time , that belongs to God...is digging into things that are time wasting and distractions from the Lord.
Go for it....it will keep you busy, but it will get you no where spiritually.
If you can reference one post here which is knocking Catholics, then I sincerely apologize, for this topic is NOT about individual Catholic people. It is about the system which has deceived them and seeks to keep them from their true calling in Christ. Yes, there are many good Christians within that system, but they are Christians by the grace of God, as we all are, and despite the church that tells them that without the church they are lost.That system is right now succeeding in bringing together all manner of faiths, both Christian and non-Christian, in unity but in direct contradistinction to that which is found in scripture. The one-world religious authority that is blossoming as we speak, under the auspices of Rome and apostate Protestantism, will introduce globally enforced religious legislation which will counter and contradict the commandments of God. But unless you recognize the beast, how will you know his mark? If you defend Catholicism (or the Papacy whatever you prefer to call it) then will you not happily also accept whatever mark of its authority it desires to implement?Surely there are more interesting things to post about than knocking the Catholics. How small minded we have got!!
The anti-Christ. The man of sin, The beast...
None are singular...The anti-Christ is not just this Pope, the next Pope , or the one after.
It is a whole collective system , the same as the Man of sin... even men today believes they are god.
...all are systems...we have blinkers on if we shrink it so small as to believe it is just one specific person for each of these!!!
Just as the body of Christ is collective, the bride of Christ is collective, the church of God is collective...so are the beast, the anti-christ, the man of sin, and the false prophet....all collective bodies.
Yes lest blame one religion when they are all just as guilty, "dont look at me dad. hes the bad guy". well HEs being watching them all... She is after all the "mother" of all harlots. Theer is no man made religion on the face of this earth that will ever stand up to Gods scrutiny, they are all corrupt.Goodness, why is everyone so narrow sighted to think that the Catholics are the big bad wolf! Look deeper and wider...you have just bought the same old, same old thing that we were sold and cut our teeth on as young immature Christians...
No, not 'just' a guilty. The RCC has so much more to answer for, which is why God took so much effort to warn us of her abominations. He hasn't singled out any other institution with as much detail and volume as He has the RCC. Not even Islam.Yes lest blame one religion when they are all just as guilty,
This is true. But harlots has a special connotation. It means to be an adulterous whore. Spiritual adultery for gain. Now as we witness the present influx of former Protestant churches back to the arms of "Mother", then their very return informs us of who they are. Others are not so eager to embrace the apostasy. They are not harlots, but are remaining faithful to their calling.She is after all the "mother" of all harlots.
To a point yes. Just as every individual on the planet is still a sinner.Theer is no man made religion on the face of this earth that will ever stand up to Gods scrutiny, they are all corrupt.
That depends entirely on your definition of religion.@brakelite And so you seek to justify religion just like all the rest. God cannot partake in religion, its not from Him. So you BOL ep all just pots and pans calling one another black.
Yes lest blame one religion when they are all just as guilty, "dont look at me dad. hes the bad guy". well HEs being watching them all... She is after all the "mother" of all harlots. Theer is no man made religion on the face of this earth that will ever stand up to Gods scrutiny, they are all corrupt.
I think it is more than apathy Naomi. It is all out apostasy. For example. The number of Protestant churches that have joined in signing various declarations of unity with Rome, such as the Joint Declaration of Justification by Faith between the Lutherans and Catholics in 1999....the "Declaration on the Way--Church, Ministry, and Eucharist", more recently, are two of many such documents being bandied about. This latest document is a further capitulation by Lutherans regarding the truth of the gospel.In regards to another question in the OP...about the growing apathy of the Protestant Church.
Does it need to join up with the Papacy? Or are we still talking about the ultimate end time system/Antichrist here? I suppose, really, the sort of people who use the gospel of Jesus to make money won't really care what banner they stand behind to do it. If the Antichrist turns out to be the, or a Pope, then, yeah, they'll probably climb on board like the leeches they are. But I expect they'd do the same if the Antichrist turns out to be a governmental leader. These sort justify anything...
It's a good reminder that we should always test everything via the Word of God.
guess it behooves one then to be sure what Word is, huhAlso we are told the the Lord will confirm His word..