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Jesus warned that MANY would enter through the wide gate to destruction(****ation-Matthew 7:13-14) which is sadly where the Catholic church is heading. This is a warning to Catholics to reconsider their position. I do this out of concern for you because your eternity is at stake.
1) SALVATION
"The church is the universal sacrament of salvation..." (Questions and Answers Catholic Catechism., Q. 402, p. 96)
"And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:30-31
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;" Titus 3:5
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13
Nowhere in the Word of God does it say that salvation is through the church. But through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross for your sins(Romans 3:23-26, Romans 5:8-10, 1 Peter 1:18-19).
2)SACRAMENTS(baptism, confirmation, eucharist, penance, matrimony, annointing the sick, holy orders)
"Sacraments. Outward signs or sacred actions...through which grace is channeled...When the Sacraments are administered validly and the recipient is properly disposed, the Sacraments attain their ends infallibly, that is, grace is automatically communicated to the recipient. Thus, the Sacraments perpetuate Christ's Redemptive Action." Dictionary of the Liturgy, p. 561
No such thing is taught in the Word of God. To "perpetuate Christ's Redemptive Action" means that Christ's redemptive actions are a continual event. The Word of God is clear against this sort of thinking:
"For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Hebrews 9:24-28
"And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." Hebrews 10:11-14
3) EUCHARIST
"It Is A Sacrifice Q. 1265 (p. 254) "The Sacrifice of the Mass is the true and properly called Sacrifice of the New Law. It is the Sacrifice in which Christ is offered under the species of bread and wine in an *unbloody manner*. The Sacrifice of the altar, then, is no mere empty commemoration of the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ, but a true and proper act of sacrifice. Christ, the eternal High Priest, in an unbloody way offers himself a most acceptable Victim to the eternal Father, as he did upon the Cross."
"Transubstantiation "That teaching of the Church which signifies the conversion or complete change of the substance of bread and wine into the substance of Christ's Body and Blood." (Dictionary of the Liturgy, p. 624).
Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:11-14 clearly conflicts with the eucharist. If salvation is through the eucharist, then the sacrifice MUST be a bloody one(although they teach this "unbloody sacrifice" is acceptable to God). Without His blood there is NO remission of sins possible. Consider these verses:
"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." Hebrews 9:22
"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins." Acts 10:43
Blood was so important, that if it were not SEEN, the plague would have killed the firstborn:
"And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt." Exodus 12:13
"A most acceptable victim" is not Biblical. Christ WILLINGLY lay down his life:
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father." John 10:17-18
Jesus does not appear in the wafer. In fact the Word says, He will come back in the LIKE MANNER that he ascended into heaven. Not a zillion times like the Catholic church teaches(in the wafer).
"...this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." Acts 1:11
To teach people eat the literal flesh and blood of Jesus is cannibalism. The Word of God clearly forbids drinking blood. This is how you can know that transubstantiation is a lie(because God cannot contradict himself in the Word).
"For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood." Leviticus 17:11-12
"That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." Acts 15:29
4) FORGIVENESS OF SINS
"All bishops and priests have the power to forgive sins or absolve sins. Christ conferred this power on the apostles, and on the bishops and priests who would succeed them. However, the Church reserves the right to determine when a priest may use the power to forgive sins." (The Question and Answer Catholic Catechism, Q. 1327, p. 264).
Christ never taught such a lie in the Word of God. The scribes and Pharisees even KNEW that only God could forgive sins(although they didn't believe Jesus was God in the flesh).
"And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." Matthew 9:2
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
"And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" Luke 5:21
1) SALVATION
"The church is the universal sacrament of salvation..." (Questions and Answers Catholic Catechism., Q. 402, p. 96)
"And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:30-31
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;" Titus 3:5
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13
Nowhere in the Word of God does it say that salvation is through the church. But through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross for your sins(Romans 3:23-26, Romans 5:8-10, 1 Peter 1:18-19).
2)SACRAMENTS(baptism, confirmation, eucharist, penance, matrimony, annointing the sick, holy orders)
"Sacraments. Outward signs or sacred actions...through which grace is channeled...When the Sacraments are administered validly and the recipient is properly disposed, the Sacraments attain their ends infallibly, that is, grace is automatically communicated to the recipient. Thus, the Sacraments perpetuate Christ's Redemptive Action." Dictionary of the Liturgy, p. 561
No such thing is taught in the Word of God. To "perpetuate Christ's Redemptive Action" means that Christ's redemptive actions are a continual event. The Word of God is clear against this sort of thinking:
"For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Hebrews 9:24-28
"And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." Hebrews 10:11-14
3) EUCHARIST
"It Is A Sacrifice Q. 1265 (p. 254) "The Sacrifice of the Mass is the true and properly called Sacrifice of the New Law. It is the Sacrifice in which Christ is offered under the species of bread and wine in an *unbloody manner*. The Sacrifice of the altar, then, is no mere empty commemoration of the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ, but a true and proper act of sacrifice. Christ, the eternal High Priest, in an unbloody way offers himself a most acceptable Victim to the eternal Father, as he did upon the Cross."
"Transubstantiation "That teaching of the Church which signifies the conversion or complete change of the substance of bread and wine into the substance of Christ's Body and Blood." (Dictionary of the Liturgy, p. 624).
Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:11-14 clearly conflicts with the eucharist. If salvation is through the eucharist, then the sacrifice MUST be a bloody one(although they teach this "unbloody sacrifice" is acceptable to God). Without His blood there is NO remission of sins possible. Consider these verses:
"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." Hebrews 9:22
"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins." Acts 10:43
Blood was so important, that if it were not SEEN, the plague would have killed the firstborn:
"And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt." Exodus 12:13
"A most acceptable victim" is not Biblical. Christ WILLINGLY lay down his life:
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father." John 10:17-18
Jesus does not appear in the wafer. In fact the Word says, He will come back in the LIKE MANNER that he ascended into heaven. Not a zillion times like the Catholic church teaches(in the wafer).
"...this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." Acts 1:11
To teach people eat the literal flesh and blood of Jesus is cannibalism. The Word of God clearly forbids drinking blood. This is how you can know that transubstantiation is a lie(because God cannot contradict himself in the Word).
"For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood." Leviticus 17:11-12
"That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." Acts 15:29
4) FORGIVENESS OF SINS
"All bishops and priests have the power to forgive sins or absolve sins. Christ conferred this power on the apostles, and on the bishops and priests who would succeed them. However, the Church reserves the right to determine when a priest may use the power to forgive sins." (The Question and Answer Catholic Catechism, Q. 1327, p. 264).
Christ never taught such a lie in the Word of God. The scribes and Pharisees even KNEW that only God could forgive sins(although they didn't believe Jesus was God in the flesh).
"And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." Matthew 9:2
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
"And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" Luke 5:21
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