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A lot of Christians wear a crucifix around their necks, but it suppose to be used as a reminder, but some Christians think its has power, and even they think that the Bible itself has power as well. There are Catholics that believed that the statues of the saints carries the spirits of them, and they need some sort of image to talk to, because they need some type of assurance that someone is listening to them, like the Israelites had asked for a king that they can see and touch, because they couldn't see God; but God didn't abandoned them. God like it when we acknowledge Him and His kingdom, eventhough we go about it in the wrong way.
37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.’”
2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,
37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.’”
2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,
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2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
Colossians 2:6-8 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days.
Galatians 2:4-5 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: to whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
Galatians 4:9-11 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
John 17:11-12 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in THY NAME: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Revelation 2:20-24 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Colossians 2:6-8 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days.
Galatians 2:4-5 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: to whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
Galatians 4:9-11 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
John 17:11-12 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in THY NAME: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Revelation 2:20-24 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
If we love our catholic brothers and sisters, we have to remind them. They pray to Mary, they believe in purgatory etc.
say our mom walk to the abyss. She not aware and she think she is going to the palace.
It is love to remind her how wrong she is though she may offended and mad.
To say you OK mam, may make her happy but it is not love. it is hatred to let our mom go to hell.
To prevent one being offended in the cost of they salvation is hatred, not love.
say our mom walk to the abyss. She not aware and she think she is going to the palace.
It is love to remind her how wrong she is though she may offended and mad.
To say you OK mam, may make her happy but it is not love. it is hatred to let our mom go to hell.
To prevent one being offended in the cost of they salvation is hatred, not love.
Let's look at what the Bible states.
The 2nd Commandment says,
Exodus 20:4
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:"
Do Catholics make a graven image of a likeness of anything that is in heaven above?
Yes, this would be Mary. Which is a breaking of this commandment. Let's continue to read on.
Exodus 20:5
"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"
Do Catholics bow down to these graven images? Yes. Which would mean they are breaking this Commandment.
Do Catholics serve these graven images? Yes. They serve them by doing the rosary, and by praying to Mary help. They use these statues as a way to help in their prayer to an entity that is not God. Mary is not God whereby she can answer millions of prayers at once like God. Remember when the angel told John not to bow down before him because he was just a man?
Read Matthew 7. There are many who did many wonderful works, but yet Christ said, I never knew, depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Catholics are working iniquity by praying to the dead and by bowing down to statues which is a breaking of the 2nd Commandment. We are warned many times to keep ourselves from idols. Bowing down to statues is idol worship. Nobody corrects people in the RCC for venerating Mary because it is approved of in their own church doctrines. In fact, many of come out of the RCC and realized that they were in fact worshiping Mary and were deceived. What about those people? Are they lying?
As for Acts 19:12:
These were not magical objects to be worshiped. Nobody prayed to Paul with these clothes. This was God's way of healing people on his choosing and timing. Nowhere are we ever told to go out and create clothes from holy men so as to be healed. This was a special event of healing by God. Remember, the brass serpent healed the Jews when they looked at it, but they later turned into an idol to be worshiped (Which was wrong). It was the same with Ephod. It later became something that was worshiped wrongfully.
Also: I am not judging on my own standard, I am merely pointing out to you what is wrong in the RCC according to the Bible. For all men will be judged by the Word of God.
The 2nd Commandment says,
Exodus 20:4
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:"
Do Catholics make a graven image of a likeness of anything that is in heaven above?
Yes, this would be Mary. Which is a breaking of this commandment. Let's continue to read on.
Exodus 20:5
"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"
Do Catholics bow down to these graven images? Yes. Which would mean they are breaking this Commandment.
Do Catholics serve these graven images? Yes. They serve them by doing the rosary, and by praying to Mary help. They use these statues as a way to help in their prayer to an entity that is not God. Mary is not God whereby she can answer millions of prayers at once like God. Remember when the angel told John not to bow down before him because he was just a man?
Read Matthew 7. There are many who did many wonderful works, but yet Christ said, I never knew, depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Catholics are working iniquity by praying to the dead and by bowing down to statues which is a breaking of the 2nd Commandment. We are warned many times to keep ourselves from idols. Bowing down to statues is idol worship. Nobody corrects people in the RCC for venerating Mary because it is approved of in their own church doctrines. In fact, many of come out of the RCC and realized that they were in fact worshiping Mary and were deceived. What about those people? Are they lying?
As for Acts 19:12:
These were not magical objects to be worshiped. Nobody prayed to Paul with these clothes. This was God's way of healing people on his choosing and timing. Nowhere are we ever told to go out and create clothes from holy men so as to be healed. This was a special event of healing by God. Remember, the brass serpent healed the Jews when they looked at it, but they later turned into an idol to be worshiped (Which was wrong). It was the same with Ephod. It later became something that was worshiped wrongfully.
Also: I am not judging on my own standard, I am merely pointing out to you what is wrong in the RCC according to the Bible. For all men will be judged by the Word of God.
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So we have been lowered to the level of letting the Dictionary define our faith rather than the Bible?
Jesus said to judge righteous Judgment. This would be pointing out wrong practices by what the Word of God says (And not what Jason0047 says). The Scriptures also say not to have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather, to reprove them? Do you believe that part of Scripture?
Jesus said to judge righteous Judgment. This would be pointing out wrong practices by what the Word of God says (And not what Jason0047 says). The Scriptures also say not to have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather, to reprove them? Do you believe that part of Scripture?
No, they believe Mary is co-redeemer. Do you believe she saves you, too? They worship a different Christ. For Jesus is the only mediator between God and man. Mary does not mediate anything. She is just a human being who needed a Savior just like us. But Catholics do not teach that she was sinful, though. They make her into some kind of God by praying to her, etc.
