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but to keep it simple, ask yourself one question: all of the disciples of Jesus everywhere, when given the choice to obey God or man, Jesus or someone else, they obey God, they obey Jesus.
NOT ONE of the catholics I've ever asked or seen asked in the last 40 years , except charismatic catholics who then were kicked out of the rcc, said that they would obey Jesus, nor that they would obey God, instead of the pope. every one of them, totally ignoring Scripture, said they would do what the pope said/says/ instead of what Jesus said/says when they are diametrically opposed to each other. (i.e.when there is not a chance to obey both Jesus and man/pope at the same time; either obey one, and hate the other, or obey the other, and hate the one).
both martin luther and charles chiniquoy, and many thousands others, might have remained in the catholic church IF they would have been allowed to obey only Jesus, and to remain subject to Jesus, and not to the pope or his demands...... so many demands of the pope, and of the catholic catechism, are directly contramanded by God's Word/ Scripture.
forget all the traditions of men. go directly to God and His Word. otherwise, there is no life.
but to keep it simple, ask yourself one question: all of the disciples of Jesus everywhere, when given the choice to obey God or man, Jesus or someone else, they obey God, they obey Jesus.
NOT ONE of the catholics I've ever asked or seen asked in the last 40 years , except charismatic catholics who then were kicked out of the rcc, said that they would obey Jesus, nor that they would obey God, instead of the pope. every one of them, totally ignoring Scripture, said they would do what the pope said/says/ instead of what Jesus said/says when they are diametrically opposed to each other. (i.e.when there is not a chance to obey both Jesus and man/pope at the same time; either obey one, and hate the other, or obey the other, and hate the one).
both martin luther and charles chiniquoy, and many thousands others, might have remained in the catholic church IF they would have been allowed to obey only Jesus, and to remain subject to Jesus, and not to the pope or his demands...... so many demands of the pope, and of the catholic catechism, are directly contramanded by God's Word/ Scripture.
forget all the traditions of men. go directly to God and His Word. otherwise, there is no life.