according to a report from Vatican Radio.....
Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists. During his homily at Wednesday Mass in Rome, Francis emphasized the importance of “doing good” as a principle that unites all humanity, and a “culture of encounter”to support peace. Using scripture from the Gospel of Mark, Pope Francis explained how upset Jesus’ disciples were that someone outside their group was doing good, according to a report from Vatican Radio. “They complain,” the Pope said in his homily, because they say, “If he is not one of us, he cannot do good. If he is not of our party, he cannot do good.” And Jesus corrects them: “Do not hinder him, he says, let him do good.”
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See how the Pope has twisted Scripture...it appears this is the part that he has based his story on....
Mar 9:38 Now John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us."
Mar 9:39 But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.
Mar 9:40 For he who is not against us is on our side.
Interesting to see comments from Catholics what they have to say to this.
How do people take scripture out of context when it is plain but then I believe that the Vatican was infiltrated years ago to change the Vatican from within by getting in the Cardinal positions and electing the Pope of their choosing to unify all religions together with a different perspective on christianity that all religions will except.
God warns us in 1 Timothy 4 to beware of a nature worship christianity that will exalt man based on the Cosmos given to them by devils which the Bible says that the antichrist will not recognize the God of his fathers but follow the God of forces in which he will say he has tapped in to the highest part of the Cosmos and achieved the most power any man can achieve.
The antichrist will cause craft to prosper in his hands with is witchcraft.
The antichrist will say he is above all religions and gods and that it is all about man with no power above them and they believe the New Age Christ will restore all the hidden mysteries of the past and man can achieve powers through nature.
Eventually this nature worship christianity that exalts man will be the christianity that is recognized in the world and fundamental Christianity will not be tolerated.The devil will deceive the world by this false christianity that will unify all religions.
The New Age religion will reinterpret all religions to that false christianity and the world will definitely clash will fundamental Christians and Muslims which I believe the Muslims clashing with the world will be the 6th trumpet of the Bible which causes the world to believe that a one world government cannot solve the problems of the world and they will not turn to God after 6 disasters that impact the world so God gives them the antichrist.
Mar 9:38 Now John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us."
Mar 9:39 But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.
Mar 9:40 For he who is not against us is on our side.
The thing it was not an atheist or someone that did not follow Jesus that did not follow Jesus and the disciples.
The person was casting out demons in Jesus' name and Jesus said the person did a miracle in His name so he was not an atheist or a person that did not believe in Jesus and no one can cast out demons or do a miracle in Jesus' name unless they truly were following Jesus and was abiding by the truth.
This has nothing to do with an atheist or a non believer being redeemed and Jesus did not say anything about that,but it is about a man that believed in Jesus and the truth of the Bible that went and preached Jesus and did miracles and did follow Jesus,but did not follow Jesus and the disciples physically but went about on his own route preaching the truth.
The disciples were upset that the person did not follow Jesus and the disciples on their route not that the person did not follow Jesus because the person did follow Jesus but not physically on their route.
And for people that believe the Pope's comment was taking out of context the Pope before this Pope said anyone that seeks the will of God on earth can be saved even if they do not accept Jesus,but of course those people would not be atheists but people that believe in God but do not accept Jesus.
I do believe that the Pope and Vatican eventually will unify all religions will the nature worship Christianity that all religions will accept but will that be only for people that believe in a God.I believe it will include atheists because that false chrisianity is based on exalting man recognizing the God of forces and not a personal God and some religions in the world right now recognize the Cosmos or the God of forces and not a personal God.
In the book of Isaiah God said that man will say I am and there is nobody beside me which is what God describes about Himself.God said that when they get to that point He will not meet them as a man which means He will meet them as God.
The first time God came to deal with man's sin problem He came as a man and offered mercy and forgiveness,the second time God comes to deal with man's sin problem He will come as God to put them down.
The whole world will eventually rebel against God and there must be a false christianity to permeate the world that will exalt man that all religions will accept that does not recognize Jesus as the savior but only as a good teacher which I believe the Pope and Vatican will be headquarters and leaders of it.
I am not blaming Catholics for they love God and Jesus,but this stems from the Pope and Vatican which must be.
I just hope when it gets to that point that the Catholics do not follow the Pope and Vatican but realize that this is not of God but of the devil trying to deceive the world to go against God and I hope all religions will not follow it.
The truth is any religion that does not meet the interpretation of the New Age interpretation of christianity will be reinterpreted by that false christianity and be part of the one world religious system and the interpretation they did have in that religion will not be recognized so all religions will be part of that one world religious system with the interpretation of the New Age religion,and anybody that holds unto the old interpretation will be a threat to the world and terrorist that does no want peace which is mainly fundamental Christians,Muslims,and Jews,especially since they recognize a personal God.
The Vatican has been infiltrated by people trying to change it from within to set the world up for the New Age religion's interpretation of christianity to unify all religions and with the comments the last 3 Pope's have been saying you can see they got the foothold with a slow conditioning of the people and not hit them too fast with change on theology and what is from God.
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [SUP]2 [/SUP]Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
[SUP]5 [/SUP]For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer(1 Timothy 4:1-5).
These people did not depart from christianity as far as believing it is the truth but departed from the faith,departed from the truth of it,believing in the nature worship interpretation of christianity as the truth,and God warns us not to go by that interpretation of christianity that will permeate the world,an interpretation given by the devil to set the world up for him to appear as the antichrist,the beast,the man of sin,the little horn,to cause the world to rebel against God causeing them to believe that man is top dog and nobody above them.