A Picture Says It All
Look at the above photo of Pope John Paul II (1920-2005), and notice the tiny Jesus (you might need a magnifying glass). All I ever hear from the Catholic Church is how great the Pope is, the “Holy Father.” But the inspired Holy Bible clearly warns us in Matthew 23:9 to call no earthly man our spiritual “Father,” for God alone is to be reverenced. Psalms 89:7, “God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.” Sinful men are not worthy of reverence. Only God is to be reverenced. The Catholics not only call the Pope “Father,” but literally idolize the man. The Pope is the vicar of Hell, not Heaven.
The gigantean photo of the Pope with a tiny decrepit Jesus speaks 1,000 words. The Catholic religion idolizes their ungodly Pope. Look how Pope John Paul II is shown as big and mighty; but Jesus is portrayed as weak and helpless in the hands of the Pope.
“But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.” —Matthew 23:5-9The Catholic Church with it's gold-plated cups, marble floors, extravagant buildings and $2.5 trillion dollar net worth certainly fits the description of the Scripture passage we just read.
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” —Philippians 2:10This disturbing picture says it all—Jesus is barely visible, but the Pope is the white elephant in the living room. Mary is praised and mentioned hundreds of times more than the name of Jesus is mentioned in the Catholic religion. Catholicism is Mary worship! In a standard Rosary prayer, a Catholic will praise Mary 53 times (hail Mary's).
Committing Idolatry By Bowing To A Statue Of The Pope
The Bible declares that at the name of Jesus Christ should every knee bow, NOT at the name of Mary or the Pope.
A Deceived Family Commit The Sin Of Idolatry
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” —Philippians 2:10
A Catholic Group Commit The Horrible Sin Of Idolatry
Exodus 20:3-5a, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 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: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God.”
A Catholic Cult Member Commits Idolatry
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Mariolatry
The Pope Blasphemes God by Committing Idolatry
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” —Philippians 2:10Don't tell me that Catholicism doesn't worship Mary!!! The above photo says it all. Pope John Paul II worshipped Our Lady of Fatima (Mary) and not the Lord Jesus Christ. Again below...
The Sin Of Idolatry
The average Catholic is brainwashed with Catechism training from childhood and knows little about the Holy Bible. The inspired Scripture is clear that we are to bow at the name of Jesus (and NO other). “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” —Philippians 2:10
What part of Philippians 2:10 don't the Catholics understand? Please notice that the word "worship" is not mentioned in Philippians 2:10. We are not even supposed to "bow" to anyone other than Jesus Christ. The Pope is obviously BOWING to a graven image in the above photos. Where does the inspired Word of God direct the reader to bow to statues (idolatry) and then claim that we don't worship them? Is this reasonable? Of course it's not. The Bible NEVER makes an issue of Mary. No recognition whatsoever is given to Mary. Yet Catholics have created a entire religion that centers around the glory and magnificence of Mary.
Some Catholics have even gone as far as to make Mary a Co-redeemer with Christ. Notice Mary's nail-scarred hands. This is satanic blasphemy against the Lord Jesus Christ. 1st Timothy 2:5 teaches that there is ONLY one Mediator between God and men, that is, the man Christ Jesus! The very notion of Jesus' biological mother being a co-redeemer is insane...
Catholic Blasphemy!
Again, please notice the scars in Mary's hands in the above creepy photo. Catholicism is of the Devil. There is absolutely nothing in the entire Holy Bible which even remotely hints that Mary was anything more than just a humble godly woman used for God's glory.
Sadly, at least 1,400,000,000 people around the world today are adherents of the demonic cult of Roman Catholicism. Maryiolatry is idolatry! Catholics pervert, twist and wrest the inspired Scripture to their own destruction. 2nd Peter 3:16, “As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest [twist], as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”
The Bible says that MANY people corrupt the Word of God. 2nd Corinthians 2:17, “For we are not as MANY, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” Today, just as 2,000 years ago, there are MANY Christ-rejecters who corrupt the Words of God. And many of them falsely profess to be Christians (they're called Modernists). They have religion, but they know not God.
The Bible says that MANY people corrupt the Word of God. 2nd Corinthians 2:17, “For we are not as MANY, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” Today, just as 2,000 years ago, there are MANY Christ-rejecters who corrupt the Words of God. And many of them falsely profess to be Christians (they're called Modernists). They have religion, but they know not God.
Many unsaved people falsely think they're saved because they prayed a 1-2-3 type prayer, asking Jesus into their heart or surrendered “all” to Jesus Christ, but they've never been truly born again by resting in the Gospel (i.e., the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ - 1st Corinthians 15:1-6). If you acknowledge your guilty condition as a sinner, and by faith receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried but then resurrected from the dead three days later—you are saved my friend. Christ died, that's history; Christ died for me, that's salvation.
I plead with you to consider your soul if you are a Catholic. Salvation is NOT found in a religion; but rather, in a person—the Lord Jesus Christ. Eternal life is a free gift from God (Romans 5:15; 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9), paid for by Jesus' precious, blood (1st Peter 1:18-19; Hebrews 9:12,22-24; Revelation 1:5). Salvation is receiving, not giving (John 1:12). It's not what you're doing that gets you to Heaven; it's where you're looking (Isaiah 45:22). Look to Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God!
Good works are not the payment for sin, the payment for sin is death. Christ made that payment for all humanity through Calvary's cross.
Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.
Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.
Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.
If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from?
The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.
In one respect, there are only 2 religions in the world: DO and DONE. Either you believe that you must DO something to merit Heaven; or else you believe what the Bible teaches, i.e., that redemption is DONE, completed in Christ Jesus. To get to Heaven, you simply need to BELIEVE that Jesus did it all for you.
It's all been done my friend. Salvation has been paid for! All you need to do is to trust (rely upon) Jesus who is the Christ, the only begotten Son of God (John 3:14-18). That is not a self-righteous work; but rather, resting upon the finished work of Christ. John 6:29, “Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
John 20:31, “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”
A Picture Says it All
John 20:31, “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”
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