There is no consensus on what the truth is, even among Christ's followers, who said he WAS the truth.
Jerremiah, you are my sister in Christ, but what you preach on this forum is not the truth. Every time you launch an attack on the Catholic Church, you spread lies and scandal against your fellow Christians. Certainly,,you can see why this is counter-productive towards the cause of spreading the Gospels. When outsiders see Christians fighting among themselves, they view us with contempt.
Blackrook, What I am preaching on this forum is the Word of God. I use the Word of God to establish God's Word vs. man's word. Man is fallible (yes, even the Pope is fallible) but God's Word is pure and infallible. I have pointed out on this forum that the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Institution is in direct contradiction with the Doctrine of Jesus Christ. There is no salvation through Mary. Mary is not "our mother." Mary was the mother of Jesus Christ and her own children who were born after Jesus was born. She was not / is not the mother of the world and she is in no way equal to God. There is no salvation through Mary. Mary is not our intercessor. Jesus Christ is.
The Holy Bible never teaches us to pray to Mary. The Holy Bible mentions no place called Purgatory. The Holy Bible never mentions a place called Limbo. Babies go to heaven when they die, not Limbo. Mary was not sinless. Mary believed on the Lord Jesus Christ for her salvation. Not herself. Mary was not a virgin when she died. She had other children after Jesus was born and therein it is a lie to teach that Mary was a "perpetual virgin." She was not and if she were here she would tell you so herself. There is no such teaching that ministers of the Gospel were forbidden to marry or eat meat on Friday. These are man made doctrines, not the Doctrine of Jesus Christ. The teachings which Catholicism holds fast to are not found in the Bible, Blackrook. For those who desire the truth, it can be found in the King James Holy Bible.
There is only salvation through Jesus Christ who died on the cross and Whom God raised from the dead on the 3rd day and is now seated at the right hand of the Father. There is only one advocate between God and man and that is Jesus Christ, not the Pope. There is no salvation through a religion - there is only salvation through Jesus Christ. Roman Catholicism teaches penance. The Word of God teaches us to "repent."
It is no wise an attack on the Roman Catholic people who are clearly unaware of the history of the religion they are following. I pray that the Roman Catholic people will learn the truth by studying the Word of God - even as the Bereans studied the Word of God and held fast to scripture rather than the teachings of any man - and this included the Apostle Paul. Paul commended the Bereans for studying the Scriptures and making sure that what he taught could be established in the holy Scriptures. Paul defended the Word of God and exposed false teachers even naming such as were opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Stephen himself disputed with the Alexandrians (which is where the content of the corrupted Catholic translations of Bible originated from and why (one reason) that I admonish people to study from the King James Holy Bible rather than the corrupted translations).
It is written:
Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called
the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Acts 6:9
When a person believes on the Lord Jesus Christ and is born again they become children of God. Your religion is teaching you that there is salvation without repentance of sins - followed by Baptism (baptizing babies is never taught in the King James Holy Bible - you must know what you are doing in order to repent of your sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be baptized) and believing on, confessing, and following Jesus Christ. There are many testimonies of Catholic priests, nuns, even Jesuits who searched the Scriptures for themselves and realized that they were not followers of Christ. These people repented, believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and were saved. Without exception, they all departed from the Roman Catholic Institution.
For the readers: A brief video that will explain the truth about a cult called the Alexandrians, the leader of that cult, whose name was Origen, and the attempt that was made to change God's Word by those who crept in amongst the real early church (which was not Catholic). As you can see, the King James Bible was preserved even as God did promise to "preserve His Word."
To further examine the evidence of the KJV Holy Bible vs. "other translations" see the links for Tracts which will show a list of Scriptures that have been changed or deleted in the other translations. The only Bible that has preserved the Word of God is the King James Version Holy Bible. If you click the other links at top of page you'll find more material, information and books on the subject.
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