We’re not going through everything that Catholicism teaches that goes contrary to the Bible, or we would be here for months. But one of the things which one priest told me is, “if we can get the people to call us Father, and reverence us, in that sense with the name of God, then they’ll believe anything we tell them.” I’ve found that to be true.
Because I have asked many, many Catholics, “When you go to church, why do you call the priest Father? Do you not know that Jesus Christ Himself said not to do that?”
But they will believe the priests over Christ himself. I am not saying that every Catholic does. Many Catholics are really beginning to question what this religious organization teaches, because it doesn’t make sense anymore. They’re beginning to think on their own. I think that’s wonderful. I would suggest that they take the Bible. That is the truth of the word, right there.
The priests trying to say they can forgive your sins? They lie. They cannot even forgive their own.
Matthew, chapter 23. Let’s see what Christ said. In verse eight, he says, “But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren.” He’s talking about Christians, now. “And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”
So when He’s referring to calling a man Father, as contrasted to the spiritual Father, and the Father who is God, the creator… He does not want the name Father given in the spiritual sense, to any individual who claims to be a priest, or Rabbi, or whatever.
Even the Lord’s prayer — Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be THY name…
Not the Pope’s name. Not the ‘Holy Father’. He’s no more holy than any Christian who has accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior.
And yet, this man is worshiped. His feet kissed, his hands kissed… [one woman claimed] he touched her, and that there was some deity [transfer], and she was so blessed by him touching her. The Pope is not deity… he is not God… he is a sinner. And he’s going to die to prove that he’s a sinner.
For the wages of sin is death. And that’s physical death and spiritual death, unless he’s been born again.
I’ve never heard him give a testimony to that point. I’ve never heard him tell anyone how to go to heaven when they die.
And then, we have over in chapter 4, first Timothy, there are two things that the demons and Satan himself have propagated into the church – when I say “the Church,” I am talking about a religious organization. We are not talking about a Christian church, we’re talking about a religious organization. Because the Christian church is made up of those who trust Jesus Christ and him alone for their salvation.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Here in first Timothy, chapter 4, there are two things that Satan puts into the minds and other religious organizations in order to oppose the word of God. And they are to abstaining from eating meat. That has been instituted by Catholicism.
To show you that Satan is the god of this world, and he surely is… in second Corinthians chapter 4 verse four… and he’s blinded the eyes of
For some, the moment of Christ’s death is the best part.
those who believe not the glorious gospel of Christ. That is: the death, burial, resurrection of Christ and Him alone, and therefore as payment for our sins.
Notice in verse one. The Spirit speaketh expressly – expressly. That’s the Holy Spirit – that in the latter times, some shall it be part from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons.
So this is Satanic. And the two Satanic things they are doing are named in verse three. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats that God has created to be received with thanksgiving for them who believe and know the truth.
Forbidding to marry… And that is what the Pope has put out for their priests. Absolutely contrary to the word of God. And we wondered: does this man, this Pope, know anything about the Bible, whatsoever? Evidently not, or he wouldn’t do that. And if he did know the Bible, he’s falsely teaching it.
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Whatever it might be, the Bible says: forbidding to marry – and this is what this organization does with their priests, and then put them out there, going against the Bible. And God says, this is Satanic doctrine. So this is what this Church is perpetrating. You can read it for yourself, and you ought to do that.
I had one of the local priests down to my house for supper. I turned him to this portion of Scripture. I read the first four verses. I said, “Would you tell me, sir, what these verses teach?” He had no idea.
I said, “It says right here, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and they’re going to listen to and be seduced by seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. What do you think that means?”
Truthfully, you’re not going to believe what I’m saying, it’s hard to believe, but he had no idea. None.
I said, “Here’s what they’re following: Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meat, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving. Then why do you have fish on Friday? Where did you ever come up with a concoction like that?” This is spread worldwide, almost.
This is truly the god of this world, Satan, when he can perpetrate this kind of nonsense and have people who are supposed to have common sense believe this has something to do [with Jesus].
First Corinthians chapter 8 verse eight: for whether we eat we are not the better, and whether we eat not, we are not the worse.
Excerpt from Pastor Max D. Younce, “The Catholic Father, Purgatory, Peter and Mary.”
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