POPERY

By Rick Mathes

1 Corinthians 1:23-24 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, ²⁴ but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Roman Catholicism can be likened to a three legged stool. The first leg is the professed belief in the Bible with the addition of the Apocrypha which the Protestants and Jews reject. (These are writings during the 400 years between Malachi and John the Baptist. Secondly, they believe that the head Bishop is their Pope and that he speaks new revelation from the mouth of Jesus. (Such as, Mary is queen of heaven.) And thirdly they have various sacraments and holy rituals and all three are equal in value.

The original Protestants believed in Bible only, Jesus only, grace only, and faith only as I do.

So there you have what has been called “The Great Divide.” Can you add new material to the Bible? Does the Pope speak new doctrine through Jesus? Are the sacraments those of the primitive church? You need to study and answer these questions for yourself as I have.

Paul cautioned that anyone that preaches or teaches anything different that the message of the early church taught, they should be condemned to hell. He said it twice in Galatians to emphasize the seriousness of what the Church of Rome has done.

So we as Bareans, search the Scriptures meticulously to know the truth and leave out the lies. I highly recommend that you read “Roman Catholicism” by Loraine Boettner and “Had to Believe” by John Mac Arthur to really grasp the significance of the Cross, power of God and wisdom of the Holy Spirit.

Roman heresies, Islam, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Christian Science and all the other cults at their own inventions to the Bible, Jesus, Grace and Faith. This is religion, man lowering God to his image and likeness. Father Satan is Lord of these scams from hell.

Only fundamental Christianity stands on the Word and Works of Jesus as taught by the Holy Spirit from the Word of God because every word is of God’s breath, nothing else! God spoke His truth onto those Holy pages and the gates of hell cannot prevail against the truth. At the very mention of Jesus, Pope Satan drops down on his face in the flames of his relics and lies in terror.

Christianity isn’t popes, sacraments, holy water, gowns and rosaries. All that is nonsense! True Christianity is God’s essence in the Bible and His form is in Jesus. Satan’s religions are condemned damnation.