TRUTH and ERROR side by side - 3 July 2019
For quite some time now Abba has drawn my attention to the Catholic Faith. The more I research, study and read of the Catholic faith, the more I realize how much of it is still in the Protestant churches (Reformed and Evangelical included). We have inherited a lot!
CHRISTIANITY:
Besides the fact that global "Christianity" was FOUNDED by CONSTANTINE in his "GREAT CONSTANTINIAN SHIFT" by the mixing and blending of Messianic beliefs and his pagan-occult-Satanic religion with GOD(S) and many other gods - many things were deliberately miss-translated in the Bible - to aid his (Catholicism's) course.
All of Constantine's pagan-occult GODS received a place in his new religion, via the adding of SAINTS - a practice that find its way well into Africa under the black Africans with their forefather spirit worshiping - the American Indians with their forefather spirit worshiping and all other nations who were/are worshiping their forefathers.
Constantinian Christianity is GROWING FORTH:
Years back, while still residing in South Africa, I watched a television program where a black 'witchdoctor' (woman) in her traditional witchdoctor attire was explaining during a television interview - that she is a Christian - and that her forefather spirits and the Holy Spirit is one and the same.
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY:
According to a study by the Pew Research Center in 2010, the number of Catholics globally has more than tripled since 1910 with 1.1 billion Catholic Christians to be recorded (2010).
People's testimonies for leaving the Catholic faith have many similarities.
1. They are discouraged by priests to be CLOSE MINDED concerning anything differing from Catholicism.
2. They are taught false Catholic teachings such as "The Catholic Catechism for Adults" (P52) that says:
"Can you learn to save your soul just by reading the Bible? NO, because certain things in the Bible can be MISUNDERSTOOD, and because the Bible does not have EVERYTHING God taught" (own emphasis added) adding as reference John 20:30 totally out of context! ("Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of His disciples, which are not written in this book.")
The Book (Catholic teaching) by the Catholic John A. O'Brien "The Faith of Million" given to people before conversion gives more expressive answers to the question above:
"The Bible is NOT a CLEAR and INTELLIGIBLE GUIDE to ALL..." (P152)
The Bible is telling us that ALL Scriptures are God BREATHED given by His inspiration and PROFITABLE for INSTRUCTION, for REPROOF and CONVICTION of SIN, for CORRECTION of ERROR and DISCIPLINE in OBEDIENCE, and for TRAINING in RIGHTEOUSNESS in HOLY LIVING, in CONFORMITY to YAH'S WILL in THOUGHT, PURPOSE and ACTION. (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
"The Bible DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL the TEACHING of the Christian religion, nor does it formulate all the duties of its members." (P153-154)
One can't help to wonder about the Christian religion they are talking about. Certainly the Word of Yahweh God does not contain any Constantinian Christian concocted religion for even the term Christianity and the word Christian and Christ came from Constantine's own mind and agenda.
Some of the Catholic Church' beliefs:
The catholic church is the official interpreter from God;
The catholic church is preserved from error;
The catholic church is the alone authority of Jesus to rule and to teach;
The Pope is the "Holy Father" - "Vicar of Christ" (a "substitute or agent of Jesus") and "Sovereign Pontiff" (Holy Father or "King" or "Bishop" of Rome).
CHRIST - CHRISTIAN AND CHRISTIANITY:
Christ, Christian and Christianity come from the Catholic "CHRISTOS HELIOS" - meaning the "ANOINTED SUN-GOD"
None of the above three are found in the original Scriptures.
YAHSHUA MESSIAH - The ANOINTED ONE - was changed to "CHRIST"
MESSIANISTS - were changed to "CHRISTIANS"
MESSIANIC BELIEFS - were changed to "Christianity" - a brand new name for Constantine's new religion that would suit ALL his subjects - pagan and non-pagan. A UNIVERSAL RELIGION for a UNIVERSAL brand NEW WORLD RELIGION.
OTHER CHANGES:
YAHSHUA (YAH-USHUA) meaning YAH (God) is SALVATION - was changed to JESUS and YESHUA (Joshua) - names people are called by even up to today ... (universal names)
YAHWEH (the Loving heavenly Father's name) - was changed to "The Lord" (even people are called ... my lord ... (a universal name)
ELOHIM - the Hebrew name for "God" meaning the Creator, the Almighty, the Most High, was changed to "God" (a universal god)
GATHERINGS or ASSEMBLIES were CHANGED to "CHURCH".
The 7 FEASTS of YAHWEH were REPLACED by CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN FEASTS of which the list are ever changing with added saints etc.
New Year's Day/ Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Blase Day
St. Andrew Corsini Day
Saint Agatha Day
Apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes Day
Seven Founders of the Servite Order Day
St. Valentine's Day
Flight into Egypt day
Saint Feria
Saint Matthias day
St. Margaret of Cortona Day
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Day
Saint Peter's Chair at Antioch Day
Saint Peter Damian Day
Saint Matthew Day
St. John of God Day
Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
Feast of the Holy Family of Our Lord
St. Gregory the Great Day
St. Patrick Day
St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Day
St. Benedict Day
St. Gabriel the Archangel Day
Ash Wednesday
Saint Patrick's Day
Palm Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Patronage of St. Joseph (Eastertide Feast of St. Joseph)
Earth Day - Easter Monday
Cinco de Mayo
Ascension of Jesus
Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Corpus Christi
Octave Day of Corpus Christi
Sacred Heart
Octave Day of the Sacred Heart
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Halloween
All Saints' Day
Thanksgiving Day
The Immaculate Conceptions of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Christmas
New Year's Eve
From out the Catholicism Christianity, we have INHERITED and EMBRACED 2 MAJOR PAGAN HOLY DAYS (feasts) - THINKING that it is the REAL THING.
1. CHRISTMAS:
A Catholic holiday (holi "holy" day) season uniquely named after a unique Catholic term meaning "DEATH" of "CHRIST" (Christ's MASS) - the "DEATH" and the "RESURRECTION" or "REINCARNATION" of the age-old Babylonian SUN-GOD (Tammuz - nephilim demi-god).
2. EASTER:
The honoring of the "GODDESS of LENT" - the Babylonian QUEEN of BABEL (Semiramis - queen Ishtar/Easter) - also the "FERTILITY" GODDESS (Nephilim demi-god) and TAMMUZ the "GOD of FERTILITY" bringing "NEW LIFE".
The EASTER TIME SHIFTS AROUND on the GREGORIAN CALENDAR to ALWAYS begins on a "GOOD FRIDAY" and ends with "EASTER SUNDAY or MONDAY".
BAPTISM:
The CONDITION has to be MET:
For too many years some major denominational churches have followed the Catholic church' prescribed baby sprinkling with water baptism. A ritual inherited from Catholicism.
The Catholic church ORDERED the sprinkling with water on the forehead as BAPTISM around 1311 AD. It was already 13 centuries after Yah's COMMAND of BAPTISM was given to the WORLD when the CATHOLIC CHURCH COMMANDED its own form of baptism to all its subjects.
YAHWEH'S DEFINITION of BAPTISM:
Col 2:12 "... BURIED with Him in your BAPTISM, in which you also WERE RAISED with Him [in a new life] ..."
Yahshua says in Mark 16:16 "HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED ..."
BELIEF AND BAPTISM - Just as essential as BELIEF is to our SALVATION - so is BAPTISM.
There is a CONDITION to be MET:
Acts 8:36 "And as they continued along on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch exclaimed, SEE [HERE IS] WATER! What is to HINDER my BEING BAPTIZED?
BELIEVE with ALL YOUR HEART that Yahshua is the AUTHOR of your SALVATION:
:37 And Philip said, IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART [if you have a CONVICTION, FULL OF JOYFULL TRUST, that YAHSHUA is the MESSIAH and ACCEPT HIM as the AUTHOR of YOUR SALVATION in the KINGDOM of YAH, GIVING Him your OBEDIENCE, then] you MAY. And he replied, 'I DO BELIEVE that YAHSHUA is the Son of YAH.'
THEY both WENT DOWN INTO the water:
:38 And he ordered that the chariot be stopped; and BOTH Philip and the eunuch WENT DOWN INTO the WATER and Philip BAPTIZED him.
THEY both CAME UP OUT of the water:
:39 And when THEY CAME UP OUT of the WATER, the Spirit of YAH [suddenly] caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, and he WENT ON his WAY REJOICING.
:40 But Philip was found at Azotus and passing on he PREACHED the GOOD NEWS (Gospel) to all the towns until he reached Caesarea." (AMP)
When we look at the above Scripture, we can clearly see that little babies can't qualify for BAPTISM for there is a CONDITION to be MET. YOU MUST BELIEVE with your whole heart that Yahshua is the AUTHOR of your SALVATION.
"CHRISTIANS" - PROFESSING His NAME - but LIVING IN SIN:
THE UK CHURCH AND PORNOGRAPHY:
"CHRISTIANITY TODAY" did research among Christian men regarding pornography. The results are shocking:
30% of CHURCH LEADERS ACCESS PORN MORE THAN ONCE a MONTH.
75% of CHRISTIAN MEN SAY that they ACCES PORN on a MONTHLY or LESS REGULAR BASIS.
42% of CHRISTIAN MEN say they have a PORN ADDICTION.
10% of CHRISTIAN MEN SAY THEY HAVE PAID for SEX.
CHRISTIANS in EUROPE:
From regional research in 1910 it was determined that 66.3% of the population of Europe was Christian. In 2010 it has dropped to only 25.9%. Statistics for 2019 show a very bleak picture.
Modern day Christians are living like the world, they are seeking pleasure in the abominational lustful things of the world. They proclaim with their mouths that they believe but their lifestyles say the opposite.
I'm OK - I PRAY!:
We cannot expect Yahweh God to HEAR our PRAYERS with SIN in our lives. We NEED to GET RID of the ABOMINATIONS FIRST - SEPARATE ourselves from it - then REPENT of it - THEN - HE WILL HEAR and ANSWER our PRAYERS.
Is. 59:2 "But YOUR INIQUITIES (sins, immoralities, evils, injustices, crimes, wickedness) HAVE SEPARATED you from YAH; YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE from you so that He WILL NOT HEAR."
Forgive us Abba our IGNORANCE - our LACK of KNOWLEGE. Give us a HUNGER O, Father, for YOUR WORD - for TRUTH and for LIFE that we can only receive through YOUR SON. Help us to STAND O YAH, to TRUST COMPLETELY IN YOU - to LOVE YOU and to be OBEDIENT ... in YOUR NAME, MESSIAH, KING of kings, SAVIOR, REDEEMER, O YAHSHUA the LIVING Word and our SALVATION. Amen.