The Bible says that the antichrist will gather all the world together in one big political/religious govt. He will marry the false harlot religion together with the a one-world government.

The RCC is working harder than ever to bring all of her Protestant "seperated brethren" back into her fold. Only she isn't stopping there. She is working to bring all the world religions together into one.

What we are seeing here is the stage being set for the one-world religion of the antichrist, which will be headed by the false prophet--the pope.

Amen!! It is God who does the saving, It is HE who draws us to Christ, and brings the birth of His Spirit in us.

Therefore if God makes us a new creature who can change that? If we could lose it because of sin-- how much sin? One "little white lie" is enough to send a person to hell, for God is absolutely righteous. Not one sin, no matter how small shall be in His prescence.

That's the amazing part of grace. God gives us His Spirit that hates sin, hates the things that God hates, and loves the things God loves. He gives us the righteousness of Jesus Christ. When HE looks at us HE sees Christ's righteousness. Therefore, He sees us as if we never sinned. WE are JUSTIFIED. Forgiven forever!!!

If someone claims to be born again, and lives any old sinful way, then they are not born again. A truly born again person will show a radical change in their life. One way they are changed is that they will have an immediate love for the Bible , and can begin to understand it.

I got carried away with preaching.

If salvation can be lost because a person sins, then we all are lost at any time of the day, for we sin without even knowing it.

What I'm getting at is to show that your DRB is inferior to the KJV.

As I said in my last post 1Timothy 3:16 is one of the most significant verses in the Bible that describes the deity of Jesus Christ. I asked you to explain from the DRB, who the person that is being described is in that verse. You failed to answer my question.

The DRB,a major catholic translation:

1Timothy 3:16 And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

And now the KJV -God's preserved words in the English language:

1Timothy 3:16 "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."

THe KJV says GOD WAS MANIFESTED IN THE FLESH: SPEAKING OF JESUS CHRIST.

The DRB says the "mystery of godliness" was manifested in the flesh.

"A)I believe that I am saved therefore, I don't need to be concerned about reigning in my passions or giving up my vices. I don't worry that God may see things differently and judge me more harsely than I judge myself. Daddy God will kiss me and let me in the gates "

If someone believes this then they are NOT born again. When a person is born again, God changes their heart, by giving them His Spirit. It is a radical change, they are as the Bible says, a new creature, a new person, they cannot tolerate sin(or false teaching by the way)and will not give themselves to sin.

"B)I approach God as a sinner and ask for mercy and forgiveness and recognize that I am alive only because he wishes it."

Just like every other religion, it gives them something that they can do and repeat each week or day, to ease their conscience. They repeat it over and over and over, without one shred of assurance that they will be saved.

That's the sad part. A devout catholic who follows every one of his church rules and dogmas and traditions has absolutely no assurance that he will go to heaven. "I'm trying to get there" "I hope I've been good enough" They follow dead religion and hope they can make it. How sad. If they would just believe what God says in His written Word, instead of putting wild, blind faith in a man made institution.

You need to read about the Waldensians, Donatists, Guals, Celts, etc. who lived from 120AD to 1400AD. Their descendants are the ana- baptists, and then down to the dutch baptists, mennonites and quakers, whose descendants are true Baptists of today.

They held to the same distinctives all thru the centuries as do Baptists of today, such as the Bible only for faith and practice, baptism by immersion etc. ... everything that makes a "Baptist" of today can be said about these groups thru history. They were never part of the Roman institution nor the Protestant Reformation, therefore they can't rightly be called "Protestants", and they have existed since before Constantine invented the RCC.

"You are referring to John 20:20 and John 20:25, but read the next verse, John 20: 21 "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."

I mistakenly put the wrong numbers for my scripture quotes. They should have been John 20:30, John 21:25, and John 20:31 respectively. Sorry!

Michael Hranek,

"SB, Are you stating that the Apostles and Nicene Creeds, Penitential Rite, greeting of peace, prayers to Christ, the Lord's Prayer and the Eucharistic Prayer are all unscriptural?"

Yes I am. Heres why: Matthew 6:7 "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." These prayers at the mass are the same words over and over and over day in and day out. They clearly violate this verse of scripture.

"Are you stating that if I do not leave the RCC and do not join a Fundamentalist Protestant Church that I will in no way gain entrance into Heaven regardless if I am Born Again?"

No John, but if you are truly born again, this institution will destroy your fellowship with God and cause great spiritual weakness. The 1st thing God showed me when I was born again, was to leave this pagan institution.

GG why did you skip over the most important issue in your last reply to my post? You can be the best catholic ever, and the only HOPE you have is that you can "MAKE IT". Doesn't that make you miserable? Jesus Christ promises that you may KNOW that ye have eternal life.

"Not everything that Jesus said, was written down..."the books would fill the world"....remember that part MM?"

You are referring to John 20:20 and John 20:25, but read the next verse, John 20: 21 "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."

We inherited Adam's sin nature. The catholic church calls it "original sin". Since Mary was not born by virgin birth( but it wouldn't suprise me if the RCC comes up with this also) she had to have a sin nature just as her parents did, unless her parents were born without a sin nature also.

In each passage in the Bible that it talks about Jesus' "brothers" and "sisters" the context of each passage shows that there is a clear distinction between those and His disciples and followers.

"But it never contradicts Scripture, though it certainly seems to contradict certain personal interpretations of Scripture".

Explain to me how the immaculate conception does not contradict scripture?

If Mary was born without sin so were her parents, and their parents, and so on. Since Jesus' lineage is traced thru Mary all the way back to Adam, how was Mary born without sin?

"The Catholic Church was formed under Constantine and was never the true church. The true saints did not bow to the popes and their minions. The true saints are the ones that have kept Christianity alive and are our forefathers—not the false churches that have embraced heresy and have dealt treacherously with the Word of God and the true followers of Jesus Christ."

1John 5:7 is the most often used and quoted verse in the Bible comparison issue. If you have an NIV, TNIV, NRSV, NASB, NCV, HCSB, Living Bible, NLT, or The Message, you don't have that verse in your Bible. But lo and behold, the DRB: a major catholic translation, gets it right. Why, even the catholic New American Bible, and New Jerusalem Bible don't have this verse.

There are no scriptural parts to the mass. The mass cannot be found in scripture.

I have to put a big AMEN!!!! on that comment also!

Show me where you find the doctrine of a pope in the Bible. Show me where you find the mass, praying to saints or Mary in the Bible. Where is Mary's perpetual virginity? Mary's assumption?

If you believe in salvation thru Christ alone and not in works, why don't you just go to Him, rather than asking others to ask for you, and insisting in participating in the sacraments and doing dead works to be saved.

GG none of this is in scripture. You have a ritual religion devised by man. You will spend your whole life doing the same ritual things over and over and over, you can be the most devout catholic that has ever lived, and still the best you have is to HOPE to "make it" to Heaven.

The Bible is very clear that a true believer KNOWS they have eternal life. They have Gods spirit living in them and they KNOW they are His(1John) Not because of anything they have done,
but because they are simply trusting in what Jesus Christ has done as God has written. Simple trust in the true Jesus Christ, NOTHING ELSE!!!!

When God gives someone the gift of eternal life by the birth of His Spirit in their heart, it is a PRESENT possession, if you can lose it, it isn't eternal life.

I'll give you one Bible verse as to why the KJV is more infallible than the Douay Rheims Bible.