Christopher . . We can pray for our family members, but . . . “Salvation is of the LORD.” Jonah 2:9

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost.” Titus 3: 3-7

How can God Condemn one of the kindest ladies on planet Earth, having always been so selfless, generous, always hid her own pain to console others, and who goes to mass almost daily, etc, etc.? Because He's just, and she is willfully disobedient to His Word. This isn't easy for me to say, either. Not a bit. She's fully Catholic, rosary and all, good works needed to save, Purgatory and indulgences, Mary an integral part in the salvation "process", prayer to the churches saints, etc.
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So true my friend. Most in my family are practicing Roman Catholics. My brothers and sisters (8) are very nice, very kind, respectable, hard-working, and generous people. They are unarguably loving parents and good providers to their children.
They regularly attend Mass, confess their sins to a priest, pray the Rosary, give generously to the “church”, perform good works, and some have even made a pilgrimage to Rome? My sister Mary, is very much caught up in Marian worship.
They identify as Catholics!

I too was raised a Roman Catholic and in my formative years was called a Catholic.

But .. praise God . .
through the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, I became a Christian in truth. Titus 3:3-7

It is the bounden duty of every Christian to pray against Antichrist, and as to what Antichrist is, no sane man ought to raise an objection. If it be not popery in the Church of Rome, there is nothing in the world that can be called by that name. If there were to be issued a hue and cry for Antichrist, we would certainly take up the Roman Church on suspicion, and it would certainly not be let loose again, for it so exactly answers the description. Popery is contrary to Christ’s Gospel. It is the Antichrist.

We ought to pray against it. It should be the daily prayer of every believer that Antichrist might be hurled like a millstone into the flood, and for Christ, because it wounds Christ, it robs Christ of His glory, it puts sacramental efficacy in the place of His atonement, it lifts a piece of bread into the place of the Saviour, and a few drops of water into the place of the Holy Ghost, and puts a mere fallible man like ourselves up as the Vicar of Christ on earth.

Overview of the Apostate Church
The Holy Spirit in Revelation Chapter Seventeen vividly depicts the features of the Apostate
Church. It is done in graphically precise detail. The Apostle John beheld the ten-horned beast
carrying a woman dressed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold, precious stones, and pearls, a
harlot, and the mother of harlots and abominations. She is the paramour of kings, merciless, cruel,
intoxicated with the blood of the saints and of the martyrs of Christ Jesus. These symbols are
brilliantly portrayed. “The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth” (v 9).

SteveR responded:

"I'm not finding that quote."
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Really? ?

I found it very quickly at three Catholic websites . .

here:

BALTIMORE CATECHISM
LESSON FOURTEENTH: ON BAPTISM
http://slps.priory.org/fraugustine/BaltimoreCatSelections.htm

152. Q. What is Baptism?
A. Baptism is a Sacrament which cleanses us from original sin, makes us Christians, children of God, and heirs of heaven.

here:

BALTIMORE CATECHISM #3
LESSON 14 - ON BAPTISM
Link: http://www.baltimore-catechism.com/lesson14.htm

Q. 621. What is Baptism?
A. Baptism is a Sacrament which cleanses us from original sin, makes us Christians, children of God, and heirs of heaven.

and here:

Amen sister. I don't think you can denounce the "free will heresy",
nor its' Jesuitical origin enough.

Christ said . . "ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you."
- John 15:16

"Salvation is of the LORD."
- Jonah 2:9

In Christ,

Christ rules over his church through his Spirit. As the bride is subject to the husband, so in a figure . . the church . . the bride of Christ . . is subject to Christ . . the bridegroom.

“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and he is the saviour of the body.” (Eph. 5:23)

The pope is the head of his "church", but Christ is the living head of his church.

“And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.” (Col. 1:18)

Christ's church is built upon the “foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;” (Eph. 2:20)

Christ's Church . . his Bride in truth is sanctified by His Word!

Eph. 5:26-27: “That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

12/24/16 2:40 PM
SteveR | Mt Zion

1) "The Church has nothing to fear from the truth. No account of foolishness, misguided zeal,
or cruelty by Catholics can undo the divine foundation of the RCC."

These are the words of an RC apologist!

ladybug wrote:
Excellent point sister JA; the elect of God must ALWAYS reject error and expose it. Those who try diligently to uphold the errors and false teachings of Rome are deluded, their foolish hearts darkened. May God do a work in the darkened heart of the Jesuit troll who continually frequents these threads to push the ecumenical, false RCC agenda and teachings. Confront his error with truth, and avoid attempting to 'reconcile' with him.

True Christians know the RC "church" is masquerading as Christ's Church and his Bride,

but is in truth . .

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” (Rev. 17:5)

ladybug wrote: "We pray, and we trust in God to do as He has pre-determined."

Amen sister . .

"Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth." - Rom. 9:18

11/23/16 3:34 PM
SteveR | Mt Zion

"But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
That, according as it is written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord." - 1 Cor. 1:30-31

To be “taught of God” . . “taught of the Spirit” is to cease to be Catholic and made a Christian.

As Christ said: ”And they shall all be taught of God.” - John 6:45

Christ is not present in a wafer, but in His Word!

Those who search the Scriptures are made "wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ” – II Tim. 3:15

Those who take Christ at His Word are given eternal life. John 10:28

How blessed I am to be clothed in the garment of salvation . . the robe of Christ's righteousness.

Is. 61:10:
"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."

JEHOVAH TSIDKENU .. the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
- Jer. 23:6; Jer. 33:16

To have Christ is truly to have the one thing needful!

Praise God . . I am His and He is mine.

Salvation In the Sacraments
Can you see how the brokers of this Roman Catholic “grace” are subjecting you to a system of merchandizing? This is not the grace of God, for you are paying for it with your sacramental participation. Men, women, and children are made to believe that salvation begins and end in these rituals. All seven rituals are substituted for the simple act of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Satan’s design is to replace Christ and His gospel of free grace with man’s efforts to save himself with rituals and devotion. These unbiblical rituals have “a form of godliness, but [they are] denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” (II Timothy 3:5) The Roman Catholic system of merited grace is so convoluted that the Lord’s commandment to simply believe must be solemnly repeated,“this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” John 6:29

ladybug wrote:
Indeed sister, and as the Apostle went on to say, "I would they were even cut off which trouble you"
Yes, the works-based false teachings of the Jesuit/RCC do not free sinners, nor do they save. God, by His grace, saves. His amazing grace!
by grace ye are saved Eph. 2:5
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. Eph. 2:8-9
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus Romans 3:24
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.  Romans 11:5-6

Praise God for embracing me in the covenant of His free & sovereign grace!

Praise God for giving me the “unspeakable gift” . . even Christ . . the one thing needful! - 2 Cor. 9:15; Luke 10:42

The Catechism Says: #1113 “The whole liturgical life of the Church revolves around the Eucharistic sacrifice and the sacraments. There are seven sacraments in the Church: Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.”

ladybug wrote:
Sister MS, from that Satanic catechism, "50. Q. Was any one ever preserved from original sin?
A. The Blessed Virgin Mary, through the merit of her Divine Son, was preserved free from the guilt of original sin, and this privilege is called her Immaculate Conception."
Oh my!! Not one ounce of scriptural support, just a statement made into 'fact' by the RCC. How dangerous it is to follow the traditions/teachings of mortal,sinful, wicked men.

Fr. Benigno Zuniga – {From Peru} He encountered Christ through the reading of the scripture chapter by chapter. And on this he said “As I studied the bible over a period of three years, it came as a terrible shock to me to discover that I was the one in error. Far from being able to refute these heretics, I found myself being refuted by my own Roman Catholic bible. I began to see how far away from the bible my Catholic beliefs were. Often as I studied I found myself moved to tears to think that I had submissively followed human ideas rather than the teachings of God.”

I began to read and study God's Word from that day on very intently. Over time, the Holy Spirit, whose peculiar work is to guide men into truth (John 16:13) brought me under conviction of my sin and led me to true repentance . . a godly sorrow over my sin and a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. God' describes His Word as a living word . . the word of power . . the word of life . . the word of faith . . the word of truth . . the word of grace and it is that Word that has imparted spiritual life unto me. By God's grace, I can testify that I have been “born again” of the Spirit (John 3:3-6) . . “not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.” (1 Pet. 1:23)

O’Grady, Oliver. Archdiocese, Los Angeles. Convicted. He admitted molesting or attempting to molest as many as 50 boys and girls, and eventually served seven years in prison for his crimes. He cost the church more than $13 million in compensation for the claims of victims and was kicked out of the country, returning to his native Ireland. He had been able to continue his abuses for two decades, beginning in the 1970s, because three bishops, including now-Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, had covered up for him.

Smyth, Brendan. Norbertine order, various postings. Convicted. Smyth left a trail of sex abuse in Britain, Ireland and the United States, serving in Rhode Island and North Dakota. In all, Smyth abused scores of children from the 1960s to the 1980s before he was finally convicted of his crimes in Ireland and twice sentenced to prison, where he died. Ireland author Fintan O’Toole wrote that “each time he was sent to a parish, whispers of scandal would emerge and each time, he would be sent back to Ireland, and then posted off to another parish.”

--Richard Bennett, former Roman Catholic priest
from his written testimony at: