And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. - 2 Corinthians 11:14-15.
The pope recently made the ridiculous statement that "The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ . . . Even the atheists. Everyone! We must meet one another doing good. 'But I don't believe, Father, I am an atheist!' But do good: we will meet one another there." Yeah, of that I am certain; they will meet one another there. Although I’m just as positive that the “there” they are thinking of isn’t the “there” they’ll be meeting in. One doesn’t need to believe in God to go to heaven? Seriously!??
Let me preface my defensive position here for those of you who don’t know me. I’m a former Catholic. I was raised a Catholic and attended Catholic schools from 1st to 12th grade . . . but I’m okay now. Please don’t allow my tone here to cause anyone to misconstrue what I am trying to say - I do believe that Catholics who put all their faith in Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ alone are bound for heavenly glory. But their ritualistic religion will not benefit them because it is the grace of God alone that saves the sinner from his well-deserved punishment. Novenas, rosaries, Stations of the Cross, praying to saints, confessing sins to a priest - none of these have the power to save even one soul from eternal damnation. Only the blood of Jesus Christ has that kind of power. And as for listening to the pope? Please! “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” - John 14:6. These are Jesus’s very words!
Notice there is no where in the Bible that our Lord and Savior says anything about the way to heaven including the pope. And it’s a good thing because the current pope is worse that Alexander VI, the infamous Rodrigo Borgia. There is a darkness about this pope that permeates his whole way of thinking. From welcoming homosexuality into the church (July 2014) to this latest foible suggesting that one need not have faith in Jesus to be saved. Where this wolf in sheep’s clothing leads millions who believe in the notion of Apostolic succession is absolutely frightening. At least it should be to them.
Many will defend him suggesting that he is only reaching out to the unsaved. Then I would suggest the pope read his Bible (possibly for the first time) and turn to - “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” - Acts 4:12. That name is Jesus Christ, not Jesus Christ and . . . .” As for reaching out to the unsaved? We do that with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and . . . nothing else! All praise, honor and glory to Jesus Christ. Amen.
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