WEBVTT 00:25.580 --> 00:26.700 Good morning. 00:26.880 --> 00:28.580 Welcome to Inquisition Update. 00:28.940 --> 00:32.160 My name is Tom Friess, and I'll be your host for the next hour. 00:32.580 --> 00:35.480 You're listening to FirstAmendmentRadio .com. 00:35.600 --> 00:36.940 Thanks for tuning in, everybody. 00:37.920 --> 00:42.920 I'm sure you're just chomping at the bit to get back to our book of current reading 00:42.920 --> 00:48.600 here on Inquisition Update, entitled, A Woman Rides the Beast, by Dave Hunt, 00:48.880 --> 00:55.060 most recently deceased and gloriously saved in Christ. 00:55.860 --> 00:59.480 I'm very happy to read his book here on Inquisition Update. 01:00.140 --> 01:04.220 And in this portion of the chapter, entitled, A Question of Salvation, 01:05.140 --> 01:09.540 we're in the portion entitled, Salvation by Grace or by Works. 01:09.740 --> 01:10.240 Which is it? 01:10.780 --> 01:14.260 It can't be both, since grace is a gift from God. 01:14.380 --> 01:17.960 It can't be earned or purchased, or it's not a gift. 01:18.760 --> 01:25.180 So, what is the rift between biblical Christianity and Roman Catholicism? 01:25.180 --> 01:31.320 Dave Hunt says, there's nothing in the gospel Paul preached about, quote, 01:31.520 --> 01:38.240 work of salvation, unquote, being, quote, set in train, unquote, through 01:38.240 --> 01:41.920 Catholic liturgy, as Vatican Council 2 declares. 01:42.880 --> 01:48.680 Salvation is totally a work of God and Christ, finished once and for all upon the 01:48.680 --> 01:53.360 cross, with nothing for man to do, because there's nothing man can do. 01:53.360 --> 01:59.760 Quote, work out your salvation with fear and trembling, unquote, as it says in 01:59.760 --> 02:06.780 Philippians 2, verse 12, cannot possibly mean that we are to work for our 02:06.780 --> 02:07.440 salvation. 02:08.160 --> 02:11.000 A concept soundly condemned in the scripture. 02:11.780 --> 02:17.640 It can only mean that, having been saved, we are now to live the outworking of that 02:17.640 --> 02:25.620 salvation, as those, quote, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God 02:25.620 --> 02:30.120 hath before ordained that we should walk in them, Ephesians chapter 2, 10. 02:30.940 --> 02:36.840 A sinner, which we all are, can no more save himself than a corpse can give 02:36.840 --> 02:38.460 himself a blood transfusion. 02:38.460 --> 02:47.040 By nature, we are, quote, dead in trespasses and sins, Ephesians chapter 2, 02:47.100 --> 02:49.920 verse 1, and Colossians chapter 2, verse 13. 02:50.780 --> 02:57.560 In Roman Catholicism, however, man is only wounded by sin, but is not 02:57.560 --> 02:59.560 dead in sin. 03:00.220 --> 03:04.680 This, or thus, rather, he can work for his salvation. 03:05.410 --> 03:09.080 Here is what the Roman Catholic Church says, contrary to the scriptures. 03:09.980 --> 03:16.660 Man gains such God-given dignity when, ridding himself of all slavery to the 03:16.660 --> 03:23.600 passions, he presses forward towards his goal by freely choosing what is good, 03:24.180 --> 03:30.120 and by his diligence and skill, effectively secures for him the means 03:30.120 --> 03:31.440 suited to this end. 03:31.440 --> 03:41.080 In other words, by choosing what is good, and in diligence and skill, he may achieve 03:41.080 --> 03:42.440 salvation. 03:43.300 --> 03:49.680 Now, again, if you have to work for salvation, it's not a gift. 03:50.580 --> 03:55.300 It says, on the contrary, the Bible teaches that even the righteousness of a 03:55.300 --> 03:59.060 sinner is but filthy rags in God's sight. 03:59.060 --> 04:02.260 Isaiah chapter 64, verse 6. 04:03.160 --> 04:07.600 Only after being saved can we, in the power of the Holy Spirit, 04:08.140 --> 04:09.160 do good works. 04:09.680 --> 04:14.960 Not to earn our salvation, but because we love Him who saved us. 04:14.960 --> 04:21.120 To be saved, man must acknowledge his guilt and helplessness to save himself, 04:21.700 --> 04:27.780 and must believe in what Christ has done, accepting his substitutionary payment for 04:27.780 --> 04:28.780 the penalty of sin. 04:29.560 --> 04:36.980 The Bible repeatedly states that salvation is by grace, through faith, and not of 04:36.980 --> 04:37.500 works. 04:38.160 --> 04:43.940 Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved. 04:44.340 --> 04:46.440 Acts chapter 15, verse 11. 04:47.260 --> 04:49.380 By grace are ye saved. 04:49.860 --> 04:55.120 Ephesians 2.5 The grace of God that bringeth salvation. 04:55.520 --> 05:04.180 Titus 2.11 Grace cannot be granted on the basis of a mere bookkeeping entry in 05:04.180 --> 05:09.080 heaven, but by the debt being paid in full by Christ. 05:09.900 --> 05:15.680 Quote, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ 05:15.680 --> 05:16.240 Jesus. 05:16.700 --> 05:19.060 Romans chapter 3, verse 24. 05:19.940 --> 05:27.240 The Catholic gospel of salvation, by works and ritual, stands in the fullest 05:27.240 --> 05:29.160 opposition of God's grace. 05:29.980 --> 05:34.880 It is, in fact, a rejection of God's offer of salvation by grace through faith in 05:34.880 --> 05:36.040 what Christ has done. 05:36.700 --> 05:42.800 It requires that Christ's sacrifice be supplemented by our works and or by 05:42.800 --> 05:43.440 suffering. 05:43.440 --> 05:50.120 The gospel that we must believe to be saved is called the gospel of the grace of 05:50.120 --> 05:50.600 God. 05:50.820 --> 05:52.600 Acts chapter 20, verse 24. 05:53.340 --> 05:56.800 Because, quote, by grace are ye saved. 05:57.740 --> 05:58.140 Unquote. 05:58.960 --> 06:02.540 Grace, by its very nature, excludes works. 06:03.440 --> 06:09.640 Paul argues, quote, if by grace, then is it no more works. 06:09.640 --> 06:13.580 Otherwise, grace is no more grace. 06:14.420 --> 06:18.100 But if it be of works, then is it no more grace. 06:18.780 --> 06:21.940 Otherwise, work is no more work. 06:22.460 --> 06:24.340 Romans 11, 6. 06:25.220 --> 06:33.320 One cannot earn, merit, or pay for grace, or else it would no longer be grace. 06:34.100 --> 06:39.800 Salvation can only be received from God as a gift of His grace by those who admit 06:39.800 --> 06:44.880 they neither deserve it nor can do anything to earn or merit it. 06:45.620 --> 06:50.280 Vatican Council, too, repeatedly teaches salvation by works. 06:51.200 --> 06:54.020 Any active Catholic is earning his salvation. 06:54.780 --> 07:00.380 Some priests and nuns even today put stones in their shoes, wear hair cloth 07:00.380 --> 07:04.800 shirts, and flagellate themselves to earn their salvation. 07:05.460 --> 07:10.120 Go to any Roman Catholic country on church holidays and see penitents beating 07:10.120 --> 07:16.700 themselves, pilgrims crawling upon their knees toward some Marian shrine, 07:16.700 --> 07:23.060 others staggering under heavy crosses, and still others hoping to better their 07:23.060 --> 07:30.120 chances of salvation by purchasing candles to burn before an image of quote-unquote 07:30.120 --> 07:33.880 Our Lady of this or that or some other saint. 07:34.120 --> 07:39.580 In some places, such as the Philippines, a few Roman Catholic zealots even have 07:39.580 --> 07:46.780 themselves nailed to crosses to hang in agony for a time to pay at least part of 07:46.780 --> 07:50.720 the price of their own salvation and for others as well. 07:51.640 --> 07:55.580 Far from rebuking these efforts, Rome encourages them. 07:56.440 --> 08:02.320 Salvation by works is so clearly taught in Rome's dogmas and so widely practiced by 08:02.320 --> 08:04.980 the faithful that none can deny it. 08:04.980 --> 08:12.300 Remember Julian Hernandez, burned at the stake on December 22, 1560 in Seville, 08:12.500 --> 08:16.420 Spain, for bringing Bibles into that country from Germany. 08:17.280 --> 08:23.340 He was also immolated for believing quote, whoever has faith in Jesus Christ and 08:23.340 --> 08:28.840 trust only in the merits of him is certainly going to heaven, unquote. 08:28.840 --> 08:34.680 Imagine being condemned to the flames for believing the gospel of God's grace, 08:35.000 --> 08:39.880 yet hundreds of thousands of others were slain by Rome for this very reason. 08:40.620 --> 08:42.600 What is the gospel according to Rome? 08:43.380 --> 08:47.020 One must carefully define terms in discussion with a Catholic. 08:47.980 --> 08:53.220 Catholicism employs many biblical words such as grace, redemption, salvation, 08:53.460 --> 08:56.760 etc., but with an unbiblical meaning. 08:57.840 --> 09:02.860 Catholicism affirms that Christ is the only begotten Son of God, one with the 09:02.860 --> 09:08.060 Father, who died for our sins, rose the third day, and will return to 09:08.060 --> 09:08.940 earth to reign. 09:09.560 --> 09:13.740 To that truth, however, have been added dogmas which pervert the gospel. 09:14.700 --> 09:18.660 Ignorant of these additions, many evangelicals think Roman Catholics are 09:18.660 --> 09:21.920 Christians and pass that delusion on to others. 09:21.920 --> 09:27.680 Roman Catholic apologists, such as InterVarsity author Peter Kreeft, 09:28.220 --> 09:34.520 encourage such confusion by insisting that Roman Catholics, quote, are saved by God's 09:34.520 --> 09:38.500 free grace, not by working their way to heaven, unquote. 09:39.300 --> 09:43.260 Yet Catholicism is all about working one's way to heaven. 09:43.920 --> 09:50.860 Kreeft hides the fact that saved by God's free grace means to the Catholic that 09:50.860 --> 09:56.140 original sin is wiped clean by baptism, and that one may now earn one's way to 09:56.140 --> 10:01.340 heaven through good deeds, penance, eating Christ's body and blood in the 10:01.340 --> 10:08.740 Eucharist, prayers to Mary and the saints, qualifying for indulgences, and a host of 10:08.740 --> 10:09.420 other means. 10:09.420 --> 10:16.360 Furthermore, grace is not available to the Catholic directly from Christ or God, 10:16.780 --> 10:21.740 but comes through the Church and its sacraments, and especially through Mary, 10:21.900 --> 10:26.640 who is called, quote, the dispenser of all grace, unquote. 10:26.640 --> 10:36.580 The Catholic Church has long taught that, quote, all grace is passed from God to 10:36.580 --> 10:41.920 Jesus, from Jesus to Mary, and from Mary to us. 10:42.780 --> 10:49.940 The grace of God, cure for our ills, comes to us through Mary like water 10:49.940 --> 10:52.020 through an aqueduct, unquote. 10:52.020 --> 10:59.700 Saint Bernardine says, quote, all gifts, all virtues, and all graces are dispensed 10:59.700 --> 11:04.760 by the hands of Mary, to whomsoever, when and as she pleases. 11:05.540 --> 11:10.380 Oh, lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of 11:10.380 --> 11:16.160 salvation can only come through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee, 11:16.540 --> 11:17.060 unquote. 11:17.060 --> 11:20.480 What is Mary's role in salvation? 11:21.500 --> 11:25.860 Mary plays the key role in salvation in Roman Catholicism. 11:26.560 --> 11:32.340 Saint Bernard says, quote, all men, past, present, and to come, shall look 11:32.340 --> 11:36.800 upon Mary as the means and negotiator of salvation, unquote. 11:36.800 --> 11:43.120 Here's a sample of what the chief Catholic saints have said about Mary's role in 11:43.120 --> 11:43.720 salvation. 11:44.620 --> 11:49.560 Saint Bonaventure says, quote, the gates of heaven will open to all who 11:49.560 --> 11:52.660 confide in the protection of Mary, unquote. 11:53.480 --> 11:59.520 Saint Ephraim calls devotion to the Divine Mother, quote, the unlocking of the gates 11:59.520 --> 12:01.840 of the heavenly Jerusalem, unquote. 12:02.780 --> 12:08.660 Blosius also says, quote, to thee, oh lady, are committed the keys and the 12:08.660 --> 12:11.760 treasures of the kingdom of heaven, unquote. 12:12.560 --> 12:17.160 And therefore we ought constantly to pray to her, in the words of Saint Ambrose, 12:17.700 --> 12:25.280 quote, open to us, oh Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast the keys, 12:25.900 --> 12:26.360 unquote. 12:26.360 --> 12:33.600 Nay more, the Roman Catholic Church says, quote, thou art its gate, unquote. 12:34.340 --> 12:41.700 For, says Saint Felgetius, by Mary God descended from heaven into the world, 12:42.340 --> 12:49.320 that by her man, that by her, man might ascend from earth to heaven, unquote. 12:50.000 --> 12:56.860 Another quote, and thou, oh lady, says Appanasius, was filled with grace 12:56.860 --> 13:00.900 that thou mightest be the way of our salvation and the means of ascent to the 13:00.900 --> 13:02.600 heavenly kingdom, unquote. 13:03.500 --> 13:09.680 Another quote, blessed are they who know thee, oh mother of God, says Saint 13:09.680 --> 13:14.900 Bonaventure, for the knowledge of thee is the high road to everlasting life, 13:15.560 --> 13:21.900 and the publication of thy virtues is the way of eternal salvation, unquote. 13:22.900 --> 13:30.800 Another quote, Mary in fine, says Richard Saint Lawrence, is the mistress of heaven, 13:31.240 --> 13:38.440 for there she commands as she wills, and admits whom she wills, unquote. 13:38.440 --> 13:45.740 Hence, says Abbott Durek, quote, he who serves Mary, and for whom she 13:45.740 --> 13:52.340 intercedes, is as certain of heaven as if he were already there, and those who do 13:52.340 --> 13:56.300 not serve Mary will not be saved, unquote. 13:56.300 --> 14:02.820 Saint Bonaventure exclaims, quote, give ear, oh ye nations, and all who 14:02.820 --> 14:09.240 desire heaven, serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find eternal life, 14:09.580 --> 14:10.040 unquote. 14:10.040 --> 14:16.800 And finally, it suffices, oh lady, says Anselm, that thou willest it, 14:17.180 --> 14:25.520 and our salvation is certain, and Saint Antonius says that, quote, souls protected 14:25.520 --> 14:32.780 by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are necessarily justified and saved, 14:33.540 --> 14:33.940 unquote. 14:33.940 --> 14:41.600 Another more recent author also quotes saints from the past, quote, the church 14:41.600 --> 14:48.400 and the saints greet her thus, quote, you, oh Mary, together with Jesus, 14:48.880 --> 14:49.840 redeemed us. 14:49.840 --> 14:53.680 Oh Mary, our salvation is in your hands. 14:54.440 --> 15:00.480 She is co-redemptrix of the human race, because with Christ she ransomed mankind 15:00.480 --> 15:01.900 from the power of Satan. 15:02.700 --> 15:05.940 Jesus redeemed us with his blood and his body. 15:06.760 --> 15:11.600 Mary, with the agonies of her heart, suffering in her heart whatever was 15:11.600 --> 15:14.600 lacking in the passion of Christ, unquote. 15:14.600 --> 15:20.640 A popular tract titled, Heaven Opened by the Practice of the Three Hail Marys 15:20.640 --> 15:26.660 promises, quote, one of the greatest means of salvation, and one of the surest signs 15:26.660 --> 15:31.840 of predestination, is unquestionably the devotion to the most blessed virgin. 15:31.840 --> 15:38.120 All the holy doctors of the church are unanimous in saying that St. Alphonsus of 15:38.120 --> 15:44.940 Liguri, saying with St. Alphonsus Liguri, quote, a devout servant of Mary shall 15:44.940 --> 15:47.580 never perish, unquote. 15:48.360 --> 15:53.680 I consecrate to thee, Mary, my heart, with all its affections, and beseech thee 15:53.680 --> 16:00.300 to obtain for me, from the most holy trinity, all the graces necessary for 16:00.300 --> 16:00.920 salvation. 16:00.920 --> 16:02.400 Unquote. 16:02.980 --> 16:04.140 Now, what is it? 16:04.580 --> 16:08.720 Are we saved by grace, or by graces? 16:09.620 --> 16:11.440 Trust me, there is a difference. 16:12.140 --> 16:18.120 That Mary is the one to whom Catholics primarily look for, quote, the graces 16:18.120 --> 16:21.540 necessary for salvation, cannot be denied. 16:22.180 --> 16:26.800 This fact is passed off by Catholic apologists as the practice of simple 16:26.800 --> 16:29.040 Catholics who don't know any better. 16:29.040 --> 16:33.720 On the contrary, the quotes above are from Catholic saints. 16:34.640 --> 16:38.640 Liguri was one of the great authorities in the church, a cardinal and a saint. 16:39.740 --> 16:45.760 Mariolatry is not rebuked by the church, nor its hierarchy, but is taught and 16:45.760 --> 16:47.000 encouraged by them. 16:47.680 --> 16:52.140 Bishops, cardinals, and popes themselves have been among the most devoted to Mary, 16:52.660 --> 16:55.020 no more so than Pope John Paul II. 16:55.920 --> 17:01.420 It says, Our Lady of Carmel, who it was said had given the great promise to Saint 17:01.420 --> 17:07.760 Simon Stock in 1251, which was, Whosoever dies wearing this scapular shall 17:07.760 --> 17:13.900 not suffer eternal fire, allegedly appeared to Pope John XXII in 1322, 17:14.220 --> 17:19.620 and reconfirmed the Sabatine privilege of those who wore her scapular. 17:20.520 --> 17:26.960 Quote, I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their 17:26.960 --> 17:31.660 death, and whomsoever I shall find in purgatory, I shall free. 17:32.140 --> 17:32.660 Unquote. 17:32.660 --> 17:39.420 Confirmed by Popes Alexander V, Clement VII, Pius V, Gregory XIII, 17:39.720 --> 17:45.300 and Paul V, this promise has been relied upon by tens of millions of 17:45.300 --> 17:49.500 scapular-wearing Catholics since then. 17:49.500 --> 17:57.820 Liguri explained further, quote, Pope Paul V, in a bull in the year 1613, 17:58.660 --> 18:05.040 says that, quote, Christian people who wear the scapular may piously believe that 18:05.040 --> 18:11.220 the Blessed Virgin will help them after death by her continual intercessions, 18:11.660 --> 18:14.000 her merits, and special protection. 18:14.580 --> 18:15.100 Unquote. 18:15.900 --> 18:19.500 Why should we not hope for the same graces of this good mother? 18:20.360 --> 18:24.840 And if we serve her with more special love, why can we not hope to go to heaven 18:24.840 --> 18:28.500 immediately after death without even going to purgatory? 18:29.280 --> 18:30.060 Close quotes. 18:30.060 --> 18:36.500 Many Catholics continue to pray to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the prayer of St. 18:36.720 --> 18:43.620 Simon Stock, quote, Patroness of all who wear the scapular, pray for us. 18:44.140 --> 18:48.640 Hope of all who die wearing the scapular, pray for us. 18:49.220 --> 18:52.540 O sweet heart of Mary, be our salvation. 18:53.420 --> 18:53.940 Unquote. 18:53.940 --> 18:59.500 Notice that salvation is through Mary, and that Catholicism speaks of graces, 19:00.260 --> 19:01.700 not merely of grace. 19:02.640 --> 19:06.860 The Mass is said to be the means of applying and conferring gradually and 19:06.860 --> 19:12.400 continually the graces needed for salvation, which Christ won at the cross. 19:13.180 --> 19:13.660 Graces? 19:14.280 --> 19:18.600 The plural of grace is not found even once in the Scripture. 19:18.600 --> 19:22.080 The Bible says we are saved by grace. 19:22.780 --> 19:28.520 Pardon of sin and eternal life is imparted by grace to all who believe God's promise 19:28.520 --> 19:29.340 through the gospel. 19:30.200 --> 19:35.440 The Catholic idea of graces, plural, indicates that salvation cannot be 19:35.440 --> 19:40.240 received all at once, but only in installments, a little at a time, 19:41.020 --> 19:46.140 principally through participation in the sacraments, which literally confer graces, 19:46.360 --> 19:47.880 according to Roman Catholicism. 19:47.880 --> 19:53.540 Thus one never receives pardon and eternal life as a completed transaction. 19:54.460 --> 19:58.440 There are always more graces to be earned on the road to salvation. 19:59.180 --> 20:00.320 Yes, earned. 20:01.040 --> 20:03.520 Biblical grace is unmerited by man. 20:04.440 --> 20:06.600 Catholic graces are earned. 20:06.600 --> 20:12.520 In Catholicism, there is much to accomplish in order to receive graces. 20:13.460 --> 20:18.760 In biblical contrast, all one must do to receive God's grace is to believe his 20:18.760 --> 20:25.140 offer in the gospel and accept his free gift of forgiveness and eternal life. 20:25.820 --> 20:34.260 To obtain graces, however, there are many rules to follow, many ways by which they 20:34.260 --> 20:35.480 may be accumulated. 20:35.480 --> 20:41.540 Six hundred years later, Our Lady of Fatima allegedly appeared in Portugal and 20:41.540 --> 20:46.520 promised to assist at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for 20:46.520 --> 20:47.140 salvation. 20:48.020 --> 20:52.980 All who would follow certain prescribed rules for five consecutive months, 20:53.540 --> 20:55.680 which we will explain in detail later. 20:55.680 --> 21:00.820 There can be no doubt that Roman Catholicism teaches salvation through 21:00.820 --> 21:05.020 works, and Mary plays the largest part in that key role. 21:05.920 --> 21:13.620 Vatican Council too says, to quote, gain indulgences, the work prescribed must 21:13.620 --> 21:15.240 be done, unquote. 21:15.240 --> 21:20.920 Here we see clearly the great difference between Roman Catholicism and the biblical 21:20.920 --> 21:22.580 gospel of God's grace. 21:23.320 --> 21:30.800 In the former, graces come from God through the mediation of Mary in response 21:30.800 --> 21:35.020 to, quote, what the devout Catholic does, unquote. 21:35.020 --> 21:40.600 In the latter, graces come from God in response to what Christ has done. 21:41.420 --> 21:47.680 It is an insult to God's justice to suggest that he can forgive sins because 21:47.680 --> 21:53.720 someone prays the rosary, or goes to mass, or does something else which the church 21:53.720 --> 21:54.700 has prescribed. 21:54.700 --> 22:00.800 God can only forgive sins and save the soul on the basis of Christ having paid 22:00.800 --> 22:03.700 the full penalty demanded by God's justice. 22:04.560 --> 22:11.680 That having been done, God can be, quote, just, and at the same time, 22:12.200 --> 22:15.700 the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 22:16.140 --> 22:18.040 Romans 3.26. 22:18.040 --> 22:20.660 A semantic misunderstanding? 22:21.100 --> 22:23.020 Is this only dealing with semantics? 22:23.540 --> 22:29.160 Or is there real substance between the differences between Protestantism and 22:29.160 --> 22:30.260 Roman Catholicism? 22:30.920 --> 22:35.640 In his book on apologetics, Peter Kreeft makes the outrageous claim that what 22:35.640 --> 22:42.240 Martin Luther discovered of justification by faith was a Catholic doctrine that had 22:42.240 --> 22:45.480 all along been taught and is still taught by Rome. 22:46.680 --> 22:51.740 Surely, Kreeft knows that the Catholic justification by faith is entirely 22:51.740 --> 22:57.340 different what Luther came to believe from the scripture and from what evangelicals 22:57.340 --> 22:58.180 believe today. 22:59.240 --> 23:03.900 Otherwise, Luther and the other reformers must have been mentally deficient indeed, 23:04.640 --> 23:09.540 and the inquisitors must have been even more cruel than we thought not to have 23:09.540 --> 23:13.920 told the poor souls they committed to the flames that it was all a semantic 23:13.920 --> 23:14.740 misunderstanding. 23:14.740 --> 23:21.000 That Rome taught their heresy and was even its originator. 23:22.180 --> 23:26.360 We'll be back with more facts on Inquisition Update. 23:26.720 --> 23:27.320 Stay tuned. 23:51.390 --> 23:55.270 You're listening to FirstAmendmentRadio .com worldwide. 23:55.810 --> 23:56.950 Freedom is never free. 23:57.150 --> 24:01.130 We need your support today at FirstAmendmentRadio.com. 24:04.010 --> 24:11.790 Hear it first on FirstAmendmentRadio.com and FirstAmendmentRadio.net I know you all 24:11.790 --> 24:15.590 want answers, and believe me, so do I, and I'll do my best to get them. 24:39.530 --> 24:43.170 This false view of prophecy is reinforced in the minds of all, this perception of 24:43.170 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28:30.760 a copy and that we may read it along with you. 28:31.980 --> 28:36.160 And I have determined that the next book that I'm going to read on Inquisition 28:36.160 --> 28:40.400 Update is Romanism and the Reformation by H. 28:40.500 --> 28:41.320 Gratton Guinness. 28:42.500 --> 28:45.040 Romanism and the Reformation by H. 28:45.120 --> 28:45.820 Gratton Guinness. 28:45.940 --> 28:49.420 Now you have plenty of time to get a copy of that book. 28:49.420 --> 28:54.540 I highly encourage you to get a copy of that book, whether you read with me on the 28:54.540 --> 28:58.840 program or just silently listen and then read on your own time. 28:59.720 --> 29:01.660 That is a very important book. 29:01.900 --> 29:06.780 A series of lectures given at a most opportune time in this country. 29:08.680 --> 29:13.340 Messages that I would to God that we would heed in this country today. 29:14.540 --> 29:16.820 Romanism and the Reformation by H. 29:16.940 --> 29:17.760 Gratton Guinness. 29:18.540 --> 29:21.160 Now we'll continue where we left off in the break. 29:21.920 --> 29:29.220 It says Keith Fournier, in his book Evangelical Catholics, equates Catholicism 29:29.220 --> 29:31.700 with the biblical gospel of God's grace. 29:32.640 --> 29:35.260 That some Catholics use D. 29:35.520 --> 29:43.220 James Kennedy's evangelism explosion materials is offered as proof that they 29:43.220 --> 29:44.020 are evangelical. 29:44.020 --> 29:49.780 When asked about this usage, however, Fournier replied, quote, There were a 29:49.780 --> 29:56.280 couple of things in Kennedy's books that we Catholics couldn't accept because it 29:56.280 --> 29:57.580 wasn't Catholic teaching. 29:58.400 --> 30:02.540 For example, too obvious was the total assurance of salvation. 30:03.360 --> 30:06.960 And the other one is salvation by faith alone. 30:07.740 --> 30:12.140 For Catholics, we're saved by faith and also through obedience to Christ. 30:12.140 --> 30:17.360 There are acts of obedience and cooperation in God's spirit that are tied 30:17.360 --> 30:19.060 up with salvation. 30:19.880 --> 30:20.340 Unquote. 30:21.140 --> 30:24.960 In other words, it's grace and works. 30:25.780 --> 30:28.460 Salvation is dependent upon works. 30:29.180 --> 30:30.840 That's Roman Catholicism. 30:31.420 --> 30:37.880 Paul wrote, quote, Though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto 30:37.880 --> 30:42.640 you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 30:43.400 --> 30:45.460 Galatians chapter 1 verse 8. 30:46.280 --> 30:51.680 He was referring to those of his day who, quote, pervert the gospel of Christ. 30:51.960 --> 30:53.060 See verse 7. 30:53.860 --> 31:00.180 These Judaizing legalists, while partly affirming the true gospel, also declared 31:00.180 --> 31:04.540 that, in addition, one had to be circumcised and keep the law. 31:05.000 --> 31:06.940 Acts chapter 15 verse 24. 31:07.980 --> 31:14.680 That addendum, that addition to the gospel, perverted the gospel and brought 31:14.680 --> 31:16.480 Paul's curse upon them. 31:16.480 --> 31:23.780 Roman Catholicism has had 15 centuries to add things to the gospel that the 31:23.780 --> 31:26.380 Judaizers never even imagined. 31:26.820 --> 31:29.240 It merits Paul's curse. 31:30.180 --> 31:36.040 Now, contrasting with the biblical gospel, Paul made it very clear that salvation 31:36.040 --> 31:38.520 results from believing the gospel. 31:39.000 --> 31:43.900 Quote, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto 31:43.900 --> 31:46.020 salvation to every one that believeth. 31:46.460 --> 31:47.920 Romans 1 verse 16. 31:48.880 --> 31:53.540 Salvation is that simple and has nothing to do with the opinions of the Roman 31:53.540 --> 31:58.920 pontiff or his colleagues in a hierarchy which didn't even exist until centuries 31:58.920 --> 32:04.620 after the gospel was first preached and had resulted in the salvation of millions. 32:04.620 --> 32:11.300 Paul didn't tell the desperate jailer mentioned above, quote, Believe on Jesus 32:11.300 --> 32:16.260 Christ and that will get you started on a long road of good deeds, church 32:16.260 --> 32:20.360 membership, sacraments, prayers to the saints, etc. 32:21.320 --> 32:25.860 If you stick with it, eventually, after excruciating suffering in the flames 32:25.860 --> 32:31.460 of purgatory and enough masses and rosaries are said for you, heaven's gates 32:31.460 --> 32:32.880 will at last open. 32:33.200 --> 32:33.760 Unquote. 32:33.760 --> 32:36.580 But that is the gospel of Rome. 32:37.240 --> 32:42.580 These ideas are all later inventions which give Rome incredible power over those who 32:42.580 --> 32:44.080 look to her for salvation. 32:44.620 --> 32:49.940 That hundreds of millions are still being led astray concerns us deeply. 32:50.900 --> 32:53.800 Roman Catholic salvation is not what the Bible teaches. 32:54.820 --> 32:58.960 Christ said, come unto me, Matthew 11, 28. 32:59.780 --> 33:02.540 Rome says, come unto mother church. 33:02.540 --> 33:09.000 Catholics can't reach Christ directly but must come to the church, which offers for 33:09.000 --> 33:13.160 salvation, in addition to Christ's finished work, the merits of saints, 33:13.760 --> 33:19.400 plus credit for one's own penance and good works, the suffering of others in one's 33:19.400 --> 33:24.700 behalf, submission to the popes, obedience to the church decrees, 33:24.800 --> 33:25.200 etc. 33:26.120 --> 33:31.860 Vatican Council 2 states very clearly that the Catholic Church, quote, is necessary 33:31.860 --> 33:33.000 for salvation. 33:33.440 --> 33:33.900 Unquote. 33:34.420 --> 33:39.680 This dogma is stated in numerous papal decrees like that of Pope Boniface VIII. 33:40.200 --> 33:46.780 Quote, there is one holy Catholic and apostolic church outside of which there is 33:46.780 --> 33:47.780 no salvation. 33:48.400 --> 33:53.640 It is altogether necessary for salvation that every creature be subject to the 33:53.640 --> 33:54.520 Roman pontiff. 33:54.520 --> 33:55.520 Unquote. 33:56.080 --> 34:01.180 The Roman Catholic Church is the key to salvation for the Roman Catholic. 34:02.020 --> 34:07.140 And through her the faithful are kept on a treadmill of church-directed self-effort. 34:07.880 --> 34:11.920 The new universal catechism of the Catholic Church refers to, quote, 34:12.440 --> 34:14.560 all the ways of salvation. 34:15.200 --> 34:15.700 Unquote. 34:15.700 --> 34:22.620 Which the church administers and declares that, quote, salvation comes from Christ, 34:22.760 --> 34:28.100 the head, through the church, his body, which is necessary for salvation. 34:28.560 --> 34:29.000 Unquote. 34:29.660 --> 34:35.040 Vatican II affirmed that there are many, quote, means of salvation. 34:35.380 --> 34:35.860 Unquote. 34:36.520 --> 34:38.100 Dispensed by the church. 34:39.000 --> 34:39.340 Quote. 34:40.130 --> 34:44.540 Fully incorporated into the church are those who, possessing the spirit of 34:44.540 --> 34:49.480 Christ, accept all the means of salvation given to the church together with her 34:49.480 --> 34:50.760 entire organization. 34:51.660 --> 34:57.520 And who, by the bonds constituted by the profession of faith, the sacraments, 34:58.160 --> 35:03.640 ecclesiastical government and communion, are joined in the visible structure of the 35:03.640 --> 35:09.080 church of Christ, who rules her through the supreme pontiff and the bishops. 35:09.880 --> 35:10.440 Unquote. 35:11.800 --> 35:17.500 Instead of looking to Christ alone and having a personal relationship with him, 35:18.260 --> 35:23.360 the Roman Catholic Church looks to the church and must be in proper relationship 35:23.360 --> 35:27.960 with it when he or she dies in order to be saved. 35:27.960 --> 35:33.740 This is taught to the Catholic from childhood, is found in every catechism, 35:34.180 --> 35:36.400 and is recited for confirmation. 35:37.280 --> 35:43.500 Here Vatican Council II, quote, basing itself on scripture and tradition, 35:44.160 --> 35:49.800 it, that is the church, teaches that the church, a pilgrim now on earth, 35:50.180 --> 35:51.940 is necessary for salvation. 35:52.580 --> 35:58.540 He, Christ himself, explicitly asserted the necessity of the church, which men 35:58.540 --> 36:01.240 enter by baptism as through a door. 36:01.900 --> 36:02.380 Unquote. 36:02.920 --> 36:08.240 The Vatican's new universal catechism explicitly states that salvation flows 36:08.240 --> 36:10.680 from Christ through the church. 36:11.560 --> 36:17.720 Canon 992 calls the Roman Catholic Church, quote, the minister of redemption. 36:18.180 --> 36:18.720 Unquote. 36:18.720 --> 36:24.360 The Roman Catholic apologist will argue that one need not be in the church to be 36:24.360 --> 36:30.120 saved, and will cite Vatican Council II to the effect that even idolaters can be 36:30.120 --> 36:32.720 saved without belonging to the church. 36:33.420 --> 36:41.740 Quote, nor is God remote from those who in shadows and images seek the unknown God. 36:41.740 --> 36:49.380 Since the Savior wills all men to be saved, those who through no fault of their 36:49.380 --> 36:55.160 own do not know the gospel of Christ or his church, but who nevertheless seek God 36:55.160 --> 37:03.400 with a sincere heart and moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as 37:03.400 --> 37:08.500 they know it through the dictation of their conscience, those too may achieve 37:08.500 --> 37:09.720 eternal salvation. 37:10.380 --> 37:10.980 Unquote. 37:10.980 --> 37:13.960 That's truly ecumenical, isn't it? 37:14.540 --> 37:18.920 Look, Satan doesn't care which error you choose. 37:19.560 --> 37:26.560 Even if you choose all of the errors, the only thing Satan is concerned about is 37:26.560 --> 37:30.140 that you do not choose the right path to salvation. 37:31.040 --> 37:31.900 Christ Jesus. 37:31.900 --> 37:36.640 The preceding sections, however, explicitly declare that, quote, 37:36.900 --> 37:42.020 in different ways to it, the Roman Catholic Church belongs, or are related, 37:42.820 --> 37:47.360 the Catholic faithful, others who believe in Christ, and finally all mankind, 37:48.060 --> 37:50.200 called by God's grace to salvation. 37:51.080 --> 37:51.680 Unquote. 37:51.680 --> 37:56.780 Moreover, the next paragraph states that salvation is denied to, quote, 37:57.160 --> 38:02.220 those who, knowing that the Roman Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God 38:02.220 --> 38:07.260 through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it. 38:07.600 --> 38:08.080 Unquote. 38:08.600 --> 38:13.380 In other words, pagan idolaters somehow are in the Roman Catholic Church, 38:13.520 --> 38:18.320 though unaware of that fact, and will be saved through her, the Roman Catholic 38:18.320 --> 38:18.820 Church. 38:18.820 --> 38:25.900 But Protestants, and especially ex-Roman Catholics, are anathematized, damned. 38:26.680 --> 38:29.940 What's wrong with good works, you might ask? 38:30.640 --> 38:31.920 Absolutely nothing. 38:31.920 --> 38:37.840 A critical distinction must be made between good works to merit salvation, 38:38.180 --> 38:43.560 which is an impossible task, and the good works called the fruit of the Spirit, 38:43.700 --> 38:51.000 in Galatians chapter 5, verse 22 and 23, which result from being born again by the 38:51.000 --> 38:51.940 Spirit of Christ. 38:51.940 --> 38:58.200 A sinner can no more become a saint by doing good works than a crab apple tree 38:58.200 --> 39:04.000 can become a golden delicious apple tree by pinning golden delicious apples to its 39:04.000 --> 39:04.440 branches. 39:05.300 --> 39:08.660 The fruit results from the kind of tree it already is. 39:08.660 --> 39:16.400 Only after a sinner is saved by grace, and thereby miraculously turned into a 39:16.400 --> 39:21.500 saint by God, can good works acceptable to God result. 39:22.280 --> 39:28.920 Quote, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy 39:28.920 --> 39:30.040 he saved us. 39:30.520 --> 39:38.780 Titus 3.5 Moreover, what seems good, from our perspective, is badly flawed in 39:38.780 --> 39:39.600 God's eyes. 39:40.260 --> 39:45.080 Jesus said, quote, there is none good but one, that is God. 39:45.600 --> 39:47.540 Mark chapter 10, verse 18. 39:48.400 --> 39:52.960 By God's perfect standard, quote, there is none that doeth good, 39:53.340 --> 39:54.540 no not one. 39:55.020 --> 39:59.560 Romans 3.12 and Psalms 14.1 and 3. 40:00.580 --> 40:04.300 Quote, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 40:04.420 --> 40:05.680 Romans 3.23. 40:06.760 --> 40:11.280 So what seems like good works to us is unacceptable to God. 40:12.020 --> 40:17.580 As for keeping the law, quote, by the deeds of the law there shall no 40:17.580 --> 40:19.680 flesh be justified in his sight. 40:20.000 --> 40:21.100 Romans 3.20. 40:21.800 --> 40:26.340 Imagine a person arrested for speeding who thinks he should escape the penalty 40:26.340 --> 40:31.180 because he has driven that same road within the speed limit more times than he 40:31.180 --> 40:31.940 has broken it. 40:32.620 --> 40:41.700 That plea won't work in any earthly court, yet multitudes hope that their good deeds 40:41.700 --> 40:45.780 will exceed their bad and thus merit heaven. 40:45.780 --> 40:51.800 Suppose the guilty party tells the judge, quote, let me off this time and I promise 40:51.800 --> 40:53.980 I'll never break the law again, unquote. 40:54.460 --> 41:01.120 The judge replies, quote, if you never break the law again, you're only doing 41:01.120 --> 41:02.540 what the law demands. 41:03.200 --> 41:07.120 You get no extra credit for perfect performance, unquote. 41:07.920 --> 41:13.400 Thus to live a perfect life in the future, even if we could, could not make up for 41:13.400 --> 41:15.980 having committed even one sin in the past. 41:16.760 --> 41:18.760 Furthermore, salvation is a gift. 41:19.500 --> 41:22.780 Quote, the gift of God is eternal life. 41:23.000 --> 41:24.360 Romans 6.23. 41:25.260 --> 41:30.960 Quote, God hath given us eternal life and this life is in his son. 41:31.500 --> 41:33.020 1 John 5.11. 41:33.020 --> 41:38.200 One cannot earn or merit or pay for a gift. 41:38.920 --> 41:42.980 It must be received gratis or it is not a gift. 41:43.680 --> 41:47.940 Jesus said, quote, I give them eternal life. 41:48.480 --> 41:50.000 John 10.28. 41:50.840 --> 41:55.620 Salvation and the eternal life which accompanies it must be received as a gift 41:55.620 --> 41:56.340 from God. 41:56.960 --> 42:00.800 Any attempt to offer works is to reject the gift. 42:00.800 --> 42:03.220 Is there no place for good works? 42:03.840 --> 42:05.100 Most decidedly. 42:05.880 --> 42:12.080 Good works follow salvation as surely as fruit is produced in nature and light 42:12.080 --> 42:13.820 accompanies the rising sun. 42:14.740 --> 42:19.420 Christians are exhorted to be, quote, rich in good works, unquote. 42:19.680 --> 42:21.140 1 Timothy 6.18. 42:22.000 --> 42:25.420 And to be, quote, careful to maintain good works. 42:25.780 --> 42:27.060 Titus 3.8. 42:27.060 --> 42:30.760 Christians are, quote, new creatures. 42:31.260 --> 42:33.340 2 Corinthians 5.17. 42:34.160 --> 42:37.120 Created in Christ Jesus unto good works. 42:37.540 --> 42:38.980 Ephesians 2.10. 42:39.620 --> 42:41.680 And which we are to be zealous. 42:42.780 --> 42:44.840 Titus 2.14. 42:45.540 --> 42:48.100 Look, the good works simply follow the salvation. 42:48.960 --> 42:51.180 They are not a means of salvation. 42:52.000 --> 42:57.500 That's the difference between salvation and Roman Catholicism. 42:57.780 --> 43:00.740 Aren't some Catholics saved, you might ask? 43:01.580 --> 43:06.220 Quote, but surely some Catholics are saved, unquote. 43:06.360 --> 43:10.300 Is often the response to the truth about Roman Catholicism. 43:10.700 --> 43:16.240 I am more charitable than Rome, which anathematizes those who say they are 43:16.240 --> 43:16.740 saved. 43:16.740 --> 43:19.940 Yes, some Roman Catholics may be saved. 43:20.580 --> 43:25.680 But only by believing the same gospel whereby other souls are saved. 43:26.380 --> 43:31.880 Nor can one believe two contradictory propositions simultaneously. 43:32.900 --> 43:36.580 One can't believe that Christ obtained redemption through his blood. 43:37.000 --> 43:40.720 And also believe that redemption is being accomplished through works. 43:41.260 --> 43:44.600 Through suffering, ritual, and indulgences. 43:44.600 --> 43:49.860 One simply can't believe that salvation is by faith and not of works. 43:50.360 --> 43:53.340 And at the same time believe that good works earn salvation. 43:54.120 --> 43:59.740 It is often said in its defense that the Roman Catholic Church professes the 43:59.740 --> 44:01.080 Orthodox creeds. 44:01.980 --> 44:04.400 And therefore that all Roman Catholics are Christians. 44:05.180 --> 44:08.280 But the ancient creeds do not contain the gospel. 44:09.180 --> 44:13.100 Certainly neither the apostles nor the Nicene creeds do so. 44:13.100 --> 44:17.820 They declare the deity of Christ, his virgin birth, and that he suffered 44:17.820 --> 44:19.200 under Pontius Pilate. 44:19.700 --> 44:25.140 But they do not specify that he died for our sins and that we have eternal life 44:25.140 --> 44:26.360 through faith in him. 44:27.100 --> 44:31.100 So it is fallacious to suggest that the Roman Catholic Church is evangelical 44:31.100 --> 44:36.760 because it subscribes to the, quote, ancient church creeds, unquote. 44:37.420 --> 44:44.120 In a recent survey of 2,000 homes in Spain, only two persons knew clearly what 44:44.120 --> 44:45.320 the gospel was. 44:46.020 --> 44:47.560 And they were Protestants. 44:48.080 --> 44:56.260 The other 1,998 of the 2,000 were Roman Catholics who thought good works, 44:56.680 --> 44:58.280 church attendance, etc. 44:58.500 --> 45:00.080 would get them to heaven. 45:00.800 --> 45:06.900 In 15 years of evangelizing in Spain, missionary friends of the author have 45:06.900 --> 45:11.920 never met even one Roman Catholic who was saved or knew how to be saved. 45:12.620 --> 45:26.700 Knowing that Catholics are lost causes evangelicals to work day and night to 45:26.700 --> 45:27.720 bring them the gospel. 45:28.550 --> 45:34.020 This author, Dave Hunt, has contacted a multitude of Roman Catholics who were 45:34.020 --> 45:36.340 saved and left that church. 45:37.340 --> 45:41.300 Not one had ever heard the true gospel preached there. 45:42.060 --> 45:47.320 All were saved by believing a gospel that is anathema to Roman Catholicism. 45:48.120 --> 45:54.640 It is love and compassion for Catholics that they might be saved that motivates a 45:54.640 --> 45:55.880 book such as this. 45:55.880 --> 45:58.700 That concludes chapter 23. 45:59.060 --> 46:03.340 We will proceed now with chapter 24 entitled, Sacrifice of the Mass. 46:04.240 --> 46:07.980 It begins like all other chapters with a couple of quotes. 46:08.160 --> 46:12.160 This from 1 Corinthians 11, verses 24 and 26. 46:13.060 --> 46:15.900 This do in remembrance of me. 46:16.720 --> 46:22.240 For as oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show forth the Lord's 46:22.240 --> 46:23.380 death till he come. 46:23.380 --> 46:26.780 And another quote from Vatican Council 2. 46:27.320 --> 46:32.940 There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that all the faithful ought to show to 46:32.940 --> 46:38.480 this most holy sacrament, that is the wafer, which has allegedly been 46:38.480 --> 46:43.760 transformed into the body of Christ, the worship which is due to the true God, 46:44.520 --> 46:47.920 as has always been the custom of the Roman Catholic Church. 46:47.920 --> 46:53.760 Nor is it to be adored any less because it was instituted by Christ to be eaten. 46:54.480 --> 46:57.560 These are directly quoted from the Council of Trent. 46:58.420 --> 47:04.480 Further, he is to be adored there because he is substantially physically present 47:04.480 --> 47:10.540 there, whole and entire, God and man, permanently. 47:11.310 --> 47:16.200 Though that conversion of bread and wine, which, as the Council of Trent tells us, 47:16.540 --> 47:20.300 is most ably named transubstantiation. 47:21.220 --> 47:25.940 In the Eucharist, we believe partakers of the body and blood of God's only Son, 47:26.540 --> 47:32.280 and partaking of the body and blood of Christ, has no less an effect than to 47:32.280 --> 47:35.080 change us into what we have received. 47:35.820 --> 47:36.400 Unquote. 47:37.140 --> 47:39.240 Do you comprehend what he just said? 47:39.240 --> 47:46.040 It says, in the Eucharist, we become partakers of the body and blood of God's 47:46.040 --> 47:54.200 only Son, and partaking of the body and blood of Christ, has no less an effect 47:54.200 --> 47:58.840 than to change us into what we have received. 47:59.600 --> 48:04.460 In other words, if you eat the Jesus cookie, you become Jesus. 48:05.480 --> 48:07.460 What a way of salvation, right? 48:07.460 --> 48:15.480 This is what they mean when they say, grace is infused rather than imputed, 48:15.900 --> 48:19.040 as is believed in the true Church of Jesus Christ. 48:19.780 --> 48:25.380 It's a most twisted version of the Scriptures. 48:26.280 --> 48:29.240 Chapter 24, the sacrifice of the Mass. 48:29.380 --> 48:31.920 This is the centerpiece of the Roman Catholic Church. 48:32.040 --> 48:34.540 This is the golden cup that is in her hand. 48:35.120 --> 48:40.820 This is what draws so many deluded people to the Roman Catholic Church, and prevents 48:40.820 --> 48:43.600 them from ever knowing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 48:45.400 --> 48:49.020 Quote, excuse me, this is what Dave Hunt says in the beginning of this book. 48:49.080 --> 48:55.380 By the way, we're in chapter 24, page 369, if you're following along. 48:56.200 --> 48:59.300 He says, we've come to the very heart of Roman Catholicism. 48:59.880 --> 49:05.380 That unique element which separates it from all other religions, and especially 49:05.380 --> 49:07.380 from Evangelical Christianity. 49:07.920 --> 49:10.320 The sacrifice of the Mass. 49:11.280 --> 49:15.920 In it, quote, the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated. 49:16.680 --> 49:20.740 The sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated. 49:21.460 --> 49:26.160 It is the source and the summit of the whole of the Roman Catholic Church's 49:26.160 --> 49:28.620 worship, and of the Christian life. 49:29.120 --> 49:29.560 Unquote. 49:30.380 --> 49:34.640 Declared present on the altar through the miracle of transubstantiation, 49:34.820 --> 49:37.220 which only the Roman Catholic priest can perform. 49:37.820 --> 49:41.700 Is the, quote, true body and blood of Jesus Christ. 49:41.700 --> 49:47.540 Who is really and substantially present under the appearance of bread and wine. 49:47.780 --> 49:51.920 In order to offer himself in a sacrifice of the Mass. 49:52.600 --> 49:56.540 And to be received as spiritual food in Holy Communion. 49:57.040 --> 49:57.440 Unquote. 49:58.200 --> 50:00.600 These are official Roman Catholic teachings. 50:01.580 --> 50:06.620 Christ said from the cross, just as he died, quote, it is finished. 50:07.100 --> 50:07.680 Unquote. 50:08.040 --> 50:09.440 John 1930. 50:09.440 --> 50:12.160 But to the Catholic, it isn't finished. 50:13.080 --> 50:15.480 Christ's sacrifice continues to this day. 50:15.940 --> 50:20.040 Being endlessly repeated on Roman Catholic altars all over the world. 50:20.660 --> 50:26.780 Quote, each time Mass is offered, the sacrifice of Christ is repeated. 50:27.880 --> 50:32.480 A new sacrifice is not offered, but a divine power. 50:34.140 --> 50:38.220 One and the same sacrifice is repeated. 50:38.220 --> 50:44.560 In the Mass, Christ continues to offer himself to the Father as he did on the 50:44.560 --> 50:45.200 cross. 50:45.880 --> 50:46.240 Unquote. 50:46.900 --> 50:50.700 But in a, quote, unbloody manner. 50:51.020 --> 50:53.280 Under the appearance of bread and wine. 50:53.960 --> 50:54.500 Unquote. 50:55.220 --> 50:56.040 That's right. 50:56.780 --> 51:00.620 The crucifixion of Christ is repeated. 51:01.320 --> 51:02.460 Every day. 51:03.080 --> 51:04.480 All over the world. 51:05.200 --> 51:07.220 In every Roman Catholic church. 51:07.990 --> 51:12.540 As though his one time all sufficient offering of himself was insufficient. 51:13.380 --> 51:18.820 And that grace is obtained by the Roman Catholic. 51:19.480 --> 51:23.340 By participating in this ritual re-killing of Christ. 51:24.060 --> 51:26.820 This is a most abominable teaching. 51:27.640 --> 51:33.280 Many people in the ecumenical movement, those who were once Protestant, 51:34.140 --> 51:37.500 are now enthralled by this ritual. 51:38.220 --> 51:46.280 And are slowly conforming to transform their Protestant communion into a Roman 51:46.280 --> 51:47.600 Catholic Mass. 51:48.500 --> 51:51.900 They're sowing to 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