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I'm sure you're just chomping at the bit to get back to our book of current reading
here on Inquisition Update, entitled, A Woman Rides the Beast, by Dave Hunt,
most recently deceased and gloriously saved in Christ.
I'm very happy to read his book here on Inquisition Update.
And in this portion of the chapter, entitled, A Question of Salvation,
we're in the portion entitled, Salvation by Grace or by Works.
Which is it?
It can't be both, since grace is a gift from God.
It can't be earned or purchased, or it's not a gift.
So, what is the rift between biblical Christianity and Roman Catholicism?
Dave Hunt says, there's nothing in the gospel Paul preached about, quote,
work of salvation, unquote, being, quote, set in train, unquote, through
Catholic liturgy, as Vatican Council 2 declares.
Salvation is totally a work of God and Christ, finished once and for all upon the
cross, with nothing for man to do, because there's nothing man can do.
Quote, work out your salvation with fear and trembling, unquote, as it says in
Philippians 2, verse 12, cannot possibly mean that we are to work for our
salvation.
A concept soundly condemned in the scripture.
It can only mean that, having been saved, we are now to live the outworking of that
salvation, as those, quote, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them, Ephesians chapter 2, 10.
A sinner, which we all are, can no more save himself than a corpse can give
himself a blood transfusion.
By nature, we are, quote, dead in trespasses and sins, Ephesians chapter 2,
verse 1, and Colossians chapter 2, verse 13.
In Roman Catholicism, however, man is only wounded by sin, but is not
dead in sin.
This, or thus, rather, he can work for his salvation.
Here is what the Roman Catholic Church says, contrary to the scriptures.
Man gains such God-given dignity when, ridding himself of all slavery to the
passions, he presses forward towards his goal by freely choosing what is good,
and by his diligence and skill, effectively secures for him the means
suited to this end.
In other words, by choosing what is good, and in diligence and skill, he may achieve
salvation.
Now, again, if you have to work for salvation, it's not a gift.
It says, on the contrary, the Bible teaches that even the righteousness of a
sinner is but filthy rags in God's sight.
Isaiah chapter 64, verse 6.
Only after being saved can we, in the power of the Holy Spirit,
do good works.
Not to earn our salvation, but because we love Him who saved us.
To be saved, man must acknowledge his guilt and helplessness to save himself,
and must believe in what Christ has done, accepting his substitutionary payment for
the penalty of sin.
The Bible repeatedly states that salvation is by grace, through faith, and not of
works.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved.
Acts chapter 15, verse 11.
By grace are ye saved.
Ephesians 2.5 The grace of God that bringeth salvation.
Titus 2.11 Grace cannot be granted on the basis of a mere bookkeeping entry in
heaven, but by the debt being paid in full by Christ.
Quote, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus.
Romans chapter 3, verse 24.
The Catholic gospel of salvation, by works and ritual, stands in the fullest
opposition of God's grace.
It is, in fact, a rejection of God's offer of salvation by grace through faith in
what Christ has done.
It requires that Christ's sacrifice be supplemented by our works and or by
suffering.
The gospel that we must believe to be saved is called the gospel of the grace of
God.
Acts chapter 20, verse 24.
Because, quote, by grace are ye saved.
Unquote.
Grace, by its very nature, excludes works.
Paul argues, quote, if by grace, then is it no more 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, 6.
One cannot earn, merit, or pay for grace, or else it would no longer be grace.
Salvation can only be received from God as a gift of His grace by those who admit
they neither deserve it nor can do anything to earn or merit it.
Vatican Council, too, repeatedly teaches salvation by works.
Any active Catholic is earning his salvation.
Some priests and nuns even today put stones in their shoes, wear hair cloth
shirts, and flagellate themselves to earn their salvation.
Go to any Roman Catholic country on church holidays and see penitents beating
themselves, pilgrims crawling upon their knees toward some Marian shrine,
others staggering under heavy crosses, and still others hoping to better their
chances of salvation by purchasing candles to burn before an image of quote-unquote
Our Lady of this or that or some other saint.
In some places, such as the Philippines, a few Roman Catholic zealots even have
themselves nailed to crosses to hang in agony for a time to pay at least part of
the price of their own salvation and for others as well.
Far from rebuking these efforts, Rome encourages them.
Salvation by works is so clearly taught in Rome's dogmas and so widely practiced by
the faithful that none can deny it.
Remember Julian Hernandez, burned at the stake on December 22, 1560 in Seville,
Spain, for bringing Bibles into that country from Germany.
He was also immolated for believing quote, whoever has faith in Jesus Christ and
trust only in the merits of him is certainly going to heaven, unquote.
Imagine being condemned to the flames for believing the gospel of God's grace,
yet hundreds of thousands of others were slain by Rome for this very reason.
What is the gospel according to Rome?
One must carefully define terms in discussion with a Catholic.
Catholicism employs many biblical words such as grace, redemption, salvation,
etc., but with an unbiblical meaning.
Catholicism affirms that Christ is the only begotten Son of God, one with the
Father, who died for our sins, rose the third day, and will return to
earth to reign.
To that truth, however, have been added dogmas which pervert the gospel.
Ignorant of these additions, many evangelicals think Roman Catholics are
Christians and pass that delusion on to others.
Roman Catholic apologists, such as InterVarsity author Peter Kreeft,
encourage such confusion by insisting that Roman Catholics, quote, are saved by God's
free grace, not by working their way to heaven, unquote.
Yet Catholicism is all about working one's way to heaven.
Kreeft hides the fact that saved by God's free grace means to the Catholic that
original sin is wiped clean by baptism, and that one may now earn one's way to
heaven through good deeds, penance, eating Christ's body and blood in the
Eucharist, prayers to Mary and the saints, qualifying for indulgences, and a host of
other means.
Furthermore, grace is not available to the Catholic directly from Christ or God,
but comes through the Church and its sacraments, and especially through Mary,
who is called, quote, the dispenser of all grace, unquote.
The Catholic Church has long taught that, quote, all grace is passed from God to
Jesus, from Jesus to Mary, and from Mary to us.
The grace of God, cure for our ills, comes to us through Mary like water
through an aqueduct, unquote.
Saint Bernardine says, quote, all gifts, all virtues, and all graces are dispensed
by the hands of Mary, to whomsoever, when and as she pleases.
Oh, lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of
salvation can only come through thy hands, our salvation depends on thee,
unquote.
What is Mary's role in salvation?
Mary plays the key role in salvation in Roman Catholicism.
Saint Bernard says, quote, all men, past, present, and to come, shall look
upon Mary as the means and negotiator of salvation, unquote.
Here's a sample of what the chief Catholic saints have said about Mary's role in
salvation.
Saint Bonaventure says, quote, the gates of heaven will open to all who
confide in the protection of Mary, unquote.
Saint Ephraim calls devotion to the Divine Mother, quote, the unlocking of the gates
of the heavenly Jerusalem, unquote.
Blosius also says, quote, to thee, oh lady, are committed the keys and the
treasures of the kingdom of heaven, unquote.
And therefore we ought constantly to pray to her, in the words of Saint Ambrose,
quote, open to us, oh Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast the keys,
unquote.
Nay more, the Roman Catholic Church says, quote, thou art its gate, unquote.
For, says Saint Felgetius, by Mary God descended from heaven into the world,
that by her man, that by her, man might ascend from earth to heaven, unquote.
Another quote, and thou, oh lady, says Appanasius, was filled with grace
that thou mightest be the way of our salvation and the means of ascent to the
heavenly kingdom, unquote.
Another quote, blessed are they who know thee, oh mother of God, says Saint
Bonaventure, for the knowledge of thee is the high road to everlasting life,
and the publication of thy virtues is the way of eternal salvation, unquote.
Another quote, Mary in fine, says Richard Saint Lawrence, is the mistress of heaven,
for there she commands as she wills, and admits whom she wills, unquote.
Hence, says Abbott Durek, quote, he who serves Mary, and for whom she
intercedes, is as certain of heaven as if he were already there, and those who do
not serve Mary will not be saved, unquote.
Saint Bonaventure exclaims, quote, give ear, oh ye nations, and all who
desire heaven, serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find eternal life,
unquote.
And finally, it suffices, oh lady, says Anselm, that thou willest it,
and our salvation is certain, and Saint Antonius says that, quote, souls protected
by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are necessarily justified and saved,
unquote.
Another more recent author also quotes saints from the past, quote, the church
and the saints greet her thus, quote, you, oh Mary, together with Jesus,
redeemed us.
Oh Mary, our salvation is in your hands.
She is co-redemptrix of the human race, because with Christ she ransomed mankind
from the power of Satan.
Jesus redeemed us with his blood and his body.
Mary, with the agonies of her heart, suffering in her heart whatever was
lacking in the passion of Christ, unquote.
A popular tract titled, Heaven Opened by the Practice of the Three Hail Marys
promises, quote, one of the greatest means of salvation, and one of the surest signs
of predestination, is unquestionably the devotion to the most blessed virgin.
All the holy doctors of the church are unanimous in saying that St. Alphonsus of
Liguri, saying with St. Alphonsus Liguri, quote, a devout servant of Mary shall
never perish, unquote.
I consecrate to thee, Mary, my heart, with all its affections, and beseech thee
to obtain for me, from the most holy trinity, all the graces necessary for
salvation.
Unquote.
Now, what is it?
Are we saved by grace, or by graces?
Trust me, there is a difference.
That Mary is the one to whom Catholics primarily look for, quote, the graces
necessary for salvation, cannot be denied.
This fact is passed off by Catholic apologists as the practice of simple
Catholics who don't know any better.
On the contrary, the quotes above are from Catholic saints.
Liguri was one of the great authorities in the church, a cardinal and a saint.
Mariolatry is not rebuked by the church, nor its hierarchy, but is taught and
encouraged by them.
Bishops, cardinals, and popes themselves have been among the most devoted to Mary,
no more so than Pope John Paul II.
It says, Our Lady of Carmel, who it was said had given the great promise to Saint
Simon Stock in 1251, which was, Whosoever dies wearing this scapular shall
not suffer eternal fire, allegedly appeared to Pope John XXII in 1322,
and reconfirmed the Sabatine privilege of those who wore her scapular.
Quote, I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their
death, and whomsoever I shall find in purgatory, I shall free.
Unquote.
Confirmed by Popes Alexander V, Clement VII, Pius V, Gregory XIII,
and Paul V, this promise has been relied upon by tens of millions of
scapular-wearing Catholics since then.
Liguri explained further, quote, Pope Paul V, in a bull in the year 1613,
says that, quote, Christian people who wear the scapular may piously believe that
the Blessed Virgin will help them after death by her continual intercessions,
her merits, and special protection.
Unquote.
Why should we not hope for the same graces of this good mother?
And if we serve her with more special love, why can we not hope to go to heaven
immediately after death without even going to purgatory?
Close quotes.
Many Catholics continue to pray to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the prayer of St.
Simon Stock, quote, Patroness of all who wear the scapular, pray for us.
Hope of all who die wearing the scapular, pray for us.
O sweet heart of Mary, be our salvation.
Unquote.
Notice that salvation is through Mary, and that Catholicism speaks of graces,
not merely of grace.
The Mass is said to be the means of applying and conferring gradually and
continually the graces needed for salvation, which Christ won at the cross.
Graces?
The plural of grace is not found even once in the Scripture.
The Bible says we are saved by grace.
Pardon of sin and eternal life is imparted by grace to all who believe God's promise
through the gospel.
The Catholic idea of graces, plural, indicates that salvation cannot be
received all at once, but only in installments, a little at a time,
principally through participation in the sacraments, which literally confer graces,
according to Roman Catholicism.
Thus one never receives pardon and eternal life as a completed transaction.
There are always more graces to be earned on the road to salvation.
Yes, earned.
Biblical grace is unmerited by man.
Catholic graces are earned.
In Catholicism, there is much to accomplish in order to receive graces.
In biblical contrast, all one must do to receive God's grace is to believe his
offer in the gospel and accept his free gift of forgiveness and eternal life.
To obtain graces, however, there are many rules to follow, many ways by which they
may be accumulated.
Six hundred years later, Our Lady of Fatima allegedly appeared in Portugal and
promised to assist at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for
salvation.
All who would follow certain prescribed rules for five consecutive months,
which we will explain in detail later.
There can be no doubt that Roman Catholicism teaches salvation through
works, and Mary plays the largest part in that key role.
Vatican Council too says, to quote, gain indulgences, the work prescribed must
be done, unquote.
Here we see clearly the great difference between Roman Catholicism and the biblical
gospel of God's grace.
In the former, graces come from God through the mediation of Mary in response
to, quote, what the devout Catholic does, unquote.
In the latter, graces come from God in response to what Christ has done.
It is an insult to God's justice to suggest that he can forgive sins because
someone prays the rosary, or goes to mass, or does something else which the church
has prescribed.
God can only forgive sins and save the soul on the basis of Christ having paid
the full penalty demanded by God's justice.
That having been done, God can be, quote, just, and at the same time,
the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Romans 3.26.
A semantic misunderstanding?
Is this only dealing with semantics?
Or is there real substance between the differences between Protestantism and
Roman Catholicism?
In his book on apologetics, Peter Kreeft makes the outrageous claim that what
Martin Luther discovered of justification by faith was a Catholic doctrine that had
all along been taught and is still taught by Rome.
Surely, Kreeft knows that the Catholic justification by faith is entirely
different what Luther came to believe from the scripture and from what evangelicals
believe today.
Otherwise, Luther and the other reformers must have been mentally deficient indeed,
and the inquisitors must have been even more cruel than we thought not to have
told the poor souls they committed to the flames that it was all a semantic
misunderstanding.
That Rome taught their heresy and was even its originator.
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It says Keith Fournier, in his book Evangelical Catholics, equates Catholicism
with the biblical gospel of God's grace.
That some Catholics use D.
James Kennedy's evangelism explosion materials is offered as proof that they
are evangelical.
When asked about this usage, however, Fournier replied, quote, There were a
couple of things in Kennedy's books that we Catholics couldn't accept because it
wasn't Catholic teaching.
For example, too obvious was the total assurance of salvation.
And the other one is salvation by faith alone.
For Catholics, we're saved by faith and also through obedience to Christ.
There are acts of obedience and cooperation in God's spirit that are tied
up with salvation.
Unquote.
In other words, it's grace and works.
Salvation is dependent upon works.
That's Roman Catholicism.
Paul wrote, quote, Though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto
you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Galatians chapter 1 verse 8.
He was referring to those of his day who, quote, pervert the gospel of Christ.
See verse 7.
These Judaizing legalists, while partly affirming the true gospel, also declared
that, in addition, one had to be circumcised and keep the law.
Acts chapter 15 verse 24.
That addendum, that addition to the gospel, perverted the gospel and brought
Paul's curse upon them.
Roman Catholicism has had 15 centuries to add things to the gospel that the
Judaizers never even imagined.
It merits Paul's curse.
Now, contrasting with the biblical gospel, Paul made it very clear that salvation
results from believing the gospel.
Quote, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that believeth.
Romans 1 verse 16.
Salvation is that simple and has nothing to do with the opinions of the Roman
pontiff or his colleagues in a hierarchy which didn't even exist until centuries
after the gospel was first preached and had resulted in the salvation of millions.
Paul didn't tell the desperate jailer mentioned above, quote, Believe on Jesus
Christ and that will get you started on a long road of good deeds, church
membership, sacraments, prayers to the saints, etc.
If you stick with it, eventually, after excruciating suffering in the flames
of purgatory and enough masses and rosaries are said for you, heaven's gates
will at last open.
Unquote.
But that is the gospel of Rome.
These ideas are all later inventions which give Rome incredible power over those who
look to her for salvation.
That hundreds of millions are still being led astray concerns us deeply.
Roman Catholic salvation is not what the Bible teaches.
Christ said, come unto me, Matthew 11, 28.
Rome says, come unto mother church.
Catholics can't reach Christ directly but must come to the church, which offers for
salvation, in addition to Christ's finished work, the merits of saints,
plus credit for one's own penance and good works, the suffering of others in one's
behalf, submission to the popes, obedience to the church decrees,
etc.
Vatican Council 2 states very clearly that the Catholic Church, quote, is necessary
for salvation.
Unquote.
This dogma is stated in numerous papal decrees like that of Pope Boniface VIII.
Quote, there is one holy Catholic and apostolic church outside of which there is
no salvation.
It is altogether necessary for salvation that every creature be subject to the
Roman pontiff.
Unquote.
The Roman Catholic Church is the key to salvation for the Roman Catholic.
And through her the faithful are kept on a treadmill of church-directed self-effort.
The new universal catechism of the Catholic Church refers to, quote,
all the ways of salvation.
Unquote.
Which the church administers and declares that, quote, salvation comes from Christ,
the head, through the church, his body, which is necessary for salvation.
Unquote.
Vatican II affirmed that there are many, quote, means of salvation.
Unquote.
Dispensed by the church.
Quote.
Fully incorporated into the church are those who, possessing the spirit of
Christ, accept all the means of salvation given to the church together with her
entire organization.
And who, by the bonds constituted by the profession of faith, the sacraments,
ecclesiastical government and communion, are joined in the visible structure of the
church of Christ, who rules her through the supreme pontiff and the bishops.
Unquote.
Instead of looking to Christ alone and having a personal relationship with him,
the Roman Catholic Church looks to the church and must be in proper relationship
with it when he or she dies in order to be saved.
This is taught to the Catholic from childhood, is found in every catechism,
and is recited for confirmation.
Here Vatican Council II, quote, basing itself on scripture and tradition,
it, that is the church, teaches that the church, a pilgrim now on earth,
is necessary for salvation.
He, Christ himself, explicitly asserted the necessity of the church, which men
enter by baptism as through a door.
Unquote.
The Vatican's new universal catechism explicitly states that salvation flows
from Christ through the church.
Canon 992 calls the Roman Catholic Church, quote, the minister of redemption.
Unquote.
The Roman Catholic apologist will argue that one need not be in the church to be
saved, and will cite Vatican Council II to the effect that even idolaters can be
saved without belonging to the church.
Quote, nor is God remote from those who in shadows and images seek the unknown God.
Since the Savior wills all men to be saved, those who through no fault of their
own do not know the gospel of Christ or his church, but who nevertheless seek God
with a sincere heart and moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as
they know it through the dictation of their conscience, those too may achieve
eternal salvation.
Unquote.
That's truly ecumenical, isn't it?
Look, Satan doesn't care which error you choose.
Even if you choose all of the errors, the only thing Satan is concerned about is
that you do not choose the right path to salvation.
Christ Jesus.
The preceding sections, however, explicitly declare that, quote,
in different ways to it, the Roman Catholic Church belongs, or are related,
the Catholic faithful, others who believe in Christ, and finally all mankind,
called by God's grace to salvation.
Unquote.
Moreover, the next paragraph states that salvation is denied to, quote,
those who, knowing that the Roman Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God
through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.
Unquote.
In other words, pagan idolaters somehow are in the Roman Catholic Church,
though unaware of that fact, and will be saved through her, the Roman Catholic
Church.
But Protestants, and especially ex-Roman Catholics, are anathematized, damned.
What's wrong with good works, you might ask?
Absolutely nothing.
A critical distinction must be made between good works to merit salvation,
which is an impossible task, and the good works called the fruit of the Spirit,
in Galatians chapter 5, verse 22 and 23, which result from being born again by the
Spirit of Christ.
A sinner can no more become a saint by doing good works than a crab apple tree
can become a golden delicious apple tree by pinning golden delicious apples to its
branches.
The fruit results from the kind of tree it already is.
Only after a sinner is saved by grace, and thereby miraculously turned into a
saint by God, can good works acceptable to God result.
Quote, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy
he saved us.
Titus 3.5 Moreover, what seems good, from our perspective, is badly flawed in
God's eyes.
Jesus said, quote, there is none good but one, that is God.
Mark chapter 10, verse 18.
By God's perfect standard, quote, there is none that doeth good,
no not one.
Romans 3.12 and Psalms 14.1 and 3.
Quote, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
Romans 3.23.
So what seems like good works to us is unacceptable to God.
As for keeping the law, quote, by the deeds of the law there shall no
flesh be justified in his sight.
Romans 3.20.
Imagine a person arrested for speeding who thinks he should escape the penalty
because he has driven that same road within the speed limit more times than he
has broken it.
That plea won't work in any earthly court, yet multitudes hope that their good deeds
will exceed their bad and thus merit heaven.
Suppose the guilty party tells the judge, quote, let me off this time and I promise
I'll never break the law again, unquote.
The judge replies, quote, if you never break the law again, you're only doing
what the law demands.
You get no extra credit for perfect performance, unquote.
Thus to live a perfect life in the future, even if we could, could not make up for
having committed even one sin in the past.
Furthermore, salvation is a gift.
Quote, the gift of God is eternal life.
Romans 6.23.
Quote, God hath given us eternal life and this life is in his son.
1 John 5.11.
One cannot earn or merit or pay for a gift.
It must be received gratis or it is not a gift.
Jesus said, quote, I give them eternal life.
John 10.28.
Salvation and the eternal life which accompanies it must be received as a gift
from God.
Any attempt to offer works is to reject the gift.
Is there no place for good works?
Most decidedly.
Good works follow salvation as surely as fruit is produced in nature and light
accompanies the rising sun.
Christians are exhorted to be, quote, rich in good works, unquote.
1 Timothy 6.18.
And to be, quote, careful to maintain good works.
Titus 3.8.
Christians are, quote, new creatures.
2 Corinthians 5.17.
Created in Christ Jesus unto good works.
Ephesians 2.10.
And which we are to be zealous.
Titus 2.14.
Look, the good works simply follow the salvation.
They are not a means of salvation.
That's the difference between salvation and Roman Catholicism.
Aren't some Catholics saved, you might ask?
Quote, but surely some Catholics are saved, unquote.
Is often the response to the truth about Roman Catholicism.
I am more charitable than Rome, which anathematizes those who say they are
saved.
Yes, some Roman Catholics may be saved.
But only by believing the same gospel whereby other souls are saved.
Nor can one believe two contradictory propositions simultaneously.
One can't believe that Christ obtained redemption through his blood.
And also believe that redemption is being accomplished through works.
Through suffering, ritual, and indulgences.
One simply can't believe that salvation is by faith and not of works.
And at the same time believe that good works earn salvation.
It is often said in its defense that the Roman Catholic Church professes the
Orthodox creeds.
And therefore that all Roman Catholics are Christians.
But the ancient creeds do not contain the gospel.
Certainly neither the apostles nor the Nicene creeds do so.
They declare the deity of Christ, his virgin birth, and that he suffered
under Pontius Pilate.
But they do not specify that he died for our sins and that we have eternal life
through faith in him.
So it is fallacious to suggest that the Roman Catholic Church is evangelical
because it subscribes to the, quote, ancient church creeds, unquote.
In a recent survey of 2,000 homes in Spain, only two persons knew clearly what
the gospel was.
And they were Protestants.
The other 1,998 of the 2,000 were Roman Catholics who thought good works,
church attendance, etc.
would get them to heaven.
In 15 years of evangelizing in Spain, missionary friends of the author have
never met even one Roman Catholic who was saved or knew how to be saved.
Knowing that Catholics are lost causes evangelicals to work day and night to
bring them the gospel.
This author, Dave Hunt, has contacted a multitude of Roman Catholics who were
saved and left that church.
Not one had ever heard the true gospel preached there.
All were saved by believing a gospel that is anathema to Roman Catholicism.
It is love and compassion for Catholics that they might be saved that motivates a
book such as this.
That concludes chapter 23.
We will proceed now with chapter 24 entitled, Sacrifice of the Mass.
It begins like all other chapters with a couple of quotes.
This from 1 Corinthians 11, verses 24 and 26.
This do in remembrance of me.
For as oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show forth the Lord's
death till he come.
And another quote from Vatican Council 2.
There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that all the faithful ought to show to
this most holy sacrament, that is the wafer, which has allegedly been
transformed into the body of Christ, the worship which is due to the true God,
as has always been the custom of the Roman Catholic Church.
Nor is it to be adored any less because it was instituted by Christ to be eaten.
These are directly quoted from the Council of Trent.
Further, he is to be adored there because he is substantially physically present
there, whole and entire, God and man, permanently.
Though that conversion of bread and wine, which, as the Council of Trent tells us,
is most ably named transubstantiation.
In the Eucharist, we believe partakers of the body and blood of God's only Son,
and partaking of the body and blood of Christ, has no less an effect than to
change us into what we have received.
Unquote.
Do you comprehend what he just said?
It says, in the Eucharist, we become partakers of the body and blood of God's
only Son, and partaking of the body and blood of Christ, has no less an effect
than to change us into what we have received.
In other words, if you eat the Jesus cookie, you become Jesus.
What a way of salvation, right?
This is what they mean when they say, grace is infused rather than imputed,
as is believed in the true Church of Jesus Christ.
It's a most twisted version of the Scriptures.
Chapter 24, the sacrifice of the Mass.
This is the centerpiece of the Roman Catholic Church.
This is the golden cup that is in her hand.
This is what draws so many deluded people to the Roman Catholic Church, and prevents
them from ever knowing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Quote, excuse me, this is what Dave Hunt says in the beginning of this book.
By the way, we're in chapter 24, page 369, if you're following along.
He says, we've come to the very heart of Roman Catholicism.
That unique element which separates it from all other religions, and especially
from Evangelical Christianity.
The sacrifice of the Mass.
In it, quote, the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated.
The sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated.
It is the source and the summit of the whole of the Roman Catholic Church's
worship, and of the Christian life.
Unquote.
Declared present on the altar through the miracle of transubstantiation,
which only the Roman Catholic priest can perform.
Is the, quote, true body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Who is really and substantially present under the appearance of bread and wine.
In order to offer himself in a sacrifice of the Mass.
And to be received as spiritual food in Holy Communion.
Unquote.
These are official Roman Catholic teachings.
Christ said from the cross, just as he died, quote, it is finished.
Unquote.
John 1930.
But to the Catholic, it isn't finished.
Christ's sacrifice continues to this day.
Being endlessly repeated on Roman Catholic altars all over the world.
Quote, each time Mass is offered, the sacrifice of Christ is repeated.
A new sacrifice is not offered, but a divine power.
One and the same sacrifice is repeated.
In the Mass, Christ continues to offer himself to the Father as he did on the
cross.
Unquote.
But in a, quote, unbloody manner.
Under the appearance of bread and wine.
Unquote.
That's right.
The crucifixion of Christ is repeated.
Every day.
All over the world.
In every Roman Catholic church.
As though his one time all sufficient offering of himself was insufficient.
And that grace is obtained by the Roman Catholic.
By participating in this ritual re-killing of Christ.
This is a most abominable teaching.
Many people in the ecumenical movement, those who were once Protestant,
are now enthralled by this ritual.
And are slowly conforming to transform their Protestant communion into a Roman
Catholic Mass.
They're sowing to the wind and they will reap the whirlwind.
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