WEBVTT 00:33.570 --> 00:36.690 Good morning, and welcome to Inquisition Update. 00:36.950 --> 00:39.690 My name is Tom Friess, and I'll be your host for the next hour. 00:40.330 --> 00:42.750 You're listening to FirstAmendmentRadio .com. 00:42.850 --> 00:44.410 Thanks for tuning in, everybody. 00:45.250 --> 00:49.910 We'll continue now where we left off yesterday in the book, A Woman Rides a 00:49.910 --> 00:51.090 Beast by Dave Hunt. 00:51.090 --> 00:56.690 We're on page 477, index A in the book. 00:56.850 --> 01:02.790 We're talking about purgatory, this fictitious cash cow for the Roman 01:02.790 --> 01:07.610 Catholic Church, a perversion of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. 01:07.910 --> 01:10.130 Our sins are paid in full. 01:11.030 --> 01:16.150 We have Christ to thank for that, and purgatory is a fiction. 01:17.470 --> 01:24.430 We've been redeemed by the shed blood of Jesus Christ, and no works could save us 01:24.430 --> 01:27.310 but that of the perfect Lamb of God. 01:28.350 --> 01:34.210 Purgatory is a fabrication, a purposeful fabrication by the Roman Catholic Church 01:34.210 --> 01:38.750 to deceive the whole world and to make them slaves to the Roman Catholic Church. 01:39.750 --> 01:45.990 Beginning at the subtitle near the bottom of the page where it says the origins, 01:46.210 --> 01:51.450 development, and purpose of this doctrine of purgatory, it says, The idea of 01:51.450 --> 01:59.070 purgatory, a fictitious place of final purgation, was invented by Pope Gregory 01:59.070 --> 02:01.650 the Great in 593 A.D. 02:02.500 --> 02:06.670 There was such reluctance even in the Roman Catholic Church to accept this idea, 02:07.170 --> 02:12.970 since it went contrary to the scriptures, that the idea of purgatory did not become 02:12.970 --> 02:19.410 an official Roman Catholic dogma for nearly 850 years at the Council of 02:19.410 --> 02:21.170 Florence in 1439. 02:22.170 --> 02:28.110 No doctrine has so increased the Roman Catholic Church's power over its members 02:28.110 --> 02:31.590 or added so much to its income. 02:32.570 --> 02:39.330 To this day, the threat of purgatory hangs over every Roman Catholic, who therefore 02:39.330 --> 02:44.970 give repeated offerings to the Roman Catholic Church, cash offerings to the 02:44.970 --> 02:51.150 Roman Catholic Church, land offerings, material wealth to the Roman Catholic 02:51.150 --> 02:57.710 Church, for its help in getting them out of this fictitious place of torment. 02:59.570 --> 03:06.470 Now, continuing, he says, Rome promises that if its decrees are followed, 03:07.150 --> 03:11.190 one will eventually be released from purgatory and enter heaven. 03:12.110 --> 03:18.830 Yet, the Roman Catholic Church has never been able to define how long any person 03:18.830 --> 03:26.730 must spend in purgatory, nor how much time is shortened by any means it offers. 03:27.890 --> 03:35.710 It is utter folly to trust one's release from purgatory to a church which can't 03:35.710 --> 03:43.130 even define how long one must spend there for each sin, or how much each ritual or 03:43.130 --> 03:46.230 act of penance reduces purgatorial suffering. 03:48.410 --> 03:58.030 They say you must go to purgatory, and that works, prayers, masses, 03:58.930 --> 04:03.830 can be said to get you out of purgatory, but they can never tell you how much. 04:04.950 --> 04:09.530 How much it will take to get you out of purgatory, or how long you are going to be 04:09.530 --> 04:19.110 in purgatory, or how much each act of works reduces one's time in purgatory. 04:20.870 --> 04:25.870 He says, nevertheless, offerings are given by Catholics to the Roman Catholic Church, 04:25.990 --> 04:34.650 and large sums left in wills, that's right, entire estates, are left to the 04:34.650 --> 04:41.830 Roman Catholic Church so that masses may be said in perpetuity to get you out of 04:41.830 --> 04:42.410 purgatory. 04:42.410 --> 04:50.050 The author reminds us of the case of Henry VIII of England, who rebelled against the 04:50.050 --> 04:56.270 papacy, left an incredible sum of money, or perpetual masses to be said, 04:56.350 --> 05:03.650 to help spring him from this fictitious jail, this fiery prison, called purgatory. 05:04.970 --> 05:14.930 And it says, that process never stops, quote, just in case, unquote, more masses 05:14.930 --> 05:15.730 are needed. 05:17.370 --> 05:27.130 So, one may leave an entire kingdom, if one were a king, one may leave an 05:27.130 --> 05:36.170 entire kingdom to the papacy, in order that the church might say masses in 05:36.170 --> 05:38.270 perpetuity for that particular king. 05:40.390 --> 05:46.390 Now do you see how the Roman Catholic Church is the wealthiest institution on 05:46.390 --> 05:47.010 the planet? 05:49.270 --> 05:53.230 It has been said in other works that we've read here on Inquisition Update, 05:53.490 --> 06:00.290 from a quarter to one-third of all the tillable land in England was possessed by 06:00.290 --> 06:05.210 the Roman Catholic Church, because of such things as purgatory. 06:06.070 --> 06:10.850 People giving their wealth, their land, their property, their estates, 06:11.930 --> 06:18.210 entire tracts of land given to the Roman Catholic Church to help spring them out of 06:18.210 --> 06:18.730 purgatory. 06:20.530 --> 06:26.250 And Rome owned so much of the land, not just in England, but of all Europe, 06:26.990 --> 06:29.170 that the people were starving to death. 06:30.430 --> 06:35.050 Most of the people worked for the church, or tilled the land that was owned by the 06:35.050 --> 06:35.430 church. 06:37.530 --> 06:41.730 And that's the old world order, that's how things were. 06:42.850 --> 06:47.110 And again, that's what Rome intends for the new world order as well. 06:58.590 --> 06:59.190 Now he says, 07:10.690 --> 07:15.490 That's right, this is not an old tenet of the Roman Catholic Church. 07:15.490 --> 07:19.730 This is a current law within the Roman Catholic Church. 07:20.510 --> 07:27.810 Masses, prayers for the dead, indulgences bought and sold to get people out of this 07:27.810 --> 07:28.990 fictitious place. 07:29.510 --> 07:36.070 And every case, every transaction enriches the Roman Catholic Church. 07:36.650 --> 07:37.890 Here's a quote, it says, 08:09.290 --> 08:13.970 In other words, when a Roman Catholic dies, the Roman Catholic Church is ready 08:13.970 --> 08:15.470 to start saying Mass. 08:15.470 --> 08:21.410 Just bring us your Mass cards, they're on sale at every church, 08:21.550 --> 08:26.270 you can buy a Mass card and have a Mass said for your relatives. 08:26.910 --> 08:30.450 Look, imagine yourself a Roman Catholic believing in this. 08:31.230 --> 08:38.870 And you've got an uncle that has recently died, and he lived a sinful life. 08:39.070 --> 08:41.710 Everybody in the family knew he lived a sinful life. 08:41.710 --> 08:46.990 He was, according to the Roman Catholic Church, outside of the state of grace. 08:48.750 --> 08:52.650 And you just know that all the things that you've been taught in the Roman Catholic 08:52.650 --> 08:59.210 Church, your uncle is destined for an extremely lengthy stay in this fiery place 08:59.210 --> 09:00.210 called Purgatory. 09:01.810 --> 09:10.550 And if you could start immediately saying Masses for the dead, you would have to go 09:10.550 --> 09:17.690 the rest of your life in order to say enough Masses to spring your uncle from 09:17.690 --> 09:18.770 Purgatory. 09:19.890 --> 09:26.430 But you dearly love your uncle, and you wince every time you consider the 09:26.430 --> 09:29.590 fact that he's in this fiery place. 09:29.730 --> 09:36.990 There's no quench of one's thirst, the pains of the flangs are indescribable. 09:37.850 --> 09:40.870 The horror that your uncle is now experiencing. 09:42.310 --> 09:49.550 And so you're desperate, desperate to come up with enough money or cash or property 09:49.550 --> 09:55.930 or any such like thing to cover the cost of the Masses to be said for your uncle. 09:56.550 --> 10:06.550 You might even consider robbing a bank to have Masses said for your uncle. 10:07.850 --> 10:12.210 And of course, the Roman Catholic Church isn't going to ask where you got the 10:12.210 --> 10:12.510 money. 10:14.770 --> 10:16.370 You see how this goes. 10:17.750 --> 10:22.830 Now some Roman Catholics are going to reel and say, nobody ever robbed a bank in 10:22.830 --> 10:25.150 order to have Masses said for the dead. 10:25.750 --> 10:33.230 Well, kings gave away kingdoms that belonged to the people to have Masses said 10:33.230 --> 10:34.650 for them who owned the land. 10:34.650 --> 10:44.210 As far as bank robbery goes, much, much worse has occurred all throughout the 10:44.210 --> 10:47.930 old world order in order that Masses would be said for the dead. 10:51.090 --> 10:56.350 Remember, Rome controlled a quarter to a third of all the tillable land in England 10:56.350 --> 10:58.690 and in Europe. 10:59.810 --> 11:01.570 Is that not bank robbery? 11:03.510 --> 11:09.510 A major developer of this horrible, false, but ingeniously profitable doctrine 11:09.510 --> 11:14.570 was an Augustinian monk named Augustino Trionfo. 11:16.150 --> 11:22.810 In his day, the 14th century, the popes ruled as absolute monarchs over both 11:22.810 --> 11:24.470 heaven and earth. 11:24.990 --> 11:27.150 So says the Roman Catholic Church. 11:28.710 --> 11:34.510 By their power to bind and loose, they not only established and deposed 11:34.510 --> 11:39.230 kings and emperors, but it was believed they could open and shut the gates of 11:39.230 --> 11:41.250 heaven to all mankind at will. 11:43.170 --> 11:50.330 Trionfo's genius extended his authority at the behest of the Pope John XXII to a 11:50.330 --> 11:51.270 third realm. 11:53.210 --> 11:57.210 Now the Pope's realm has been expanded to a third. 11:58.610 --> 12:05.510 Not only is he God of this earth and God of heaven, he's now God of the underworld. 12:06.550 --> 12:09.130 Here's the quote from Von Dollinger, the historian. 12:10.130 --> 12:16.390 Quote, it had been said before that the power of God's vicar, that is the Pope of 12:16.390 --> 12:20.770 Rome, extended over two realms, the earthly and the heavenly. 12:22.350 --> 12:28.530 From the end of the 13th century, a third realm was added, the empire over 12:28.530 --> 12:34.530 which was assigned to the Pope by the theologians of the Curia, purgatory, 12:35.690 --> 12:36.490 hell itself. 12:37.490 --> 12:40.850 And this is why the Pope wears the triple crown. 12:41.990 --> 12:47.730 The papal tiara has three crowns, the top one representing his jurisdiction 12:47.730 --> 12:52.650 over heaven, the middle crown, the one just beneath it representing his 12:52.650 --> 12:59.750 authority over earth, and the lower crown representing his authority over hell 12:59.750 --> 13:00.290 itself. 13:03.670 --> 13:09.370 Blasphemy of blasphemies, displayed for all the world to see when the Pope wears 13:09.370 --> 13:10.450 his papal tiara. 13:12.410 --> 13:17.710 Now, under the subtitle, Problems with Support from 2 Maccabees, yes, 13:17.810 --> 13:23.690 this whole idea of purgatory is found not in the Bible, as is readily admitted, 13:24.930 --> 13:31.370 but it's found from an apocryphal work, one that is admittedly not canonical, 13:31.750 --> 13:32.750 a portion of scripture. 13:33.810 --> 13:38.470 It's an extra-biblical work that does not carry the weight of scripture. 13:40.810 --> 13:47.870 The author says, Anthony Gavin tells how in his day, the early 18th century, 13:48.810 --> 13:54.050 it was still commonly taught that there were eight levels in purgatory. 13:55.030 --> 13:59.530 The poor were in the lowest level, where the fire was the coolest, 14:00.430 --> 14:05.350 with kings in the highest levels, where the fire was hottest. 14:06.730 --> 14:12.750 God in his goodness had supposedly planned it that way because kings and nobles were 14:12.750 --> 14:20.010 able to pay more to the church to get their souls out, whereas the little poor 14:20.010 --> 14:22.850 people had very little to pay. 14:24.050 --> 14:30.770 He tells of poor people who, upon being told that a relative who had just died was 14:30.770 --> 14:36.310 among the beggars in purgatory, scraped together the money to say enough 14:36.310 --> 14:39.270 masses to get them moved up to a higher level. 14:40.710 --> 14:45.590 Though the torment was greater, they would be in better company. 14:46.830 --> 14:52.310 So the priests charged money, both to make the torment in purgatory greater, 14:54.050 --> 14:56.330 and to get the poor souls out of it. 14:58.730 --> 15:01.250 You see the fabrication of all this. 15:02.270 --> 15:03.710 How utterly ridiculous. 15:05.070 --> 15:08.730 How utterly shameful to the gospel of Jesus Christ. 15:09.450 --> 15:12.030 How counterproductive it is to the truth. 15:13.390 --> 15:16.130 These lies, from the father of lies. 15:17.070 --> 15:23.570 It says neither the word purgatory itself nor any idea of purgatory is to be found 15:23.570 --> 15:25.990 even once in the entire Bible. 15:27.170 --> 15:31.530 Nor is it so much as hinted at by Jesus or the apostles. 15:33.010 --> 15:39.130 Roman Catholic apologist Karl Keating admits that the doctrine is not explicitly 15:39.130 --> 15:40.710 set out in the Bible. 15:41.850 --> 15:43.770 In other words, you have to make it up. 15:45.430 --> 15:51.270 The one verse always cited by Roman Catholics in support of purgatory comes 15:51.270 --> 15:52.570 from the Apocrypha. 15:53.250 --> 16:01.770 It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they might be loosed 16:01.770 --> 16:03.090 from their sins. 16:03.610 --> 16:11.210 2 Maccabees 12.46 Remember, this is a non-canonical book. 16:11.310 --> 16:13.370 This is an extra-biblical writing. 16:13.770 --> 16:15.410 An ancient writing. 16:17.670 --> 16:22.750 The author continues, he says there are three obvious problems with this verse. 16:23.290 --> 16:29.430 First of all, there is not one example in the entire Bible of anyone praying for the 16:29.430 --> 16:29.730 dead. 16:30.750 --> 16:36.130 The Bible clearly states that, quote, It is appointed unto men once to 16:36.130 --> 16:39.170 die, but after this the judgment. 16:39.770 --> 16:40.070 Unquote. 16:40.250 --> 16:47.830 Hebrews 9.27 It is too late for prayer after death. 16:48.610 --> 16:51.630 All that follows is judgment according to the scripture. 16:52.270 --> 16:55.090 Therefore, this verse contradicts the Bible. 16:55.930 --> 16:59.890 And we should expect that being a non-canonical book. 17:01.150 --> 17:06.910 Secondly, those of whom this was said, had been guilty of idolatry. 17:07.410 --> 17:14.950 Quote, But under the tunic of each of the dead, they found amulets sacred to the 17:14.950 --> 17:19.430 idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear. 17:19.950 --> 17:20.510 Unquote. 17:21.210 --> 17:26.850 2 Maccabees 12.40 And this quote taken from the New American Bible. 17:28.070 --> 17:34.190 Now, idolatry was a mortal sin, and according to Roman Catholic doctrine, 17:34.870 --> 17:39.350 would have landed these men not in purgatory, but in hell. 17:39.710 --> 17:42.910 This is according to Roman Catholic teaching. 17:44.750 --> 17:54.210 That this is a mortal sin, not a venial sin, but a mortal sin, which payment for 17:54.210 --> 17:55.970 is hell, not purgatory. 17:55.970 --> 18:00.230 You just go right straight through purgatory and right straight down into 18:00.230 --> 18:01.390 hell for eternity. 18:02.990 --> 18:06.590 No salvation for you if you commit idolatry. 18:07.950 --> 18:13.050 Imagine the Roman Catholic Church, the church of idolatry, condemning 18:13.050 --> 18:13.750 idolatry. 18:14.490 --> 18:16.830 Out of their own mouths they are condemned. 18:17.850 --> 18:22.530 Idolatry in the Roman Catholic Church was a mortal sin, and according to Roman 18:22.530 --> 18:26.910 Catholic doctrine, would have landed these men not in purgatory, but in hell, 18:27.570 --> 18:29.430 from which there is no release. 18:30.690 --> 18:36.230 Thus the idea of praying for them was both blasphemous and a waste of time. 18:36.670 --> 18:39.890 Hardly the basis for accepting the doctrine of purgatory. 18:40.990 --> 18:48.990 So the very text that they use in 2 Maccabees is laughable, if one were to 18:48.990 --> 18:52.030 assume that it supports the idea of purgatory. 18:54.490 --> 19:00.870 Finally, the very book of Maccabees itself declares that there were no prophets at 19:00.870 --> 19:04.370 this time, and thus the inspiration of God had ceased. 19:04.650 --> 19:10.290 Quote, there had not been such great distress in Israel since the time prophets 19:10.290 --> 19:12.070 ceased to appear among the people. 19:12.070 --> 19:12.850 Unquote. 19:13.350 --> 19:15.390 1 Maccabees 9.27. 19:15.910 --> 19:21.530 And again, quote, the Jewish people and their priests have therefore made the 19:21.530 --> 19:22.290 following decisions. 19:23.490 --> 19:29.450 Simon shall be their permanent leader and high priest until a true prophet arises. 19:30.610 --> 19:31.250 Unquote. 19:31.430 --> 19:33.470 1 Maccabees 14.41. 19:35.230 --> 19:40.530 Thus the two books of Maccabees can only be regarded as historical accounts at 19:40.530 --> 19:47.390 best, but certainly not as scripture, inasmuch as God was not inspiring anyone 19:47.390 --> 19:49.330 among his people at this time. 19:50.650 --> 19:57.190 Obviously then, one cannot support any true doctrine by a quote from this source. 19:58.270 --> 20:00.690 No wonder it contradicts the Bible. 20:02.350 --> 20:09.070 And admittedly, the priests and prelates of the Roman Catholic Church say this is 20:09.070 --> 20:14.690 the only writing that seems to support purgatory. 20:16.810 --> 20:18.890 It's not supported in the scripture. 20:19.170 --> 20:20.210 They admit this. 20:21.810 --> 20:28.750 Yet it is the single most wealth-generating doctrine of the Roman 20:28.750 --> 20:30.250 Catholic Church, purgatory. 20:32.550 --> 20:40.890 All of its wealth, or a good portion of it, comes as a result of this fabrication 20:40.890 --> 20:41.790 called purgatory. 20:43.170 --> 20:47.910 All the money that has ever throughout history been given, all the lands, 20:48.050 --> 20:53.690 all the castles, all the kingdoms, all the sheep and cattle and horses and 20:53.690 --> 20:59.210 souls of men that have been given to the Roman Catholic Church to pray one's soul 20:59.210 --> 21:05.890 out of purgatory, was theft by the Roman Catholic Church. 21:08.390 --> 21:11.430 Now what about Paul's sufferings? 21:13.390 --> 21:19.530 Catholic apologists attempt to be biblical by basing the doctrine of purifying 21:19.530 --> 21:30.670 sufferings upon Colossians 1, verse 24, where Paul says, "...who now rejoice in my 21:30.670 --> 21:38.730 sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the affections of Christ in 21:38.730 --> 21:43.890 my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church." 21:47.200 --> 21:49.920 Now let me read the quote again. 21:52.100 --> 21:59.540 This is from Colossians 1, verse 24, "...who now rejoice in my sufferings for 21:59.540 --> 22:05.240 you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for 22:05.240 --> 22:13.040 his body's sake, which is the church." That Paul's suffering, however, 22:13.760 --> 22:20.020 had nothing to do with purging sin, either his own sin or anyone else's, 22:20.440 --> 22:24.740 is clear from the fact that Christ's sufferings had completed that work. 22:26.020 --> 22:30.020 Only a sinless sacrifice and the shedding of blood would avail. 22:31.080 --> 22:35.280 Paul simply didn't qualify for that, so that's not what he was talking about. 22:37.120 --> 22:39.520 Then what did Paul mean? 22:40.540 --> 22:46.200 Rather than suffering to effect the purification of his or anyone else's soul, 22:47.080 --> 22:51.040 Paul was suffering for the sake of bringing the gospel to others. 22:51.860 --> 23:00.180 "...my suffering for you." He referred to the persecution which "...all that live 23:00.180 --> 23:03.260 godly in Christ Jesus..." would suffer. 23:03.260 --> 23:12.060 2 Timothy 3.12 Jesus told his disciples that they would be hated and persecuted by 23:12.060 --> 23:12.660 the world. 23:13.060 --> 23:23.280 John 15, verses 18 and 19 There is "...an offense of the cross..." Galatians 5.11 23:23.980 --> 23:30.540 And Paul said we must be willing to "...suffer persecution for the cross of 23:30.540 --> 23:38.420 Christ..." 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verse 16. 29:41.950 --> 29:47.530 In Acts chapter 5 verse 41, the disciples rejoiced that they, quote, were counted 29:47.530 --> 29:51.510 worthy to suffer shame for his name, unquote. 29:52.550 --> 29:57.190 The suffering that true Christians endure is at the hands of those who hate their 29:57.190 --> 30:00.510 Lord and are offended by his cross. 30:01.250 --> 30:09.450 Do you ever walk into a room of sinners, and the moment they recognize you, 30:09.510 --> 30:13.470 you walk into the room, their countenances change. 30:13.830 --> 30:19.410 All of a sudden, they try to change the subject to whatever it was that they were 30:19.410 --> 30:20.230 talking about. 30:21.310 --> 30:24.970 Your very presence is an offense to them. 30:25.990 --> 30:30.270 They can't go on with those conversations with you in the room. 30:30.510 --> 30:32.850 Their consciences won't permit it. 30:34.090 --> 30:38.290 And that's common among God's people. 30:39.010 --> 30:41.110 But that's the easy part. 30:41.430 --> 30:43.490 It gets a lot worse than that. 30:43.870 --> 30:50.350 When the persecution of God's people is sanctioned, both by the Roman Catholic 30:50.350 --> 30:58.770 Church and by the governments over which she rules, then this persecution becomes 30:58.770 --> 30:59.830 bloody. 31:02.390 --> 31:06.270 Bloodshed enough to turn rivers red. 31:07.910 --> 31:10.050 And that defines all of history. 31:11.470 --> 31:16.370 All those who live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution. 31:16.370 --> 31:19.450 They will suffer persecution. 31:20.190 --> 31:22.630 Because the world hates the gospel. 31:22.830 --> 31:24.790 The world hates Jesus Christ. 31:25.450 --> 31:32.030 They hate being convicted of the sins that they so much love by your very presence. 31:33.450 --> 31:36.370 And so they simply desire to remove your presence. 31:36.910 --> 31:39.830 Not just from the room, but from the world. 31:41.590 --> 31:47.510 Philippians chapter 1 verse 29 says it is a privilege to suffer because of the 31:47.510 --> 31:50.650 hatred the world has toward Jesus Christ. 31:50.870 --> 31:56.870 Quote, unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, 31:57.050 --> 32:00.450 but also to suffer for his sake. 32:00.990 --> 32:01.450 Unquote. 32:02.490 --> 32:08.670 Second Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 5 speaks of, quote, the kingdom of God for 32:08.670 --> 32:10.750 which ye also suffer. 32:11.270 --> 32:11.690 Unquote. 32:13.210 --> 32:19.790 First Timothy chapter 4 verse 10 says that we, quote, labor and suffer reproach 32:19.790 --> 32:22.230 because we trust in the living God. 32:22.550 --> 32:22.950 Unquote. 32:24.010 --> 32:28.470 Peter also referred to the suffering that comes to every Christian who is true to 32:28.470 --> 32:28.930 the Lord. 32:29.310 --> 32:33.790 First Peter chapter 3 verse 14, chapter 4 verse 13 and 16. 32:34.830 --> 32:37.610 Many other verses express the same thought. 32:38.810 --> 32:43.750 In Philippians chapter 3 verse 10 Paul expresses his passion to know Christ, 32:44.370 --> 32:47.910 quote, and the fellowship of his sufferance. 32:48.090 --> 32:48.490 Unquote. 32:48.490 --> 32:54.890 Which he says helps to bring him into conformity with the death and character of 32:54.890 --> 32:55.290 Christ. 32:56.510 --> 33:01.450 It is clear that Paul referred to sufferings for Christ's sake here upon the 33:01.450 --> 33:07.710 earth at the hands of sinners, not to suffering in a future purgatory to 33:07.710 --> 33:09.270 be cleansed of one's sin. 33:10.190 --> 33:16.170 Paul writes in Romans chapter 8 verse 18 that, quote, the sufferings of this 33:16.170 --> 33:22.750 present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in 33:22.750 --> 33:23.190 us. 33:23.550 --> 33:24.070 Unquote. 33:25.050 --> 33:27.910 Certainly there is no thought of purgatory. 33:28.830 --> 33:35.470 We go from the sufferings of this world into the presence and the glory of Christ 33:35.470 --> 33:36.910 and of God. 33:38.470 --> 33:43.970 What other serious problems are there with this false doctrine of the Roman Catholic 33:43.970 --> 33:45.270 Church called purgatory? 33:46.050 --> 33:50.010 The doctrine of purgatory errs in a number of other ways. 33:50.810 --> 33:54.290 It forgets that we have offended God's infinite justice. 33:55.390 --> 34:01.470 James says that even the smallest sin makes a sinner, quote, guilty of breaking 34:01.470 --> 34:03.750 all of the commandments. 34:03.750 --> 34:06.030 James chapter 2 verse 10. 34:06.210 --> 34:06.510 Why? 34:07.410 --> 34:12.990 Because any sin is rebellion against God, which separates the sinner from God for 34:12.990 --> 34:13.450 eternity. 34:14.450 --> 34:19.830 We are finite beings and could never pay the infinite penalty demanded by God's 34:19.830 --> 34:20.270 justice. 34:21.290 --> 34:23.470 Consequently, there is no escape from hell. 34:24.130 --> 34:27.250 But the sinner must suffer there eternally. 34:28.250 --> 34:34.490 To expiate one's sins by suffering is therefore impossible. 34:35.590 --> 34:42.750 Of course, in theory, God could pay the infinite penalty demanded by his justice 34:42.750 --> 34:49.170 against sin, but that wouldn't be just because he isn't one of us. 34:50.140 --> 34:53.670 So God became man through the virgin birth. 34:54.810 --> 35:01.250 Being a sinless man, an infinite God in one person, Christ was able to satisfy the 35:01.250 --> 35:06.610 claims of his own justice so that, quote, Whosoever believeth in him should 35:06.610 --> 35:09.490 not perish, but have everlasting life. 35:10.030 --> 35:11.230 John 3 16. 35:12.170 --> 35:16.710 The only expiation of sin comes as a free gift of God's grace. 35:16.710 --> 35:25.110 Any attempt to earn or merit it constitutes a rejection of God's gift 35:25.110 --> 35:28.790 offer of mercy to unworthy sinners. 35:29.870 --> 35:34.330 Moreover, the thought that there is any suffering at all left for a Christian to 35:34.330 --> 35:39.730 endure in payment for his sins, after Christ suffered the full penalty and 35:39.730 --> 35:41.430 cried, It is finished. 35:42.070 --> 35:43.950 John 19 30. 35:45.170 --> 35:51.210 It is blasphemous denial of the redemption that Christ effected and the salvation 35:51.210 --> 35:52.230 that he offers. 35:53.290 --> 36:00.570 If you say that you must pay for your own sins, then Christ's blood is of no effect. 36:02.390 --> 36:10.810 If you say that you must pay for your sins in purgatory, then you simply rejected the 36:10.810 --> 36:12.290 gospel of Jesus Christ. 36:13.770 --> 36:19.490 In the teaching of purgatory, we see once again that Roman Catholicism does not 36:19.490 --> 36:27.190 accept God's offer of salvation by his grace, but insists upon adding human works 36:27.190 --> 36:28.610 to what Christ has done. 36:28.610 --> 36:34.890 Although Catholicism does affirm that salvation is ultimately by grace through 36:34.890 --> 36:42.490 faith, it also states that good works, though by God's grace operating in the 36:42.490 --> 36:45.770 individual, are essential for salvation. 36:46.610 --> 36:53.510 We quote again from Vatican Council 2, From the most ancient times in the church, 36:53.690 --> 36:58.930 good works were also offered to God for the salvation of sinners. 36:59.950 --> 37:06.310 By the prayers and the good works of holy people, the penitent was washed, 37:06.750 --> 37:08.130 cleansed, and redeemed. 37:08.910 --> 37:14.190 Following in Christ's steps, those who believe in him have always carried their 37:14.190 --> 37:21.090 crosses to make expiation for their own sins and for the sins of others, 37:21.390 --> 37:26.670 to help their brothers to obtain salvation from God. 37:26.750 --> 37:30.590 In other words, to earn salvation from God. 37:31.110 --> 37:34.930 Look, if you have to earn it, it's not a gift. 37:35.890 --> 37:37.690 But God says it's a gift. 37:38.410 --> 37:46.090 So if you offer earnings or merit for salvation, you've simply rejected the 37:46.090 --> 37:46.450 gift. 37:48.470 --> 37:55.890 If I offered you a gift, and you insisted upon paying for it, it's not a gift, 37:56.010 --> 37:56.730 it's a purchase. 37:57.950 --> 38:00.250 And you can't buy your way to heaven. 38:02.190 --> 38:03.870 It's as simple as that. 38:05.150 --> 38:11.770 But Rome teaches, yes, we're saved by grace through faith, but you have to work 38:11.770 --> 38:13.210 for it, you have to pay for it. 38:13.950 --> 38:16.330 By suffering in purgatory. 38:17.010 --> 38:18.210 It's not a gift. 38:18.670 --> 38:19.910 Salvation is not a gift. 38:20.550 --> 38:21.330 It's a purchase. 38:22.830 --> 38:28.210 And they've simply excluded themselves from God's grace by that doctrine. 38:29.750 --> 38:32.830 A fatal contradiction, says Dave Haunt. 38:33.930 --> 38:38.470 Only blind submission to the church prevents the Roman Catholic adherent from 38:38.470 --> 38:43.790 seeing that the doctrine of purgatory contains an obvious and fatal 38:43.790 --> 38:44.590 contradiction. 38:45.650 --> 38:50.170 On the one hand, we're told that the sacrifice of Christ is not enough to get 38:50.170 --> 38:50.830 one to heaven. 38:50.830 --> 38:56.510 But in addition to Christ's sufferings on the cross, the forgiven sinner must 38:56.510 --> 39:00.530 himself suffer torment to be purged of his sin. 39:01.370 --> 39:08.110 On the other hand, however, and in direct contradiction, it is said that the mass, 39:08.650 --> 39:13.630 which is the representation or perpetual renewal of Christ's sacrifice, 39:14.490 --> 39:19.790 reduces, by some unknown amount, one's suffering in purgatory. 39:20.630 --> 39:26.630 Presumably, if enough masses were said, one would be purged by the expiation of 39:26.630 --> 39:29.850 all sins without any suffering at all. 39:30.790 --> 39:34.450 So one doesn't have to suffer after all to be purged. 39:35.090 --> 39:40.930 If one truly had to suffer before heaven's gate could open, the church would have 39:40.930 --> 39:46.170 nothing to offer and would lose a major means of its income. 39:46.850 --> 39:51.750 The same would be true if Christ's sacrifice for sin, as the Bible teaches, 39:52.330 --> 39:53.910 were enough to purge the sinner. 39:55.130 --> 39:58.810 The Catholic Church would again be out of business. 39:59.790 --> 40:04.430 Therefore, to keep the church operating, the Roman Catholic Church operating, 40:05.050 --> 40:11.310 and its coffers full, it is taught that one may be purged of sin by certain means 40:11.310 --> 40:16.930 which the church can provide, and that Christ's suffering on the cross was 40:16.930 --> 40:23.430 insufficient to purge of sin, so that the mass for which the church receives income 40:23.430 --> 40:29.630 can be credited with reducing suffering in purgatory and opening the gates of heaven. 40:29.630 --> 40:34.970 How amazing that what Christ's suffering on the cross could not effect, 40:35.890 --> 40:42.130 the alleged repetition of that suffering, reenacted on Roman Catholic altars many 40:42.130 --> 40:45.810 times all over the world, can accomplish. 40:46.810 --> 40:50.970 It defies common sense, ladies and gentlemen. 40:52.270 --> 40:53.970 It defies the gospel. 40:55.190 --> 41:00.830 It defies salvation by grace through faith in Christ. 41:01.810 --> 41:08.570 Moreover, the sufferings of others also are said to reduce the time needed for 41:08.570 --> 41:10.510 purging in purgatory. 41:10.510 --> 41:21.450 The stigmata of Pedro Padre Pio and the sufferings of the quote-unquote saints can 41:21.450 --> 41:25.190 thus accomplish what the sacrifice of Christ on the cross could not. 41:26.270 --> 41:32.150 Here it is again, quote, following in Christ's steps, those who believe in him 41:32.150 --> 41:38.390 have always carried their crosses to make expiation for their own sins and for the 41:38.390 --> 41:39.890 sins of others, unquote. 41:40.890 --> 41:45.710 Christ's cross could only forgive, but could not purge sin. 41:46.610 --> 41:52.230 Yet the crosses carried by others can purge sin and thus can do more than the 41:52.230 --> 41:53.090 cross of Christ. 41:53.950 --> 41:59.410 What Dave Hunt is speaking of are those many of you have probably seen. 42:00.590 --> 42:10.210 Television images of Filipino Roman Catholics carrying crosses, wearing crowns 42:10.210 --> 42:17.250 of thorns upon their heads, stripped down to their skivvies, and literally being 42:17.250 --> 42:21.050 nailed to that cross to crucify themselves. 42:23.190 --> 42:26.830 To pay for their own sins, to expiate their own sins. 42:28.050 --> 42:35.130 They allow needles to be driven through their hands and into the wood of the cross 42:35.130 --> 42:37.810 in their hands and their feet. 42:38.870 --> 42:44.250 Trying to imitate what Christ did on the cross, what the sinless spotless lamb of 42:44.250 --> 42:46.950 Christ did on the cross for all of our salvation. 42:46.950 --> 42:55.010 These Filipino Roman Catholics try to reenact it by allowing themselves to be 42:55.010 --> 42:55.450 crucified. 42:56.310 --> 43:04.250 Certainly not unto death, of course, but to reenact for all practical purposes 43:04.250 --> 43:06.810 that which Christ accomplished on the cross. 43:07.170 --> 43:11.070 To purge their own sins and for the sins of others. 43:12.370 --> 43:21.470 That is just how ridiculous and how damnable this doctrine of purgatory is. 43:22.850 --> 43:27.270 So the doctrine of purgatory contains a fatal contradiction. 43:28.470 --> 43:34.250 It declares that one must suffer in order to be purged of one's sins, yet at the 43:34.250 --> 43:40.330 same time it says one need not suffer if certain rules are followed. 43:41.070 --> 43:43.850 Rules written by the Roman Catholic Church, of course. 43:45.370 --> 43:49.530 The major means of escaping suffering is through the repetition of the Mass. 43:50.350 --> 43:51.650 But there are many others. 43:52.630 --> 43:57.430 The reduction or elimination of suffering in purgatory is also effected through 43:57.430 --> 43:59.170 indulgences. 43:59.770 --> 44:02.870 That doctrine is explained in Appendix B. 44:03.990 --> 44:08.630 Now we are going to talk about the other cash cow of the Roman Catholic Church. 44:08.630 --> 44:10.330 One can hardly call it a cow. 44:10.490 --> 44:14.990 It would be a behemoth if it was fully comprehended by the world. 44:16.170 --> 44:20.730 This cash behemoth of the Roman Catholic Church, indulgences. 44:21.510 --> 44:28.710 I've only told you part of the story thus far about how Rome accrues so much gold, 44:29.510 --> 44:31.890 land, wealth, and power. 44:31.890 --> 44:34.710 We are going to talk about indulgences now. 44:34.810 --> 44:41.150 That issue which is credited for bringing about the Protestant Reformation in the 44:41.150 --> 44:41.670 first place. 44:42.270 --> 44:48.590 This portion begins with quotes just as all other previous portions in this book. 44:49.410 --> 44:52.830 Here is a quote from the Code of Roman Catholic Canon Law. 44:53.810 --> 44:59.670 An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment for sin, 45:00.310 --> 45:06.190 the guilt of which is already forgiven, which a properly disposed member of the 45:06.190 --> 45:14.690 Christian faithful obtains under certain and definite conditions with the help of 45:14.690 --> 45:20.670 the Church, which, as the Minister of Redemption, imagine that, the Church, 45:21.070 --> 45:27.990 the Minister of Redemption, with the help of the Church, as the Minister of 45:27.990 --> 45:34.610 Redemption, dispenses and applies authoritatively the treasury of the 45:34.610 --> 45:36.890 satisfactions of Christ and the saints. 45:37.770 --> 45:46.650 An indulgence is partial or plenary in as far as it frees from the temporal 45:46.650 --> 45:49.850 punishment due to sin, either partly or totally. 45:51.030 --> 45:58.090 The faithful can gain partial or plenary indulgences for themselves or apply them 45:58.090 --> 46:01.250 for the dead by way of suffrage. 46:02.870 --> 46:09.090 What Roman Catholic Canon Law is here describing is this bank of merit. 46:10.110 --> 46:18.490 That the merit that was earned by Jesus Christ on the cross, that was in excess, 46:20.010 --> 46:21.830 is simply stored in this bank. 46:22.610 --> 46:28.390 And also the merits earned by Mary, the mother of God, according to the Roman 46:28.390 --> 46:36.790 Catholic Church, were more than necessary to save her soul, so her excess merits and 46:36.790 --> 46:42.910 graces are also accrued to this bank account, from which the Pope, or the 46:42.910 --> 46:51.810 Church rather, or both, can make a withdrawal and pay to someone else, 46:52.290 --> 46:52.870 a sinner. 46:53.430 --> 47:00.310 An unrepentant sinner, by the way, who thinks that he must also merit 47:00.310 --> 47:05.170 salvation, but simply doesn't possess enough merit on his own. 47:05.170 --> 47:13.730 So he must make a withdrawal from this bank of merit and grace that is in excess, 47:14.150 --> 47:20.530 that the Church holds the key to, and can open that treasury of merit and 47:20.530 --> 47:26.890 grace and apply it to whomever applies for it, if it meets certain rules and 47:26.890 --> 47:28.090 regulations of the Church. 47:29.590 --> 47:36.470 This is another fabrication of the Roman Catholic Church, none of it is even 47:36.470 --> 47:37.530 mentioned in the Bible. 47:38.130 --> 47:40.670 Another quote from Vatican Council 2, 47:58.970 --> 48:05.110 so that they may distribute it to the faithful for their salvation. 48:06.430 --> 48:08.410 Quoting further, it says, 48:28.090 --> 48:34.590 This is truly immense, unfathomable, and even pristine in their value before 48:34.590 --> 48:35.110 God. 48:36.170 --> 48:40.890 In the treasury, too, are the prayers and the good works of all the saints, 48:41.170 --> 48:48.750 who attain their own salvation, and at the same time cooperated in saving 48:48.750 --> 48:49.590 their brothers. 48:50.510 --> 48:54.950 So here's another quote from the Roman Catholic Church, this is Roman Catholic 48:54.950 --> 49:00.690 canon law, again, in other terms, and in another time, expressing this bank 49:00.690 --> 49:05.910 of merit and graces, that is owned and controlled by the Roman Catholic Church, 49:06.010 --> 49:10.970 that can be dispensed to certain unworthy members of the Roman Catholic Church, 49:11.130 --> 49:12.410 but for a fee. 49:14.310 --> 49:14.950 Indulgences. 49:14.950 --> 49:21.750 Dave Hunt writes, Can Bible-believing Christians really accept such an obviously 49:21.750 --> 49:27.950 false gospel, and join with those who preach it in evangelizing the world? 49:28.870 --> 49:35.530 Can evangelicals in good conscience direct inquiring souls to the Roman Catholic 49:35.530 --> 49:41.650 Church, which preaches purgatory and indulgences, and agree that its members 49:41.650 --> 49:44.230 are Christian and not to be evangelized? 49:44.950 --> 49:51.390 A church which claims to control the gate to heaven, and opens it to those who put 49:51.390 --> 49:53.090 themselves in her hands? 49:54.210 --> 49:55.590 That's the question. 49:55.790 --> 50:02.470 A legitimate question that Dave Hunt offers to all evangelicals who have 50:02.470 --> 50:08.550 embraced ecumenism, and now place themselves under the authority of the Pope 50:08.550 --> 50:09.910 and the Roman Catholic Church. 50:10.510 --> 50:13.750 Because that's what they did when they embraced ecumenism. 50:14.950 --> 50:20.090 They placed themselves spiritually and temporally under the authority of the 50:20.090 --> 50:21.130 Roman Catholic Church. 50:21.730 --> 50:32.810 And they, by that very unity, have partaken in the sins of Rome. 50:34.070 --> 50:40.550 The Bible clearly says that they will also partake of her plagues. 50:42.150 --> 50:52.630 Ecumenism is to acknowledge, accept, and sanction all of the Roman Catholic 50:52.630 --> 51:00.650 Church, and her blasphemies, and her purgatory, and her indulgences, 51:00.650 --> 51:06.770 and also the crimes that she committed throughout history, the shedding of the 51:06.770 --> 51:11.450 saints, the shedding of the blood of the saints, and the martyrs of Jesus. 51:12.430 --> 51:16.970 That's what they bought when they joined the ecumenical movement. 51:18.350 --> 51:20.710 To reunite with the Roman Catholic Church. 51:22.350 --> 51:26.910 I don't see how it can be described any other way than rejecting the gospel. 51:30.250 --> 51:36.830 And subjecting themselves to the plagues that God has in store for the whore church 51:36.830 --> 51:38.270 of Revelation 17. 51:39.350 --> 51:45.990 He says, in fact, she glories in her claim to be, quote, the minister of redemption. 51:46.890 --> 51:50.870 The Roman Catholic Church calls itself the minister of redemption. 51:51.750 --> 51:54.850 Is not Jesus Christ the minister of our redemption? 51:54.850 --> 51:59.690 Isn't he the one who administered his blood to the mercy seat in heaven, 52:00.770 --> 52:02.450 and paid our sin debt? 52:04.070 --> 52:08.650 But the Roman Catholic Church calls itself the minister of redemption. 52:09.590 --> 52:12.770 That's Roman Catholic Canon Law 992. 52:14.890 --> 52:20.850 Rome unashamedly admits that salvation she offers must be received in partial 52:20.850 --> 52:26.410 installments, and that its efficacy is derived not only from Christ's merits, 52:27.030 --> 52:34.130 but from the surplus, quote, good works of all the saints, unquote, beyond what they 52:34.130 --> 52:38.910 needed to, quote, attain their own salvation, unquote. 52:39.890 --> 52:45.070 So you're beginning to get a better picture of what this bank that the Roman 52:45.070 --> 52:45.950 Catholic Church... 52:45.950 --> 52:51.290 You know, we've all heard of the Vatican Bank, the one that deals in, you know, 52:51.770 --> 52:52.930 laundering money. 52:53.510 --> 52:57.830 Well, the Vatican has another bank, too, called the Bank of Graces, 52:58.350 --> 52:59.890 the Bank of Merit. 53:01.530 --> 53:02.210 Indulgences. 53:03.310 --> 53:05.130 That's how you access these. 53:08.570 --> 53:12.030 It's diabolical, to say the least. 53:12.950 --> 53:14.930 And Rome depends on it. 53:15.950 --> 53:20.050 This is virtually how she traffics in the souls of men. 53:20.630 --> 53:22.910 We'll talk about it more on the broadcast tomorrow. 53:23.070 --> 53:23.830 Thanks for listening. 53:23.930 --> 53:28.390 You've been listening to Inquisition Update on FirstAmendmentRadio.com. 53:28.610 --> 53:29.450 I'll see you tomorrow. 53:45.950 --> 53:47.070 A good reason for that. 53:47.590 --> 53:52.050 Corporate advertising dollars come with strings that limit program content. 53:52.650 --> 53:57.170 So without your help, these programs cannot continue on satellite, internet, 53:57.630 --> 53:59.150 or our several affiliates. 54:00.090 --> 54:04.690 If you benefit by the educational law 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Most Evangelical Christians today believe that the rapture will happen before the 55:44.460 --> 55:45.440 Third Temple is built. 55:45.720 --> 55:47.400 Hi, I'm Michael Eugene. 55:47.940 --> 55:50.580 I was taught that Daniel's 70th week was in the future. 55:51.200 --> 55:52.840 Is that really what the Bible teaches? 55:53.480 --> 55:56.440 Have we searched the scriptures and found this to be true? 55:57.160 --> 56:00.780 Why is it so important for a re-established Israel to build a Third 56:00.780 --> 56:01.620 Temple in Jerusalem? 56:01.620 --> 56:06.880 Is it necessary to build a Temple on the same location already occupied by the Dome 56:06.880 --> 56:07.340 of the Rock? 56:07.880 --> 56:11.900 Is it necessary for sacrifices to take place in the Temple on Temple Mount? 56:12.500 --> 56:15.700 Is there really a rapture followed by seven years of tribulation? 56:16.440 --> 56:17.980 What is the New Testament Temple? 56:18.820 --> 56:20.940 Can we identify history and prophecy? 56:22.040 --> 56:24.700 Who is the first beast in Revelation Chapter 13? 56:25.260 --> 56:27.940 Who are the seven kings in Revelation 17? 56:27.940 --> 56:32.300 I have asked all these questions and I have found Nicholas Arthur's new book, 56:32.860 --> 56:37.140 When the Third Temple is Built, answers all these questions and more using 56:37.140 --> 56:38.740 scripture to interpret scripture. 56:39.400 --> 56:42.860 The Bible says that no prophecy of scripture is of any private 56:42.860 --> 56:43.140 interpretation. 56:44.420 --> 56:47.300 Nicholas shows us in his new book, When the Third Temple is Built, 56:47.460 --> 56:51.940 how the Bible interprets prophecy and not man's private interpretation. 56:51.940 --> 57:02.060 Visit crosstheborder.org to get your print, e-pub, or PDF version of Nicholas 57:02.060 --> 57:05.300 Arthur's new book titled, When the Third Temple is Built. 57:05.760 --> 57:07.340 That's crosstheborder.org.