Do Catholics think of these
statues as "idols.?" Are they not expressions of their faith
in God and His Christ? None of the idols of the Message were
attached to the Living God. The compaison, Dean, that you make
is not a biblical one. jd
Catholics or
members of the rcc are taught that the ONLY way to heaven is through the
Roman system so they are deceived
right up
front; they may not "think" of their statues and dead saints as idols but
this does not mean that they are not. Deceived ppl don't know they are
deceived. Even the Pope John Paul II revered Mary and prayed to the
Black Madonna.
cd: John this message was in my
drafts folder-so I sent it today not intending to rehash old augments by
preaching the old gospel in modern times but to enlighten as the old
gospel has never changed. I disagree as if is very biblical. It doesn't
matter what the catholics"think of these statues"
Not
true. I have a picture of "Jesus " in our family Bible.
Is that an "idol?" Of course not. And why --
because I say so !!! I decide if an idol is a god or
not. That is precisely what is wrong with an idal.
I am the one who decides it to be "a god." Catholics
use statues as "objects lessons" as they function and communicate with
God. The RCC is a Christian Church -- with a lot of
problems, admittedly. They are wonderfull people and
full of faith.
If you give your heart
to a false doctrine JD, one that is cobbled together by men - and bow to
that. Would you consider
this to be an idol?
what matters is what God
said.- the act of bowing down and praying to someone other that God/
Christ- is idolatry. Exod.20: 4
Good
quote. When was the last time you saw a Catholic bow down to a false
God? You really do not know what you are talking about,
here.
Sure he knows what he is
talking about JD. Catholics bow their hearts to false doctrine and
images all the time. They are all over their
churches and the ppl they revere as saints prayed to them. The fellow with
the stigmata who is called a saint today received that sign while praying
to Mary - where have you been?
Thou shalt not make unto thee
any graven image, or any likeness of any thing in heaven or that is in the
earth beneath,... thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them;
for I the Lord am a jealous God. St John didn't know he was doing
wrong by bowing to a angel but was also corrected- Rev
19:10
1 Cor 6:9 Know ye not
that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of god? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators, nor Idolaters....shall inherit the kingdom
of God. As concerning the faith of the catholics-Arn't we told to
test faith by works
There are few on this
site who believes in testing the sprits.
Everythime I ask DM for some kind of evidence, some kind of verification
for his claim to be an apostle and a prophet - I get
silence.
What do you expect from
him JD? To him you probably appear to be someone with a spirit of
suspicion. The gift doesn't work
like
that. Would you go
up to a demonized person and ask if they had the spirit of the devil in
them?
-and every man was judged by
their works Rev:20;13? Or a tree by it's fruit?Therefore I will use God
measuring rod to decide truth.Thes Catholics also removed the 2nd
commandment of Idolatry and divided the 10th commandment
(coveting)into two commandments-making ten commandments-back to our same
old question of why would they remove they words in the first
place?
I don't
believe there is idolatry in the Catholic church -- certainly
not of the kind God in scripture references.
Then you are as blind as
they are JD and can be of no use in getting them set free from the error
of their
bonds..
