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..
