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..
