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..
