'Earnestly contending for the faith,' (Jude 3 ) as well as sharing encouragement and hope through Scripture (Romans 15:4), and through the poems and posts that I write. One of many voices on the Internet warning Christians of the importance of testing the teachings of men (and women) against the unchanging truth of God's Word. (Acts 17:11) I 'warn you with tears' through much of what I write, to 'be on guard against the savage wolves that will come in among us who will distort the Word of God' as God's Word warns us about in Acts 20:26-31
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The following poem came about as I began hearing the many calls for ‘unity‘ and became deeply troubled by what I was hearing! I know that there are many other born-again, true followers of Christ who are equally as troubled by these calls for ‘unity’ as I am, and the way I decided to warn other Christians was by writing about it and expressing my thoughts through the following poem.
When I first watched the video above, I was shocked by the responses of acceptance and approval expressed by many people in the audience to what Tony Palmer was saying which obviously revealed that many lack Biblical discernment and the knowledge and understanding that the teachings of the Catholic church have not changed at all! Below is just one of the many examples of the “anathemas” declared by the Catholic church. This is Canon IV from the Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent which still stands today:
Many who claim to be Christians fail to test what is being said (by those who claim to speak Biblical truth) against the truth of God’s Word, (Acts 17:11) and therefore are sadly led into spiritual deception because they are moved by their emotions, and in this case many are thinking how Jesus would want us all to unite to bring about His desire for all of us to be as one, when this is not the type of unity Jesus was praying for in John 17…
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in Us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. I have given them the glory that You gave Me, that they may be one as we are one–I in them and You in Me–so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.” (John 17:20-23)
I may share some more thoughts with you – if time allows – but I want to post this poem now to give enough time for as many as possible to respond to the poll I posted below. I would deeply appreciate your participation if the question applies to you! Thank you, and God bless you!
RELATED SCRIPTURES
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel– which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: if anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!” (Galatians 1:6-9)
“Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)
“But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ–the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.” (Philippians 3:7-9)
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith,–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God– not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:8,9)
“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we have done, but because of His mercy.” (Titus 3:4,5)
“The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.” (1 Peter 4:7)
“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again. Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.” (Acts 20:25-31)
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1)
WILL YOU BE DECEIVED INTO UNITY?
Unity with those who teach false doctrine is not what Jesus had in mind
When He prayed unto His Father before He left this world behind
And yet we see this happening right before our very eyes
The call for unity that’s now taking place is spiritual deception in disguise
Lulled into a state of compromise because Christians fail to test what’s said
against God’s Word
They’re being emotionally manipulated and therefore deceived by all the lies
that they have heard
Some lies being told are, “The protest is over,” and “The miracle of unity has
begun”
And that we’ll “commit the sin of separation by refusing to join together all
as one”
A call for unity now goes out all across the land
A claim that “on doctrinal issues we all agree,” so link now, hand in hand
But nothing could be further from the truth, Vatican II sure makes that clear
All anathemas are still in place, and precious Catholics are still deceived and
bound by fear
Will you be deceived into unity by all the voices you will hear
Will you be led by your emotions that stir your heart and cause your eyes to
tear
Or will you recognize deception at the very moment it comes your way
Because you know God’s Holy Word and for discernment you always pray
Jesus strongly and repeatedly warns us of deception in His Word, so be alert;
do not be deceived
Even ‘New Age’ mysticism is being taught and accepted; doctrines of demons
now openly practiced and believed
The return of Jesus Christ could come at any moment, the signs are all around
us, it’s clear to see
So stand strong, be guided by God’s Spirit and not your emotions, don’t be
I found and ‘quick captured’ the shot of Canon IV from the ‘Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent’ in a Mike Gendron video. I will post the video here in the very near future.
Scriptures taken from The Holy Bible New International Version® 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Lord willing, coming soon:
MY TESTIMONY: FROM FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY TO PEACE AND ASSURANCE — HOW GOD REVEALED THE TRUTH TO ME AS I WAS READING A CATHOLIC NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE
(In this post I will be sharing many of the teachings of the Catholic church with you and testing them against the truth of God’s Word. I will be using an exact copy of the Catholic New Testament I originally read back in 1980 with the hope that God will open the eyes of many Catholics so that they will also see and receive the joyous truth of who Jesus really is, and what His perfect, sinless life, His death, and His resurrection really accomplished for us! Lord willing, I hope to have it done by the end of July –possible August. If you’re interested I hope you’ll consider checking back here from time to time. God bless you!) **UPDATE** ALREADY COMPLETED AND POSTED MY TESTIMONY. YOU CAN ACCESS ALL THREE PARTS BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW:
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If the Scriptures equip the one who belongs to God for “every good work” (2 Timothy 3:15-17), then it follows logically that Scripture alone is sufficient to function as our ultimate spiritual standard of authority. We should not go beyond what is written (1 Corinthians 4:6), period. The type of unity that we should be striving to maintain is unity according to God’s Word. Indeed, divisions may be necessary (1 Corinthians 11:19). So yes, the “Catholic view” gets it wrong once again. The Church in Rome is literally a mirror reflection of the Scribes and Pharisees who had placed their own “sacred traditions” on par with the written Word of God (Matthew 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-13).
Amen! Excellent comment, Jesse! Sadly though, precious Catholics do not realize that. They believe that “the Catholic church is the one true Church” as I once believed because that’s what was taught to us, That’s why I see the need to write these posts because I want God to use me to help Catholics see the importance of thinking for themselves. Catholics cling to the false belief that Peter was the first pope and they believe in “apostolic succession” which falsely leads them to accept all of the teachings of Catholicism without questioning them. I once strongly believed that the Catholic church was truly the only true church, but then precious Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons believe that their church is the one true church. Yes, we are definitely not to go beyond what is written and God’s living and active Word is truly all that we need! Your last point says so much! And at some point this year I will be sharing some Catholic teachings that I came across which will show much truth concerning what you said concerning “The Church in Rome is literally a mirror reflection the Scribes and Pharisees …”
God Bless You, Jesse
Desiring for God to use all that I have been through in life, I decided to start my first blog, living4hisglory.wordpress.com, in order to write poems about some of those experiences to bring glory to God, as well as to share them with others with the hope of encouraging those of you who have been broken and shattered by life's circumstances and hurt by those who were supposed to have loved you rather than abuse you in some way.
Also, because of some pastors and teachers today who seem to be abandoning Biblical Christianity and instead seem to be either seeking to build their own empires and promoting their own agendas, and at times even leading the people in their churches into unbiblical, 'mystical practices' without some people even realizing it, I saw the importance and necessity to begin writing poems and posts in order to inform Christians, as well as to make Christians realize the extreme importance of testing what people say (who claim to speak for God) against the truth of God's Word, (Acts 17:11) so that they will not be deceived. It has never been -- nor shall it ever be -- my intention to bash any particular pastor or teacher; my sole purpose in bringing attention to false teachings is to make Christians realize that we are to be followers of Jesus Christ, and not to be followers of any man (or woman) and his (or her) ministry. I hope that you will be blessed -- as well as challenged -- by the things that I write.
Thank you for stopping by and taking time to read some of my posts and poems.
God Bless You
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If the Scriptures equip the one who belongs to God for “every good work” (2 Timothy 3:15-17), then it follows logically that Scripture alone is sufficient to function as our ultimate spiritual standard of authority. We should not go beyond what is written (1 Corinthians 4:6), period. The type of unity that we should be striving to maintain is unity according to God’s Word. Indeed, divisions may be necessary (1 Corinthians 11:19). So yes, the “Catholic view” gets it wrong once again. The Church in Rome is literally a mirror reflection of the Scribes and Pharisees who had placed their own “sacred traditions” on par with the written Word of God (Matthew 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-13).
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Amen! Excellent comment, Jesse! Sadly though, precious Catholics do not realize that. They believe that “the Catholic church is the one true Church” as I once believed because that’s what was taught to us, That’s why I see the need to write these posts because I want God to use me to help Catholics see the importance of thinking for themselves. Catholics cling to the false belief that Peter was the first pope and they believe in “apostolic succession” which falsely leads them to accept all of the teachings of Catholicism without questioning them. I once strongly believed that the Catholic church was truly the only true church, but then precious Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons believe that their church is the one true church. Yes, we are definitely not to go beyond what is written and God’s living and active Word is truly all that we need! Your last point says so much! And at some point this year I will be sharing some Catholic teachings that I came across which will show much truth concerning what you said concerning “The Church in Rome is literally a mirror reflection the Scribes and Pharisees …”
God Bless You, Jesse
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