no...and your post indicates that you know nothing about the Catholic church....It is the oldest organization on Earth...it was started by Jesus Christ Himself, it is the epitome of Christianity...all other christians are members of a myriad of denominations all of which think that they have the answers....they don't. The worst error of all is falling away from the Catholic church and thinking that you can do it all on your own, interpret the bible as you see fit, and make up your own rules as to what constitutes the road to salvation......sad
Jesus Christ did not start the Catholic Church, which did not exist for many years afterwards
Catholicism is a stumbling block to Salvation.
Revelation 3:20King James Version (KJV)
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
A good place to start is here! In fact a person can not be saved without asking Jesus into their life, thanking Him for personally dying on the Cross for his/her sins
A good prayer is this
God Be Merciful to me a sinner, thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my sins,thank you for dying for me, come into my heart Lord Jesus, please forgive me for my sins, I turn to you Lord God from my sins through faith in Christ Jesus, Lord save me
That is what The Lord expects to hear from each of us, we need to commit our lives to Him ask Jesus to be Our Lord and Savior, ask Him to fill us with His Precious Holy Spirit and to take control of our life and tonge
Do you know where you were the day the Lord Jesus came into your life, do you know the hour the day the year?
Oh How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Yes we are required to repent, read his Word (so important) we feed off the Word, and share the Gospel
Someone says they support abortion and Gay marriage and the removal of God/Christ from the classroom public square...
It`s not judging to then say.,that Person does NOT have the Spirit of the living Christ within them.
Jesus said I am the way the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father but through me.
No mention of Mary or any of the other so called “saints” being a substitute.
BTW A Saint is simply a follower of Christ
BTW to call someone Father other then our Heavenly father or our earthly father, is totally improper.
same goes for terms like Your eminence etc.
And for folks thinking I am just picking on Catholics, the term Reverend is even improper.
Catholics worry more about the things of man..like articles of the Vatican etc...Vatican 1,2,3 or whatever, just things of man.
The Scriptures are not open for personal interpretation, absolutely NOT.
Jesus died on the Cross for our sins, we have to invite him in and thank Him for dying personally for our sins, we have to turn from our sins repent...yes when/if we sin, we will, we need to go to the Cross and ask forgiveness and try to never do again etc
A homosecxual cant be forgiven until he first admits that it`s a sin...yes there is forgiveness if he/she is sincere and asks the Lord in if it includes repentance...that would mean walking immediately away from that relationship, moving out whatever or else it would not be genuine.
A Christian cant vote for abortion homosexuality and the removal of God/Christ from the classroom/public square.
If they asked forgiveness and walked away from that absolutely, but could not continue to do it.
That`s why the terms “Christian Democrat” “Gay Christian” “Pro Choice/pro abortion Christian” are all oxymorons
That`s my sermon for today...go with God
No a person is NOT required to be part of a organized religion... handing out Bible tracts with a sinner’s prayer does more for the Kingdom of God
Worship is so important, singing to God praising Him for who he is