“Catholic Church = man-made religion. It is not based on the Bible and/or the teachings of Christ.”
On the contrary, the Catholic Church is the only one on Earth that was not man-made but instituted by our Lord Himself. On the other hand, every protestant denomination ever created is a fake, man-made imitation thereof.
On the contrary, the Catholic Church is the only one on Earth that was not man-made but instituted by our Lord Himself. On the other hand, every protestant denomination ever created is a fake, man-made imitation thereof.
What exactly is this new covenant we live under. Remember, God destroyed the curtains separating us from him. He destroyed the temple. He destroyed the old priestly system. He destroyed the old sacrificial system.
He prophecies this in Jeremiah and repeated in Hebrews.
Jer 31:31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant ...............….
Jer 31:33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Jer 31:34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
The new covenant is a direct relationship with us through the Holy Spirit.
The RC rebuilt the old system that God destroyed. Some P do this also.
Jesus emphasized the individual coming to God with repentance and re-uniting with God as a faithful follower of Jesus. Catholicism emphasizes their denomination, hierarchy and rituals. Many Catholic rules have no basis in the Bible (such as priests can’t marry). Paul said that was an individual choice but not a rule. Catholics believe they are the ONE TRUE CHURCH but the Bible teaches that Jesus is the ONE TRUE SAVIOR. The Bible is the Word of God. Obey that and not any denomination which deviates from it.