Same old stuff, different day. Roman Catholicism is an old large cult of personalities, not Christ. God is a Spirit, and we worship Him in Truth...
All the commentary is needless, when one has the Holy Spirit indwelling. Us believers have full confidence in the efficacy of Christ's redemptive work, that we can rest in that truth without bowing down to plastic saints and with our giving unworthy adulation and worship to some false image of the mother of our Lord.
It is the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead. It is the same Spirit that overcame the World and gave promise to those of us sinners, unworthy, but justified by His Blood.
We Christians have no need for rituals and incense. Wh don't leave Christ on a cross, but always show the victory of that empty one. It is enough to have the knowledge and wisdom that only God can give to us through that same Spirit.
Friend, no matter how much you believe a lie, it is still a lie. The Roman Catholic religion is an empty shell. It possess untold riches and governs mightily with an iron hand, threatening with being cut off. But, it also offers second chances, as long as you have friends and family buying candles and play with beads.
there are no second chances. We have only one life. We have only one Christ, and His Holy Spirit calls to ours to join the family. He wants to give peace to our souls, and love to our hearts. This, in spite of our dirty lives and all those things done and undone. We have Grace.
Grace is simple, It is free. It doesn't offer a sip of wine or nibble of bread to work in our lives. It comes rushing in like a mighty wind, and begins to make changes, as we allow Him.
There are no constant confessions. We are told to pray without ceasing. That means that every word we utter should bring praise to Him.
Do we live up to that standard. Of course not. But, like Paul, we can rejoice because He offers a lifetime of hope. To be a member of an organization offers comfort. Especially when we are indoctrinated to believe that some mens "traditions" can surpass the Truth of Scripture.
Roman Catholics claim to be a lot of things. But, it is only in being a Christian that there is any hope. I haven't met many Roman Catholics who can accept the Word of God over some fancily dressed guy telling them to give it all to Rome. That is a shame. It does't bode well, in the end. And, the end is coming!!!
Forget the commentaries from your cult. Scripture, when illuminated by the Holy Spirit offers the only chance of eternal life. It is only found in simple faith in Jesus work. It is finished and we are free from sin and death. If we only believe! It is through Him alone that we can overcome.
Romans 7: 14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. ...
Romans 8: 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
