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Catholicism-Uncovered
God’s Word specifically instructs all people, regardless of their
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth.” “Thou shalt not bow down thyself
to them.” Upon witnessing numerous Catholic Popes publicly sinning against God, it raises some other interesting questions concerning the Catholic religion.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 1 Timothy 4:1-3 So, every Catholic follower should be asking the same question, “Is the Catholic Church truly a Christian Church or a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing? Catholic OriginsAfter reading many historical books and doing extensive research on Catholic doctrine, here are some facts about the Catholic Religion you may find interesting. The Catholic Religion is almost a carbon copy of an earlier pagan religion that honored many different Gods including a Sun God named Baal. It is known that Emperor Constantine, the founder of Catholicism was a pagan sun god worshipper. Some say the Apostle Peter started the Catholic Church, but all historical records point to Constantine founding the church over 300 years after Christ’s crucifixion. So is the Catholic Church, pagan or Christian? Early in Biblical history, there was a pagan Queen named Semiramis (also called Queen of Heaven or Queen of Religion) who is at the root of many Catholic traditions, as well as traditions of several other major religions. She was married to Nimrod and had a son named Tammuz, whom she later married after Nimrod’s death. She fooled her followers into believing that Tammuz was Nimrod reincarnated and he became known as the Sun God or Baal. The pagan Queen Semiramis, (also known as Ishtar, or Ashtur in some geographic regions), declared a springtime holiday, called the celebration of Ishtar. Catholics adopted the holiday and changed the spelling to Easter (the pronunciation of Ishtar and Easter are the same). December 25th was another pagan holiday used to worship two pagan gods, Mirtha and Saturn it was known as Christ Mass. This pagan holiday was also adopted by early Catholics and was known as the celebration of Christmas. Catholics claim the holiday was solely to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, but Jesus Christ was born in September. In order for Jesus to have been born in December, Mary who was just a human being like the rest of us, yet 8 to 9 months pregnant, would have had to have made the trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem (over 70 miles) riding a donkey in frigid December temperatures. So why would Catholics choose to celebrate the Savior’s birthday three months later on the pagan holiday, if they were truly honoring the birth of Jesus Christ. Does anyone celebrate their birthday three months after the actual date of birth? Decorating evergreen trees on December 25th was a pagan custom started centuries before Jesus was born. Is it a coincidence that we still decorate trees today, or is God trying to show us how easily we can accept pagan customs without question? In the Holy Bible, well before the birth of Jesus, the prophet Jeremiah tells us about the futility of this pagan custom. For the customs of the peoples are futile: for one cuts a tree from the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with an ax. They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers, so it will not topple. Jeremiah 10:3-4. The pagan Queen Semiramis also created the concept of confessionals so the pagan priests could spy on her followers after her husband Nimrod was killed by Noah’s son Shem. (Nimrod was Noah’s grandson, gone bad) The Catholic founding fathers adopted the pagan tradition of confessionals as a way to tie forgiveness of sins and personal salvation through the Catholic Church alone. But the Word of God says salvation is a “Free Gift”available to everyone who calls upon Jesus Christ to be their Lord. According to the Holy Bible priests and penance can’t remove sin. Only the shed blood of Jesus can cover a person’s sins. Queen Semiramis also wanted all the pagan people of her kingdom to honor Baal (The Sun God) on a regular basis, so she came up with a custom, whereby everyone would consume a “round” piece of bread each week which by it’s shape symbolized “The Sun”. The founding fathers of Catholicism kept that pagan tradition as well, and now call it Holy Communion. The Bible tells us that this practice is despised by God. So why would the Catholic religion adopt a pagan custom that angered God? When Jesus broke bread and said, “Do this in memory of me, he meant for us to remember His great sacrifice on the cross every time we sit down to eat. “The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me (God) to anger. Jeremiah 7:18 On over fifteen different issues the Catholic Church does the exact opposite of God’s commands. Plus, most people don’t realize that during the time of the Inquisition (The third century through the twelve century) the Catholic Church killed more Christians than any other organization or army on earth, simply because they were found guilty of reading the Bible for themselves. Now, if you are a Catholic, you are essentially bound by their doctrine, because every time you recite the Catholic Profession of Faith you are turning your personal, spiritual authority over to the Catholic Church. So, since the Catholic Church is operating in direct opposition to God’s Word on many issues would that mean all professing Catholics are in jeopardy of missing heaven? Definitely not, there are many Spirit-filled Catholics who have surrendered their life over to Jesus Christ, but there will be many more who will miss the truth, because of the deceptive practices of the church. The Bible tells us that multitudes (possibly billions) of unsuspecting people will be deceived. In order for billions of people to be deceived as foretold in the Bible, over five of the largest religions in the world would have to be teaching false doctrine. Catholicism, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam are five of the largest religions. They also all, command their followers to abstain from eating certain foods. Remember, the Bible declares that doctrines with any type of food restrictions are false doctrines, and the Bible has never been proven wrong. If you are Catholic, do you really want to take a chance with your salvation? When a person joins a certain religion they are essentially accepting that religion’s beliefs or doctrine. Have you read the doctrine of the Catholic Church? Have you compared it to God’s Word? Do you really want to follow a religion which created a make-believe place called Purgatory? Do you really want to follow a religion whose supreme leader routinely sins against God publicly? Have they secretly substituted the real Savior of the world for a false savior? One may never know all the falsehoods of the Catholic Church in this lifetime. But the Bible is clear on one thing, that religion of any kind, and membership in a specific church, is not necessary for a person’s salvation. God never once in the Bible promoted religion, as a matter of fact Jesus was at constant odds with the religious people of His time, the Sadducees and Pharisees. They were the ones responsible for having Him crucified. Now if you are Catholic or was baptized Catholic as an infant, and you realize that, something is not quite right, with the Catholic Church and their beliefs, it’s very easy to become Non-Catholic. Simply pray this prayer to God and His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, right now out loud, and then find a good Non-Denominational Bible-Based Church to worship the Lord. Lord Jesus Christ the true Son of God, I renounce my membership in the Catholic Church and I put my trust solely in You as my Lord and Savior. I am a sinner and ask you to please forgive me for my past sins. I now invite you, Jesus Christ, into my heart to be my personal Lord and Savior. Please place your Holy Spirit within me to cleanse me of all sin, so I may be sanctified in the eyes of God. Amen Catholics are not the only ones being deceived by Satan with religion. The religions of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism (all with food restrictions) also come from the lineage of Semiramis the pagan Queen. Eventually, it is predicted that those religions and others will unite with Catholicism and become the One-World religion of the anti-christ foretold in the Bible. According to the Book of Revelation the next Catholic Pope will be the last Pope and he will not be who he appears to be. The last ruler of the Catholic Church will amaze all of mankind. Most of the world will be deceived, by the evil one’s greatest deception of all. He will bring about the New World Order, because of this great deception. If you don’t think it is possible for the evil one to deceive multitudes of people through religion, you should think again. The people that flew the planes into the World Trade Center were worshipping Mohammed, a pedophile, who had young boys and girls brought to his chambers nightly for perverted activities. He even, ordered his own son to hand over his wife to him or be killed because he said god told him so. The man was pure evil and has millions of worshippers today who believe it is an honor to kill Christians. The Holy Bible foretold that Satan would develop a wide assortment of religions and false doctrines to deceive billions of people. The Bible declares that multitudes of people will be deceived by a harlot (Catholic Church) and only a few will be saved, by putting their trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and allowing the Holy Spirit to cleanse them from all sin. Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many (possibly billions) who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life (eternal life), and there will be few who find it. Matthew 7:13-14 Here is instruction straight from the Bible concerning the harlot who will deceive billions of people. Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plaques; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. Revelation 18:4-5 The last 2000 years has been known as the “Church Age” because God saw that numerous religions would lead multitudes astray. But God promised that in the end times he would send messengers and gather His sheep from where they have been scattered. God loves all people regardless of their sins and/or mistakes, and He provided the ultimate sacrifice, to free all of us from our sins. So don’t put your salvation in the hands of religion, which by trickery and deception can steal your spiritual authority, but rather, put your salvation directly in the hands of Jesus Christ and the cleansing power of the Holy Spirit. Infant baptism, church attendance and religion will not save anyone from the commendation of their sins. Article courtesy of: www.holyghostchurch.com
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