This is a series that will expose how the Catholic Church has been formed by great pretenders. These pretenders created a culture of deceptive religion by which people could live under the false pretense of a god who allows whatever the leaders of the church dictate.
There are more than 10 reasons but I will share these ones to get us started. Each post will explore one at a time, today we start with the biggest.
Reason #1 The Roman Catholic Church does not follow the Word of God.
The first thing to understand is that the Romans have been pagan since before they were called Romans. They have been worshipping the sun and all manner of false gods that they created. They never intended to worship the God of the Hebrews because He would require them to give up their lifestyles and follow His laws. This is why they created a divide between the Jewish Messiah and the Father of the Jewish Messiah.
This divide that they created draws a line in the sand. Once you cross that line, you are entering a false god religion. Jesus (the name He is known by in English) is the Jewish Messiah, the Son of the Jewish people’s God, YHWH. The two of them, the Father and the Son, are one body (this concept will be explained in a later post but reference John 10:30 ‘I and the Father are one’). The Laws of YHWH are the Laws of Jesus. You cannot divide the Father’s ways from the Son’s ways because the ways belong to both, they are one and the same, same ways - same laws.
“Jesus answered, ‘My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me. Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.’” John 7:16-17
Jesus warned people to stop breaking YHWH’s laws.
“Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, ‘See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you’” John 5:14
All who follow Christ will heed that call and learn to turn away from disobedience. See how Paul pleads with the people to do the same.
“Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God – I say this to your shame.” 1Corinthians 15:34
And again, it is preached in 1John,
“Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.” 1John 3:4
What the Romans did was create a counterfeit version of Judaism which uses elements or ideas of Judaism but mixes them with pagan ways. They call it ‘Christianity’, taking the term ‘Christ’ from the Greek ‘Christos’ which means ‘anointed’. ‘Christians’ is a term they found in the Book of Acts and in First Peter. It was a term given to those who believed in the Jewish Messiah, Jesus. These believers in Acts and First Peter that were called ‘Christians’ were not rejecting the Laws of YHWH at all, in fact they were learning to obey them. It was the many laws created by people, not YHWH, that were discarded.
“Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.” Mark 7:13
"He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men'" Mark 7:6-7
This is a fundamental understanding that is not taught in Christian churches. It is not only the Roman Catholic Church that omits this fact but all the other churches which used the Catholic model as a blueprint for their own version of Catholicism. The pagan doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church has spread like a weed, choking out the truth. Their doctrine is truly flourishing, and just as a deadly virus flourishes it also kills its hosts.
Catholic Christianity has become a plague upon mankind. The fault is not solely on the Roman Catholic Church though because they are giving the people exactly what they want. People want their sin to be approved so they can keep on breaking God’s laws just as they have always done. The Catholics just saw an opportunity and took it, taking after their father the devil who is also opportunistic.
After dividing the Father from the Son, they created a new set of rules which depended on a balance between the needs of the heads of the church and the needs of the people. It was definitely not based on God. Their rules are based on neither the Father nor the Son nor the instructions of either. The Catholics cherry-picked which Jewish rules they liked and threw out the ones they didn’t.
“See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.” Deuteronomy 12:32
They completely disregard YHWH’s instructions.
For example, in the ten commandments of the Old Testament (Exodus 20), Law #6 murder is illegal. Even though this is from the Old Testament, the Catholics say it is valid. Law #4 is to remember the Sabbath and to keep it but according to Catholicism it can be broken. Catholics can have a Sabbath on the first day if they want instead of the 7th and they don’t have to keep the remainder of the Sabbath regulations which prohibits anyone from working. They threw out the law and made their own.
For the longest time they didn’t need to explain this divide because they had translated the text into Latin and the common people didn’t speak Latin. The leaders and their appointed priests fully accepted the false doctrine because it really wasn’t different from any other of their previous false god religions. But the time would come when the common people were given translations, and that’s when the Roman Catholic Church had to find a way to justify their doctrine. The majority of the people would still accept everything but there is always those who question the obvious. The criticism isn’t necessarily coming from believers, it’s just that questions are going to start flowing if an organization is blatantly contradicting their own source text.
The Roman Catholic Church began combing the texts to provide proof of their policies and procedures, and their rules and regulations. They have skillfully made arguments for every aspect of their practices. They have successfully confused people with slippery words, and they often use Paul’s letters because the depth of his insight was so profound. It was easy to pick a line here and there and say ‘See! You don’t have to follow the old laws!’ Sadly, they went to great effort and still do today in order to keep people from the truth.
The fact is that Paul was fully obedient to the laws of God, and he told the believers to imitate him. In Acts 21 Paul agrees to prove to the local Jews in Jerusalem that he is indeed living according the laws of God, and that the rumors of the contrary were false.
“When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: ‘You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.” Acts 21:20-24
“I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. Therefore I urge you to imitate me.” 1Corinthians 4:14-16
Today, the Catholic dividing line is still there. The Old Testament is divided from the New Testament, the way of God disappearing as you cross over from one to the other. One can become a ‘Christian’ which means you follow Catholic Jesus, Catholic apostles, and Catholic rules. Sin (breaking God’s laws) is no longer sin. Now the ‘spirit’ leads them. This of course is their own spirit, not God’s. God’s own Spirit would only teach YHWH's laws which is why Jesus taught and still teaches those same laws.
“We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him” Acts 5:32
If you truly seek the real God, you will quickly realize that even though the Roman Catholic Church has the Word of God in their hand, they have no intention of accepting it.
The #1 reason why the Roman Catholic Church is a pagan counterfeit is because they created a version of God where the body of laws given by God are no longer valid as a whole. Instead, there is a ‘spirit’ which tells them which laws matter today and which laws don’t. This fundamental lack of understanding rooted in the desire for disobedience drives the real God away from them. The only god that approves of their doctrine is the devil, the father of disobedience. In other words, their god is a counterfeit and their religion is worthless. Their people are serving the Roman Catholic Church, and that church vehemently serves the devil.
In this series I’m going to show you many things the Roman Catholic Church does to oppose God. These things all stem from the fact that they ignore the very God they claim to serve and trample His instructions underfoot. Their version of Judaism is just a rotten wall that is brilliantly whitewashed. For now it stands and looks impressive, but soon it will be revealed for what it is.
“Because they lead my people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built they cover it with whitewash, therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth. When the wall collapses will people not ask you, ‘Where is the whitewash you covered it with?’ Therefore this is what the Sovereign YHWH says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury. I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am YHWH. So I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, ‘The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it, those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign YHWH.” Ezekiel 13:10-16
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