33+ Multifarious Errors of Protestantism.
"Noblemen, townsmen, peasants, all classes understand the
Evangelium better than I or St. Paul; they are now wise and think themselves
more learned than all the ministers."
Walch XIV, 1360. quoted in O'Hare,
Ibid, 209.
So what are they to do?
Scripture has very loudly and
explicitly told them what to do and what not to do:
Stop "doing your own
thing".
Stop the "If it feels good for me it must
be true" mentality.
Stop the incessant and
destructive individual interpretation of Holy Scripture which is forbidden by
Holy Scripture itself.
Be obedient to what Scripture has admonished you to
do.
So how do they get back to doctrinal truth as GOD demands from all of
us?
Truth is one and it is a person. There is only one truth.
To have only
one truth you have to have only one authority, the same one authority which was given to Simon Peter alone.
Is
the Holy Spirit really prompting millions of Protestants, all of whom are
interpreting Scripture for themselves on an individual basis, and with so many
opposing viewpoints?
This question leads us to the next topic, that of "The
Holy Spirit Told Me".
1. This one has better child care while I attend the
services.
Yes but Jesus requested that the little children
to come to Him, Matthew 19:13-15.
How can they when they
are kept away from the services?
2. I like the singing in this one better.
Yes but you cannot sing your way into heaven.
3. Mine has a better Sunday
school. Yes but only if they teach the truth.
4. I like the preacher in mine.
Yes but there are many likable preachers all over the place.
5. I enjoy the
fellowship. Yes but GODship comes before fellowship.
6. I feel more
comfortable with their beliefs because they fit better with my
beliefs.
Need I say more?
7. The distasteful things
like the existence of hell and other subjects are not
mentioned.
Sometimes the truth hurts, but regardless of
that, truth cannot be suppressed, Romans 1:18.
8. It is not authoritarian,
and rigidly structured.
Yes but the absence of authority breeds chaos, as we have already seen in
Protestantism.
9. Believe it or not, I have heard, "I like mine because it
has a parking lot which is easier to exit".
How is that for
an excuse?
10. Then there is the error of the heresy of indifferentism, a
false belief that all religions are of equal validity. Therefore, it does not
matter to which one I shall go, so I will pick the nearest one.
The only
valid reason to search for a Church is to find the true and only Church, the
one which the Lord GOD, Jesus Christ founded. We must not labor in vain in
those churches which were not founded by GOD, but were founded by mere men or
women, as Psalms 127:1 so clearly cautions.
Matthew 16:18, "And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I
will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it."
I suppose those who teach apostasy missed the last part of that
verse or they assume that the gates of hell did prevail.
Matthew 28:19-20, "Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am
with you all days, even to the consummation of the world."
Note! In verse
20, that the founder of the Catholic Church, Jesus Christ, said that He
would be with His one and only Church every day in every century until the end
of time. Now just who am I to believe, God Himself or those who claim His
Church fell into apostasy, and who cannot even provide a single genuine
historical document to prove that so called great apostasy?
Ephesians 3:21, "Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages without end. Amen." Now even the Holy Spirit is to be with the Catholic Church forever. Ephesians 4:4, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to
the one hope that belongs to your call," Colossians 1:18, "He is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be
pre-eminent." 1Corinthians 10:32, "Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to
the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:" 1Titus 4:1-2, "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will
depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of
demons, "But there is nothing concealed that will not be
disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known."
St Paul wrote that verse
almost 2000 years ago and it is just as true today as it was then.
John
14:15-18, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray the
Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever, even
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him
nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. I will
not leave you desolate; I will come to you."
There is only ONE BODY.
And there is only ONE CHURCH.
For those who teach that
the Church founded by Jesus Christ fell into apostasy, would you please answer
the following question?
"Since His one body is His one true Church and He is
its head, did His head leave His body or did His body leave His head in that
great apostasy?"
"Is Christ divided?" 1Corinthians 1:13
What great offense to the
church of God is committed by those who teach that God's Church fell into
apostasy?
Romans 1:18, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness
suppress the truth."
Acts 5:38-39, "And now, therefore, I say to
you: Refrain from these men and let them alone. For if this council or this work
be of men, it will come to nought:
But if it be of God, you cannot
overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. And they
consented to him."
Looks to me like all of those who claim that the
Church that Jesus Christ founded fell into apostasy by persons unknown and at
some unknown time and have not a single genuine historical document to prove
anything about it at all, are guilty as shown in the promises of Holy Scripture
listed above.
through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are
seared,"
Revelation 21:8, "But as for the cowardly, the faithless,
the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with
fire and sulphur, which is the second death."
Ouch!
Luke
12:2
"Just as the weeds are gathered and burned
with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of man will send his
angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all
evildoers (includes those
who lie and reject the truth), and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and
gnash their teeth. Then the righteous (those who follow the teaching of Christ through His one
Church) will shine like
the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear."
Matthew 13:40-43
"Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the
midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
among whom youshineaslightsintheworld."
Philippians 2:14-15