The Catholic Church stands in Total defiance open, bold, or hostile refusal to obey or conform to the Word of God
Leviticus 26:1
You shall make for yourselves no idols nor shall you erect a graven image, pillar, or obelisk, nor shall you place any figured stone in your land to which or on which to bow down; for I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:16 so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image [to worship] in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
The anti- Christ Catechism says (2131) Basing itself on the mystery of the incarnate Word the seventh ecumenical council at Nicaea (787) justified against the iconoclasts the VENERATION OF ICONS OF CHRIST, but ALSO OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, THE ANGELS AND ALL THE SAINTS. By becoming incarnate, THE SON OF GOD INTRODUCED A NEW “ECONOMY” OF IMAGES. (Page 573)
2 Wow! What a demonic lie this statement is The Son of God “introduced a new economy of images”??? Where, in the world my Catholic friend is this found in Scripture does Jesus say anything about this????? Do the writings of the Apostles say anything about such nonsense?? No, neither Jesus nor the Apostles ever made such a statement as THE SON OF GOD INTRODUCED A NEW “ECONOMY” OF IMAGES. (Page 573)
3 Once again we still see the SAME COMMON THREAD where the TRADITIONS of men are placed above the COMMANDMENTS OF GOD! The Greek word for ANTI means in place of, instead, opposed, against, our English word is SUBSTITUATION which means the action of replacing someone or something with another person or thing.
So here we have the Catholic Church replacing the second commandment of God or SUBSTITUTING a down out right lie! By teaching its people that THE SON OF GOD INTRODUCED A NEW “ECONOMY” OF IMAGES. (Page 573) When are you my Catholic friends going to quit being drunk with these anti-Christ lies!?
4 Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
5 Exodus 20:4 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:
6 Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Now, the charge of LYING can be added to the Roman Catholic Church, which is clearly adding to the Word of God, It’s a lie to declare that the “Son of God introduced a new economy of images”. Jesus did no such thing. The Bible records NO SUCH THING! What does the Bible have to say about image worship/veneration????? The second commandment, states the following:
7 “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, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”
8 Listen my Catholic friends this commandment states that the child of God is NOT to have any graven images of any possible likeness or representation. This is not talking about paintings, pictures, and artwork of that sort. But the commandment does forbid kneeling in front of a statue of the virgin Mary, or St. Anthony, St. Jude, St. Lucy, etc…..and serving them and/or praying to them! Praying to anyone besides God through the Lord Jesus is the SIN of SPIRITUAL IDOLATRY Plain and simple.
9 The Catholic Church leads their flock into SIN! There are no two-ways about it. This second commandment is not to be found in the Catholic Catechism. Now you know why. Because in the same Catechism, the Catholic Church is venerating a “new economy” of images.
10 The second commandment which forbids image worship would be a thorn in the side of the Catholic Church, since she unequivocally breaks that commandment and teaches ALL of its members to do so.
11 Therefore, they deleted it from the decalogue. Hence, in the anti-christ Catholic Catechism, in the decalogue (ten commandments), the commandment regarding the Sabbath is numbered as the “third”, while in the Scriptures (including the catholic bible), the sabbath commandment is numbered as the fourth. Where there is no law, there is no sin.
12 (Romans 5:13 For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. )Except that there REALLY IS A LAW which forbids image worship. The Catholic Church may have deleted it and it shows a different enumeration in their Catechism, SUCH DECEPTION but the LORD made sure that HIS WORD stayed in tact.
13 So the honest child of God can see the contrast and still KNOW what the LORD commands. And also for the dishonest, that they may be comdemed thereby! Praise Jesus for the preservation of HIS Word!!!! God equates loving Him with the keeping of His commandments. Right at the end of this second commandment, which the Catholic Church has ATTEMPTED to nullify is stated the following:
14 “and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.” There are some in Roman Catholicism that say that they do not worship images, they are just representations of either Jesus, Mary, or a departed saint. They also say that the first commandment embodies the second. Really? Are they better than God? Did God need the popes and prelates to expound on His commandments? Did God need the help of the popes and prelates to decide what God meant? So, in essence, the Catholic Church ripped out the second commandment because the Catholic Church said that the second commandment was redundant, because it is embodied in the first.
15 But then they go totally AGAINST their line of reasoning and DIVIDE the tenth commandment into two to maintain the count of ten! So, I guess, in their estimation, the Catholic Church believes that God really wanted commandment number two rolled up into one in the first commandment and then wanted commandment number ten divided into two because this is how God intended for it to be understood.
16 Makes sense? No? Don’t feel bad, ’cause they don’t make sense – its total NONESENSE! It just goes to show the depth of DESPARATION which was evident by those trying to TWIST the Scripture to VALIDATE THEIR SIN OF SPIRITUAL IDOLATRY! And worshiping images is SIN!!! Those kinds of statements hold not a drop of water. I was a Catholic, was educated in their system. I know first hand that we worshipped images. I used to visit the shrine of St. Anthony. Why did I do it? Because I was taught to send my petitions of prayer to him. I would go to the shrine, and before the image of St. Anthony, I would KNEEL on the kneeler and pray to him. I was breaking the second commandment and didn’t even know it. I was taught that the second commandment forbad the “taking of the Lord’s name in vain”. I was also taught to pray to mother Mary, as well for protection.
17 That’s putting another god before God, thus breaking the FIRST commandment. Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
18 Millions of Catholics are on the religious highway to HELL who are going to end up in HELL because of a LACK OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE, how sad! My heart hurts over every Catholic person
19 I could go on and on. But the bottom line is, the Catholic Church teaches its people to break God’s commandments and keep rather the anti-christ commandments of the Catholic Church. It is so much better to worship Jesus in “spirit and in TRUTH”! His Word is so beautiful and cohesive. It contains ALL that is needed for the child of God to know in the matters of God.
20 So, in conclusion, the worshiping of images is SIN. This violates the SECOND commandment of the Law of God. SIN is the TRANSGRESSION of the law – the law of God. (1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. )
21 Jesus DID NOT introduce a “new economy of images”. This is a lie. You will not find this “new economy” in Scripture. It all boils down to this question:
22 Who will YOU obey: The authority of God Almighty or the authority of the Roman Catholic Church??? The Bible says: “We are to obey God rather than men.”
23 Acts 5:29 -Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. (The popes would do well to take this advice from Peter! – If they did, there would be no such thing as a pope.)
24 Daniel 7:25 – And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
25 Well did Daniel prophesy regarding Anti-christ. For great words were spoken against the most High, and for 1260 years the saints were indeed wore out and he also did “think to change times and the law” by removing the second commandment and dividing the tenth into two and changing the part of the law. And changing the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, and even Pope Francis the current anti-Christ SAID THAT JESUS FAILED ON THE CROSS!
26 Scripture Is Scripture History Is History Truth Is Truth!
27 PRAYER : Father God I lift up to you every Catholic person who reads this post that your Holy Spirit of TRUTH will enlighten the minds of those that read this that they will realize that they have been taught a lie and your Word is truth John 17:17 oh Holy Spirit of truth move across this land and around the world open the eyes of the Catholic people that they may see your glorious truth and be set free from the lies of the Catholic Church to the truth of your glorious WORD AMEN.
28 If your eyes have been open by what I have just shared with you praise God! That being the case here is a prayer of confession that begins your new personal relationship with Jesus. You are not praying to mother Mary, or praying to a priest, you are praying to your heavenly Father God.
29 Heavenly Father I confess I am a sinner I need forgiven of all of my sins Lord I repent of not fully trusting in you alone! I repent of trusting in mother Mary, I repent of praying to mother Mary, I repent! of trusting in and wearing the brown scapular. I repent of praying to dead saints, and to angels, my Father I repent of trusting in the priest to forgive me of my sins, I repent of trusting in the rosary and praying the rosary, I repent of trusting in my baby baptism to save me. I repent of trusting in the sacraments, I repent of trusting in my good works, I repent of trusting in the Eucharist being the deity of Christ, I now know Lord I must trust in you alone! I believe the blood of Jesus cleanse me of all of my sins 1 John 1:9
30 I now understand that its only the blood of Christ that redeems my soul Ephesians 1:7 I believe that Jesus died was bury, and rose from the dead, with my heart I now invite Jesus Christ to come into my life thank you Jesus for saving me and giving me eternal life 1 John 5:13 Ephesians 2:8-9 and writing my name down in the book of life Revelation 20:15
31 Pass this on to your love ones and friends that today they may get saved, if you do get saved let us know here on face book so that we may rejoice in your new found freedom from being set free from the religious bondage of the Roman Catholic Church.