Jimmy Akin: Open Forum – Catholic Answers – 05/30/19

1. Roman Catholicism IS NOT CHRISTIAN, never
   has been, nor ever will be a Christian denomination! The official dogmas of
   this religious system deny the fundamental doctrines of historic Christianity.
   These are; Salvation is by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Jesus Christ
   alone, as described in the Bible alone, to the Glory of God alone. 

        The Bible is absolutely clear about the
   Gospel. God is Holy, man is born in sin. No amount of “good works”, including
   giving to the poor, attending church services, praying to “saints”, praying to
   Mary, rosary beads, candles, confession, so called “priests”, infant baptism,
   doing the sacraments, and numerous other rituals demanded by the Roman
   authorities will satisfy the wrath of God against sinners.  This false “church” had the arrogance to
   remove the 2nd Commandment in order to justify their pagan statue
   worship.

        The Roman Catholic Church in the Catholic
   Catechism teaches that we can merit grace necessary for salvation and that
   eternal life is attained by faith, baptism, and keeping the commandments, which
   this demonic religion had the audacity to alter by eliminating the 2nd
   Commandment of “no graven images”. They also arrogantly added 7 to 11 books at
   the council of Trent
   in the 1,500’s which were NEVER considered to be Scripture and often contradict
   the True Word of God.

   1.                             
   CCC 2010, “…Moved by the Holy Spirit and by
   charity, we can then merit for ourselves and for others the graces
   needed for our sanctification, for the increase of grace and charity, and
   for the attainment of eternal life.”

   2.                             
   CCC 2027, “Moved by the Holy Spirit, we
   can merit for ourselves and for others all the graces needed to attain eternal
   life, as well as necessary temporal goods.”

   3.                             
   CCC 2068, “The Council of Trent teaches that
   the Ten Commandments are obligatory for Christians and that
   the justified man is still bound to keep them;28 the Second Vatican Council
   confirms: “The bishops, successors of the apostles, receive from the Lord
   . . . the mission of teaching all peoples, and of preaching the Gospel to every
   creature, so that all men may attain salvation through faith, Baptism
   and the observance of the Commandments.”

   4.                             
   Paragraph 85
   says “The
   task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its
   written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living
   teaching office of the Church alone. Its authority in this matter is exercised
   in the name of Jesus Christ.”47 This means that the task
   of interpretation has been entrusted to the bishops in communion with the
   successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome.

   This obviously
   faulty teaching in the CCC is hugely problematic since it contradicts
   Scripture.

   1.                             
   Rom. 3:28-30,
   “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works
   of the Law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of
   Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since indeed God who
   will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is
   one.”

   2.                             
   Rom. 4:3,
   “For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and
   it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”

   3.                             
   Rom. 4:5,
   “But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who
   justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness,”

   4.                             
   Rom. 5:1,
   “therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with
   God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

   5.                             
   Rom. 11:6,
   “But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise
   grace is no longer grace.”

   6.                             
   Gal. 2:16,
   “nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of
   the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ
   Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the
   Law; since by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified.”

   Why
   is the RCC teaching that you attain salvation through observing the
   commandments when the Bible says we are saved apart from the works of the Law (Rom. 3:28-30; 4:5; Gal. 2:16)?

   Why
   would the Roman Catholic Church teach that you merit for yourself the grace
   needed for eternal life when that clearly contradicts Rom 11:6?

   The Catholic religion, as defined by its
   own doctrine, denies many of the fundamental precepts of the historic Christian
   faith. More importantly, the Gospel itself. The bible clearly teaches that
   salvation from sin is by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Christ alone, as
   revealed in the Bible alone, to the Glory of God alone. Rome, in several councils including Trent and
   Vatican II, flatly contradict this beautiful Truth. Shall I speak of idolatrous
   statues, prayers to dead people, Mary worship, pagan Rosary Beads, a false
   “priesthood”, the “god wafer”, and the blasphemy of the
   “mass”, and much more.

   Escape as I did, before you die and
   face God in Judgment for your sin.

   There is a
   great deal wrong with what the RCC teaches.  We must look to God’s word
   and not to what the RCC says we must do to be saved.  Our salvation is not
   merited by our keeping the commandments!  The Roman Catholic Church needs
   to repent.

        Salvation is achieved by the
   substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, God in human flesh, who died on the
   cross and rose again to pay the sin debt for all who were chosen from before
   time to be His people. It is faith in Jesus alone which saves you.

         In addition, the Roman Catholic religions
   is responsible for murdering untold millions of true bible believers who
   refused to agree with it’s heretical beliefs and practices.

        By God’s Grace I was “born again” after 40
   years as a devout follower of the pope and all Rome’s teachings. I blindly trusted all the
   “priests”, nuns, “bishops” and family members without question. 

        Then I read the Bible. I urge all Roman
   Catholics to read the Bible and to trust the Bible alone to be the source of
   Truth.  I encourage you to question
   everything you have been taught regarding the false religious system of Roman
   Catholicism.

        Jesus promised, “you will know the Truth
   and the Truth will set you free” (John 8:32)

2. That beard is gracious, Jimmy looks and sounds like a 15th century master of Christian theology.

3. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY
    

    

    

    

    

    

    

4. Good gracious that beard would frighten the boldest saracen.

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