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Blasphemous Antichrist Idolatry: Mary on the Cross

This is demonic. Mary was a sinner (Luke 1:47-48). Mary can’t hear prayers. Mary told you to obey Jesus (John 2:5). Mary didn’t walk on water, raise the dead, open blinded eyes, or die for anyone’s sins. God has spoken to us through His Son, not mary. “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;” (Hebrews 1:1-3) Only Jesus can forgive your sins and save you – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” (Acts 16:31)

“God wants us to worship Him in spirit and in truth, we walk by faith not by sight. The images Mary etc. are false images as related to God. These false images give us an incorrect impression of the true Jesus Christ, and are, in fact, a part of the devil’s great master deception and should be treated as such. It is not wrong to picture (in our mind’s eye) Jesus Christ in His glorified state as He is today, as John described in Revelation 1:14-16: “His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.” (Revelation 1:14-16) God would not have inspired this description unless He wanted us to know Christ’s glorified appearance. Amen. Welcome to the family of God.” Marjorie Banks

Mary on Cross Above Jesus. In catholic theology and art, Mary is always elevated above Jesus Christ. Pure, antichrist Idolatry!

In catholic art, Mary is many times seen OVER Jesus which is consistent with their antichrist doctrines. But God’s Word tells us that Jesus Christ, the Almighty God, needed no help redeeming mankind when He offered His blood on the altar of the cross.

“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;” Hebrews 1:3

The catholic church perpetrates the heresy that Jesus was a co-mediatrix with Christ. But the Bible tells us:

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” 1 Timothy 2:5

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES THAT MARY IS MEDIATRIX/co-redeemer:

Pope John XXIII 1959, stated: “Mary is a SOURCE of SALVATION to the HUMAN RACE, 2003 OUR Sunday Visitor MAY edition. Also, “Mary is the MEDIATRIX of the GRACES that flow from her son’s Redemptive sacrifice.” Pope John Paul II, Cathechism #969 “Mary is the ALL HOLY ONE”. And #2677 “has a saving office and brings forth the gifts of eternal salvation”

Jesus is the only Hope God gave us for forgiveness of sins – Jesus stated: “The Son of man hath power ON EARTH (not in “purgatory”) to forgive sins.” Matthew 9:6

Anyone see Mary in that statement from the Son of God? No.

GOD NOR MARY HERSELF NEVER INSTRUCTED ANYONE TO LOOK TO MARY FOR GRACE OR ANSWERED PRAYER. Jesus told us that He is exclusively the only way to the Father.

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

There is no other way to the Father and to Heaven except Jesus Christ.

Mary can save no one. Mary couldn’t save herself. She was a sinner and admitted such when she called God her Savior. Only a sinner needs a Savior. Notice in this prayer the thing Mary stated as she exalted the LORD and not herself. She calls herself a mere “handmaiden” of the Almighty:

“And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name (not Mary’s).
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.” Luke 1:46-51

Mary admits she’s a sinner when she says “he hath regarded the LOW estate of his handmaiden.” (Luke 1:48) Mary did not exalt herself but rather admitted her own sinful state in these words.

Like all men, Mary was a sinner and a sinner cannot forgive or save a sinner. Only Jesus Christ, the Almighty can do such (Revelation 1:8).

Her use of the words “God my Savior” reveals that mary was a sinner – ONLY a sinner needs a Savior.

GOD THE FATHER GAVE JESUS (not mary, the pope or catholic church) FOR OUR SINS – “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.” JOHN 3:16

It’s true that the central Theme of all of Scripture is Jesus, and that is precisely the point… the catholic church places emphasis upon mary and this is demonic in that it is causing great idolatry – people’s attention is diverted from Jesus to mary.

NO SUCH THING AS A CATHOLIC WHO IS A CHRISTIAN: Think about this … what water did mary ever walk on? Whose blinded eyes did mary open? what dead person did mary ever raised from the dead? what leper or lame person did mary every heal? what cross did mary foretell she was going to die on for the sins of the world? what cross did mary die on? was it mary who was sent from Heaven to bleed and be buried and rise again? is mary coming back soon to save the people of God and judge the wicked?

The Bible never says mary was “full of grace” BUT rather Jesus … “And the Word (Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) …. Notice here that when speaking of the Son of God the Bible says that He, not mary, was “full of grace and truth.”

One former catholic says: “My whole life as being Catholic almost 40 years I never saw one person bring a Bible to Mass. … never… and I never missed Mass… and I attended Mass all the time… I was also an office manager at one of the larger churches in the community of 5 thousand so I would be there everyday as they would have Mass everyday… never no bibles…”

Mary was a sinner by her own admission – Luke 1:47 – only a sinner needs a “Savior” – “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.” Luke 1:46-47 (KJV)

Of the catholic church,

WP writes:

“What a Travesty that Mary and every Other Saint has a day devoted to Him or Her, yet JESUS Christ falls behind these others in Importance. Especially given JESUS Shed his Blood and Resurrected so we can be Saved.”

No such thing as a catholic who is born again. Stop all justification of this and help them get saved!

Catholic Church Exposed

Message Received from a Catholic:

I need some convincing. I would love it, if you would please cite a Bible verse or verses saying each of the following:

1) that Mary was NOT conceived immaculately
2) that Mary COMMITTED sin
3) that Mary WAS NOT assumed into heaven

Response:

Immaculate conception or immaculate deception? You have been grossly misled and are therefore basing what you believe on what mere sinful men have told you. The Bible is God’s Word and therefore, the more appropriate questions from His holy Word are:

Where does the Bible tell us that Mary was immaculately conceived? Nowhere.
That Mary was somehow not part of the “ALL” whom the Bible says “HAVE sinned.” (Rom. 3:23) “ALL have sinned.” Mary was not sinless. She admitted to the need of a Savior and only sinners need a Savior (Luke 1:47). Then she admits to being a mere handmaiden or servant of the LORD (Luke 1:48). So, Mary told us right there that she was not immaculate or sinless or a co-mediatrix.
Where does God’s Word ever hint that Mary was “assumed into heaven”? (fairy tale, a mere fable)

Question: WHY DIDN’T MARY HERSELF TELL US SHE WAS SINLESS IF SUCH WERE THE CASE??? Why O Why does Scripture never hint that Mary was sinless? You see, your religion is of the enemy of all souls and he is the enemy of Jesus Christ. So, he has and is directing your affection/attention away from the only One who can save you from your sins and hell – the nail-scarred, risen Savior, Jesus Christ. Only Jesus was sinless. He is unique in all of history and Satan does not want you to know Him.

Mary is never said to be excluded from being a sinner in God’s Word. To elevate Mary to the place of being sinless is nothing less than idolatrous and takes away from the uniqueness of Christ, the only sinless man ever after Adam and Eve before they sinned.

Whose sins did Mary or the Pope ever die for?

What Scriptures in God’s Word tell us that Mary was buried and raised again?

What miracle did Mary ever do?

What water did Mary ever walk on?

Whose blinded eyes did Mary ever open?

What lame person did Mary ever heal?

Did you realize that of the 27 books of the New Testament canon, that Mary is only mentioned in 6 of them? That means that 21 of the 27 books of the New Testament canon don’t even mention Mary once. Why? Because she played a small part in the plan of God as dozens and dozens of others have played throughout history. But there’s only one Mediator between God and man, one Savior of lost souls, one LORD of all lords and King of all kings, and His name is Jesus Christ.

JESUS says: “The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 You have not mentioned Jesus Christ even once, so in this alone we see you are being misled, no matter what feeling you seem to be having. This is pure idolatry.

Catholic Idolatry: Mary on the Cross

WHAT DID MARY HERSELF TELL US TO DO? “His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he (JESUS) saith unto you, do it.” John 2:5

IS MARY YOUR IDOL?

Why does the Catholic church want people looking to Mary instead of Jesus for salvation?

Why is glory stolen from Jesus and given to Mary?

WHY, WHY, WHY is glory stolen from Jesus and given to Mary?

If Mary plays a role in salvation, why didn’t God tell us so in His Word?

Did the Almighty and all-knowing, eternal God forget to tell us something we needed to know? Something important?

Who will you trust to save you? The Mary of church tradition, or the Jesus of God’s Word?

Why does the Catholic church so overemphasize Mary? Diverting attention from the very Son of God?

False prophet Pope Paul VI “constantly worked to increase the worship of Mary.”

WHERE DID JESUS TELL New Testament CHRISTIANS TO HONOR MARY?? – CHAPTER AND VERSE PLEASE.

WHERE DID THE BIBLE EVER SAY MARY WAS A PERPETUAL VIRGIN? IMPOSSIBLE. SHE WAS ONLY A VIRGIN TILL JESUS WAS BORN. SHE HAD AT LEAST 6 KIDS AFTER Jesus – IN MARK 6:3 THEY ARE NAMED.

As Usual, in Catholic Paganism, Mary is Lifted Above the Only Savior and LORD.

THERE IS NOT ONE VERSE IN THE BIBLE THAT INSTRUCTS NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS TO LOOK TO MARY TO PRAY FOR THEM OR BE A SOURCE OF ANY KIND TO THEM: There is not one hint of such in any verse of Holy Scripture. Did the Almighty and all-knowing, eternal God forget to tell us something we needed to know? Something important?

Who will you trust to save you? The Mary of Catholic tradition, or the Jesus of God’s Word?

Did the Son of God lie to us? Is He not the only “WAY” to the Father and to Heaven instead of eternal hell? If He is, that means Mary, the Pope, and the Catholic church have nothing to do with salvation and will only damn your soul to hell (there is no purgatory). Who will you believe? Jesus “I am THE WAY … NO MAN cometh to the Father but by ME.” (John 14:6)

Catholics will profusely argue that their religion doesn’t worship Mary, yet its theology and art work and the billions of dollars spent on statues of Mary prove otherwise.

The Catholic church and its pagan teachings are the most diabolical, antichrist system ever known to mankind. God describes in detail and tells us that He will destroy this wickedness in “one hour.” (Revelation 17-18)

Make no mistake: The WHOLE Catholic system is an antichrist system designed by Satan himself to misdirect the heart affections of the masses AWAY FROM the ONE who bled to save them on that cross. Jesus Christ alone can save. Mary was only a woman, a sinner.

There’s only ONE that can save from sin and eternal damnation and that’s Jesus Christ, the Son of God who died on that cross one time to pay the full price for the sins of all men. The Father spoke several times from Heaven telling us all of Jesus that “THIS is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17, etc.) God never said anything about being pleased in any other sinful person because only Jesus was sinless, divine, and qualified to pay the price for the sins of mankind. No one can or will be saved from sin and hell outside of repenting and putting their full faith in Jesus Christ who bled to redeem their wicked souls.

Romans 5
“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

⁷For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

⁸But God commendeth (displayed) his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

¹⁰For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”

If you die trusting the Catholic church, Mary, or the Pope, as sure as you are reading these words you will spend eternity in the lake of fire with no possibility of escaping. The Bible tells us that only those who call upon the name of the LORD will be saved. It’s only through Jesus Christ that you can be saved, not through a religion of mere sinful men who have no authority in the eyes of Heaven.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ¹¹For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. ¹²For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. ¹³For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:9-13

—- AS a previously lifetime Catholic, upon truly being saved, my heart immediately knew that that system was of Satan. I like much of what David Wilkerson says but I do not agree with there being such a thing as saved Catholics because the Bible says “Ye cannot drink of the cup of the LORD and the cup of devils.” (1 Corinthians 10:21)… ALL idolaters shall have their part in the lake of fire (Revelation 21:8, 27, etc.)…. in my opinion, if they had truly repented and gotten saved, they would have come out immediately….. Beware of this delusion friends….. any Catholic who truly repents and gets saved will immediately depart from that blasphemous darkness ….

The Catholic church can be summed up in one word – idolatry. The LORD’s very first commandment to us is “Thou shalt have NO other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3-4)

—- CAN A TRUE BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST REMAIN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? No true born again Christian would remain serving devils or amidst unrepentant devils. What does 1 Cor 10:21 say? No truly born again disciple of Jesus can continue fellowshipping with idols and devils and remain in Christ … “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” 2 Cor. 6:14 …

To say that a true Christian can remain Catholic is mixture and hogwash … To say such is to basically say that someone can truly be born again and also be simultaneously walking in complete darkness and not being led of the Spirit of God which would in every case lead them out of that antichrist cult (RCC) … The Bible states: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Rom. 8:14

— ETERNALLY long live the final authority of God’s Word. In fact the very reason God gave us His Word in written form is so we wouldn’t be scammed by false prophet religions like this one. “Let God be true and EVERY man a liar.” (Romans 3:4) Is this phony “pope” a mere man? Of course. Hiding behind the sham of a long robe makes this phony antichrist sham no less a sinful mere man and a false prophet at that. The catholic church has no authority at all except in the minds of the deceived who do not know the LORD Jesus Christ. The Catholic church has nothing to do with Christ’s true church (called-out, born again people). The whole thing is false, regardless of whether it’s below or above ground. This Catholic church is all fictitious actually. It’s a fraud, a counterfeit. made up by sinful men to control the masses. They even call it “mass” when they call the cattle to come eat more poison. There is no such thing as a “pope” in the New Testament church. Peter himself never claimed to be such and was not called such until 3-4 centuries after he died as did the other apostles. No such office of a “pope” in word or concept is once named in God’s Word. Besides, God alone determines and has declared and had recorded what is right or wrong. Some old man in a costume sitting in Rome has no bearing on what is right and wrong other than in the minds of those deceived enough to think he does. Read 1 Timothy 2:5; 2 Timothy 3:16. God’s written Word is the final authority. Get a King James Bible and trash the idols.

Carmen Kuit-McGregor writes: “Truth is Gods Word in His Holy book the Bible. RCC worships and makes Mary Co-redemptrix, Idol worship, going to Pope and priests instead of Jesus Christ directly for confession of sins plus many more. God’s ordained “hierarchy” is God-> Jesus Christ ->man-> woman. When I became born again this was the first truth the Holy Spirit gave me through His Spirit of truth that Roman Catholic church is counterfeit Christianity. When you look into history and compare teachings with the Bible you will see His truth.”

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7 Ways to Forgive [podcast]

PRAY

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” Matthew 5:44

LOVE AND DO GOOD TO THE OFFENDER

“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.” Romans 12:9

REFUSE TO SPEAK EVIL OF THE OFFENDER

“Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.” Romans 12:14

RELEASE THEM FROM YOUR PUNISHMENT

“Recompense (repay) to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” Romans 12:17-19

DON’T CELEBRATE THEIR FAILURES

“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.” Proverbs 24:17-18

TREAT THEM THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED

“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Luke 6:31

STOP DWELLING ON THE PAST

“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.” Isaiah 43:18

The blessedness of being merciful to others:

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew 5:7

The only way to prevent holding a grudge, is to simply forgive them – as God freely forgave you through the infinite price Christ paid for your sins on the cross, of which you don’t deserve (Psalms 103:10).

“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.” James 5:7-9

“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:30-32

Being kind and forgiving towards others becomes simple as we look in the mirror and declare with Paul the apostle: “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing.” (Romans 7:18)

“He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.” Psalms 103:10

Forgiveness becomes easy when we look in the mirror to see the person (us, me) who needs God’s mercy more than any other person alive on the earth! Memorize Ephesians 4:32 now. KJB

“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.” James 1:20

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” Colossians 3:12-14

Forgiveness Quotes

Forgiveness is ultra important to God. If you don’t forgive all others, you are not forgiven of your own sin and are as sure for hell as if you were already there. If you refuse to forgive you damn your own soul, non-negotiably. irrevocably.

“Forgiveness does not mean what happened is okay. It means not letting what happened take any more of your happiness.” Michelle Maros

“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” Bryant McGill

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness. Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me. Forgiveness is the final act of love.” Reinhold Niebuhr

“Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” unknown

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“He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.” Matthew 12:30

It’s one thing to claim we are with Christ and He with us, and it’s another thing to prove we are with the Savior by adhering to His words. Jesus told us that those who are “of God” hear and obey His words (John 8:47).

If one chooses not to love Jesus enough to obey His stated terms, such a man has rejected the Son of God for the love of sinful self and will perish in his own corruption (Matthew 22:37-40; Luke 9:23-24; 14:33; 17:33; John 14:15; 1 John 2:3-6, etc.).

“Repentance is to TAKE SIDES with God against yourself. It is a CHANGE of attitude toward SELF, toward SIN, toward GOD, toward CHRIST that is so REAL that it RESULTS in a changed life. It is raising the WHITE FLAG in SURRENDER to God and turning to Christ as your only LORD and Savior. Repentance is NOT a work … works are the fruit of repentance (Ephesians 2:8-10).” Trent Austin

Only the counterfeit will get upset at this Gospel message because such a rebel wants nothing to do with taking personal responsibility for his sin, the denial of self, the crucified life to be set apart, holy, and having the Savior reign!

Notice how Jesus knits the denial of self, the daily cross, the putting off the deeds of the body, of keeping under the body (the iniquitous fallen nature) with the destiny of the eternal soul.

“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?” Luke 9:23-25

Jesus made it clear here that the cross is an original Gospel essential, an absolute imperative to eternal glory with Him!

Each of us proves exactly who we love the most by the way we are living! – God or self!

Everything that is happening in your life now is being allowed by God in order to get you down low into the death and burial with Christ. Read 2 Corinthians 4.

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.” 2 Corinthians 4:7-12

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The Blessings of Bible Reading [podcast]

“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.” Revelation 1:3 The quickest and surest way to get blessed is to simply read God’s Word. This is so simple that most miss it. Bible reading is the key to learning the things of God (Prov. 22:17-22). Bible Study is paramount to spiritual growth (1 Pet. 2:2). Reading God’s Word etches the image of Christ upon the canvass of the heart (Lk 24:27; Jn 5:39, 46). Bible reading instills the fear of the […]

The Book of 2 Peter Narrated [podcast]

Chapter 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that […]