Dispelling Roman Catholic lies is important since they have polluted the world with their blasphemous heresies.
Catholics are blinded under the blanket of blasphemy known as the roman catholic cult. Little do catholics realize that Jesus Christ is the victim of every mass – supposedly re-sacrificed, as if His one time perfect sacrifice on the cross 2,000 years ago was not enough! Catholics are given a “host” in the form of a round wheat wafer. The Latin word for host is hostia and means victim. Make no mistake: This is a blatant attack on Jesus Christ by Satan himself. The Bible tells us that Jesus “died unto sin once.” (Romans 6:10) His sacrifice was perfect and happened on the day He offered His sinless body and blood on the altar of the cross to pay for the sins of the whole world. “It is finished” means “paid in full.” That’s what Jesus cried on that cross before the Son of God gave up the ghost (John 19:30).
“by his own blood he entered in ONCE into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:12
“but now ONCE in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” Hebrews 9:26
“So Christ was ONCE offered to bear the sins of many.” Hebrews 9:28
“For Christ also hath ONCE suffered for sins…” 1 Peter 3:18
NO such thing as a catholic who is a born again Christian! STOP the excuses and lead them to Jesus! You are in darkness! 1 Corinthians 10:21
How Does the Catholic Church View Communion?
A Catholic heathen wrote this:
“THE HOST [Eucharist cracker/wafer] IS NOT AN IMAGE OF GOD, BUT GOD HIMSELF!!!!!!!!”
Pope John Paul II (a.k.a. Karol Joseph Wojtyla–his real name) said about the Eucharist in his 1980 Encyclical Letter on the Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist — “Adoration of Christ in this Sacrament of love must also find expression in various forms of Eucharistic devotion: personal prayer before the Blessed Sacrament [the Eucharist], hours of adoration, periods of exposition – short, prolonged and annual (Forty Hours) – Eucharistic benediction, Eucharistic processions, Eucharistic Congresses.”
The mass is the center of Catholicism and the Eucharist (that little round wafer above) is the center of the mass.
“…[E]ucharistic worship is the center and goal of all sacramental life.” –Karol Wojtyla, aka pope John Paul II
Communion was never meant to become a cold, dead ritual like the Roman cult has made it.
Communion is for the “remembrance” of Christ’s redemptive death on the cross and not the reality of supposedly eating the very flesh and drinking the literal blood of Jesus in the elements. The catholic church calls this “transubstantiation” which is a lie. The roman cult teaches that as one of their unsaved priests waves his sinful hand over the elements (bread and grape juice) that those elements literally become the actual flesh and blood of Jesus Christ-literally. It’s a good thing to challenge them to produce DNA evidence of such. Lie debunked. Case closed.
In instituting communion, Jesus instructed us to “do this in REMEMBRANCE of me” not in the reality of me (Luke 22:19) ….., believing that Christ’s ACTUAL blood and body is what you are drinking and eating is an ancient pagan practice. John 6 is not even speaking about communion. It’s an illustration of who He is… He is the bread of life and He’s also “the door” but that doesn’t mean the Son of God is a piece of wood because He said “I am the door” (John 10). Should we now eat wood to eat “Jesus”? Then Jesus said He’s “the vine” but does that mean Jesus is a literal stalk with leaves? (John 15) When we look at the whole of Scripture, we see that Jesus is speaking figuratively, not literally as He did in many other places, two of which were just listed (Door, Vine). He does this to teach us by illustration who He is. In John 6 when Jesus says He is “the bread,” Christ was speaking of partaking with Him, not trying to eat Him physically, literally. Ask yourself; Did Jesus stand there that day handing out parts of His physical body? Of course not. If not, then why would He today want us think we are eating Him or fellowshipping with Him by chewing Him when we eat bread to commemorate His death for us?
In that very passage and context (John 6), Jesus says “He that believeth (not eats) hath everlasting life.” (John 6:47) Then He tells us “It is the spirit that quickeneth (makes alive); the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63)
We receive Jesus by faith and walk with Him by faith and not by thinking we are literally eating Him. Isn’t that cannibalism?
TRANSUBSTANTIATION – TRUE OR FALSE? If God does a miracle, it doesn’t have to be propped up or lied about – it can stand on its own merit and be substantiated by science. In 1,700 years, the catholic church has never validated it claims that the wheat actually becomes the literal body of Jesus nor has it ever proved by DNA testing that the grape juice actually becomes the blood of Jesus. If as they teach in their doctrine of transubstantiation, that the wheat becomes the literal body of Jesus and the juice becomes the literal blood of Jesus, then it should be tested to see if it’s literally true, or a hoax/lie. What have they to hide by the results of DNA testing? – Their whole religion is what they have to lose because it stands or falls on this ancient babylonian doctrine.
Question: While tasting that wheat, does it taste like juice or does it taste like blood?
Question: When tasting that wheat wafer, does it taste like wheat or does it taste like human flesh?
Biblical communion is symbolic not substantive as the catholic false teaching of transubstantiation claims.
No true Christian believes that Jesus Christ, the eternal God, is turned into a piece of wheat by a robe-wearing priest from a religion God never sanctioned.
The roman catholic religion and its doctrines utterly deny the total sufficiency of Christ and His COMPLETED, perfect work on the cross. They teach that you have to keep physically eating Jesus. SMH
Jesus Christ said, “do this in REMEMBRANCE of me!”…..Remembrance is different from actual transformation!
Biblical communion is a memorial of the sacrificial love of Jesus for us displayed in his crucifixion, not the worship of a piece of mere wheat, deceitfully pretending to cannibalistically eat the actual, literal body of Jesus, something He never told us to do.
Salvation is through Christ, the divine Person – the crucified, risen LORD and Savior – and not the catholic “jesus” which is a piece of wheat that supposedly literally becomes God as the unsaved catholic sinner priest waves his sinful hand over it.
FAITH IS ONLY AS VALID AS THE ONE IT IS PLACED IN – IS YOUR FAITH IN THE HISTORIC CHRIST OF HOLY SCRIPTURE OR A WHEAT “JESUS”? ACCORDING TO HOLY SCRIPTURE, WE ARE NOT TO RECEIVE CHRIST IN WHEAT FORM, BUT RATHER BY FAITH IN THE HEART – FOR HIS “FINISHED” (PERFECTLY COMPLETED) WORK (John 19:30).
Confessing your sin to a mere man, a sinner in a costume, remits no sin. You must repent before a holy God and believe on the LORD Jesus Christ to be saved, forgiven (Acts 20:21).
Drinking Blood Forbidden in Both Testaments
Acts 15 … “But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.” Acts 15:20-21
Drinking or eating blood is forbidden of God in both testaments so why would the Son of God contradict Himself by instituting such an abomination?
Transubstantiation has to be a false conclusion, otherwise the Lord Jesus Christ spoke against the Word of God.
“But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.” Genesis 9:4
“And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off” Leviticus 17:10-14
“Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD” Deuteronomy 12:23-25
Of Catholic communion, other writers note:
“Did you know the word mass means sacrifice, death, dismissal? The Catholics have masses, because in these masses they’re partaking in the killing, the sacrifice of Christ through the Eucharist ritual, and the occult/satanists also have masses because in the mass they offer up sacrifices of innocent lives to their so called gods, which is really satan and his demons. So, when wishing people “Merry Christmas” a person is actually wishing people happy sacrifice/death/dismissal of Jesus Christ; so in reality the whole Christmas thing has nothing to do with birth of Jesus. Christ was not born in December 25, the pagan sun-gods were born due to the winter solstice, Jesus, was born sometime late spring or early fall. ♡ To be healthy in our Christian walk and to be able to inherit God’s promise of heaven when we depart this world, we need to come away from all the pagan inspirations and lies in this world—it’s important to come away from the celebration of Christmas, in reality, it’s a big dark idolatrous lie against God and His only begotten Son.” Unknown
Another source says:
“The Mass. Unknown in the early church, the mass did not become an official doctrine until pronounced by the Lateran Council of 1215 under the direction of Pope Innocent III, and reaffirmed by the Council of Trent. The Church of Rome holds that the mass is a continuation of the sacrifice that Christ made on Calvary — in effect a re-crucifixion of Christ over and over again in an unbloody manner (cf. Heb. 9:22; 1 Jn. 1:7). They believe that by this means Christ offers Himself again and again as a sacrifice for sin (cf. Heb. 7:27; 9:12,25,26; 10:10,12,14,18), and that this sacrifice is just as efficacious to take away sin as was the true sacrifice on Calvary. Catholics thus teach the doctrine of transubstantiation (meaning a change of substance) — that the bread and wine (at communion) actually become (by the power of the priest!) the body and blood of Christ, which is then worshiped as God Himself! Indeed, the sacrifice of the mass is the central point of Catholic worship, as evidenced by the fact that those abstaining from attending mass are considered to have committed a mortal sin.” unknown
“The Eucharist has been referred to as the Catholic “wafer god”. I think that is an appropriate name for it. Without eating their Jesus, the Eucharist, Catholics believe they can’t go to heaven. Their Jesus, the Eucharist, is also called “The Sacrifice” and “The Victim” (see above encyclical for examples). You see, they don’t believe that the work of Jesus Christ was finished on the cross–He is supposed to be a perpetual victim always getting sacrificed over and over again. Dying over and over and over.
That’s why you continually see them with dead Jesus’ on crosses in their churches and homes–just hanging there, dead. My Jesus is not the “Eternal Victim”, He is the Eternal Lord of Lords and King of Kings! Jesus told me in His word that His ONE time sacrifice is finished, completed, over. The Lord Jesus Christ is back in heaven where He came from waiting on His enemies to be made His footstool, not hopping up to enter a piece of bread. The mythical Eucharist is just another man-made tradition.
What else did Karol say?
“The encouragement and deepening of the Eucharistic [cracker] worship are proofs of that authentic renewal…Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love…”
Many Catholics say that I don’t understand Catholicism BUT NOT ONE will deny that they consider that cracker Jesus! NOT ONE WILL DENY that they fall down in front of images like this as well as statues, relics, paintings, and other images. NOT ONE will say that the ONE TIME sacrifice of Jesus Christ is enough to save your soul. I have told no lies on the Catholic religion on this site and I have no misunderstanding. Just go to some of their websites–you’ll see what I’m saying is true. Get into a conversation with one and ask them about these things–you’ll see they’re true. Compare their encyclicals, decretals, and catechism to the Bible and see if you don’t find contradictory documents. You don’t have to take my word for it.”
“Catholics tell me that “the Catholic Church is the only Church that was given the authority to interpret sacred scripture and to teach on matters of faith and morals without error.” Mmm, this is a pretty big claim. I have some questions for you, gentle reader:
[1] Look at the picture above one more time. Would you call that Eucharist cracker an image? Let me help you. An image is, according to Webster’s,
im-age (im’ij) n. an imitation or representation of a person or thing, drawn, painted, photographed, etc.; esp., a statue; a sculpted figure used as an idol.
The person is Jesus, the idol is the Eucharist cracker and surrounding monstrance. “But,” a Catholic would say to me, “we don’t worship idols, we worship Jesus.” Well, let’s look at Webster’s again for the definition of an idol:
i-dol (i’dl) n. an image of a god, used as an object or instrument of worship. [Didn’t Karol say to worship the Eucharist?]; any object of ardent or excessive devotion or admiration [Didn’t Karol say, “Eucharistic DEVOTION”?]
I like the following definition best which is also found in Webster’s New World Dictionary (1982): an impostor!”
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“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:3
Every person “hid with Christ in God” is saved and under divine grace, saved by Christ.
Everyone not “hid with Christ in God” is going away in judgment (Colossians 3:3; Romans 8:13; Galatians 5:19-21, 24). When we are “hid with Christ in God,” we are safe, secure, and under the blessings of His divine grace instead of His condemnation.
“Of the doctrine of baptisms” Hebrews 6:2
Baptized into Jesus Christ and Baptized into His Death
“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?” Romans 6:3
Jesus defeated death, hell, sin, and satan by dying (Hebrews 2:14)…. whereby He was then resurrected and redemption was completed. Redemption culminated, was finalized in the resurrection of Christ.
In the same way, God calls us to die downward with Christ so that He can raise us upward into His victory…. letting go and letting God, not a striving or struggle but rather a surrender, we are to let Christ consume us, as we surrender (John 3:30).
“And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.” Luke 23:46
Are we willing to declare today to declare with our LORD Jesus that we are submitting our spirit into His holy hands?
“death is swallowed up in victory” – death results in God raising us upward, into His full victory, ultimately into final, eternal victory, glory with the Father, Son, and the saints of the ages.
We can be sure, completely confident that as we die downward and are buried with Christ, God is going to raise us up into His victory God’s answer to death and burial is resurrection.
The resurrection is the victory and in order to experience His resurrection life, we must be dead and buried and ultimately raised up into eternal glory with Him.
“Thou fool, that which thou sowest (plant downward) is not quickened (made alive), except it die:” 1 Corinthians 15:36
“So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” 1 Corinthians 15:54
Romans 6
“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
v3 – “baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death”
v4 – “buried with him by baptism into death”
v5 – “his death … his resurrection”
Notice that death and buried, being immersed into the death and burial of Christ must of necessity precede, must come before the resurrection we experience with Christ through the daily cross life.
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” Colossians 3:1-4
When He saves us we are baptized with Him “into his death” …. “I am crucified with Christ” (Galatians 2:20)
“When a person is saved, he is baptized into Christ Jesus in the sense that he is identified with Christ in His death and resurrection. This is not the same as the baptism in (or of) the Spirit, though both occur simultaneously. The latter baptism places the believer in the body of Christ (1Co_12:13); it is not a baptism into death. The baptism into Christ means that in the reckoning of God, the believer has died with Christ and has risen with Him.
When Paul speaks of baptism here, he is thinking both of our spiritual identification with Christ and of its portrayal in water baptism. But as the argument advances, he seems to shift his emphasis in a special way to water baptism as he reminds his readers how they were “buried” and “planted together” in the “likeness” of Christ’s death.
The NT never contemplates the abnormal situation of an unbaptized believer. It assumes that those who are converted submit to baptism right away. Thus our Lord could speak of faith and baptism in the same breath: “he who believes and is baptized will be saved” (Mrk_16:16). Though baptism is not a requirement for salvation, it should be the invariable public sign of it.” Believer’s Bible Commentary
Baptized into the body of Christ
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 12:13
“1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized, etc. – As the body of man, though composed of many members, is informed and influenced by one soul; so the Church of Christ, which is his body, though composed of many members, is informed and influenced by one Spirit, the Holy Ghost; actuating and working by his spiritual body, as the human soul does in the body of man.
To drink into one Spirit – We are to understand being made partakers of the gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost agreeably to the words of our Lord, Jhn_7:37, etc.: If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink: this he spake of the Spirit which they that believed on him should receive.
On this verse there is a great profusion of various readings, which may be found in Griesbach, but cannot be conveniently noticed here.” Adam Clarke
“Baptism is more than just getting wet! When we go down into the water it signifies we are now dead and buried and our “life is hid with Christ in God.” Col 3:3. Coming up out of the water is our resurrection life! We are then raised up into newness of life! Our old man is crucified and we no longer serve sin but we have a new Master! Jesus Christ is the new Master of our lives! We now serve God and not sin. And should be bearing fruit of rightness and holiness! Romans 6. When we embrace the crucified life we are given overflowing rivers of new life! New life is breathed into us. Walking in the flesh only makes our soul sick with sin! And sin kills and destroys! (Romans 6:23). Rotting us from the inside out! But the way of the cross brings life to our flesh! (Proverbs 3:8, 4:22). Our flesh meaning our whole spirit, soul and body. 1 Thessalonians 5:23. We cannot be a whole person until we are completely given over to the Lord! And this can only happen through the cross. When we are dead and buried and raised up in the newness of life Jesus offers us! Then the joy of the Lord will fill our hearts!” Karen Cochran
What some don’t realize is that just because they were saved in the past in no way means they are still in Christ. This is why we read things like this throughout Scripture:
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” 2 Corinthians 13:5
We must judge ourselves against God’s Word.
“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.” 1 Corinthians 11:31-32
Prayer: Father please penetrate my heart with Your holy conviction, granting true repentance and obedience. LORD, I want to be dead and buried with You. I am crucified with Christ and I know You are raising me up and will ultimately raise me up with You into eternal glory… I am not planted together in the likeness of His death and burial and I know You are raising me up into the victory. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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Are You a Follower of Jesus and Considering Moving to Mexico? [podcast]
Could the LORD be shaking off the dust of His holy feet against America?
“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.” Matthew 10:14
HAPPENING NOW:
Just handed a tract to a man named Ruben. He said “Thank you. I’ve been searching and was thinking of visiting the JW (Jehovah Witness) church near me. Thank you.” Then a conversation ensued. He was informed that that JW and Mormons are cults. Ruben was given the law to convict, and saving Gospel, and exhorted to pray in repentance today and receive Jesus for the remission of his sins. He was told by way of testimony and the Word that Jesus is exactly Who he was looking for.
We exchanged numbers and will be meeting again soon. Please pray for this man. He’s in ripe mode if you will….. ready to repent and receive Jesus, Heaven’s Treasure, Salvation! Would you like to pause and lift Ruben in prayer?
*** Saints, as your brother in Christ, let me encourage you to dare pray something like this today if you are inclined: “Dear LORD, I am all Yours. You created me. You came and died for me. I am Yours. Please put me on Your planet, just exactly where You want me, and use me dear LORD! In Jesus’ name. Amen.”
Saints the JW and Mormon cults are here in Mexico. There are few if any Christian missionaries. “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.”
“And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.” Matthew 9:35-38
I don’t believe any American would regret moving to this great country. The peace and tranquility are off the charts. If you need someone to talk to, let me know.
One thing is certain, you will be immediately spoiled by the preciousness of the Mexican people and their acceptance of the message of Christ! You will minister to no one who won’t say “gracias.”
Are you printing out your supply of JESUS tracts to pass out daily? Never leave home without your supply of the Gospel of Jesus to share with others. Download Jesus tract PDF with one click here – English and Spanish
“Love this Jesus Tract! The other day, at the home we minister in (retirement home), Tom asked me to read this to the people as they usually follow along. Half way through it the reality of what Jesus did for me and all of us, on the cross hit me and the tears began to stream down my face. I could no longer read it. This tract is so filled with the truth and how much God loves us, even in spite of how wicked we are, how could anyone not be convicted?” Karen Cochran
“As this sanctification process happens in our hearts we will see more and more of Christ’s light shining in our hearts. Proverbs 4:18: “But the path of the just is the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” As we surrender daily, as we die to ourselves, as we die downward and are buried with Christ, Jesus’ resurrection life (newness of life) will shine brighter and brighter in our hearts! Until that perfect day when we shall be taken up into glory to be with our Savior forever. Then God’s glory will fill our hearts and the heavens! Until now let the Daystar arise in our hearts each day so His light can shine forth into this lost world. We are to be the light shining Christ’s light into this broken and dark world! Jesus alone is the Answer! His resurrection light! Glory hallelujah!” Karen Cochran
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Francisco repented and received Jesus! As our LORD would have it, our paths crossed by divine ordination. Francisco was preached to and gladly received a Jesus tract. Upon showing him the prayer of repentance and faith on the back, he immediately raised his hands to pray. It caught me off guard, in a good way, and so he was instructed to pray in repentance and faith… as he was led, and he did, out loud, acknowledging that he has sinned against God and then calling on our LORD Jesus to forgive, save, wash away his sin.
“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. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. … 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:9-13
Beloved Francisco was showed and encouraged to download the Reina Valera Spanish Bible onto his devices and wake up to seeking God in His Word and prayer first thing each morning (Matthew 6:33). He was given the idea also of reading the Proverb of the day each morning.
This continues to happen here with these precious people. They are so hungry for Christ and only need someone to show, to lead them to Him. Several times when instructed to go home and pray in repentance and faith, they overtly lift their hands and hearts and begin praying right on the spot – which demonstrates that they’d been waiting eagerly to hear the message of Christ’s Gospel!
“HOW shall they hear without a preacher?” Romans 10:14
Ensuing his repentance toward God and faith toward our LORD Jesus (Acts 20:21), the discipleship began. We’ve already been communicating and he’s got the Born Again book in Spanish with three more of the ministry books which will be sent to him this week.
The life being lived with any other purpose except to please God and serve others, is a wasted, hell bound life.
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalms 90:12
“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:16
Remember, flights back and forth from Texas to Mexico are only a 2-3 hour flight.
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Is Romans 7 Before or After Paul’s Salvation?
“The truth is that while Christ dwells in the believer’s new nature, He has strong competition from the believer’s old nature. The warfare between the old and the new goes on continually in most believers.” AW Tozer
The law of God is “holy, and just, and good.” (Romans 7:12)
The holy law of God and the depraved nature of fallen mankind could not be further apart – the righteousness of God inherent in His law vs the “old man,” the iniquitous fallen nature of mankind (Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:9).
Nothing but a caustic reaction, explosion could be the result of the 2 colliding (Romans 7). One or the other must reign.
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.” Galatians 5:17
In what tense did the great apostle speak in when addressing this “old man” that wars against the Spirit in us?
“O WRETCHed man that I am! (presently) who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Romans 7:24
Paul’s flesh was and our flesh is a constant reminder of the ever momentary need for the cross, burial, and resurrection grace of Jesus (Romans 6:3-10; 8:11; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12; Galatians 2:20, etc.). Read Romans chapters 6-7 each morning this week.
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.” Romans 7:18
No, the apostle wasn’t admitting to living in sin but rather that that “old man” – the flesh – was present and must be crucified with Christ daily. Is that not exactly what Jesus taught?
“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.” Luke 9:23-24
I believe Romans 7 applies to both before and after one is saved …. Because if the saved person departs from the daily cross walk, that same “old man” will take center stage. “O wretch man that I AM (present)” (Romans 7:18) ….. we are born again children of God, saints of the Most High and yet that potential to evil, that “old man” must be crucified and “put off” by the daily cross so the “new man” can reign with Christ in this life and eternity. What Paul calls the “old man” must be “put off” and so we can conclude that there IS an “old man” to be “put off” otherwise no such instruction would have been given. We are not to deny the “old man” – the sinful bent – but rather to crucify it (Romans 6; Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:9).
Charles Pray writes: “So many want to hide their sins, especially those who like to appear Holy on the outside while inside they are dark, unholy ministers of the flesh. They have become a product of their own desires. Dear Lord, please bring them back to their first Love–Jesus! Amen.”
Saints, we cannot possibly begin to appreciate this “so great salvation” that is Christ until we understand how lost, helpless, and alienated we were in our sin (Ephesians 2:1-10; Hebrews 2:3). We must study to understand the biblical doctrine of inherent sin, fallen mankind, and the holiness of God …. in order to begin to be able to appreciate the redemption that is in Jesus Christ.
What to “Put Off” and What to “Put On”
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation THE OLD MAN, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on THE NEW MAN, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off THE OLD MAN with his deeds; 10 And have put on THE NEW MAN, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:” Colossians 3:9-10
“When we embrace the crucified life we are given overflowing rivers of new life! New life is breathed into us. Walking in the flesh only makes our soul sick with sin! And sin kills and destroys! (Romans 6:23). Rotting us from the inside out! But the way of the cross brings life to our flesh! (Proverbs 3:8, 4:22). Our flesh meaning our whole spirit, soul and body. 1 Thessalonians 5:23. We cannot be a whole person until we are completely given over to the Lord! And this can only happen through the cross. When we are dead and buried and raised up in the newness of life Jesus offers us, then the joy of the Lord will fill our hearts!” Karen Cochran
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Stacy Strother
December 26, 2024 at 3:28 pm
Great information, brother! I’m sharing this with a friend who sent me a ticktock video with a sincere catholic talking about the Eucharist. I knew most of this already, but to have it all in one post, is a great value and definitely great benefit to the Kingdom of God. Thanks!
Todd
December 26, 2024 at 3:39 pm
Definitely brother. God is good.