MAY 22, 2013
"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with
the Blood of Chris t: all of us, not
just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists.
Everyone!"
If you know your Bible, then this statement is
shocking. It is up to us to believe,
confess our sins and repent. This would
explain his lack of desire for sharing the Gospel. I don’t understand why the Catholic Church is
not standing up to this man. He is
speaking as if he does not know the word of God. Jesus warned us about hell because he does
not want us to go there. Jesus spoke
more about hell then he did heaven.
There are 46 verses of Jesus speaking about hell. He was trying to warn us and he was nailed to
that cross trying to prevent us from going there. I highly
recommend this video about hell. There
is strong support in the Bible for his experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxKRoONrfY
Revelation 21:8. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the
second death.
I think that
verse is telling us there is a hell and people go there. Read my Salvation Explained article to ensure
you never see this place. http://riseandshinelightoftheworld.blogspot.com/p/salvation-explained.html
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Apostolic Exhortation of the Holy
Father Francis
252. Our relationship with the
followers of Islam has taken on great importance, since they are now
significantly present in many traditionally Christian countries, where they can
freely worship and become fully a part of society. We must never forget that they “profess to
hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful
God, who will judge humanity on the last day”
Together with us they adore the one,
merciful God. It sounds to me like he is
saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
OCTOBER 29, 2015
Pope Francis says God can only love
and not condemn.
Luke 23:40. “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?”
Romans 8:1. There is therefore now no condemnation for
those who are in Chris t Jesus.
“The gift is God’s love, a God who can’t sever
himself from us. That is the impotence
of God. We say: ‘God is all powerful,
He can do everything!’ Except for one
thing: Sever Himself from us!”
This is what hell is. It is the absence of God. The Pope did say right before this a person
can refuse this gift, but when they do, God withdraws himself from us.
“It’s impossible for God to not love us! And this is our
safeguard.”
Don’t feel too safe.
Malachi 1:2-3. “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares
the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob but Esau
I have hated.”
NOVEMBER 6, 2015
“God has
included us all in salvation, all!”
We are not all included in salvation, even though it is offered to all of
us. It is only those who give their
lives to Jesus, confess and repent of our sins, that will receive it.
If salvation is for all, then Jesus died a painful death for nothing.
Matthew 7:13-14.
“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad
that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow
that leads to life, and few are those who find it.”
Matthew 25:46.
“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into
eternal life.”
OCTOBER
27, 2014
“They are theChris tians of gray areas. And these Chris tians
of gray areas are on one side first and then the other. People say of these: 'Is this person with God
or the devil? Huh, always in the grey area. They
are lukewarm. They are neither light nor
dark. And God does
not love these.”
“They are the
I don’t agree
with saying a lukewarm Chris tian
would be evil enough for God not to love.
In my opinion what the Pope is saying here is loosely based on Revelation
3:16. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold
nor hot. I wish you were either one or
the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about
to spit you out of my mouth. While I do think the lukewarm will be left behind in the rapture
because they are neither hot nor cold, I don’t believe God does not love them. He wants them to come to repentance. Other statements made by the Pope are contradictory
to what he has said here. The Pope said
it is impossible for God not to love us (on November 29, 2015) and salvation is
for all (November 6, 2015). If the Pope
believes that Muslims worship the same God as Christians and Jews (November 24,
2013) and Atheists get into heaven (See May 22, 2013), why does he think
lukewarm Christians would not be loved by God.
What does he consider a gray area?
JANUARY 7, 2016
“Many think differently, feel
differently, seeking God or meeting God in different ways. In this crowd, in this range of religions,
there is only one certainty that we have for all: we are all children of God,” Pope Francis
said in his message, released Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany.
Here is a short video the Pope put out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq7us5Lf5IU
We
have heard him say we are all children of God before. Here are additional Bible verses addressing
being a child of God.
1 John 3:10. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice
righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
John 1:12.
But to all who did
receive him, who believed in his name, he gave
the right to become children of God,
Romans 9:8. This means that it is
not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as
offspring.
