Posted on 09/26/2015 11:31:49 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
The greatly heralded Pope Francis, beneficiary of 24 hour news coverage from all news networks, has once again given us insight into his inner self in a sermon at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City (Transcript of Sermon) . After starting the service, Pope Francis gave a heart warming shout-out to his "religion of peace", “Muslim brothers and sisters” when he said this:
“I would like to express two sentiments for my Muslim brothers and sisters: Firstly, my greetings as they celebrate the feast of sacrifice.”
The Pope clearly understands that for the last 1400 years, Islam has held that Christians and Jews are not brothers and sisters, but rather infidels worthy of death. Islam's god, Allah, states in Surah 19 of the Koran that he has no son. To say so is blasphemy against Allah and his prophet, Mohammed. However, despite what Muslims believe, the Chrislamic Pope Francis has demanded that the Christian nations in Europe and America receive all Muslim "al hijrah" immigrants, while the Vatican has the strictest immigration policy on earth. Perhaps the syncretic Pope believes that by paying obeisance to Islam he can bring the irrational religion under his cognitive dissonant sphere of influence? His later words in the sermon seem to dignify the Islamic view of Jesus' failure on the cross when he stated:
"And if at times our efforts and works seem to fail and not produce fruit, we need to remember that we are followers of Jesus Christ and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, the failure of the cross.
The Bible foretells in Revelation 13 that in the last days before the return of Jesus, an international religious figure will rise on the scene. The religious figure will look like a self-sacrificing, philanthropist. A real lover of man and the earth! He will appear harmless as a lamb, but when he speaks, he speaks like a ravenous dragon. He may feign faith in Christ, but in reality will direct everyone to worship another political figure who will be promoted to help solve the world's problems. Somehow this religious figure is so intertwined with politics and the economic system, he is able to promote a new worldwide economic order where all must have the the political figure's mark on their person in order to purchase, and to show loyalty to the "new world system". The Bible is also clear that whoever receives this "mark" will be damned to hell, with no hope of redemption.
I am not sure if Pope Francis IS this religious figure. If not, he is certainly a wonderful forerunner. Every time he opens his mouth, he continues his foray into the world political and economic orders and his consistent promotion of homosexuality, Allah as God of the Bible, and Marxism/Socialism betraying his "inner dragon"...
Victory in Jesus, by Eugene Monroe Bartlett, Sr.
I heard an old, old story
How a Savior came from glory
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me
I heard about His groaning
Of His precious blood's atoning
Then I repented of my sins
And won the victory
O victory in Jesus
My Savior, forever
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him
He plunged me to victory
Beneath the cleansing flood
I heard about His healing
Of His cleansing pow'r revealing
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to see
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus
Come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and brought
To me the victory
O victory in Jesus
My Savior, forever
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him
He plunged me to victory
Beneath the cleansing flood
I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory
And I heard about the streets of gold
Beyond the crystal sea
About the angels singing
And the old redemption story
And some sweet day I'll sing up there
The song of victory
O victory in Jesus
My Savior, forever
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him
He plunged me to victory
Beneath the cleansing flood!
Calling out his Muslim brothers, calling the cross a failure, telling us that God is open to homosexuality, etc..?.? I am not sure what he means when he talks, however every time he opens his mouth, evil comes out.
Ironically, Jesus was killed by the mob too.
Good points Dilbert.
The fact is, in order to become a Muslim, one must deny the Divinity of Jesus Christ, because as has been pointed out, the teachings of Islam state that Jesus was NOT the Son of God and that He did not die on the Cross, but died a natural death.
The TRUTH is that Jesus said “If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father”, and “No one cometh unto the Father except by Me”, and if that isn’t enough, “The Father and I are One”.
The undisputable fact is that NOBODY will enter the Kingdom of God except by the intercession of Jesus Christ. Not by Mohammed, not by Buddha, not by Hindu, not by ANY one except Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God.
Mohammed was a murdering, lying pedophile, and ‘allah’ is NOT the God of the Bible, ‘allah’ is in fact a name used to worship the pagan moon god in what is now known as Saudi Arabia, and those pagan beliefs pre-date the Bible and have been proven false and erroneous so far as having any connection whatsoever with the true Word of God.
Islam is not a religious system, it is a political ideology hiding behind the pretense of religion, it is a demonic and depraved perversion of any and all things that are truly Holy, and it leads only to one path, spiritual and literal DEATH.
On a personal note, I have an adult daughter who inexplicably chose to become a Muslim, I told her I would have nothing more to do with her, and that as far as I was concerned, if it came down to a choice between her and Jesus Christ, that “as for me and my house, I will follow the Lord” and that she would be on the outside looking in, needless to say, she didn’t like that very much, but I told her that I would be continuously praying for the scales to drop from her eyes, for Almighty God to reveal Himself to her, and to expose the lies of Islam and the duplicity of the Muslim dupes who were pretending to be her ‘friends’.
Praise be to God, my daughter saw the error of her ways, repented of her transgressions, and she is now a God-fearing, Jesus-loving young woman, and I am convinced that it was the power of prayer, and the power of the Blood of Christ that did such a work in rescuing her from what would have been a fatal error in judgment.
Even in the fullest context possible as follows:
“The cross shows us a different way of measuring success. Ours is to plant the seeds. God sees to the fruits of our labors. And if at times our efforts and works seem to fail and not produce fruit, we need to remember that we are followers of Jesus Christ and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, the failure of the cross.”
..this statement demonstrates a glaring lack of understanding of the basic tenant of Christianity.
I was raised catholic and I still am, although to many I would be seen as lapsed.
But I remember daily that the sacrifice made on that cross saved me and all who believe. I cannot see that as anything but a wonderful, successful gift.
The adoration of Pope Francis this week as if he is God has bothered me greatly. There was just posted here a story about some dimwit congressman who swiped the Pope’s water glass and shared its contents with his family.
Pope Francis is a man. A man with an important position, but subject to the same flaws any man has. The only person who ever lived a perfect life is his boss.
Just my .08 (it was .02, but inflation)
Shame and failure are NOT synonyms.
Are you talking about the mob, or bride of Christ, who loves Jesus and wants to stay faithful to Him? The bride who rejects the word of false prophets and holds on to Jesus’ Words?
God bless you and your family. I’m sure it was your prayers that brought your daughter to reject Islam, and join with the Body of Christ.
Not sure why the problem with what the Pope said: HUMANLY speaking the cross was a failure. The cross looked like the end to the disciples, to those standing at the foot of the cross, to tbe Romans, and the Jewish leaders.They had yet to experience the spiritual reality and success of the resurrection.
Too much is being extrapolated from his quote.
‘Could the Pope have meant the crucifixion was a failure because Jesus arose from the dead?’
If that’s what he meant that’s what he should have said.
I agree. People say he speaks in catholic terms. That's fine if he wants to be a priest and work at local catholic church. But, he the Pope and not only are the eyes of the world upon him, he speaks to the world. So when he speaks, he needs to be clear. He needs to remind people of why we need Jesus. This statement he made was horrible.
Jesus Christ and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, the failure of the cross.
The big question is, was it preordained that Jesus had to die on the cross?
Why can’t people see that, humanly speaking, the crucifixion was indeed a failure. His disciples went into hiding, thinking the jig was up. Only after the Resurrection, did the disciples learn what the crucifixion meant. Read the account of the road to Emmaus. Wow!
That was an APOSTATE thing to say!!! OMG!! I wish he was 95.
“That is the central theme of Christianity.
Christ died for our sins so we could live an eternal life.
Adam and Eve chose a new ruler of this world in the Garden.
Jesus Christ purchased it back with His life.
Praise God, and I mean that sincerely.
This pope seems to be off his game.
I wonder if he has some medical problems.
It seems like a good idea to replace him, if he is willing.”
A book used in my kids “catholic” school teaches that “Adam and eve are a myth like the easter bunny”
Taken by itself, I can see how someone could call this quote innocuous. However, when you look at the quote in context with everything else he says (e.g. denigration of free markets, elevation of Islam, climate totalitarianism, homosexual support, pedophile scandal, etc.) it is clear that this man is a false prophet.
I am a cradle Catholic of 68 years and have NEVER heard ANYONE say such a thing!! It’s a BLASPHEMY!
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