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 Christ’s crucifixion and rising a failure is indeed blasphemy.
People shouldn’t need a catholic decoder ring to figure out what the pope says or meant to say. When the pope speaks, he not only speaks to catholics but non catholics as well.
I’ve heard some apologists for Islam talk about how Jesus is considered a prophet of some sort in Islam, and how Islam honors Jesus, etc. etc.
But then these apologists have no answer as to why non-Muslims in Muslim countries are treated as 2nd and 3rd class citizens, and are subject to such discrimination. On the one hand, they try to tell us how Islam respects Christianity and Judaism, on the other hand have no explanation as to why infidels are so discriminated against in Muslim societies.
Bkmrk.
To him who has ears to hear...the rest will go on oohing and aching, as if this false prophet is some kind of oracle...
Francis the Foolish. That is what they shall call him.
Ok, if there is a to be on this forum that thinks this Pope is a Christian, I'd like to hear how you can justify that statement.
To call the cross a failure is to Call Jesus Christ a failure.
This is blasphemy no matter how you slice it.
I am not Catholic but I have thought the same as you. POPE’S message is America must do it all, yet we are only 5% of the world. People are hurting now under Obama rule and yet we are to do more.Axelrod said Obama would make New World Order easier to obtain.
Beware of false prophets.
From January
Muslim Immigrants Smash & Urinate on Virgin Mary Statue in Italy
FWIW from Wikipedia:
“The Quran states that Jesus was born a ‘pure boy’ and untouched by sin to Mary (Arabic: Maryam) as the result of virginal conception, a miraculous event which occurred by the decree of God the Creator (Arabic: Allah) which follows the belief of the prophetic message in the Old Testament passage Isaiah 7:14 and referenced in the New Testament passages Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 1:26-38.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam
Was this actually said by the Pope this week?
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.
The apostle Paul called it a shame, humanly speaking. Only with the Resurrection and miraculous founding of the church was it shown to be a victory. The pope has said enough regarding politics to call him into question. This completely valid statement of his is not a point to chase.
He said that? Christ’s death was a failure only to the world. To God and his people it was the greatest success ever. I am really starting to dislike this pope. The college of cardinals really screwed up this time.
CC
Can someone who is Catholic couch this statement in any sort of Catholic doctrine? Because to me, and I’m not Catholic, it’s diametrically opposed to victory over death and sin explicitly taught in the Bible in no uncertain terms. Misquote? Bad translation again? Francis seems entirely too preoccupied with the political, but I did not doubt his Christianity. But, if he actual said this and actually believes this, then I do.
Could the Pope have meant the crucifixion was a failure because Jesus arose from the dead?
Shhh, the mob has spoken. Common sense not allowed.
I never remember Pope John Paul never needing ‘translation’. This guy gives me the creeps.
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