building an entire religious system on the Word of God and Tradition of men being equal. The very same problem Israel had. They were blinded and set aside by Acts 28, until the fulness of the Gentiles be brought in. God is not through with the nation Israel, obviously, but they have been temporarily blinded.
Same old Tradition, different face.
You don't know how right you are... Christ said He will not be back until Israel says (as a nation) "Blessed is He who comes in the name of YHWH!"
...AND... Their !!!TRADITION!!! prevents them from uttering His Name!
Nicolaitan=Conquer Laity=Babylon=Confusion.
It is way past time to strip off traditions (no matter which ox gets gored) and get back to the simple message of the Gospel... And begin following the Word of God.
The most interesting thing is the fact that God blinded the Nation Israel. And the god of this world blinded unbelievers. I had never really noticed this before..God is going to turn His attention back to Israel and remove the veil covering their eyes and hearts, but what about that other group, that has been blinded by Satan? Interesting thought...
It is way past time to strip off traditions (no matter which ox gets gored) and get back to the simple message of the Gospel... And begin following the Word of God.
Yes, the Roman church has become the Judaizers of Galations.
They have perverted the Simple Gospel of Grace into rules, regulations, rituals. They have gone back to a priesthood that sacrifices Christ endlessly inserting themselves between God and sinners, replaced circumcision with baptismal regeneration, required auricular confession to a priest for forgiveness, etc...
Even basic biblical terms have been warped.
Grace to a RC is NOT unmerited favor in most caes, but a supernatural enabling which is procured! Thus, justification is dependent upon dedication to the sacramental system to get more grace, to do more works in order to suffer less penance or spend less time in Purgatory.
Faith to a RC is NOT fully trusting in Jesus one perfect sacrifice for the payment of ones sin, but more or less a litany of what one must believe which include the ancient creeds and the more modern Roman dogma like the papacy and the Marian beliefs.
Certainly their tradition has nullified the Word of God.
The Gospel of Grace is simple 1. God is perfect and requires perfection for entry to Heaven. 2. Man is incapable of attaining entry to Heaven left to his own devices 3. Christ perfectly paid the penalty for sin on the Cross for all those who trust in Him alone.
Rom 10:8-10 8But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."