They would no longer stay in the Catholic Church if that were true, Sum.
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Actually, I left the Catholic Church for several years...and Jesus led me back. I am Catholic and my relationship with the Lord has deepened because of this, as has my husband’s. My husband had a slightly different experience. Though he was not Catholic, he came to believe that God wanted him here. We both searched the Scriptures together and prayed, asking the Father to show us where we were to be (we had attended several different Christian churches over a period of years...always finding something that was being said by the pastor that did not line up with the Bible).
Though you may not see me as a sister in Christ (because I am joyfully Catholic), I definitely see you as a brother/sister in Christ and sincerely wish that we and people like us would work together in living and spreading the Good News. This painfully darkened world desperately needs that message and witness now and the urgency to win souls for Christ is great...far greater than it has ever been!
That is just it, Sum...that is what Satan wants of the world...for us all to come together and sing kumbaya and get along and be united and work together.
What does that sound like to you? A one world religion? Sure does to me.
Why do you think Islam is so appreciative of Catholicism and vice versa, and even acknowledges the Mary worship? How do you think it would go over if a Muslim were told that they were going to hell outside the saving blood of Jesus? Jihad? Yes!
But Catholics don’t require them to change or be saved. They just say let’s all get along. You love Mary, we love Mary...hey, that’s makes us brothers and we’re all okay.
Catholicism & Islam: Ties That Bind
http://www.reachingcatholics.org/cath_islam.html
Excerpt from the article at link: “The above title became a source of controversy when I used it for a talk given at a recent prophecy conference. What I found curious about the commotion was that it came from Catholics (and some evangelicals) who had yet to hear my presentation. Furthermore, the title reflects the hope and prayers of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Rome has been tilling this “common ground” with Islam for decades, as evidenced by the 1994 Vatican publication, Recognize the Spiritual Bonds Which Unite Us: 16 Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue. Why, therefore, would anyone be upset by my simply repeating what the Roman Catholic Church very much desires?”
The only “spiritual bonds” that Rome and Islam share are Satanic ones. And Jesus and Islam share absolutely NONE!
You and your husband sound like truly good people, which I believe most Catholics are....but good is not the entrance ticket to heaven. Unless you are born again and baptized by the Holy Spirit (not water), you cannot enter the kingdom of God. Period...full stop...end of.
Yes, I know I am harsh and I give no quarter on this but neither does God. It is His way as stated in Scripture or the very broad highway to hell. There are no get-out-of-hell free cards and nobody gets a second chance once this life is over. So make darn sure that what you believe is worth staking your eternal soul on because you will be in eternity without the Lord for a very, very, very long time if you are wrong.
I do not wish anyone here to perish. I get incredibly angry at the deception and ignorance I see here and for the gullibility as well. And if we were not talking salvation, I am sure I would love to have many of you as friends. But we ARE talking salvation and souls and I will not give even one inch to Satan.
And that is enough from me for one day, maybe a lifetime for you. :)
God bless you infinitely and thank you for posting to me in a spirit of love...something I am sadly lacking in most times. Catholics at least have that part down pat!
jodyel