Francis added that the devil "knows that Christians are disciples of Christ, that they are one, that they are brothers! He doesn't care if they are Evangelicals or Orthodox, Lutherans, Catholics or Apostolic … he doesn't care! They are Christians."
I’ve always believed that, too, onyx.
It may seem “nice” to believe that, but I do not think it is scriptural. In Scripture we are warned of false teachings and false teachers. As an evangelical, I prefer catholics to think I am wrong than to think the difference does not matter.
If they would, I need someone to explain to me what is wrong with that quote that you posted, onyx. Feel free to explain in freepmail since I’m not Roman Catholic and I don’t want to disrupt the thread in any way. Thanks.
Francis added that the devil "knows that Christians are disciples of Christ, that they are one, that they are brothers! He doesn't care if they are Evangelicals or Orthodox, Lutherans, Catholics or Apostolic … he doesn't care! They are Christians."I happen to believe that, too. Strange that so many on this thread believe this to be heresy.
We as Christians are going to have to come to terms with the fact that there is an entity that hates anyone who loves God in the Judeo-Christian understanding of Him. That enemy may not be visible, but he is working through a false religion that tortures and kills whoever doesn't follow it. This is not the time for division. This is not the time for disobedience. It's a time for prayer and sacrifice, trust in God and His Mercy, and the realization that we need to find that common ground against our enemies, visible and invisible. Divide and conquer is the evil one's big strategy.
Look at a film that shows the liberation of the camps in Europe. People naked or in rags, starved, shaved and given numbers- no matter what denomination, national origin- just anyone who was not a Nazi. Did differences matter then? Was there a hierarchy in the gas chambers? Fights among denominations before the firing squads? Only the tattooed numbers were left to tell one person from another when those bodies were bulldozed into mass graves. Those who seek to divide are unwitting tools of the devil.
This Pope is one the Holy Spirit placed there, just as He placed the Borgia's and the Medici, and all the others. Only He knows the reason; we must trust the Holy Spirit and know that He is guiding God's family as He always has, like a bridegroom, for better, for worse; the Spirit will guide us, but we must trust and obey- and be careful of the media.
Funny, we should send Francis an invite to one of our forums! He definitely would rethink the idea that we all could agree on anything! 😀