A Rapture Lexicon... (For those unfamiliar with it)

You speak the truth and I commend you for that. No other institution has more blood on it’s hands that the RCC. A RC friend of mine, when I confront him with that fact, says “I wasn’t there”, like I’m accusing him personally. I told him he’s right, of course, but his church was there and they did it. Rape, torture, murder....all documented throughout history. Is that something Jesus would condone? How many have lost their lives because of the RCC “in the name of Christ?” On the high end I would estimate upwards of 300 million people, including indigenous people of South America, Mexico, etc... and those killed in holy wars. Flat out murdered because they wouldn’t convert or confess to something? minimum 75 million people, and I’m probably low by at least 25-50 million people. It’s all documented in history for anyone to read, from the numbers murdered/killed to how they did it, if you are so inclined to study it. I would let that sink in.

“Let me guess- Seventh Day Adventist?

Do some research please. Those are old slanders against the Catholic Church, and they’re easily disproven.”

I don’t think Chuckles is SDA, but I am. I don’t agree on everything he says but I do about the the Catholic Church’s history of murder. Here’s some of that “research” you were looking for:

http://webwitness.org.au/estimates.html

BTW....

“I would let that sink in”

This comment is not directed at Chuckles. It’s for everyone who refuses to acknowledge what the RCC did or just flat out denies it.

I know for a fact that there are many terrific Christians in the Catholic Church. “Come out of her, my people” is directed at them.

And, I don’t for one second think being a SDA saves anyone. I’m sure we will all be surprised who is or is not in heaven when all is said and done. But, they will all have at least two things in common....

Rev 14:12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus...

..."Rev 14:12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus...

Thank you for that verse!

I am NOT SDA, or any denomination. Just by declaring the 7th Day is the Sabbath God blessed for His people seems to trigger that response. Many can't believe billions of people can be wrong, but even a cursory reading of Scripture shows God Himself Commanding that His people (notice He said "His people") would follow this Commandment. It invariably is connected to admitting that God created the universe and all that's in it in 6 days. How many "Christians" believe in evolution? They won't honor God on the proper day because they don't believe He created them. Calling God a liar starts you off on a bad foot with Him if you ask me. Romans 1:18-32 speaks to this. Because we are too wise to believe God, we have become fools. He gives us over to a reprobate mind to think what we want. What is the first sign of a reprobate mind? Homosexuality! Is homosexuality growing? In verse 32 He says if we just agree with sin we are guilty of it. How many have said I myself wouldn't allow an abortion in my family, but I don't want to stop others from having theirs? They are guilty of shedding innocent blood just as if they murdered the babies. Even in Exodus 20 in the 10 Commandments, God tied the Sabbath in with creating the world in 6 days.

If we say we are Christian, how can we pick and choose what we believe out of Scripture? Yet Most today believe we started as a big ball of matter that came from nowhere and in nothing, and then somehow this nothing exploded. We can't even explain how grass makes energy from the sun or how the eye sees, or how enzymes are made, yet we think we are gods. The whole reason I'm saved is because my Mother in Law was sick and dying from a terminal disease called Aplastic anemia and one prayer from my wife healed her in an instant. I saw it, I was there. People today, even Christians, won't believe God can do anything. What is impossible for man is possible for God if He made everything. We serve a supernatural God, yet we expect the carnal world to go on as it has before. Christ is dying in man made churches we have today. He will come back to fix that as he did with the Pharisees and these "Christians" will have their eyes opened just as Paul had scales fall off his eyes. The Word says what the Words says and if we are believers, He expects us to believe it. Did the Red Sea split or did the Jews walk across a reed sea knee deep. I choose to believe the Word of God that came through Moses. The people that blindly go to church on Sunday are choosing to defy God's Commands. It has nothing to do with SDA or even being Jewish. People believe they are no longer under the Law, but Jesus Himself warned them in Matthew 5 that the Law would last until Heaven and earth is destroyed. No one explained to them that the law that died was the law of sin and death. When you become a child of God through adoption, you won't die the second death. But that in no way excepts you from God's Law. If Jesus wanted to change this He or one of His Apostles would have said so. God blessed the Sabbath as a special day for His people. If you know what I already think of the RCC and the coming pope, you can see that 7th day worshipers will be "marked" by God as His people. When God said the Sabbath will be a "sign", look up the Strongs meaning and it says they are "marked" for Him. This is my thought and can't be proven with Scripture, but could that mean the Antichrist will pursue Sabbath worshipers and the Sunday worshipers will take His mark? I don't know, that is just something to think on.

If you make a study about the Sabbath day, you can't help but be convicted to start keeping it. I go to my church on Sunday to fellowship with my friends. I have home Bible study with about 8-10 people on Friday night after sundown and my wife and I worship and study on Saturday. I am the spiritual leader in my home and don't have to follow someone else, so we have communion and worship in my home on the true Sabbath. If you talk to a Methodist, they will tell you they follow Scripture. If you talk to a Baptist, they will tell you they are following Scripture. The rest will tell you the same but may bring up a special rule they follow that makes them different that the others. If you ask a Catholic if they are Catholic or a Christian, they most likely will say they are Catholic. They are admitting they aren't Christian as the Bible defines it. They believe they are Christian as the "Church" defines it. That's why Luther left. I believe there are Christians in the RCC, but they have been ordered to come out of her. Most won't. I have met many that did, however. Getting one that will just read and study the topics that I brought up in my previous comments is almost impossible. For them leaving, the RCC is scarier than going to hell.

I look at disobeying God's Commandments as a son not taking out the trash when Father tells him to take out the trash. Father won't kill him, but you shouldn't expect to get away scott free. There is a verse that says if we sin on purpose after we know better, we should expect many "stripes". There are consequences for not believing God. I got the belt if I defied my father. If you aren't His Son, you get Hell and burned because you don't belong to Him. When Jesus took our sins upon Himself, we were adopted sons into God's Family and we won't die for our sins. "Grace" is not receiving the punishment the Law says we should get.

Usually I get accused of being a Judaizer because Jesus was a Jew and told His followers the Jews were the chosen people and He followed all Jewish Laws. He got cross-ways with the Pharisees because they made up rules that weren't from God's Word. Paul explained that "true Israel" was Jews and Gentile believers. Not all Jews will be saved, but all "Israel" will be by God's promise. The Word of God Is our foundation, not a pope. I'm looking for the new pope to accept gay marriage in my lifetime. In my mind, RCC's will have a choice to make. Almost nothing they do is accepted by Scripture. How far will they go defending a man made church?

Just curious...
Does this describe your beliefs/teachings of your church?

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.