Why do you assume that Catholic Christians don't do this?
I am sure some do, but the Roman church does teach false doctine and relies on traditions that are contrary to the truth and doctrines of Scriptures. The Lord commands his children to “search the Scriptures”.
2TIM 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
I am the direct opposite of that person. I was raised in the Baptist Church and even went to Wheaton College, the place where Billy Graham graduated from. Then I married a Roman Catholic and joined his Church. And I have never looked back or regretted my choice. Just because the Church has gone through some rough times doesn’t mean it’s rotten. It’s the human nature that gives it the rough times.
Further, all churches have their fallen humans. I remember when I went to Wheaton College, it was a fight with every guy I went out with to stay pure, and these were kids from missionary families and preacher’s kids. I’ve never told this to anyone except my sister before, but it’s true. I even remember their names!
It is ultimately to the praise and worship of Almighty God that He does not give up on His children but may use people who differ from a person’s upbringing and religious tradition to shake them into understanding that He is real and must be listened to. This often happens to people who for some reason or another have not found (or have rejected by way of slackness) the grace afforded them in the religious tradition they come from.
The prayers of their families do not go unheard, however, and God in His mercy brings them to an understanding of Him another way (i.e. through another Christian tradition).
It is unwise to dismiss the former religious upbringing then as false because you have experienced the risen Christ from another angle. Rather be grateful to God and those who were faithful in their prayers for you that you have encountered Him at all.
I for one am eternally grateful to God and a praying Catholic Grandmother who faithfully prayed for me everyday of my life until she passed away 5 years ago at the age of 98. What trouble I avoided and what grace I have received I owe to the forgiveness of my Lord and to her vigilance in prayer.
SO let’s try to be a bit wiser when we condemn other faiths who hold dearly to the name of Jesus Christ and rely on His Mercy to see them through.
Blessings
Mel
I agree with you. It is an assumption to think that Catholic Christians don’t know and believe the Sacred Scriptures, that they don’t know their Savior and Redeemer.
That is a prejudicial point of view—pre-judging without sure knowledge.
It’s also seeing others through one’s own personal prism of experience, which is an extremely limited outlook.
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I am an evangelical, born again, Christian. I came to Christ largely because of the faithful prayers of my Catholic, born again, mother-in-law. She was concerned my hubby and I didn’t get the true gospel and taught it to us just like our present pastor would.