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To: bkaycee

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.”


INDEED.


7,127 posted on 08/05/2010 4:05:21 PM PDT by Quix (THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Quix; bkaycee
"That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Jesus Christ." (Eph. 2:7).

Why would God, in His kindness toward us through Jesus Christ, send His only begotten Son, His glory, to die for us, and then make our way to Him dependant on our pitiful selves? Why would He give up His Son on our behalf, and then make us go through a maze of traditions and doctrines to get to Him? Why would a kind and loving Creator of the Universe make our salvation dependant on rituals, and creeds, and canon, after He has told us "It is FINISHED"? That would be a cruel god who would take away what he promised. Who would add demands after telling us "It is FINISHED." ?

7,134 posted on 08/05/2010 4:18:51 PM PDT by smvoice (smvoice- formally known as small voice in the wilderness. Easier on the typing!)
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