Just pointing the misguided souls stuck in the muck of false beliefs towards the Kingdom of God.
Funny huh?
King James Bible Matthew 7:13Take a look to the right and left as you go down your path.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat
What do you see?Lots of stuff can fit on that wide path.
Statues, icons, assumed Catholic Mary (perhaps in a picture in a caucus thread floating in the sky at the same tinme standing on the heads of babies,) sinless Mary, still a virgin Mary, Mary denying the marriage bed to her husband, popes that fathered another pope while celibate, a pope who loved hearing the screams of his enemy screaming while being tortured, Mary lifted up to supplanting Jesus for salvation, endless ritual, purgatory, turning Jesus into a piece of bread and sticking it in a fancy gold frame and so you can sit there adoring it while Jesus is looking on shaking his head, holy water, condescending attitudes towards born again Christians, the body of Christ is the Catholic Church, I could go on and on would you like links?
There's that pesky Bible again.1 Corinthians 1:18-31King James Version (KJV)
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
It's pretty clear, needs no interpretation if you look at it through the eyes of the Holy Spirit's guidenance.
All are welcome on the narrow path to salvation and a personal relationship with Jesus but you must give up your life to obtain Eternal Life with God. (scripture reference available upon request)
Why do you keep quoting to a badly translated version of the Bible btw?
Here try this version.....
18 For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.
19 For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world, by wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save them that believe.
22 For both the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumblingblock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness:
24 But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble:
27 But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise; and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong.
28 And the base things of the world, and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen, and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his sight.
30 But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and justice, and sanctification, and redemption:
31 That, as it is written: He that glorieth, may glory in the Lord.
Pretty much says the same thing as the KJV, doesn’t it?
And yet it’s the official DRB of the Catholic church.