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I’m with you. I have prayed for the actual salvation of the person(s) who posts as Salvation many times. I have quoted many passages of Scriptures, suggested articles, sermons and videos to that person(s) many times that would explain the gospel and the biblical way of salvation. I have personally witnessed in private messages to Salvation and other Catholics. Some of them have thanked me and asked a number of questions, but the person(s) known as Salvation ignores those efforts.

If I didn’t have Roman Catholic relatives who are hopelessly lost, I might never have taken the time to understand the folly of the papal system. For much of my life I was taught they were simply “off” on some doctrines and had unbiblical practices we shouldn’t emulate, but since they believed many of the essentials, they were our Christian brothers. At the prompting of a former Roman Catholic priest I actually took the time to study what they teach and believe and was appalled to learn they lack the very gospel itself. In fact, they officially anathematized the gospel of grace at Trent and that remains her position to this day.

As Dr. James White has said many times, as long as Galatians is in the Bible, we cannot see the Catholic gospel as the one and only saving Gospel. The Judaizers added one little thing—circumcision—to the way of salvation and it was enough for Paul to pronounce anathema on them. Grace plus any law-keeping for salvation makes grace of no effect and is denounced in the strongest way possible in the New Testament. To add one tiny thing to the work that Christ did for salvation is to negate God’s grace. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, not by returning to the Law. “I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing” (Galatians 2:21). The Roman mixture of grace and necessary sacraments (baptism, confession, etc) for salvation is utterly damning. Performance of rituals for salvation always leads to perdition.

I won’t pretend all Catholics are lost, but those who are saved have not been saved according to the Roman religion’s way of salvation. Those saved Catholics have been saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus, and not of works, lest they should boast. I pray there are many whose hearts are far better than their heads or understanding of Bible doctrine—and that goes for non-Catholics as well.

If I didn’t care about Catholic souls I wouldn’t bother commenting. I don’t want to make people angry or be divisive. I won’t participate in endless back and forth debates, but I can’t always scroll on by and ignore the very real elephant in the room. We need more men in this country who will sound the alarm and address the dangers of Rome with boldness and clarity.

If I were a person trusting the Catholic church I wouldn’t feel safe putting my head on my pillow another night without first crying out to the Lord. I would beg Him to not let me be fooled, to please show me the truth and the real way of eternal life. I am a God-fearing man and I do not want to be among those religious people Jesus described in Matthew 7 who have believed themselves right with God but will one day hear “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”