[ealgeone]

I’ve seen many calls to join the Roman Catholic Church. Rarely is faith in Christ mentioned.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I have noted countless times on FR that posts are always about catholicism and never about Christ.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Better than that! Most Latin Americans mix witchcraft in with their Mass or Catholicism. I've seen it with my own eyes down there and here in Mexican Supermarkets. Let's put Jesus Malverde (Blasphemous Patron "Saint" of the Narco Cartels) in front of Christ and right next to the grim reaper as well. If that is what they mean by booming, then yes, I'd agree the occult is booming in Latin America.

[smvoice]

Galatians 2:16 is very important in this thread

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but BY the faith OF Christ, even we have believed IN Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith OF Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Those two words “OF” and “IN” are two of the most important words in this Scripture.

The faith OF Christ. Notice it does not say faith IN CHRIST. We can have faith IN CHRIST because He had faith that He would die for our sins and that God would find PERFECT sacrifice in His payment for our sins. And could justly raise Christ from the dead because the entire debt had been paid by Christ at Calvary.
And this is where the Gospel that saves takes us. To the moment of having faith IN Christ because of the faith OF Christ to lay down his life for us.

The Sermon on the Mount is NOT the Gospel that saves. Following the Law is NOT the Gospel that saves. The Beatitudes is NOT the Gospel that saves. The GOSPEL of the Kingdom, given to the 12, is NOT the Gospel that saves in this dispensation of the GRACE of God.

The GOSPEL that saves is to be found in Paul’s epistles. “For by grace are ye saved by faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.”