Occult History: The Mormons and Freemasonry

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The Masonic Roots of Mormonism

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Some Mormons do not realize that their temple Endowment ceremony was copied directly from occultic rites in Masonry. The Mormon temple ceremony has no connection whatsoever with Christianity. On March 15, 1842, Joe Smith became an Entered Apprentice Mason, and the next day he became a Master Mason. The usual thirty-day wait between degrees was waived by Abraham Jonas, Grandmaster of the Illinois Lodge.

Joe Smith admitted to being a Mason in his History of the Church (vol. 4, p. 551).

Under the date of March 15, 1842 his entry is, "In the evening I received the first degree in Free Masonry in the Nauvoo Lodge, assembled in my general business office." (History of the Church, vol. 4, p. 551)

The very next day he noted becoming a Master Mason, "I was with the Masonic Lodge and rose to the sublime degree." (Ibid., p. 552)

Dr. Reed Durham, who was president of the Mormon History Association, noted:

"There is absolutely no question in my mind that the Mormon ceremony which came to be known as the Endowment, introduced by Joseph Smith to Mormon Masons, had an immediate inspiration from Masonry. It is also obvious that the Nauvoo Temple architecture was in part, at least, Masonically influenced. Indeed, it appears that there was an intentional attempt to utilize Masonic symbols and motifs. . . ." (Mormon Miscellaneous, pub. David C. Martin, October, 1975, pp. 11-16). The remainder of Dr. Reed Durham's address can be viewed at http://web.archive.org.

Less than two months after becoming a Master Mason, Joe Smith introduced the Endowment ceremony. For the Endowment ceremony, Joe Smith copied Masonic rites from a book called Freemasonry Exposed (1827) by William Morgan. When one compares the Nauvoo ceremony with the Masonic rite in Morgan's book, one easily sees the Masonic influence on the Mormon rite. The two rites resemble each other to the point of being identical at places. Morgan's account was an exposé of his local York Rite's "Craft" degrees.

One can easily see the similarities between Masonic and Mormon rites. The penalty for revealing the First Token of the Aaronic Priesthood, Smith copied from the penalty of disclosing the first degree (Entered Apprentice) of Freemasonry.

Mormon text: "We, and each of us, covenant and promise that we will not reveal any of the secrets of this, the first token of the Aaronic priesthood, with its accompanying name, sign or penalty. Should we do so, we agree that our throats be cut from ear to ear and our tongues torn out by their roots" (W. M. Paden, Temple Mormonism, 1931, p. 18).

Mason text: "I will . . . never reveal any part or parts, art or arts, point or points of the secret arts and mysteries of ancient Freemasonry . . . binding myself under no less penalty than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots. . . ." (William Morgan, Freemasonry Exposed, 1827, pp. 21-22).

Compare the Second Token of the Aaronic Priesthood with the Second Degree (Fellow Craft) oath:

Mormon text: "We and each of us do covenant and promise that we will not reveal the secrets of this, the Second Token of the Aaronic Priesthood, with its accompanying name, sign, grip, or penalty. Should we do so, we agree to have our breasts cut open and our hearts and vitals torn from our bodies and given to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field" (Paden, p. 20).

Mason text: "I . . . most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear . . . that I will not give the degree of a Fellow Craft Mason to any one of an inferior degree, nor to any other being in the known world . . . binding myself under no less penalty than to have my left breast torn open and my heart and vitals taken from thence . . . to become a prey to the wild beasts of the field, and vulture of the air. . . ." (Morgan, p. 52).

Besides similar penalties, there are also similar signs, arm positions, ear whisperings, passwords and handgrips. For instance, compare the "First Token of the Aaronic Priesthood" grip with the "First Degree" Masonic grip:

Mormon text:
Peter - "What is that?"
Adam - "The first token of the Aaronic Priesthood."
Peter - "Has it a name?"
Adam - "It has."
Peter - "Will you give it to me?"
Adam - "I can not, for it is connected with my new name, but this is the sign" (Paden, p. 20).

Mason text:
"What is this?"
Ans. "A grip."
"A grip of what?"
Ans. "The grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason."
"Has it a name?"
Ans. "It has."
"Will you give it to me?"
Ans. "I did not so receive it, neither can I so impart it." (Morgan, pp. 23-24).

Ashamed and embarrassed about Smith's copying Masonic rites for the Endowment ceremony, Mormon officials expunged the Five Points of Fellowship and the Penalties from the Endowment in 1990.

Although Freemasons use names and trappings from the Bible, Freemasonry is an occult organization. Various books have traced the occult roots of Masonry. Masonry forces its members to address all prayers to the Great Architect of the Universe--Lucifer, or Baphomet--(GAOTU). Masons have been forced out of the organization when they prayed to Christ Jesus.

In the Masonic initiation, the initiate bares his left breast and rolls up his left pant leg over the knee. His right shoe is replaced by a slipper and his eyes are blindfolded. A noose is placed around his neck, and he is led to the outer door of the Masonic temple. The blindfold symbolizes his being in outer darkness outside of Freemasonry. A sharp point is pricked on his breast, and he is made to kneel before an altar, behind which stands "The Worshipful Master," who presides over the ceremony. The initiate is then required to say that he is lost in darkness and is seeking the light of Freemasonry. A Christian cannot say that he is lost in darkness, since a Christian, by definition (1 John 1:4-7), walks in the light of Messiah. He would be lying if he took this oath.
[See Also: The Myth of Christian Freemasons, The Mason and the Christian, and Why I Left Freemasonry]

At the Blue Lodge ceremony, the initiate is given a white lambskin apron, as an emblem of a spotless and pure life, to bring before the "Great White Throne" when he dies (Masonic Monitors, the Craft ritual manual). However, there is only one Great White Throne in the Bible (Revelation 20:11-15), and only those who are to be eternally damned appear before it. It is the judgment of the lost. The only covering of sins God will accept is Christ’s blood atonement (Col. 1:13-14, 20; Eph. 1:7; Heb. 9:14; 1 John 1:7; Matt. 26:28; Isaiah 64: 5-6; Rev. 1:5). To God, good deeds alone are as filthy rags.

Dr. Albert Pike was a Masonic authority who wrote Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Rite. He was the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Southern Supreme Council, A.A., Scottish Rite, for 32 years. The current Sovereign Grand Commander, C. Fred Kleinknecht, noted that "Pike's great book, Morals and Dogma, is the most complete exposition of Masonic philosophy there is."

In Morals and Dogma, Albert Pike admits that Freemasonry is a religion (pp. 210, 213, 219). Among others, Masonic authorities Albert Mackey (Encyclopedia of Masonry, pp. 618-619) and Henry Coil (Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia, p. 512) admit that Freemasonry is a religion.

The Masonic definition of God as polytheistic is not compatible with the Biblical, monotheistic God. Neither is the Masonic plan of salvation—works, moralism, Masonic ritual--compatible with the narrow Christian path to salvation--confessing sins (1 John 1:9), repenting from sin (Mark 1:15; Acts 2:38), having faith in Christ (John 3:14-18), being born again of the Spirit (John 3:3-8) and reading the Bible in earnest (2 Timothy 3:15).

"Jesus saith unto him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.'" (John 14:6)

Scripture says there is only one true God (Deut. 4:35,39; 6:4; 32:39; Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8; 45:5). God commands us to have no other gods before Him (Exodus 20:1-5), yet Masonry, by definition, bows to all gods and refuses to acknowledge the God of the Bible as Lord.

After earning the three Blue Lodge degrees, and having completed the Scottish or York Rite degrees, Masons can petition to become Shriners, who swear to a blood oath and who confess Allah as God (The Mystic Shrine: An Illustrated Ritual of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Shrine, 1975, pp. 20-22). "Allah" is not just another name for God; Allah is the name of another god. You may view an article with further information on Islam (together with two additional Mormonism articles) HERE.

Joe Smith copied the Mormon Endowment ceremony directly from the Blue Lodge degrees of Freemasonry, and he borrowed Masonic symbolism, such as the Masonic markings on underwear Mormons wear. Over the right breast in occult Mormon underwear is a carpenter's square, and over the left, a mason's compass. The opening at the navel is symbolic of the evisceration penalty for disclosing Mormon secrets. Mormons are taught that their underwear, and in particular its Masonic markings, "will be a shield and a protection" to them from the power of the destroyer (Bruce R. McConkie, The Mortal Messiah, vol. 2, p. 295).

When the underwear becomes worn, Mormons may use the garment as, say, a rag only if they cut out and burn the patches with the Masonic square and compass. The occult power is in the Masonic symbolism.

Mormon buildings also have occult markings. The inverted pentagram is prominently displayed not only at the Salt Lake City Temple, but also at the entry of the LDS Museum just across South Temple Street, as well as on the new statuary honoring Moroni in Manti, Utah. The inverted pentagram is a symbol of Satan.

According to the Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, "The Pentagram, the sign of the Microcosm, was held to be the most powerful means of conjuration in any rite . . . with two points in the ascendant it was the sign of Satan" (vol. 2, p. 552).

The inverted pentagram is also called the "Baphomet," or "Goat of Mendes." It is on the cover of Anton LaVey's satanic Bible, and it is on the Salt Lake City temple.

In the architecture of Mormon buildings are various other Masonic and occultic symbols. The Nauvoo temple had decorative caps called "sunstones" on pilasters. The sunstone depicts a sun with a radiant, but goofy human face. There were thirty of the 2.5 ton white limestone sunstones decorating temple columns before the temple was destroyed. There were also thirty "moonstones" and "starstones." Mormon elder William Weeks was the architect for the 128 by 88 foot Nauvoo temple, although Joe Smith occasionally interfered and asked for changes, such as round windows on the second floor and sunstones. Smith had a "vision" in which the sunstone represented the Mormon "Celestial Kingdom." The term "Celestial Kingdom" is similar to the Masonic "Celestial Lodge Above."

The source of the sunstone is the Egyptian sun god Re (Horus-Re). Egyptians saw the sun as dying and being reborn each day. To Egyptians, the sun god Re made this diurnal journey in his solar bark. Egyptologists identify Re in Figure 3 of Facsimile 2 in the Book of Abraham. Dr. Samuel Mercer was one of the eight Egyptian antiquities experts who were quoted in Franklin S. Spalding's booklet Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Arrow Press, 1912). All eight, of course, found Smith's explanations of Facsimiles completely false. Dr. Mercer was distinguished as the custodian of the Hibbard Collection of Egyptian reproductions, the most complete collection in the United States (The Utah Survey, vol. 1, no. 1, September, 1913, p. 3). Dr. Mercer noted that the personage in Figure 3 is Re (Ibid. p. 23). In his numbered explanations of Facsimiles in the Book of Abraham, Joe Smith wrote that Figure 3 represents "God, sitting upon his throne" (Joseph Smith, Pearl of Great Price). The Egyptian sun god, then, represents the Mormon god.

The Masonic influence is throughout Mormon temple architecture. At the Salt Lake City Temple, over a window of the east central tower, is the All-seeing-Eye. The All-seeing-Eye is taken from the left eye, the "moon" or "sound" eye of Horus. Horus is a detestable pagan god, the son of Osiris and Isis. There is much pagan Egyptian mythology in the roots of Masonry and Mormonism.

Besides the All-seeing-eye, the Salt Lake City temple also has as a part of its architecture Ursa Major, cloudstones, starstones, sunstones, moonstones, earthstones, Saturnstones and the demon Moroni. The clasped hands on the Salt Lake City temple were also derived from Masonic symbolism. The Mormon beehive is a Masonic emblem of industry and virtue. The 1854 architect's drawing of the south elevation has Saturnstones over each sunstone on the main buttresses of the central body of the temple. In 1870, Brigham Young moved the Saturnstones to a more obscure pattern atop five of the six spires of the temple. The sixth and highest topped is with the demon Moroni.

Next to Moroni, the Saturnstones have the loftiest place on the building. The pagan Roman god Saturn is the source of the Saturnstone. In Mormon symbolism, Moroni, the blood spurting ghost of a Spaniard who was murdered as an enchantment to guard treasure, occupies the loftiest position on the temple. The next highest position is occupied by a symbol for the pagan god Saturn.

At the seventh degree in Masonry, the "Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch," the initiate learns "God's" secret name: Jahbulon. The name Jahbulon is a composite name from Jah-Bul-On. It joins Jehovah (Jah) with two pagan gods, the pagan Canaanite deity Baal (Bul) and the Egyptian god Osiris (On). According to Masonic authorities Henry Wilson Coil and Malcom C. Duncan, "Jah" refers to Jehovah. "Bul" refers to the Assyrian or Canaanite deity Baal, and "On" refers to the Egyptian deity Osiris (Henry Wilson Coil, Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia, New York, Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply, 1961, pp. 516-517; Malcom C. Duncan, Masonic Ritual and Monitor, New York, David Mckay Co., nd., p. 226; Dr. Ron Carlson, Fast Facts on False Teachings, Eugene, Oregon, Harvest House, 1994, p. 86).

This is strong evidence that Joe Smith's LDS "church" is satanic at its roots. In the Bible, God does not allow His name to be mixed with pagan gods. Baal and Egyptian gods are all completely detestable in God's eyes. God is a very jealous God, and He has severe consequences for those who worship another. Much of the Bible is about the hammer coming down hard on Hebrews who fooled with Baal or other pagan gods.

Printing the initials J.B.O. for the secret name "Jahbulon," the ritual book of the Craft states,

"We three do meet and agree--in peace, love and unity--the Sacred Word to keep--and never to divulge the same--until we three, or three such as we--do meet and agree."


"And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies." (Judges 2:14)

"Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God." (Ezekiel 20:7)

In the seventeenth degree of the Scottish Rite, or The Knights of the East and West Degree, the secret password is Jahbulon, and the Sacred Word is Abaddon.

"They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon [destruction], and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon [destroyer]." (Revelation 9:11)

No true Christian can take the name of the angel of the abyss, Abaddon, as a "sacred word."

In the eighteenth degree--the Most Wise Sovereign Knight of the Pelican and the Eagle, and Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Heredom--there are various obscene mixings of Christ's name, together with a mockery communion of eating a biscuit, salt and white wine. In the thirty-first degree, the Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander, various Egyptian gods and goddesses are honored, including Anubis, Osiris and Isis. In the thirty-second degree, the Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, there is the false Trinitarian deity AUM, and its parts: Brahma as the creator, Vishnu as the preserver and Shiva as the destroyer. There is drinking from a human skull in this and other Masonic rites.

The Christian hope for Salvation is spelled out clearly in the Bible. On the other hand, the LDS religion is rooted in Freemasonry and other occult practices. Symbolizing his false hope, Joe Smith's last words included the Masonic distress signal.

In his book exposing Freemasonry, William Morgan revealed how Masons signal for the aid of fellow Masons "in case of distress": "The sign is given by raising both hands and arms to the elbows, perpendicularly, one on each side of the head, the elbows forming a square. The words accompanying this sign, in case of distress, are, 'O Lord, my God! is there no help for the widow's son?'" (Morgan, p. 76).

Mormon bishop John D. Lee, who was executed for his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, wrote about Smith's giving the Masonic distress sign before dying, "Joseph left the door, sprang through the window, and cried out, 'Oh Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son!'" (Confessions of John D. Lee, reprint of 1880 ed., p. 153)

Less than one month after Joe Smith's death, the Mormon periodical Times and Seasons referred to Smith's giving, as his last words, the Masonic distress sign, " . . . with uplifted hands they gave such signs of distress as would have commanded the interposition and benevolence of Savages or Pagans. They were both Masons in good standing. . . . Joseph's last exclamation was 'O Lord my God!' " (Times and Seasons, Vol. 5, p. 585).

LDS "apostle" Heber C. Kimball also admitted that Joe Smith gave the Masonic distress sign just before dying, "Joseph, leaping the fatal window, gave the Masonic Signal of Distress." (Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball an Apostle, the Father and Founder of the British Mission, Salt Lake City: The Kimball Family, 1888, p. 26).
[Read more about both the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the truth behind Joseph Smith's supposed 'Martyr's Death' HERE]

Joe Smith had placed his hopes of Salvation in a false hope, in that which cannot save. Those who follow Smith's religion likewise will share Smith's fate in hell.

Roman Catholic Heresies

Roman Catholicism vs. Christianity (Part Two)

The Truth About Roman Catholicism

Author: M.H. Reynolds
Source: In Plain Site
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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH is by far the largest and wealthiest of all the so-called "Christian Denominations." It has consistently claimed to be the only true Church--the Church which was founded by Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry. In addition, especially in this generation, it has embellished its image and attracted and held members by the claim that it is the one Church which has never changed, All of these claims are false. However, in recent years, the Roman Catholic Church has done a complete about-face, actually boasting of the many changes it has instituted to meet the changing needs of Catholics and non-Catholics alike in this modern age.

Is the Roman Catholic Church the one true Church? Are its past and present teachings and practices Scriptural? How has the Roman Catholic Church changed through the centuries? How much has it changed in our lifetime? Have these changes been basic or superficial? Where is the Roman Catholic Church headed?

The purpose of this article is to turn the spotlight of truth upon Roman Catholicism both as to its past history and present teachings. Our sincere desire is to be of help to Catholics, many of whom are well aware that, in recent years, their church has been Instituting many changes, most of which have left them confused, uncertain, and deeply troubled. For the first time in their lives, many Catholics are raising serious questions about their Church, its leaders, its teachings and its practices. They now realize that their church is not united but divided over issues such as birth control, abortion, divorce, celibacy for priests, women clergy, gay clergy, Papal infallibility, prayer, worship, music, purgatory, confession and even the meaning of the Mass. The moral degeneracy and financial scandals which have rocked the Charismatic movement have also been exposed in the Roman Catholic Church, all the way from the Vatican to the local parish. Confusion reigns supreme and Catholics who take their religion seriously don't know which way to turn.

A source of further confusion for many is the fact that for centuries Roman Catholics were taught that all those outside its membership were heretics to be shunned, persecuted or even killed. It was not until the middle of this century that the Roman Catholic Church modified and softened its stand by first calling non-Catholics, "separated brethren." More recently, even that negative connotation has been eliminated so that today, Catholics are to consider "all Christians" to be "brothers and sisters in Christ."
[Also See The Two Faces of Catholicism]

However, these changed outward attitudes on the part of Roman Catholics toward non-Catholics, and their increasing usage of evangelical terminology, has unfortunately resulted in many evangelicals mistakenly believing that the basic false doctrines and heresies of Romanism have changed, something that simply is not true. Thus, both Catholics and non-Catholics alike should take a fresh look at Biblical, historical and current look at this largest supposedly Christian denomination in the world. If it is the one true Church as it claims to be, then every believer in Christ should become a part of it. But, if it is and always has been a false church, then all who truly believe the Bible and trust Jesus Christ as Saviour will separate from it, warn about it, and urge others to do likewise.

Through our extensive radio and literature ministries, it has been a great blessing to hear from many former Roman Catholics who have been delivered from the bondage of the false doctrines of Romanism; who have experienced the new birth by faith in Jesus Christ alone; and who are doing their best to reach their Catholic loved ones and friends with the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At the same time, it has been a real heartache to realize that so many non Roman Catholics who profess to know Christ as Saviour, have been deceived by the new attitudes and vocabulary of Catholicism so that the Roman Catholic Church is now being accepted by many evangelicals as a sister church with only minor differences rather than the false church which it actually is.

The truth about the Roman Catholic Church is that it always has been and continues to be a false church. Those Biblical doctrines it professes to believe and teach are vitiated by Roman Catholic dogma based upon tradition which contradicts God's holy, infallible Word, the Bible. Error is never more deceptive than when it is presented with a veneer of truth. Throughout its entire history, Roman Catholic leaders fit the description of the false teachers who God warned in advance would come on the scene in the last days, deceiving many by their "feigned' (pretended or hypocritical) words... their "great swelling words of vanity, " as described in 1 Peter 2:1.-3, 18-19.

Before examining and refuting some of the well known false teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, it is essential to understand that two basic false teachings of Roman Catholicism (even apart from its many other errors), clearly classify it as a religious cult rather than a true church. These two basic errors are:

First: Roman Catholicism, although teaching that the Bible is the Word of God, adds the spurious apocryphal books to the Scriptures, and also elevates church tradition and the edicts of popes and councils (the words of men), to the same or an even greater level of authority than the Word of God. This amounts to adding to the Word of God, thereby placing Roman Catholicism under God's curse. (Deut. 4:2; Rev. 22:18, 19)

Second: Roman Catholicism, although teaching that faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation, actually denies the truth of the Gospel by adding sacraments, good works, and purgatory as additional requirements for forgiveness of sin and eternal life. This amounts to the preaching of a false Gospel which places the Roman Catholic Church under God's curse. (Gal. 1:6-10)

Thus, by Scriptural standards, the Roman Catholic Church is a false church which can only expect God's judgment, not a true church which can claim God's blessing. No amount of outward change should be permitted to obscure this fact.

As for the claims of the Roman Catholic Church that its history can be traced back to Jesus Christ, Peter, or the other apostles, such claims lack both historical and Scriptural support. The true Church of Jesus Christ was not founded upon Peter, but upon Peter's confession of Christ's deity as recorded in Matthew 16:16: ".. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. " Peter was not the first pope nor is there any Scriptural justification whatever for such an office. Peter's own inspired testimony as to his position and ministry is given in I Peter 5:1-4. He further identifies himself in 2 Peter 1:1 as "a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ....' History confirms the fact that there were no popes in the early church nor even in the Roman Catholic Church during the first centuries of its existence.

Furthermore, the long-held claim that the Roman Catholic Church was the only church which never changed is not supported by church history nor even Roman Catholic history. How sad to realize that this false claim influenced so many to join or to stay in this false church which actually is the product of centuries of changes. Most of these changes came as a result of yielding to heathen customs and practices which were subsequently incorporated into Roman Catholic teachings and worship. The following is a partial list of heathen, unscriptural practices which became a part of Roman Catholic dogma over a period of seventeen centuries. Some of the dates given are approximate. In many cases, these heresies were even debated for years before being given the status of required beliefs:

1. Prayers for the dead . ……300 A.D.
2. Making the sign of the cross ……300 A.D.
3. Veneration of angels & dead saints ……375 A.D.
4. Use of images in worship…… 375 A.D.
5. The Mass as a daily celebration…… 394 A.D.
6. Beginning of the exaltation of Mary; the term, "Mother of God" applied a Council of Ephesus….431 A.D.
7. Extreme Unction (Last Rites)……526 A.D.
8. Doctrine of Purgatory (Pope Gregory 1)……593 A.D.
9. Prayers to Mary & dead saints ……600 A.D.
10. Worship of cross, images & relics……786 A.D.
11. Canonization of dead saints ……995 A.D.
12. Celibacy of priesthood ……1079 A.D.
13. The Rosary ……1090 A.D.
14. Indulgences ……1190 A.D.
15. Transubstantiation (Pope Innocent III) ……1215 A.D.
16. Auricular Confession of sins to a priest ……1215 A.D.
17. Adoration of the wafer (Host)……1220 A.D.
18. Cup forbidden to the people at communion …...1414 A.D.
19. Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma……1439 A.D.
20. The doctrine of the Seven Sacraments confirmed ……1439 A.D.
21. Tradition declared of equal authority with Bible by Council of Trent……1545 A.D.
22. Apocryphal books added to Bible ……1546 A.D.
23. Immaculate Conception of Mary……1854 A.D.
24. Infallibility of the pope in matters of faith and morals, proclaimed by the Vatican Council ……1870 A.D.
25. Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily ascension into heaven shortly after her death) ……1950 A.D.
26. Mary proclaimed Mother of the Church……1965 A.D.

Although some of the preceding Roman Catholic heresies are now being questioned by many, both inside and outside the church, none have been officially repudiated and all continue to be practiced by millions of Catholics around the world. The urgent need today is for Roman Catholics; yes, and all who claim to be Christians, to examine their own beliefs and the teachings of their churches by the only sure standard--the Bible. Whatever contradicts, adds to or subtracts from the sixty-six books of the Old and the New Testaments, is error no matter how many may cling to it.

Roman Catholics who read the Bible will soon discover that many Catholic teachings and practices are specifically forbidden by Jesus Christ Himself. Note carefully the following warnings given by the Lord Jesus Christ to the religious leaders of His day concerning vain worship, vain tradition and vain repetitions. All of these are particularly applicable to Roman Catholicism today.

Vain Worship: In Matthew 15:8-9, Jesus said,

"These people draw nigh unto me with their mouth and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commands men of men." (Emphasis added)

All worship is indeed vain when it is based upon the commandments of men rather than the Word of God.

Vain Tradition: In Matthew 15:6b, Jesus said, "Thus have you made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition." (Emphasis added)

(Note: Valid tradition is based upon Scripture and confirms it. Vain tradition is based upon man's teachings and violates it. In Roman Catholicism, tradition is consistently elevated above the Scripture which results in vain worship (no matter how sincere) and makes the commandment of God of no effect-a very serious matter.)

Vain Repetitions: In Matthew 6:7, Jesus said, "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." A basic part of Roman Catholic worship is the frequent repetition of the Rosary whose origin is clearly tied to heathen religions such as Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. Roman Catholics should listen to the words of Christ forbidding vain repetitions, rather than using the vain repetitions of Catholicism.

During the past forty years, at least two important trends in the Roman Catholic church are clearly observable. These are:

(1) A greater emphasis upon the place of Mary.
(2) A major emphasis upon ecumenical activities with a view to seeking the full visible unity of all religions.

The place accorded Mary in the Roman Catholic Church is not Scriptural nor is it new, but it cannot be denied that, during the last one hundred years, veneration of Mary has dramatically increased, (Note in the historical chart given earlier in this article that the exaltation of Mary and the term, Mother of God, became official Catholic dogma in 431 A.D.,) with prayers to her proclaimed in 600 A.D. But, note also that the "Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary" was not proclaimed until 1854; her "Assumption" not until 1950; and her title "Mother of the Church" not until as recently as 1965.

Some Roman Catholic observers believe it may not be much longer until Mary is officially proclaimed "Co-redemptrix with Christ." In fact, the premier issue of a new Roman Catholic publication, Catholic Heritage (Vol. 1, No. 1, Sept.-Oct. 1991) has the front page title: "Mary, Mother of the Church," and, in a Question and Answer column, the question is asked, "At the foot of the cross, Mary shared in the mystery of the passion. True or False? Answer: True. Mary united her sorrows to those of her Son. The sorrowful and immaculate heart of Mary bled with her Son for all of mankind. For this reason, we invoke her under the title of Co-redemptrix."

All of the popes during the past thirty years have done their part to increase the influence of Mary in the Roman Catholic Church based completely on tradition rather than upon the Bible. In the August 28, 1975 issue of the official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Paul VI, speaking of the ceremony celebrated the day before in St. Peter's in honor of the Madonna at the Feast of the Assumption of Mary said,

"Her venerated image, known as Salus Populi Romani' was carried in procession from St. Mary Major's as part of the Holy Year ceremonies, so that the overflow crowd of pilgrims, coming from all parts of the world, could see it and thus increase their devotion to her. In this way we should all be reminded of the meaning and practice of the cult of Mary, inseparable from the unique and central cult of Christ…Let us pray to her with humble, trusting and childlike faith."

Did you know that the present pope, John Paul II, has dedicated himself completely to Mary? In 1985, during his visit to Vancouver, B.C., the special souvenir edition of B.C. Catholic carried a full front page color photo of the pope under the caption, Totus Tuus which, in Latin, means "all yours." The following explanation was given, "When Karol Wojtyla was consecrated bishop of Cracow by Pius XII in 1958 he took, 'Totus Tuus' (all yours) as his motto, thus presenting himself to Mary. In his first Urbi et Orbi message immediately after being elected pope he said, "At this difficult hour, full of fear, we must turn our thoughts with filial devotion to the Virgin Mary who always lives in the midst of Christ and exists as his mother. We must repeat the words, Totus Tuus which 20 years ago were inscribed into our heart and soul."'

Pope John Paul II has visited many of the major Shrines to Mary. He attributed his escape from death at the hands of a would-be assassin and the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe to the intervention of Mary. Millions of Catholics are making pilgrimages to the various Marian shrines, seeking and often claiming miracles of healing and answers to their prayers to Mary. New apparitions of Mary and special messages from her are being claimed in various parts of the world. Yet, there is absolutely no Scriptural foundation for any of these beliefs or practices. Mary was indeed a virgin when she conceived Jesus, so that she could fulfill the Old Testament prophecy that Christ would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14). She was a godly woman, but not sinless. As with all true believers in Christ, when Mary died, her soul and spirit went to heaven, but her body awaits the resurrection; she did not bodily ascend to heaven as did Jesus Christ. Nothing in Scripture indicates that prayers were ever offered to Mary nor that she was worshipped by anyone. Most of Roman Catholic teaching concerning Mary is based entirely on human tradition and contradicts the Bible, the Word of God.

The present ecumenical emphasis and activities of the Roman Catholic Church are also of recent origin. When Vatican Council I was held in 1869-1870, the invitation of the pope to the Orthodox Churches to participate was refused; and, his public appeal to "Protestants and all non-Catholics" to "return to the only true fold" received resentful refusals. However, in the intervening years it became increasingly obvious to the Roman Catholic hierarchy that their church needed some serious updating, particularly with regard to relationships with other churches. In 1960, Pope John XXIII established the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity; and, in 1962, he convoked Vatican Council II which he called, "An ecumenical council for the universal church."
[Also See The Two Faces of Catholicism]

Less than a year later, Pope John XXIII died, but his successor, Pope Paul VI, who had attended four sessions of Vatican 11 before becoming pope, did everything possible to continue and expand the ecumenical emphasis. His expressed position was that the Roman Catholic Church could best demonstrate the validity of its teaching, not by condemnation or severity, but with the "medicine of mercy." His emphasis was upon "working for the full visible unity in truth among all Christians" and that this unity should extend also to non-Christians. This new approach of Vatican 11 was successful in gaining the co-operation of the major Orthodox Church bodies as well as 38 delegated observers from almost all the major Protestant denominations. Of course, Pope John Paul 11 has expanded the ecumenical emphasis in the Roman Catholic Church to unprecedented heights. While this has received high praise from religious leaders and denominations, the kind of unity sought by the Roman Catholic Church is contrary to the Bible. All unity purchased at the expense of doctrinal purity is satanic and deceptive. (2 Cor. 6:14-18, Eph. 5:11, 2 Tim. 3:1-17; 4:1-8) All who join hands in ecumenical fellowship with those who preach a false Gospel are under God's curse. (Gal. 1:6-10)

The Roman Catholic Church was infiltrated by the Charismatic Movement in the early 1960's. Its influence within Roman Catholicism is growing rapidly. As always, the devil has a very clever way of compounding error while giving the results a more respectable appearance. Once this movement became entrenched in the Roman Catholic Church, RCC leaders under the direction of their Jesuit masters were quick to see that it would be to their advantage to encourage these teachings rather than to oppose them. They discovered that they could use Charismatic practices to help build the Roman Catholic Church by considering it a logical and needed "renewal movement within the church." An added factor was that those who had supposedly experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit felt a greater love and respect than ever for the Roman Catholic Church, including the Mass, the other sacraments, the veneration of Mary and all the other false teachings of Roman Catholicism. Many people are attracted to the displays of hearings, miracles, and other demonstrations of Holy Spirit's presence and power, not realizing that if it was a true ministry of the Holy Spirit it would lead them to a recognition and repudiation of the false teachings of Roman Catholicism.

Adding to the religious confusion of our day is the inconsistent, compromising position taken by the world's two outstanding evangelical leaders, Billy Graham and Dr. Bill Bright. Both of these men now praise and work with ecumenical apostates and Roman Catholics which represents a complete reversal of their original, Biblical positions. Both are widely respected and have charming personalities, but their present willingness to work with anybody who "calls Jesus, Lord" completely ignores the warning Christ gave in Matthew 7:21-23.
[Related Article: When Did Billy Graham's Compromise Begin?]

Billy Graham now sends Catholics who make "decisions" in his crusades back to the Roman Catholic Church with no warning of the false Gospel it preaches. Bill Bright even has Roman Catholics on his Campus Crusade staff. Both men thus disobey the Bible.
[See Campus Crusade]

What about the Mass which lies at the very heart of Roman Catholic theology and worship? Is its observance based upon Scripture or Catholic tradition? What does Roman Catholicism teach as to its meaning and importance?

The Baltimore Catechism says: "It is a mortal sin not to hear Mass on a Sunday or a holy day of obligation, unless we are excused for a serious reason. They also commit mortal sin who, having others under their charge, hinder them from hearing Mass without a sufficient reason."

The Creed of pope Pius IV, an official creed of the Roman Catholic Church says: "I profess that in the Mass is offered to God a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice (that is, a sacrifice which satisfies the justice of God and so offsets the penalty for sin) for the living and for the dead; and that in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly, really, and substantially, the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ; and that there is a conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the blood, which the Catholic Church calls Transubstantiation."

The Council of Trent declared: "The sacrifice (in the Mass) is identical with the sacrifice of the Cross, inasmuch as Jesus Christ is a priest and victim both. The only difference lies in the manner of the offering, which is bloody upon the cross and bloodless on our altars"; and, in Canon I stated: "Whosoever shall deny that in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist there are truly, really, and substantially contained the body and the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, together with his soul and divinity, and consequently Christ entire, but shall affirm that he is present therein only in a sign and figure, or by his power, let him be accursed."

But what does the Bible say concerning the sacrifice of Jesus Christ upon the Cross?

Hebrews 10:10-14: "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man [Jesus Christ], after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God, From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified."

What a difference there is between what the Bible teaches and what Roman Catholicism believes and teaches regarding the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross! The supposed continual offering up of Christ by the priests negates His finished work on the Cross. I Peter 3:18, "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit."

Roman Catholicism makes salvation a long, complicated process with no assurance of eternal life and forgiveness of all sin; to the necessary saving faith in Jesus Christ is added the fleshly works of Baptism, the Mass, Confession, prayers to Mary and the Saints, good works, and purgatory. By contrast the Bible teaches salvation by faith in Jesus Christ alone, not by sacraments, prayers or works. (Eph.2:8, 9; Titus 2:13)
Biblical salvation is God's free gift to any sinner who believes with the heart that Christ died for his sins and rose again for his justification. (I Cor. 15:1-4; Rom.10:9-13)
Bible salvation gives immediate assurance of eternal life. (I John 5:10-13)
Carefully read and believe John 1:12; 3:1618; 3:36; 5:24; 14:1-6; 20:30, 31.
No church ever saved anyone, but Christ can and will save everyone who will come and trust Him as their Savior. (Acts 4:12; John 6:37; 10:27-30)

Trust in Jesus Christ today and be saved for all eternity!

By M.H. Reynolds,
reprinted from Foundation Magazine, Vol. XIII, Issue 1
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Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1994).

Ralph Woodrow, Babylon Mystery Religion (Riverside, California: Ralph Woodrow Evangelistic Association, Inc, 1978).

The Theology of Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholicism vs. Christianity (Part One)

The Theology of Roman Catholicism

Source: Apologetics Index
This material is excerpted from two of the apendixes in Protestants & Catholics: Do They Now Agree?, by John Ankerberg and John Weldon (Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR, 1995. p. 245-246; 267-271).Link: about.me/gideonsword



Introduction / Definition:

The Church of Rome (Roman Catholicism) is a diverse worldwide religious tradition that officially looks to the Pope and his predecessors/successors as God’s human leader of world Christianity.

Because of its size and scope--both in membership (about a billion people worldwide) and geographically, the actual beliefs held by devout Catholics are widespread and eclectic. Catholicism has been influenced by liberation theology, especially in parts of South America. In Africa, the Caribbean, and elsewhere, attempts have been made to blend Catholicism with spiritism, creating a type of Catholicism with occult elements. In addition, since the 1960s there has been a small but significant element of charismatic Catholics who have been influenced by the larger charismatic movement. A small percentage of Catholics are doctrinally evangelical, and others (such as Matthew Fox) are part of the New Age movement. As a whole, however, the differences between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are still seen most clearly in the issues of the Reformation.

The 16th century reformers distinguished themselves from Catholicism in two key ways. First, they saw the Bible as the sole foundation for authority (sola scriptura) rather than the Pope, church dogma or tradition. Second, the reformers taught salvation by “grace alone” (sola gracia). They also insisted that sola gracia could be faithfully maintained only by understanding the gospel to be the message of a free pardon and righteous standing with God through ''faith alone'' (sola fide) in the imputed righteousness of Christ. The Roman Catholic Church claimed (and still claims) to affirm sola gracia, but anathematized sola fide, teaching instead that grace is received and maintained by a combination of faith plus works (religious rites, sacraments, or human endeavor.)

In their book, Protestants & Catholics: Do They Now Agree?, John Ankerberg and John Weldon write:


Categories of Roman Catholicism:

The issues surrounding Catholic belief and authority are compounded by the fact there are some ten categories of Roman Catholicism around the world. The distinctions between them are often not clear because they may tend to overlap and merge or blur into one another. Nor would individual Catholics necessarily appreciate or agree with such labels. But they will serve as a convenient grouping for purposes of illustration:


Nominal or social Catholicism
The Roman Catholicism of the largely uncommitted--perhaps those born or married into the Church but who have little knowledge of Rome's theology. In practice, they are principally Catholics in name only, although still Catholics ''in Christ'' because of baptism.


Syncretistic/eclecti Catholicism
The Roman Catholicism that is, to varying degrees, combined with and/or absorbed by the pagan religion of the indigenous culture in which it exists (e.g., as in South America and Africa).


Traditional or orthodoxy Catholicism
The powerful conservative branch of Roman Catholicism that holds to papal authority and historical Church doctrines such as those reasserted at the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century. Among this group may be classified the ultra-traditionalist Catholics who adamantly reject Vatican II and generally distrust modern changes (e.g., abandoning the Latin Mass -- something Trent pronounced an anathema upon).[1] Also included are traditionalist Catholics who, while adhering to the entirety of credal Catholicism and papal authority, more or less accept Vatican II reforms while yet staunchly rejecting liberalism.


''Moderate'' Catholicism
The Roman Catholicism of post-Vatican II which is neither entirely traditional nor entirely liberal.


Modernist, liberal Catholicism
The post-Vatican II ''progressive'' Roman Catholicism that to varying degrees rejects traditional doctrine.


Ethnic or cultural Catholicism
Often retained by immigrants to America who use, ''their religion to provide a sense of belonging. They feel that not to be Roman Catholic is not to belong and to lose [their] nationality and roots.'' [2]


Lapsed or apostate Catholicism
The Roman Catholicism which involves alienated, backslidden, or apostate Catholics who are largely indifferent to the Catholic Church and its God.


Charismatic Catholicism
The Roman Catholicism which seeks to accept the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues and other spiritual gifts as signs of a deeper Catholic spirituality. (This illustrates the related, if largely distinct, category of mystical Catholicism, undergirded by the mystical Catholicism and not infrequently occult writings of the Catholics mystics).


"Evangelical'' Catholicism
Former Protestant Evangelicals who may retain some of their former beliefs but who now accept Roman Catholicism as the one true Church and its doctrines as authoritative.


Evangelical ''Catholicism''
The branch of former Roman Catholics who are truly Evangelical and who have largely rejected the unbiblical teachings of Rome, often deciding to remain in the Church as a means to evangelize other Catholics or help reform their Church.


The Theology of Roman Catholicism:

The major broad areas of theology include the following:

Bibiology - The doctrine of the Bible
Theology Proper - The doctrine of God (Theism, Trinitarianism)
Angeology - The doctrine of angels
Anthropology - The doctrine of man
Hamartheology - The doctrine of sin
Ecclesiology - The doctrine of the Church
Christology - The doctrine of Christ
Pneumatology - The doctrine of the Holy Spirit
Eschatology - The doctrine of last things
Soteriology - The doctrine of salvation


In all of the above categories, Roman Catholic teaching historically (to one degree or another) has distorted these key theological doctrines. To the observer having only a general familiarity with Catholic teaching and conservative Protestant theology, this may not at first seem evident. Yet, it would be possible to write an entire text on each one of the above doctrines revealing how Catholicism has distorted what the Bible teaches on these subjects -- either through tradition, its approach to biblical interpretation, or other means.

In other words, whatever truths Catholicism may teach in theology generally, serious errors are also encountered. We can see this, in theology proper (the Catholic Church as the continuing incarnation of Christ); in bibliology (Catholicism as the only true Church of Christ); in hamartheology (aspects of pelagianism; moral and venial categories); in Christology (Mariology; the Church as continuing incarnation; the Mass); and in soteriology (Catholic teaching on justification, sanctification, regenerarion, and the sacraments).


No single doctrine is more important to each of us personally than the doctrine of salvation. In examining the component parts of the biblical portrait of salvation, we find the following:

Depravity -- the spiritual condition of man before God.
Imputation -- to reckon sin or righteousness to another's acocunt
Grace -- the fact of God's nature making Him spontaneously favorable in His dealings with man.
Propitiation -- the satisfaction of God's justice and righteousness through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
Atonement -- the vicarious (substitutionary), efficacious (producing the desired effect) death of Jesus Christ for human sin.
Reconciliation -- to restore to fellowship with God by removing the barriers preventing this.
Calling (efficacious) -- the work of God drawing men to Himself.
Regeneration -- the miraculous work of God making the human spirit alive to Himself and the imparting of eternal life to the individual believer.
Union with Christ -- the spiritually living union of the believer and Jesus Christ.
Conversion -- the human side of regeneration; turning to Christ in faith and repentance (leading to a change in both attitude and behavior).
Repentance -- changing one's mind (mental) and turning from sin (behavioral) (i.e., a change of attitude and action).
Faith -- trust in God, leading to right belief about Him, dependence upon Him, and right behavior toward Him.
Justification -- the forensic or legal declaration of God concerning the believer's absolute righteousness before Him as a result of his faith in Jesus Christ.
Adoption -- to be brought into the personal family of God.
Sanctification -- to be set apart to God's purposes (i.e., growth in relationship to and holiness toward God).
Eternal security -- the absolute security of the true believer with respect to his salvation from the point of regeneration.
Perseverance -- the continuation of the saints in faith unto death.
Election/predestination -- to be chosen by God for salvation.
Redemption -- to remove one from slavery to sin and Satan by payment of a ransom (i.e., the atonement of Christ).
Death, resurrection, and the final state -- involving the physical/spiritual nature of death, the intermediate state, resurrection of the body, immortality, heaven and hell (the physical resurrection of the believer to eternal glory and the unbeliever to eternal ruin).
The church -- the collective body of true believers called out of the world by God for His glory who are joined together visibly in worship and invisibly in union with Christ and one another.

Again, if we were to examine each of the above doctrines in detail, examining what the Bible teaches about them on the one hand and what Catholic tradition/doctrine teaching about them on the other, we would discover that Roman Catholicism has denied, altered, or confused all but one or two.

It is in light of our study of such theology that we find it most difficult to reconcile the current movement on the part of many Catholics and Evangelicals to join themselves together as spiritual brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. For their part, Evangelicals characteristically maintain that they are not abandoning or glossing over important differences in doctrine between orthodox Catholicism and conservative Protestantism; they merely want to stress the unity of the true church, whether Catholic or Protestant. The problem, however, is that we are not going to gloss over important doctrinal differences, then it becomes impossible to maintain that Catholics and Protestants are genuine brothers and sisters in Christ.

Again, this is not to deny that many Catholics, individually speaking, are saved individuals because they have placed true faith in Jesus Christ and trust in Him alone for salvation -- not in their good works, the sacraments, or the Church. The problem arises when we say that all those committed to the traditional orthodox doctrines of the Catholic Church are saved individuals just as much as the simple believer in Jesus Christ. If so, it would seem that what an individual believes (i.e., whether it is either Catholic or Protestant teaching), has little or no bearing as to his individual salvation. But to say this is to abandon biblical authority and teaching entirely.

The bottom line is this: [Bit is virtually impossible to claim to maintain important doctrinal distinctions on the one hand, and to simultaneously unite Catholic and Protestant believers into a spiritual fellowship on the other.[/B]
We can illustrate this by examining the following five doctrines and considering briefly how each doctrine relates to Catholic teaching:

Propitiation/atonement
This doctrine demonstrates that the death of Christ fully propitiated or satisfied God's wrath and paid the full divine penalty for all the believer's sin past, present, and future, thereby proving that neither the sacraments, penance, purgatorial suffering, indulgences, the Mass, priests, nor any other aspect of the Catholic Church is involved in any way in the propitiation or remitting of sin.

Reconciliation
This doctrine involves one result of the death of Christ for sin wherein the state of enmity between God and man is replaced by one of peace and fellowship, proving that final reconciliation between God and man is something accomplished by God on behalf of man, not by the Church on behalf of man.

Regeneration
This doctrine involves the making alive of the human spirit toward God and the imparting of eternal life, proving that true spiritual life is eternal and a miracle of God, not something instituted by the Church through sacraments or good works.

Justification
This doctrine constitutes the legal declaration of the believer's absolute righteousness before God on the basis of his personal faith in Jesus Christ, proving that our perfect standing before God is not dependent upon Church teaching, sacraments, personal character, or good works, but solely upon our faith in Christ.

Sanctification
This doctrine involves being set apart to God for His glory. A correct understanding of its past, present, and future applications proves that sanctification does not lead to justification, nor should it be confused with regeneration, as Catholicism teaches.

A brief evaluation of the above doctrines illustrates our central concern: As a result of its tradition and/or interpretation of Scripture, the Catholic approach to biblical doctrine is characteristically colored in a non-biblical fashion.


About this article:

This material is excerpted from two of the apendixes in Protestants & Catholics: Do They Now Agree?, by John Ankerberg and John Weldon (Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR, 1995. p. 245-246; 267-271).


From the book's back cover:

The signing of a new agreement entitled ''Evangelicals and Catholics Together'... a remarkable achievement or a tragic compromise?

For centuries, Protestants and Catholics have battled over what is considered the most crucial issue on all of the gospel: how a sinful man is forgiven by a holy and righteous God.

Recently, however, a revolutionary new agreement between the two sides has utterly astounded many million of people worldwide: Some of evangelical Christianity's most respected leaders have linked hands with Catholics in an unprecendented accord.

- Have doctrinal differences been eliminated?
- What was decided about justification by faith -- the one issue upon which Martin Luther said the church stands or falls?
- Which side changed its views?

Current issues expert John Ankerberg and John Weldon provide urgently needed answers in response to what could be the most far-reaching change in all of Christendom since the Reformation.


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Footnotes:

1. H.J. Schroeder, translator, The Canons and Degrees of the Council of Trent (Rockford, Il: Tan Books, 1978) p. 150 (Canon 9 on the sacrifice of the Mass).

2. Lausanne Committee, Christian Witness to Nominal Christians Among Roman Catholics, p. 10.

Richmond, VA -- July 2015

Richmond, VA and the Greater Richmond Area

Constitution of the United States, Amendment I:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23


- Please pray for management and employees at Amerisource-Bergen (JEB Stuart Pkwy.) in Glen Allen. Pray that they would develop a consistent program. Pray also for the employees who are ensnared by the spirits of pride, arrogance, and lawless rebellion.
- Tim (Linehaul receiving dock):
- Leon (Linehaul shipping dock):
- Jamie (Shipping Supervisor):
- Charles (Nighttime Operations Manager):

Please pray for a service tech. working for AHR Locksmith Service. Pray that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray for her personal salvation in Jesus Christ.

- Please pray for Marcus and Tanya (Richmond)...Please pray that the Holy Spirit would convict them of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to repentance and salvation through Jesus Christ. Pray that they would be delivered from racial pride and arrogance, and that they would respect both the terms of the lease and the peace and quiet of the neighbors. Please pray for their deliverance from antichrist hearts and a godless and antichrist lifestyle. Pray also that they would be delivered and set free from the pride, arrogance, and lawless behavior which is enslaving the black community of Richmond and the Greater Richmond Area.



- Please pray for an individual employed by First Class Contracting (Richmond). Pray for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Please pray that he would be delivered from the spirits of ignorance, arrogance, and lawless rebellion which are enslaving the population of Richmond and the Greater Richmond Area. Please be aware of the company SUV he is driving, as he is a threat to the safety and welfare of your family and loved ones. Pray that the company would receive accountability for the lawless and reckless conduct of its supervisors when they operate company vehicles in the Richmond area.

- DDI Transport (Ashland):

- Pray for a woman driving a shuttle van for Riverside Pace.(701 Gordon Ave.) Please pray for her deliverance from the ignorance, arrogance, and lawless rebellion which is crippling and enslaving the black community in Richmond. Pray for her conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to a genuine repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ. Please pray for her deliverance from an antichrist spirit of feminism and arrogance.
[See Also: Civil Rights Does Not Impart Righteousness]

- Please pray for Wendy Mccreary Pray for her deliverance from pride, arrogance, and rebellion. Please pray that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to salvation and surrender to Jesus Christ. Pray also for her brother, Mike.

- Please pray for an employee who drives a company pick-up truck for Proving Grounds, LLC. (Glen Allen). Pray for his deliverance and salvation from ignorance, arrogance, and lawless behavior, as well as reckless and dangerous driving habits; also praying for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ.

- New Market Grounds Corp. (Sandston):

- Ruppert Landscape (Ashland):

- Freddie's Heating and AC Service (Matoaca/Petersburg):

- Electrical Equipment Company: please pray with me against a powerful stronghold of Liberalism and deception at this facility. Pray for the employees here who are blinded by the lies of the homosexual agenda and gay community in Richmond. Pray against the "one love / one world" mentality which is evidence of an antichrist spirit at work in the hearts and minds of some individuals here. Please pray for a salesman who is exhibiting reckless and lawless behavior. Pray for his deliverance and salvation.



- Please remember to pray for Justin Robertson. Pray that the would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and the eternal judgment to come. Please pray also that he would be delivered from his ungodly lifestyle and self-deceptions.

"A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"
(Jeremiah 5:30-31)

- Please pray for Glenn Myers (Ruther Glen) Pray that he would be delivered from a life of deception, rebellion, and disruption. Please pray for his repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ, and freedom from ungodly worldviews and negative influences.

- Beavex (Carolina Ave.): courier drivers/black community/Brett/Jay/Roy/lazy and ungodly work ethic /

- Please remember to pray for L.B. Foster. Pray that he would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to repentance and genuine salvation through Jesus Christ. Please pray for his deliverance from pride, rebellion, and ungodly worldviews and behaviors.

- Please pray for Mike Mccreary. Pray for his deliverance from pride and arrogance. Pray also that he would be delivered from his self-deception and spiritual blindness; that he would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to a genuine repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ.

Pray for two young women working at a Starbucks (Ashland); pray that they would be delivered from the lies and deceptions of the homosexual agenda and gay community. Please pray that they would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment (leading to repentance and freedom in Jesus Christ), and that the Holy Spirit would penetrate the spiritual darkness and rebellious nature of their lifestyle.
[Related Articles: Gay Activist Admits the Truth and Homosexuality and the Bible]

- Sunbelt Rentals (Ashland): service truck operator

- Southern Air (Richmond): service tech.

- Hohner, Inc. (Glen Allen): employees/

- Jewett Automation: employees/pick-up truck/

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

Please pray for a service tech. with Century Electric, Inc., praying for his salvation and deliverance from ungodly worldviews, attitudes, and behavior.
Please pray that he would be brought to repentance by the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.

Please pray for a woman working at Caritas (Commerce Rd.) in Richmond. Pray for her deliverance from spiritual and political deception, and that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that she would come to realize the absolute truth of salvation; that there is absolutely no other name by which man can have unity with God.
- Truth, Inclusion, and Tolerance



- Pray for several service techs working for Hill Electric Co. Please pray for their conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to repentance and salvation. Pray for their deliverance from ignorance, arrogance, and rebellion.

- Walker's Commercial Flooring (Glen Allen): company van

- Howell's Heating and Air Conditioning (Ashland): service techs./company vans

- Greendale Railing (Richmond):

- Pray for the owner and employees of Ervin's Carwash (Ashland). Please pray that they would be set free from spiritual deception and come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

- Napa Transportation (Commerce Rd.): Pray for a driver who is ensnared by the ignorance, arrogance, and spiritual lawlessness of the black community. Please pray for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that he would be led to genuine repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ.

- Please pray for Ryan Huband, praying that the Holy Spirit would convict his heart of sin, righteousness, and rebellion. Pray that he would repent and receive Jesus into his heart.

- Carroll Tire Co.: Please pray for a delivery driver's salvation. Pray also that he would be set free from the pride, arrogance, and rebellion which is enslaving the black community in Richmond and the Greater Richmond Area.

- Swift Transportation (Charles City Rd.): Pray for a driver who is ensnared by the ignorance, arrogance, and spiritual lawlessness of the black community. Please pray for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that he would be led to genuine repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ.

Please pray for the employees at Qubica / AMF in Mechanicsville. Please pray for those who are enslaved by antichrist spirits of pride, arrogance, and rebellion. Pray that they would be see the truth of God's word and be set free from the political and religious deception which is destroying our nation.


"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

Please remember to pray for a woman working at the England Street Tavern, praying that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that she would be delivered from deceptions and receive spiritual freedom through Jesus Christ.

- Please pray for the management and staff at the Cary Street Cafe in Richmond, VA....praying for their deliverance from spirits of pride, deception, and antichrist worldviews. Please pray for repentance and salvation; for a born-again relationship with Jesus Christ.

- Pray for the residents at New Manchester Flats (Richmond). Please pray for those living there who have been deceived by the political and spiritual deceptions which are enslaving the black community. Pray for individuals who manifest signs of ignorance, arrogance, and lawless rebellion in their driving habits on the streets surrounding the New Manchester Flats housing development. Please pray for a black woman living there who has been blinded by antichrist spirits of feminism and pride.
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- Ty's Hauling, Inc.: Pray for a dump-truck driver who is being crippled by the ignorance, arrogance, and lawless rebellion which is ensnaring the black community in Richmond and the Greater Richmond Area. Please pray for his repentance and genuine salvation in Jesus Christ.

- Please pray for those who are employed by McKesson (Landmark Rd.) in Richmond. Pray overall for the salvation of those who have been led astray by ungodly and antichrist worldviews (supporting abortion, homosexuality, atheism, evolution, liberalism, and secular-humanism).
Pray for those who are being crippled and enslaved by pride, arrogance, and lawless rebellion.
- The Delusional Among Us!

- Pray for Evergreen Enterprises (Midlothian Tnpk.) in Richmond. Please pray for employees who may or may not have entered this country legally. Pray that some of them would be delivered and set free from the heresy and false doctrines of Roman Catholicism.
Please pray also for a number of employees at this location who have been led astray by the false religion of Buddhism. Pray for spiritual deliverance and genuine salvation through repentance and faith in the soul-cleansing death and literal, physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. Please pray for Annabelle, for her deliverance from a spirit of Feminism.

- Pray for Lindsay Rawls. Please pray that he would be delivered from self-deception, and that he would repent of his sins and accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.

Jeremiah 6:10-11 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised [unholy, impure, carnal], and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in...

- Daniel's Heating and Refrigeration...please pray for a woman working in the office at this location. Pray for her deliverance from pride, arrogance, and ignorance. Pray for her conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would penetrate the delusions of feminism and lead her into a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ.
[See Also: Examining the Spirit of Feminism]



- Please pray for an employee of Matthews Well and Pump (Glen Allen). Please pray for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray also that he would be set free from his pride, arrogance, and lawlessness.

"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." Romans 10:9

- Please pray for the employees at the Sears Retail Outlet on Tomlynn St. / Westwood Ave. Pray for the employees who have been led astray by false religious doctrines, lies, and political deceptions. Pray against the lawless and reckless behavior exhibited by many of the customers who are entering and exiting this facility. Please pray for W. Powell; praying for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

- Please pray for the employees at HD Supply (Technology Dr. in Glen Allen). Pray that the Holy Spirit would bring conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Please pray for the employees here who are enslaved by political and spiritual deception; and who are being crippled by pride, arrogance, and rebellion...pray for those at this location who have been conditioned by an antichrist educational system, political system, and entertainment industry to embrace and believe the ungodly lies of the Feminist movement.

- Binswanger Glass (Tomlynn St.): Please pray for a woman working in the front office at this location. Please pray for the Holy Spirit's work in her heart, bringing deliverance from the pride, ignorance, and rebellion of Feminism working in her life. Pray that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to a genuine salvation experience in Jesus Christ.

- Napa Transportation (Commerce Rd.): please pray for a truck driver operating out of this facility in Richmond. Pray for his deliverance from ignorance, arrogance, and rebellion. Please pray for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to a genuine repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ. Pray also that he would be set free from the religious and political deceptions which are crippling the black community in Richmond, VA.

- Howell's Heating and Air Conditioning: pray for a service tech. who routinely operates a company's work van in a reckless and lawless manner. Pray for his deliverance from pride and arrogance; please pray also for his salvation.

California Imports (in the Hanover Air Park) - please pray for the owner and employees at this business who are bound and enslaved by the soul-killing religion of Islam. Pray with me that they would be delivered by the power of the Holy Spirit from their spiritual blindness and gross deception. Pray that they would experience the wonderful grace and love of Jesus Christ in their lives!
- What Is Islam?



"for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13

- Please pray for some individuals at Hill Phoenix (Battery Brooke Pkwy.)...please pray for some who may or may not have entered this country legally; praying for deliverance from false doctrines. Please pray also for those who have been ensnared by pride, rebellion, and a spirit of lawlessness.

Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

- Please pray for P. Smythe (Ashland). Pray for her salvation, and deliverance from pride, arrogance, and rebellion. Please pray for her deliverance from a lawless spirit.

- Please pray for a salesman at Horizon Forest Products (Hermitage Rd.), praying for his repentance and salvation.

- Orkin Pest Control (Hanover Air Park) - Please pray for the employees at this location, and the service techs. here. Pray for their conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that they would be delivered from antichrist spirits of pride, arrogance, and rebellion. Please pray that there would be accountability for the lawless and unsafe driving habits exhibited by those driving company vehicles in the Richmond area.


What does it mean to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? The answer is HERE!

- Please pray for Nikki Riner; Pray for her salvation and deliverance from antichrist worldviews and spiritual deception.

B.W. Wilson - Please pray for the employees at the Richmond location. Pray especially for the sales staff, many who have displayed a rebellious and lawless attitude which is so prevalent in the Richmond area. Pray for their salvation in Christ Jesus and deliverance from rebellion and ignorance. Please pray for an individual from this location who drives a straight truck to Northern Virginia. Please pray for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to his salvation in Christ and his deliverance from the spiritual and political deceptions of the black community.



- Pray for an individual driving a minivan for Silver Taxi. Pray that he would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that he would be delivered from his ignorance and arrogance. Please pray especially for the safety of those who are riding in his vehicle.

- Please pray for the employees at Victor Products (N. 18th St.) Pray for deliverance from religious and spiritual lies and deceptions. Pray that they would be set free from the enslaving forces of their religious, political, and community leaders in the Richmond area. Pray that there would be genuine, heart-felt salvation and a conviction by the Holy Spirit leading to sincere repentance.
[Related Article: Does Salvation Require Repentance?]

- Chemtreat - please pray for the individuals at this location who have been led astray by pride, arrogance, and rebellion.

- Ball Office Products - please pray for some of the delivery drivers operating in the Greater Richmond Area. Pray that they would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray for those who have been politically and spiritually deceived by their community and religious leaders. Pray that they would be delivered from spirits of arrogance and lawlessness.
Pray also for the office staff and salesmen working out of the Tomlynn St. location...

- Cheryl Cochrane:

- Please pray for an individual driving a van for Ghost Medical Transport in Richmond. Pray for his salvation, and that he would be delivered from spirits of pride, arrogance, and false religion which are enslaving the black community in Richmond. Pray for the safety of his passengers.

- Colonial Webb Contractors (service techs in the Richmond area). Please pray for some of the service techs operating company vehicles for Colonial Webb; praying that they would be delivered from ignorance, arrogance, and lawlessness.

- Please pray for some of the drivers over at Airport Taxi in Richmond. Pray for their salvation and deliverance from pride, arrogance, and rebellion.

- Please pray for A. Evans: please pray that this young woman would be delivered from an antichrist spirit. Pray that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment; leading to genuine salvation (born-again relationship with Jesus Christ)

Related Article: The Doctrine of Repentance

- Please pray for the delivery drivers and internal staff at Accurate Courier Express in Metro Richmond. Pray especially for those who are blinded and ensnared by the lies and deceptions being promoted by their political, religious, and community leaders. Pray that these employees would be convicted by the Holy Spirit of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to a genuine New Testament relationship with Jesus Christ.

- PPD (2200 Tomlynn St.): please pray for the young people employed here; praying for their deliverance from antichrist worldviews and teaching. pray for those who have been ensnared by the lies and deceptions of the Feminist agenda.

-Virginia Blood Services: please pray for those employees at this facility who are being deceived and influenced by the antichrist spirits of pride, ignorance, and arrogance. Pray for their deliverance from the lies and delusions of their spiritual, political, and community leaders.

Related Article: The Delusional Among Us!

- Electrical Equipment Company in Metro Richmond: please pray with me against a powerful stronghold of Liberalism and deception at this facility. Pray for the employees here who are blinded by the lies of the homosexual agenda and gay community in Richmond. Pray against the "one love / one world" mentality which is evidence of an antichrist spirit at work in the hearts and minds of some individuals here. Please pray for a salesman who is exhibiting the reckless and lawless behavior which typifies the Richmond Area. Pray for his deliverance and salvation.



- Please pray for a man employed at W. H. Stovall and Co. (Hanover Air Park). Pray for his conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that he would be delivered from arrogance and lawless behavior, and that he would repent and receive Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Please pray also for a woman working in the office; praying for her salvation and deliverance from pride and ignorance.

- Please pray for Scott at East Coast Metals...pray that he would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Pray that he would be set free from religious deception and ignorance. Pray that he would be delivered from spirits of pride and rebellion.

- Please pray for Diane at a Sherwin-Williams in Richmond; praying for conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Please pray that she will be delivered from spiritual darkness and receive Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. Pray for her deliverance from a spirit of feminism.

Jeremiah 6:16-19 "Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto My words, nor to My law, but rejected it."

- Please pray for staff and management at UCI/Hahn Automotive/Auto Value in Richmond VA (Rhoadmiller St.). Pray that the Holy Spirit would bring the conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment upon this location. Pray for the individuals who are not saved; that they would repent and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Pray for those who have been enslaved and deceived by the lies of Feminism. Pray that there would be professional standards for the delivery drivers within the Auto Value division, and that the daily habitual habits of lawlessness and arrogance would be exposed and eliminated. Pray for those who have been into captivity and ignorance by the lies and deceptions of their political, religious, and community leaders.

- Please pray for the employees at Hildrup Moving and Storage. Pray that there would be conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment upon the hearts and minds of all employed therein. Pray for the employees who have been led astray by the lies and deceptions of their religious, political, and community leaders...pray that they would be set free from the arrogance, pride, and lawlessness.
[Related Article: Social Justice, Part One]

- Please pray for the employees at K-2 Trophies. Please pray for the young people here who have been enslaved and warped by the state-run educational system (evolution, atheism, homosexual agenda, feminism, and secular-humanism). Pray also for those who have been spiritually and mentally crippled by the lies and deceptions of their community, political, and religious leaders.



- Please pray for a driver with Freedom Cab.....pray for conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgement. Pray for his salvation, and freedom from the pride, arrogance, and lawless rebellion.
[Related Article: Barack Obama: The Man Behind the Mask]

Isaiah 59:1-4 "Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity."

- Please pray for a woman driving for Care Van Transportation. Pray for her salvation and deliverance from pride, arrogance, and rebellion. Pray for the safety of those who are being transported by her.

Jeremiah 4:22 "For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are silly children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."

- Jesse Hodges (Richmond):

- Please pray for the shipping/receiving crew at Direct Buy (West Creek Pkwy.) Pray for a young man at this location who has been led into a prison of ignorance and hate by the lies, deceptions, and propaganda of his religious, political, and community leaders.

- Please pray for the management and employees at Dominion Technical Sales. Pray for a young woman working within the DTS office; pray that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment leading to genuine salvation through Jesus Christ.

Jeremiah 2:19-20 "Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot."


Please pray for a delivery driver working the West End for American Tire Distributors.

- Please pray for a woman working at the Richmond History Center...please pray that she would be delivered from spiritual, political, and social deceptions. Pray for her freedom from pride, arrogance, and Feminism. Please pray especially that she would be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and that the Holy Spirit would descend upon her and begin the process of spiritual awakening within her heart.

Jeremiah 7:23-28 "But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth."

- Foster's Refrigeration, Heating, and Air Conditioning - service techs.

N.B. Handy (Ranco Rd.) - delivery drivers, warehouse staff

Richmond Housing and Redevelopment Authority - service/maintenance staff, employees, (conduct and behavior while operating city and personal vehicles (documented on Brook Rd., Hermitage Rd., etc.)

Isaiah 66:3-4 "...Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not."

Alkat Electrical Contactors Inc., - please pray for one of their service techs...

Michael and Son (hvac, plumbing, electrical) - please pray for several service techs who are either unable or unwilling to conduct themselves in a safe and lawful manner while operating company service vans. Pray for their conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment; leading to an awakening from their spiritual deceptions and a genuine, heart-felt repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ.

RELATED ARTICLES:

- The Greatest Lies of Feminism (the ONLY ONE WAY blog)

- A November Message for Richmond, Va (pilgrimpassing.com)

- The Message of Salvation (for Richmond VA) (the ONLY ONE WAY blog)

- Does Salvation Require Repentance? (pilgrimpassing.com)