Grieved at Those Leaving Christ to Join Cults

I am grieved at how many people are leaving the apostate church to join the Catholic church. Basically, they are leaving the frying pan to jump into the fire.

The apostasy is so widespread right now that it is difficult to find believers who are authentically born again and dedicated to the Word of God.

Those who are dedicated to Christ are the ones who realize that Jesus Christ is the Word, He is the Author of the entire Bible and means every Word He ordered to be written.

Those who are leaving protestant churches to join the Catholic church could only do this if they have never been born again. The Holy Spirit would warn those who were being enticed to join this cult.

Those who believe the Catholic church is not a cult might want to take a look at what makes an organization a cult.

First trait of a cult is that it has a hierarchy that the people bow to as though they were between them and God.

Second trait are the unbiblical rules and rituals that are required to be seen as loyal to the cult.

Thirdly, a cult always uses manipulation and guilt to keep the people following their human rules that God never commanded.

Fourth a cult adheres to their organization not the Bible. I cannot count the number of times I asked a Catholic if they were born again and the answer came back; "I am Catholic." They had no concept of what it means to be changed by Christ and sealed with His Holy Spirit.

Many times, having been around a lot of Catholics in my life, I have seen them look at me sideways and even become angry when I mentioned the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life.

One Catholic even told me I thought I was "holier than thou" because I knew I was going to heaven. This idea that we can know we are saved upsets Catholics, they think it is pride because they don't know if they are going to make it. They also laugh at me when I call myself a saint. Because in their system only the Catholic church decides who is a saint basing their decision on false miracles. The only people who can be made saints in the Catholic church are those who are already dead.

1 John 5:13 "

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life."

1 Corinthians 1:2

"To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:"

Ephesians 1:1

"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:"

Philippians 1:1

"Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:"

The Catholic religion teaches that the pope is infallible when speaking of the things of God but not necessarily holy when just being him, as though holiness and humanness are separate.

The pope is proving right now just how wicked he is in all his declarations made against the word of God. No one could be different on the outside than they are on the inside. The pope is possessed of devils and those who are die-hard Catholics cannot see it because of their allegiance to him instead of Christ. They have to make up lies in their own minds to be able to continue to follow Him.

A person cannot be acting wickedly speaking against God and infallible about the things of God at the same time, this is lunacy.

The Catholic church teaches that their followers must go to a priest to confess, he acts as the mediator between them and God.

1 Timothy 2:5

"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,"

There are so many violations of the Word of God in the Catholic church it would take volumes to prove it.

One of the similarities between the Catholic church and the Pentecostal church is the propensity to take scripture out of context to make it say what they want it to mean. This is always the problem with cults. They use just enough of the scripture out of context to fool people into following their false doctrine.

Only those who know the bible well, in context, and are seeking the Holy Spirit for truth will be able to discern these lies and there are too many to count in our day of apostasy.

May everyone reading this ask Christ for clarity on everything and then obey what He tells them as they read His word with the purpose of learning and growing in holiness.