Is.5: 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
In the 16th century men
like Martin Luther and John Calvin actively led a revolt against the heretical
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. That movement is called the
Reformation. Recently the Roman Catholic Church has been quite successful in
recruiting Protestants from all denominations to convert back to the Roman
Catholic Church. It is quite astounding to see not only Baptists and
Pentecostals become Roman Catholic, but preachers as well. And men like Scott
Hahn and Marcus Grodi, both former Presbyterians, converted to Catholicism and
now are instrumental in alluring protestants into the Roman Catholic Church.
In actuality the core of their argument
is not Biblical but a suggestion that the Roman Catholic Church was the first
church ordained by the Lord and headed initially by the Apostle Peter. They
argue that God set up His church and that His church, the Roman Catholic
Church, is the only church that can be traced unbroken back to Pentecost. Of
course some Baptists and Church of Christ and others claim the very same thing.
That is the foundation for their argument.
And with that supposed evidence,
combined with the growing discontent within the evangelical community, many Protestants
and non-Catholics are converting. There is a program on the Catholic network
entitled “Coming Home” which interviews recent converts weekly. And the core
elements in most of the testimonies are a searching heart and an
acknowledgement that the Roman Catholic Church was the original church that
continues today. Many have read the early “church fathers” and take their
teachings as truth since they lived closest to the time of Jesus. Now that
presents some real problems since it makes men the arbiter of church truth.
While some of these people claim
the close proximity to the life of Jesus raises their spiritual insight above
and beyond all others, there is another way to look at it which is equally as
valid. Some of those early church fathers did not have the completed New
Testament and they did not have a time tested perspective which could discard
many traditions and Old Testament carry overs. But when sifted Biblically, the
Roman Catholic Church has many bizarre teachings. But the most grievous
teaching of all is that salvation is through a system of works. But all men including the so called "church fathers" must bow to Sacred Scripture for truth.
Having said all that I now must
address something else. Although there are evangelical ministers who have not converted
to the Roman Catholic faith, there are some who are diabolical bridges of
spiritual treachery and who are leading masses to confusion and even
destruction. Some say nothing but others endorse error and falsehoods and by
their words they lead even millions astray. Rick Warren is one of the worst and
is a false teacher to some extreme. The Roman Catholic Church has begun a
movement called “Coming Home” which seeks to bring all people back to the “Mother
Church”. And Rick Warren has openly expressed support for that effort and that
movement.
HERE is the article.
Can you even believe such a thing? Here
in these last days men are suggesting a reverse Reformation. And so called
protestant ministers endorse such a thing? It is almost beyond belief except
that we know how diabolical the evil one is. Men and women throughout church
history suffered and even died at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church and
yet today Rick Warren opens the door for souls to enter. This is a spiritual
paradox which takes deception to a whole new level. This is deception evangelism
at the hands of those who claim to know Jesus. Truth lies massacred in the
streets and lost souls scurry to pick it up.
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