Matthew 6:7, “But when ye pray, use not
vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for
they think that they shall be heard
for their much speaking.”
Isn't
it interesting that the only two mentions of the word “vain” in Matthew
perfectly describe the Roman Catholic religion. The Catholics love their
vain repetitive prayers and chants, and they teach the commandments of men,
vainly worshipping God. “Vain” here simply means that the Catholics are
wasting their time because God is NOT accepting their false worship. By
the way, kindly, doesn't the picture of the nun to the left look like A
PENGUIN? Oh yes she does! I love this Sesame Street episode (Telly hits a penguin, and all the jury members
are penguins...lol). Gotta love penguins!
Jesus plainly taught in John 4:24 that God can only be worshipped in spirit
and in truth, not in recited chants, idol worship and confessing one's sins
to a priest who is saturated with sins himself. God does not accept empty
worship. If you've ever been to a Catholic Church, then you know that they
don't pray. All of their so-called “prayers” are robotically recited from
memory, which they learned from some Catholic prayer book. It's all lip
service.
Just as Cain, Catholics commit the same fatal sin of not obeying the
Commandments of God. Instead of offering a blood sacrifice (symbolic of the
Lamb of God, Jesus) as did Abel, Cain brought grains from his hard toil and
labor. Cain attempted to impress God with his own self-righteousness;
whereas Abel expressed his faith in the coming Messiah with a blood
sacrifice. Catholics are all self-righteous. They think that by keeping the
Sacraments that God will be pleased with them. No, no, no!!! It is religion
at it's best, and a paved road to Hell. From the cradle-to-the-casket,
Catholicism is of the Devil. Religion is NOT the way to Heaven. Jesus Christ
is the way to Heaven (John 14:6).
The Catholic
Church is NO church at all because they teach
manmade doctrines. A
perfect example is the Assumption
of Mary doctrine officially establish by the Vatican in 1950, by Pope
Pius XII. There is no such Biblical teaching, nor is it even found in the Catholic's magisterium (church traditions).
You can't just make up your own rules. The Bible teaches in John 10:1-9 that
you MUST enter through the gate to get into Heaven. That gate (or door) is
Jesus! Anyone who tries to get into Heaven some other way is a thief and a
robber. You can't break into Heaven with a jack hammer, nor use a grappling
hook to scale it's walls, nor dig under the wall; you MUST enter freely
through the gate in Jesus' precious name. Amen!
I recently watched a Catholic
program on EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network). The entire show was
all about praising Mary... Mary, Mary, Mary, that's all Catholics talk
about. A standard Rosary recital requires 53 “Hail Marys.” That's vain
repetitions which the Bible condemns.
As I watched the EWTN, a few words were spoken and then they all
started chanting like zombies. The priest would make a statement praising
Mary and then dozens of Catholics in robes would follow with “we pray to thee.”
It was a cult ceremony, surely not resemblant of anything which Jesus
taught in the Scriptures.
Here's what I heard on the
Catholic EWTN . . .
Mary, Queen of Heaven...
we pray to
thee
Mary, Queen
of all saints...
we
pray to thee
Mary, Queen
of angels...
we pray to
thee
Mary, Queen
of the Rosary...
we pray to
thee
Mary, Queen
of the Church...
we pray to
thee
and so
on...it lasted for about 5 minutes
How arrogant and
blasphemous against God Almighty! Everything about Roman Catholicism
is contrary to the plain teachings of the Word of God. No where in
Scriptures are we directed in any way to praise, hail or show ANY devotion
whatsoever to Mary (or any other dirty, rotten sinner like Mary). Yes,
Mary was a sinner. She was not without “original sin” as Catholicism
claims (what they call “Immaculate Conception”).
The Catholic religion is
so rebellious against the Bible that they even teach that Mary was a “perpetual virgin.” Mark 6:3 tells us
that Jesus had brothers and sisters, so Mary was NO virgin after she married
Joseph. Joseph was Mary's husband. In Matthew 1:20, the Angel of
the Lord comforted Joseph concerning his “wife” to be, “...fear not to take
unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy
Ghost.” Mary did NOT remain a virgin! So stop calling her a “virgin.”
Roman Catholicism leads people to
pray lifeless and empty vain repetitions!
The Bible speaks about
making merry melody in our hearts to the Lord (Ephesians 5:19), not the dead
and morbid chants of the Catholic religion. If the dead could sing, I
think it would sound like the Rosary being chanted by a bunch of nuns. Why
don't we ever see Catholic men chanting the Rosary?
God wants us to pray and
sing from our hearts. Roman Catholics are duped by the extravagance,
formalism and mystic of the Catholic religion. If the Pope is speaking
in Latin, he must really know his stuff, right? Folks, it's all a big
show to sucker you and your money into the Catholic cult. The Pope
speaks in Latin to impress everybody, while no one has any idea what he's
saying. The priests
drink their wine from golden cups. Candles are placed into golden
candlesticks. Gold, gold and more gold. The Vatican spares no
expense. The Vatican is impeccably designed and decked out with wealth
and beauty. Yet, they are as beautiful graves filled with dead men's
bones just as Jesus said...
"Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full
of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness." —Matthew 23:27
God Must Be Worshipped in
Spirit and in Truth
God hates vain repetitions! God hates prayers that are dictated from a paper or a book. Prayer
should be spontaneous, from the heart, not a recital from a prayer book. Do you think God would rather have us fellowship with
Him as a friend, or
try to impress Him with fancy words and religious formalism? Do you
really think that chants move God? Do you really think that a bunch of
repetitious words please God? It doesn't, not one bit. God
hates false prayers, false worship, and false religion.
Two things are
REQUIRED to pray to God: spirit and truth. You cannot worship God in
heresy or false religion. This is why Catholics will NEVER be able to
worship the true and living God, because they teach traditions instead of
the Commandments of God. I've heard priests myself tell people not to
read the Bible, saying that the priest knows things that the parishioners
don't. In sharp contrast, Jesus commands each believer in John 5:39 to
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!
One must be born-again to worship God, for God is
a Spirit, and our carnal flesh cannot commune with God. No amount of religion or
self-righteousness can remove your sins nor save you from Hell. Salvation
cannot be obtained by education, legislation, reformation, nor
rehabilitation; but only by regeneration by the Spirit of God, by the Word
of God (1st Peter 1:23).
No man can forgive your sins. Only
the God-man can forgive your sins, and that is Jesus Christ (1st Timothy
2:5). The
Pope is just a dirty rotten sinner who had better believe on Jesus Christ for forgiveness, or he'll rot in the
Lake of Fire forever. No Catholic priest can forgive your sins. The pope is presently headed for hellfire. The
Pope is trusting the Catholic Church to save him and not Christ alone.
We are Saved by Jesus'
Righteousness!
Listen friend, you cannot get to Heaven by getting
water baptized. If this
were the case, then what about all the people in the Old Testament? What about the thief on the cross? The Apostle Paul clearly said that
Christ did NOT send him to baptize, but to preach the gospel (1st
Corinthians 1:17). Baptism is a step of obedience for the new convert,
NOT a requirement for salvation. You MUST NOT add anything to simple
faith in Christ alone. Good works is a sure road to Hell. Church
membership is a sure road to Hell. Religion is a sure road to Hell. The
Sacraments are a sure road to Hell. The rosary is a sure road to
Hell. Our Lady of Fatima is a sure road to Hell.
"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
ONLY through the precious blood of
Jesus Christ can our sins be washed away. ONLY by believing upon Jesus
Christ can we be saved. Ye must be born-again (John 3:3. We are SINNERS and
Jesus is the SAVIOR! Salvation is receiving, not giving. Eternal life is the
gift of God (Romans 5:15; 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9). Jesus is precious!
Let go
of the Catholic religion friend and grab Jesus instead.
Salvation happens when a person
acknowledges their guilt of sin for breaking God's commandments and believes
on Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, for forgiveness of sins . . .
Acts 10:43, “To Him
give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth
in Him shall receive remission of sins.”
John 20:31, “But
these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name.”
John 1:12, “But
as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on His name.”
Won't you receive Jesus now as
your Savior? We are saved by Jesus' righteousness (Matthew 6:33; 2nd
Corinthians 5:21; Romans 10:3-4), and not our own in any way (Isaiah 64:6;
Romans 3:20; Titus 3:5). Our part is simply to believe, God does the rest.
Amen and amen.
Hear Vain
Repetitions
How To Be Saved
Ye Must Be Born Again!
