There Is No “Holy Father” On Earth, But There is One In Heaven Above!
There
is only one person who deserves the title of “Holy Father” and he is
sitting on a throne in Heaven, not on a throne over in the
Vatican. Peter is often referred to as the “first Pope” of
the Roman Catholic church, but when you study the scriptures you will
find that Peter was just another Christian who refused and disdained the
praise which came from man. If Peter were to walk through St Peter’s
Square, and visit the Vatican in Rome he would be appalled by all of the
gaudy idolatry and man-made traditions of the Catholic church. If you
study the scriptures you can get the true picture of Peter fairly
easily. In the book of Acts Peter rebuked a man who fell down on the
floor to worship him, because he knew that he was merely a redeemed
sinner, who was saved by the mercy and grace of God:
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and WORSHIPPED HIM. But Peter took him up, saying, STAND UP; I myself also am a man. (Acts 10:25-26)
Peter
would NOT put up with such idolatry, and he let that man Cornelius know
right away. Fast forward to modern times, and you will see people
bowing down like little puppy dogs before the Catholic Popes, kissing
their rings, and paying homage to them wherever they may go. This is
actually something that has been going on for centuries. The Catholic
Popes, including the current Pope Francis, are often referred to as the “Holy Father” or “His Holiness”
when the true Christian knows that those titles are reserved only for
God himself. The apostle Peter walked side by side with the Lord Jesus
Christ, so he would have have heard, and known the instruction which the
Lord gave addressing any man as Father!
And call NO MAN your FATHER upon the earth: for ONE is your FATHER, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for ONE is your MASTER, even CHRIST. (Matthew 23:9-10)
Roman
Catholics are taught to address their local parish priest as “Father”
from the time they are a small child. They will continue to address
their Catholic priests as Father until the day they die, unless of
course they get saved, and are delivered out from that deceptive system.
This whole idea of multitudes of people bowing their knee to a man, and
calling him “Holy Father” or “His Holiness” is demonic in origin, and
rotten to the very core. People by the millions have been ensnared over
the centuries, because they are worshiping and following a man, and not
the Lord.
The word DEIFY is defined as “to make a god out of, to glorify as of supreme worth” and that is exactly what is done regarding the Roman Catholic Popes.
Cornelius
was a humble man, and at the Lord’s request Peter (through a vision)
was sent to instruct him. When Peter arrived at the place where
Cornelius and his friends were gathered, Cornelius threw himself down on
the floor to worship him, and Peter rebuked him because he knew that in
and of himself he was nothing but a hell deserving sinner like the rest
of us. Peter knew his place and he knew that the Lord was using him as a
simple vessel to bring the truth of the gospel to Cornelius and his
friends.
Peter
was a Jewish man who knew that he was purchased and redeemed by the
blood of Jesus Christ, and you can rest assured that Peter would bring
that message to Cornelius and his friends. Here is a passage from the
Bible from one of Peter’s letters
And if ye call on the FATHER, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were NOT REDEEMED with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received BY TRADITION from your fathers; But with the precious BLOOD of CHRIST, as of a LAMB without blemish and without spot: (1 Peter 1:17-19)
Peter
knew that it was the blood, the blood, and nothing but the blood, that
redeemed his wretched soul from a fiery hell, and that is the message
that Cornelius and friends needed to hear. Peter knew that there was a
connection between the Jewish passover sacrifice of an unblemished male
lamb, and the perfect sacrifice of the unblemished (sinless) Lamb of
God, which speaks of Jesus Christ. Peter knew full well that this man
Cornelius needed to be corrected quickly, lest that type of thinking
would get deep into his spiritual system. Trust me folks, I am a former
Roman Catholic, and I have been REDEEMED and JUSTIFIED by the BLOOD of
Jesus Christ. It is time to forsake the man-made traditions of the Roman
Catholic church for the sake of your OWN soul, and for the sake of YOUR
loved ones. Jesus Christ paid the price in FULL, and you do not have to
have your sins JUSTIFIED at the Roman Catholic Mass! I have been SAVED
since 1989, and the Lord Jesus Christ has never let me down! Call upon
the Lord from YOUR own heart, and in your own way. You do not have to be
fancy with the Lord because he truly does LOVE you. He will SAVE you
right now! Yes, right now! Do not put it off!
“For when we were yet without strength, in due time CHRIST died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us. Much more then, being now JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, we shall be SAVED from WRATH through HIM.” Romans 5:6-9“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be SAVED.” Romans 10:13
Folks
it is Jesus Christ who has REDEEMED us by his BLOOD, and he will flood
your soul with his peace AFTER you have been truly SAVED!. You do not
have to worry about going to Purgatory either, because that place never
existed in the first place. Trust me now, you can go directly to the
Lord for salvation, without any other mediator but Jesus Christ!
“For there is one God, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man CHRIST JESUS;” 1Timothy 2:5
It is either Heaven or hell, with nothing in between! If
a person has been truly born again of the Spirit, they are fully aware
that they have received the mercy of God, and have been snatched from
the highway to Hell by the grace of God. Any person who has been born
again of the Spirit, also realizes that CHRIST, and Him alone, will
always get ALL of the glory. That is the reason why Peter stopped this
man from paying any homage to him. There is not one person on this earth
who can be called HOLY outside of JESUS CHRIST and do not ever forget
that. We are all on the same level ground, with no exceptions. It is
true that the Lord will use people in different capacities, such as
teachers, evangelists, preachers and other things, but that does not
make them any “holier”
than others. Do not ever forget that. The true Christian understands
that their true Holy father is in heaven above (Matthew 23:9-10), and
they know that by the Holy Spirit that dwells in them.
The SPIRIT itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we ARE the CHILDREN OF GOD: And IF CHILDREN, then HEIRS; HEIRS of GOD, and JOINT-HEIRS with CHRIST; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also GLORIFIED TOGETHER. (Romans 8:16-17)
The
true Christian knows that every person on planet earth is as lost as
can be without salvation in Jesus Christ and that would include every
Roman Catholic Pope. You have a
choice to be a child of the TRUE “Holy Father,” and eternal God in
HEAVEN, or to be a child of the earthly Roman Catholic Pope, who
masquerades as the “Holy Father” on earth! Countless millions of
Roman Catholic people are still subject to the man-made traditions of
Rome, the Magisterium (Catholic teaching office) with the Pope at the
head of it all. If you take a look in the book of Revelation you will
see where an angel from Heaven absolutely refuse to be worshiped, after
the apostle John fell down before him.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou DO IT NOT: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the TESTIMONY OF JESUS: WORSHIP GOD: for the TESTIMONY OF JESUS is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10)Then saith he unto me, See thou DO IT NOT: for I am thy fellowservant, and of THY BRETHREN the prophets, and of them which KEEP THE SAYINGS of this book: WORSHIP GOD. And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. (Revelation 22:9-10)
Keep
those passages of scripture in mind, as you recall the centuries of
praise and homage being paid to Roman Catholic Popes over the centuries.
It is plain and simple idolatry when a person gives worship to any
person [including angels] except the true and living God. We can see how
the apostle John simply wanted to pay respect to this angel, whom he
knew lived in the very presence of God, but the angel knew better than
to receive worship from anyone. He knew that “the testimony of Jesus is
the spirit of prophecy” and it was the Lord who sent him to minister to John in the first place!
The
current Pope Francis is expected to be in the USA in the Fall of 2015
and you can expect the usual pandering by the politicians to the Pope
when he makes his arrival. It is very likely that the Presidential
candidates will be right in the middle of this whole spectacle also.
Watch for the deceived, and the compromised “Christians” to bring honor
to the Pope, just like they have done to all the previous Popes. The
Bible has a term for them, and Jesus Christ my redeemer called them “ravening wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
“Beware of FALSE PROPHETS, which come to you in SHEEP’S CLOTHING, but inwardly they are RAVENING WOLVES.” Matthew 7:15
The
wolves can be found preaching in pulpits all over America, and the rest
of the world too. They will attempt to convince you that the Pope is a
true Christian, and the Roman Catholic church is just another Christian
denomination. Do not listen to them folks, because they are not telling
you the truth. I told the story before of how my wife Cathy and I met a
Christian lady in church one day and had a nice conversation with her.
She knew that we were ex-Catholics, and we happened to meet her again in
the same spot almost a year later. She told us that she joined a
Charismatic Catholic prayer group. I looked her straight in the eye and I
told her to be careful, because they would have her praying the rosary
before long. The woman looked at me and said “I feel sick, they already have me praying the rosary” The Catholic “rosary” is a set of beads, which represent different prayers. The majority of those beads represent “Hail Mary” prayers (50) and the Catholics repeat them over and over and over again! I attended Charismatic Catholic “Healing Masses”
for almost three years, and the Charismatics still believe all of the
doctrines of Rome, or they could not remain a true Roman Catholic!
Folks, you are going to have to make a decision sooner or later whether
you are going to listen and follow your deceived and compromising Pastor
or whether you are going to follow the Lord Jesus Christ and his word! I
hope that you make the right choice. You can expect to be slandered,
and misrepresented but praise the Lord, because you are on solid ground
with Jesus Christ!
What
does all of this pandering to the Roman Catholic Popes have to do with
the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ? Absolutely NOTHING! I can remember
waiting for the arrival of Pope Paul VI at Kennedy Airport in October of
1965. The Catholic school class went there early in the morning, and I
was right in the front along the roadway, with thousands of others, as
the Papal limousine with the bubble back window passed by. It lasted no
more than a few seconds, and I saw the the little white cap on the
Pope’s head as he rode away. Thousands of the deceived, (including
myself), waited to catch a glimpse of the “Holy Father.” Why? Because
all of us were taught to believe that the Pope was the “Vicar of Christ”
on Earth,” from the time that we were little children. I am so grateful
that I know the real Holy Father in Heaven now. I am so grateful that I
am no longer deceived and on my way to Hell as I was all those years
ago. It is good to remember where you came from, and I will never forget
that for sure. Here is actual quote from Jesus Christ my redeemer:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER believeth in him should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be SAVED. He that believeth on him is NOT condemned: but he that believeth NOT is condemned ALREADY, because he hath NOT believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that LIGHT is come into the world, and men LOVED DARKNESS rather than LIGHT, because THEIR DEEDS were evil. For every one that doeth evil HATETH THE LIGHT, neither cometh to the LIGHT, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth TRUTH cometh to the LIGHT, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” John 3:16-21“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the LIGHT of the world: he that followeth me shall NOT walk in DARKNESS, but shall have the LIGHT of life.” John 8:12
