Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Led of the Holy Spirit

Romans 8:9,14,16  Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His----For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God -----The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are children of God ----


But God had revealed them (the "things of God")  unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things , yea, the deep things of God---the things of God know-eth no man but by the Spirit of God.


Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God,that we might know the things which are freely given to us of God.


Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth. (1 Corinthians 2:10-13).


Yet the Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine  bluntly declares: "Man can obtain a knowledge of God's Word (only) from the Catholic Church and through its daily constituted channels.

"When he has once mastered this principle of divine authority (residing in the church) the inquirer is prepared to accept whatever the divine Church teaches on faith, morals and the means of grace"

A cultic setup? Check your mind at the door and believe what you are told?

Christ and his disciples preaqched the gospel before any church was established. Early in His ministry, before even saying anything about His church, Christ sent His disciples forth , "and they departed , and went through the towns, preaching the gospel" Luke 9:6. Eleven times in the four Gospels we are told that Christ and His disciples were engaged in preaching the gospel, a gospel which is "the power of God unto salvation" to those who believe it. Romans 1:16.
Three thousand souls were saved on the day of Pentecost without Peter saying one word about an infallible church putting its approval on what he preached. If the endorsement of the Rc church wasn't needed then , neither is it needed now, for the Word of God is "living and powerful --a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart". Hebrews 4:12.

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