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Do All Churches Get Their Teaching From the Bible?
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Do All Churches Get Their Teaching From the Bible?
The global influence of the Roman Catholic Church, more than a billion strong, presents a number of challenges to students of the Bible.
The Good News regularly discusses popular religious beliefs maintained throughout Christendom that aren't found in the pages of the Bible and that contradict its teachings. Further, the question may be asked: How does the Roman Catholic leadership view itself in relation to the Bible?
Pope Leo XIII, in an encyclical letter dated June 20, 1894, stated: "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty."
A Catholic newspaper, The Catholic National, similarly stated in July 1895: "The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ but he is Jesus Christ himself hidden under the veil of flesh."
Accordingly, the leadership of the Catholic Church has assumed the right to change biblical teaching where it sees fit. Notice this admission from the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995:
"Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. 'The Day of the Lord' (dies domini) was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power . . . People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically . . . keep Saturday holy."
Note also the words of Peter Tramer, editor of The Catholic Extension Magazine, replying to a question addressed to Pope Pius XI, May 22, 1934: "We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the living Church, the authority of the Church, as a rule to guide us. We say this Church, instituted by Christ to teach and guide man through life, has the right to change the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament; and hence, we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday.
"We frankly say, 'Yes, the Church made this change, made this law, as she made many other laws, for instance the Friday abstinence, the un-married priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages, the regulations of Catholic marriages, and a thousand other laws."
Last edited by Truth.8 on 20-11-2013 12:31 PM
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In addition listen to the official view of James Gibbons, cardinal and archbishop of Baltimore: "You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we [Roman Catholics] never sanctify" ( Faith of Our Fathers, p. 111).
This teaching, like many others, was carried over from the Catholic Church into Protestant churches after the Protestant Reformation. As the Catholic Church readily admits, this change has no basis in the Bible.
The Bible talks about another Church that Jesus Christ described as a "little flock" (Luke 12:32
). The Church that Jesus built is so different that, as He warned, its members would be persecuted by the world because of their beliefs rather than gaining wide acceptance (John 15:19-20
).
After the death of the apostles in the first century, their teachings were soon replaced by unbiblical doctrines that would better appeal to the broad majority of mankind.
Yet Christ and the apostles made it very clear that God's Word is the basis of all true doctrinal teaching. Jesus said, "Your word is truth" (John 17:17
). That is, God's Word is truth, and it is found in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
The apostle Paul wrote that "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man [or woman] of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16-17
).
The apostle Peter told converts to "desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby" (1 Peter 2:2
). True Christians must reject any teaching proved contrary to the Word of God.
To understand more, please request or download the free booklets The Church Jesus Built and Sunset to Sunset: God's Sabbath Rest .
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Truth.8 posted on 20-11-2013 12:23 PM 
In addition listen to the official view of James Gibbons, cardinal and archbishop of Baltimore: "Yo ...
Misuse of the Bible by Henry Morris, Ph.D. | Nov. 21, 2013 “. . . his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” (2 Peter 3:16)
It is vitally important for every Christian to study and use the Scriptures, for they constitute our only real authority (note Matthew 5:18; John 10:35; 14:26; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21; etc.). In doing this, however, it is just as important that we not misuse the Scriptures, for this can be almost as dangerous as ignoring them altogether.
Many people twist the Scriptures, seeking to make them fit some opinion of their own, hoping thereby to give a pseudo-biblical authority to their peculiar prejudices, instead of allowing the Lord to say what He means. Such distortion of Scripture has generated a plethora of cults and heresies—past and present. This was essentially Christ’s view of the Pharisees: “In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men” (Matthew 15:9).
Similar—perhaps even worse—is claiming to receive new Scripture, or perhaps new (and authoritative) insight on existing Scripture. “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it” (Deuteronomy 4:2). “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:6).
Cults and heretics distort and supplement the Scriptures, but still deadlier are the liberals who try to explain away the Scriptures. “If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life” (Revelation 22:19). This act of distorting and then denying God’s Word (“Yea, hath God said. . . . Ye shall not surely die,” Genesis 3:1, 4) was the very lie of Satan which brought sin into the world. No wonder the Bible warns so severely against it! HMM
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Now minority (little flocks) Christians who observed Saturday can do it from friday sundown till saturday...
True GOD of Bible will be always on those are right path...
Praise the Lord |
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Post time 20-11-2013 12:19 PM
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