POPE FRANCIS DID WHAT? – Pope Francis has made a number of statements over his tenure to make some people wonder – (and legitimately I might add) – whether he might be the False Prophet of Revelation. In no special order. He seemed to open the gates of heaven to non-believers, specifically atheists. “You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith. I start by saying – and this is the fundamental thing – that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience. Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience.”[i] On another occasion he assured everyone that we are all “children of God.” But that’s NOT what the Bible says at all. John 1:11-13 reads: “He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” To make the statement he did gives people the false assurance of salvation. [And THAT is NOT love!] In 2014 he allowed Muslim prayers and the reading of the Koran in the Vatican.[ii] He also teaches that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. That has long been a teaching of the Catholic Church. This is patently false. Christians understand that God exists in a community of three, we call the Trinity. The Sonship of Jesus is an impossible concept for Muslims. The Koran assures the Muslim that God cannot have a Son. But Biblical faith is predicated on the understanding and acceptance of the Sonship of Messiah. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:18) [It’s kinda simple like that!]
So now here’s the latest. Back in the spring, Pope Francis met with The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, one of the leading Islamic scholars. They signed a document called “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, which contained a statement equating Islam – and in fact all religions, with Christianity. It seems diversity of religions is God’s will.[iii] [It’s interesting that in my Bible Jesus says: “I am the way, the truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” You don’t think I have a faulty one, do you?] Here’s the statement from the document. “The pluralism and the diversity of religions, color, sex and language are willed by God in His wisdom.” [REALLY Frankie! That’s what you’re selling?] Now the Pontiff has appointed a seven member commission of Catholics and Muslims to push this nonsense on the world – no doubt in the name of “peace and security.” (1Thessalonians 5:3) Well here’s the whole passage. “For when they say, ‘Peace and safety!’ then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.”
THE CHANGING LGBT LANDSCAPE – According to a Harris poll, fewer Millenials (aged 18 to 34) are supporting the LGBT lifestyle. “In 2016, 63% of Millennials considered themselves ‘allies’ of the LGBT movement. But that number fell to… 45% last year. Today, 36% of Millennials are not comfortable when they learn a family member is homosexual—up from 29% a year ago—perhaps because they are observing the abnormalities associated with homosexuality up close.”[iv] Two survivors from the 2016 Pulse Nightclub massacre, have since abandoned the gay lifestyle, given their lives to Christ and organized an outreach ministry. Now they are organizing an ex-gay ‘Freedom March’ in Orlando.[v] Of course, they are being told that they are harming the LGBT community.[vi]
[i] Pope Francis assures atheists: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven, The Independent, September 11, 2013
[ii] Vatican makes history: Pope allows Islamic prayers, Koran readings, Washington Times, June 9, 2014
[iii] Geoffrey Grider, POPE FRANCIS ISSUES THE ORDER CREATING GLOBAL CHRISLAM COMMITTEE, NTEB,
August 27, 2019
[iv]Why Fewer Millennials Support LGBT Lifestyle Each Year, Charisma, August 8, 2019
[v]Pulse shooting survivors organize ex-gay ‘Freedom March’ in Orlando, NBC News, August 20, 2019
[vi] “Ex-gay” Pulse survivors “harming” LGBTQ community, Mamba, August 23, 2019
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