In his Angelus address at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday December 6 2015, Pope Francis made the following statements about the most important topic any of us will ever deal with, the eternal salvation of our soul.
“The need for conversion applies to non-believers and believers alike. And salvation is offered to every man and every person without exception, to all of us. No one can say: ‘I am holy, I am perfect, I am already saved.’ No. We must always welcome this offer of salvation. And this for the Year of Mercy.” (Source: CNA)
The Pope explained the reason for the Year of Mercy is:
“…to go ever forward along this path of salvation, that path which Jesus taught us. God wants all men to be saved through Jesus Christ, the only Mediator.” (Source: CNA)
He then called on Mary’s intercession to break down the “barriers and obstacles which impede our conversion”. (Source: CNA)
So based on his statements, we should all continue to go forward along this path of salvation, but we can never know when we get there, which means we can never know we are saved. Therefore, he claims believers and unbelievers are in the same boat because neither of them have yet received salvation and both of them still need to.
His statements are consistent with every religion in the world, except Christianity, because every religion in the world teaches salvation comes through our good works, while Christianity teaches salvation through good works is impossible.
If the way to attain salvation was by our good works then Pope Francis would be correct because it would be impossible for us to know whether or not we are saved. We would have to wait until we stand before God so He can weigh our good deeds against our bad deeds to see if we pass the test. However according to the Bible, everyone who has received true salvation already knows they have it.
True Salvation:
True salvation, according to the Bible, comes as a free gift given by the grace of God and received by faith, not by works. In direct contradiction to Pope Francis, Jesus said anyone who hears His word and believes God the Father sent His Son to bring salvation from the judgment to come can know they have already, in the PAST TENSE, passed out of death into life.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” (John 5:24)
True believers already know they have received what God has promised and that they have passed out of death into life because they believe what Jesus said. Eternal life is not going to be given to them someday in the future, after they die. They have already received it and already know they have it now. It is not an uncertain hope of what might or might not happen.
The Apostle Paul confirms this by telling us exactly what we must do to be saved.
6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven? ’ (that is, to bring Christ down),
7 or ‘ Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. (Romans 10:9-10)
Notice in verse 6 Paul says righteousness, which is our right standing with God, is based on faith, not works. Where do we find this faith? We don’t have to go up into heaven or down into hell to find it because it is right here with us now, in our mouth and in our heart. Therefore, we can receive salvation right here and now by confessing from our mouth Jesus Christ as our Lord and believing in our heart that God raised Him from the dead. Anyone who does this is saved, which again is past tense.
Notice verse 10 says it is with the heart a person believes, which results in righteousness. This is a very important point because righteousness cannot be received through our mental agreement, but only by believing in with our heart. This is because our mind can only know what we perceive with our five senses, which only have access to this physical realm, but our heart can connect with another realm, which is the spiritual realm, which is the realm of God because God is a spirit being. So our heart can know things by faith that are impossible for our mind to know. That is why everyone who has received salvation, true salvation, already knows it in their heart.
Here is the ultimate test to know whether or not we are saved. Everyone who has already been saved is 100% sure they already have it while those who are not yet saved cannot possibly be 100% sure because they do not yet have faith in their heart. With their mind they might want to believe it, but the mind cannot possibly know for sure. Faith resides only in the heart.
The person who has no faith in their heart, but only mentally agrees with the words of Jesus, does not and cannot understand how anyone can claim to know they are saved because they themselves do not know if they are saved. The whole idea is a mystery to them because they are still on the outside looking in.
The person who has faith is so persuaded by what they believe they act on it by obeying God’s commandments while the person who only mentally agrees with the Bible continues doing whatever they please. They might actually try to obey God for a while, but they will not continue because they have no faith to endure. True faith changes the way a person acts even when no one else is watching, while mental agreement does not. Everyone who truly loves God obeys His commandments (1 John 5:3).
So our actions provide evidence of the faith in our heart, but we do not earn our salvation by our good works. None of us could ever be good enough to stand before God on that basis because if we make even one single mistake we are guilty of falling short of His requirements. None of us can meet that high standard, which is why Paul said, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
So what hope do we have to be saved? Our only hope is to receive it as a free gift from God, which He offers by His grace and which we receive by our faith. If it was something we earned by our works then we would have reason to boast about our good deeds, but none of us have anything to boast about before God.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
So salvation is a free gift, bought and paid for by the shed blood of Jesus Christ. There is no other way.
Paul said we are to have no confidence in the flesh, which means no confidence in our ability to be made right with God by our own works (Philippians 3:3). If anyone had reason to put confidence in their flesh, Paul would have qualified, but he tells us he put no confidence in those things. Instead, he counts all of those things as loss so he can have the true knowledge of salvation that only comes by faith (Philippians 3:8-9).
Paul then explains we have not yet received the resurrection from the dead, which makes sense because we have not yet died. Even though we have received the gift of eternal life in our heart by faith, we must continue standing in faith and walking in obedience until the end of our life so that we are not disqualified from receiving our resurrection from the dead (Philippians 3:10-14). Our obedience is the proof of the faith in our heart because faith without works is dead (James 2:17).
The same gift of eternal life that we receive by faith can also be lost if we abandon our faith. For more on this topic, please see my previous post, Exposing the False Doctrine of Once Saved Always Saved.
Islamic Salvation:
Ironically, Islam teaches a very similar message of salvation as the one taught by Pope Francis. Muslims believe it is impossible to know they are saved until after they die and stand before Allah. In fact, they believe it is blaspheme to claim to know they are saved because even the false prophet Muhammad did not know whether or not he was saved.
Say, “I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner.” (Quran 46:9).
Any Muslim who claims to know they are saved is claiming to be greater than Muhammad, which is why they consider it blaspheme, which is punishable by death.
The reason why Muhammad did not know whether or not he was saved is the same reason Muslims today do not know if they are saved, which is because they believe they are made acceptable to Allah by their good deeds, which include prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and living according to the Quran. Therefore, they have no way of knowing whether or not they have done enough good deeds to be accepted by Allah.
And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy – it is they who will be the successful. And those whose scales are light – they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward our verses. (Quran 7:8–9)
Rise of the False Prophet:
Salvation is the most important issue of our life and the foundation of our relationship with God, yet the leader of one of the world’s largest religions, Pope Francis, just revealed he knows nothing about salvation. If he knew he was saved, he would not be telling others they cannot know if they are saved because everyone who knows wants others to know too. Everyone who has received the life of God living on the inside of them has received the heart of God for other people and He is not willing that anyone should perish (2 Peter 3:9).
Only God knows the heart of Pope Francis, but Jesus said we could know people by their fruit, “Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit” (Matthew 7:17). So it sounds like Pope Francis has not received salvation, which would mean he is not even a Christian.
If the leader is lost, what does that say for his 1.25 billion followers? Jesus said, “A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?” (Luke 6:39)
On the all important issue of eternal salvation, Pope Francis is more closely aligned with Muslims than with Christians. He is more closely aligned with the children of wrath than with the children of God. His teachings contradict the teachings of Jesus, which makes him more of an adversary of God than a friend. This is not someone to follow.
We must examine these things because the whole world is now embracing this man and his teachings almost like some kind of rock star. But popularity with the world is not necessarily a good thing because most of the world is heading for destruction.
The Bible tells us a false prophet will arise in the end-times who will lead the world in worshiping the first beast (Revelation 13:12). This man will seek to unite all the world’s religions into one global religion. If Pope Francis wanted to do this, his statements about salvation would help him achieve it. Muslims would agree with him and also with his statements about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Uniting 1.25 million Catholics with 1.6 million Muslims would already encompass almost half of the world’s population. Anyone seeking to establish a global religion would surely be thinking along these lines.
Regardless of the identity of the false prophet, the Bible warns us he is coming, so we must be watching and on the alert to avoid being deceived by him. To get the whole world to follow him, his powers of deception must be very great. To avoid being deceived ourselves, we must know the scriptures so we can properly discern truth from error.
The false prophet will come with the appearance of a lamb, yet he will speak like a dragon (Revelation 13:11). He will come under cover of darkness, crafty and clever, to deceive those who do not know the truth. He does not come openly cursing God, but speaking about the blessings of God with all the appearances of a man of God so he can persuade people to follow him. He can even talk openly about Jesus as long as he misleads everyone about how they can know Jesus. Let everyone beware because we are very close to the time when the false prophet will arise.
Conclusion:
We should avoid following anyone who is not who they claim to be, but especially someone telling us about our eternal salvation. Pope Francis is clearly deceived and deceiving others because he contradicts the Bible.
The difference between lies and truth can be subtle so we must be on guard. Our best defense against deception is our knowledge of the Bible and a close relationship with the Lord. If you want to make sure you are saved, click here.
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Author: James Bailey
James Bailey is a blogger, business owner, husband and father of two grown children. In 1982, he surrendered his life to the Lord Jesus Christ. In 2012, he founded Z3news.com to broadcast the message of salvation by reporting end time news before it happens.
“Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run down to the other declaration, that for SOME men to enslave OTHERS is a “sacred right of self-government.” These principles can not stand together. They are as opposite as God and mammon; and whoever holds to the one, must despise the other.
Speech at Peoria, Illinois, on October 16, 1854 (CWAL II: 275)
The Jesuit Connection to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
http://www.truthontheweb.org/abe.htm
The Jesuit Connection to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
http://www.truthontheweb.org/abe.htm
President Abraham Lincoln on Popery, Microsoft Word format
http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/wp…/08/President-Abraham-Lincoln-on-Popery.rtf
Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, by Charles Chiniquy
http://www.biblebelievers.com/chiniquy/
My purpose is to warn. If people are offended because others see through the commercial system, controlled by the Vatican, to smash free thought and free belief (google: Jesuit papal maxims) If people are tried in their fake, phony courts by their Vatican controlled liars/lawyers (City of London Middle Temple Bar is Vatican controlled) for thought crimes, the Inquistion, with all its tortures and murders is not far behind.
Alberto Rivera, ex Jesuit of the fourth vow, has said that not only does the Catholic Church control this nation, AND ALL NATIONS ON EARTH, that their wealth is MANY TIMES ALL NATIONS COMBINED, and he SWORE he can testify, because “I have the evidence, that Jesuit priests hand the IRS a list every month of people to target”. I was and still am on that list. Because I spoke against lies, lies that the Vatican controlled UNITED STATES, INC. wants to be believed.
Please read VATICAN ASSASSINS by Eric Jon Phelps and the FIVE EX PRIESTS HE DEDICATES HIS BOOK TO IN THE INTRODUCTION.
If you believe you have the right to smash people who disagree with satanic practices, and use your control of the fake courts to do so (read the Rod Class article below: all government offices are vacant), then you are not for Jesus Christ. Jesus said “you will know the truth and the truth will make you free”.
He came against the priests, the scribes and pharisees AND THE LAWYERS of his day.
The issues are becoming very clear. The one world church spits in Jesus’ face. Revelation 17 says FLEE FROM HER. It doesn’t say “reform her from within”!
The Pope’s Secrets by Tony Alamo – Tony Alamo Christian Ministries
alamoministries.com/content/english/Antichrist/Popes_Secrets.html
Lincoln added, “I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. … Because of Abraham Lincoln’s many exposés of the Vatican, he was put to death just as … of their religious freedoms (being jailed, schools and churches being closed). …… 4 Fifty Years in the “Church” of Rome, Charles Chiniquy, pg.
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Bombshell: Rod Class gets FOURTH Administrative Ruling “Gov’t Offices are Vacant”- All Gov’t Officials are “Private Contractors”
Submitted by The South on Sun, 10/14/2012 – 18:25
Yes, you read that correctly; it is true, and is now on the court record; black ink on white paper. Please read on:
A lot of us have been exposing the crime of the UNITED STATES corporation for many years, but until recently, no one has had the proof that all government offices are vacant; no one is home; those supposed government offices/agencies are being occupied by PRIVATE CONTRACTORS and are NOT being occupied by a legitimate government body.
This is equivalent to the ice cream man knocking on your door and extorting taxes from you. He has no lawful authority to do anything other than drive the ice cream truck – he’s not a government official; he’s an ice cream man.
Your supposed government officials are nothing more than ice cream men/women who are fraudulently extorting money from you and your family; throwing you in prison; taxing you to death; stealing your children and imposing their will on you, and enforcing their own internal-statutory rules and codes upon you and your family.
Rod Class has now received FOUR Administrative Rulings that prove what many of us have felt to be truth: What you think is government; what you think are legitimate Government Officials/Senators/Congressman/Policeman/Governors/Tax Collectors, etc. are nothing more than private contractors, extorting money from American Citizens and failing to pay off the public debt as they are instructed to do by the 1933 bankruptcy.
What they have done is this:
These people have switched places with the average American Citizen. They are enforcing their own Administrative codes, that are only meant for THEM, upon regular Citizens who are not being paid by the corporation. The supposed elected officials have hoodwinked the country into an employment position without pay. They themselves are taking public money to occupy government seats/positions/agencies, when they are nothing more than private contractors … Felony!
They are treating us as if we are paid government employees; enforcing their own internal rules-regulations-codes, and statutes on the average Citizen, as well as conveniently forgetting to send us our weekly/monthly government employment check.
I’ve been preaching this for the last year + with no avail on this forum. Perhaps now, people will begin to listen and take action.
In these radio shows, Rod explains his Administrative Rulings from the various Judges; explains the con, and shows you, where in their very own US Codes the above aforementioned information is spot on.
There are a few shows you need to listen to, and here are some bullet points of those shows:
1. All BAR attorneys are prohibited from representing John Q. Public; can only represent gov’t officials and employees within their own agencies, their BAR Charter says so.
2. Any Judge that prohibits you from representing yourself or hiring a defense other than a BAR attorney, are in fact, committing a felony on the bench in violation of the Taft-Hartly Act (running a closed union shop) and the Smith Act (overthrow of Constitutional form of Gov’t)
3. Anytime an BAR attorney represents someone in a case against you, you can now claim that person is incompetent; a ward of the state, with no standing to sue.
4. Any and all tax collectors, police officers, sheriffs dept’s, DOT, tag agencies, BAR attorneys, Judges, Highway Patrol, supposed elected officials, are nothing more than private contractors, who can now be brought up on fraud charges for impersonating a public official while receiving federal funding.
5. Any and all home, vehicle, credit card loans are supposed to be discharged through the Treasury window, in compliance with the 1933 bankruptcy laws. These scumbags are double dipping and never discharging the debt like they are supposed to. They are embezzling the funds and pocketing them for themselves.
6. Every person sitting in prison today was railroading by a BAR attorney who’s first allegiance is to the State; who had no lawful authority to represent them; who worked in concert with the State to perpetrate a fraud upon it’s victims.
7. Orders from Administrative courts prove for the fourth time, an agency of the State is NOT an agency under the State.
8. Elected Officials are claiming 11th Amendment sovereignty, when it’s actually you and I that hold 11th Amendment sovereignty. They are getting paid by the corporation, you and I are not.
9. They have admitted to the crime of no one actually holding a public office; they are filling corporate seats and defrauding the public.
10. Political subdivisions are not getting their 40% funding from the Feds as they are supposed to get.
11. These Judges have admitted (black ink on white paper) that all these State Offices are ……….. EMPTY!
12. Now we have Administrative paperwork – ruling these public offices aren’t part of the State agencies.
13. Attorney Generals may not practice law; can’t represent the people who are not public officials.
14. If the State is a 3rd party interloper in your Marriage (marriage license); Vehicle Title (State Registration), etc. then they are liable for 1/3rd of the cost to manage the daily activities of that contract.
15. If the State demands you have a Drivers License and Tag your vehicle because it is registered with the State, then as the owner of the vehicle, the State is required to pay for the vehicle, the tags, licensing, fuel, tires, oil, etc. and they are also to pay you a salary for driving a State owned vehicle; it says so in their own Highway Safety Act and USC – CFR rules and regulations.
16. We now have the court orders that goes back and nullifies any and all IRS and Tax cases, Foreclosures, Credit Card Debt, cases or actions. These people never had the lawful right to demand anything of you; they are corporate actors, not a legitimate government body.
17. Judge admits the 1933 bankruptcy, and no way to pay off anything because of Federal Reserve Notes; all public debt is t be discharged through the Treasury.
18. Only the Secretary of Transportation can hear traffic cases; all traffic cases are civil, not criminal.
19. If you’re not being paid for you time, you are not required to have one of their CDL or CMV licenses; it’s prohibited.
20. Says we now have a major labor dispute on our hands; US corporation running a slave racket against American Citizens without the pay.
21. United States Codes (USC) and Titles #1 thru #50 are void; have never been passed by Congress; all have been repealed.
As I’ve been saying for a very long time on this forum: If you are not getting a weekly or monthly paycheck from the so called federal government aka UNITED STATES or one of it’s sub corporations such as the STATE OF ***, then their statutory rules (not laws), codes and regulations DO NOT APPLY TO YOU ……… Period!
There is so much information packed into these last six calls, I can’t even begin to share it in this post. If you want your freedom; if you want to know with 100% surety that the foreign corporation known as the UNITED STATES has zero authority over you unless you are receiving a weekly paycheck from them, take the time to listen to call #646 through #651 here:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=4…
Scroll down the page and click on the orange “Listen” button; a pop up player will appear for your listening pleasure.
And believe me: This is pure listening pleasure, with the court filings; rulings and US Code to back it all up.
By the time you finish these few short shows, your fear of the government will be a thing of the past.
Also, many of Rod’s current filings against the infrastructure are at: http://harveyw26.minus.com …some may be easy to download, some may not !
And for those of you who are new to the forum and want to get a better grasp of all this prior to or after listening to the calls, here are some of my more informative posts on the matter at hand:
Public Notice to Gun Grabbing Politicians:
http://www.dailypaul.com/246514/public-notice-attention-to-a…
So the Government wants you to collect a sales tax?
http://www.dailypaul.com/245362/have-a-business-and-the-govt…
Your Home Loan was paid the day you signed the note:
http://www.dailypaul.com/244590/want-to-stick-it-to-the-bank…
The real reason for the 14th Amendment:
http://www.dailypaul.com/244553/they-created-the-14th-amendm…
What’s the One Document in your possession that gives you the authority to rule over my life?
http://www.dailypaul.com/244165/whats-the-one-document-you-h…
Can the State be an actual injured party? ….. No, it cannot!
http://www.dailypaul.com/243521/can-the-state-be-an-injured-…
Having a Social Security # is not a contract with the State/Feds:
http://www.dailypaul.com/243164/social-security-is-not-a-con…
Trust Law, your Rights and how to enforce them:
http://www.dailypaul.com/243090/trust-law-your-rights-and-ho…
Why you should never hire an attorney:
http://www.dailypaul.com/242260/this-is-why-you-should-never…
Hopefully now in light of these Administrative Court Rulings people will now come to realize the fact, that Unless You Are Getting A Weekly Check From Government, Their Statutory Rules-Codes-Regulations They Put Off As Laws, Have Zero Force Or Effect On You Personally
No Contract = No Jurisdiction
Did you fill out an employment contract with the State; are they paying you for your services? If not, why the hell are you following their rules?
This is how we change our current form of Government back to the Republic is was initially intended to be.
If you don’t take the time to listen to at least those last six shows at the link above, you are overlooking the most important information ever to come to light within the Liberty Movement.
Stop looking for a savior to save us from tyranny and listen to the shows I’ve provided. Now you are your own savior – Individually, now you can make a HUGE difference in our political structure and form of government.
In Liberty!
Thank you James. In my 35 years of attending full Gospel Churches, I have never had true salvation explained this way to me. That our hearts connecting with God’s in the spiritual realm. Wow. A lightbulb moment.
Thanks for sharing that Jon! I am glad you found it helpful.
Although I don’t have a good feeling about the Pope, I do believe that there are Spirit-filled people in all denominations (and outside of them) and also lukewarm in all, too. It comes down to each individual’s PERSONAL walk with Jesus Christ.
Peggy, I agree. God Bless
I think what he is saying is we all stand as sinners before God and need Gods gift of salvation. Not that nobody can claim to be holy in Christ. After all Catholics are believers and there teaching on salvation is far better then what most churches teach today. This story is build on a error in understanding what he is saying and imbarising.
I dreamed of the pope last night. In the dream I was standing in a room and someone close to him remarked to me that the pope wears colored contacts to hide his eyes. This person said that his eyes are like “see through” and was implying how creepy his eyes were. I am clueless to what see through eyes, void of color would look like. I’m not sure why I was approached or even told what his eyes really looked like. Then I get on z3 this morning and there he is. Strange…
If Brian’s Bob Thiemes is the one I encountered a few years back, then it is easy to see how he was led temporarily astray. When visiting an Aunt to help in her health care, a cousin took us to a church for a Bible study one Wed. evening. I felt antennas up from the parking lot to the pew. Spaces for police cars, people wearing short, shorts and carrying the same Bible I carry. Song books in pews had same songs. However, over the intercom was playing a song, “Stormy Weather”…odd for a worship service. When Mr. Thiemes walked onto the podium the entire place went silent and when he began to speak everyone began to write in note pads in unison.. Saw no one open their Bible. He ranted on and on about nothing and sort of made sport of the belief the Jesus walks with us, etc. other stuff like that until I found myself shouting for the devil to be bound and silent. All went silent for a space of 15 min. Shortly three big bruiser guys found us three women and told us to get up and out. I was last in line. As I walked out I told the folk on each side they would got o hell if they continued to follow this man. The bruiser behind me began to shove me. Finally, I turned around and bound the devil in him, and he began to contort and twitch. Seriously. When we got to the foyer, the police surrounded us, and it was the first time I felt safe. Then the men escorting us out told us to never come back. We told them don’t worry, cuz we thought we were going to here the Bible taught. My sister said the problem with the preacher was his name had too many ‘I’s: and ‘me’s’ in his name. I later learned this man had begun in ernest but got off the track and became cultish. His son carries on the work. Ran into a follower at Curves and found she was as off the wall as can be……so same ole same ole going on. He has a ‘church’ in our area now. This one where I was thrown out was in Houston, Tx. Guess I wasn’t the first to speak out, for why else would they have police with their own parking places…..5 places about.
Brian. I understand what you mean but that’s what the sinners prayer is ” our confession”
The Pope is the full embodiment of 2 Tim 3:5 Having an appearance of GODLINESS but denying the power thereof..He wears his white costume as the Pharisees wore them too and were called “White washed tombs”
you notice that paul didnt say that we should say the sinners prayer either. simply believe and thats it. thats how i started. i was listening to a bloke by the name of robert b. theme and thats exactly what he said – simply believe and confess and its done. i couldnt then understand how easy it was
christina january…… Truly it’s not my desire to bring any type of discord but what you are speaking is not true. You do not receive the Holy Ghost because you believe. This is evident in the Book of Acts where Paul ask the believers have they received since they believed. Acts 19: 1-6
All believers receive the Holy Spirit, but not all believers are baptized in the Holy Spirit. That is the difference.