CATHOLIC BELIEF OF SAINTS and MARY

Catholic prays to the saints (dead people who were canonized). Saints are righteous people of which prayer through them is powerful according to the catholic beliefs However, these saints were already dead because they cannot be called saints by the Vatican unless they were dead and canonized. Yes, they indeed were living in righteousness(as they believed due to  favor they had received from God or perhaps one way or another did some martyrdom or miracle on their dead body or miracles that happened in their life), if not, they cannot be called saints by the Vatican. Mother Mary seems to be their great intercessor to the Father.

These beliefs are all lie and deception by the great evil, Satan.

The belief that we can be saved through constant prayers using the rosary and of doing good deeds. The belief that our request prayers can be granted through novenas to the saints or the best is to go to Baclaran for novenas for prayer request to be granted. I was one of those who sent prayer requests, too to Mother Mary of Baclaran. Let’s accept, (to the catholic people-I used to be one) that you go to Mother Mary and Saints for prayer-through novenas, an oath or a vow or through the rosary.

It was very clear in the bible (where we depend all our belief)when God said on His first commandment (complete version): In Exodus 20:2-6 says, “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Had it not said by the Father in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son

The bible says, it is not by good deeds that we are saved. Ephesians 2:8-9 says,” For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.

In Roman 10:9,”9  That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11  As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.

With the preceding verses or exhortation from the bible, thus we can say, these saints may not be as what the catholic thinks . Di ba napakaliwanag naman yan at hindi naman matalinhaga, pero bakit hindi maunawaan ng marami.When I was at the catholic all I know for the first commandment was “love God above all”. People is tested on the very first commandment of God. Thus, we can only be saved through Jesus Christ who was sent by the Father for our Salvation. It’s not by Mary and it’s not by saints that our prayers are granted. We can go directly to the Father in Jesus name.

Why not sought God now and learn that you reallly need to accept Jesus Christ as your only Lord and Savior of life.

PRAYING FOR THE DEAD AS INDULGENCE

The belief that people can pray for dead souls so they can be saves was taken from the context of Macabees:

(41] Then they all blessed the just judgment of the Lord, who had discovered the things that were hidden. [42] And so betaking themselves to prayers, they besought him, that the sin which had been committed might be forgotten. But the most valiant Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, for as much as they saw before their eyes what had happened, because of the sins of those that were slain. [43] And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection, [44] (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) [45] And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.

Macabees was in the old testament and it was a history of how the Macabees was victorious over their oponent with the help of God. Macabees was not included in the old testament since, it was not inspired by the Holy Spirit. God has no word about offerings for dead sinners or what the catholic called “indulgence”. It was a belief of the Macabees brothers that became a tradition.

This was actually use by the catholic leaders for earning. Hindi ba nagbabayad tayo sa mga prayer requests para sa mga patay because of the belief that they will be saved through prayers.

Another lie and deception of the evil one-Satan.

In our present day (since,we are covered by new testament) , we are save by believing and making Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. It is a grace from God and no longer offerings of blood animals that they used to do to cleanse them from their sins. That people who died without Christ in them will be separated and put to fire of hell.

In the old testament, people who were saved were those who walked with faith in God and with the belief of looking forward, a far off coming of the Redeemer which is Jesus Christ. Thus we can say that Jesus is the fulfillment of the old and the new testament.

Job 19:25 says, 25″As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. 26″Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;

Therefore, even Job, one of the oldest story in the Old Testament was looking forward to a Redeemer, who we know is Jesus Christ.

Abraham and other saved people in the old testament was justified in faith. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 11:13 says 13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.

Going back to the the dead saints(those who believe in Jesus Christ). It says in the scripture that the dead people are dead till the coming of the Lord. See the following verses in the Bible:

Psalms 146:4 we see that in death, “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”

Ecclesiastes 9:5 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.10  Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

So which means when people died in the Lord, he or she is in the sleep mode. Death is like a very deep sleep. There are no thoughts or emotions, and without thoughts or emotions there can be no consciousness. In death you are asleep in the grave, without knowledge, without emotions, and without consciousness. However dead in Christ will rise again in His promised Second Coming as the verse below:

1 thessalonias 4:15-16,”15  According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16  For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first-THEREFORE, those dead people who are in Christ (which means who accepted Christ)shall rise first.

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.THEREFORE, those who were not in Christ when they died has no hope to rise in Christ.Thus will be separated.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. THEREFORE, those who believe in Christ, He will bring with Him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.THEREFORE, for us who are still alive and have know the Words of God, spread the news to others, so they too can be with Him in His second coming.

God is just and I’m sure everybody was given the chance for them to know about Him. However many stood on their own belief which set them apart from God. Siyempre sasabihin ng marami na napakaunfair ni God kasi mabubuting tao yung mga saints na yun. Pinagtanggol ang simbahan ang religion, pero bakit hindi Niya kasama sa muling pagkabuhay.

Before, my understanding of our God is MAPAGMAHAL, MAUNAWAIN, MAPAGBIGAY of which are very true characteristics of God. However if you seek God, you’ll come to know the word JUST which is really JUST itself. He is just in punishment, but very humble to receive you , if you turned back to Him for forgiveness.  God wants one thing from us , the word OBEDIENCE. We can never be obedient, if we don’t trust our God. All of us has the instinct that there is one powerful being  and we called it our Almighty powerful God. Ask yourself. Have you been obedient to His Words? His very first commandment to not create any images like of creation in heaven or in the earth or water and do not bow to them because He is a jealous God? Ito ba mismo na unang unos ng ating Dios Ama, sinunod ba natin? Most of the people did not know this or perhaps, did not understood this commandment of God.

Going back to the dead catholic saints, was God being unfair to them? Do you think God did not gave them one way or another a chance to come to know the real God , who is in the name of Jesus Christ.

In 2Peter 3:9 says, God goes to these extremes because He doesn’t want that any should perish but for all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

In Jeremiah 33:3 says,, ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.

Brothers and sisters, we will only come to know this by reading the WORDS OF GOD, which is the Bible.

DEDICATION TO MY ONLY GOD, JESUS

If there’s one thing I have to live for,
That’s for My God who gives me all.
I will not worry about my family,
He’ll take care of them happily.

I need not worry about my future,
I have a God who’ll make it fruitful.
I need not worry about anything,
I know God is my everything.

My very wish in life is to be,
His greatest child of destiny.
To be with Him is my desire,
A burning hope when I retire.

I need not worry about our food,
I need not worry about our shelter,
I need not worry about anything,
Because, God gives me everything.

To Him I sing a song of love.
To Him I sing a song of praise.
To Him I sing a song of thanks.
To Him I sing this song forever.

The Wrath of God

Do you know the reasons why God punished Israel? Do you know what happened to the Jews?

We all know that Israel has God's favor. It was His chosen people, but why did the Jews underwent great sufferings.  The Book of Jeremiah and Lamentations showed the great sufferings of the Jews :from famine to brutal slavery in another country and death.

Imagined mo kinakain nila pati anak nila sa sobrang gutom. It was so appalling , if you can imagined kung ano nararanasan nila sa mga panahong yun. Yung iba unti unting pinapatay tulad ng binabalatan hanggang sa mamatay. Siguro, kahit panoorin mo sa TV hindi mo kakayaning makita. Ano nangyari?

From the beginning the Israel people were hard headed. They have seen signs of miracles and wonders of the works of God, but still they went their way and disobeyed God. Di ba they made a calf made of gold. Dahil lang ba hindi nila nakita or nakikilala ang Dios, pinalagay nilang ang imaheng yun ang nagligtas sa kanila. When they created the calf image, they were thinking that was God who saved them from Egypt because they have not seen Him.

Have not God made the Commandments : 20 And God spoke all these words:2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.3 “You shall have no other gods before me.4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments(Exodus 20).

In our contemporary society, man still do the same thing. They disobeyed God. They forget the number one commandment of God: Luke 10: 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.

In the Old Testament was the full order of God's command and was still the number 1 commandment of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Bakit po ito and  number 1? Because if you follow that commandment hindi ka maliligaw? Look around what's happening? People are lost. Have you watched "Seklusyon"? It's a story of blind  fanaticism through religious idolatry. Idolatry, is the number one reasons for people to get lost and be separated from God.

The commandment of God was very clear to not make any form or image in heaven or in earth or below waters. Anu ano ba ang nasa heaven at earth : men, stars, moon, animals, plants, sun, etc. And God continued to say to not bow or worship them. Psalm 115 states:

1 Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
2 Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?”
3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
6They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
8Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

No wonder Jesus said that , many will try to enter the gate, but only few will make it. The rest will wrestle in hell. This was how Jesus described hell :

48 where“‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.(Mark 9:48)’

Just imagined the heat of flame burning you , you can feel it and worms that crawl over your body forever in that place.Gusto niyo po bang mapunta dito? Magisip po tayo?Bakit di natin kilalanin ang tunay na Dios. God's grace is still open. When will you decide? Sabi nga ni God, pag narining mo ang balita, do it now.

Sa akala mo lang kaya mong tanggapin na mapunta sa hell, because you are enjoying your life now. What about if you meet accident and die tomorrow or will be diagnosed with terminal cancer? What will be your chance? Wala na po kapag nangyari yun.

What happened to the Quiapo fanatics was so appalling: so many lost souls. They cried out to the image who is not God who can save them. Satan can also make miracles and fanatics of this image tend to credit miracles to the image. Is there anything as black Jesus or called Jesu Padre Nazareno in the Bible?

Naging panatiko din ako ng Quiapo. Bata pa po ako nun, pero sa Quiapo lang kami umiikot. However today, sobrang pagtutulakan sa kapal ng tao at umaabot na hanggang Luneta. Maraming galing pa ng malalayo. Anong nangyari? Nakakalungkot at nakakaawa pong pagmasdan sa mga taong ito na naghahanap ng kasagutan sa kanilang mga problema. Satan rules these people, because they were blinded to see the true Living God.

To God be the Glory , in Jesus name. AMEN.

What God Wants Us to Do

Saved in Order to Do Good

1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 

2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone. 

3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 

4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 

5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 

6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 

7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. 

Isaiah 58

6“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 

7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 

Look at Your Children

There are a lot of things to worry about our youth of today. To our beloved parents, be wary of what’s going on with your kid. According to Psychology, the critical age of a child is from 2-6 years old while others says 8. This years is the year that lays down the foundation of a child. Therefore, whatever he learns in those critical years will be his foundation which will mold a child. Therefore, as early as those age, let’s make sure that we introduce Jesus to them. Teach them about the life of Jesus. There are bibles for kids with wonderful colored pictures for their easy understanding and appreciation.

Let’s not introduce the modern gadgets such as cellphones and internets. Even if they know about these stuff, do not allow them to use it at such an early age. Limit their watch on movies and guide them in watching. Do not allow them to watch movies or shows that would infest their mind with worldly matters such as  MTVs, (MTV presents music that are worldly and remember that young people of today are conquered by the evil through music). Horror, lewd or sensual, fantasy with violent or sensual touch and drastic or violent movies should be taboo for them. Parents let’s watch them closely as they grow.

Our young kids are already involved in music. Everybody loves music and since this is a portal for evil to come to human, let’s make sure that our kids does not listen to music that implies sensual or sex, destructions, vulgar words , love of money, hatred, vengeance, and depressions. There are a lot of band groups and famous celebrity performers specially from Hollywood that is most admired by young kids of today ex: Britney spears, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, etc. There are a lot of them or perhaps almost all of these famous personality in music industry. You may play gospel songs in your house to invite good spirit and for your kids to remember and sing along with it.

Remember that our youth today holds the future.

Something about the Pope and the Vatican

Just to share a piece of information. I'm not sure if this is coincidental or was it
really the Pope of the Catholic is the 666 revealed in Revelation 13:16 of the Scripture.

The pope was designated as Vicarius Filii Dei or Vicar of Christ meaning a representative of God or tantamount as representation of Christ which is a
blasphemy of God. Nobody can substitute God, but Christ and nobody can
substitute Christ. God said, His glory is His and His alone.

In Revelation 13:1 1 And the dragon stood on the shore
of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven
heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

The pope has what we called Tiara on his head bearing these words:
IESV CHRISTI VICARIO INFALLIBILI- infallible vicar of Jesus Christ
ORBIS SVPREMO IN TERRA RECTORI - to the supreme governor of the world of earth .
REGVM ATQVE POPVLORVM PATRI - to the father of nations and kings.

When we say infallible, it is without sin or error. According to the Scripture, God
said that all had sinned and fall short to the Glory of God. It's only God Himself
that is without sin. Those tittles cannot be given to a man whom created by God,
but to God Himself only. Therefore, that alone is a big lie of satan to deceive people.

In Book of Revelation also stated about 7 hills. The vatican is situated within 7
hills:The Quirinal Hill,The Aventine Hill,The Caelian Hill,The Viminal Hil,lThe
Capitoline Hill, The Esquiline Hil,lThe Palatine Hill. The 10 horns with crown are
powerful individuals if not countries that involves in setting up and protecting
the Vatican. Remember in History we have the Allied countries such as : Allied
Powers composed of Empires and the famous are :France, Germany, Great Britain, Rome, Russia , USA, Poland, Japan, to name some. Perhaps these are powerful people that represents in any of those countries involved in protecting the Vatican.

How did the Vatican and the pope started had a lot of complicated stories. It is
the seat of the throne of the Papa who is the head of the catholic church all over
the world. In History you can remember that Constantinopole was the first Christian emperor. He was the one who declared Christianity through the Edict of Milan(remember History) as the main religion of the land after he won the battle of Mildivian for putting the sign of the Cross on their battleship. Rome was a pagan country remember, so when he declared Christianity, he paganized christian religion (combining christian with pagan practices)They claimed that Peter was the first pope. If you read the Bible , there's nowhere in the Bible that supports their claimed. When Paul thanks the people who assisted him in bringing up Jesus to the Romans, he never mentioned Peter, which simply means that Peter was not in Rome. It was also said in the Bible that Peter was the apostle for the Jews or the circumcised and Paul for the gentile or the uncircumcised. It only means that Peter did not even set his foot in Rome.

If you would check and read the Bible, the doctrines that the Catholic is teaching
is none existing in the scripture. If that would be originated from the teachings
of the apostle Peter, it would have been the same as the scripture which is the
same before and is still the same today. In the scripture, there was no teachings
about indulgence, to do penance for sins, confessions to a priest, praying the
rosary, venerating Mary and saints, the process of baptism, the ceremonial mass.
In fact, they actually is contradicted to the teachings of the Bible.

There were lots of secrets in the Vatican, but as God said, there is no hidden things that will not come to light. There were news about sexual abuse among members of the choirs which are boys.It started to come out in 2010 and there was investigations, but nothing happened until now.

If you read history about Reformation or Protestant Reformation, it was the darkest period of Christianity. In the St Bathomew Massacre, there were millions of Huguenotes(these were French protestants who was regarded as heretics by the Catholic leaders of that time) who died.

I'm sharing these information for you to open your eyes to what is the truth.

Jeremiah 29:13New International Version (NIV)
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.