Pope Preached Everything But Christ
Pope Promotes Freemason Secular Salvation
Where did he say, "You have set aside the teachings of Jesus Christ and he is now treated as a disgraced relative while hedonism and lasciviousness are championed?
I cannot praise you as a moral nation. I cannot say God Bless America. I rebuke you as a wayward child. Repent."
by Kieran Dunn
I'm Disappointed.
Pope Francis had the world's attention as he addressed a joint session of Congress.
He focused upon the most pressing secular issues of the day: climate change, immigration, poverty, the death penalty, the refugee crisis in Europe, and global arms trade.
He made veiled and brief remarks about abortion and the family, but as the Vicar of Christ, he did not present Christ as the antidote for sin, which is what ails mankind.
He mentioned Moses and Abraham Lincoln, but no mention of Jesus.
That is why I am disappointed.
Millions of evangelicals and traditional Catholics were disappointed.
The mainstream media hails him as the People's Pope, which by extension means he speaks for Christianity. Pope Francis does not speak for the Protestants, nor the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Churches which are as old as Catholicism.
The Apostle Peter, considered the first Pope of Catholicism, wrote: But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. [I Peter 3:15].
Pope Francis did speak of the brotherhood of man-but where was Christ presented?
Granted Pope Francis's very presence speaks of Christ, but what did listeners take away with them?
Where was the message that Jesus spoke-"the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel."
Where was the message that America's embrace of secularism has replaced the eternal with the temporal-the spiritual with the carnal?
Where did he say "You have set aside the teachings of Jesus Christ and he is now treated as a disgraced relative while hedonism and lasciviousness is championed? I cannot praise you as a moral nation. I cannot say God Bless America. I rebuke you as a wayward child. Repent."
He needed to remind the nation that "by embracing everything and offending no one, nothing is defined as sacred, no code of conduct is endorsed, and there is no hope for the future. Mark my words, you will be overtaken by evil."
SECULAR HEAVEN
Many centuries ago St. Augustine wrote about the City of God and the city of man. It is a simple concept in that one city is earthly and other heavenly.
One city continues forever while the other ends in judgment.
The city of God is ruled by God himself, while the other city is of human construction.
The late Charles Colson wrote in his book "Kingdoms in Conflict," the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world are headed in opposite directions toward different destinations.
For example the U.S. Supreme Court just this year ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide, establishing a new civil right.
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis flatly refused to issue marriage licenses anyone and subsequently defied a court order to issue marriage licenses. Davis said she was acting "under God's authority." She petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay which was rejected (they don't acknowledge God's authority).
In response to the court's refusal to grant her stay request, Davis stated: I never imagined a day like this would come, where I would be asked to violate a central teaching of Scripture and of Jesus Himself regarding marriage. To issue a marriage license which conflicts with God's definition of marriage, with my name affixed to the certificate, would violate my conscience.
Kingdoms in conflict.
A survey of American adults conducted by YouGov found that 56% supported the decision to jail Davis, while 65% said she should resign from office.
CHRISTIANS IN CONFLICT
We need to realize like the patriarch Abraham that "we are strangers and pilgrims on the earth and desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called our God: for he has prepared for us a city (Hebrews 11:13-16)."
This is not to suggest Christians surrender and give up-on the contrary Jesus said plainly--"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid...Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" [Matthew 5:14-16].
Therefore, Christians must decide at what point enough is enough! If Christians as a group are not willing to stand for righteousness and live as Christ, then in actually they are practicing atheists- and deny the faith. Think about it!
