In Reply to: Catholics and Jesus posted by George on January 03, 2003 at 04:56:17:
Greetings, I can see where you are coming because I have been there. A person's sincerity and love for God however, as we know from experience can be subverted to into building manmade religious kingdoms, if we are not carefull to compare God's Word with the actual teachings of religious leaders. The Lord teaches us in the scripture, that departing from sound doctrine amounts to departing from God Himself. "Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ the same hath not God." That is why even born again Christians need to exercise extreme caution that men do not subvert their faith with a religious counterfiet made of up traditions, rituals, and the commandments of men. The 'Eucharist' as presented in the Catholic Church, is called the,'Sacrifice of the Mass'. It is a mock resacrifice of Jesus as a piece of bread. Jesus, upon the cross, said, "It is finished." The 'Eucharist' is a mockery of the true communion that the Lord Himself established as a memorial (For His servants) of His, 'completed' sacrifice for sin.
And bowing before the, 'Eucharist' is a ridiculous form of idoltry in that you are whoreshipping a piece of bread, instead of Jesus Christ. The Lord makes it very clear that they who worship Him must do so in spirit and in truth; that rules out the foolish and blasphemous practices of Rome.