Child abuse is such an understood
abominable sin among the human race that it is not even spoken
of in the Bible.
It is an unthinkable sin. Beyond all other sins.
With all other sins, God, in Bible speaks showing such
things as adultery and fornication to be sins. God speaks in both Old and New Testament
showing homosexuality to be sin, calling such sodomy.
All this is spoken in Bible so man may see the sin
from God's eyes and repent.
But child abuse is not spoken of in either Old or New
Testament. This causes me to believe
this was such a terrible sin against the nature of man that there would
be no repentance from this evil.
It is the Holy Spirit who brings truth about sin. I believe the Holy
Spirit has brought this truth about the sin of child abuse to all human creatures,
therefore to sin in this way would be a type of blasphemy against the Holy
Spirit, an unpardonable sin.
This would show us the reason it is not addressed in the
Bible. Everyone already knows it is evil
for God has shown everyone it is evil.
I do not believe anyone who commits this type of sin can be
restored.
***
About 3 years ago, I had a dream where a church building,
that I believed to be Catholic, was on fire. This building had a double tower, like many
Catholic church buildings. The firemen
were working to extinguish the fire but there was no way they could save this
church building.
Fire was shooting out each of the windows and the top of the
building.
Today, August 2018, there is an enormous uproar
among the congregations in the Catholic church against child abuse, as there
should be with each of us. It is an
horrible thing.
Some of the leaders of the Catholic church told
the Catholic pope that he must come out and make a statement against this,
which he did in August, 2018, although this abuse has been reported among Catholic
priests for many decades. This may
appease some in the congregations but how could any parent really trust a
priest or allow their child to go to this church where such has a history of
decades of child abuse?
So many things taught by Catholic church are
against teachings of Holy Bible.
***
My contractor, who is Catholic, once said to me he
almost left the Catholic church because of the child abuse scandals where
Catholic priests were predators against children. Many of these cases were
headline news at that time in 2004.
I told him one of the main problems is the
Catholic church does not allow their priests to marry.
Contractor replied: "Well
... I don't know about that."
I said: "The apostle Peter was married."
Contractor was very shocked. "Peter ... ?" he
questioned.
I said, "Yes ... that is what it says in Bible. Peter had a mother-in
law and also Peter had children. Peter
was an elder in the church and one qualification to be an elder, according to
Bible, was for the elder to have multiple children.
And at one scripture it spoke of Jesus and the disciples
being in Peter's house while Peter's mother-in-law was sick. Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law and she
arose and served them."
***
(I took a Bible and showed contractor these scriptures.)
Matthew 8:14-15
And when Jesus was come into Peter's
house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And HE touched
her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
Peter said he was an elder in the church.
I Peter 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a
partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
An elder in the church must be husband of one wife and have
his own children under proper control.
Titus 1:5-7 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that
thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in
every city, as I had appointed thee:
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife,
having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God;
(elder and bishop are the same thing in NT church and this
title is used interchangeably for these positions in the church.)
***
The Catholic church is set up far from the
description of church in Bible.
There are many teachings and rules contrary to Bible in the
Catholic church.
Forbidding their priests to marry is just one of those rules
set up by man and not by God in Bible and this rule invites
perverts into the priesthood. It becomes a haven for perverts.
Also we see in the end time there will be groups
who forbid marriage ... The end times began with the resurrection of Jesus ...
I Timothy 4 Now the Spirit
speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God
hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know
the truth.
(Telling church group they cannot eat meat on Fridays and
setting up "Lent" where members have to give up something are further
religious abominations added by humans and are even contrary to scripture.)
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be
refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
***
Concerning minister's marrying ...
Paul even said in the Bible that they, the apostles, had a
right to "lead about a wife."
I Corinthians 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a
wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
***
For some strange reason, someone in power in
Catholic church made up a rule where priests could not marry.
But this is a rule made up by man and is
contrary to the rules of God and conflicts with the nature God put in man
concerning marriage for most will marry.
Once the apostles said to Jesus wouldn't it be
better for man not to marry.
Matthew 19:3-12
The Pharisees also came unto Him,
tempting Him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife
for every cause?
And HE answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that
HE which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father
and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put
asunder.
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a
writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your
hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not
so.
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and
whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
His disciples say unto Him, If
the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
But HE said unto them, All men
cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their
mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and
there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of
heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
***
I Corinthians 7:1-2 Now concerning the
things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own
husband.
***
If you read the Bible, you know how contrary the set-up of
the Catholic church is.
There is no such thing as "nuns" in Bible. No command for unmarried women to work in
specified groups like this in Catholic church. All this is made up by men who ruled over what
they would do in the churches.
No where in the New Testament does it tell us to wear
medieval costumes in ministry.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees because they loved to wear robes
calling attention to themselves.
Matthew 23 But all their works they do for to be seen
of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
garments,
(Jesus even forbad them to call another man
"Father")
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats
in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men,
Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ;
and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven. Neither
be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
***
Ministers in New Testament church are not called
"priests".
This is Old Testament.
In the NT, ministers in Bible examples are called: apostle, prophet, evangelists, pastor, teacher
Ephesians 4:8; 11-12 When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, he
led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men ... And HE gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets;
and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:
***
There is no such thing as a "cardinal"
in the NT church in Bible, nor "pope".
The Catholic leadership added these titles and they are made
up by men and worldly and have no place in the church.
Nor do they have power of God but only power of men in that
church.
***
In NT Bible, there is no scripture telling a
person to pray to Mary.
Mary is dead. She has no power at all to help anyone. Dead people are asleep, according to New
Testament Bible. (John 11 & I Thessalonians 4:13-18)
You do not pray to dead people.
You pray directly to God.
Rosaries not in Bible and contrary to
instruction in Bible.
Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for
their much speaking.
***
Nor can a priest forgive your sins as they teach
in Catholic church.
Only God can forgive sins.
Mark 2:1-12 And again HE entered into Capernaum
after some days; and it was noised that HE was in the house. And straightway
many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them,
no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy,
which was borne of four.
And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press,
they uncovered the roof where HE was: and when they had broken it up, they let
down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
When Jesus saw their faith, HE said unto the sick of the
palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and
reasoning in their hearts,
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive
sins but God only?
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they
so reasoned within themselves, HE said unto them, Why
reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether is it easier to say to the sick
of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed,
and walk?
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath
power on earth to forgive sins, (HE saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee,
Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth
before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying,
We never saw it on this fashion.
(Jesus demonstrated HIMSELF to be God,
having the power to both forgive sins and heal the body.)
Therefore you confess your sins directly to God.
***
These are just a few of the things in Catholic
church which are opposite to Bible.
To have those "graven images" inside the church
building is a terrible thing to do in a church.
To teach their people to pray to concrete and stone and to pray to dead
"saints" and to cross themselves as a type of religious superstition
is abomination.
Concerning "crossing themselves" ... as I
understand it, they bless themselves by this ... I see football players cross
themselves to make things go well, but they never consider it when it does not
work and often it does not work.
***
But an evil so great and so obvious to all as an
evil such as child abuse is an abomination so great not even to be listed in
the Old or New testament in Bible ... an act beyond repentance.