The Prisonhouse Of Roman Catholicism

Matthew 5:20, “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

Catholics are so blind and messed up. I am often reminded of Jesus' words in Matthew 5:20b, “except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” The Scribes and Pharisees were self-righteous. These wicked men continually questioned, attacked, tried to ensnare, discredit, turn His own Words against Himself and doubt the dear Savior. I truly feel sorry for the Pharisees and Scribes, that they were so blind to THE TRUTH. You need to understand that these were devout religious people who knew the Bible very well. I mean, the Scribes had the job of copying the inspired Word of God, to preserve it from generation to generation. They were familiar with the Holy Scriptures infinitely. And the Pharisees were trained in the Holy Bible from their youth. The Pharisees knew when and where Jesus was to be born in Bethlehem, yet they did not bother to go see the Christ child. Unbelievable!!!

Sadly, Eddie Van Halen died in 2020, and I am fully convinced that he did not go to Heaven. Eddie and his brother Alex (and the whole family) are Roman Catholics. In fact, Alex Van Halen is an ordained Catholic minister, who performs weddings in Hollywood. Unfortunately, there is no salvation in the prisonhouse of Roman Catholicism! So many dogmas of Roman Catholicism go totally contrary to the plain Word of God.

For example: Jesus warned against idolizing men. Matthew 23:8-9, “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.” So why do Catholics call all their priests, “Father”? It is blasphemy against the Word of God, and offensive to the Lord who will not share His glory with another. Isaiah 42:8, “I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.”

Did you know that the wicked Catholic church, who worships graven images, has even removed the Second Commandment of God from the TEN COMMANDMENTS? It is sadly true! Catholics split the Ninth Commandment not to covet into two different commandments, fabricating another commandment in order to compensate for the missing Second Commandment which they sinfully removed. Here is the Second Commandment that they removed from Exodus 20:3-4, “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:” Gee, I wonder why the Catholics removed the Second Commandment which forbids bowing down to graven images. Could this be why? ...

Thou Shalt NOT Bow To Graven Images!

Exodus 20:3-4, “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:”

Roman and Russian Orthodox Catholicism are PRISONHOUSES OF RELIGION!!! There is no salvation in the Catholic church. Catholics are errantly taught that water baptism is the door into the church by which they are saved, and that through keeping the Seven Sacraments their salvation is maintained. Catholics believe in partial faith in Christ PLUS works! No one has ever been saved this way. Catholics have been deceived by the Devil. Salvation is not found in ANY religion; but rather, in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. Alost sinner can only find salvation through faith alone in Jesus Christ. John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

The Apostle Paul defines THE GOSPEL for us:

1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

That is how you go to Heaven dear friend, by BELIEVING THE GOSPEL. The “Gospel” is the GOOD NEWS of Christ's death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection after three days. The only requirement to be saved is to know that you are a guilty sinner. You must know what you are being saved from. Romans 3:19-20, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” God has made TWO great divisions to His Word; namely, OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS; or respectively, LAW and CHRIST. In this great division we see THE GOSPEL.

The Old Testament gives us THE LAW, by which all men when compared, fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). The LAW is a measuring stick, by which when men compare themselves, they realize that they are guilty sinners in the sight of a holy God. All humanity are guilty sinners. We all deserve to go to the Lake of Fire for all eternity to be punished for our sins. If you deny being a sinner, then you cannot be saved (1st John 1:8-10). God doesn't save those who are self-righteous, He only saves THE UNGODLY:

Romans 5:6-9, “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

A few people might sacrifice their life for a godly man. Some people might even sacrifice their life for a good man. But who who give their life for a convicted criminal? Jesus, that's who! Jesus died for all mankind. Jesus died for adulterers, murderers, pedophiles, rapists, complainers, thieves, robbers, liars and false prophets. Jesus even died FOR YOU! Jesus died for a dirty guilty sinner like me, because God loves us all.

Roman Catholicism has another gospel, which does not match the Gospel which the Bible teaches. Therefore, Catholics cannot get to Heaven that way, through their religion. Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world. RUN from the Catholic church, or you will follow them into the depths of the lowest parts of a burning Hell beneath the earth forever.