--- Catholic or Protestant? ---
You are most likely one or the other; or, you could be Muslim...
Abandon false religions to become a Christian!
Written: December 2024

The Catholic Church might be thought of or referred to as the "Old Church." That because the Great Apostasy that was her creation sprang from the third century CE, and from the midst of the true followers of Jesus Christ. Some of those early Christians abandoned their faith in God, gained through an accurate knowledge of the words of Christ, to seek protection from the Roman State. They formed what has come to be known as the Catholic Church. The new church made a deal with Rome [and with the Devil, actually (1 John 5:19-21)] to become the State religion portion of what they labeled the Holy Roman Empire. The church got protection and then power from the Roman State; and Rome got the allegiance and respect of the Old Churches followers, bolstering government power and authority. That apostate Church then hid the Bible from mankind by forbidding it to exist in any except the dead language of Latin, which only her specially trained priesthood could read. At the point of a Roman spear, then, Catholicism largely became the only and world wide religion. For over a thousand years, during what has come to be known as the Dark Ages and with her influence persisting to our day, Catholicism ruled the earth by publicly torturing and doing their best to kill everyone who didn't join them.

The Protestants;
bringing the end of Catholic rule!
Sadly, however, not ending mankind's problems with false religion...

To break the iron fisted hold of the so called Holy Roman Church and to free true Christians from her domination, starting in the 17th century AD, God awakened and raised up Bible students who scripturally unveiled and exposed some of the Old Church's lies. From the Church's originally intended derogatory term of "'protestors' against the Holy Roman Catholic Church," as she liked to be called, the Bible students quickly and proudly accepted being called "Protestants." They undermined the Old Church's power and allowed for Bibles to be printed in English, as English had become [and remains] the most common world language. As more and more people gained access to the Bible, their knowledge started to bring an end of the Dark Ages. Enlightenment continues into our day... (Pro 4:18; 2 Pet 1:19)

While Protestants did much good, as they searched the words of Christ for truth and shared it; sadly, most quickly became mired down in some of the teachings of the Old Church they had remained infected with. They thus fractured into the many Protestant Christendom religions we see today. If you are a Baptist, Mennonite, Amish, Presbyterian, Jehovah's Witness, Lutheran, Methodist or any of the many other Christendom sects, you are a Protestant and a "spawn" of the Old Church; all of them failing in ways similar to the Calvinists. One thing the newer breakaway churches all commonly brought with them from Catholicism was some version of the priesthood; thus demonstrating they remain her offspring. (Rev 17:5-6) Their common problem is: Jesus taught his followers he was to be their only lord and leader, and, they were all equal as "his" followers. (Mat 23:1-15) That was one of the ways the Old Church had abandoned Jesus's teachings in the first place, by establishing a priesthood of leaders among men. Most all the protestant groups who broke away from the Old Church sadly followed that same pattern. Some of them call their leaders ministers or preachers or elders, or what ever other title they have bestowed upon them, it still just means they each have an elevated group, or maybe just one man, they look to for guidance [like the Pope; or some mega church preacher or...]. They have each chosen stand-ins for Christ. (Mat 24:4-5) Most false prophets don't actually call themselves Christ, of course, but they claim they represent and speak for him... No matter how well intentioned they might be, all who refuse that command by Jesus on the equality of his followers, and appoint some hierarchy of men to lead them, make themselves, and all who follow "them" enemies of Christ.

The only group who isn't following an elevated group or class of humans, are all the "individuals" who are true Christians. Happily, they all follow only Jesus Christ; each one understanding their membership roll is kept in heaven. (Luke 10:20 of 17-24) No true Christian imagines any human or group of them have any say in the matter of whether they are pleasing to God. True Christians follow Christ and have his teachings as their only doctrine. They answer only to יהוה. Their simply following Christ in that way is what defines them Christian... Their individual following of Christ is the only thing that makes them a group [grouped only in God's eyes by their following Christ]. While they appreciate everyone who claims Christianity, and they have love for all people, none imagine they are judges of who other real Christians are! They know that praise of being a Christian will come from God. (1 Cor 4:5)

Most, and soon all Christians will, recognize יהוה to be the self-given Hebrew Name of God; then given Moses on the stone tablets. (Exo 31:18) God's name is a uniting force among the individual light bearing Christians in this dark world. This is a grand and special day to be alive. We are witness to  יהוה's day; thus making us all spectators of his final solution to all problems! Are you a Muslim or Catholic or Protestant awaiting death? Or, are you marked as a Christian survivor? Well, do you have faith in Jesus Christ? Are you speaking about him? (Mal 3:16-4:3; Rom 10:10) Print this webpage and talk about these scriptures...


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