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Was Pope Francis teaching a different gospel? · The Slippery Slope

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Hi, Jay felon here. Thanks for listening to the
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slippery slope. So a couple of days ago, Pope
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Francis passed away. He died.
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So he died several days ago. And one thing that struck me is
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how many people, you know, we've got all these leaders, leaders
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of nations coming out. And obviously this is the way it
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goes when someone who's as well known as a, the head of the
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Catholic Church passes away. Different people come out in
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support of the Pope and Catholicism and talk about and
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give their condolences, which is fitting.
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I suppose it is fitting to give you condolences.
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However, I think as Christians, there are a few things that we
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need to, we need to talk about. And I'm just going to talk about
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only really one thing, one main thing with, but there's a couple
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of things that we do need to face.
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And the first thing is, I think is that Catholicism as a, as a
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whole is a false religion. They have, I went to a Catholic
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boarding school for a couple of years and up until then, I
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really didn't know much about Catholicism at all.
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But I got to learn and understand more about the
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beliefs of Catholics and what Catholicism teaches.
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And there's some very, very dangerous teachings within
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Catholicism. Not to mention, you know, and
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let's not forget the, the very obvious things such as praying
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to, well, idolatry, praying to idols, praying to praying to
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Mary, praying to Saints who they've designated as Saints,
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you know, so that in quotation mark, you know, so these people
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who they say, well, other people have been praying to them and
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they've seen miracles and, you know, they've authenticated
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these miracles or whatever. And then they become Saints.
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And then you're allowed to pray to these Saints.
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When I, when I was at boarding school, I'd learnt, and this,
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this was way before. And I'll say this because this
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is part of what I want to talk about with some of the one major
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problem I think people need to realise with Pope Francis.
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Pope Francis had taught that Jesus is not the only way.
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Christianity, belief in the Lord Jesus Christ is not the only way
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and not the only way to heaven, not the only way.
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And I think some people ignore the fact that Catholicism
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actually taught this. I learnt that at Catholic
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boarding school. And obviously, you know, I got a
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better age on me now. So this was way before way
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before Pope Francis became the Pope of the Pope of the Catholic
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Church, the head of the Catholic Church.
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So while I understand, while, you know, world leaders,
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whatever come out in in in support and acknowledgement,
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condolences for the passing of Pope Francis, I think it's
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really important for Christians to remember that one,
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Catholicism is has got a lot of bad teaching and is a false
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religion. And actually, I think that
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anything that's religious in nature is more than likely false
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like that belief in Christ. Anyway, I won't get into all
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that. And secondly, so Catholicism,
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there's a lot of issues. Like I said, you've got your
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idolatry, false teaching that's within the church.
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And Pope Francis, I want to bring up something that he had
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said and with This is why I think he, he himself is a false
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teacher, was a false teacher. So this came out in 2024 from
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media and culture. Did Pope Francis just say all
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religions are equally true? This author puts the question
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mark there. Now, he says Pope Francis
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delights people worldwide, as we saw in his recent visit to East
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Asia and Oceania. He also drives people crazy
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worldwide. And we saw that too, for
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instances when he said, for instance, when he said all
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religions are paths to God. I will use an analogy.
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They are different languages that express the divine.
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That's what he said. And I'm going to bring up in a
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second exactly what he did say. So he says, this writer says
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this alarm many Catholics would believe with the Catechism that
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all salvation comes from Christ, the head through the church,
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which is his body. So this writer, this author who
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was, what was his name, Tom Hoops, he, he starts off saying,
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Yep, he said that. But he gives this, he comes up
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with excuses basically for what it actually means.
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You know, he said this, but he's not actually meaning this.
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And this is actually what he said, even though we're going to
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go into verbatim, verbatim what he did say.
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So going back, he says all salvation comes from Christ the
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head. That part is true.
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But then he goes on through the church, which is his body.
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That part is false. So you got a little bit of truth
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and a little bit of false, a little bit of truth and a lot of
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false actually through the church.
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No, no, any. So he goes on.
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They worried that the Pope himself was saying otherwise.
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He says he's not update yet. The mistake persists.
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Well, it's not a mistake because that is what he says.
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He says, first, double check the catechism.
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Often the troubling things Pope Francis says are just
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paraphrases from the catechism. What I quoted about above about
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salvation is from #846 of the catechism.
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What comes right before it and right after it are also
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important. Right before it, the Church
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teaches about truth in other faiths and says about Muslims,
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together with what they say, adore the one merciful God,
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mankind's Judge on the last day. So right after it, the Catechism
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teaches that those who, through no fault of their own, do not
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know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, but who nevertheless
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seek God with a sincere heart and moved by grace, try in their
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actions to do His will as they know it.
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Through the dictates of their conscience, those two may
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achieve eternal salvation. That is incorrect, he goes on.
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Think of this. Think of it this way.
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When we die, every one of us, each Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist,
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will face Jesus Christ, our King and judge.
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Yet we will. Some of us will embrace him,
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Others will flee him. You're not going to be able to
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flee. What will that all important
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moment of judgement look like? Here's one way I think of it.
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Now, First off, when people start saying I think of it,
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instead of saying I, they think of it.
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What you really should be saying is what does the Bible say?
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Not what you think. What little, you know,
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imagination you've come up with. What does the Bible say?
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But he doesn't say that. He says, what will that all
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important moment of judgement look like?
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Here's the way I think of it. Muslims may see in him the one
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God they love, or they may stick to what their religion gets
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wrong about God, the impossibility of the
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incarnation, for starters, and flee.
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Hindus may follow what their religion gets right about
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transcendence, or what it gets wrong about reincarnation, and
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so on. If any is saved, it will be
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through Christ and then and their conformity to the
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conscience placed in them through Him.
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If any is lost, it will be by rejecting Christ and the
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conscience he gave them that. None of that is biblical.
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None of it is biblical. You're not going to be standing
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there at the last second seeing Jesus and then being able to
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choose and say, oh, I was right in this way and I was wrong in
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this thought also. And now I accept Christ because
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I'm seeing him right before my eyes.
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None of that is biblical. None of it.
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But this is the these are the excuses that this writer is
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giving for what Pope Francis said.
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So the second excuse that this writer gives about what the Pope
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said, he says we're just going to do a little bit of this.
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He says it is always helpful to read the actual words of the
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Pope, which are available with a little digging and not just a
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reporter's account. When the Pope says something in
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a magisterial document defining what Catholics believe, then the
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then the charism, then the charism of people,
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infallibility, papal infallibility comes into play
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and Catholics must give the obedience of faith.
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But when the faith, when the Pope says something in an
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informal setting, there is no exception, expectation.
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Sorry of infallibility. And now I looked this up because
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I've never, I've never heard this, but what they're actually
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talking about here is the Roman Pontiff.
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This is in their like their law kind of thing of the law of the
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church, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition.
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It says the Roman Pontiff, head of the College of Bishops,
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enjoys the infallibility in virtue of his office when, as
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supreme pastor and teacher of all the faithful who confirms
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his brethren in the faith, he proclaims by a definitive act a
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doctrine pertaining to faith or morals.
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The infallibility promised to the Church is also present in
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the body of Bishops, when, together with Peter's successor,
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they exercise the supreme magisterium, above all in an
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ecumenical council. When the Church, through its
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supreme Magisterium, proposes a doctrine for belief as being
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divinely revealed and as the teaching of Christ, the
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definitions must be adhered to with the obedience of faith.
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The infallibility extends as far as the deposit of divine
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revelation itself. So in in short, the Pope can
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claim to hear from God being here the Holy Spirit is talking
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to him. He is hearing the word of God.
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This is a direct additive to the Bible.
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This is God himself giving the Pope clear words.
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This is the word of God and you must follow it as in like any
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other book of the Bible. That's that's what they're
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saying when they talk about the infallibility of the Pope.
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And we'll go to just the third excuse that he's giving for what
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the Pope says. He says follow the Pope adding
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whatever details of the faith you think are important.
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So he says last, if you think that the Pope left something out
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or said something unclearly, then maybe the Holy Spirit is
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urging you to action. Go and do what the Pope did and
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counter people who didn't know Jesus Christ and share your love
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of Christ with them, adding the teachings of the church you
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think he missed. OK, so let's go back to what
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he's actually said actually, and I'm going to bring up this is
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the dialogue that was happening. This is what the Pope verbatim
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what he said, he says. And let's let's let's bring up
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what the Pope says. And then we're going to bring up
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what the Bible actually says, OK, And how what the Pope is
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saying is in contradiction to what the Bible and what Jesus
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said. He So the Pope is saying he's
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giving this talk and he says one of the things he's giving a talk
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to young people, OK. He says, one of the things that
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has impressed me most about the young people here is your
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capacity for interfaith dialogue.
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This is the words of Pope Francis goes on to say.
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This is very important because if you start arguing my religion
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is more important than yours or mine is the true one, yours is
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not true. Where does this lead?
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It's the question somebody answer.
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That's what he says. A young person then answers and
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he gives the he says destruction.
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Pope Francis, that is correct. All religions are paths to God.
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That's verbatim what he said. Now, going back, going back to
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what this other writer had said, he says, did Pope Francis just
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say all religions are equally true?
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And then he goes on to give excuses and and twist twists
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what Pope Francis said and give excuses for what he's saying.
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But he did. He said verbatim this is what he
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said. That is correct.
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All religions are paths to God. I will use an analogy.
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They are like different languages that express the
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divine. But God.
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He says God is for everyone and therefore we are all God's
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children, but my God is more important than yours.
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Is this true? There is only one God and
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religions are like languages paths to reach God.
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Some seek, as in seek the religion Sikh, some Muslim, some
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Hindu, some Christian. Understood.
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Yet interfaith dialogue among young people takes courage.
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So what he's saying here is all religions take you to God.
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But if you read it, what what he's saying is that there's a
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little bit of there's a little bit of truth, a little smidgen
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of truth and a whole lot of faults, a whole lot of bad false
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teaching. OK, let's first read.
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We're going to go ahead and read what the Bible says.
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This is the words of Jesus. Jesus says, actually I'll read
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this one first. In John 14, I read the new King
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James Version. It says, let not your heart be
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troubled. If you believe in God, believe
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also in me, in my Father's House of many mansions.
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If it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a
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place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
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for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that
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where I am, there you may be also.
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And there I go, you know, sorry. And where I go you know, and the
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way you know, Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where
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you are going. And how can we know the way?
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Jesus said to him, I am the way and the life.
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No one, no one comes to the Father except through me.
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If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.
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And from now on, you know him and have seen it going back.
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I am the way, the truth and the life.
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No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Pope Francis, what's he say? All religions are paths to God.
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It's false. The Bible says Jesus says I am
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the way he is the way he is the truth.
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He is the life. No one comes to the Father
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except through him. There is no and, and when he's
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saying when, when he's saying God here, there's a little bit
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of truth to this because Yep, these, these, these beliefs,
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these religions do, they will lead you to God, but not God of
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the Bible. They're not going to lead you to
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the Lord Jesus Christ. They're going to lead you to God
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with a little little G God of the world.
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They're going to lead you to the God of this age, Satan.
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There's only, there's only, there's only Godfather, son,
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Holy Spirit or Satan. And you're, you're choosing one
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or the other that that's what is happening here.
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And when he says so, when he says there's a little bit of
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truth and then, then he says, but God is for everyone and
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therefore we are all God's children.
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Well, little bit of truth again, but he says, but my God is more
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important than yours. Is this true?
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There is only one God. So there's there is only one
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God. That sounds good.
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But then he says, and religions are like languages, paths to
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reach God. So he's not actually talking
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about the Lord Jesus Christ, the God of the Bible, the God of
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Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He's not talking about the God
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who created the heavens and the earth as set out in Genesis.
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He's talking about false God. That's what he's talking about.
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Don't get, don't get it wrong. Even though they've got a
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capital G here, we're all thinking you might read it and
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think, oh, yeah, God of the Bible.
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No, because he says there is only one God.
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And religions are like languages, paths to reach God.
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Some Sikh, some Muslim, some Hindus, some Christian.
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Understood. So he he's a false teacher.
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And what else does the Bible say about all all these people that
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can stand up and say that would have the heart to stand up and
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say you can follow any religion, any belief system, as long as
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you believe it in all your heart.
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This will take you to God. This is what what else the Bible
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says, OK. And this was in direct
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contradiction to what all Pope Francis was in direct
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contradiction. This is why he's a false
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teacher, direct contradiction to what Jesus said.
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We'll go from well, this is this is Matthew 7 and I'll just go
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straight down for time sake. Matthew 7 verse 13 enter by the
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narrow gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads
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to destruction. And there are many who go in by
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it because narrows the gate and difficult is the way which leads
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to life and there are few who find it.
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Pope Francis when he's talking. When he's talking he is.
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His false teaching is saying God is for everyone and then we are
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all, therefore we are all God's children, but my God is more
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important than yours. Is this true?
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There is only one God and religions are like languages,
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paths to reach God. Some Sikh, some Muslim, some
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Hindu, some Christian Understood.
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What is he preaching there or what is he teaching?
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He is teaching the exact opposite to what God said to
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what Jesus said. He's Jesus said Enter by the
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narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that
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lead to destruction. But narrow is the gate and
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difficult is the way. Pope Francis says wide is the
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gate that leads that leads to leads to heaven.
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That's what he's saying. Because he's saying that you can
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be Sikh, you can be Muslim, you can be Hindu, you can be
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Christian, you can believe in whatever you want to believe.
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All religions are like languages.
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All religions are paths to reach God.
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I just want to go on with the rest of the rest of Matthew 7
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because it's very important. So Jesus is talking about
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asking, seeking, knocking. He talks about the narrow way he
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entered through the narrow gate. Why does the why does the gate
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and broad is the way that leads to destruction.
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There are many who go and buy it, but narrow is the gate and
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difficult is the way which leads to life and there are few who
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find it. He goes on next verse, verse 15.
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Beware of false prophets. Pope Francis just he had stated
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something exact contradiction to what Jesus had said.
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Jesus says narrow is the gate. Pope Francis says no.
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Why it is the gate. You can just believe in whatever
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you want. So beware of false prophets who
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come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous
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wolves. You will know them by their
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fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn
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bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears
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good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear
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good fruit. Every tree that does not bear
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good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
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Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, I personally think
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this is probably the scariest verse in the Bible.
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It's it needs to should make you think, make you really
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contemplate. That's just my opinion.
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OK, says not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord shall enter
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the Kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father
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in heaven, many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we
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not prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name,
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done many wonders in your name and then this is the words of
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Jesus. He says, I will declare to them,
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I never knew you depart from me, you who practise lawlessness,
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I'm going to stop the the Bible reading from there you go on and
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encourage you to read the whole lot, obviously yourself.
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This is the problem with Catholicism, Catholic teaching.
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There's a lot of false teaching within the religion.
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But like I said, I don't want to dance on the I'm not trying to
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dance on the the grave of of the Pope or anything, but just warn
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you that when we're thinking about it, especially if you're a
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new Christian and this was, I think a very, it's of someone to
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look at and say, OK, this is an example of a false teacher.
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Like I said, I hope that he repented.
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I hope that he came to true faith, belief in the Lord Jesus
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Christ. But if you look at his fruit and
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what he was teaching, he taught things that were in direct
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contradiction of the Bible and the very words of Jesus.
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And when Jesus says just after saying narrows the way and he
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says beware of false prophets and you're reading that, I think
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he unfortunately you, you have to realise that the teaching of
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the Pope was false. He was unfortunately a false
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teacher. And I do hope he repented.
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And I just, I'm really saying all this, OK, because I want, I
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want us to. If you're a Christian, I want
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you just to to be aware, just because someone has the title,
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just because someone professes to be a Christian and have the
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title of being a Christian and and saying they go to a Church
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of some sort, you have to compare what they are saying to
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what the Bible says. People make mistakes.
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I by you know, by no means well, can I ever stand up and say, oh,
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everything I'm saying is Yep, straight down the line is
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exactly true. I'd probably I know I've made a
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lot of mistakes in the past and I know I will make mistakes
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about Scripture, but you need to be you need to if someone's
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going to teach you and show you, I know you were wrong in this
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way. Someone comes and says, hey,
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Jay, what you said about the Bible, this this teaching the
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Bible is wrong and they can show this is what actually means.
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Well, then you need to be teachable and say, OK, yeah, and
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repent of it and and be forthright about about that.
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Everyone will make mistakes, mistakes.
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But but he was teaching teaching millions of people that this is
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the word and then holding this so so called authority that what
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he says is infallible. So just be aware we're just
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because someone's saying that they're a teacher, they're a
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Christian, they go to church, you must compare what they're
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saying to the Bible. This is all my opinion.
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I am Jay Fallon. To any Catholics out there, I'm
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not meaning any of this as a an insult or disparaging to you,
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but there are issues with the Catholic Church that go in
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direct, direct opposition of what the Bible teaches.
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And you need to be aware of that and recognise it, you know, and
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and come to whatever conclusion you need to come to.
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All this is my opinion. I'm Jay Fallon.
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