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Cults & False Religion……… Roman Catholicism

Cults & False Religion……… Roman Catholicism. Roman Catholic Church. Est. 1.2 Billion Roman Catholics. PRESBYTERIANS. Writings. CHURCH TRADITION. Apocrypha.

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Cults & False Religion……… Roman Catholicism

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  1. Cults & False Religion……… Roman Catholicism

  2. Roman Catholic Church Est. 1.2 Billion Roman Catholics

  3. PRESBYTERIANS

  4. Writings CHURCH TRADITION

  5. Apocrypha • WCF 1:3 “The books commonly called the Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God…….”

  6. EMBARRASSMENT • Christian: person who believes in and follows Christ • Language: dual meaning • Moral • Caring • Sacraments: seven sacraments • Trinity Reformers: A church in error

  7. Error in Doctrine • How is a person saved? • Where does religious authority lie? • What is the church? • What is Christian living?

  8. Five Solas • Scripture Alone • Grace Alone • Faith Alone • In Christ Alone • For the Glory of God Alone

  9. WCF 21:2 • “Religious worship is to be given to God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost: and to Him alone; not to angels, saints or any other creature: and since the fall, not without a Mediator; nor in the mediation of any other but of Christ alone.”

  10. Your Position? • Sacraments will save Roman Catholics • Roman Catholics and Protestants are EQUALLY LOST without a personal faith in Jesus Christ as their Saviour

  11. The Seven Sacraments

  12. Sacraments • The word sacrament comes from the Latin word “sacramentum” which means a sign of the sacred.

  13. Catechism • CCC #131: “The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine lifeis dispensed to us.”

  14. Sacraments • Catholics practice seven sacraments. • Presbyterians only celebrate baptism and communion.

  15. WCF 27:4 • “There be only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism and the supper of the Lord..”

  16. Sacraments The three categories are: 1.Initiation 2.Healing 3.Mission and Service.

  17. Sacraments of Initiation: 1.Baptism, 2.Confirmation, 3.Eucharist Sacraments of Healing: • 4. Reconciliation or Penace • 5. Sacrament of the sick Sacraments of Mission: • 6. Matrimony • 7. Holy Orders

  18. Catholics and the Sacraments • Catholics are Sacramental people. • Catholics believe that the life of grace begins in baptism and continues throughout their lives.

  19. A Sacramental Mind • Catholics are linked to the sacraments. • From birth to death the sacraments mark the life of the Christian. • Jesus left us the sacraments so that we can be strengthened in our journey to eternal life. • Catholics believe that without prayer, conversion and the sacraments the call to Holiness is impossible.

  20. Sacramental life • A sacramental life is a good life marked by love, conversion, and service to God and one’s fellow men and women. • The sacraments make us one with God and help us understand and follow his plan of salvation. • The sacraments make us whole.

  21. Salvation by Sacraments • Roman Catholics • Altar • Presbyterians • The Bible

  22. The Mass • Sacrifice of Jesus Christ • Bread and wine change into body and blood

  23. Romans 3:23 • for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

  24. John 14:6 • Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  25. Ephesians 2:8-9 • For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.

  26. Romans 5:1 • Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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