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Deviations from the truth complicate matters. They cause entanglement of ideas as well! No one can deny that within the religious world of our generation there are apparent detours from the path of truth to unimaginable fables.
II TIMOTHY 4:4
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Being carried away from truth to fables is not as simple as it may seem. It is caused by some hidden and complicated matters; some of which are rejection of truth, the work of an unseen enemy, and pleasures of the flesh!
II THESSALONIANS 2:11-12
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
There’s a host of unseen enemies convincing people to transgress the truth!
EPHESIANS 2:2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
The pleasures of the flesh brought about by sin easily convince people to deviate from the truth.
HEBREWS 11:24-25
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
It is by his true faith in God that Moses was able to overcome the call of sin. The truth is simple!
JOHN 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
T-R-U-T-H is spelled by the word of God! The entirety of the Word of God!
PSALMS 119:160 (RSV)
The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous ordinances endures for ever.
Just the Word of God. No more!
PROVERBS 30:5-6
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
No less!
JEREMIAH 26:2
Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
The truth in the written word of God in the Bible says:
MATTHEW 23:8-9
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
The Lord Jesus Christ speaks of things spiritual in His teachings.
JOHN 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
When He said, “Call no man your father upon the earth,” He was speaking of spiritual things. He did not mean that we cannot call “father” the father of our flesh or of our physical being.
HEBREWS 12:9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Catholic popes and priests are not our fathers in the flesh unless they have the courage to accept that they have fathered some of us – and in a very secretive manner! If they are not fathers in the flesh, why do they let their subjects call them father? Spiritually speaking, only the Father in heaven is our spiritual father whom we may religiously address as Father.
MATTHEW 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
There were times when the Lord Jesus Christ addressed His disciples as “children”, but never did He allow them to call Him Father! There is no instance recorded in the Bible wherein the Christians called Him Father. He was addressed as “Lord”, “God”, “Master” and “Teacher”, but never “Father” because He prohibited them to call Him such!
JOHN 20:28
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
MATTHEW 22:36-37
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
JOHN 3:1-2
1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
The apostles addressed some Christians as “sons in faith” but never allowed these people to call them “Father”.
I TIMOTHY 1:2
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
TITUS 1:4
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
Catholic priests and leaders are called by their members in a manner of utmost respect which they have dictated to them. They include many titles including “Monsignor” which means “My lord.” This is shamelessly more excessive than they call the Father in the prayer, “Our Father”. It is utterly a blatant disrespect to the commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ!
Notice the simple truth my beloved readers. In “Our Father, which art in heaven” the word Father is simply “Father!” But when Catholics address their priests they call them:
- Reverend father
- Very Reverend father
- Most Reverend father
- Most Holy father
Why are the titles in adjectives and adverbs in the superlative degree? Because these catholic priests and leaders had commanded their members to call them such.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
The Pope
The Sovereign Pontiff is addressed at the commencement of a letter as “Most Holy Father” (Beatissimo Padre);
Cardinals
In writing to an Italian cardinal, the letter should begin with the words, “Most Reverend Eminence” (Eminenza Revma.); if he should be of a princelyfamily, “Most Illustrious and Reverend Eminence”. In the body of the letter itself he should always be addressed in the third person and is “Your Eminence”, or “His Eminence”, and the letter should end: “Embracing the purple of His Most Reverend Eminence, I am His Eminence’s very humble and obedient servant”.
Bishops
A Bishop’s title is “Most Illustrious and Most Reverend Lord”. The words,“Your Greatness”,
In contrast, there was no apostle or minister of Christ who was addressed by the first century Christians as Most Holy father or Most Reverend father or even simply “father”, because they knew how to obey the simple commandment and the simple truth that says:
MATTHEW 23:8-9
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
To God be the glory and honor forever! Amen!
Sincerely yours,
Bro. Eli
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