FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
WHILE MULTITUDES PINE FOR THE “PAST” AND YEARN FOR THE “NEW,” HERE’S WHAT THE REMNANT SHOULD KNOW
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be: and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there ANYTHING whereof it may be said, See this is NEW? It hath been ALREADY of old time, which was BEFORE us.” Ecclesiastes 1: 9,10, KJV
“The Roman Catholic Church, with all its ramifications throughout the world, forms one vast organization, under the control, and designed to serve the interests, of the Papal See. It’s millions of communicants, in every country [and nation] of the globe, are INSTRUCTED to hold themselves as BOUND TO ALLEGIANCE TO THE POPE. Whatever their NATiONALITY or their GOVERNMENT, they are to regard the authority of the CHURCH as ABOVE all other. Though they may take the oath pledging their loyalty [and ‘allegiance’] to the STATE, yet back of this lies the VOW OF OBEDIENCE TO ROME, absolving them of every pledge INIMICAL to her [The papacy’s] interests.
“HISTORY testifies of her artful and persistent efforts to INSINUATE herself into the affairs of NATIONS: and having gained a FOOTHOLD, to further her own aims, even at the RUIN of princes and people.
“In the year 1204, Pope Innocent III, extracted from Peter II., king of Arragon, the following extraordinary oaths: ‘I, Peter, king of Arragonians, profess and promise to be faithful and obedient to my Lord, Pope Innocent, to his Catholic successors, and the Roman Church, and to faithfully preserve my kingdom in his obedience, defending the Catholic faith, and persecuting heretical probity.’ (Doe longs, ‘History of Romanism,’ b. 5, ch. 6, sec. 55). This is in harmony with the claims regarding the power of the Roman pontiff [popes], that ‘it is lawful for him to DEPOSE emperors, and that “he can ABSOLVE subjects from their allegiance to unrighteous rulers.’
“And let it be remembered, that it is the BOAST of Rome that she NEVER CHANGES. The principles of Gregory VII, and Innocent III, are STILL the principles of the Roman Catholic Church. And had she but the POWER, she would put them into PRACTICE with as much vigor NOW as in PAST centuries [Never forget the Dark Ages!].
“Protestants (today’s Christian mainstream] little know what they are doing then they propose to accept the AID of Rome in the work of SUNDAY EXALTATION. While they are bent on the accomplishment of THEIR purpose, Rome is aiming to RE-ESTABLISH her power, to RECOVER her lost supremacy [from 538 to 1798 A.D.].
“Let the principles be once established in the UNITED STATES, that the CHURCH may employ or control the power of the STATE [which the new makeup of the Supreme Court and silent “Christian majority” of politicians, legislators, lawmakers and powerful pundits are now in strategic offices and positions], that religious observance may be ENFORCED by SECULAR laws; in short, that the authority of church and state is to DOMINATE THE CONSCIENCE, and the TRIUMPH of Rome in this country [America] is ASSURED.
“God’s Word has given the warning of the [real] IMPENDING DANGER [not COVID, China, Iran, North Korea, Islam, invading space aliens, global warming, socialism, communism, etc.]; let this be UNHEEDED and the Protestant world [mainstream Christianity] will learn what the purposes of ROME really are, ONLY when it is TOO late to escape the SNARE! She [The RCC] is silently growing into power. Her DOCTRINES are exerting their influence in LEGISLATIVE halls, in the CHURCHES, and in the HEARTS [and minds] of men.
She is piling up her lofty and massive structures, in the SECRET RECESSES of which her FORMER PERSECUTIONS WILL BE REPEATED. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when THE TIME SHALL BE GIVEN FOR HER TO STRIKE. All that she desires is vantage ground [in America], and this is ALREADY being given her.
“We shall soon SEE and FEEL what the purpose of the ROMAN ELEMENT [as in Romanism\ is. Whoever shall believe and obey the Word of God, will hereby incur reproach and persecution.” – Great Controversy, 1911 ed., ‘Aims of the Papacy,’ ch., pp. 580, 581.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed, if one takes heed. Bless all and grow in the knowledge of the Lord and His testing truths starting this first calendar day of 2021. NMF