The Pope, Politics, and the Truth.

The Catholic Church has many problems in the eyes of God.  The purpose of this article is not to enter in to a fight with Catholic loyalist.

Christ wants people to believe in him and willingly ask Him to be their Lord and Savior.  The church is supposed to assist Christ in winning souls.

Nowhere in the KJ Bible do the words Vicar of Christ appear. I would warn people against worshipping a person.

A person called by God to serve God is supposed to about God’s business.  This means teaching people about biblical morality.

Human morality is different from biblical morality.   The bible says that the lust for money is a sin, not money.  Humans will be politically correct and support homosexual relationships.  God clearly calls it an abomination unto the Lord.  

Now, there are many proud Catholics.  I even now that many of these proud Catholics do not have a personal relationship with God.

Therefore, those of us who know Christ and the KJ Bible are not the problem.  Jesus was asked why he spoke in parables.  Christ responds because this will be the test of who are of us.  Those who understand the parable are of God.   This means those who understand the Bible are of God. 

There was a time I could read bible a hundred times and still not understand the words.  After I prayed to accept Christ as my Lord and Savior, the Bible became easy to understand.

Now, many may say that the Bible was written by man to justify his mental creation, God.  I would encourage people to research the evolution of the KJ bible.

It is my opinion, that God does not ordain the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City.  God chooses his prophets.  God made the Church, made the position of Messenger of God, and dressed this messenger.

Therefore, I find no spiritual value to the title of Pope.  Any person who tells people about the value of following what is right will get some positive response from people,

This response does not mean that the speaker is ordained by God to serve God.  When people want to question my authority in the Body of Christ, I ask them to finish one sentence.  This sentence is “ my commission comes from…”. The rest of this sentence is the word “God”.

It is of great concern for a person who is given credit for representing people who believe in God to offer hope to committed homosexuals and other committed sinners.  He KJ Bible clearly states that neither, thieves, murderers, rapist  ...nor lover of men … shall inherit the Kingdom of God.

A person who is saved can still commit sin.  Therefore, this verse is not saying sinners cannot go to heaven.  It is saying that those who do not believe in Christ and who do not follow him will not go to heaven.

Therefore, a person who does not believe in Christ and does not follow Christ will not have life after death and go to heaven.  We who have been called by God to serve God have to be exact about the implications of sin.  We do not do any one any favors by not speaking the whole truth.

Now, on the issue about the Pope’s comments about the evils of capitalism and greed, I say God clearly believes in freedom.  In addition, God is not against entrepreneurship and the free market.

However, it was not  wrong for the Pope to offer his opinion.  In the mid 1990s, an ABC newsperson questioned the right of Priest to speak out against Nuclear weapons. For some reason this newsperson did not believe that priest had the right to voice an opinion.

Priests are people and have the right of free speech.  It is concerning when a religious leader offers a political opinion because there is possibility that many will interpret this opinion as a biblical opinion.

In my opinion, the Pope’s comments on Capitalism are not biblical.  Yes, I am concerned about the impact it can have in the psyche of Catholics.

However, I know better then to try to correct a Catholic.  I have had many discussions with people who do not know the Bible but are proud Catholics.

My intent is to help people with this article by keeping them from an anti-business and anti-success attitude that is becoming mainstream thought. God empowered every person with Freedom, Liberty, and Independence, which are validated by the US Constitution.

A true road to personal success is the one paved with these gifts.  Opportunities come from an unfettered free market.  Closed markets enslave and abuse people.

I think the greatest enslavement in the modern world is one with the shackles of negativity.   When you do not believe in anything, you do not invest in anything.

There are groups of people who do not want you to believe in your self.  Their purpose is to enslave you to their poor standards. 

When you are free to make your life, you can accomplish anything and you can accrue financial power.  You can use this financial power to elect quality leaders and to sue these leaders when they fail.  However, when they are in charge, we all have to take what they offer because we are left with nothing to defend ourselves with in life.

The Pope does have the right to speak his mind.  He does not have the right to claim biblical authority on issues that are clearly anti-biblical.  We all have a responsibility to protect freedom.  This means we shouldn’t be so easily led by people who want to steal our ability to defend ourselves.