Catholic Beliefs vs. the Beliefs of God
 

Regarding the Confirmation

RCC Catechism Says... 

Confirmation Gives Holy Spirit 

  "Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is
  the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in
  order to root us more deeply in the divine
  filiation, incorporate us MORE FIRMLY into
  Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church.."
  Verification: (#1316, p. 367) 

The Bible Says...
God Gives Holy Spirit 

 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children: how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him? Luke 11:13 
 
RCC Catechism Says... 

Confirmation Puts Us More Firmly in Christ 

  "Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is
  the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in
  order to root us more deeply in the divine
  filiation, incorporate us MORE FIRMLY into
  Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church.."
  Verification: (#1316, p. 367) 

  "Confirmation, like Baptism, imprints a spiritual
  mark or indelible character on the Christian's
  soul..." 
Verification: (#1317, p. 367) 
 

The Bible Says...
You are either "in Christ" or "out of Christ" 

 (a) No such thing as being more "firmly" into
Christ. One is either "In Christ, or "Out" of
Christ. "Therefore if any man be IN CHRIST, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, behold, all things are beome new. --2 Cor. 5:17

 (b) Once you are "IN CHRIST," nothing can
 take you out of Christ.  ...him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out. --John 6:37

Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.-- Did you get that? You need to understand, that this is God's great covenant! It is why Jesus came to die for you.  God assures you that if you are saved because you have chosen to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior that you are SEALED right up to the time of your redemption! 

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is IN CHRIST JESUS our Lord." --Rom. 8:38-39

 (c) No need to be more "firmly incorporated
into Christ." "There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are IN CHRIST
JESUS, who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit."--Rom. 8:1

 (d) There is nothing in the Bible about
 "imprinting a spiritual mark on a Christian's soul.
 This being the case, why does the Catholic
 religion practice this? Because it is CATHOLIC
 TRADITION, NOT God's word. 
RCC Catechism Says...
Confirmation Binds People to the
  Catholic Religion

  "For by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the
  baptized] are more perfectly BOUND TO
  THE CHURCH..."[Roman Catholic Church]
  Verification: (#1285, p. 358) 
 

The Bible Says...

Confirmation Binds People to Satan 

Jesus makes people free, but Satan binds them
in prision. In Isaiah 14:16-17 the people look at
a cast down, brought down Lucifer asking: Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisioners?

The Catholic religion binds people to its own
traditions which are the opposite of God's. Does
not Satan pervert and turn inside out everything
that God says? God told Adam "Don't eat from
the tree. What did Satan tell Eve? "Eat from the
tree." God says, "I'll seal you with my Holy
Spirit." Satan says, "The priest will seal you with
my Holy Spirit." 

No need to be "bound" to the rituals of the Roman Catholic Church. Christ doesn't "bind" you to man-made traditions. He sets people FREE! 

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be FREE INDEED."--John 8:36

 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith CHRIST hath made us free.."  --Gal. 5:1

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.-- Luke 4:18

(Aside-- All of the worlds cults try to convince it's members that they have been irrevocably indoctrinated into their organization with no hope of getting out. Satanists who have been caught in satanic cults and who are now free in Christ recognize this fact and I can assure you, that should you decide to humble yourself, realize that you cannot work your way into Heaven and repent and be saved, you will break the chains of bondage to this wicked Catholic Religion.

 

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