Catholic Church Vs. Bible

The Catholic church is considered by many to be the official voice of Christianity throughout the world.. Why not. They claim to trace back to the Bible times and officially is one of the oldest organizations proclaiming Jesus as savior. They have spread their gospel all over the world to people willing and unwilling to receive it. They have fed the poor, schooled many, provided medical help in poor countries, opened up hospitals, shelters, etc. Their spiritual leaders work for little or nothing and have vowed to give up many pleasures of life for the cause of the church. All this stuff is good, but is the stuff they are teaching the same as what is written in the word written my men who were inspired by God? Let us look at some examples. 1 Baptizing babies. The Catholic Church sprinkles in babies in what they call baptism. For one, baptism is by submersion-to put under. No one was sprinkled in the Bible Mark 16:16 reads He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. A baby is not able to believe and does not qualify for official baptism. Also Acts 2:38 reads And Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. A baby cannot repent and does not qualify. Baptizing babies is a false teaching-against what is written in the Bible. 2. Forbidding some to get married Catholic Church does not allow for Priest and Nuns to get married. That is totally false teaching and against the word written in the Bible. Timothy calls this teaching as one of the doctrines of the devil he writes about in 1Tim 4:1-3. In that 3rd verse it reads as a doctrine of the devil-Forbidding men to marry.............. Also 1Tim 2:2 reads A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality apt to teach. Here it says HE MUST be the husband of one wife. Catholic Church says he must have no wife. There is a conflict here. As far as Nuns are concerned-women were created to please man form creation. To forbid one to do so will be taking away from what Eve-the example of women in creation-to please man as his wife. Nowhere in Bible is forbidding to marry commanded however Jesus did say some men were made to be eunuchs-but that is from God or their choice- Not as a commandment from man. 3. Priesthood Nowhere in the NT church can we find the office of the priesthood. It was abolished after the resurrection. The purpose of the priest was to make intercession between man and God Heb 7:24 But this man(Jesus) because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them 26 For such a high priest became us who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate, from sinners and made higher than the heavens Jesus is our intercessor between us and God we go directly to him. Nowhere does it say we need a man, dead or alive to get to Jesus. We have become a Royal priesthood (1Pet 2:9) able to speak for ourselves concerning our sins before Jesus. Calling a priest father Not only is there no priest in NT church but if it was-we are not to call him father. JESUS said in Mt. 23:9 we are not to call any man father-when referring to him as a spiritual father. Yes they are references in the letters as one being a father to some in a spiritual sense- but we are not to put that tittle on anyone according to Jesus. Also the Pope is called the Holy Father. If he is the Holy Father-what is our Father in Heaven? Surely he is above the level of any man. Divorce Catholics almost have it right on divorce except that the priest have a right to annul a marriage. It is written clearly in the Bible that adultery or fornication before hand are the only ways that a marriage to be annulled. Simple as that. Catholic churches also teaching not to marry outside of their church. This is religion and God does not have a religion but believers. Truly if two people believe that Jesus died and rose again and have repented from their sins-it is beyond any organization and not biblical sound teaching There are more I can write but let this be a start. I may add more to this blog as time goes by so keep checking. Ask yourself is it more important to follow teachings of man more then the teachings of God? If your church is teaching something opposite, is it the will of God for you to be apart of it.