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A WATCHMAN
Much ado about the Pope
Roman Catholicism's leader is in Washington, DC. Traffic is snarled. The media is in an uproar. The town is taken by Pope Francis, the socialist pope who has said that allah and God (YHVH) are the same. Scratching your head on that one? It's true. On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, Pope Francis welcomed an ecumenical group of religious leaders who attended his inauguration. He said, "I greet and thank cordially all of you, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; firstly the Muslims, who worship the one living and merciful God, and call upon Him in prayer. I really appreciate your presence, and in it I see a tangible sign of the wish to grow in reciprocal trust and in cooperation for the common good of humanity."
So the Pope prays to the same god as do Muslims. After the remarks, the website Catholic Answers, which equips people to defend the Roman Catholic faith, tried to explain away the Pope's remarks, saying, "Pope Francis's words have a pastoral rather than doctrinal purpose. Their aim is to build inter-religious bridges by generously acknowledging whatever can be found to be true in other faiths-not to make precise pronouncements about their theology." Trouble is, the Pope is playing with the truth of the Holy Scriptures when he makes irresponsible statements like this. It leads people to false doctrine and has the underpinnings of creating a one world religion that ignores doctrine and embraces the "pastoral."
The Koran's Sura 4:171 says, "O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium (Mary) is only a messenger of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His messengers, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one Allah; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector." Sura 19:29: "God forbid that He Himself should beget a son!" Sura 17:111:"Praise be to God who has never begotten a son; who has no partner in His Kingdom..."
In Matthew 24, Jesus explains the end times. He said in Matthew 24:4, "Take heed that no man deceive you." Verse 11 says, "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many." Those who would say that allah and God are the same are chief among the false prophets. The basic tenet of the Christian faith is found in John 14:6, where Jesus declares: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me." 2 John 7 says, "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist." The Koran, the holy book of allah, denies that Jesus is the Christ. Much ado about the Pope.
Bill Wilson - Daily Jot -