Nun Leaves Catholicism

A Roman Catholic nun who has been working in Africa recently made contact with a woman in Atlanta, Georgia. The woman gave the CARM website to the nun to check out the articles written on Catholicism. 

As a result of her examining her church and comparing it to Scripture, she now knows that Roman Catholicism is not true. She has trusted in Christ as her Savior! Please pray for her because she is in the long process of leaving Catholicism. We will give more details on this later.

As a side note, some of you may not know what Roman Catholicism teaches regarding salvation. Consider this. "...the mission of teaching all peoples, and of preaching the Gospel to every creature, so that all men may attain salvation through faith, Baptism and the observance of the Commandments." 



Catechism of the Catholic Church 2068, and "...to obtain the joy of heaven, as God's eternal reward for the good works accomplished with the grace of Christ," (CCC, 1821). 

In contrast to this, Gal. 3:10 says, “For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them.” 

Also, James 2:10, “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.” 


Teaching - Have you died? Those of us who are Christians have died. Col. 3:1 says, "For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God". We are also told that we have died to the Law. Romans 7:4,"Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit for God."

Because Jesus represented us on the cross, and because he so completely saved us, it can be said that all of us who have trusted in him have also died with him. This is why the symbolism of being buried with him in baptism is so important (Romans 6:4). 

Also, it means that we are no longer under the Law because we have died to the Law and we are not obligated to keep the law (doing right and not doing bad) in order to be saved or to maintain our salvation. Instead, our salvation is a free gift apart from our keeping the Law. Rom. 3:28, "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law." This is what the gospel is. 

It is the "good news" that our righteousness before God does not depend on our ability to keep the Law of God. So, as those who have died with Christ, "consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry," (Col. 3:5). 

Then realize that you are free to love God and love your neighbor as a response to your being dead to sin, as a response to God's loving work of salvation in you. After all, we love because because he first loved us (1 John 4:19).
For more information, check out http://carm.org/roman-catholicism.



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