Does
GOD Always
Speak The Truth?
That is a question I am even ashamed to ask. Yet, believe
it or not, a lot of people either question His Word, or ignore
it.
Fundamentalists teach that the Church which Jesus Christ
founded in
Matthew 16:18, apostatized either at the time of Constantine, or
at the time of the reformation. They teach that the Catholic Church of today is
not the Church which Jesus Christ founded. I challenge this false teaching, and
I will use the Word of GOD itself to show where they are wrong.
GOD said: Isaiah 59:21...
"This is My Covenant with them said the Lord; My Spirit that
is in thee, and My words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy
seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, said the Lord, FROM HENCEFORTH
AND FOREVER."
This is a promise of the
perpetual orthodoxy of the Church which Jesus Christ founded. 'Forever', means
just that. It means the Church will 'NEVER' apostatize. How can anyone say it
did? Is this not saying GOD does not always speak the
truth?
GOD said: Matthew 16:18...
"And I say to thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will
build My Church, and the gates of hell shall NOT
prevail against it."
Anyone who teaches that
the Catholic Church apostatized, is also teaching just the opposite of what
Jesus Christ said. They are teaching that the gates of hell DID prevail, are
they not?
GOD said: Matthew 28:20...
"...teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you;
and behold, I am with you ALL days, even unto the
consummation of the world."
Jesus Christ said
He would be with His Church ALL days, until the end of time. ALL DAYS means
EVERY DAY of EVERY CENTURY, until the end of time. Yet fundamentalists teach,
yes but, only until the time of Constantine or Luther. They teach that Jesus
Christ was less than truthful in this verse, right?
GOD said: John 14:16-18...
"And I will ask the Father and He will give you another
Advocate to dwell with you FOREVER, the Spirit of
Truth whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.
But you shall know Him, because He will dwell with you, and be in you. I will
not leave you orphans; I will come to you."
There is that word 'FOREVER' again, which fundamentalists either
ignore or teach, 'it means temporarily', until Constantine or Luther comes
along.
Okay, since we all know that GOD cannot lie, then
everything He has said is absolute truth. Since in Scripture, He has told us
over and over again, that He will be with His Church 'FOREVER', then the Church which He
founded in Matthew 16:18 is still with us, right? Since fundamentalists say it
cannot be the Catholic Church, then I must ask them,
"WHICH CHURCH IS IT?"