Hersh Berkowitcz
2017-04-01 05:19:03 UTC
Lutheran Lies
by David J. Stewart
Sadly, the Lutheran religion is full of lying deceits
of the Devil. Just as the cult of Roman Catholicism, the
Lutheran religion is based largely upon manmade TRADITIONS and
NOT upon the Word of God. The Word of God is the ONLY
Authority upon which we should base our beliefs and faith.
One of the easiest ways to identify a FALSE religion is by
finding out upon what authority their beliefs are based. For
example: The Seventh-Day Adventists are a false religion whose
beliefs are largely based upon the godless writings of a woman
named Ellen G. White. Christian Scientists base their
religious beliefs upon the heathen writings of Mary Eddy Baker.
The Jehovah's Witness cult base their beliefs largely upon the
heretical writings of Charles Taze Russell. The cult of
Scientology base their beliefs upon the hellish teachings of
Ron Hubbard. Do you see what I am saying? EVERY false
religion/cult can be traced back to some human AUTHORITY.
The Word of God, the Bible, should be our FINAL AUTHORITY in
every matter. The heresies of the Lutheran FALSE religion can
be traced back to the heretic, Martin Luther. I realize that
Luther made a public profession of faith in Christ, but he also
publicly ADDED the holy mass and baptism to his faith as well.
According to the Bible, Martin Luther is burning in hell today.
I know what I just said would flabbergast the average
Protestant church member, but it is nonetheless true. Martin
Luther in his large and small catechisms blatantly declared
that NO ONE could go to heaven without being baptized or
partaking of the holy mass.
If you'll read the Lutheran Augsburg Confessions, you'll
discover some awful heresies. The Lutherans actually believe
that God couldn't come to the earth incarnate without MARY'S
PERMISSION. That is ludicrous! The Lutherans believe that Mary
is very dear to the heart of God, more dear than any other
godly woman. This is heresy!
Though the Lutherans don't falsely recognize Mary as a co-
redeemer as the Catholics do, they do RECOGNIZE Mary. It is a
SIN to recognize Mary at all because the Bible NEVER tells us
to recognize Mary. I experienced a very creepy feeling as I
was reading some of the Lutherans hymns which hail Mary.
Listen folks...if you hail Mary, you are hailing Satan!
A Lutheran article entitled, "Mary, Mother of the Church"
written by Darel E. Paul claims that Mary is the MOTHER
complement of God the Father and Christ the Son. This is
heresy! Following are some quotes (in green font) from Darel
E. Paul's Lutheran article and my rebuttal using the Bible.
It is common to hear Roman Catholics speak of "Mother Church."
You might even hear a Lutheran use the phrase, although
unfortunately as often in sarcasm as in sincerity. All
Lutherans, however, should gladly embrace the language of the
Church as Mother. We can find testimony to this understanding
in no less a source than the Large Catechism. In the section
"Of the Creed", Luther speaks of the Church as
the mother that begets and bears every Christian through the
Word of God.
The Church is the mother who begets and bears the Christian
because the Church is the site and the means by which the Holy
Spirit works in the life of the Christian. The Church with the
Holy Spirit begets the Christian, and the Church bears the
Christian in his or her growth "to the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ." (Eph. 4: 13) The Church is that
tender mother who nurtures us, teaches us, guides us,
admonishes us, protects us, and most of all, through the
sacraments which are her mark, administers to us the
forgiveness of sins. As the Large Catechism continues,
outside of this Christian Church, where the Gospel is not,
there is no forgiveness, as also there can be no holiness
[sanctification].
She does none of these things on her own authority, of course,
but only on the authority of God Himself. Jesus Christ has
given to her the keys to the kingdom (Matt. 16: 19), and He has
promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her
(Matt. 16: 18).
I do NOT intend to be unkind, but the preceding Lutheran
doctrines are straight from hell, not found in the Bible.
There is NOTHING in the Bible which even hints that the church
was ever supposed to be our "Mother." The Lutherans are
following the Roman Catholic monstrosity from afar off. It is
Satanic to view the church as our mother. The Bible teaches
that we are born again by the Word of God...
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever." 1st Peter 1:23
God's children are NOT begotten by the church, but rather by
the Word of God which is Jesus Christ (John 1:1,14; Revelation
19:13). When a person is "born again," the Spirit of Christ is
born in them (Romans 8:9). The church CANNOT do this! The
church is composed of believers, it CANNOT create new
believers. Mr. Paul says that "The Church with the Holy Spirit
begets the Christian." Lies! NOTHING in the Bible even
suggests such demonic heresy! It is the Word of God and the
Holy Spirit that begets the Christian, the church has NOTHING
to do with salvation!
The ONLY responsibility of the church is soul winning,
preaching the gospel to the world. In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus
gave us the Great Commission to go into all the world with the
gospel. It is extremely DANGEROUS to teach that the church is
our "Mother." If it's wrong for the Catholics to teach such
evil doctrines, then it is EQUALLY wrong for the Lutherans to
teach it.
The Lutheran's reasoning is flawed. Just because the Bible
speaks of "God the Father" and "God the Son" does NOT demand
that there be a mother. We must be extremely careful not to
read into the Bible what is NOT there. Here are some more
Lutheran heresies concerning Mary by Darel E. Paul (with quotes
from Martin Luther)...
THE VIRGIN MOTHER
While the language of the Church as our Mother may sound
vaguely acceptable to the Lutheran, the language of the Virgin
Mary as our Mother is harder to swallow. And yet, what more
easy conclusion can one draw then that, with Christ as our
Brother and God our Father, our mother should therefore be the
same mother which bore Christ and the same woman chosen by our
Father to bear His Son? Martin Luther wrote that:
Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all of us even
though it was Christ alone who reposed on her knees . . . If he
is ours, we ought to be in his situation; there where he is, we
ought also to be and all that he has ought to be ours, and his
mother is also our mother.
Yet what is the contemporary Lutheran's reaction to this
statement? To run in fear from 'Romanizing ideas', or to
embrace it in joy? If we listen to Luther, we hear that we are
not motherless Christians. Rather:
This is the great joy, of which the angel [of the Lord (Luke 2:
9-12)] speaks, this is the consolation and the superabundant
goodness of God, that man (if he has this faith) may boast of
such treasure as that Mary is his real mother, Christ his
brother, and God his father. For these things are, all of them,
true and they come to pass, provided we believe them.
Did you read that? Martin Luther said that Mary is "also our
mother." Do you see why I call Martin Luther an unsaved
heretic! Mary is NOT my mother. Mary was the earthly mother
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the few children she conceived
AFTER marrying Joseph latter on. Mary is NOT the Mother of any
Christian today and it is DAMNABLE HERESY to tech that she is.
If you are a Lutheran, you might as well walk down the street
to your local Catholic religion and become a Catholic because
you're in the same boat already.
Mary Worship
Though not to the idolatrous extent that the Catholics idolize
Mary, the Lutherans follow in the same adulterous steps of the
Great Whore, Roman Catholicism. The photo at the left is one
depiction of the Lutheran Mary.
Though the Halo around Mary's head is missing, it is still
disconcerting (and unbiblical) for anyone to recognize her at
all. Mary is no more to be praised than any other godly
mother. In a poem titled "Swept Up In Joy" by David Miller, a
Lutheran Minister, he says the following:
I tried to pray through my distress as the choir sang of Mary:
"Hail favored one, the Lord is with thee." But my thoughts
connected only with my anxiety.
"Hail favored one?" Excuse me, but where in the Bible are we
ever commanded to recognize Mary at all? Jesus never even
hinted for anyone to praise Mary. This is a MANMADE TRADITION,
and it came out of the Great Whore of Catholicism. Just as
Catholics deny that they worship Mary (which they obviously
do), so do the Lutherans deny that they worship Mary to a
lesser degree.
Barbara Owen, a member of Our Shepherd Lutheran Church,
Annapolis, Md., is the editor of Daily Readings from Luther's
Writings, Augsburg Fortress. The following quotes are from her
article "Luther On Mary":
The Scriptures always point to Christ as the one who saves.
Luther characteristically said: "Oh, how many kisses we
bestowed on Mary! But she did not redeem and save me."
But Luther also honored Mary and her "unique place in all of
[humankind]." He insisted "the festivals of the Purification
and Annunciation of Mary may be continued, and for the time
being her Assumption and Nativity." He could even imagine her
as a heavenly intercessor.
The first couple of sentences are ok (and this is all that MOST
people see when they look at Lutheranism), but take a look at
the sentences which follow. This is shocking! Martin Luther
said that he could even imagine Mary as a "heavenly
intercessor." Folks, that's devilish doctrine! In one breath
Martin Luther admits that Mary CANNOT redeem anyone, and in the
next breath he speaks blasphemy against God.
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus" -1st Timothy 2:5
Mary is NOT an intercessor and you had better get that straight
because Martin Luther was a doctrinal mess. Here is a whole
bunch of demon doctrine from Martin Luther (the source is from
the same article above, Luther On Mary):
Luther noted Mary's humility: "So the wondrous pure spirit of
Mary is worthy of even greater praise, because having such
overwhelming honors heaped upon her head, she does not let them
tempt her [to pride]. ... [In] truth she thrusts [pride and
honor] from her and would have us honor God in her and come
through her to a good confidence in His grace."
Mary is a model for us and a comfort. Luther wrote: "O Blessed
Virgin, Mother of God, what great comfort God has shown us in
you, by so graciously regarding your unworthiness and low
estate. This encourages us to believe that henceforth He will
not despise us poor and lowly ones, but graciously regard us
also, according to your example."
Mary isn't "a goddess who could grant gifts or render aid, as
some suppose when they pray and flee to her rather than to
God," Luther wrote. "She does nothing, God does all. We ought
to call upon her, that for her sake God may grant and do what
we request." Luther biographer, Martin Brecht, describes
Luther's thoughts: Mary is "the model for believers, and, above
all, the example of God's action. It is God's grace that we are
to admire in Mary, nothing else."
Through faith, Luther wrote, a person "may boast of such
treasure as that Mary is his real mother, Christ his brother,
and God his father.... By this token you sit assuredly in the
Virgin Mary's lap and are her dear child."
The Catholics teach that Mary is a "co-redeemer" with Christ.
Of course, that is a lie of the devil. Jesus is the ONLY
Redeemer. Though the Lutherans deny this heresy, they are
woefully guilty of creating their own heresy by praying to
Mary. Did you read what Luther said above? -"We ought to call
upon her, that for her sake God may grant and do what we
request." Heresy! Show me that in the Word of God!
I triple-dog dare you to show me one verse in the Bible that
says we should pray, admire, praise, or seek to contact Jesus'
mother in ANY way. You CANNOT! Show me where the Bible
teaches that we should expect God to answer our prayers for
Mary's sake. The Lutheran church in NO church, but a bastard
child of the Mother of harlots (Roman Catholicism). Luther
prayed..."O Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, what great comfort
God has shown us in you..."
Like I said, Catholicism never came out of Martin Luther. Even
more sickening is Luther's comment above..."a person "may boast
of such treasure as that Mary is his real mother, Christ his
brother, and God his father." Whoa! Martin Luther is guilty
of the same thing that Roman Catholics are guilty of...
ELEVATING MARY! Martin Luther speaks out of both sides of his
mouthHe tells us that Mary does nothing, yet we should praise
her greatly. But what does the Bible say...
"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give
to another, neither my praise to graven images." -Isaiah 42:8
If Martin Luther were alive today, he would be another
ecumenical heretic like Billy Graham. Read the shocking heresy
found at http://orthodoxlutheran.fws1.com/bvm/books.html...
In 1996, Pope John Paul II concluded that the title 'Mother of
God' "proclaims the nobility of woman and her very high
vocation. God, in effect, treats Mary as a free and responsible
person and does not fulfill the Incarnation of his Son until
after he has obtained her consent." Lutherans fully agree with
this understanding of Mary.
Are you getting this? Lutherans believe that God could not
come to the earth incarnate without Mary's PERMISSION. If
you'll read the Bible, you'll quickly learn that Mary was
ALREADY pregnant before she or Joseph knew what was going on.
God did NOT need or ask for Mary's permission.
Lutherans are basically unofficial Catholics. They read out of
the Apocrypha like the Catholics. They recognize Catholic
saints, holidays and festivals. They baptize infants like the
Catholics.
Awake to Righteousness!
For some strange reason, we Christians are slow to see what the
devil is up to. I am amazed at how few websites there are
EXPOSING the heresies of the Lutheran false religion. The
Lutheran religion is even MORE dangerous than Roman Catholicism
because it does claim salvation by grace through faith. But
what people FAIL to realize is that EVERY Lutheran also ADDS
baptism and holy communion to that faith in Christ. It is no
longer faith.
There are an estimated sixty million Lutherans (60,000,000!).
Lutheranism is one of the biggest cults in the world next to
Buddhism, Islam and Catholicism. Why are the churches silent?
I am an Independent Fundamental Baptist. I wish I could wake
up more Christians to contend for the faith against these less
obvious cults like the Lutheran religion.
It is a good indicator of the apostasy of our generation that
so many believers actually think that Lutherans are Christians.
Are you a Christian?
"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own
selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is
in you, except ye be reprobates?" -2nd Corinthians 13:5
The Apostle Paul didn't take any chances, he warned the people
that churchianity doesn't give us Christianity. Sadly, I fear
that most Lutherans have churchianity without Christianity. I
can confidently say that if you follow the teachings of the
Lutheran church that you WILL end up in hell.
Why? Because you are ADDING works to your faith. Romans 11:6
warns that you cannot be saved by grace and works, it's one or
the other. For Lutherans to claim that they are NOT trusting
in works, while REQUIRING baptism and holy communion for
salvation is a hypocritical contradiction.
On the surface Lutherans speak of faith alone in Christ, but
delve deeper into their beliefs and you'll find doctrines of
devils, Satanic Catholicism, straight from the depths of hell.
Don't be fooled. Salvation can ONLY be obtained through
childlike faith in the Saviour.
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http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%
20Religions/Lutherans/lutheran_lies.htm
by David J. Stewart
Sadly, the Lutheran religion is full of lying deceits
of the Devil. Just as the cult of Roman Catholicism, the
Lutheran religion is based largely upon manmade TRADITIONS and
NOT upon the Word of God. The Word of God is the ONLY
Authority upon which we should base our beliefs and faith.
One of the easiest ways to identify a FALSE religion is by
finding out upon what authority their beliefs are based. For
example: The Seventh-Day Adventists are a false religion whose
beliefs are largely based upon the godless writings of a woman
named Ellen G. White. Christian Scientists base their
religious beliefs upon the heathen writings of Mary Eddy Baker.
The Jehovah's Witness cult base their beliefs largely upon the
heretical writings of Charles Taze Russell. The cult of
Scientology base their beliefs upon the hellish teachings of
Ron Hubbard. Do you see what I am saying? EVERY false
religion/cult can be traced back to some human AUTHORITY.
The Word of God, the Bible, should be our FINAL AUTHORITY in
every matter. The heresies of the Lutheran FALSE religion can
be traced back to the heretic, Martin Luther. I realize that
Luther made a public profession of faith in Christ, but he also
publicly ADDED the holy mass and baptism to his faith as well.
According to the Bible, Martin Luther is burning in hell today.
I know what I just said would flabbergast the average
Protestant church member, but it is nonetheless true. Martin
Luther in his large and small catechisms blatantly declared
that NO ONE could go to heaven without being baptized or
partaking of the holy mass.
If you'll read the Lutheran Augsburg Confessions, you'll
discover some awful heresies. The Lutherans actually believe
that God couldn't come to the earth incarnate without MARY'S
PERMISSION. That is ludicrous! The Lutherans believe that Mary
is very dear to the heart of God, more dear than any other
godly woman. This is heresy!
Though the Lutherans don't falsely recognize Mary as a co-
redeemer as the Catholics do, they do RECOGNIZE Mary. It is a
SIN to recognize Mary at all because the Bible NEVER tells us
to recognize Mary. I experienced a very creepy feeling as I
was reading some of the Lutherans hymns which hail Mary.
Listen folks...if you hail Mary, you are hailing Satan!
A Lutheran article entitled, "Mary, Mother of the Church"
written by Darel E. Paul claims that Mary is the MOTHER
complement of God the Father and Christ the Son. This is
heresy! Following are some quotes (in green font) from Darel
E. Paul's Lutheran article and my rebuttal using the Bible.
It is common to hear Roman Catholics speak of "Mother Church."
You might even hear a Lutheran use the phrase, although
unfortunately as often in sarcasm as in sincerity. All
Lutherans, however, should gladly embrace the language of the
Church as Mother. We can find testimony to this understanding
in no less a source than the Large Catechism. In the section
"Of the Creed", Luther speaks of the Church as
the mother that begets and bears every Christian through the
Word of God.
The Church is the mother who begets and bears the Christian
because the Church is the site and the means by which the Holy
Spirit works in the life of the Christian. The Church with the
Holy Spirit begets the Christian, and the Church bears the
Christian in his or her growth "to the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ." (Eph. 4: 13) The Church is that
tender mother who nurtures us, teaches us, guides us,
admonishes us, protects us, and most of all, through the
sacraments which are her mark, administers to us the
forgiveness of sins. As the Large Catechism continues,
outside of this Christian Church, where the Gospel is not,
there is no forgiveness, as also there can be no holiness
[sanctification].
She does none of these things on her own authority, of course,
but only on the authority of God Himself. Jesus Christ has
given to her the keys to the kingdom (Matt. 16: 19), and He has
promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her
(Matt. 16: 18).
I do NOT intend to be unkind, but the preceding Lutheran
doctrines are straight from hell, not found in the Bible.
There is NOTHING in the Bible which even hints that the church
was ever supposed to be our "Mother." The Lutherans are
following the Roman Catholic monstrosity from afar off. It is
Satanic to view the church as our mother. The Bible teaches
that we are born again by the Word of God...
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever." 1st Peter 1:23
God's children are NOT begotten by the church, but rather by
the Word of God which is Jesus Christ (John 1:1,14; Revelation
19:13). When a person is "born again," the Spirit of Christ is
born in them (Romans 8:9). The church CANNOT do this! The
church is composed of believers, it CANNOT create new
believers. Mr. Paul says that "The Church with the Holy Spirit
begets the Christian." Lies! NOTHING in the Bible even
suggests such demonic heresy! It is the Word of God and the
Holy Spirit that begets the Christian, the church has NOTHING
to do with salvation!
The ONLY responsibility of the church is soul winning,
preaching the gospel to the world. In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus
gave us the Great Commission to go into all the world with the
gospel. It is extremely DANGEROUS to teach that the church is
our "Mother." If it's wrong for the Catholics to teach such
evil doctrines, then it is EQUALLY wrong for the Lutherans to
teach it.
The Lutheran's reasoning is flawed. Just because the Bible
speaks of "God the Father" and "God the Son" does NOT demand
that there be a mother. We must be extremely careful not to
read into the Bible what is NOT there. Here are some more
Lutheran heresies concerning Mary by Darel E. Paul (with quotes
from Martin Luther)...
THE VIRGIN MOTHER
While the language of the Church as our Mother may sound
vaguely acceptable to the Lutheran, the language of the Virgin
Mary as our Mother is harder to swallow. And yet, what more
easy conclusion can one draw then that, with Christ as our
Brother and God our Father, our mother should therefore be the
same mother which bore Christ and the same woman chosen by our
Father to bear His Son? Martin Luther wrote that:
Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all of us even
though it was Christ alone who reposed on her knees . . . If he
is ours, we ought to be in his situation; there where he is, we
ought also to be and all that he has ought to be ours, and his
mother is also our mother.
Yet what is the contemporary Lutheran's reaction to this
statement? To run in fear from 'Romanizing ideas', or to
embrace it in joy? If we listen to Luther, we hear that we are
not motherless Christians. Rather:
This is the great joy, of which the angel [of the Lord (Luke 2:
9-12)] speaks, this is the consolation and the superabundant
goodness of God, that man (if he has this faith) may boast of
such treasure as that Mary is his real mother, Christ his
brother, and God his father. For these things are, all of them,
true and they come to pass, provided we believe them.
Did you read that? Martin Luther said that Mary is "also our
mother." Do you see why I call Martin Luther an unsaved
heretic! Mary is NOT my mother. Mary was the earthly mother
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the few children she conceived
AFTER marrying Joseph latter on. Mary is NOT the Mother of any
Christian today and it is DAMNABLE HERESY to tech that she is.
If you are a Lutheran, you might as well walk down the street
to your local Catholic religion and become a Catholic because
you're in the same boat already.
Mary Worship
Though not to the idolatrous extent that the Catholics idolize
Mary, the Lutherans follow in the same adulterous steps of the
Great Whore, Roman Catholicism. The photo at the left is one
depiction of the Lutheran Mary.
Though the Halo around Mary's head is missing, it is still
disconcerting (and unbiblical) for anyone to recognize her at
all. Mary is no more to be praised than any other godly
mother. In a poem titled "Swept Up In Joy" by David Miller, a
Lutheran Minister, he says the following:
I tried to pray through my distress as the choir sang of Mary:
"Hail favored one, the Lord is with thee." But my thoughts
connected only with my anxiety.
"Hail favored one?" Excuse me, but where in the Bible are we
ever commanded to recognize Mary at all? Jesus never even
hinted for anyone to praise Mary. This is a MANMADE TRADITION,
and it came out of the Great Whore of Catholicism. Just as
Catholics deny that they worship Mary (which they obviously
do), so do the Lutherans deny that they worship Mary to a
lesser degree.
Barbara Owen, a member of Our Shepherd Lutheran Church,
Annapolis, Md., is the editor of Daily Readings from Luther's
Writings, Augsburg Fortress. The following quotes are from her
article "Luther On Mary":
The Scriptures always point to Christ as the one who saves.
Luther characteristically said: "Oh, how many kisses we
bestowed on Mary! But she did not redeem and save me."
But Luther also honored Mary and her "unique place in all of
[humankind]." He insisted "the festivals of the Purification
and Annunciation of Mary may be continued, and for the time
being her Assumption and Nativity." He could even imagine her
as a heavenly intercessor.
The first couple of sentences are ok (and this is all that MOST
people see when they look at Lutheranism), but take a look at
the sentences which follow. This is shocking! Martin Luther
said that he could even imagine Mary as a "heavenly
intercessor." Folks, that's devilish doctrine! In one breath
Martin Luther admits that Mary CANNOT redeem anyone, and in the
next breath he speaks blasphemy against God.
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus" -1st Timothy 2:5
Mary is NOT an intercessor and you had better get that straight
because Martin Luther was a doctrinal mess. Here is a whole
bunch of demon doctrine from Martin Luther (the source is from
the same article above, Luther On Mary):
Luther noted Mary's humility: "So the wondrous pure spirit of
Mary is worthy of even greater praise, because having such
overwhelming honors heaped upon her head, she does not let them
tempt her [to pride]. ... [In] truth she thrusts [pride and
honor] from her and would have us honor God in her and come
through her to a good confidence in His grace."
Mary is a model for us and a comfort. Luther wrote: "O Blessed
Virgin, Mother of God, what great comfort God has shown us in
you, by so graciously regarding your unworthiness and low
estate. This encourages us to believe that henceforth He will
not despise us poor and lowly ones, but graciously regard us
also, according to your example."
Mary isn't "a goddess who could grant gifts or render aid, as
some suppose when they pray and flee to her rather than to
God," Luther wrote. "She does nothing, God does all. We ought
to call upon her, that for her sake God may grant and do what
we request." Luther biographer, Martin Brecht, describes
Luther's thoughts: Mary is "the model for believers, and, above
all, the example of God's action. It is God's grace that we are
to admire in Mary, nothing else."
Through faith, Luther wrote, a person "may boast of such
treasure as that Mary is his real mother, Christ his brother,
and God his father.... By this token you sit assuredly in the
Virgin Mary's lap and are her dear child."
The Catholics teach that Mary is a "co-redeemer" with Christ.
Of course, that is a lie of the devil. Jesus is the ONLY
Redeemer. Though the Lutherans deny this heresy, they are
woefully guilty of creating their own heresy by praying to
Mary. Did you read what Luther said above? -"We ought to call
upon her, that for her sake God may grant and do what we
request." Heresy! Show me that in the Word of God!
I triple-dog dare you to show me one verse in the Bible that
says we should pray, admire, praise, or seek to contact Jesus'
mother in ANY way. You CANNOT! Show me where the Bible
teaches that we should expect God to answer our prayers for
Mary's sake. The Lutheran church in NO church, but a bastard
child of the Mother of harlots (Roman Catholicism). Luther
prayed..."O Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, what great comfort
God has shown us in you..."
Like I said, Catholicism never came out of Martin Luther. Even
more sickening is Luther's comment above..."a person "may boast
of such treasure as that Mary is his real mother, Christ his
brother, and God his father." Whoa! Martin Luther is guilty
of the same thing that Roman Catholics are guilty of...
ELEVATING MARY! Martin Luther speaks out of both sides of his
mouthHe tells us that Mary does nothing, yet we should praise
her greatly. But what does the Bible say...
"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give
to another, neither my praise to graven images." -Isaiah 42:8
If Martin Luther were alive today, he would be another
ecumenical heretic like Billy Graham. Read the shocking heresy
found at http://orthodoxlutheran.fws1.com/bvm/books.html...
In 1996, Pope John Paul II concluded that the title 'Mother of
God' "proclaims the nobility of woman and her very high
vocation. God, in effect, treats Mary as a free and responsible
person and does not fulfill the Incarnation of his Son until
after he has obtained her consent." Lutherans fully agree with
this understanding of Mary.
Are you getting this? Lutherans believe that God could not
come to the earth incarnate without Mary's PERMISSION. If
you'll read the Bible, you'll quickly learn that Mary was
ALREADY pregnant before she or Joseph knew what was going on.
God did NOT need or ask for Mary's permission.
Lutherans are basically unofficial Catholics. They read out of
the Apocrypha like the Catholics. They recognize Catholic
saints, holidays and festivals. They baptize infants like the
Catholics.
Awake to Righteousness!
For some strange reason, we Christians are slow to see what the
devil is up to. I am amazed at how few websites there are
EXPOSING the heresies of the Lutheran false religion. The
Lutheran religion is even MORE dangerous than Roman Catholicism
because it does claim salvation by grace through faith. But
what people FAIL to realize is that EVERY Lutheran also ADDS
baptism and holy communion to that faith in Christ. It is no
longer faith.
There are an estimated sixty million Lutherans (60,000,000!).
Lutheranism is one of the biggest cults in the world next to
Buddhism, Islam and Catholicism. Why are the churches silent?
I am an Independent Fundamental Baptist. I wish I could wake
up more Christians to contend for the faith against these less
obvious cults like the Lutheran religion.
It is a good indicator of the apostasy of our generation that
so many believers actually think that Lutherans are Christians.
Are you a Christian?
"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own
selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is
in you, except ye be reprobates?" -2nd Corinthians 13:5
The Apostle Paul didn't take any chances, he warned the people
that churchianity doesn't give us Christianity. Sadly, I fear
that most Lutherans have churchianity without Christianity. I
can confidently say that if you follow the teachings of the
Lutheran church that you WILL end up in hell.
Why? Because you are ADDING works to your faith. Romans 11:6
warns that you cannot be saved by grace and works, it's one or
the other. For Lutherans to claim that they are NOT trusting
in works, while REQUIRING baptism and holy communion for
salvation is a hypocritical contradiction.
On the surface Lutherans speak of faith alone in Christ, but
delve deeper into their beliefs and you'll find doctrines of
devils, Satanic Catholicism, straight from the depths of hell.
Don't be fooled. Salvation can ONLY be obtained through
childlike faith in the Saviour.
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