We are all sons of God because we believe in God and Jesus, just as Galatians 3:26 says... “You are all sons of God through faith in Jesus”

breaking the defence

I would encourage you to go back to the begaining of Pauls letter, in Galatians 1: 2 that he was writting to the churches of Galatians, they had followers thre who were true folowers of Christ, who had been born again, they believed that they were justified and saved by grace, not works and faith, as Paul writes in the same letter, in Galatians 2:16

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”

12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name John 1:12

supporting scripture, John 8:44, 1 John 3:10, Romans 9:8 , Ephesians 2:3, Ephesians 1:5 , Galatians 4:5-6 Romans 8:14-17:, (Galatians 3:26),

Lie two

We are saved by our works

The catholic church clearly teaches that works can gain somes salvation, the mormons and Jehovah witness' teach the same, lets see what the scripture, God's Holy inspiried writtings say about how to be saved, by work or by faith and repentance....

The Truth

We are in danger of death because of our sinful nature, but by faith in Jesus we can be saved, not by any work we do but by accepting the Lord for his sacrefeice, as Paul writes “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. “- Romans 6:23

Saint Peter said that we need to be babtised and repent of our sins, you can read this in Acts chapter 2:38

which says ``Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

Saint Paul wrote this about salvation ``For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10,

He also wrote `What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

``Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”

The writter of Hebrews makes it clear, theres no mis-interupting Hebrews 11,

Heres a part of the chapter...

``Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.This is what the ancients were commended for.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.``

As you can see, the scriptures tell us over and over again, that we are saved by faith in Jesus and true repentance of sin, the catholic church has made many lies to attract people, as did Joesph smith and the elders of the Jevovah witnesses, this is probily the most imortant thing in all of churchiandy and True Christiandy, the most important thing to everyone on this planet who has a religion, “where am I going after I die?”

As I have shown you the roman catholic church as well as other churches have lied to you, as the scripture says ( ), it doesn't matter if your a catholic, mormon or a Jehovah witness, it is a biblacal fact that we are saved by God alone (Isaiah 12:2,Psalm 24:5 ), and that our “good” deeds can not save us(Isaiah 64:6) Its like if a crimal were to stand before a just judge, he has killed someone, but in the area he lives in, it isn't worst then lying, in order to feel better then person asks another criminal if he is sinful, the person replies and tells the him, he is just and that everyone does it, which in his eyes makes it OK, but when this man goes before the just judge, he are given no mercy before the judge, and is punished for the crime.

Defence of works salvation

Matthew 5:20 “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

Breaking the defence

Agreed, in order to enter the kingdom of God we must have a high level of righteousness, but who is righteous? Abraham was credited as righteous, how was credited as righteous? What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness... As it says it Romans, so you see, we are known as righteous for our obedience of Jesus, through faith in him, not our own work.

2^nd defence of works salvation

According to Romans 2:5-10, there is glory, honour and peace for everyone who does good...

Amen, to that, but what does it mean to do “good?” What does saint Paul mean?

Before writting that he writes “But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.”

This preveous verse gives us a good answer to what Paul was trying to say,

First who are “self-seeking” this can be defined as Pursuing only one's own ends or interests. You see it is a work salvations' objective to follow their own interests, someone who is self-seeking, ignores verses such as Isaiah 40:21-26 and Matthew 16:24,25, as well as Mark 8:34-35 and Luke 9:23-24. In other words, Paul is refering the false prophets, the people in his time who believed they could earn Heaven by their works, when Paul and the early aposles taught differently, as the scripture says “but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” ( Rom 6:23 ), As it was also written For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast.

(Eph 2:8-9), salvation is a gift from God, not something man deserves, the scripture clearly teaches that we deserve enternal punishment for what we have done, but by God's grace, he amazing mercy he gave us his son, so that we might be born again, its true that God will give glory, honour and peace to everyone who does good, but its also true that “there is non good but God alone”, this type of goodness

comes from a New begaining, a washing away of sins, as Paul said describing his converson “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

third defeance of salvation by works

Jesus, the son of God said “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” in the gospel of matthew, the 7^th chapter, 22^nd verse...

Breaking the defence

Agreed, only those who do the will of the father will be saved, but as we continnue... He says “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

(Matthew 7:23rd- 24^th

You see, the will of God is not to have you go out and do “righteous” deeds, because to God their just a dirty rag (Isaiah 64:6), God's will, the one that you knew Jesus, God's will is that you have a relationship with God, and by a relationship with him, you hate sin more and more. So that by a spiritial union with God, you will become pure as he is.

Forth defeance

The leter of James clearly says “Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”and he was called God’s friend. You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead” In the leter of James 2:21-24.

Breaking the forth defence

Yes, but what kind of “work” was James writing about? Ones abedience to God's voice, Abraham did not say to himself “I will go and do righteous deeds to please God” if he did, then it would be to please men, not God. You see, the Holy scripture makes it clear, “But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.” (Isaiah 41:24) so it was by doing what God commanded him to do, that he was credited, he not only believed God, he had faith in him and acted on his faith, he did not decide to do it on his own.

If my defence did not convince you, read James 1:1, this leter was to the Jewish people, not to Genetile Christians, also note that it says “was not our father Abraham...” James was talking to the Jewish people...

Lie three

If you ask a catholic, why did Jesus die? They will almost always reply “for forgiveness of our sins”

The Truth

Scripture tells us that Jesus died to take away the sins of the world, its true that we are forgiven through his suffering, however he died so that we could stop sinning and become “perfect just as your Heavenly father is perfect” ( ) Jesus died so that we may become dead to ourselves, and live for and in God, in union with his son.

Jesus came to set you free, as he said in Luke “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed” (Luke 4:18) He also said in the gospel of John "if you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”

Now what did Jesus mean “set us free?” You see when you got water put on you when you were a baby or purhapes when you were older, you wasted your time, it meant nothing to God. Because you failed to realize that you were in chains of your sins, that there was only one way out, faith in Jesus, true repentance of sin. You see, no sacrements or works can earn your salvation, salvation is a free gift from God, you just need to accept him, then follow him. As Jesus said “Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it." (Matthew 8:34-35)

He said it again in Luke “"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it." (Luke 9:23-24) He says in Matthew “Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 10:38-39) The early church taught “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.” (Gal 5:24 )

This is why Jesus died, “to take way the sins of the world, to replace human nature with devine nature (Ephesians 2:1, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Colossians 2:13)

If you really what to understand why Jesus came, read what Isaiah said, hundreds of years before Jesus came.

Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many
and made intercession for the transgressors

Isaiah 53

Lie four

We are all sinners

This is a common lie of many churches, it is one of the most horrible lies of all, it brings shame to the suffering of Jesus and hurts my very soul and at times almost brings me to tears. As Isaiah said, his own father put his full hatedred and wrath on him, so that we may be free from our sinful nature, he died so that we might go from children of satan to children of the living God, from sinners to saints. The word “sinner” can be defined as “someone who repeatedly sins”.

You see children of God are not sinners, John could not be anymore clear when he writes in his first leter “Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.” (John 3:6) He says earlyier in the leter “If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.” (1 John 1:6) Let me explain this in a term that would make sence to you, John, a witness of Jesus (1 John 1:1) is talking to people who say they are Christians, but live like the rest of world does, when they come to meetings in churches they pretained to be someone they're not, in a sence they put on a mask at church and meetings so others will see them as they what to be seen, John goes on to say you are not a Christian because you have never known him, and therefore not a Christian at all but a false aposle, a churchian.

Defence

Romans 3:36 cleary reads “we have all fallen short of the glory of God”

Breaking the defence

Yes, we have all fallen short of the glory of God, we are dust at his feet, all nations before him a s a drop in the bucket (Isaiah 40) but we are retemded, justiced by his sacrefeice (Isaiah 53) (Romans 5:21). After being born again, as a new creation in Christ, we are seen by God as though we have never sinned.

Lie five

God isn't in Hell

As a roman catholic for most of my life, I know what the church teachers, in this section I will inform you of God's wrath and hatedred for your sins. I will also give you scripture, which should prove to you, that God is in Hell and it is his wrath tormenting the billions of people there.

First lets look at some biblacal stories of God's wrath, we'll start with the flood

After the daughters of men were raped by the angels (Genesis 6: