My Thoughts on The Catholic Church

Hello friends , I hope all you are doing well

If not 🙏🏼 May our Lord and God supply all your needs with all his Power and Glory

Today, I will talk about My thoughts on the Catholic Church 

Many who have known me know that I grew up in a Strong Catholic Background 

And we went to Church but it always felt forced and God seemed so Harsh to me at the time ,Like he was very critical and ever ready to Judge.

I even went to the minor seminary( A Catholic seminary but also a secondary school) for 2 years

But never Loved God 

I always felt like he would never want to be my friend

There was one time , I remember trying to get close to God but I never felt that connection

I read the bible but it felt like a story book 

I also prayed at the Chapel

And also prayed the Rosary 

But never felt different 

So I abandoned all that altogether ( Seeking God)

At a point , I thought Meditating like a Buddhist monk would save me 

😂 Some of you here found me in that pursuit that didn't work at all 

Until I got to know about How Loving God is

When I became Born Again , when I looked back at the Catholic Church 

I felt like it had done me so wrong and denied me a personal relationship with the only person that Matters , Jesus

And the Born Agains around me also didn't have a positive outlook on the Catholic Church so it only made me more upset with it...

I felt like spreading the truth was all about attacking the wrong Church

Occasionally , I started debates to prove how wrong they are 

And how right we are as Born Agains

But one day , things turned around...

I had a debate about interpretation of Scripture with a couple of friends of mine and it ended with me winning saying "Yes , there are several ways someone can Interpret scriptures but there is a way it is to be interpreted" and I flashed in a couple of Scriptures so I obviously won that debate..

But strangely , this time 

I felt different while attacking them 

Number one , it was like the solid arguments on why the church is wrong vanished away

I just wanted to attack it and I didn't have a clear reason why

Number 2 , I felt really bad after doing it( I always felt like I had done a good job after proving they were wrong)

So I ask the Holy Spirit "Why am I feeling this sadness, this heaviness , have I done something wrong ?"

And he replied " I don't like how you have spoken about the Catholic Church"

The next day , during Service

I read a Bible called the Catholic Answer Bible and go through all the Common Questions /Complaints about the Catholic Church there

Like "Do Catholics worship idols ?"

It answered saying "We hang photos of people we love to remember them not worship them "

Also " when we praise a saint , we don't worship the person literally but the crafts man of that person who is Christ Jesus "

They also talked about how The Covenant Box had Angels engraved on it

So making it okay to design figures in heaven depending on how they are used

And where God hated it was where the people made Pagan idols and worshipped them.

Another bad case is in Brazil where some actors made a mockery of Jesus and Heaven and the Disaster that befell Brazil was Massive !😬

( i will resend the link)

And so they make Statues of Jesus out of the so much love they have for him and because they want to have a constant remembrance of Him

We all have items that remind us of the things we have 

Maybe Posters of our best Band

Maybe A jersey of the player

Because we love the thing behind them(or the people on them) and because we love to see it often 

So something like that was what was trying to be expressed

And in a case where a child is praised , we are often times praising the Parents for raising the children that way or the mere fact that we are praise worthy pleases our parents 

All this hit me and I felt bad

I honestly felt like I was failing God

Like how couldn't I have seen this ?

You know all those kinds of thoughts 

So i sat down and asked God to tell me what He thinks

He calmed me down and Told me still loves me despite my mistakes and that he is willing to teach me all that i need to know

Then he Said this "

They are right in some Aspects but wrong in some.

Their love for me is true , their devotion to me is also true.

They love me and i love them 

But they don't know me.

They don't have my word

Get them my word , that's all i ask of you

'Some of them will perish because they dont have my word'- i heard him say this with deep sadness "

When i heard this , i began to feel confidence rebuild again

The Truth is Catholics Love Jesus if not more than some Born Agains

A Good example could be my Mom 

She attends mass every morning

And can't dare miss Sunday mass

She buys lots of prayer books

She is always praying the rosary and seeking out Godly Counsel from men of God

Her and so many Others , i have seen

Catholics love God !!!

But if you randomly approached one and asked for A mystery

They might not be able to bring out one

Speaking in tongues

Talking about how to walk in the Spirit etc

Many of them wouldn't have a Profitable answer 

Not because they don't love Jesus but simply because they barely study the Bible

Yet it is the word that is the Absoluteness of Gods power

God works in the frames of his word 

He doesn't step out of it 

So as A Christian if one doesn't study the word , accept it as truth or meditate/ponder on Verses or practice the Teachings of the word

Fruit will not flourish in that Christian's Life

Regardless of whether , you are Catholic , Anglican or even Born Again

If you don't keep Working with the Word , you will not make progress...

But in The Catholic Church only Deep knowledge is for the Priest but for us , everyone is called to be deep

We are all called to explore the depths of God's word 

But in the Catholic Church , The Priest is the only deep man.

So many in there don't study and implement the Bible for themselves 

(The many of us that are former Catholics can testisfy to this)

So friends, don't condemn the Catholics

Just share the word with them , they are also Christians 

Also remember if anyone declares that Jesus is Lord and he rose from the dead for his sins is saved so they are pretty much saved but they dont know how God works , So teach them 

Attacking them won't help you , them or even Jesus

But telling them how Jesus works based on the word does help

Telling them how to bear fruit using evident scriptures will also help

Am i saying never correct them?

No , i am saying , don't Do it in a way that the conversation loses it meaning : Edification

Know God for yourself.

Bear fruit for yourself ,if not you will either have nothing to teach or you will not be able to show how to apply the Christian Principles in life and just get to the offensive and have nothing to teach but instead have a negative vibe to place on them which never helps anyone !!

So am i becoming Catholic Ever Again ?

Nope ... I am born Again for life 🖤

It is where i stand

It is where God Called me to be

I think if he wanted me to be Catholic , he would have called me there but he didn't, He called me while i was born Again

But i do think he wants me to also impact the Catholics because i have knowledge about the Practices in the Catholic Church

Just like Qureshi Nabeel is the best Minister to the Muslims having been a Muslim himself

So i can be able to reconcile them to the truth so they can flourish in their lives because i have been Catholic before

Have an Amazing Time ❤ Friends

Note : This is my personal observation , i haven't met and studied so many Believers but based on what i have seen , this is what i have come up with 

So don't take anything in here personally