Jesus said Vs. Pope said

Mark 9:42-50

The headlines read the Pope says there is no hell!  Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church that states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error "when, in the exercise of his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians, in virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine. (Taken from Wikipedia)  And once more the world loves this guy, and I bet the Catholic Church goes into a growth mode, like the Mega Church that tickles the ears with what mankind wants to hear, but it is not based on the truth of the Scripture.

Who talked about hell the most in the Scriptures, not Peter, not Moses, not Paul, but Jesus?  And what is recorded about Jesus in the gospel according to John 1:2-5, “He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.  In him was life, and the life was the light of men.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”  Now I am sure you got that Jesus made all things and nothing was made that He did not make, and He is the giver of life, and lies from hell will not overcome the truth.  So today we have a choice; whom do we believe Jesus or the Pope?  Jesus makes it clear that there is a hell, and it is not a place where you're going to hang out with your buddies.

Mark 9:42-50 we have this warning from Jesus;  “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.  And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.  And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.  And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,  ‘where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’  For everyone will be salted with fire.  Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Remember there is only one Creator, all are Jesus’ creations, so put your faith in the one who has the power to give and take life, not in some man or so-called church, no matter what title it has.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice