Each of the following goes from what we know the
most through to what we seem to know the least.
While the Bible clearly tells us about
all of the following, the extent to which we are
Catholicized keeps us from seeing them.
Indeed, in large measure, that can
certainly be one of those “well-kept secrets”
that the Company*
so deftly attempts to conceal:
the Bible indeed has this all laid out in its
pages.
1.
That man will do things either for God, or for
himself.
The “himself” includes all the material
items that glorify him over God—this is, of
course, Mammon.
Essentially, The Self and Mammon are one
in the same.
Even though God revels in man enjoying
Him and His creation, the key is that man
chiefly puts
himself
in the place of God, and this will always
involve some denial of God even if the behavior
is extremely pious.
2.
That there are forces at work whose job it is to
persuade people, in any number of ways, to
glorify themselves, to live out their lives in
denial of God.
These “forces” are made up of brilliant,
insightful, clever individuals in positions of
great power—whether of standing or not—who
actively live and work to get man to worship
himself.
3.
That those forces can be identified and, by the
nature of their position, are required to
identify themselves.
With sound Scriptural understanding, one
can easily identify these forces not only by
their iconographic signatures but also in
examination of their highly Catholicist*
works.
4.
That those forces have discovered that one of
the very best ways to bring those in the world
to doing things for themselves in denial of God
is to claim that they are really doing it for
God.
The best way to accomplish the
Catholicist end is to boldly sell its
counterfeit.
Nobody would be sold on a mere
alternative view, it must look as close to the
real thing as possible.
And since the gospel is the most
powerful—indeed it
is
the power for life, of salvation to all
people—mimicking it as finely as possible is the
number one tack of the rulers of evil.
5.
That God has given the World System
administration over to these forces, ironically
to mitigate the effects of their own evil, and
as a “footstool of God” they are employed to
further His interests in bring people to
reconciliation with Him.
Never does God condone any evildoing, but
when man chooses evil He turns it against its
own designs to benefit those He cherishes.
6.
That having at least some understanding those
forces and their designs is a critical part of
living out the gospel as “light and salt” to a
dying world and sharing His Truth and Grace with
those who truly want freedom.
It is imperative that the follower of
Christ sees the Catholic Church as the prime
religious institution of the World System, and
that Christ’s kingdom is wholly “not of this
world.”
This involves acknowledgement of God’s
assigned role of that institution as a ministry
of condemnation from as far back as Cain, and
being willing to extend to it the proper
tribute, but no more.
Indeed this understanding can be a
bountiful abiding wisdom, merely by immersing
oneself in Scripture, worshiping Him in Spirit
and Truth, and discovering His agape love in
action.
*
"The Company" refers to the Jesuit Order
of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Catholicist" describes the
institutionalized effort to subvert all
of culture through commitment to the
first cause:
Get man to glorify himself in
some measurable denial of God.