Jehovah’s Witnesses must change their living habits, go door to door, and be a witness for Jehovah to obtain their salvation. Many Roman Catholics label anyone who evangelizes them as “anti-Catholic.” 4) Works Necessary for SalvationĪmong the works Mormons must perform for exaltation is to have their marriage sealed in a Temple ceremony. All three religions either disfellowship, ostracize, shun or even condemn those who revoke their religious membership. Anyone outside their church is suspicious especially those members who chose to leave. All three religions claim to be the only true church and carry an “us versus them” mentality. 6, 2000, Pope John Paul II denied this doctrine by stating knowledge of “Christ and His Church” is not necessary for salvation). Likewise, the Roman Catholic Church declares itself as the sole means of salvation: “Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation” (846). Mormons believe eternal life (exaltation to godhood) can be achieved only through obedience to the Church of Latter Day Saints. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe only their Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has the exclusive truth that leads to eternal life. “Baptism is God’s most beautiful and magnificent gift” (1216). It is the “sacrament of regeneration” at which time Catholics are “reborn as sons of God” (1213, 1214). Roman Catholicism declares: “Baptism is necessary for salvation” (1257). 2) Baptism Necessary for SalvationĪll three faiths require baptism into their respective religions for the fullness of salvation. The “Catholic Jesus” is unable to save sinners completely and forever and returns to the earth daily, under the appearance of a wafer, to be worshipped and re-presented as a sacrificial victim for the propitiation of God’s wrath (1367 1374-78 1405 1414). The “Jehovah’s Witness Jesus” was the incarnation of Michael the Archangel. The “Mormon Jesus” was the first spirit-child born to the Heavenly Father and Mother and is the half-brother of Satan. Let us examine eight similarities among these three religions (the numbers in parenthesis denote paragraphs from the Catechism of the Catholic Church). Tragically there are many sincere and zealous people in each religion, who believe they are serving the true God, but are destined for a Christ-less eternity. Each religion employs manipulation, indoctrination, deception and mandatory rituals to control its members and keep them enslaved to the system. Each religion demands total, blind and unquestionable submission to the authority of men who claim to have special extra-biblical knowledge from God. All three teach salvation is based on what man does for God rather than believing what God has already done for man through Jesus Christ. All three preach “another Jesus” and “another gospel” under the “supernatural authority” of man’s teachings and traditions. Each religion exalts the name of Jesus Christ and claims to be Bible-based, yet each one has perverted “the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 4). When we study the doctrines of Roman Catholicism, Mormonism and Jehovah Witnesses we discover that they have more in common with each another than with the Bible. Roman Catholics, Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses 1.8 8) Essential Christian Doctrines Denied or Redefined.1.3 3) Membership Necessary for Salvation.1 Roman Catholics, Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses.
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