June 2, 2001
The Staff and Sword Ministry
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Hugs and Kisses -- Z" `ICI Z AN Z CNZZ By: Chuck-JOHNEL
A DENOMINATIONAL ISSUE A Letter from Ken R. F. of Falls Church Virginia dated April 27 2001 (Quote) "In
your recently sent tapes on the Spokane Fellowship (01--30-01) you seem to infer that Roman Catholicism is equivalent to a Christian denomination. Did I not perceive correctly your comment (Chuck-JOHNEL) or do you think that a born-again Christian can continue in the Roman Catholic anti-Christ religion and still walk in the Lord? Many thanks for your response. Ken R. F. " (Unquote) Well, this is a loaded question! Initially I'm going to go by and not address Ken's statement that Roman Catholicism is anti-Christ and take a broad look at the issues involved that touch all of us. In the very early years of this Ministry work I used to get a steady flow of letters from Protestants telling me that I should tell Roman Catholics to stop praying the rosary to Mary, and at the same time I also got letters from Roman Catholics telling me to tell Protestants that they should pray the rosary. I prayed about these requests and replied, "The Lord JESUS did not send me into this world to be a divider of the brethren or to be a judge of God's people, but to bring His Word and warning ofcomingjudgments and the need to repent, pray and return to the Lord JESUS CHRIST" In the years since making this reply (1977+) 1 have seen the face of this animosity between Protestants and Roman Catholics (it goes both ways) many different times and have had the opportunity to look into the reasons for this hostility that exists in some circles and why it does not exist in other circles (where Protestants and Catholics get along fine). As JESUS' Apostle/ Prophet I'm conformed to His Perfect Will for me and His people and have sought to know what His Perfect Will was in this area of dispute.