What Ever Happened To God's Holy Law

I

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

II

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:
for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And strewing
mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”

III

“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not
hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”

IV

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do
all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt
not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the
seventh day: where fore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

V

“Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee.”

VI

“Thou shalt not kill.”

VII

“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

VIII

“Thou shalt not steal.”

IX

“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. ”

X

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass,
nor anything that is thy neighbor's.”
(Exodus 20: 3-18)
“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.”
( Psalms 89:34)

THE LAW OF GOD IN THE TESTAMENT

I

“Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.” (Matthew 4:10)

II

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols...”;
“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring
of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone,
graven by art and man's device.” (1 John 5:21; Acts 17:29)

III

“That the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.” (1 Timothy 6:1)

IV

“Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day.” (Matt. 24:20)
“The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man
is Lord also of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27.28)
“For He spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest
the seventh day from all His works...There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of
God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as
God did from His.” (Hebrews 4:4,9,10

V

“Honor thyfather and thy mother:” (Matthew 19:19)

VI

“Thou shalt not kill,” (Romans 13:9)

VII

“Thou shalt not commit adultery,” (Matthew 19: 18)

VIII

“Thou shalt not steal,” (Romans 13:9)

IX

“Thou shalt not bear false witness,” (Romans 13:9)

X

“Thou shalt not covet.” (Romans 7:7)

AFTER CHRIST'S DEATH

“Do we fhen make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish
the law.” (Romans 3:31)
“And rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.” (Luke 23:56)
“Might be preached to them the next sabbath....next Sabbath day came almost the
whole city together to hear the word of God.” (Acts 13:42,44)

THE LAW OF GOD AS CHANGED BY THE PAPACY

I

“I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.”
        (The second commandment as found in the Bible is left out.)

II

“Thou shalt not take the name of thy God in vain.”

III

“Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.”

IV

“Honor thy father and thy mother.”

V

“Thou shalt not kill.”

VI

“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

VII

“Thou shalt not steal.”

VIII

“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”

IX

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.”

X

“Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's goods.”

(See General Catholic Catechism)

Question — “Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to
institute festivals or precepts?”
Answer —  “Had she not such power she could not have substituted the
observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for Saturday, the seventh day, a
change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” (A Doctrinal Catechism,
[Catholic] page 174)

THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS

“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints
of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” (Daniel 7:25)

“That man of sin... Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,
or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing
himself that he is God.” (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4)

Pages 97, 98: “Great numbers were hanged, drowned, ripped open, tied to trees,
and pierced with prongs, thrown from precipices, burnt, stabbed, racked to death,
crucified with their heads downwards, worried by dogs, etc. . .”


“The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it
were God, and the VICAR OF GOD. The Pope is of such lofty and supreme dignity
that, properly speaking, he has not been established in any rank of dignity, but rather
has been placed upon the very summit of all ranks of dignities ... He is likewise
the divine monarch and supreme emperor and king of kings. Hence the POPE
is CROWNED with a TRIPLE CROWN, as KING OF HEAVEN and OF EARTH
and OF THE LOWER REGIONS."
(Ferraris' Eccl. Dictionary, [Catholic] Article, Pope)

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Ques. “What are the letters supposed to be in the Pope's crown, and what do they
signify, if anything?”
Ans . “The letters inscribed in the Pope's miter are these: VICARIVS FILII DEI,
which is the Latin for `VICAR OF THE SON OF GOD,'
Catholics hold that the church, which is a visible society, must have a visible head.
Christ, before His ascension into heaven, appointed St.Peter to act as His
representative ... Hence to the Bishop of Rome, as head of the church, was given
the title, 'VICAR OF CHRIST.'”
(Our Sunday Visitor, [Catholic Weekly], Bureau of Information
Huntington, Ind., April 18, 1915)

HIS NUMBER

“The method of reading generally adopted is that known as the GHEMATRIA
of the rabbins, which assigns each letter of a name its usual numerical value, and gives
the sum of such numbers as the equivalent of the name.” (Word Studies in the N. T.
Marvin R. Vincent, D.D. Notes on Revelation 13:18)

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:
for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore
and six.” (Revelation 13:18)

VICARIVS FILII DEI

LATIN:
V=5   I=1   C=100   A=0   R=0   I=1   V=5   S=0   =112
F=0   I=1   L=50   I=1   I=1   =53
D=500   E=0   I=1   =501
TOTAL 112 + 53 + 501 = 666

THREE ANGELS FROM HEAVEN
Give Solemn Warning to All Peoples!

“I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to
preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and tongue, and people,
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment
is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the
fountains of waters.

“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city,
because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the
beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into
the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

“And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest
day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth
the mark of his name.” (Rev. 14:6-11)

HIS MARK

“... If any man worship the beast and his image and receive his mark in his forehead,
or in his hand,” (Rev.14:9) Mark in forehead = Belief — Mark in hand = Behavior

“The observance of sunday by the protestants is an homage they pay in spite of
themselves to the authority of the catholic church.” (“Plain Talk for
Protestants,” page 213)

Ques. “How prove you that the church hath power to command feasts and holy days?”
Ans. “By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of,
and therefore they fondly contradict themselves by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking
most other Feasts commanded by the same church.”
Ques. “How prove you that?”
Ans. “Because by keeping sunday they acknowledge the church's power to ordain
feasts, and to command them under sin.” (Douay Catechism, page 59)

“If the Bible is the only guide for the Christian then...Is it not strange, that those who
make the bible their only teacher, should inconsistently follow in this matter the tradition
of the catholic church?” (Question Box, Ed. 1915, page 179)

“The Catholic Church for over one thousand years before the existence of a Protestant,
by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday.”
(Catholic Mirror, Sept., 1893)

“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act....And the act is a mark
of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things.”
(H.F. Thomas Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons)

“Resolved, that the Sabbath (Sunday) is a sign between God and man, and its reverent
observance a mark of the nation whose God is Jehovah.” (National Reform Convention
September. 1887)
“We hereby agree... that such sabbath (sunday) observance laws for the district of
columbia may be looked upon not only as model sabbath observance laws for America,
but as model sabbath observance laws for the rest of the world.”
(Christian Statesman, Sept., 1927)
“Reason and sense demand the acceptance of one or the other of these alternatives;
either Protestantism and the keeping holy of Saturday or Catholicity and the keeping
holy of Sunday. Compromise is impossible.” (Cardinal Gibbons, Catholic Mirror,
Dec. 23, 1893)

WHO SHOULD WE FOLLOW?

“We ought to obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29)
“And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep
your own tradition.” (Mark 7:9)

“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which
we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:8)

JESUS GAVE NO OTHER DAY

“For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken
of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works,
as God did from his.” (Hebrews 4:8-10)

WHEN DID GOD CEASE FROM HIS WORK?

“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work which he had made...” (Gen. 2:2)

“And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep
your own tradition.” (Mark 7:9)

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?

No matter what man says about the Ten Commandments, God says:
“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the
Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I
write them." (Hebrews 10:16)

“The remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ.” (Revelation 12:7)
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)

God's Ten Commandments reveal what sin is:

“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and
good.” (Romans 7:12)
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.” (1 John 3:4)

WHO COMMITS SIN?

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the
beginning ... ln this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the
devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,... ” (1 John 3:8-10)

WHO WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM?

“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree
of life and may enter in through the gates into the city.”*
(Revelation 22:14) *Emphasis added.

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