* Denotes a verse that is used in opposition to Catholic teaching
The Establishment and Authority of the Church
Matthew 16:18 - Jesus established and protects His Church
Matthew 28:20 - Jesus promises to be with His Church always
John 16:13 - The Holy Spirit guides the Church into all truth
Eph 3:10 -The Wisdom of God may come through the Church:
That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and
powers in heavenly places through the church, (Not just the Bible)
1 Timothy 3:15 - The Church (not the Bible) is the pillar and foundation of truth
Matthew 18:17 - Tell it to the Church, not the Bible!(The Bible is not the sole rule
of Authority!)
Matthew 18:17 - If someone refuses to listen to the Church cast him out ! 17 If he
refuses to listen even to the church...(Notice the use of the word,"even" in this
verse, as if the author would be astounded that a man would not listen even to the
Church!)
Matthew 18:18 - The Bible was not given the sole authority to bind and loose!
Matthew 28:18-20 - The Churches authority is Jesus' authority
1 John 4:6 - Anyone who knows God listens to the Church
Luke 10:16 - He who rejects the Church rejects Christ
Matthew 16:19 - The Church has power to legislate
Acts 15:28 - Decisions of the Church are decisions of the Holy Spirit
Acts 15:6-29 - Apostles and elders settle disputes authoritatively through councils
Acts 16:4 - People are to observe the decisions of the Apostles and elders
Acts 1:15-26 - The Apostles choose successors (bishops)
Titus 1:5 - Bishops appoint presbyters (priests)
1 Peter 5:5 - Be subject to the elders
Hebrews 13:17 - "Obey your leaders and submit to them"
John 10:16 - The Church must be one
Ephesians 4:4-5 - There is one body, one Lord, one faith and one baptism
Romans 16:17-18 - Avoid those who create dissensions
1 Corinthians 1:10 - There must be no divisions among you
Philippians 2:2 - Be in full accord and of one mind
John 17:20 - Jesus speaks of those who shall come to believe in Him by hearing
men, not the Bible!
John 10:1-10 - We hear Jesus through men who become shepherds of His sheep
because they entered the sheepfold through Jesus, the Gate!
John 17:21 - Jesus prayed that we would be one
Apostolic Succession test
John 21:15-17 - Jesus tells Peter to feed and tend His flock!
1 Peter 5:1-2 - Peter tells his fellow presbyters also to tend God's flock!
Ephesians 2:19-20 - The Church is built upon the foundation of the Apostles and
prophets .
Heb 5:1-4 - Every high priest is taken from among men and made their
representative before God...No one takes this honor upon himself but only when
called by God, just as Aaron was.
Exo 28:1 - Aaron was called to the Priesthood by God through his brother, Moses,
a human man and shepherd of Gods people!
Ephesians 4:11 - That some should be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and
teachers
Acts 1:23-26 - Matthias is chosen to replace Judas (Succession after one's Death)
Acts 9:26-30 - Paul is approved by the Apostles
Acts 14:14 - Paul and Barnabas are also called apostles
Titus 1:5 - Titus performs the duties of an apostle
1 Timothy 3:1-7 - Qualifications for bishops (successors to the apostles)
1 Timothy 4:14 - The office of bishop was conferred upon Timothy by the laying
on of hands.
2 Peter 1:15 - Peter will ensure that teachings are passed on after his death!
The Pope / Infallibility
John 1:42 - Simon is named Cephas (Peter) which means rock
1 Corinthians 1:12, 3:22, 9:5, 15:5, Galatians 2:9, 2:11, and 2:14 - Paul refers to
Peter as Cephas (Peter) which means "Rock"
Matthew 16:18 - Jesus builds His Church on Peter the rock
Matthew 16:19 - Jesus gives Peter the keys of the kingdom, the power to loose and
bind.
Matthew 16:19, Matthew 18:18 - Error would never be ratified in Heaven!
John 17:18 - Human men are sent into the world just as Jesus was sent, therefore
they teach just as He taught, in truth and with authority!
John 17:19 - Jesus ensures that human men are sanctified In Truth, and if
sanctified in the truth by Jesus, they can not teach otherwise!
John 21:15-17 - Jesus entrusts the care of His sheep to Peter.
Luke 22:32 - Jesus tells Peter to strengthen his brethren.
Acts 1:15-26 - Peter presided over the meeting that elected Matthias to replace
Judas.
Acts 2:14-42 - Peter preached the first public sermon (Pentecost)
Acts 3:6-8 - Peter performs the first miracle after Pentecost
Acts 5:1-11 - Peter inflicts the first punishment (Ananias and Saphira)
Acts 10:9-16 - It is revealed to Peter that Gentiles can be admitted into the Church
Acts 10:44-48 - Peter baptizes the first Gentiles
Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13 - Peter is always listed
first
The Bible Refutes "The Bible Alone" Authority!
* 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - Scripture is profitable for teaching, that the man of God may
be complete... (This verse is often quoted by Non-Catholics)
Acts 8:26-35 - But guidance is needed to interpret the Scriptures
Eph 3:10 The Wisdom of God may come through the Church:
That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and
powers in heavenly places through the church, (Not just the Bible)
1 Timothy 3:15 - The Church (not the Bible) is the pillar and foundation of truth
Acts 2:42 - Church followed apostolic teaching (no Bibles, printing press not
invented yet)
2 Peter 1:20 - Scripture is not a matter of ones own interpretation
2 Peter 3:16 - The ignorant and unstable twist Scripture to their own destruction
Proverbs 3:5 - Do not rely on your own insight
John 17:20 - Jesus speaks of those sheep who have come to believe in Him by
hearing men, not the Bible!
Luke 10:16 - Jesus tells us that we hear Him when we hear those men appointed
and sent by Him!
John 10:1-10 - We hear Jesus through men who become shepherds of His sheep
because they entered the sheepfold through Jesus, the Gate!
Tradition
* Matthew 15:3, Mark 6:8, Mark 7:9, and Colossians 2:8 - Human traditions
condemned (These verses are often quoted by Protestants without regard to the verses listed below)
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - Believers commanded to hold fast to Sacred Tradition
2 Thessalonians 3:6 - Shun those not living according to Sacred Tradition
1 Corinthians 11:2 - Corinthians commended for maintaining the traditions handed
down to them
Romans 16:17 - Avoid those who are in opposition to the doctrine which you have
been taught .
Eph 3:10 The Wisdom of God may come through the Church:
That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and
powers in heavenly places through the church, (Not just the Bible)
Luke 10:16 - Jesus tells us that we hear Him when we hear those men appointed
and sent by Him!
John 10:1-10 - We hear Jesus through men who become shepherds of His sheep
because they entered the sheepfold through Jesus, the Gate!
2 Peter 1:15 - Peter will ensure that teachings are passed on after his death!
2 Tim 2:2 - The Strongest Proof for passing on Sacred Tradition!
From Paul to Timothy,
From Timothy to faithful men,
From Faithful men to teach others,
Was meant to Continue
In all of the above proofs on Church Authority, Apostolic Succession and Sacred
Tradition, I have not found anything in Scripture that teaches that these things have
come to an end or will come to an end at some point, with the exception of when
Jesus, the Chief Shepherd, returns! (1 Peter 5:2-4)
Justification (By Faith alone, by works alone, or both? )
* Romans 1:17 - The just shall live by faith ,
Galatians 5:6 - "Faith working through love"
2 John 6 - Love is following His commandments
Romans 12:9-13 - "Let love be genuine, hold fast to what is good"
Acts 16:30-31 - Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved
John 3:36 - Not obeying is not believing
Mark 10:17 -"What must I do to be saved?"
Mark10:19-21 - Obey the commandments
1 John 2:3-5 - "He who says, 'I know him' but disobeys His commandments is a liar"
Revelation 20:12, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 2:2-8, 1 Peter 1:17 - We are judged
by our deeds .
Romans 2:13 - Doers of the law not hearers of the law will be justified
James 1:22-25- We are called to be doers of the word!
Matthew 7:21,24,26-, Luke 6:46-49- Not everyone who says, Lord, Lord, will be
saved, but only he who does the will of the Father!
James 2:14-26 - "Faith without works is dead"
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have
works? Can that faith save him?
17 So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead
18 Indeed someone might say, "You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate
your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from
my works.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and
tremble.
20 Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac
upon the altar?
22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed
by the works.
24 See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
26 For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
(Notice that the only place in Scripture where the word "alone" is used with
the word "faith" is in verse 24 above, to tell us the opposite of what "Sola
Fide" claims; namely, that justification is NOT by faith alone!)
Phil 2:12 - We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling!
Matthew 25:31-46 - The saved are those who feed the poor and cloth the naked
John 14:6 - Yes, Jesus is the only way to salvation .
Matthew 25:40 - But if you reject your neighbor, you reject Jesus !
John 14:15 & 21 - Notice, Jesus does not say, "If you love Me, have faith," but
rather He says, "If you love Me, Keep My Commandments!"
* Ephesians 2:8-9 - Yes, Catholics believe we are saved by grace, not our works ,
Matthew 25:14-30 - but we must put God's Graces to work! We can not be like the
wicked, lazy servant, who knew his Master was a demanding person, yet did
nothing with the talent, (grace), his Master gave him!
Matthew 7:21 - [that's why] Only those who do the will of the Father will enter the
kingdom ! Also, see Luke 12:47
Have You Been Saved? (Can Salvation be lost?)
*Ephesians 2:8, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 3:5-7 - I have been saved
Phillipians 2:12, 1 Corinthians 1:18 - I am being saved
1Peter 2-2 - We grow into salvation!
Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Titus 3:7, Phillipians 3:11-14 - I hope to be saved
1 Corinthians 9:25-27, Romans 11:22, Hebrews 10:26 - Salvation can be lost
2 John 8, Hebrews 6:4-8 - Salvation can be lost
1 Corinthians 4:2-5 - Paul does not even claim to be saved !
John 15:5 - Jesus is the vine, we are the branches...
John 15:2 - Branches that are IN Jesus can be cut away if they do not bear fruit!
Regenerative Baptism
John 3:5 - You must be born of water and of Spirit to enter the kingdom
Acts 2:38 - Repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins
Titus 3:5 - We are saved by the washing of regeneration
Acts 22:16 - "Be baptized and wash away your sins"
Romans 6:4 - "We were baptized into Christ's death that we might walk in newness
of life"
1 Peter 3:21 - "Baptism now saves you"
Infant Baptism
Colossians 2:11-12 - Baptism replaces circumcision
Genesis 17:12 - Circumcision took place on the eighth day after birth
Mark 10:14 - Children can receive spiritual benefits
Luke 18:15 - "Now they were bringing even infants to Him"
Acts 16:15 - She was baptized with all her household (children?)
Acts 16:33 - He was baptized with all his family (children?)
1 Corinthians 1:16 - Paul baptized the household of Stephanus (children?)
Acts 2:39-39 - Be baptized, "the promise is to you and to your children"
Sunday Worship
Colossians 2:14-16 - Christians are not to be judged for not observing the Jewish
Sabbath
Romans 6:14 - Christians are not bound by Jewish ceremonial law
Galatians 4:9-11 - Paul considers adherence to the Jewish days of observance as
possible evidence of straying from the faith
Acts 20:7 - The disciples met on the first day of the week (Sunday) to break bread
(celebrate the Eucharist)
1 Corinthians 16:2 - The Corinthians collected money for the Church on the first
day of the week (Sunday)
The Mass
Heb 5:1-4 - Priesthood is, (present tense) ordained to offer up gifts and sacrifices
for sins! (No man takes this honor for himself!) This is the Catholic Mass
Celebrated by the Catholic Priest through the Ordination of Holy Orders by the
laying on of hands from the time of the Apostles!
Malachi 1:11 - Foresees a pure sacrifice that takes place among the nations (Jews
& Gentiles)
Matthew 26:26-28 - At the Last Supper Jesus broke the bread and gave it to His
disciples
Acts 2:42 - The early church devoted itself to the Apostles teaching and the
breaking of bread
Acts 2:46 - They attended temple (Liturgy of the Word) and broke bread (Liturgy
of the Eucharist)
Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Exodus 12:8, 46, Leviticus 6:17-19 - Under the Old Covenant the sacrificial lamb
was eaten
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Jesus is the sacrificial lamb of the New Covenant
John 6:53 - Under the New Covenant the sacrificial lamb must also be eaten
John 6:35-71 - The Eucharist is promised
John 6:35, 48, 51 - Jesus says, "I am the Bread of Life"
John 6:51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 - Jesus says, "The bread which I give is my flesh"
John 6:66 - Jesus disciples took him literally and He didn't correct them
Isaiah 9:20 - To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Isaiah 49:26 - To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Micah 3:3 - To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Matthew 26:26-28 - The Eucharist is instituted, "This is my body this is my blood"
1 Corinthians 10:16 - The bread and wine are a participation in the body and blood
of Christ
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 - This is my body this is my blood
1 Corinthians 11:27-29 - Receiving unworthily is profaning the body and blood of
the Lord
Confession / Reconciliation
Mark 2:5 - Jesus forgives sins
John 20:21 - Jesus says: "As I have been sent so I send you"
2 Corinthians 5:18 - Christ gave us the ministry of reconciliation
John 20:23 - If you (the apostles and their successors) forgive the sins of any they
are forgiven
John 20:23 - If you (the apostles and their successors) retain the sins of any they
are retained
Romans 2:4 - "Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to lead you to
repentance?"
Acts 3:19 - Repentance needed for forgiveness
Matthew 6:15 - Believers may not retain the sins of anyone
Purgatory
Numbers 20:12 - Moses and Aaron, though forgiven, are still punished
2 Samuel 12:13-14 - David, though forgiven, is still punished
1 John 5:16-17 - There is sin that is not deadly
Revelation 21:27 - Nothing unclean shall enter heaven
Hebrews 12:23 - All in heaven have been made perfect
Matthew 12:36 - "On judgment day men will account for every careless word they
utter"
Matthew 18:23-35 - In the kingdom of heaven you will remain in prison until your
debt is paid
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 - Fire will test each ones work. He will be saved but only as
through fire
Luke 12:41-48 - There are different degrees of punishment after death
2 Maccabees 12:42-45 - He prayed for the dead that they might be freed from their
sin
2 Timothy 1:16-18 - Paul prays for his dead friend Onesiphorus
Praying to Saints
* Deuteronomy 18:10-11 - Critics liken praying to saints to divination
1 Samuel 28:3-14 - Divination is conjuring information from the dead (not asking
for their prayers)
* 1 Timothy 2:5- "There is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus"
Hebrews 9:15 - Specifically: "He [Jesus] is the mediator of a new covenant" (when
someone prays for you they are not mediating a new covenant)
1 Corinthians 12:13 - "We were all baptized into one body"
Romans 12:5 - We are one body and individually members of one another
Colossians 1:18 - Christ is the head of the body
Romans 8:35-39 - Death cannot separate us from Christ (or the rest of the body
either)
1 Corinthians 12:26 - If one suffers all suffer
Galatians 6:2 - We are to bear one another's burdens
James 5:16 - We are to pray for one another
James 5:16 - The prayer of the righteous has great power
Luke 15:7 - Those in heaven (very righteous) care for us
Revelation 4:8 - Those in heaven pray constantly
Matthew 18:10 - The angels pray for us
Revelation 5:8 - The angels and saints present our prayers to God
Revelation 8:3-4 - The angels add their prayers to ours and present them to God
Tobit 12:12 - An angel presented Tobit and Sarah's prayer to God
2 Maccabees 15:11-14 - The deceased Onias and Jeremiah pray for Israel
Mary Ever-Virgin
* Matthew 1:25 - Joseph knew her not until she had born a son .
The word until in Greek does not imply that Mary stopped being a virgin after the
birth of Jesus! . If it did, then we can also say that in Hebrews 1:13, Jesus will stop
sitting at the right hand of God the Father after He makes His enemies His
footstool! (Heb 1:13 "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your
footstool")
1 Cor 15:25 Will the reign of Jesus stop? (For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet.) Also see Acts 2:35, Matt 22:44 and Mark 12:36
Matthew 13:55 - "Are not His [Jesus] brethren James and Joseph and Simon and
Judas?"
Matthew 27:56 - Mary the mother of James and Joseph is also -
John 19:25 - Mary the wife of Clopas (not Joseph)
Matthew 28:10 - Jesus said, "Tell my brethren to go to Galilee and there they will
see me"
Matthew 28:16 - "The eleven disciples went to Galilee" (Are they His siblings too?)
Mark 6:3 - Jesus is the son of Mary not a son of Mary
John 19:26-27 - Jesus entrusted the care of His mother to the apostle John as He
had no siblings
The Immaculate Conception of Mary (Mary was conceived without sin!)
Genesis 3:15 - Enmity between Satan and Mary (if she sinned there would be no
enmity)
* Romans 3:23 - All have sinned (Paul is saying there is no advantage for Jew or
Gentile)
Luke 1:28 - "Hail full of grace," in Greek indicates something that was completed
in the past
* Luke 1:47 - "My spirit rejoices in God my savior" (Jesus saved Mary by
preserving her from sin)
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
Psalms 16:10 - Jesus would never allow His mother to rot in a grave!
2 Kings 2:1-13 - Elijah is assumed into heaven
Hebrews 11:5 - Enoch is assumed into heaven
John 5:28-29 - All of the righteous will be assumed into heaven
The Mother of God
(Side Note: Catholics fulfill Mary's prophecy in Luke 1:48 by calling her blessed!)
Luke 1:43 - Elizabeth calls her "The mother of my Lord" Jesus is Lord because He
is God !
Statues and Images
* Exodus 20:4-5 - "You shall not make a graven image…you shall not bow down
and serve them"
Exodus 25:18 - "And you shall make two cherubim of gold (for the Ark of the
Covenant)"
Exodus 26:1 - The curtains around the ark have cherubim on them
Exodus 26:31 - The linen veil had cherubim placed on it
Numbers 21:8-9 - The Lord tells Moses to make the bronze serpent (did He forget
Exodus 20?)
1 Kings 6:23 - By God's design the temple had engraved cherubim
1 Kings 6:35 - Doors in the temple had Cherubim, flowers and palm trees carved
on them
1 Kings 7:25-45 - By God's design the temple had bronze oxen and lions
Relics
2 Kings 13:20-21 - A dead man comes to life after touching the bones of Elisha
Matthew 9:20-22 - A woman is cured by touching Jesus' garment
Acts 19:11-12 - People were healed by handkerchiefs or aprons that touched Paul
Holy Medals and Scapulars
Numbers 15:37-40 - The Israelites wore reminders of God
The Trinity
Genesis 18:1-2 - "And the Lord appeared to him…he beheld three men"
Genesis 1:26-27 - God says: "Let us make man in our image…God made man in
His image"
Matthew 28:19 - "Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit" (Notice, "name" is singular; One God, yet three Persons!)
2 Corinthians 13:14 - "The grace of Jesus, the love of God and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit"
Jesus is God
Isaiah 9:6 - Prophecy concerning Jesus: "He will be called…Mighty God"
John 1:1 - Jesus is the Word and the Word is God
John 1:3 , Col 1:16 - All things, even angels, were created through Jesus, the Word;
therefore, Jesus is not a "created" being, nor Michael the Archangel, nor any other
creature! In order for all things, visible and invisible, to be created through Jesus,
He would have to exist before any created thing or creature! To say that Jesus is a
created being, such as Michael the Archangel, is like saying that Jesus was created
through Jesus! (Jehovahs Witnesses claim & believe that Jesus is Michael the
Archangel, a created being!)
John 8:58 - Jesus claims to be the great "I Am" (God, Exodus 3:14)
John 10:30-33 - Jesus said: "The Father and I are one"
John 10:38 - Jesus said: "I am in the Father and the Father is in me"
John 14:9 - Jesus said: "He who has seen me has seen the Father"
John 20:28 - Jesus accepts Thomas calling Him "My Lord and my God"
Colossians 2:9 - "In Him [Jesus} dwells the fullness of deity"
Titus 2:13 - "Awaiting our great God and Savior Jesus Christ"
The Holy Spirit is God
Acts 5:3-4 - Lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 - "The Lord is the Spirit"
The Holy Spirit is a Person Not a Force
John 14:26 - The Holy Spirit will teach you all things
Acts 8:29 - "And the Spirit said to Philip"
Acts 13:2 - "The Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul'"
Romans 8:27 - "The Spirit intercedes for the saints"
1 Corinthians 2:11 - "No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit"
1 Corinthians 12:11 - "The Spirit apportions to each one as He wills"
Ephesians 4:30 - "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit"
Confirmation
Acts 8:14-17 - Peter and John pray for baptized Samaritans to receive the Holy
Spirit
Acts 19:5-6 - Paul lays hands on those already baptized and they receive the Holy
Spirit
Holy Orders
Luke 22:17-19 - Jesus institutes the priesthood at the Last Supper
John 20:22 - The Apostles are given the authority to forgive sin
Titus 1:5 - Bishops appoint presbyters (priests)
Acts 6:2-6 - The first deacons are ordained
Acts 14:23 - Paul and Barnabas appoint elders for the churches at Derbe
Titus 1:5 - Titus, a bishop, is to appoint presbyters (priests) in every town
Celibacy
* 1 Timothy 4:1-3 - Forbidding marriage is a doctrine of demons
Ephesians 5:21-33 - Marriage is good, a symbol of Christ and His Church
Matthew 19:12 - Jesus praises celibacy
1 Corinthians 7:8 - The apostle Paul was celibate
1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Celibacy is recommended for those in ministry
Anointing of the Sick
Mark 6:13 - The Apostles anointed the sick with oil and healed them
James 5:14-15 - The presbyters (priests) pray over and anoint the sick with oil
Chastity
Mark 7:21-23 - Fornication is called evil
1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee fornication, it is a sin against your body
1 Corinthians 6:19 - Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. You are not your own
1 Corinthians 6:20 - You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body
1 Thessalonians 4:3- Abstain from fornication, control your body in holiness not in
lust
1 Corinthians 7:1 - It is well for a man not to touch a woman
1 Corinthians 7:2 - Because of the temptation to immorality each man should have
his own wife
1 Corinthians 7:2 - And each woman her own husband
Galatians 5:19-21 - Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity...
those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Ephesians 5:5 - No fornicator has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of
God
Revelation 22:15 - Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and
murderers...
Colossians 3:5-6 - Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication,
impurity...
Matrimony
Matthew 19:5 - A man leaves his father and mother to be joined to his wife
Matthew 19:6 - What God has joined together let no man put asunder
Ephesians 5:21-33 - Marriage is an image of the relationship between Christ and
His Church
Artificial Birth Control
Genesis 1:28 - Adam and Eve told by God to be fruitful and multiply
Genesis 38:9-10 - Onan killed for spilling his seed on the ground
Galatians 5:20 - The word sorcery, pharmekeia in Greek, refers to abortifacient
potions
Divorce and Remarriage
Malachi 2:14-16 - "For I hate divorce says the Lord"
Matthew 5:31-32 - "Whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery"
Matthew 19:9 - Whoever divorces and marries another commits adultery
Mark 10:10-12 - Whoever divorces and marries another commits adultery
Luke 16:18 - Divorce and remarriage is adultery
Romans 7:2-3 - A woman is bound to her husband for life. If she lives with another,
it's adultery
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 - When divorce is necessary remain single or reconcile
Homosexuality
Genesis 2:18 - It is not good that man should be alone
Genesis 2:18 - I will make him a helper fit for him
Genesis 1:27 - Male and female He created them
Genesis 1:28 - He said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply"
Genesis 2:24 - Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and cleaves to his wife
Leviticus 18:22 - You shall not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an
abomination
Romans 1:27 - Homosexuality called unnatural and shameless
1 Corinthians 6:9 - Practicing homosexuals will not go to heaven
Matthew 25:31-45 - Jesus is the one who will judge (that is not the job of believers)
Matthew 19:19 - You shall love your neighbor as yourself (homosexuals are your
neighbors)
The Rapture
* 1 Thessalonians 4:17 - We shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air
* Matthew 24:40 - Two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left
Matthew 24:47 - One man is rewarded (salvation)
Matthew 24:51 - The other is punished (hell) (that leaves no one on earth)
1 Thessalonians 4:15 - Jesus is coming back once more (not twice for a rapture and
judgment)
Acts 3:20-21 - Jesus must stay in heaven until that time
Acts 1:11 - When He returns He will be coming all the way down to the earth (not
hover above it)
Matthew 25:31-45 - When He comes He will come to judge the living and the dead
Matthew 25:46 - Some go to eternal punishment, some to eternal life (no one left
on earth)
* Denotes a verse that is used in opposition to Catholic teaching
The Establishment and Authority of the Church
Matthew 16:18 - Jesus established and protects His Church
Matthew 28:20 - Jesus promises to be with His Church always
John 16:13 - The Holy Spirit guides the Church into all truth
Eph 3:10 -The Wisdom of God may come through the Church:
That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and
powers in heavenly places through the church, (Not just the Bible)
1 Timothy 3:15 - The Church (not the Bible) is the pillar and foundation of truth
Matthew 18:17 - Tell it to the Church, not the Bible!(The Bible is not the sole rule
of Authority!)
Matthew 18:17 - If someone refuses to listen to the Church cast him out ! 17 If he
refuses to listen even to the church...(Notice the use of the word,"even" in this
verse, as if the author would be astounded that a man would not listen even to the
Church!)
Matthew 18:18 - The Bible was not given the sole authority to bind and loose!
Matthew 28:18-20 - The Churches authority is Jesus' authority
1 John 4:6 - Anyone who knows God listens to the Church
Luke 10:16 - He who rejects the Church rejects Christ
Matthew 16:19 - The Church has power to legislate
Acts 15:28 - Decisions of the Church are decisions of the Holy Spirit
Acts 15:6-29 - Apostles and elders settle disputes authoritatively through councils
Acts 16:4 - People are to observe the decisions of the Apostles and elders
Acts 1:15-26 - The Apostles choose successors (bishops)
Titus 1:5 - Bishops appoint presbyters (priests)
1 Peter 5:5 - Be subject to the elders
Hebrews 13:17 - "Obey your leaders and submit to them"
John 10:16 - The Church must be one
Ephesians 4:4-5 - There is one body, one Lord, one faith and one baptism
Romans 16:17-18 - Avoid those who create dissensions
1 Corinthians 1:10 - There must be no divisions among you
Philippians 2:2 - Be in full accord and of one mind
John 17:20 - Jesus speaks of those who shall come to believe in Him by hearing
men, not the Bible!
John 10:1-10 - We hear Jesus through men who become shepherds of His sheep
because they entered the sheepfold through Jesus, the Gate!
John 17:21 - Jesus prayed that we would be one
Apostolic Succession test
John 21:15-17 - Jesus tells Peter to feed and tend His flock!
1 Peter 5:1-2 - Peter tells his fellow presbyters also to tend God's flock!
Ephesians 2:19-20 - The Church is built upon the foundation of the Apostles and
prophets .
Heb 5:1-4 - Every high priest is taken from among men and made their
representative before God...No one takes this honor upon himself but only when
called by God, just as Aaron was.
Exo 28:1 - Aaron was called to the Priesthood by God through his brother, Moses,
a human man and shepherd of Gods people!
Ephesians 4:11 - That some should be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and
teachers
Acts 1:23-26 - Matthias is chosen to replace Judas (Succession after one's Death)
Acts 9:26-30 - Paul is approved by the Apostles
Acts 14:14 - Paul and Barnabas are also called apostles
Titus 1:5 - Titus performs the duties of an apostle
1 Timothy 3:1-7 - Qualifications for bishops (successors to the apostles)
1 Timothy 4:14 - The office of bishop was conferred upon Timothy by the laying
on of hands.
2 Peter 1:15 - Peter will ensure that teachings are passed on after his death!
The Pope / Infallibility
John 1:42 - Simon is named Cephas (Peter) which means rock
1 Corinthians 1:12, 3:22, 9:5, 15:5, Galatians 2:9, 2:11, and 2:14 - Paul refers to
Peter as Cephas (Peter) which means "Rock"
Matthew 16:18 - Jesus builds His Church on Peter the rock
Matthew 16:19 - Jesus gives Peter the keys of the kingdom, the power to loose and
bind.
Matthew 16:19, Matthew 18:18 - Error would never be ratified in Heaven!
John 17:18 - Human men are sent into the world just as Jesus was sent, therefore
they teach just as He taught, in truth and with authority!
John 17:19 - Jesus ensures that human men are sanctified In Truth, and if
sanctified in the truth by Jesus, they can not teach otherwise!
John 21:15-17 - Jesus entrusts the care of His sheep to Peter.
Luke 22:32 - Jesus tells Peter to strengthen his brethren.
Acts 1:15-26 - Peter presided over the meeting that elected Matthias to replace
Judas.
Acts 2:14-42 - Peter preached the first public sermon (Pentecost)
Acts 3:6-8 - Peter performs the first miracle after Pentecost
Acts 5:1-11 - Peter inflicts the first punishment (Ananias and Saphira)
Acts 10:9-16 - It is revealed to Peter that Gentiles can be admitted into the Church
Acts 10:44-48 - Peter baptizes the first Gentiles
Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13 - Peter is always listed
first
The Bible Refutes "The Bible Alone" Authority!
* 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - Scripture is profitable for teaching, that the man of God may
be complete... (This verse is often quoted by Non-Catholics)
Acts 8:26-35 - But guidance is needed to interpret the Scriptures
Eph 3:10 The Wisdom of God may come through the Church:
That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and
powers in heavenly places through the church, (Not just the Bible)
1 Timothy 3:15 - The Church (not the Bible) is the pillar and foundation of truth
Acts 2:42 - Church followed apostolic teaching (no Bibles, printing press not
invented yet)
2 Peter 1:20 - Scripture is not a matter of ones own interpretation
2 Peter 3:16 - The ignorant and unstable twist Scripture to their own destruction
Proverbs 3:5 - Do not rely on your own insight
John 17:20 - Jesus speaks of those sheep who have come to believe in Him by
hearing men, not the Bible!
Luke 10:16 - Jesus tells us that we hear Him when we hear those men appointed
and sent by Him!
John 10:1-10 - We hear Jesus through men who become shepherds of His sheep
because they entered the sheepfold through Jesus, the Gate!
Tradition
* Matthew 15:3, Mark 6:8, Mark 7:9, and Colossians 2:8 - Human traditions
condemned (These verses are often quoted by Protestants without regard to the verses listed below)
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - Believers commanded to hold fast to Sacred Tradition
2 Thessalonians 3:6 - Shun those not living according to Sacred Tradition
1 Corinthians 11:2 - Corinthians commended for maintaining the traditions handed
down to them
Romans 16:17 - Avoid those who are in opposition to the doctrine which you have
been taught .
Eph 3:10 The Wisdom of God may come through the Church:
That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and
powers in heavenly places through the church, (Not just the Bible)
Luke 10:16 - Jesus tells us that we hear Him when we hear those men appointed
and sent by Him!
John 10:1-10 - We hear Jesus through men who become shepherds of His sheep
because they entered the sheepfold through Jesus, the Gate!
2 Peter 1:15 - Peter will ensure that teachings are passed on after his death!
2 Tim 2:2 - The Strongest Proof for passing on Sacred Tradition!
From Paul to Timothy,
From Timothy to faithful men,
From Faithful men to teach others,
Was meant to Continue
In all of the above proofs on Church Authority, Apostolic Succession and Sacred
Tradition, I have not found anything in Scripture that teaches that these things have
come to an end or will come to an end at some point, with the exception of when
Jesus, the Chief Shepherd, returns! (1 Peter 5:2-4)
Justification (By Faith alone, by works alone, or both? )
* Romans 1:17 - The just shall live by faith ,
Galatians 5:6 - "Faith working through love"
2 John 6 - Love is following His commandments
Romans 12:9-13 - "Let love be genuine, hold fast to what is good"
Acts 16:30-31 - Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved
John 3:36 - Not obeying is not believing
Mark 10:17 -"What must I do to be saved?"
Mark10:19-21 - Obey the commandments
1 John 2:3-5 - "He who says, 'I know him' but disobeys His commandments is a liar"
Revelation 20:12, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 2:2-8, 1 Peter 1:17 - We are judged
by our deeds .
Romans 2:13 - Doers of the law not hearers of the law will be justified
James 1:22-25- We are called to be doers of the word!
Matthew 7:21,24,26-, Luke 6:46-49- Not everyone who says, Lord, Lord, will be
saved, but only he who does the will of the Father!
James 2:14-26 - "Faith without works is dead"
14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have
works? Can that faith save him?
17 So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead
18 Indeed someone might say, "You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate
your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from
my works.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and
tremble.
20 Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac
upon the altar?
22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed
by the works.
24 See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
26 For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
(Notice that the only place in Scripture where the word "alone" is used with
the word "faith" is in verse 24 above, to tell us the opposite of what "Sola
Fide" claims; namely, that justification is NOT by faith alone!)
Phil 2:12 - We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling!
Matthew 25:31-46 - The saved are those who feed the poor and cloth the naked
John 14:6 - Yes, Jesus is the only way to salvation .
Matthew 25:40 - But if you reject your neighbor, you reject Jesus !
John 14:15 & 21 - Notice, Jesus does not say, "If you love Me, have faith," but
rather He says, "If you love Me, Keep My Commandments!"
* Ephesians 2:8-9 - Yes, Catholics believe we are saved by grace, not our works ,
Matthew 25:14-30 - but we must put God's Graces to work! We can not be like the
wicked, lazy servant, who knew his Master was a demanding person, yet did
nothing with the talent, (grace), his Master gave him!
Matthew 7:21 - [that's why] Only those who do the will of the Father will enter the
kingdom ! Also, see Luke 12:47
Have You Been Saved? (Can Salvation be lost?)
*Ephesians 2:8, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 3:5-7 - I have been saved
Phillipians 2:12, 1 Corinthians 1:18 - I am being saved
1Peter 2-2 - We grow into salvation!
Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Titus 3:7, Phillipians 3:11-14 - I hope to be saved
1 Corinthians 9:25-27, Romans 11:22, Hebrews 10:26 - Salvation can be lost
2 John 8, Hebrews 6:4-8 - Salvation can be lost
1 Corinthians 4:2-5 - Paul does not even claim to be saved !
John 15:5 - Jesus is the vine, we are the branches...
John 15:2 - Branches that are IN Jesus can be cut away if they do not bear fruit!
Regenerative Baptism
John 3:5 - You must be born of water and of Spirit to enter the kingdom
Acts 2:38 - Repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins
Titus 3:5 - We are saved by the washing of regeneration
Acts 22:16 - "Be baptized and wash away your sins"
Romans 6:4 - "We were baptized into Christ's death that we might walk in newness
of life"
1 Peter 3:21 - "Baptism now saves you"
Infant Baptism
Colossians 2:11-12 - Baptism replaces circumcision
Genesis 17:12 - Circumcision took place on the eighth day after birth
Mark 10:14 - Children can receive spiritual benefits
Luke 18:15 - "Now they were bringing even infants to Him"
Acts 16:15 - She was baptized with all her household (children?)
Acts 16:33 - He was baptized with all his family (children?)
1 Corinthians 1:16 - Paul baptized the household of Stephanus (children?)
Acts 2:39-39 - Be baptized, "the promise is to you and to your children"
Sunday Worship
Colossians 2:14-16 - Christians are not to be judged for not observing the Jewish
Sabbath
Romans 6:14 - Christians are not bound by Jewish ceremonial law
Galatians 4:9-11 - Paul considers adherence to the Jewish days of observance as
possible evidence of straying from the faith
Acts 20:7 - The disciples met on the first day of the week (Sunday) to break bread
(celebrate the Eucharist)
1 Corinthians 16:2 - The Corinthians collected money for the Church on the first
day of the week (Sunday)
The Mass
Heb 5:1-4 - Priesthood is, (present tense) ordained to offer up gifts and sacrifices
for sins! (No man takes this honor for himself!) This is the Catholic Mass
Celebrated by the Catholic Priest through the Ordination of Holy Orders by the
laying on of hands from the time of the Apostles!
Malachi 1:11 - Foresees a pure sacrifice that takes place among the nations (Jews
& Gentiles)
Matthew 26:26-28 - At the Last Supper Jesus broke the bread and gave it to His
disciples
Acts 2:42 - The early church devoted itself to the Apostles teaching and the
breaking of bread
Acts 2:46 - They attended temple (Liturgy of the Word) and broke bread (Liturgy
of the Eucharist)
Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Exodus 12:8, 46, Leviticus 6:17-19 - Under the Old Covenant the sacrificial lamb
was eaten
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Jesus is the sacrificial lamb of the New Covenant
John 6:53 - Under the New Covenant the sacrificial lamb must also be eaten
John 6:35-71 - The Eucharist is promised
John 6:35, 48, 51 - Jesus says, "I am the Bread of Life"
John 6:51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 - Jesus says, "The bread which I give is my flesh"
John 6:66 - Jesus disciples took him literally and He didn't correct them
Isaiah 9:20 - To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Isaiah 49:26 - To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Micah 3:3 - To symbolically eat ones flesh meant to do harm
Matthew 26:26-28 - The Eucharist is instituted, "This is my body this is my blood"
1 Corinthians 10:16 - The bread and wine are a participation in the body and blood
of Christ
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 - This is my body this is my blood
1 Corinthians 11:27-29 - Receiving unworthily is profaning the body and blood of
the Lord
Confession / Reconciliation
Mark 2:5 - Jesus forgives sins
John 20:21 - Jesus says: "As I have been sent so I send you"
2 Corinthians 5:18 - Christ gave us the ministry of reconciliation
John 20:23 - If you (the apostles and their successors) forgive the sins of any they
are forgiven
John 20:23 - If you (the apostles and their successors) retain the sins of any they
are retained
Romans 2:4 - "Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to lead you to
repentance?"
Acts 3:19 - Repentance needed for forgiveness
Matthew 6:15 - Believers may not retain the sins of anyone
Purgatory
Numbers 20:12 - Moses and Aaron, though forgiven, are still punished
2 Samuel 12:13-14 - David, though forgiven, is still punished
1 John 5:16-17 - There is sin that is not deadly
Revelation 21:27 - Nothing unclean shall enter heaven
Hebrews 12:23 - All in heaven have been made perfect
Matthew 12:36 - "On judgment day men will account for every careless word they
utter"
Matthew 18:23-35 - In the kingdom of heaven you will remain in prison until your
debt is paid
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 - Fire will test each ones work. He will be saved but only as
through fire
Luke 12:41-48 - There are different degrees of punishment after death
2 Maccabees 12:42-45 - He prayed for the dead that they might be freed from their
sin
2 Timothy 1:16-18 - Paul prays for his dead friend Onesiphorus
Praying to Saints
* Deuteronomy 18:10-11 - Critics liken praying to saints to divination
1 Samuel 28:3-14 - Divination is conjuring information from the dead (not asking
for their prayers)
* 1 Timothy 2:5- "There is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus"
Hebrews 9:15 - Specifically: "He [Jesus] is the mediator of a new covenant" (when
someone prays for you they are not mediating a new covenant)
1 Corinthians 12:13 - "We were all baptized into one body"
Romans 12:5 - We are one body and individually members of one another
Colossians 1:18 - Christ is the head of the body
Romans 8:35-39 - Death cannot separate us from Christ (or the rest of the body
either)
1 Corinthians 12:26 - If one suffers all suffer
Galatians 6:2 - We are to bear one another's burdens
James 5:16 - We are to pray for one another
James 5:16 - The prayer of the righteous has great power
Luke 15:7 - Those in heaven (very righteous) care for us
Revelation 4:8 - Those in heaven pray constantly
Matthew 18:10 - The angels pray for us
Revelation 5:8 - The angels and saints present our prayers to God
Revelation 8:3-4 - The angels add their prayers to ours and present them to God
Tobit 12:12 - An angel presented Tobit and Sarah's prayer to God
2 Maccabees 15:11-14 - The deceased Onias and Jeremiah pray for Israel
Mary Ever-Virgin
* Matthew 1:25 - Joseph knew her not until she had born a son .
The word until in Greek does not imply that Mary stopped being a virgin after the
birth of Jesus! . If it did, then we can also say that in Hebrews 1:13, Jesus will stop
sitting at the right hand of God the Father after He makes His enemies His
footstool! (Heb 1:13 "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your
footstool")
1 Cor 15:25 Will the reign of Jesus stop? (For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet.) Also see Acts 2:35, Matt 22:44 and Mark 12:36
Matthew 13:55 - "Are not His [Jesus] brethren James and Joseph and Simon and
Judas?"
Matthew 27:56 - Mary the mother of James and Joseph is also -
John 19:25 - Mary the wife of Clopas (not Joseph)
Matthew 28:10 - Jesus said, "Tell my brethren to go to Galilee and there they will
see me"
Matthew 28:16 - "The eleven disciples went to Galilee" (Are they His siblings too?)
Mark 6:3 - Jesus is the son of Mary not a son of Mary
John 19:26-27 - Jesus entrusted the care of His mother to the apostle John as He
had no siblings
The Immaculate Conception of Mary (Mary was conceived without sin!)
Genesis 3:15 - Enmity between Satan and Mary (if she sinned there would be no
enmity)
* Romans 3:23 - All have sinned (Paul is saying there is no advantage for Jew or
Gentile)
Luke 1:28 - "Hail full of grace," in Greek indicates something that was completed
in the past
* Luke 1:47 - "My spirit rejoices in God my savior" (Jesus saved Mary by
preserving her from sin)
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
Psalms 16:10 - Jesus would never allow His mother to rot in a grave!
2 Kings 2:1-13 - Elijah is assumed into heaven
Hebrews 11:5 - Enoch is assumed into heaven
John 5:28-29 - All of the righteous will be assumed into heaven
The Mother of God
(Side Note: Catholics fulfill Mary's prophecy in Luke 1:48 by calling her blessed!)
Luke 1:43 - Elizabeth calls her "The mother of my Lord" Jesus is Lord because He
is God !
Statues and Images
* Exodus 20:4-5 - "You shall not make a graven image…you shall not bow down
and serve them"
Exodus 25:18 - "And you shall make two cherubim of gold (for the Ark of the
Covenant)"
Exodus 26:1 - The curtains around the ark have cherubim on them
Exodus 26:31 - The linen veil had cherubim placed on it
Numbers 21:8-9 - The Lord tells Moses to make the bronze serpent (did He forget
Exodus 20?)
1 Kings 6:23 - By God's design the temple had engraved cherubim
1 Kings 6:35 - Doors in the temple had Cherubim, flowers and palm trees carved
on them
1 Kings 7:25-45 - By God's design the temple had bronze oxen and lions
Relics
2 Kings 13:20-21 - A dead man comes to life after touching the bones of Elisha
Matthew 9:20-22 - A woman is cured by touching Jesus' garment
Acts 19:11-12 - People were healed by handkerchiefs or aprons that touched Paul
Holy Medals and Scapulars
Numbers 15:37-40 - The Israelites wore reminders of God
The Trinity
Genesis 18:1-2 - "And the Lord appeared to him…he beheld three men"
Genesis 1:26-27 - God says: "Let us make man in our image…God made man in
His image"
Matthew 28:19 - "Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit" (Notice, "name" is singular; One God, yet three Persons!)
2 Corinthians 13:14 - "The grace of Jesus, the love of God and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit"
Jesus is God
Isaiah 9:6 - Prophecy concerning Jesus: "He will be called…Mighty God"
John 1:1 - Jesus is the Word and the Word is God
John 1:3 , Col 1:16 - All things, even angels, were created through Jesus, the Word;
therefore, Jesus is not a "created" being, nor Michael the Archangel, nor any other
creature! In order for all things, visible and invisible, to be created through Jesus,
He would have to exist before any created thing or creature! To say that Jesus is a
created being, such as Michael the Archangel, is like saying that Jesus was created
through Jesus! (Jehovahs Witnesses claim & believe that Jesus is Michael the
Archangel, a created being!)
John 8:58 - Jesus claims to be the great "I Am" (God, Exodus 3:14)
John 10:30-33 - Jesus said: "The Father and I are one"
John 10:38 - Jesus said: "I am in the Father and the Father is in me"
John 14:9 - Jesus said: "He who has seen me has seen the Father"
John 20:28 - Jesus accepts Thomas calling Him "My Lord and my God"
Colossians 2:9 - "In Him [Jesus} dwells the fullness of deity"
Titus 2:13 - "Awaiting our great God and Savior Jesus Christ"
The Holy Spirit is God
Acts 5:3-4 - Lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 - "The Lord is the Spirit"
The Holy Spirit is a Person Not a Force
John 14:26 - The Holy Spirit will teach you all things
Acts 8:29 - "And the Spirit said to Philip"
Acts 13:2 - "The Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul'"
Romans 8:27 - "The Spirit intercedes for the saints"
1 Corinthians 2:11 - "No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit"
1 Corinthians 12:11 - "The Spirit apportions to each one as He wills"
Ephesians 4:30 - "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit"
Confirmation
Acts 8:14-17 - Peter and John pray for baptized Samaritans to receive the Holy
Spirit
Acts 19:5-6 - Paul lays hands on those already baptized and they receive the Holy
Spirit
Holy Orders
Luke 22:17-19 - Jesus institutes the priesthood at the Last Supper
John 20:22 - The Apostles are given the authority to forgive sin
Titus 1:5 - Bishops appoint presbyters (priests)
Acts 6:2-6 - The first deacons are ordained
Acts 14:23 - Paul and Barnabas appoint elders for the churches at Derbe
Titus 1:5 - Titus, a bishop, is to appoint presbyters (priests) in every town
Celibacy
* 1 Timothy 4:1-3 - Forbidding marriage is a doctrine of demons
Ephesians 5:21-33 - Marriage is good, a symbol of Christ and His Church
Matthew 19:12 - Jesus praises celibacy
1 Corinthians 7:8 - The apostle Paul was celibate
1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Celibacy is recommended for those in ministry
Anointing of the Sick
Mark 6:13 - The Apostles anointed the sick with oil and healed them
James 5:14-15 - The presbyters (priests) pray over and anoint the sick with oil
Chastity
Mark 7:21-23 - Fornication is called evil
1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee fornication, it is a sin against your body
1 Corinthians 6:19 - Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. You are not your own
1 Corinthians 6:20 - You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body
1 Thessalonians 4:3- Abstain from fornication, control your body in holiness not in
lust
1 Corinthians 7:1 - It is well for a man not to touch a woman
1 Corinthians 7:2 - Because of the temptation to immorality each man should have
his own wife
1 Corinthians 7:2 - And each woman her own husband
Galatians 5:19-21 - Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity...
those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Ephesians 5:5 - No fornicator has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of
God
Revelation 22:15 - Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and
murderers...
Colossians 3:5-6 - Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication,
impurity...
Matrimony
Matthew 19:5 - A man leaves his father and mother to be joined to his wife
Matthew 19:6 - What God has joined together let no man put asunder
Ephesians 5:21-33 - Marriage is an image of the relationship between Christ and
His Church
Artificial Birth Control
Genesis 1:28 - Adam and Eve told by God to be fruitful and multiply
Genesis 38:9-10 - Onan killed for spilling his seed on the ground
Galatians 5:20 - The word sorcery, pharmekeia in Greek, refers to abortifacient
potions
Divorce and Remarriage
Malachi 2:14-16 - "For I hate divorce says the Lord"
Matthew 5:31-32 - "Whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery"
Matthew 19:9 - Whoever divorces and marries another commits adultery
Mark 10:10-12 - Whoever divorces and marries another commits adultery
Luke 16:18 - Divorce and remarriage is adultery
Romans 7:2-3 - A woman is bound to her husband for life. If she lives with another,
it's adultery
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 - When divorce is necessary remain single or reconcile
Homosexuality
Genesis 2:18 - It is not good that man should be alone
Genesis 2:18 - I will make him a helper fit for him
Genesis 1:27 - Male and female He created them
Genesis 1:28 - He said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply"
Genesis 2:24 - Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and cleaves to his wife
Leviticus 18:22 - You shall not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an
abomination
Romans 1:27 - Homosexuality called unnatural and shameless
1 Corinthians 6:9 - Practicing homosexuals will not go to heaven
Matthew 25:31-45 - Jesus is the one who will judge (that is not the job of believers)
Matthew 19:19 - You shall love your neighbor as yourself (homosexuals are your
neighbors)
The Rapture
* 1 Thessalonians 4:17 - We shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air
* Matthew 24:40 - Two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left
Matthew 24:47 - One man is rewarded (salvation)
Matthew 24:51 - The other is punished (hell) (that leaves no one on earth)
1 Thessalonians 4:15 - Jesus is coming back once more (not twice for a rapture and
judgment)
Acts 3:20-21 - Jesus must stay in heaven until that time
Acts 1:11 - When He returns He will be coming all the way down to the earth (not
hover above it)
Matthew 25:31-45 - When He comes He will come to judge the living and the dead
Matthew 25:46 - Some go to eternal punishment, some to eternal life (no one left
on earth)
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