ABC's of Effective Witnessing to Catholics
[ABC's of
Effective Witnessing to Catholics
Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries]
"Many of the 70 million Catholics in
America were born into their
religion and have never examined
their faith through the lens of
Scripture. From infancy they are
taught that salvation comes through
their church as they merit saving
grace through the sacraments and
perform religious rituals and good
works to be justified and
re-justified. Roman Catholicism is
often called the "plus" religion
because of what it has added to the
Gospel of grace. Catholic salvation
is based on Jesus plus Mary, faith
plus works, grace plus merit,
Scripture plus tradition and the
blood of Jesus plus purgatory.
Catholics do not know that any
addition to the Gospel is a denial
of the sufficiency of Christ (Heb.
7:25). Any addition to the Gospel
also nullifies the saving grace of
God, which is the only means by
which God saves sinners (Romans
11:6). Catholics, who are victims of
this deception, need to be
evangelized with the true Gospel of
grace.
As we witness to Catholics, we must
persevere with patience to untangle
the sticky web of religious
indoctrination that holds them
captive (Col. 2:8). Let us follow
the instructions of Paul and "not be
quarrelsome but kind to everyone,
able to teach, patiently enduring
evil, and correcting opponents with
gentleness." We must pray for God to
"grant them repentance leading to a
knowledge of the truth", that they
may come to their senses and escape
the snare of the devil, who holds
them captive to do his will (2 Tim.
2:24-26).
The two most important biblical
principles to remember as you
witness are to: 1) establish
Scripture
as the supreme authority for truth
(2 Tim. 3:15-17) and 2) proclaim the
Lord Jesus as the all-sufficient
Savior (Heb. 7:25; Acts 4:12). Read
more
here."
Pro-Gospel.org
Response to comment [from other]: "Why in the world would anyone want to witness to Catholics?"
Christians
have a burden for the lost (Ro
9:1-5).
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "True. That is why we are on this forum."
2 Co 5:11
Response to comment [from other]: "Why are you thinking Catholics are Israelites?"
I reject
replacement theology.
See:
What is replacement theology? Has
the church permanently replaced
Israel in God's plan?
