Wednesday, December 16, 2009
BUC CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH "SALVACION"
We have done it! We are now in post production of our teleplay titled "SALVACION". It will be shown on December 24th with the live concluding part. See you on that night! Our storytelling scince December 16 is going on nightly featuring our group "TROUBADOURS OF CHRIST."
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he Baclaran Phenomenon is, first and foremost, the incredible number of people who come to the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran every Wednesday to make the Perpetual Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. It is estimated that at least 100,000 devotees come on regular Wednesdays, reaching about 120,000 on the First Wednesday of each month. The biggest turnout of the year is on Ash Wednesday. The crowd for that day simply defies estimate.
Baclaran Church Official Website
Sofia, big numbers is the worst indicator of God's blessing. Were the Israelites the biggest nation during their time? No, they were almost always outnumbered by pagan nations around them (Deut 7:7). Were the believers in the early church the majority? Of course not!
Jesus himself said, "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few" (Matt 7:13-14).
Just because a person says he/she believes in God or does signs and wonders means that he/she is a true believer. Jesus says there will be multitudes on Judgment Day who think they are Christians because of good works, but they would instead be sent to hell (Matt 7:21-23).
What matters to Christ is true faith in his true Gospel. Is faith in Mary the true Gospel? God forbid! Is the veneration of "sinless" Mary anywhere mentioned in the Bible? Is Ash Wednesday ceremony commanded anywhere in the Bible? You can search the Bible with a fine tooth comb for eternity and never find even an iota of it.
What is the true Gospel? The true Gospel consists of justification by grace ALONE through faith ALONE in Christ ALONE to the glory of God ALONE, all of which can be found in Scripture ALONE. Performing all kinds of ceremonies and good works will never save anyone. If works can save, then all devout Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, INC, heretic Pentecostals, and even pagans would go to heaven.
All our sacrifices are meaningless without true faith that is accompanied by obedient lives, as Samuel told King Saul after the king usurped Samuel’s priestly responsibility by offering a sacrifice, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams” (1 Sam 15:22).
This means that among all those 120,000 who are idolaters, sexually immoral, liars, thieves, murderers, wife-beaters, drunkards and drug addicts who perform the Ash Wednesday rite without true contrition--repentance and TURNING AWAY from sin--will still go to hell. In this condition, their novenas, vows, Hail Marys, Good Fridays, and all other rites are abominations before a holy God.
Thanks for the comment, dvopilgrim. For more of Pastor Nollie log on to www.twoagespilgrims.com/doctrine.
Because Christ lives,
Pastor Galying
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