A Counterfeit, a Sham

Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, speaking about the Roman Catholic church, preached:
"It is a counterfeit, a sham; this is prostitution of the worst and most diabolical kind.  It is indeed a form of the antichrist, and it is to be rejected, it is to be denounced; but above all it is to be countered."


In the light of this, it is utterly amazing that the mainline churches can still have 'fraternal relationships' with a church that is as corrupt as Church of Rome, still regard it as a Christian Church, and still have 'fellowship' with it.

But what fellowship has light with darkness, or what fellowship can Christ have with Belial?  The ecumenical churches are now in a most difficult, indeed, untenable, position. To still support Rome after all these revelations is totally wrong.  Evangelicals within these liberal and ecumenical churches must speak out clearly and uncompromisingly so that their own members know that child sex abuse by clergy and priests is unacceptable.  They need to know that regardless of any Criminal Review Board findings, there are people within the churches who are actively involved in child abuse - at a spiritual level.  Young lives are being eternally destroyed because they are being taught by unconverted Sunday School teachers and unconverted youth leaders a religion that differs nothing from Roman Catholicism.  Do your best, attend church regularly, be a good neighbour, and be kind to the elderly - all good things in themselves, but they will get no one into heaven.

If these young leaders are not themselves Christ-centred in their living and teaching, they are closer to Rome than they are to the Christian faith.  And if these young lives are being influenced by a protestant form of Romanism, this is nothing short of spiritual child abuse. Sadly, the church authorities are party to this abuse, because they appoint these people are leaders of their young people, and spiritual overseers of their lives.

So Romanism is not far from the ethos of the Protestant churches; indeed, it has infiltrated them, and no one seems to notice or care!