Prepare-for-War

Scripture says,

"For aU have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

Nowhere in scripture is an exception made for Mary. Jesus had to die on the cross to obtain salvation for Mary just the same as He did for everyone else. Our sins are committed against God, not Mary. If only those precious souls had known to test the spirits! Nowhere has it been recorded that the spirit posing as Mary passed the test given in 1 John 4:1-2 and the declarations it made did not agree with the Bible. Therefore, it was not from God, it was not really Mary, it was a demon. How many souls have been led straight into Hell because these people did not test the spirits? Lastly, I want to address the issue of the "immaculate heart" and "immaculate conception" of Mary. The word "immaculate., means "without sin.., Most people attending the Roman Catholic church do not realize that the doctrine stating that Mary was born without sin because she was the "mother of God," is a relatively new doctrine. In fact, it first received acceptance within the church in 1854. I would like to quote here from a book written by a man who was a member of the Roman Catholic church for 50 years, and who served as a Roman Catholic priest for many of those years. He lived during the time that this doctrine was first introduced into the church. He describes its beginning as follows:

"The 8th of December, 1854, Pope Pius IX was sitting on his throne; a triple crown of gold and diamonds was on his head: silk and damask- red and white vestments on his shoulders; five hundred mitred prelates were surrounding him; and more than fifty thousand people were at his feet in the incomparable St. Peter's Chruch of Rome. After a few minutes of most solemn silence, a cardinal, dressed with his purple robe, left his seat, and gravely walked towards the pope, humbly prostrating himself at his feet, and said: 'Holy Father, tell us if we can believe and teach that the Mother of God, the Holy Virgin Mary, was immaculate in her conception.'

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