Is being born again enough

      1. Matt 5:20 Jesus is speaking " For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and pharises, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
      2. Matt 7:21 Jesus is speaking " Not everyone that said unto me,Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
      3. Matt 12:36 Jesus is speaking "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement.  37.  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."
      4. Matt 16-21 Here we have a man that asks Jesus what good things he must do to have eternal life, Jesus tells him to follow the commandments.
      5. Matt 24 12 & 13 Jesus is speaking " and because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  13 But he that shall endure unto the end, shall be saved."
      6. Matt 25: 30 - 46 Here Jesus is saying that those who do not help those in need will go away into everlasting punishment.
      7. Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him,saying, " It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."
      8. John 3:5-8 Here Jesus says that "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"  This is true but not the only requirement. and like the wind, how can you tell you are born again? are you sure?
      9. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ( To believe in Him means to obey Him )
      10. John 5:28,29 Jesus is speaking  " Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,  29  and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
      11. John 6;53 - 58 Jesus says that unless you drink his blood and eat his flesh you have no life in you. Remember the Word became flesh,... After you read 53-58 read the rest of the story 59-67 Jesus was serious, He even ask his twelve deciples "Will you also go away?"  Now in 1 Corinthians 10;16 St. Paul says "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of christ?"  Here St. Paul is also serious because in 1 Corinthians 11;29-30 He says " For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.  30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep." 
        Jesus Christ is  really present in the Holy Eucharist of the Holy Catholic Church . When I came to understand the full meaning of these scriptures in this no. 11   I ran back to the Holy Catholic Church.
      12. St. Paul says in Philipians2:12 ....."work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" What does he mean by this?
      13. In philipians 3:11 " If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead." St. Paul seams to confirm what our Lord Jesus said in no. 5 above " But he that shall endure unto the end shall be saved"
      14. Colossians 1:23 St. Paul says "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, ....."
      15. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 "But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation."    Noticed the word hope....hope of salvation
      16. Hebrews 5;9  St Paul says "and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;"
      17. 1 John 2:4 "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

      I'm sure there are plenty other examples but this should be enough.... in 1 John verse 3 " and hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments." Does your religion believe the above scriptures?  Do not believe what others tell you about the Catholic Church. Study their teachings for yourself and see if they follow the scriptures. ( One note of caution, some things are hard to accept at first , such as the teaching on Mary, put this aside for now and see what else she teaches, an soon you will agree with me that The Catholic Church is the only church which truly believe the Bible)   

Rosary, Mary, intercessor

      The hardest thing for me to accept when I came back to the Catholic Church was saying the rosary. I had already made up my mine that the Holy Catholic Church is the one church which truely follows the Bible. So I prayed the rosary as the Church recommends and asked God to have mercy on me if I was wrong.
      I learned that repeating the Our Father and Hail Mary is like quoting scripture. Except for the last part of the Hail Mary these prayers are almost direct quotes from the Bible. The angel Gabriel said " Hail, thou art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amoung women." This sounds like the Hail Mary I say. In luke 1:41 & 42 St. Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and said " Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."
     The Hail Mary goes like this " Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death."
     The scripture says in Luke 1:48 that Mary said "from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed". Catholics are fulfilling scripture when we say the Rosary. From generation to generation we are repeating, "Blessed art thou amoung women".
     Remember the wedding, they ran out of wine and Mary told Jesus. John 2:4 "Jesus said unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come." That's strange that Jesus would call his mother Woman, could she be the same woman of revelation ch. 12 Who is clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: What ever the reason, after telling her it was not His hour, He went ahead and changed the water into wine because He chose to honor His mother just as He commands us to honor our mothers. So we Catholics ask The Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede with her son Jesus for us to help us in our daily life here on earth. We know that it's hard for Him to say no to His mother and we also know She will not ask Him to do something that is against the Father's will.
     Why all the anger against the Catholics for us praying to Mary. These so called Bible believers surly never read Luke 6:35 "Love you enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again". Jesus said that we will know them by their fruits. Jesus also said that not he who says unto me, Lord, Lord, but those that does the will of my Father will enter into the kingdom of heaven. If we, myself included, could just learn to forgive and love each other perhaps God would draw closer to us and grant us peace.
      Genesis 5:23 "Enoch walked with God and he was not; for God took him. " 2 King 2:11 " Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." These two men are thought to have gone to heaven while they were still alive. We believe that Mary died and was then taken up into heaven by God body and soul. Now we are criticized for this because it's not in the Bible. For the Catholic God has not quit speaking to His people. He speaks to us through the Church. For others God has not spoken again sent the scriptures were written, how odd.
       I cannot and am not speaking officially for the Church. I might not be totally correct in representing the teaching of the Church. I Love God and His people so I wish to make you think ( outside the box). Don't follow blind men, meditate on the scriptures then do your best to follow them, praying always as Paul says. Trust that God will lead you in all good things. My journey back to the Holy Catholic church started when I tried my best to live by this scripture; St. Matthew 5:44 - 45 "But I say unto you,Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you:    That you may be children of your Father which is in heaven" I said to myself that the Bible is either God's true words or not and by following this scripture I should be able to determine which one it was. May God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit bless you and give you peace.