What Every Roman Catholic Should Know... I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. - ISAIAH 42:8 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; - EXODUS 20:4-5 The gift of eternal life is given freely by God through Jesus Christ. It cannot be earned or worked for. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. - ROMANS 6:23 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. - ROMANS 4:4-5 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. - ROMANS 11:6 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. - EPHESIANS 2:8-9 There is no purgatory, Jesus purged our sins already. when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; - HEBREWS 1:3 The grace of God which imparts salvation is received by faith in Jesus Christ, not by works. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. - EPHESIANS 2:8-9 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. - GALATIANS 2:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. - JOHN 5:24 Water baptism is not a requirement for salvation otherwise Paul would have been sent to baptize. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. - 1 CORINTHIANS 1:17 Holy Communion is a remembrance and is not the actual body and blood of Christ. Partaking is not a requirement for salvation. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. - JOHN 6:35 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. - ROMANS 14:17 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. - 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8 Christ is the only Mediator through whom we can pray to God. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; - 1 TIMOTHY 2:5 Christ is the one to whom we are to confess our sins. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. - 1 JOHN 1:9 & 2:2 Jesus Christ is the only way to God. No other name can save. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - JOHN 14:6 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name (of Jesus) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. - ACTS 4:12 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. - ROMANS 10:13 Except your biological father, call no man father. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. - MATTHEW 23:9 On the rosary. . . But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. - MATTHEW 6:7 PRAY TO GOD RIGHT NOW AND ASK JESUS TO BE YOUR SAVIOR! For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. - 1 Corinthians 3:11