From Mary Worship to Miracle Worship

The Shift of catholics to Pentecostalism

This shift may be surprising to folks at the The Washington Post , but not to those of us who have tested the 'spirit' of both of these movements and found that they "art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting" - Daniel 5:27

Both groups have shown contentness to worship anyone and anything but Christ himself. From sightings of 'the blessed virgin Mary' in Tree Trunks across the country to the ever present Bennie Hin tele-revivals, its quite evident these branches have come from the same diseased trunk.

Politically, this may be a help to the conservative party in the coming years; but spiritually, this is just another symptom of a deeper problem with American/Global Christianity. People want to FEEL God, they want to SEE God (or in some cases, they will just settle for Mary or one of the "saints"). Experiential religion is sweeping the Nation and the World, at a pace that threatens to overshadow even the Mormonic proselytizing phenomenon.

The time of 2 Timothy 4:3-4 is well upon us:
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."

But hallelujah, God has given us the remedy for this "Charismatic Corruption of Protestantism" as Dr. Alan Cairns calls it:
"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine." - 2 Timothy 4:2

Charles Spurgeon addressed this same issue when he said: "The Lord may be very close to thee, dear child, when thou canst not see him, perhaps closer than ever he was when thou couldst see him. The presence of God is not to be measured by thy realization of it. Brethren, we miss a thousand blessings because we are too busy to commune with God. We are here, there, and everywhere, except where we ought to be."

The sad fact is, these 'converting' catholics are only trading one false doctrine for another -- and in the end, neither will lead them to Christ. Pray for them.

--A Good Read - "Charismatic Chaos" - by Dr. John F. MacArthur