JESUITS: Who or What Are They? Volume 8, 2013 Pray Like King David Prayed! Do you pray as King David did, asking God to destroy His (our) enemies? If not, why not? All Scripture is in- spired by God and profitable for teach- ing, for reproof, for correction, for training in right- eousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Available from Scriptures for America Ministry. See order form in center of newsletter for ordering details. Scriptures for America Worldwide Ministry Volume 8, 2013 From the Ram Rod @ SFA DragonSlayer Greetings to the once lost but now Inside this found sheep of the house of Israel! Issue: You may have noticed, that I have changed the way I sign my correspondence, writ- From the Ram Rod ings, and thank you letters; from “in Christ’s ser- 1 vice,” to “in Jesus the Christ's service.” As of late, @ SFA with all the research I have done regarding the JESUITS: Who, or What, Catholic church, the Holy Spirit convicted me that Are They? 4 the Roman Catholic church and the Papacy do not have a problem with using the name “Christ.” They do however have a big problem with using the name The Nicolaitans 20 Jesus, Jesus Christ, or Jesus the Christ! Then it hit me, duh! What do they call the Pope? The “Vicar of Christ.” You see, there can be more than one Christ, Shortwave but there can only be one Jesus, and only one Jesus Schedule & Christ! Radios 28 The definition of Christ (in ancient Greek) is “Christó's,” means anointed. In Hebrew it means A Prayer “Messiah.” Searching the Septuagint we find that for HIS the word Christ was used to translate into Greek the People 29 Hebrew mashiach (messiah), meaning "anointed.” 30 Christó's, in classical Greek usage, could mean cov- September ered in oil, or anointed, and is thus a literal transla- Prayer tion of messiah. We, as true Christians, believe in the Gospel; About SFA 32 the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ! And He is our LORD and Savior. We are the only religion that does. By contrast, the Jews do not accept Jesus as their LORD and Savior or messiah; but they still await their messiah’s first coming. Ju- daism rejects the belief that Jesus was (and is) the awaited Messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill the Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh (the early He- brew Bible). Page 2 From the Ram Rod @ SFA While Islam considers Jesus one of God’s important proph- ets, the bringer of Scripture and the child of a virgin birth, they do not regard Him as Divine, or acknowl- edge the great price that was paid through the crucifixion. The bottom line is that we are in a war of good versus evil. Either you are Taught in Public Schools, for the Kingdom of 2013 School Year! Jesus Christ or you are against it. Period. Plain and simple. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve! And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1 Kings 18:21 KJV Baal had 450 prophets, and Elijah was the only true prophet of God left at that time. The hearts of the children of Israel were halting between two opinions. The Baal priests were the first to call to their gods, and in the heat of the day as well as with the dry wood on the altar, they sought to prove their gods. They called loud and long, and even cut themselves until blood gushed forth, to get their gods to answer by fire. Then, at the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah repaired the altar by building one of twelve stones and ordered great quantities of water to be poured on the wood and around the altar so as to fill a trench. After doing this he humbly prayed quietly for the LORD to make Himself manifest and to prove to Israel that He was the LORD God Almighty and that He had turned the children of Israel’s hearts back again to Him. Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sac- rifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the Scriptures for America DragonSlayer Volume 8, 2013 Page 3 From the Ram Rod @ SFA water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. 1 Kings 18:38,39 KJV Time is short. The enemies of God are crafty and sly, ma- nipulating words and names to suit their own desires. They use sorcery, false signs, and false wonders to deceive the people. And, that is also what God Himself will send upon His people who just will not receive a love for the truth. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 KJV . And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Joshua 24:15 KJV Still standing in the gap! In Jesus the Christ’s service first, Pastor Peter John Peters’ second, Jonathan RR Remember to join us on Wednesday nights for ‘Wednesday Night Prayer Meetings,’ 7 pm mtn., 8 pm central. And, join us for ‘COFFEE with the Wranglers,’ Saturday mornings at 7 am mtn., 8 am central. www.scripturesforamerica.org Page 4 Jesuits. Who or What are They? “Jesuits.” Just who or what are they? Part 1 In a nut shell, the Jesuits are the military religious order of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic church. To understand the im- portance of revealing the true Jesuit agenda, we must start at the beginning. It all started with a man named Ignatius Loyola, a Spanish king (born on October 23, 1491 - died July 31, 1556). He founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) on the 19th day of April 1541, and he then became its first Superior General. Ignatius, the official leader of the Roman Catholic religious order, emerged as a leader during the Counter-Reformation (a response to the Protestant Reforma- tion). Loyola's devotion to the Roman Catholic church was charac- terized by absolute obedience to the Pope. The position is gener- ally addressed as the Father General, also known as the “Black Pope” (remember that name!). The order is still in existence even today, and the Father General (or Black Pope now) is currently held by Adolfo Nicolas. Nicolas (coincidence to the Nicolaitans? I think not; see the article on the Nicolaitans in this DragonSlayer issue, page 20) was elected on the 19th of January 2008. He was only the 30th man to hold the coveted title of the sacred order. Getting back to Ignatius Loyola, after being seriously wounded by the battle of Pamplona in 1521, while recovering from his injuries, he underwent a spiritual conversion (he made a deal with the Devil). He experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary and infant Jesus. And from this, he gave up his military career and sought to be in the service of god (not a spelling mistake here). While praying for days in a cave, he formulated the fundamentals of the spiritual exercises (a set of Christian meditations, prayers, and mental exercises). These he divided into four thematic “weeks” of variable length, designed to be carried out over a period of 28 to 30 days. This, in a booklet, was formally approved in 1548 by Pope Paul III, the head of the Roman Catholic church from Oc- tober 13, 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the Papal throne in an era following the Sack of Rome in 1527, an era rife with uncer- Scriptures for America DragonSlayer Volume 8, 2013 Page 5 Jesuits. Who or What are They? tainties in the Catholic church, following the Protestant Reforma- tion. During his Pontificate, and in the spirit of the Counter- Reformation, new Catholic religious orders and societies, such as the Jesuits, the Barnabites, and the Congregation of the Oratory, attracted a popular following. He was also responsible for con- vening the first Council of Trent in 1545. The Council of Trent was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic church. It is considered to be one of the church's most important councils. The Council issued condemnations on what it defined as “Protestant heresies.” It was essentially formed to combat the Protestant disputes and solidify the Roman Catholic position regarding Salvation and the Sacraments. It was con- vened in Trento, Italy; then the capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Trent of the Holy Roman Empire, between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563, in twenty-five sessions for three periods. During the pontificate of Pope Paul III, the Council fa- thers met for the first through the eighth sessions in Trento (1545 –47), and for the ninth through the eleventh sessions in Bologna. The Council met in Trento (1551–52) for the twelfth to sixteenth sessions, and under Pope Pius IV, the seventeenth to twenty-fifth sessions took place in Trento (1559–63).