Good morning, how are we? Alright, so for those of you that were here for Vacation Bible School, you'll remember how the format went for the second of the two sessions. The first part of the evening I would teach on the life of Samson. The videos are uploaded onto Facebook and I think maybe YouTube as well. You can go back to those if you like, if you want a copy of the notes. We can get those for you. The second half of the evenings I was teaching on the topic Roman Catholicism versus Fundamental Christianity. If I were to pick a better title, probably basically what the Catholic Church teaches versus what the Bible says as your pastor has said. We went through quite a few topics, and the first one we chose was, who is the final authority? And the reason we had that as being the first topic is, if you don't establish the final authority, where are you? Our culture and society today loathes and despises authority. They don't want any kind of authority over them, and even in the simplest things, don't want to have things to be crystal clear or etched in stone, so to speak. I tire of phrases like, those are your facts, or that is your truth, or we can agree to disagree, and in some cases you can, but oftentimes those things are used on principles, morals, or scriptural truths. And so we matriculated our way through, I think we got through 15, yes, 15 different doctrines that Catholicism teaches. And for those of you that were not here, what you're looking at is a QR code. What we did is we let you see what the Roman Catholic Catechism says, okay? And the QR code, if you want to scan it with a phone or tablet or some device, will take you straight to the Vatican website to look at the catechism teaching that I will read to you. Now, the reason I have that up there is it's one thing to say, okay, this is what they teach. It's another when you see it for yourself. I have copied and pasted from the Catechism to read to you, and you can read as well on the screen behind me. And you will notice that the grammar and the spelling and punctuation is different from probably how we would do it. My suspicion is whoever does it for the Vatican, English is probably not their first language. So if you look at it and say, well, why did you make that mistake? I literally copied and pasted it. You can see for yourself. That's stage number one. That's important. It's important to know what other religions teach. But it's most important to know what the scriptures say, and what the Bible says. And so the idea is not to spend all the time focusing on what Catholicism teaches, but to be aware of it, and then to see what the Bible says. And then the last part, which we don't spend very much time on, has to do with, excuse me, just some kind of a discussion to wrap things up between Catholicism and the Scriptures. Okay, so, Friday night, part of Thursday night and Friday night, we were talking about different things that are taught in regards to Mary. We talked about her being taught as the perpetual virgin. And then we saw how many times in Scripture it's mentioned that she had other children. One of the things that we're going to see today is Mary recipient of prayers. And here's what Catholicism teaches. All generations will call me blessed. The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship. The Church rightly honors, pay attention, the Blessed Virgin with special devotion from the ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title Mother of God. To whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs, this very special devotion differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word, and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly fosters this adoration. This liturgical feast dedicated to the Mother of God, Mary in prayers, such as the rosary, the epitome of the whole gospel, express this devotion to the Virgin Mary. Now, remember maybe Friday night, we looked up all the verses in the scriptures that say mother of God. How many were there? Zero. Okay, so you guys were paying attention, even after all the good food. All right, so that's 971. 2677. Now, again, I've emphasized this before, where you see the words in bold, I made it in bold. That's my emphasis being added. Holy Mary, mother of God, with Elizabeth we marvel, and why is this granted me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Because she gives us Jesus her son, Mary is mother of God, we talked about that, and our mother, we can entrust all our cares and petitions to her. She prays for us as she prayed for herself. Let it be to me according to your word. By entrusting ourselves to her prayer, we abandon ourselves to the will of God together with her, thy will be done. Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. By asking Mary to pray for us, we acknowledge ourselves to be poor sinners, we address ourselves to the mother of mercy, look at this, the all holy one. We give ourselves over to her now in the today of our lives and our trust broadens further already at the present moment to surrender the hour of our death wholly to her care. May she be there as she was at her son's death on the cross. May she welcome us as our mother at the hour of our passing to lead us to her son, Jesus in paradise. Is she ever referred to as the all holy one in scripture? No. She ever referred to as the mother of God? No, it's not there either, okay. So, as I encouraged you during the week of vacation Bible school, when you hear any teaching, you should try to listen to it through the filter of scripture. There should be passages coming to mind that make you think, wait a minute, that doesn't make sense because the Bible says. I remember distinctly, we had a chance to talk to a Roman Catholic priest, my dad and I referenced that one time earlier this week. And in the course of conversation, it became a chat between the priest and my dad, and it went something like this. The priest would say, the ancient father said, and would quote something, and my dad would say, but the Bible says this. Well, so-and-so said this. The Bible says that, back and forth. And it was abundantly clear to me, the priest had a lot of knowledge of what man said, but very, very little of what God said, okay? So we're going to look at, most importantly, what does God say? Mark Reno's opinion does not matter at all on the topic. What does God say, okay? Jeremiah 33.3, now pay attention to how specific the scriptures are and who we should pray to. Call unto me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not. Is that Mary? Is Mary alive yet? No, it's Jeremiah, right? Now, look at Psalm chapter 50, verse 15. And call upon me in the day of trouble, I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me. Was Mary alive then? Is that Mary being referenced in the book of Psalms? Not at all. Psalm 91, he shall call upon me and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him. I could ask the same two questions, but you already get my drift. All right, we're on the same page here. Philippians 4.6, be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto, who? God. Had Mary been alive at this point? Yes, correct, we're in Philippians. But the story and where we should turn Doesn't change, all right? Your pastor who's just come, Pastor Alberding, when I wanted to run some things by him before vacation Bible school, okay? He lived in a different part of Pennsylvania from us, probably three-ish hours away. I wanted to reach out and get permission. Who do you think I called? Don't overthink, it's not a trick question. Thank you. Could I have called his mother? I could have. What would she have said? Call him yourself. It's funny to us, right? So when Brother Bullender wants to run things by me for ideas for Vacation Bible School and so on like that, who do you think Steve calls? Me. Could he call my mother? Sure, she's still alive. She still field phone calls. She's perfectly capable. What would my mother have said? Call him yourself. I got a funny one on that. I grew up in a pastor's home. We got a phone call one night about 1245 AM. And that's not unusual. What was unusual was somebody wanted to ask dad for a phone number. And dad said, you know what, I'm going to go check the phone book, which was a hint to them, maybe they should have checked the phone book themselves, right? But people tend to go to places they shouldn't for getting problems solved. Mary can't help, the scriptures tell us Old and New Testament to go to God, all right. Now, in these passages you're gonna see on this slide, pay attention to how specific and repetitive it is. And may I add just a, drive a point home, gender specific. Matthew 11, 28. Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Who was speaking? Jesus, right? Okay, good. We're on the same page here. First John chapter five, verses 14 and 15. And this is the confidence that we have in who? That if we ask anything according to who hears us? Verse 15, and we know that he, hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desire of, who are those two verses speaking of? Jesus, okay. Trick question, not really. Who wrote 1 John? You guys remember John chapter 19 on the cross? When Jesus told John to care for his mother? If Mary was the mother of God and our mother and to receive prayers, wouldn't John have been the first one to know that? But he didn't because it's not true. Right? It's curious to me how many times God uses specific people in scriptures to refute things taught about them. If you think Peter is the first Pope, read through 1 and 2 Peter really slowly, and at the very end, find out where he was. Okay? Matthew 18, 19, and 20. And again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am who? I in the midst of them. Who's to be the recipient of our prayers? Very good. Alright, here's the question. Will you pray to Mary? or will you pray to God? Very simple. Who is able, most certainly able, to help you? You go directly to the source. I have a friend at home. He is an ENT surgeon. If I have an issue with my ear, nose, and throat, do I reach out to his mother? No. If you have an issue with your car, do you call the mechanic's mother? No. Where do you go? directly to the source. Am I making myself clear? Okay. Here's a good one. Is Mary queen of all things? is Mary Queen of all things. Okay, what does the Catechism teach? Pay attention, it's in the middle of this long section. Finally, the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, we've talked about that. When the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of Lords, the conqueror of sin and death. The assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her son's resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians. If we don't have time to talk about the assumption, they believe she was taken back up into heaven directly. In giving birth, you kept your virginity. In your dormitory, you did not leave the world, oh mother of God, but were joined to the source of life. You conceived a living God, and by your prayers will deliver our souls from death. She is our mother in the order of grace. Remember, she was called full of grace previously in the week. When we saw the phrase full of grace, it only occurs one time in the scriptures, who was it talking about? Jesus, correct? Now, I'm not going to speak for either of the other two pastors here, but as a general rule, I don't enjoy being called reverend, because that is a term reserved specifically for the Lord Jesus Christ. Some people call me that for fun, just to kind of get my goat, so to speak, but as a general rule, please don't refer to me as that. Alright, does Mary, is she Queen of all things? No. One of the expressions or titles they have for Mary is Queen of Heaven. It does occur in scriptures, but it occurs in the Old Testament talking about a pagan goddess. Jeremiah 7, verse 18. The children gather wood and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead their dough to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger. The Queen of Heaven, without getting too far into things, was an ancient pagan goddess to which they made offerings, okay? Now, do Catholics bring offerings to Mary today? They sure do. Pay attention outside of a Catholic church where you'll see a statue of Mary, especially during the month of May, and you'll find things that are left behind or things that are brought to her. So, you can see that she's called the Queen of Heaven, all the things that are brought to her. What is God's reaction to the worship of the Queen of Heaven? Provokes him to anger. In life, you're going to make some people angry. You don't have to really try hard, okay? But there are some people who I don't want to make angry. I don't intentionally push their buttons. I don't intentionally cross them. Some people, frankly, I don't care. If they get upset, that's their problem. I just need to make sure my heart and life is right before God. But I don't want to provoke God to anger. You don't want to provoke God to anger, and the worship of the Queen of Heaven in the Scriptures, in the book of Jeremiah, provoked God to anger. Well, move further on in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 44, verse 17. They're continuing on with that. How do you think that made God feel? Provoked Him to anger. What does the Bible say about that? If Mary is queen of all things, what does God say? Philippians chapter 2, 9 and 10. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted who? Him, who's the Him? The Lord Jesus Christ, yes. And given Him a name, which is above every name, that's the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth. Who does God elevate above absolutely anyone and everything else? His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, right? Is Mary even in the discussion? No, Revelation 5.12, saying with a loud voice, worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. Who is worthy of all this? Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world, right? Okay, we're on the same track here. 1 Peter 4, 11. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth. That who, what's next? God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ. to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever, amen. God is to be glorified through Jesus Christ. I've quoted the hymn earlier this week. To God be the glory, great things he hath done. So loved he the world that he gave us his son. To be glorifying God through Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is the one who alone is worthy to have that praise and dominion forever and ever. Acts 5.31, him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a prince and a savior for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. That's also a verse that you could use for a topic we saw earlier in the week when it talks about does the church forgive sins, right? Remember we talked about that, that may have been Tuesday night, my memory is fuzzy on that. Okay, is Mary equal with Jesus? No. Is anyone equal with Jesus? Let me ask you this, slightly off topic. What is the sin called when you elevate anything to equal or higher than God? idolatry, idolatry, right? We get the mindset in our American mind that idolatry is only when it is a physical, three-dimensional object that can be touched, whether wood or stone or metal, whatever it is. But there are people that are elevating many other things higher than the Lord Jesus Christ. It's idolatry. The Bible talks about it. Your pastor quoted it this week, that he's a jealous God. Jesus is the only one whom God said, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. She's not queen of anything. Now the last one is celibacy scriptural. is celibacy scriptural. Now, this is a sensitive topic, and my intention is to be as gracious and tactful as I can, okay? Celibacy is the concept that the priests and the nuns are not able to marry. They're not to have any kind of physical relations, and they're not able to marry. I mentioned throughout the week, I talked about an illustration of talking to a man who is a staunch Roman Catholic, and asked him whether the priests, bishops, cardinals, etc., were allowed to be married, and I'll quote a scripture later. But a celibacy scriptural, here's what the Bible says about that. Excuse me, the catechism, my apologies. All the ordained ministers of the Latin Church, with the exception of permanent deacons, are normally chosen from among men of faith who live a celibate life and who intend to remain celibate for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Called to consecrate themselves with undivided heart to the Lord and to the affairs of the Lord, they give themselves entirely to God and to men. Celibacy is a sign of this new life, to the service of which the church minister is consecrated, accepted with a joyous heart, celibacy radiantly proclaims the reign of God. Okay? Now, let me tell you a little bit of a funny story before we get too very far. One of my friends is a pastor in North Stonington, Connecticut. His name is Pastor Tim Gingerella. He grew up in New England. He's of Italian descent. If you picture a typical New Englander with Italian descent who is opinionated and outspoken, that's Brother Gingerella, and we love him. I love to go speak in his church. I love to poke his buttons and get him started. It kind of amuses me. But we get along very well. His testimony is fascinating. He was in a Roman Catholic home and was an altar boy, but he was a bit mischievous. And one particular day in school, the nuns were just being incredibly difficult, were just lashing out at everyone. And as an eight or nine-year-old boy, he started thinking, wait a minute, My mom and dad are not like this, but it seems like the nuns and the priests are always grouchy. So my mom and dad are married, and they're happy, and the priests aren't happy, and the nuns aren't happy. And so he raised his hand and a skull, and the nun said, what? And he said, my mom and daddy are married and are happy, and you're not married, and you're not happy, and the priests aren't happy, and they're not married. Why don't you guys just get married and all of you guys be happy? He got jerked to the principal's office, parents got called, and they told him, look, if you don't straighten up, eight, nine-year-old boy, if you don't straighten up, you know, you're not gonna be able to be buried in a Catholic cemetery. He's like, I don't wanna be buried in any cemetery right now. That wasn't in his plans for that afternoon. But it got him to thinking, wait a minute. why can't they be married? All right? And what does the scripture have to say about that, okay? So ultimately, neat story, his aunt took him to a Baptist church, and when they came to the close of the service, the pastor said, if you don't know where you would go if you died in Today come up front. We'll be glad to talk to you. And he said no one had ever talked to me about that all those years he'd been in Catholic school and and been serving as an altar boy and so on as a little kid And he went forward and got saved and now he's been a pastor for quite a long time But his testimony is fascinating. Well, what does the Bible say? Hebrews 13.4, marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled, but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Is marriage honorable? Yes. Who instituted marriage? God did. Correct. First Timothy 3.2, we see the qualifications for a pastor. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach. We see the qualifications of a deacon. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children in their own houses well. Now, that husband of one wife cuts two ways. not to be married more than once. Obviously, if the wife dies, that can be viewed entirely different, but also it sure helps if the husband is married. Look at Genesis 2.18. And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone. I will make and help meet for him. Some men do well as single and most of us wouldn't. God created marriage and helped for us. I couldn't do nearly the ministry that I do without my wife. Truth be told, and it's okay to admit it, you all, most people would rather see her anyway. There's a pastor in Alabama, his wife told me, she said, no, you're not allowed to come back without your wife next time. I said, okay. So I took my wife back next time and I was welcome. Titus chapter one. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly, for a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. Why do you think God has those qualifications for a pastor? Think about it. It's in scripture. Why? If you're having marital difficulties in your life, and you go to your pastor who's never been married a day in his life, how is he going to help you? One of the first books that was sent to me when I became director of the Conversion Center, nearly 13 and a half years ago, was a book on resolving marital difficulties by a priest. How would he know? Right? Let's say you're having a problem with your children, and you go to your pastor, and your pastor doesn't have any children, hasn't the foggiest idea of what you're talking about. Let's say you have a teenager, and that teenager's not acting perfectly, and your pastor's never had a child. How are they going to be able to assist you? They don't have any realm of experience. But also, there's the aspect of how it affects the church. We saw that back in 1 Timothy 3. There are reasons why these classifications are there. It's not to be harmful, but to help the church. Imagine—no, I won't go there. I'm going to say, imagine if you hired someone for a government position they weren't qualified for. That would never happen, would it? I'll behave. 1 Timothy 4, alright? Perilous times. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils." Okay? Seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. The Bible says in the latter times there will be perilous times, there will be seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. Then the Bible goes on to explain what some of those are, okay? Speaking lies in hypocrisy. Do we see that in our society today? A lot of it, correct? Speaking lies in hypocrisy. Why? Their conscience is seared with a hot iron. Have you ever had someone lie to your face, bald-faced, knowing full well they're lying and they know full well they're lying? To me, that's one of the most agitating things in the world, is to have someone lie straight in your eyes. They know they're lying, you know they're lying, and it's possible they know you're aware they're lying. That means they have no respect. Why? Their conscience is seared with a hot iron. They don't have the decency to be quiet. They're gonna lie. Well, it goes on. Forbidding to marry. Might we be seeing that? In fact, in the woke culture, there's even a pushing for people not to marry at young ages so that they can enjoy the youth of adulthood and not have to spend time with a spouse or with children. Now, I'm fully aware that there are times when there's not a decent person to marry. I have two sisters that are missionaries. They're single. And it's not because they don't want to get married. It's because no young man has the burden or call or is responding to the burden to go to that part of Brazil. Most of them want to stay here in the States and live a good life. They want to live the American dream. They don't want to be missionaries. So I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about forbidding to marry. There's a reason why that's in the scripture, okay? Then the next thing, commanding to abstain from meats. I'm in Wisconsin. You guys are famous for your sausage. God bless Wisconsin. We're taking some home tomorrow. It's our custom. In 2020, Rachel was quite expecting with Benjamin. Because of COVID, you guys did not have vacation Bible school, understandably so. Pastor Brown contacted me and said, we're not having vacation Bible school, but would you be willing to come preach that Sunday anyway? I said, sure. So I came out, I came out with my sister Robin. She was going to go visit a college friend out west of here. And Rachel's request was, please bring home brats and curds. I can do this. So I went to Woodman's right away. I went to Clement Factory Outlet store. Side note, that place should never have closed down, but they did. And I went and loaded up, froze them, put them in my suitcases, and on the way to the airport told Robin, I said, I may have the suitcases a little way down. Well. Guess what? I did. And I loaded them up until it was right at the pounds that it needed to be and still had some left over, so I shoved them in my carry-on. Went to TSA. Imagine what a package of brats looks like on the x-ray. Cylindrical tubes all lined up neatly together. So I walked up to the lady at TSA. I said, ma'am, It's going to look funny. I said, but I have frozen brats in my carry-on. She looked at me. She said, what are you talking about? I said, my wife is expecting. And when little mama says she wants brats and curds, you take home brats and curds. She said, I got you. She looked at the guy on the x-ray, and she's like, let him through. His pregnant wife wants the brats and curds. I got through. Forbidding to eat meats. Is there a culture that's forbidding to eat meats? Not just the Roman Catholic Church through the time of Lenten. What does the Bible call that? Doctrine of devils, doesn't it? Interesting. Forbidding to marry is commanding to abstain from meat, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. Matthew 8, 14, here's a good one for you. And when Jesus was coming to Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid and sick of a fever. Those of you that have Roman Catholic friends, who is considered to be the first pope? Peter, was Peter married? And he had a mother-in-law. That's pretty clear, isn't it? Why do you think God included that story? Of all the things that he did, John talks about how many things it was involved, and he couldn't write all of them, didn't he? Why did the Holy Spirit put that particular passage in both Matthew and Mark? So we know that Peter's married. Does that affect your faith? Are any of you shaken by that at all? No, because it doesn't matter to us that Peter was married. But imagine the poor Roman Catholic that's taught the first pope is Peter, and then we go from there. All right, some thoughts to think about it. Even the Old Testament priests, the Roman Catholic priesthood is kind of loosely based off of them, even they were married. Even they were married. Now, is the celibate more holy than the married one? No. There are protections in place when a pastor is married. Okay, I've said this during this week, I'll tell you. When someone comes to me and says, can I tell you something confidentially, and in almost every case when I think of it, I will say, I reserve the right to tell my wife. because I don't want to get caught in some conversation or difficulty between a husband and wife or something of that nature. And I don't always go tell Rachel, I don't burden her with everything. But in that case, I reserve the right to tell her. She has unlimited access to my phone, to my email, things of that nature. There's a protection there. There's an accountability there that's helpful and important. Is not the true church called the bride of Christ? Sure is. Marriage is a good thing. It's a right thing. Here's the last question for you. Does forced celibacy cause unneeded temptation? Absolutely. Talk to a missionary in a predominantly Roman Catholic country that is in a small village or near small villages and ask them about what happens in small villages. Notice the circulation because priests get themselves in trouble. I found this interesting about a decade ago and it's only become increasingly obvious. Estimates of Roman Catholic clergy who are homosexual range from 15 to 50%. In Roman Catholic polls, the two different polls that I've seen, the number is 33 to 40 percent. Why do you think that is? They're telling these guys you can't get married. They put them around a lot of other single men and uninhibited access to alcohol. What do you think happens under the influence of alcohol? Spend some time in the book of Proverbs. This is why I was asking if children were going to be present. Now, what also happens with children? I come from the state of Pennsylvania. Our current governor is well known for having cracked down on the diocese of Harrisburg, etc., Philadelphia, in circulating priests that had abused children. and they would hide them in certain places to try to get it to go away, and he did a removal of the statute of limitations, so it'd make it easier to catch these pedophiles. Well, what's happened? In the state of Illinois, just to the south, there are 451 priests that are documented as having abused, and at least 160, more like 180, that have done so in your great state of Wisconsin. Why? Celibacy is a doctrine of devils. And it opens up a whole can of worms. Pay attention to the news. Now, does that happen? Does the abuse of others happen in Baptist circles? Absolutely does. But you know how that happens? Is when you have too much adoration on a person. You know, I don't want you to look at me as some super saint, okay? I'm not, I am flesh and blood, just like you, all right? I appreciate the respect given to the office of a pastor, I do. But I don't want you to worship me, I don't want you to worship your pastors, they don't want that either. But when you put too much focus or attention on a person, when you start to vary from the scripture, these are the kind of things that happen. So, what do we do? Is the word of God our final authority? Or is anyone else the final authority? In my 13 and a half years of being director of the Conversion Center, in talking to Roman Catholics that have been saved out of Catholicism, one of the questions I usually ask them is, what was the first thing that made you unhappy or dissatisfied? And almost always, they're confronted by someone who says something different than their Roman Catholic faith. And what they do is they go to the Bible to try to find out what it says, and they discover something different entirely. I remember distinctly, I was preaching in a church in Vienna, Ohio, and somebody gave him an NIV. Now, you all know how I stand for the King James, okay? But in his grief, he became so angry that he set the Bible aside and forgot about it. A man at work started to witness to him and started talking about what the Bible says, a born-again Christian. And this man I was talking to said, it made me so angry because it was so different than what I'd been taught. I went home, and he put it this way, even in the NIV Bible, I could see that I'd been taught wrong. Now, when he got saved, he got in a good Baptist church, and obviously was used in the King James, and from there. But that confrontation of the Scriptures, not for us. The Bible says that we're to speak the truth in love, okay? We don't have to be abrasive. We shouldn't be. The Bible tells us in the book of Jude, we're to contend for the faith. not to be contentious. So, I will tell you this, we were able to look at, I think, 18 different doctrines. The website that the Conversion Center has is theconversioncenter.com. Simply the name of the ministry, .com, theconversioncenter.com. Top left corner, you'll see a tab, Roman Catholic Doctrines. You can scroll down there, 38 different ones that you can go through. We were able to go through a little less than half of them this week, and I appreciate your time and attention very much. One last thing before I close in prayer, the table out around the corner is available. All the tracts are free for the taking, all the books that are there that have a price on them. If you don't feel like you can or should pay for the book, Go ahead and take it anyway. God's been good to us for sure, and we'll take care of it. Don't worry about it at all. But please avail yourself of those tracts and things of that nature. If you see one that you would like more of, take as many as are there, contact your pastor, and I'll happily send them as many as we possibly can. Any announcements need to be made before I close in prayer? Okay. Heavenly Father, Lord, we love you. Thank you for your word.