In order to defend himself against his critics, Pope Francis accused some Christians of having too much concern for the Ten Commandments, saying they suffer from “cowardliness,” and warning that such people become “paralyzed” and unable to “go forward.”
Popes have never been that concerned about keeping the Ten Commandments. That is the domain of the true followers of Jesus. In fact, those who truly love Jesus and have the Holy Spirit residing in their hearts will keep the Ten Commandments in honor of the Lord, including the Sabbath Commandment.
“‘Obeying all the commandments, all of them…’” said the pope, negatively characterizing the thinking of such Christians, “paralyzes you too. It makes you forget so many graces received, it takes away memory, it takes away hope, because it doesn’t allow you to go forward.” Such people become “confined souls” who suffer from the sin of “cowardice,” the pope added.
In other words, keeping the Ten Commandments prevents progress. And if you want to have hope, you cannot keep the Ten Commandments. This twisted logic is common in Roman Catholic teaching.
The pope’s remarks were made during a homily in the Casa Santa Marta where he lives in the Vatican. They appear to be in response to criticism for his support for giving the Eucharist to those who are living in adulterous second “marriages,” which contradicts Canon Law. Pope Francis recently suggested that people in these kinds of “civil” marriages should be able to receive the Eucharist.
Some conservative cardinals have likened Francis’ position to “Aaronic” priests who enable their flock to sin against the Ten Commandments, like the High Priest Aaron in the Book of Exodus, who built a golden calf to allow the Israelites to violate the first commandment.
The papal position has traditionally prevented those who are not “validly married” and who are having sexual relations from receiving the Eucharist. Pope Francis recently compared his critics to “the doctors of the law who persecuted Jesus,” observing that “these men did everything prescribed by the law.”
Rome never really changes. The church still seeks to justify sin and teaches that you can sin and live eternally, if you go to confession and receive absolution.
“The very beginning of the great apostasy was in seeking to supplement the authority of God by that of the church. Rome began by enjoining what God had not forbidden, and she ended by forbidding what He had explicitly enjoined.” The Great Controversy, page 289 and 290.
Comments
NABANGI DANIEL
Friday February 3rd, 2017 at 04:30 AMI wonder if Pope acknowledges Jesus as his saviour or he is on the contrary!! He is always on the negative of God’s word;the Bible.He should know that if they don’t keep God Law,it makes them forget and fail to progress and move forward! Indeed he is the AntiChrist!!!
Charles
Monday February 6th, 2017 at 07:11 PMJesus said, “lf you love me, keep My commandments. “
Sherill
Wednesday February 8th, 2017 at 09:50 AMThe Ten Commandant is Holy and good as God’s word says in Matthew. The Ten Commandments is God’s expression of His love. He is the one who is a coward. Failing to obey God is cowardice. Standing up for the truth is not being a coward.
Joyce
Friday April 7th, 2017 at 01:00 PMAmen. Well said.
David
Wednesday February 8th, 2017 at 06:58 PMAbsolute nonsense. Excuse me but you are clearly an anti Catholic. Not obeying the Ten Commandments is not and NEVER has been a common Catholic teaching. To make such a claim is absolutely ridiculous. To disobey the Ten Commandments is a sin in the Catholic Church. I believe Pope Francis has been misinterpreted here and if you listen to the entire speech in context he didn’t mean we shouldn’t follow the Ten Commandments. However even if he did that does not change Church teachings. A Pope does not have the power to change such fundamental and core teachings as the Ten Commandments. If the pastor who wrote this bias article is truly a Christian WHY does he lie?? He should realise bearing false witness is also a sin under the Ten Commandments
Toni
Thursday February 16th, 2017 at 10:35 AMThe Pope has the power to change the Ten Commandments? A document that written by the very hand of God!
admin
Thursday February 16th, 2017 at 11:22 PMThe fact that the pope has earthly power (the saints “shall be given into his hand”) proves the scripture correct which points out in Daniel 7:25 that he shall “think to change times and laws.” He changes the law of God, and the time of the Sabbath and requires all to worship in his way. This scripture identifies the great apostate by showing us that the great apostate is the one who thinks to change times and laws.
Frank
Tuesday June 5th, 2018 at 07:38 PMMaybe pope Francis was saying only confining ourselves to following the commandments doesn’t stop but limits our relationship with God maybe he was saying we should try to follow Jesus in every way possible and listen to him daily
Ingrid
Friday February 3rd, 2017 at 05:03 AMThe RCC knows what it’s doing. Not so long ago it blatantly stated that “who wants to stick to the Bible only, must become a SDA”. The RCC violated the TC by erasing the 2nd, and splitting the 10th. This pope is on a hostile crussade for strict adherence to the 3th (the biblical 4th), which the RCC changed in making it say the Sunday, the first day of the week instead of the seventh day Sabbath. What is this man talking about? He is defaming all who advocate the Sola’s the RCC clearly denies. Watch out for false prophets and false teachers, like this one. He is pushing his dragon agenda.
Larry
Saturday February 4th, 2017 at 06:13 AMThe Ten Commandments are a transcript of God’s character. To think less of the law of Gos, is to think less of the love of,God
David
Wednesday February 8th, 2017 at 07:03 PMAbsolute rubbish. Excuse me but you are clearly an anti Catholic. Not obeying the Ten Commandments is not and NEVER has been a common Catholic teaching. To make such a claim is absolutely ridiculous. To disobey the Ten Commandments is a sin in the Catholic Church. I believe Pope Francis has been misinterpreted here and if you listen to the entire speech in context he didn’t mean we shouldn’t follow the Ten Commandments. However even if he did that does not change Church teachings. A Pope does not have the power to change such fundamental and core teachings as the Ten Commandments. The pastor who wrote this is lying and he should realise bearing false witness is also a sin under the Ten Commandments? As for sola scriptura, this is not Biblical and the early church right up until the reformation did not teach sola scriptura. Regarding Sunday. Again Sunday became the sabbath for Christians from the very early church because Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday and he made everything anew. He made the old new. This was believed and practiced by all the Christians from the very beginning of the church. Yes there are many false prophets, many of them are those who spend their entire lives attacking and lying about Jesus’ church.
Simple Truth
Sunday June 10th, 2018 at 11:07 PMDavid,
If you read your Bible, really read your Bible yourself and search the truth in it, you would find out that
1. Jesus was crucified on Wednesday,
2. Rose from the grave on Friday night.
Lastly.. the Sabbath is a Saturday, established by God during creation before he even gave the 10 commandments to man.
Those who are awake and not blind know these basic truths. And man can not change God’s laws.
Man can attempt to deceive man but God’s laws always prevail.
Besides, If you really read the Bible for yourself, you would realise God already warned his people about what is happening now.
admin
Monday June 11th, 2018 at 12:09 PMThe Wednesday crucifixion and Friday resurrection is nonsense, though some try to make that argument from scripture. It shows they don’t understand jewish reckoning. But the Sabbath before the 10 commandments argument is valid.
Bill Eichner
Saturday February 4th, 2017 at 10:31 PMIt was Lucifer who said it is not possible to keep the commandments. So, who is the Pope parroting?
Bill Eichner
Saturday February 4th, 2017 at 10:34 PMIt was Lucifer who said you cannot keep the 10 commandments. So, who is the Pope parroting?
Sharon
Saturday February 4th, 2017 at 11:46 PMVery scary . . .persecution is very close for us!
Sharon
Saturday February 4th, 2017 at 11:48 PMUnbelievable that they believe this. Persecution is on the horizon for us!
daniel
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 12:38 AMEveryone,who tries to destroy God’s commendements he,she is the way to kill Jesus again.he will completely fail.
David
Wednesday February 8th, 2017 at 06:56 PM. Not obeying the Ten Commandments is not and NEVER has been a common Catholic teaching. To make such a claim is absolutely ridiculous. To disobey the Ten Commandments is a sin in the Catholic Church. I believe Pope Francis has been misinterpreted here and if you listen to the entire speech in context he didn’t mean we shouldn’t follow the Ten Commandments. However even if he did that does not change Church teachings. A Pope does not have the power to change such fundamental and core teachings as the Ten Commandments. The person who wrote this bias article should realise false witness is also a sin under the Ten Commandments.
Lorna
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 04:36 AMWhere can I find this statement so I can share it. Tganjsy
brad sexson
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 08:38 AMI would like for elder mayer to check out a catholic site on youtube called the “church militant” this guy makes a jesuit in 15th century Spain look affable
harooney
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 12:16 PMOkey
Generation of Vipers
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 03:33 PMThis Pope is like a cancerous tumor that needs to be wiped away before it infects the whole body
admin
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 06:46 PMBe careful “Generation of Vipers” with vitriol against dignities. While we must expose the babylonian plot, we must not treat individuals with venom.
TomInVancouver
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 05:44 PMI wonder if this is true or a spoof. There is an article on a satire site that sounds similar. Is this the source?
http://www.eyeofthetiber.com/2016/11/22/pope-francis-calls-ten-commandments-too-rigid/
admin
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 06:46 PMGo to the original article and check it out. Then you decide.
TomInVancouver
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 07:16 PMTruth is stranger than fiction!
Jose L Alvarez
Sunday February 5th, 2017 at 08:21 PM” We all comet a sin” Simple!! The end establish the essence of salvation. ” Love God forever and ever and love your neighbor”
Cecile
Monday February 6th, 2017 at 10:22 AMMark of The Beast !
Craig
Monday February 6th, 2017 at 10:55 PM“Let us begin today, my brothers, to do good, because up to now, we have done nothing.” These words, which the Seraphic Father, St. Francis, in his humility applied to himself, should be made ours, at the beginning of this new year. We truly have done nothing to date, or perhaps, very little; the years have followed one another and from beginning to end, we have never asked ourselves how we have spent them, whether there was something to be rectified, to be added or obliterated from our conduct. We have lived thoughtlessly, as if the Eternal Judge were not going to call us to Himself one day and ask us to account for our deeds and for the way we have spent our time. And yet, we must give an exact account of every moment, of every grace, of every holy inspiration, of every opportunity to do good. The slightest transgression of God’s holy laws, will be taken into consideration! (TN, Epist. IV, p. 963).by Padre Pio
admin
Tuesday February 7th, 2017 at 08:02 AMSt. Francis added nothing to the word of God either. The Bible itself says all those things. “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” Matt 12:36. “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.” Eccl 12:14. “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:” John 16:8 “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” Jude 14, 15. “He hath showed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Micah 6:8 “Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;” Romans 12:9, 10. “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:30-32. And that is just the beginning of the scripture on these topics.
Mack
Tuesday February 7th, 2017 at 05:38 AMWe are in deep trouble if we neglect to be rooted and grounded in God’s word and allow the Holy Spirit to work out our salvation within us. We need full and complete submission to God’s will!
Sherill
Wednesday February 8th, 2017 at 01:03 PMJesus said” My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips”.
If the Ten Commandments were not meant to be obeyed, God would not have written them with His own finger . He not only written them once ,but twice. After Moses broke them when Isreal built an image of a calf and was worshiping it. Moses was angry and broke them. God told Him to come back to mount and God wrote them again.
God warns, man not to alter or change any part of His word.
Edgar
Wednesday February 8th, 2017 at 02:50 PMFalse Pope, False Catholic church. Visit novusordowatch.org for anwers.
Brandon Michael
Sunday January 7th, 2018 at 02:59 PMStop stop stop!!! The devil and those who follow the snake in to the dark.This evil surround us all and wants us to fight each other so we’re not battling the true enemy yet we are doing exactly what the snake wants division and deceit.instead of us using the link to the chain that one key denominator link to all of us no matter what are religion is and how we worship and praise the Lord,we are all Christians first and when it comes down to the war on Christianity the war against all of us no matter what religion!!! the devil doe’s not care his objective is to try and destroy all of Christianity!!!trust that the Lord wants us to throw are petty difference’s aside and unit . Lucifer ultimate goal is to get us to fight one another so that he will have less to do that and most of all he no’s that it hurts Jesus to see his children he loves fighting in his name when there is so much to come together in his name if you want to see that just go to the walk 4 life March and I promise you that u won’t see any division of religion just Christians united against the evil war on the murder of the innocent it’s also war on us and are believes that is why we need to be united because there are so many people who have turned their backs on Jesus Christ it wasn’t long ago when the united States was ran on Judea Christian values and it meant something to be a good Christian and to treat your neighbor as you yourself would like to be treated.please stop fighting each other and finding things that you don’t like about each other and see what you both have in common the Lord Jesus Christ he is the one true link to all of us that truly are good Christian’s love love love to all of you
admin
Monday January 8th, 2018 at 05:37 PMBrandon, one’s perspective on this is instructed by how much he values truth. Jesus is the truth. Those who claim to love Jesus but do not believe or teach what the Jesus says cannot be united with His true followers. A shallow unity with those who believe some truth and some error is not going to get us where we need to be.
David
Wednesday February 8th, 2017 at 06:51 PMExcuse me but you are clearly an anti Catholic. Not obeying the Ten Commandments is not and NEVER has been a common Catholic teaching. To make such a claim is absolutely ridiculous. To disobey the Ten Commandments is a sin in the Catholic Church. I believe Pope Francis has been misinterpreted here and if you listen to the entire speech in context he didn’t mean we shouldn’t follow the Ten Commandments. However even if he did that does not change Church teachings. A Pope does not have the power to change such fundamental and core teachings as the Ten Commandments. Please, if you are truly a Christian WHY do you lie?? You do realise false witness is also a sin under the Ten Commandments? Then please don’t lie.
Jan Holloway
Tuesday January 16th, 2018 at 07:19 AMIf you think the pope can’t get something changed how did Saturday the Holy Sabbath day get the majority to go on Sunday. You are truely deceived. We are to keep all 10 commandments as thay will be kept in Heaven.Just remember you said to disobey the ten commandments is a sin what happened to the seventh day Sabbath that isn’t being taught.
Jacques
Thursday February 9th, 2017 at 09:34 AMStop judging on pope Francis .
Who are you to judge on pope Francis.
In the end God knows and decided if the pope right or wrong. Stick with your faith and stop all this rubbish story about the pope.
Get a life and try to have a strong faith in our God Jesus .
In the end we christian. We have to forgive others if they done mistakes but not judge on them
God bless our church and keep all evils out .
admin
Thursday February 9th, 2017 at 10:54 AMWe do not judge the pope’s motives. He is no doubt a very nice man. We can only distinguish his actions and words, whether or not they align with the bible. That is the standard of ALL faith and practice. We have strong faith in Christ, and in His word. That’s how we can distinguish the fruits. Investigate a little deeper Jaques. If you do so sincerely, you will see that the pope is in conflict with God’s ten commandment law, particularly in promoting Sunday worship. I urge you to get out your bible and read it, searching for true light. If we follow Jesus we will have a life… eternal life. God bless you.
A.j.
Friday February 10th, 2017 at 04:35 AMLet us be cautious of voice. I say so to myself.
Scripture is of no private interpretation.
Peter, would say no to commonly what is done in his name. Mary would say,” worship my son”, and not to seek her for salvation .
Our thinking needs alteration at the altar of God’s mercy through the only name given for salvation.
Who? The Lord Jesus Christ. KURIOS Iosious Kristos.(transliteration of Grk.)
Ali
Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 at 08:24 AMAmen!
Mr. A
Friday February 10th, 2017 at 04:39 AMThe KURIOS Kristo Iosius is sum toto of the Word. Do not ad not take away from the text.
M J
Friday February 10th, 2017 at 08:47 PMi guess it is “bad for business” if one keeps the Commandments! Then the priest will not be able to collect confession money! Doesn’t the more sin committed result in more money for the Catholic Church? (when one pays for forgiveness?)
Glenn Robinson
Saturday February 25th, 2017 at 12:01 PMThe most High GOD established the ten commandments through the prophet MOSES as THE school master that leads us to the CHRIST. It is very sad that this
caricature would make this statement against the holy scriptures. Just goes to show you that these religious perpetrators have no understanding of the authority of the holy scriptures; even more depressing, they delude a large number of the world’s people with their brands of religious ignorance.
Ann OBrien
Thursday January 18th, 2018 at 01:23 PMPlease! Do your research! A Catholic priest does NOT collect confession money! I am a Catholic who is commited to keep all of the Ten Commandments, and have most of my adult life including Sabbath! You forget that the 9th Commandment instructs to NOT bear false witness against thy neighbor. What you said is false. I know their is corruption in the church. It is in every church including the SDA. We must pray for others, love and forgive, be informed and not accuse without evidence.
admin
Thursday January 18th, 2018 at 03:08 PMHe said what he said.
Cyrus Reuben
Monday February 27th, 2017 at 02:29 AMevery body should prepear. but this is the end
C cobb
Wednesday December 6th, 2017 at 06:30 AMJesus said, “the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
Laston Kastom from Malawi
Thursday May 24th, 2018 at 07:23 AMYes, that is what jesus said.
Laston Kastom from Malawi
Thursday May 24th, 2018 at 07:21 AMI know what you people are driving at. Does going to church equal keeping the sabbath holy? First read or study the exodus verse very well, it said don’t do work, not go to church. Then study the life of christ, he defined what working and not working on sabath is.
admin
Thursday May 24th, 2018 at 02:23 PMLaston,
The Sabbath is a lot more than going to church. It is a day to spend with Christ and fellow believers. It is a symbol of the principles of true, biblical Christianity. Our mission is to proclaim scripture and link current events with Bible prophecy. We hope that’s not too hard to swallow.
John Siregar
Wednesday May 29th, 2019 at 09:40 PMDefinition of a Christian
A Christian is a person who is a follower of Jesus Christ and he or she follows all the teachings of Jesus Christ, keeping His commandments including keeping the seventh-day Sabbath holy. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28 and Luke 6:5).
If a person claims that he or she is a Christian, but does not keep His commandments including does not keep the seventh-day Sabbath holy, he or she is not a follower of Jesus Christ and therefore he or she is not a Christian.
1 John 2:3-4 3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
John 14:15 15 “If you love Me, [a]keep My commandment
We serve an immutable God and we have an immutable Savior, Jesus Christ.
God and Jesus Christ are immutable and so are His commandments including the seventh-day Sabbath.
James 4:17 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.