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I was raised non-denominational protestant, but my parents sent me to a Catholic school as a kid. Because of this, I became pretty combative towards Catholic theology and honestly couldn’t even understand where they were coming from. As an adult, I really wanted to dive into my faith deeper, and when I moved out for college I started attending a Pentecostal church. The people at that church were some of the friendliest people I’ve ever met, and everyone seemed to be “on fire” for God. I loved that and felt so close to God. But recently I moved again, and before attending a new church I prayed to God to lead me to the church He wants me in, a church that will bring me closer to Him and will be a good foundation for not just myself, but my future children as well. I started feeling a pull towards Catholicism at that time, so I started doing a lot of research on it and feel like my views have been changed a lot, but not fully. I think I agree that Catholicism was the church founded by Jesus (but I’m still not 100% sure if Jesus founded a literal physical church or a spiritual one that encompasses all Christians), and I want to be part of a church that is so historical and united. It really makes me feel uneasy how many different denominations of protestantism there are. I believe in the miracles that have been performed by saints, especially Our Lady of Guadalupe which I think was one of the things that first opened my heart to Catholicism. I can also get behind the idea of transubstantiation. I agree with veneration of the saints, in the sense of having a great respect for them and recognizing that they were righteous people. Also, it’s a more minor thing but I really appreciate how crucifixes actually have Jesus on the cross, rather than just the cross without Jesus. However, there are still some things that I’m struggling with. Even though I agree with venerating the saints, I don’t know if I agree with praying to them. I understand asking for intercession from friends and family who are still here on Earth, but it feels a bit different to actually pray for prayers. Can you be Catholic and not pray to the saints? And also, I’m worried that if I raise children in the Catholic Church that they will leave the faith as adults. All the people I went to Catholic school with (whose families were Catholic), left the faith because they felt bored with it and just viewed it as a bunch of rituals, and never actually formed a relationship with God. I know a lot of that comes down to parenting but I’m still worried that all of the structure will keep my kids from forming strong relationships with God. I’m sorry this is so long, but I just really need help right now. I don’t know what to make of all this. I’ve been praying every day for God to guide me and reveal His intentions to me but I still feel stuck. Even if I don’t end up joining the Catholic Church I don’t know what protestant church I would even feel comfortable in anymore.
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The Bible we read today has been altered and portions deleted since the very first verse of Genesis 1:1. This originated from religious rule in which monarchs and powers exploited the unique nature of religion—its demand for absolute obedience and absolute authority. All religions of mankind were created by humans under the pretext of God and truth. All religions of mankind are false. They were created by kings and powers of the past who misused God and truth in order to establish religious rule built upon absolute obedience and absolute authority. Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity—all religions share the common origin of being formed and spread by kings and authorities for the purpose of religious governance. In military regimes, where coups were inevitable, religion was used as a tool of rule under the special traits of absolute obedience and absolute authority, and this form of religious control has its roots in the earliest ages of creation, in a past beyond human imagination.
Today, in the ruins and relics of every great and small civilization that has been discovered, we see common traces: altars built to worship gods under royal authority. The Mayan civilization, the Egyptian civilization, the Greek civilization, the Sumerian civilization—all these show plainly that religions were spread by kings in their time.
Thus, the religions of power were without exception carried forward as instruments of religious rule, either by presenting themselves as mediators of God or by claiming to be God themselves, all for the purpose of securing absolute obedience and authority. This is the true root of all religions today.
However, this does not mean that the Bible, which Christianity upholds, is false. On the contrary, the very reason I can explain to you the reality of all these so-called gods on the basis of Scripture is because the Bible alone reveals these truths clearly and unmistakably. Yet, the Bible that humanity now reads is filled with many defects, since Jews and Christians of the past deleted and altered parts of it. But though it contains many defects, not every part is corrupted or false; therefore, I send you this message based on this very Bible. (A book that addresses the altered and deleted Scriptures will soon be released.)
The level of faith found today in Catholicism and Christianity is nothing more than human knowledge and theory—products of the limits of the human head and intellect, learned and devised as one’s own knowledge, theories, and scholarship. It is an absurd level that has nothing to do with God’s holy will or the love of Christ, and leaves people with no choice but to go on repeating sin all their lives until they die. At such a level, the “gods” of intellect and knowledge operate while posing as God and as Christ; the gods of pride and falsehood are at work; and the gods of thieves and robbers inevitably operate as well.
You will have no choice but to be astonished by what you are about to see and hear. They put “God” and “truth” at the forefront, yet remain wholly ignorant of God’s reality, purpose, and realm; and the proud—blind teachers who do not even know the reality, aims, and domain of all the satanic powers belonging to this world and the flesh—teach blind learners, raising only their own voices. Thus they are blind, not realizing that judgment is spreading right before their eyes without their even knowing it.
You will come to understand all the ideals and principles of faith that you have never before encountered, and how all the divine beings are involved and work within human history and the affairs of the world under God’s providence. It will also sharply point out the fundamental problem in your faith. Please read through it with patience until the end. It will become the most important wisdom in your life and faith, for it concerns the very matter of your life itself. The most important matter is what purpose you believe in God for. The reason I say this will become clear as you read the following: every religion, without exception, places forward its own god—whether God, Christ, Allah, Buddha, or others. Yet regardless of which religion one belongs to, the spirits at work among them are no different from the many worldly and fleshly spirits that also work among unbelievers. The only difference is that among those in Christianity or Catholicism, these spirits appear disguised as though they were God or Christ; among Muslims, as Allah; among Buddhists, as Buddha; and among Hindus, as the gods of Hinduism. In reality, however, the truth is that the gods put forward by these religions are not at work to them simply because someone belongs to that religion. This will come as a shock, even a shock beyond what you expect. Every religious person must now seriously reflect on why such a reality has inevitably appeared in this world.
Most believers fall into one of the following: a lukewarm faith that has strayed from the Word and is no better than unbelief, bound to keep repeating sin until the day they die; or a zealous faith accompanied by hot temper and self-will that, because it elevates only the knowledge and theories of the head and intellect, inevitably grows cold later on; or a faith that becomes a slave of religion, following unconditionally; or else a faith that becomes the slave of fanatical extremism devoid of common sense. The most fundamental reason is that they lack eyes and ears to examine themselves from the foundation of Scripture—whether they are Scripture-centered or religion-centered, church-centered, pastor-centered, self-assertion-centered, or knowledge-centered—so they unavoidably become slaves led by a blinded faith, deceived by blinded teaching. I have never seen Christians or Catholics who are truly centered on the Word of Scripture. What we see are merely religions, churches, pastors, and congregants who cannot escape the limits of humanism, in which their own interpretations and explanations—abusing the Scriptures—have been absolutized, and their own assertions deified.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.(2 Corinthians 10 : 3~6)
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.(2 Peter 3 : 16~17)
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.(2 Thessaloniansn 2 : 3~12)
If instead of bearing the fruit and harvest of the love of God, who is the God of love, you are only repeating sin, then are you not a slave of sin, a slave of the devil, and even one with the devil? Remember that the Scriptures declare that Christ came to call sinners. And the command to confess your sins and repent is a rebuke given to all who continue to repeat sin.
You must now carefully ask yourself: Am I blindly following a religion, or am I truly believing in the God of love? Am I a true Christian centered on the Word of God, or am I merely a religious person who believes only in the sermons of men? This is now the time to discern with clarity, for this is the measure by which the wheat will be separated from the tares for judgment. All humanity already senses that judgment is at the very door. The truth that judgment will be proclaimed to all people has already begun to spread, even if most religions remain unaware of it.
Because they do not center themselves on the Word of God itself, but instead only hear sermons that stray from the Scriptures—sermons blended with worldly thinking, human teaching, and emotional inspiration—there is no true biblical standard, no God-centered foundation. As a result, they follow the false interpretations and forced explanations of preachers, not realizing that they have in fact become the greatest adversaries and enemies before God and Christ on this earth. Their faith is nothing more than a pursuit of personal lust, happiness, success, and comfort. And since their standard of belief is shaped by human fleshly desire, they are no different from worldly people who, until death, can only continue to repeat sin without end.
Because they serve God while still clinging to the world and to material gain, their religion is filled with every distortion, heresy, and lie—adorned and wrapped in human teaching and emotional inspiration—that seeks only the hope of lust, the blessing of possessions, and success for the sake of wealth. Thus, the so-called Christian faith they proclaim is not faith centered on God’s Word, but rather a faith centered on the world and the flesh, which is the very root of sin.
Because of carnal faith, the tragic sermons and doctrines of Christianity endlessly lead all believers into nothing but the continual repetition of sin. They can never overcome the limits of man, nor can they put to death the evil habit of repeating sin. Instead, they only stir up weak awakenings, determinations, and resolutions, teaching nothing more than human lessons and emotional inspirations. What is learned and practiced throughout a lifetime, through the mind and intellect of man alone, is human-centered humanism disguised as if it were God-centered theism.
The result is that human self-reliance, self-awakening, self-determination, self-resolution, and self-pride are taught as though they were faith itself, the Word itself, the Gospel of God, or divine inspiration. This corruption, heresy, and falsehood of Christianity ultimately share the same standard and form as all other religions and false cults.
In other words, it is nothing more than human teaching, human education, and human inspiration that magnify man’s own enlightenment, man’s own emotions, and man’s own learning, and that exalt man’s own awakening, determinations, and resolutions. It is not the truth of God Himself, nor the power of God at work, nor reliance upon God. It is not true theism, but humanism, where man—often unknowingly—becomes absolute and deified. Thus, all the sermons of Christian humanists, whether from the teachers or the learners, lead alike to the absolutizing and deifying of man himself, making them, before the Word of God and before the love of Christ, into adversaries and enemies.
As they grow ever more hardened and obstinate, relying only on themselves, their own temper, and their own emotions, their assertions come to reign above the Word of God. In the end, they themselves become the “Word,” they themselves become absolute, they themselves become deified—they themselves become “God.” This pinnacle of arrogance is the extreme of pride: with eyes that cannot see anything beyond their own claims and ears that cannot hear anything beyond their own assertions, they insist that this is what it means to be “Word-centered” and “God-centered.”
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.(Isaiah 26 : 13)
No matter what religion one believes in or what god one serves, every human being possesses flesh and therefore cannot help but live according to the nature and members of the flesh. As a result, influenced by the nature of the flesh, people live as slaves to evil habits that compel them to repeat sin without end. Thus, regardless of which religion one follows or which god one worships, the habits driven by the desires of the flesh continually produce evil habits in which sin is endlessly repeated. The beginning of these habits arises from the moment one becomes aware of desires born of the flesh, and from there evil habits are formed.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.(Luke 11 : 24~26)(Matthew 12 : 43)
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.(Mark 16 : 9~11)(Luke 8 : 2~3)
To those who envy, the spirit of envy works; to those who are jealous, the spirit of jealousy; to those who hate, the spirit of hatred; to those who are proud, the spirit of pride; to those who harbor lust, the spirit of lust; to those who are filled with wrath, the spirit of wrath; and to those who practice lies, the spirit of lies is at work. In other words, the working of the seven demons that were upon Mary Magdalene is the same working that is upon all people whether they believe in God or not. These seven gods of emotion begin to arise from the moment man harbors desires born of the flesh.
No matter what religion one believes in or what god one serves, every human being, from childhood, is led by all the gods allotted under the providence of God. First among these, every person is led, deceived, and governed by the seven gods of emotion that arise from the flesh of man. Thus, there is no one on this earth who does not possess these seven emotions. These emotions spring from the very nature of the flesh, which inevitably follows its evil desires, and therefore arise without one’s awareness.
For this reason, every human being is bound to the seven emotions that occur according to one’s own desires, one’s own standards, one’s environment, one’s interests, one’s heart, one’s emotions, and one’s moods. And these seven emotions, born of fleshly lust, are accounted as capital sins in hell (Romans 1:23–32).
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.(Proverbs 26 : 24~25)
Therefore, as the above passage declares, even if one awakens, resolves, and makes determinations hundreds or even thousands of times, following the inspiration and teachings of words that only lead one to keep repeating sin until death, one can never be born again nor be set free from sin. No matter how moving a human sermon may seem, if it merely stirs emotions and arouses feelings, it is the deceptive work of the devil, deceiving with teachings and inspirations that do not impart the Holy Spirit, taught by those who possess the abominable seven corrupt emotions; thus you must not believe them. In other words, do not follow the teachings and inspirations that arise only from human awakenings, resolutions, and determinations given by those with the seven evil emotions, for such things merely cause believers to repeat sin throughout their lifetime. The inspiration and teaching in which the divine power of God’s love does not work is not the truth of God. Moreover, those who harbor the seven emotions are not those who have the power of God—that is, the Holy Spirit—that proceeds from God’s love; therefore, you must not believe their sermons.
The faith of Christians who spend their whole lives only teaching with words and only listening all their lives is no different from the religious people of the past who claimed to believe in God. The greatest reason why those who claimed to serve God became the greatest enemies and adversaries before Him is because all religions are made by man, and therefore they can never escape the limits of man.
Through sermons and doctrines that come only from human education and human lessons, carried along by human inspiration, all that is produced is the repetition of man’s awakening, determination, and resolution. Because they can never transcend the very limits of human education and teaching that cause man to rely on himself, they are led throughout their lives to rely on their own enlightenment, their own awakening, their own determinations, and their own resolutions. Thus, without realizing it, they become the “word” themselves, they become absolute, they become deified, they become like God—while blindly raising only their own voice. This obstinacy and hardness of heart is the true nature of the faith they teach and learn.
This is the limit of doctrine, education, and learning that arises from human lessons and inspiration, unable to escape the human-centered humanism in which man himself becomes deified. Just like the methods of human study and education, it remains bound within the limitations of learning by relying on oneself. The result of such doctrines, lessons, and inspirations is that one’s own assertions, born of one’s own awakening, determinations, and resolutions, become absolute and inevitably deified. This hardened outcome is nothing other than the essence of man-centered humanism.
Because human-centered humanism absolutizes man himself, deifying him, the foundation is always one’s own taste, one’s own heart, one’s own knowledge, one’s own experiences, and one’s own emotions. Thus one’s own enlightenment, perceptions, views, and assertions become absolute. For this reason, the religions made by man are always different depending on each person’s views and claims, and therefore, according to the teachers and according to the learners, every religion is inevitably divided and multiplied. This is why the world is filled with countless religions and countless sects, all arising from human claims. And because these religions cannot put to death the evil habits of man, they leave believers bound all their lives in the cycle of sin, teaching only sermons and doctrines that cause them endlessly to rely on their own awakening, determinations, and resolutions—accumulating sin.
All the religions of today use God and put forward “truth” as their banner. They all claim to be centered on God and truth, yet in reality they teach nothing but human education, human lessons, and human inspirations that lead people only to rely more on themselves under the guise of God. Thus, they are religions that cannot overcome the limits of man, bound to human-centered humanism that inevitably makes man absolute and deified. They do not teach the ideals, the truth, or the power of God.
The sermons and doctrines of all religions, which rely on human education and human learning to stir only awakenings, resolutions, and self-exaltation that cannot escape the structure of humanism—where man becomes absolute and deified—are nothing but excuses, falsehoods, and distortions. Trapped in the evil habits of man, they cannot solve the limits and problems of man, and therefore all religions alike are merely those that use God and truth as their justification.
The sermons and doctrines of all religions contain not even the most basic and fundamental hope of Christ, through which one might obtain the power of God who is love. They are nothing more than words and theories that stir emotions and offer human lessons, serving only to enlarge worldly happiness, human ideals, and fleshly desires. Thus, the power of God can never be at work in them, and they do nothing more than stir up temporary resolves, born of pride and fleeting awakenings, which cannot break the habits of sin or free anyone from the yoke of sin that is endlessly repeated.
Yet within this cycle of sermons and teachings of religion—where there is nothing more than momentary inspiration and instruction—the believers only heap up more and more sin. And instead of being ashamed of their growing sins, they gradually and unknowingly justify and excuse them, cultivating lives and faiths that exalt and deify themselves, while continuing in their enslavement to sin.
The result of exalting oneself through human education, human teachings, and human ideologies as though they were the truth of God is nothing but religious people who, becoming monsters, spend their whole lives repeating sin without even feeling the reproach of conscience (spirit). The limit of such religion is that it cannot overcome the human boundary that fails to put to death the evil habits and members which endlessly repeat sin. Instead, it only multiplies hypocrisy, morality, success, and blessings—humanly fabricated teachings and emotions of flattery and sycophancy. What else can such a limit be but the boundary of man himself? The very standard of teaching is rooted in human education, human knowledge, human learning, and human common sense, and thus the limit of all religions is the limit of man.
Whether one claims to believe in God or in Christ, as long as one follows the world and the flesh, regardless of what god or what religion one professes, every person belonging to the world and the flesh is led and influenced by the deceiving spirits of the gods of this world. Those who belong to the world are inevitably led by the gods of the world, and those who belong to the flesh are inevitably led by the gods of the flesh. This world of gods is under God’s sovereignty. In other words, all religious people and all mankind, within God’s providence, follow religions and gods under the working of Satan and demons.
Thus, no matter how much one claims to believe in and follow God and Christ, if in reality one’s faith is only for the sake of personal blessings, happiness, success, and security belonging to the world and the flesh, then regardless of what religion it may be, Satan and demons will inevitably work. This is the fundamental reason why God has handed over the world to the gods of the world and the flesh. Therefore, all mankind lives under the dominion of the gods of the flesh, bound to evil habits that endlessly repeat sin, stirred by the lusts and desires born of fleshly cravings.
For this reason, the “Holy Spirit” (Spirit of Truth), the power, the gifts, and the miracles taught and learned in Christianity are all works of Satan and demons. Thus, the forms of Christian gifts, tongues, prophecies, and their so-called Spirit are nothing but the works of demons, identical to the practices of shamans who serve false spirits and to the workings of all other religionists who worship false gods.
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.(1 Corinthians 8 : 5~6)
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.(Jeremiah 10 : 11)
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.(Isaiah 26 : 13)
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.(2 Corinthians 4 : 4)
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.(1 Corinthians 2 : 12)
The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.(Zephaniah 2 : 11)
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.(Exodus 12 : 12)
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.(2 Corinthians 4 : 4)
Within Christianity, the principles of communion with demons are taught as though one had received the Holy Spirit; incantations and sorcery that call upon demons are turned into tongues; fortune-telling and divination are called prophecy; and all kinds of works of demons are proclaimed to be the miracles of God. Because they serve God together with the world and material things, their prayers are nothing but worldly—seeking their own secular ideals, hopes, happiness, and blessings. Thus, their prayers are all prayers driven by lusts in which demons inevitably work.
To those who seek the world, the god of the world responds; to those who seek material wealth, the god of material wealth; to those who seek lusts, the god of lusts; to those who long for greed, the god of greed; to those who seek carnal desires, the god of carnal desires; to those who pray for blessings, the god of blessings; to those who pray for worldly family, the god of family; to those who pursue the flesh, the god of the flesh; to those who pursue morality, the god of morality; to those who pursue only inspiration, the god of inspiration; to those who pursue only sermons, the god of sermons; to those who exalt only words, the god of words; to those who exalt only theories, the god of theories; to those who exalt knowledge, the god of knowledge; to those who value human wisdom, the god of wisdom; to those who exalt intellect, the god of intellect; to those who exalt thoughts, the god of thoughts; to those who pursue temper, the god of temper; to those who exalt their own willpower, the god of willpower; to those who exalt their own pride, the god of pride; to those who exalt their own determination, the god of determination; to those who exalt their own arguments, the god of arguments; to those who pursue religion, the god of religion; to those who pursue worldliness, the god of worldliness; to those who pursue worldly hope, the god of worldly hope; to those who seek affection, the god of affection; to those who desire worldly happiness, the god of worldly happiness; to those who exalt science, the god of science; to those who are bound by habits, the god of habits; and to those who worship the sun, the god of the sun; the moon, the god of the moon; the sea, the god of the sea; the river, the god of the river; the tree, the god of the tree; the earth, the god of the earth; the stars, the god of the stars; time, the god of time; and to those who worship local deities, the god of traditions.
Countless such gods appear disguised as if they were God, or as if they were Christ, or as if they were angels. This is the spirit of the world, to whom authority over worldly affairs has been granted before God.
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.(1 Kings 22 : 21~22)
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.(2 Chronicles 18 : 20~22)
All the sermons and doctrines of today’s Christian pastors and Catholic priests are, just as described above, 100% lies—works of the spirit of falsehood and of Satan.
Within the sermons of demons who exploit the Word of God, all so-called “inspirations” and “lessons” belong to the world and the flesh: teachings of worldly success, touching messages about family happiness and comfort, “happy-ending” blessings, and flattering emotions meant to inspire hope and ambition for worldly dreams. Such deceptive and hypocritical emotions, masked as moral inspiration, only stir up personal resolve and determination. The tragic result is that sin only piles up further, and people come to rely ever more on themselves. In this human-centered system of education and doctrine, people gradually exalt themselves to the point of pride—becoming blind leaders of the blind, not realizing that they have enthroned themselves above the Word of God and made themselves gods in His place.