I was listening to VCY and they defended the Christ Mass with the scripture verse: Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good. – Romans 12:21 Well, they almost had me there! It sure sounds like a good way to validate the Mass of Christ. Does it apply, though? Does it cancel out other scriptures that tell us not to worship God as the heathen do in worship of their gods? Does it override these scriptures? –
Deuteronomy 12:30-32 âŚand after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, âHow do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.â You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
Jeremiah 10:1,2 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. Thus says the Lord: âDo not learn the way of the Gentiles…”
Leviticus 10:10 âAnd that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean.â
Isaiah 5:20 âWoe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!â
Ephesians 5:11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness but rather expose them.
That’s just a few scriptures that would have to be ignored for the Romans 12:21 verse to apply. Scripture never contradicts itself. There must be a rightly interpreted scripture verse, passage or teaching based on scripture (the whole of the Holy Bible), to show that Romans 12:21 can be used to validate the observance of the Mass of Christ. I haven’t found it yet..
The following quote, from Kevin Reedâs, The Canterbury Tales:
In a Lutheran/Anglican posture, Mr. Jordan is asserting that the church has been granted broad discretionary power to establish means of worship. This is similar to the Anabaptist notions, which allow the âmoving of the Spiritâ to govern the present activities of the church, without any direct appeal to the law of God. In both cases, the church has the power to worship God according to the devices of men. However, the Anabaptist opts for subjectivism (due to an emphasis on individualism); the other opts for traditionalism (with an emphasis on the corporate consensus). Yet, the law of God rejects both a subjective appeal (Deut. 12:8), and an appeal to the consensus (Deut. 12:30-31). Rather, the biblical admonition directs men to the scriptural pattern of worship (Deut. 12:32).
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. â Job 14:4
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