Hi Martin,
If the Catholic Church is the church founded by Jesus Christ, then how come
Victor Hafichuk was in bondage to his sins his entire life as a Catholic, but was delivered from them
for good by Jesus Christ outside of the Catholic Church?
Not only that, but Jesus Christ took Victor out of the Catholic Church and all “tearaways” over 40 years ago, in order to walk with Him, having fellowship with Him till this day, as I and others attest, free of religious affiliation. Also read
wHaT tHe LoRd HaS dOnE wItH mE.
You're very wrong about a so-called befouled saint being holy because he belongs to the Catholic Church, which you wrongly presume belongs to God. John the Baptizer, heralding the coming of the Lord, told the Jews (who were the appointed people of God) that their heritage and calling wasn't enough to ensure them holiness. They needed to bring forth fruits of repentance, which alone would make them clean through faith in Christ. Otherwise, they would be cast into the fire with their corruption, which is what happened.
Matthew 3:8-10 MKJV
(8) Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance;
(9) and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
(10) And now also, the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
The mystical Church of God, the saints from all ages who comprise Christ's Body, aren't polluted, but cleansed by God's Spirit to be holy and without blemish:
Ephesians 5:25-27 MKJV
(25) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,
(26) that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,
(27) that He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and
without blemish.
John the Baptizer foretold this as well:
Matthew 3:11-12 MKJV
(11) I indeed baptize you with water to repentance. But He Who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;
(12) Whose fan is in His hand, and He will cleanse His floor and gather His wheat into the storehouse; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
By the way, Victor is by no means the only one who has been delivered from the powerful deception of Catholicism and vain religion. Countless numbers have known the freedom of Jesus Christ apart from the RCC, while not one has known salvation and spiritual freedom within its confines and influence.
But now we live in the day of the destruction of this wicked harlot Mystery you call the “Holy Roman Catholic Church.” Wait and see her fall; she falls as we speak; God brings her down by the hand of Islam:
Revelation 17:15-18 GNB
(15) The angel also said to me, "The waters you saw, on which the prostitute sits, are nations, peoples, races, and languages.
(16) The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire.
(17) For God has placed in their hearts the will to carry out his purpose by acting together and giving to the beast their power to rule until God's words come true.
(18) "The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."
Do know that by attributing the work of God to Satan, you're blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.
Paul Cohen