Contending For the Faith
Ministries
42055 Crestland Dr., Lancaster, CA 93536
USA Email: BlantonDR@aol.com
My name is D. R. B. and I am a
former Roman Catholic that heard the Holy Spirits call to “Come out of her my
people”. In 1984, the Lord’s sovereign grace called me out of the darkness and
into the light of his son, Jesus Christ. Our ministry distributes tapes, tracts,
pamphlets, and books to Christians around the world that are seeking to grow in
the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. We seek to preach the whole
counsel of God, witness to the lost and feed the sheep of Christ. We preach the
doctrines of grace as being the doctrines of Christ, and we call people to
separate from the religions traditions and practices of the Great Whole
(Romanism) and her daughters. We believe the focus of the believer should be in
obeying the great commission as found in Matthew 28:19-22…teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you….” We believe that a ministry
must teach practical doctrines regarding sanctification and warn the sheep about
the grievous wolves in the world.
We use the KJV (most faithful and reliable English translation), and with
keeping to the teaching of Christ, we look to him to save all his elect and then
come and judge the world. We expose the charismatic movement and its false
teachers. We teach God’s people that the Jesuits have infiltrated Protestantism
with false futurism (pre-trib rapture, future anti-Christ, 1000 year earthly
reign, the restoration of old Israel with animal sacrifices, and many other
false interpretations of both old testament prophecies and the book of
Revelations). “The Jesuits Order of the Roman Catholic institution is the most
diabolical of all Roman Catholic orders; the most fanatical, the most corrupt,
the most dangerous. Ever since its inception in the sixteenth century, it has
stopped at nothing in the relentless of its goal: to destroy all the enemies of
the Papacy, and to enchain the world to the feet of the pope of Rome.” (Quote
from the Jesuit Secret Agents - tract by Shaun Willcock).
We do not believe it is profitable to try and convince those in darkness that
the Pope is the anti-Christ and that the Jesuits are her most evil workers
unless this is part of the "overall presentation of the Gospel".
To do so outside the
presentation of Christ only enrages those in darkness and brings persecution on
the believers. We believe the lost need to hear the gospel and be called out of
the great harlot but the focus to the lost is not primarily Romanism but Christ.
As one that worked with Alberto Rivera for a number of years, I learned first
hand that many will unite together against the Pope, the Jesuits, and her false
doctrines but many themselves love not the doctrines of Christ, nor do they seek
after righteousness. It is shocking how many of those united against Romanism
and fight a fleshly battle against Romanism hold heretical doctrines and are not
of one doctrine. We are to join in fellowship with those of the one true faith
as found in Jesus Christ, and in following Christ, his people will not
fellowship with the workers of darkness. Because I took my eyes off Christ and
focused too much on exposing the Pope, I was deceived for a number of years
before realizing the Alberto Rivera was a false professing Christian and that
his testimony of being a former Jesuit is a fraud. I have documentation that is
available to those that request it from our catalog. It is a terrible thing that
many immediately called those that expose Rivera as a fraud as agents of Rome.
We are greatly sadden to hear people within evangelical circles say, “Yes, Roman
Catholicism is a false, antichristian religion, and most Roman Catholics are
unregenerate; but there are some, at least, who are true Christians, and who
remain within the institution, either out of ignorance, or from a desire to
serve the Lord from within the system, instead of the outside.” Those that speak
thus are in serious error. That there are some Roman Catholics who are true
Christians is an utter impossibility. Professing Christians who makes such a
statements as the one above, are either abysmally ignorant of Roman Catholicism,
or they are ignorant of the bible itself. When the Lord grants a person
repentance and faith toward Jesus Christ, they repent of their false doctrines
of Romanism regarding salvation through the sacraments. Once a person rejects
the Pope’s seven channels of grace through sacraments as the means of salvation,
they are no longer a Roman Catholic. When one is saved, Jesus Christ, the author
and finisher of the faith, will call his people out of her. No rational person
would believe a person could be a Mormon or a Hindu and be a Christian at the
same time, and if they saw Romanism in it’s true light according to Christ, they
would know its not possible to hold Catholic doctrines and the doctrines of
Christ at the same time.
Christians must be armed with the truth and they should heed the warning of
Charles Chiniquy (1809-1899), a man that was a priest of Rome for 25 years
before being granted repentance and saving faith. The following quote is from
the ‘Dedication’ in his classic autobiography and refutation of Romanism, 50
Years in the ‘Church’ of Rome, published in 1886. Brother Chiniquy was warning
the ministers of his days about the dangers of Modern Babylon as found in
Romanism poses to bible believing followers of Christ. Quote…”The consequence is
an ignorance of Romanism which becomes more and more deplorable and fatal every
day. It is that ignorance which paves the way to the triumph of Rome, in a near
future, if there is not a complete change in your views on that subject.”
(Protestants in Chiniquy’s day were ignoring the mission fields of Roman
Catholics and were happy to treat them as brethren, much like today.
Over time, those protestants
that professed a love for Christ became ignorant of the evils of Romanism
because of the failure of the preachers to be watchman over the flock of God).
“It is that ignorance which paralyses the arm of the Church of Christ, and makes
the glorious word “Protestant” senseless, almost a dead and ridiculous word. For
who does really protest against Rome today? Where are those who sound the
trumpet of alarm? …. Because modern Protestants have not only forgotten what
Rome was, what she is, and what she will forever be; the most irreconcilable and
powerful enemy of the Gospel of Christ; but they consider her almost as a branch
of the church whose cornerstone is Christ. Faithful ministers of the Gospel! The
monster Church of Rome, who shed the blood of your forefathers is still at work
today, at your very door, to enchain your people to the feet of her idols.
Christians would do well to heed this faithful warning. Be bold in the faith,
bear witness to Christ, have no fellowship with the workers of darkness, don’t
participate in the Harlots ‘Holy days’, walk in righteousness, and above all,
let the fruits of the spirit be plentiful in your daily life. Hold fast that
which is true.
If I can be of service to you,
please write to us again. You can view our catalog online and download most of
the printed material for free at:
http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk
“Jude 3”
a sinner saved by grace.
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