During the present-day apostasy we see the Catholic faithful being misled by the fallacy that God unconditionally forgives and blesses everyone regardless of their sins. The enemies of the Faith have craftily woven into the Mass and into the Sunday sermons the insidious lie that “God blesses our present way of life” when in fact our present way of shame and LGBT living have no blessing from God. Many lay people, priests, and even the pope have forgotten the warning of St. Paul:
“Know you this and understand, that no fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person (which is a serving of idols), hath inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.” (Ephesians 5:5)
St. Paul says, “There shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.” (2 Timothy 4:3) Those days indeed have arrived. The sound doctrine of Christ is to embrace the Cross of Christ and to do penance for our sins, but instead we have false pastors who run about luring the faithful with the false idea of automatic forgiveness and mercy.
It appears that the Church fathers have forgotten the following admonition from the Bible.
“Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin: And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins. For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looks upon sinners.” (Ecc. 5:5-7)
Christ tells us, “If you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.” (Mt. 6:15) Hence if one dies holding a grudge, he will not be forgiven but will be eternally banished, even if he is reborn through baptism, yet the false pastors of our time refuse to acknowledge this. Instead they charm the ears of the gullible just to be popular.
St. Peter speaks of the false prophets of the last times who would go about “alluring unstable souls” (2 Peter 2:14), and “Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption.” (2:19) This certainly includes today’s heretics who flatter the unwary by telling them that good works aren’t needed and that God loves them just as they are.
The Apostle says that a Christian who does not excel in good works “is blind, and groping, having forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.” (2 Peter 1:9) He says that to secure our calling to be saved we must persevere in virtue and good works. “Wherefore, brethren, labor the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election.” (2 Peter 1:10)
Peter makes it clear that returning to former sins after having known the way of Christ will cause one to lose his salvation.
“For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former.
“For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice, than after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them. For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit.” (2 Peter 2: 20-22)
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