Matthew Stuckey here from Verity Baptist Church Manila and I wanted to provide you a quick
video on Roman Catholicism exposed and what I want to talk to you about is Constantine's
vision.
Now you're probably familiar at least to some degree with Constantine and his vision
he supposedly saw but in case you're not the general story goes that Constantine was in
the middle of the battle the Battle of the Milvian Bridge and he wasn't sure if his
side was going to win the battle or not and he ends up having this dream and he ends
up seeing this cross in the sky and some people say that he actually saw it some people
say it was a mirage some people say it was part of the dream there's so many
different reports and different accounts of this event it's changed through the years
but they end up winning the battle and Constantine supposedly attributed it to the cross
he saw in the sky and converts everybody to Christianity after he supposedly converts
and so even in secular reports people question did he really convert is he just
making up the story it's not even universally accepted you know even outside of the IFB
world you know outside of the Baptist realm people don't even believe this vision they
think he faked it maybe he did it for political gain people aren't really sure there's
a lot of different reports but let's give him the benefit of the doubt and if we're
going to give him the benefit of the doubt well let's look at what he believed after
he supposedly converted when he saw this cross in the sky because the Bible says faith
is the evidence and so if we want to find out if somebody believes if somebody is saved
we look at what do they believe and what do they teach so you look at the religion
that Constantine supposedly started or helped build or help you know unify and is that
the same thing as biblical Christianity when you look at the all the idols of Roman
Catholicism when you look at the work salvation and having to follow the sacraments and
you know indulgences and all these other things that are not found in the Word of God
it has nothing to do with Christianity and it doesn't matter how many people in the
world would call themselves Catholic or how many people are Orthodox or Protestant
that came off that Catholic you know tree their branch off of that tree it has nothing
to do with biblical Christianity it's not even close at all and Constantine's beliefs
after his supposed conversion are not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
be saved so you can see he never really converted himself another question is if he
really converted to Christianity if he really ended up believing on Jesus Christ the question
comes up who converted Constantine you cannot get saved unless somebody wins you
to the Lord every single person that is saved in the world you did not get saved
by reading the Bible for yourself you got saved because they so would have preached
the gospel to you that's how I got saved and that's how I've led other people to
the Lord but people do not get saved by reading the Bible on their own and people
like to compare this event to Paul the Apostle but Paul the Apostle actually went to Ananias
afterwards after he's on the road to Damascus and he sees the light and talks
to the Lord and people like to compare it to Paul the Apostle but here's the thing
about Paul the Apostle he obtained mercy because he did it ignorantly in unbelief so
Paul the Apostle he tried to follow the law perfectly and in some areas he was great
and in other areas he's persecuting true Christianity because he had the wrong religion
but he did it ignorantly in unbelief but with people like Constantine and all these
people that start these religions they're usually wicked people before they're not
good people and so why in the world would God come to them and give them an opportunity
to hear the gospel it doesn't make sense that's not the same thing as Paul the Apostle
at all and another thing I want to mention is this that the Catholic Church is always looking
for some sort of sign they have these signs of Mary they have these signs of the cross
they have these visions this stigmata all this Pentecostal madness that they're mixing
in in their religion but you know what does the Bible say in Matthew 12 verses
39 and 40 but he answered and said unto them an evil and adulterous generation seeketh
after a sign and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet
Jonas for as Jonas or Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly so
shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth so the only
sign given to us is that Jesus Christ he died for us he was buried and he rose
again and people get saved when you preach the gospel onto them and they believe on
Jesus Christ so you say what exactly happened with Constantine 1700 years ago well
you know honestly he there's a good chance you know he had been drinking alcohol could
have been doing drugs he could have been hallucinating could have had a dream there's
different reports I don't know but when you look at his beliefs after this event it's not
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and now shall be saved so whether is a demonic vision that
he saw whether or not he lied about it whether or not he was confused I can't be sure
but what I do know is Constantine never converted to Christianity and Roman Catholicism was never
a true Christian Church they were always just a pagan religion mixed in with Christianity
they were never believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and now shall be saved thank you
and God bless