Roman Catholics, by the millions, wear a brown scapular with a promise from the so-called Madonna of Mt. Carmel that "anyone who dies clothed in this [scapular] shall not suffer eternal fire; and...they shall be saved."
They hang all their eternal destiny upon this one object. They have made it their savior. They have been led away from the grace and salvation of Christ. God's Word says: .
Ga 1:9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Ac 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Joh 3:36 "He who believes (trusts) in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe (trust) the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
Salvation is not found in the scapular of the Mary of the Roman Catholic Church but in what the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross 2000 years ago. The salvation that was accomplished there was already finished, complete, sufficient and all-availing for all of time that the only thing one has to do is to trust, rely and place one's confidence in it for salvation.
