The Blasphemy of the Mass

Grace Bible Church

The devil specializes in twisting and perverting God's Word, as he seeks to overthrow the Gospel, and destroy the exclusivity of Christ's finished work to save us.No perversion is more wide-spread and destructive than that of the Roman Catholic false religion. They appoint priests other than Christ, who sacrifice the Mass, which blasphemes the Lord Jesus' death.Romanists twist Scripture to make up a doctrine called transubstantiation, claiming that the bread and the wine of the Lord's Table are converted by the power of their so-called priests, into the actual physical body and blood of Jesus.But Christ was clear: the Lord's Table is a remembrance of His physical body and blood, which were sacrificed for the forgiveness of sin, only one time. Christ has already presented them to God in heaven for us.The Romanists falsely claim that their so-called priests sacrifice the Mass, transforming it into Christ's body and blood, and that the Mass continues to work our redemption, propitiate God for our crimes, and cleanse us of our sins.But Christ has already done all this once for all!The fundamental error of the Romanists is their denial that Christ's sacrifice at Calvary has already perfected His people, has already forgiven our sins, and has already obtained our eternal redemption.Thus, they create a monstrous and blasphemous sacrificial system, not approved by God, because there is in fact no more offering for sin.Because the Mass claims to repeat those things that Christ has already finished, the Mass denies the efficacy of Christ's sacrifice. As Hebrews put it, where there is forgiveness of sin, there is no more offering for sin!