Puritan Belief

Is Jesus Christ the Lord God Almighty?

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It is God alone who created heaven and earth and everything in it (Genesis 1:1).
As He created all things, God had no assistance from any other; He alone created all things for His own good pleasure.

The Bible says;
The “ONE GOD” in Genesis 1:1 is the Lord Jesus Christ. “Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not understand it (John 1:3-6).”

In the beginning Jesus Christ, the God and Father of all things, from whom all things came and for whom we live: and there is but one God, one Lord and Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live (1 Corinthians 8:6).
Jesus Christ who is the God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephesians 4:6).

It is Jesus Christ who said;
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior (Isaiah 43:10-11.”

It is the “great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own (Titus 2:10-14)”.

The Lord Jesus Christ said in the Old Testament; “I thought that you would call Me Father (Jer. 3:19).”
And Isaiah the Prophet said that the children of God would call Jesus “Father” (Isa. 9:6).
And again Isaiah said, “You O Lord ‘Jesus’, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your Name” (Isa.63:16).

And then the Lord Jesus declares; “My people will know My Name, It is I who foretold it yes I”.

Questions;
Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the GOD of the Old Testament?
Do you believe that Jesus Christ ALONE is the Creator of all things?
Do you believe that there was no OTHER person helping Him?
Do you believe that there was another person called the Father who is idle in the background?
Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the FATHER of all creation and that beside Him there is no other person included in God?
Please let me hear your thoughts.

Trinitarians can NOT say ‘JESUS is LORD!’

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It is written in the Scripture (1 Cor. 12:3) that “No one can say ‘JESUS is LORD’ except by the Holy Spirit”.
And the Scripture can’t be broken.

It is obvious and natural that every devil and every human being with a voice is able to say that ‘Jesus is Lord’, even a Parrot can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ if you train them to say so, and certainly they don’t speak by the Holy Spirit.

Any man or woman must be born again by the Spirit of God (John 3:3) to be able to say ‘Jesus is Lord’, since the Spirit of Jesus has made His abode in them and by that Spirit they can and will say ‘JESUS is LORD’, meaning that Jesus Christ is the ‘LORD—GOD’ the Almighty the creator of heaven and earth, the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end and beside Him there is NO OTHER person who holds that title.

Trinitarians in all denominations CAN NOT say that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is LORD, since they all believe that Jesus is Lord with another person (the Father) who is also God, and of course the third person the (Holy Spirit) who also shares in the title of ‘LORD GOD’.
If there are three persons in one God, then by necessity all three persons must be Lord.

Test me in this;
In your next prayer meeting listen how they pray.
All Trinitarians pray to the first person the big God through the second person the little god Jesus.
They ask the big God in Jesus Name etc.
They pray to the big God whoever that might be because they don’t believe that Jesus is LORD, or the only big God of all creation.
The spirit they have received does not allow them to say that Jesus is that ‘LORD’.

The Holy Spirit has been given to testify, magnify and glorify ONLY Jesus Christ our Lord and God and no other person or identity and you must also testify to Jesus Christ, for you have been with Jesus from the beginning (John 15:26).
If you do NOT testify to Jesus alone, then you have not received the Holy Spirit and you are still in your sins and trespasses.

Any spirit who removes that glory and gives or ascribes it to another person or identity is NOT the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:11).

What do you think?
Have you noticed their dilemma in the prayer meetings?
Please let me hear your thoughts.

The TRINITY; is Satan’s master deception.

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The Trinity doctrine is the sharp edge of Satan’s sword to destroy and divide.

It is just like the Word of God who is sharper than a two edged sword which divides error from the truth (Hebr.4:12).
So does Satan’s deception the Trinity divides and separates the Father from the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, contrary to the words of the Lord Himself (John 10:30) “The Father and I are ONE”. Consequently the Father and Jesus are NOT---TWO.

(John14:9) Jesus said, “He who has seen ME has seen the FATHER”, or in plain words ‘You are looking at the Father’.
Within the Trinity lies the most powerful deception to strike at the heart or the core of all Christian doctrine (teaching). It divides the Lord our God Jesus Christ into TWO or three identities or persons and demands from you to worship them.

If your physical heart is divided, then you are physically dead.
If your spiritual heart is divided, then you are spiritually dead and you desperately need to be born again just like Jesus said in (John 3-3) regardless whether you think of yourself a Christian or not.
If Christ is divided from the Father, then God would be dead and could not give you a new birth and I would be a false preacher preaching a false Gospel.

Do not be deceived or deceive yourself to believe such a lie as the Trinity, for the Lord will punish all who hold, preach and teach the master deception of Satan ‘the TRINITY’.
The Lord makes no distinction between Christian, Pastor, CEO or Clergies of any kind.
Therefore make your calling and election sure (2 Peter 1:10) and see whether you are in the faith or not.
The Lord forgives all our sins and transgressions and shows love and kindness to a thousand generations to ALL of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.
The doctrine of God is clear and simple;
There is ONE person in ONE God, Jesus Christ the Lord.
Beside Him there is NO OTHER GOD, person, identity or spirit who is also God.
Jesus alone is the eternal God (Spirit) clothed in flesh and dwelled among us.

And we who are in Christ testify to His majesty dominion and power, and whoever believes in Him shall be saved and those who do not believe already stand condemned because they would not believe in the only one whom God has sent.
Paul

The TWO ------ RELIGIONS!

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In this world are only TWO religions, or THREE, if you consider the third to be a religion.

(g.1.) Group believes that God the creator of heaven and earth is Jehovah, Allah, Yahweh and many other names.
They are called Jehovah Witnesses, Muslims, and Jews etc. and are recognized and called by the name of their god they believe in.
They are (Monotheists) Unitarians, because they believe in ONE God or one person (identity) to be God.

(g.2.) Group believes that God the creator of heaven and earth is the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the ONLY one person who is the Lord God the Almighty and beside Him there is NO OTHER person, spirit or identity who is also God.
They are called, Disciples of Christ or Christians.
They are (Monotheists) Unitarians, because they believe in ONE God or one person (identity) to be God.

(g.3.) Group believes that God is TWO or THREE persons or identities who are god or gods, and all two or three persons together make up one god.
They are called Catholics or Universalist, which means that they are every where universally in every denomination and not only in the Catholic Church. Sometimes they also are called Christians; they are (Polytheists) because they believe in many persons and identities who are gods.

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The (g.2.) are the only ones who believe and worship ONLY the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Mat. 2:11+8:2+14:33 etc.) and have NO OTHER gods beside the Lord their God Jesus Christ.
They are the true and faithful ones to Jesus (Rev. 14:12) and the bride of Christ (Rev. 21:9) who are espoused to only ONE husband Jesus Christ the Lord (2 Cor. 11:2).
They are the ones who believe in the true God and have eternal life (1 John 5:20), who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus and called from every nation, tribe and tongue to be God’s own possession and the children of the living God, whom He has called of darkness and into His marvelous light.

The (g.1) are those who believe in their own made up or invented god. They acknowledge the Lord Jesus, but do not believe or worship Him; instead they worship their own god by whatever name they give him. Jesus said, that they belong to their Father the devil (John 8:44) because they would NOT acknowledge Jesus to be their Father.
They ALL will perish, because they did not believe in the only one whom God has sent (John 5:38), Jesus Christ the Lord.

The (g.3.) are those who believe that God is many persons or identities, a Duality of persons, or a Trinity of persons and each of those persons is fully God.
They are the harlot Church, the prostitute or the whore of Babylon (Rev. 17:4-6).
Because they all transgress the first commandment of the Lord (Exo. 20:2-3) and would not believe that there is no other God but one (1 Cor.8:4), but believe and teach that He God is three persons and identities.

They are neither (g.1.) nor (g.2.) but because they are (g.3.) the Lord Jesus will spew them out of His mouth (Rev.3:15+16).
In plain words, all those who believe in the Catholic Universal teaching the Trinity are an abomination in sight of the Lord.
However, there are some (g.2.) believers without understanding who are in fellowship with (g.1.) and (g.3.) congregations whom the Lord Jesus calls to come out and be separate, lest they partake of their sins. (Rev. 18:4)
He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.

Yes!
Every one of us belongs to ONE group, (g.1.) or (g.2.) or (g.3.)
To which ONE do YOU belong??
Let me hear your thoughts.

The FIRST SAINT of the Australian’s Antichrist Church!

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The Antichrist, the Pope and his Church (the Catholic Church) are celebrating their first SAINT in Australia, Mary MacKillop.
The Vatican, the headquarters and the seat of the Antichrist in Rome has finally given in to the pressure of her subjects to produce a SAINT in Australia.

Mary MacKillop was previously excommunicated from the Catholic Church and later reinstated through continuous pressure of all the SAINT worshipers in Australia.
To become or to be canonized a SAINT in the Catholic Church; the Vatican requires two miracles or more.
After hundred years of praying to a dead woman they could not find one miracle, so they invented two healings by two women whose identities are concealed, which they attributed to Mary MacKillop so she could be accepted by the Pope as a SAINT.

The Catholic Church is the Antichrist Church because every teaching and practice is contrary to the Scripture.

The Lord Jesus commands His Church to call no one on earth FATHER, since there is only ONE Father who is in heaven and He alone is HOLY! (Matt. 23:9+6:9)
But every member of the Antichrist Church is calling the Pope "HOLY FATHER" and the head of his Church.
Antichrist does not only mean 'Against Christ, it also means in place of Christ.'

In the Church of Jesus Christ, Jesus alone is the HOLY FATHER and the HEAD of His Church. (Col. 1:18)
Everyone who is born again is in Christ Jesus our Lord and is a SAINT. (Rom. 1:7)
SAINT, means, sanctified and set apart to be the bride of Jesus Christ our Lord and God.
Question;
Has Jesus Christ set you apart and made you a SAINT?
Or do you wait till the Pope declares you a SAINT?
Or, perhaps indifferent and don’t care?
Do you agree or have another revelation?
I like to hear your thoughts.

Why the Trinity?

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The reason why Satan has introduced the Trinity teaching (doctrine) is simply to divide God into three persons and so to conquer you and your faith, trust and belief in the only ONE true God Jesus Christ of Nazareth and to seduce you to believe that there is some other person or identity who is also a God.

Divide and conquer!

Satan the master of deception and the prince and Father of all liars has deliberately deceived all Trinitarians to believe that God is many persons and identities. He has used the Scripture to back up his lies and so to give authority to his deception.
In doing so, Satan has undermined your belief and faith in the ONE God Jesus Christ and divided Him into three persons (gods).

Isaiah 14:13+14 Satan said in his heart;
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."

Satan already has ascended into the realm of the spirit (heart).
Within the doctrine of the Trinity, Satan enthrones himself as the Most High God and demotes the Lord Jesus to a second person, another person, lower than him (Satan) and calls Jesus his Son.
Satan sits enthroned in the utmost heights of the assemblies who believe that there is another person, other than Jesus Christ who is also a God.
If you have ears to hear what the Spirit of the Lord Jesus said in (Isaiah 14:13+14), then you would know that Satan tries to take the place above the Lord our God Jesus Christ.

The Scripture clearly says; that Jesus Christ is the true God and eternal life (1 John 5:20) and any other person, spirit or identity, who tries to take place of God is the devil.

If God is divided into three persons, then so is your faith, love, worship and service.
Jesus said that you can not serve two masters, either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other (Matthew 6:24).
Here you can see that it is impossible to believe, worship and serve two or three persons which the Trinitarians call 'God'.

Remember the first commandment; (Exodus 20:2+3)
Jesus said;
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:5 "you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, (v.6) but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."

Everybody ought to know who Jesus is!

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He is the lily of the valley, the bright morning star, the fairest of ten thousand and everybody ought to know.
He is the rose of Sharon, the bridegroom from heaven, the prince of peace, the Captain of the host, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, the living one who was dead and is alive for evermore, the faithful one, the way, the truth and the life.
The Son of God, the light of this world, the judge of all, the Lamb of God, the deliverer from Zion, the Lion from Judah, the mighty warrior, the rock of offence, the mighty savior, the bread of life, the manna from heaven, the pillar of smoke, the pillar of fire, the corner stone.
The wonderful, the counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Lord of glory, the good shepherd, the resurrection and the life, the Father of all creation.
My glory and the lifter of my head, my strength, my strong tower, my deliverer, my shelter, my fortress, my strength and my shield, my healer, my peace, my life, my Savior, my friend, my brother, my Lord and my God, my teacher and my redeemer.

And there is none like JESUS and everybody ought to know!

Luke 2:10-15
The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
This will be a sign to you:
You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

Rejoice o daughter of Zion, for the King is born!
And have a spiritually and physically prosperous new year!

In Christ Jesus our Lord and God,
Lots of love; Paul

The Spirit of Truth!

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Whom the world cannot receive!
John 14:16-20 Jesus said; "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever, (v 17) the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. (v 18) I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (v 19) Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. (v 20) On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you."

What is the Lord Jesus saying in that passage of Scripture?

As we understand that all Trinitarians in their deception say that Jesus will ask another person the Father who is also a God, and that God would send a third person the Spirit of truth or Counselor who is also a God to be with you and in you.
This is the teaching and understanding of today's Trinitarian world in all Churches universally.

However the Scripture is clear in (v 17) that the world or the worldly mind (natural mind) cannot accept Him, because to their natural minds it is foolishness that the Lord our God is ONE 'Jesus Christ alone', they consistently claim that God is many persons, people or Identities. That is because they cannot 'SEE' Him or 'KNOW' Him.
But to all of you who are born again by the Spirit of God, you know Him, because Jesus in the Spirit (the Father) has made His abode with you (John 14:23), He lives with you and in you.

(v 18) Jesus will not leave you as an orphan (without a Father), but He will come to you in the Spirit, so that you will have Jesus to be your heavenly Father.

(v 19) Jesus said that the world will not see Him anymore, but what about you; can you see Jesus? Can you see Jesus in the Father? Or that the Father is in Jesus?

(v 20) Jesus said; on that day, when He will make Himself known to you, you will realize that He is in the Father who is Spirit and you are in the Spirit who is the Lord Jesus and that Spirit lives in you.

If you cannot see those things and you have been ensnared by the Trinitarian teaching, then you should call upon the name of the Lord and ask Him that He might reveal Himself to you or make Himself known to you.

Jesus said; "when the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning." (John 15:26+27)

The spirit of Trinitarianism.

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1 John 4:2+3
"Hereby know ye the Spirit of God;
Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God;
And every spirit that confesseth NOT that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is NOT of God and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that he should come; and even now already is in the world."

How does one rightly understand that passage of the Scripture?

If you interpret that passage just as it says or reads, then all Muslims, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, Catholics, Trinitarians and all cults would speak by the Spirit of God.
They all without exception say that Jesus Christ came in the flesh.
Everyone knows and even the date on the calendar testifies that Jesus Christ was born about two thousand years ago and so came in the flesh.

However that is NOT what it means!

1 John 4:2+3 Speaks of the Antichrist spirit who indwells everyone regardless of their denominational affiliation who does NOT confess, preach or teach that the Lord Jesus Christ is the ONLY --- ONE --- TRUE --- GOD became flesh. Or the only one God who is the Holy Spirit came in the flesh, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

The Antichrist spirit says; that the Lord God Himself did NOT come in the flesh, but that He sent ANOTHER --- PERSON His Son to come in the flesh.
This amounts to Catholicism, Trinitarianism and cultism.
Anyone who says, preaches or teaches that Jesus Christ is not the Lord God alone is speaking by the spirit of the Antichrist.

As I have said previously that the spirit of the Antichrist always diminishes the Lord Jesus of His supremacies and divides the Lord God the Almighty into two or three persons.

To discern the Spirit of God and the spirit of the Antichrist is not difficult.
Just listen to what they say and what they write in their blogs and books.
If they divide God, demote Jesus or even point to someone else than Jesus Christ, they speak by the spirit of the Antichrist.
Anyone who exalts the Lord Jesus to the highest place in all things and ascribes to Him greatness, majesty, honor, glory and power speaks by the Holy Spirit which is from God.

Anyone who has NOT received the Holy Spirit does NOT belong to Jesus (Rom. 8:9) and still remains in the Kingdom of darkness (2Tim. 2:26) and in desperate need for salvation.
(Acts 2:21) Whosoever shall call upon the NAME of the Lord (JESUS) will be saved.
Whosoever rejects the Lord Jesus will be rejected by Him and God's wrath remains on him. (John 3:36)
But as many as received Him (Jesus), to them He gave the power to become the children of God who are born not of the will of the flesh but of the will of God. (John 1:12+13)

Jesus Christ demoted and stripped of His Glory.

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In all Trinitarian preaching and teaching, they systematically demote the Lord Jesus Christ of His SUPREMACY and His GLORY.
They ascribe the ultimate superiority and Glory of God to another person called the Father (an unknowable God) and demote the Lord of Glory to a second god, a second person and second best.

ALL – GLORY – HONOUR – POWER – DOMINION and MAJESTY belongs to Jesus Christ our Lord and God forever and ever. (Rev. 1:6 + Hebrew 13:21 + 1 Tim. 1:17)
Everything is created BY Jesus, THROUGH Jesus and FOR Jesus Christ alone.
Jesus said; "You are my witnesses declares the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior". (Isaiah 43:10+11)

Trinitarian teaching is full of deception just like the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees (Matthew 16:12), who did not believe that the man Jesus Christ who was standing before them is the Lord God the Almighty; instead they crucified the Lord of Glory. (John 5:18)
Trinitarians strip the Glory of the Father which only belongs to Jesus and give or ascribe that Glory to another person called the Father the unknowable God. In their ignorance they do not understand that Jesus is the Father in the flesh and the title 'FATHER' belongs to Jesus Christ alone. He is the Father of all creation and the Father of His children, to those who are born again by His Spirit, the Spirit of God.

(Colossians 2:9) For in Christ the fullness of the God-head (Deity) lives in bodily form.
That does not mean that a God-head of three persons and three natures dwells in Jesus Christ. Absolutely NOT!
Simply it means that the completeness or fullness of the one God is in Jesus, He is the TOTALITY of God.
If the Scripture speaks of the Father, it is Jesus Christ.
If of the Son, it is Jesus Christ.
If of the Holy Spirit, it is the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

(John 14:28) Jesus said, "The Father is greater than I".
The Trinitarians use this passage and say, See! Jesus Himself says that His Father is greater than Himself. By that they mean, that someone else is greater or superior than the Lord Jesus.
However that is not true, it simply means that the Holy Spirit in Jesus is greater than Himself. Jesus in the flesh became tired, hungry and was not omnipresent; Jesus in the Spirit had no limitations.
In all Scripture passages where Jesus supposed to be glorified as the supreme Deity, Trinitarians strip that Glory from Jesus and give it to someone else.

(Psalm 83:18) "Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord 'Jesus', that you alone are the Most High over all the earth."
For all of you, who love the Lord Jesus; trust in Him with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge the Lord Jesus and He will make your path straight. (Prov. 3:5)

The call of Jesus to His people!

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Revelation 18:4 Come out of her MY—PEOPLE, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of HER – PLAGUES!
In that passage you can see that some of God's people are still sharing the sins of the Universal Church and suffer her plagues, which is sickness, diseases and disaster of various kind.

First of all; are you a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Are you born again by the Spirit of God?
If NOT; then you are NOT—HIS—PEOPLE! And Revelation 18:4, the call of Jesus does not apply to you.
If you are a born again believer and hold the confession of Jesus Christ and you suffer from various kinds of sickness, diseases, plagues and disaster just like the people of the Catholic Church, then Revelation 18:4 is for YOU!

Come out of her my people, so that you will not share in her sins and in her plagues.
Perhaps you may say that you are not a member of the Catholic Church but of another denomination.
That makes no difference, as long you as you hold to any of her doctrines, from the Trinity to all other doctrines and practices, then you will share in her sins and suffer her plagues.
Sickness and disease is a curse from the Lord to those who are disobedient (Deuteronomy 8:15-68), and abundant life for those who are obedient and love the Lord with all their heart, soul, body, might and strength (Deuteronomy 28:1-15)

The modern day Churches are full of people who suffer the consequences of their disobediences, and think that a quick prayer to one of their gods would heal them.
They are unwilling to repent of their many person gods and their wicked practices.
But the Lord Jesus rewards those who diligently seek Him (Heb. 11:6) and everyone who sought Him would know that the Lord our God Jesus Christ is NOT – THREE – PERSONS, but that He is ONE God and beside Him there is no other! (Isa. 44:6)

Jesus Christ is the one who has redeemed us from the curse of the law and its consequences and by His strips we are healed!

Come out of that harlotry system of church-practice and their beliefs and be separate.
Jesus said; "So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds." (Rev. 2:22+23)

Faithful to JESUS!

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Revelation 14:12
"This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain FAITHFUL -- TO -- JESUS."
Revelation 15:4
"For you alone are holy"!
In those passages and more you can clearly see that the faithful believers of the Lord Jesus believe only in Him and not in any other god persons.
Jesus Christ alone is HOLY! He does not share His holiness or glory with any other person. Isaiah 42:8
If the Father would be another person like the Trinitarians says, it would be impossible for the Scripture to say that Jesus alone is holy.

Everyone who believes that God is many persons, identities etc. has not remained faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ but has played the harlot with other gods.
The Church of Jesus Christ is His bride and He is her bridegroom.
Paul said, just like all of you should say, that I have espoused you to ONE husband or one God, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to HIM! (2 Cor. 11:2)

(Rev. 4:8) Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God the Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.
This is the God we worship!
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, beside HIM there was no god formed, nor will there be one after HIM! (Isaiah 43:10)
Jesus alone is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, the Lord God the Almighty, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit who clothed Himself in flesh.
Only Jesus is far above all honor, glory, power, and praise!

If that is NOT your testimony, and you have been ensnared with the Trinity, the three person gods, then you have to repent and renounce those wicked doctrines and turn back and be faithful to Jesus in worship, teaching, doctrines, conduct and testimony.

The JESUS --- PLUS --- doctrine!

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The Jesus plus doctrine is similar to the Trinity!
They say that Jesus Christ alone is NOT the completeness or the totality of the ONE God.
They claim that the Lord Jesus shares deity with another person the Father and the Holy Spirit is the active force or the power of the two persons who together are one God.

This type of understanding of God is just like the Trinity deception with a slight modification.
However, all those deceptive antichrist teachings have one thing in common, contrary to (Mark 12:29 + 1 Cor. 8:4) they say that God is many, TWO or THREE separate identities or persons and each one of them is a part of this so called 'God'.

In believing so, God becomes a CONCEPT rather than the person of Jesus Christ our Lord and that which they call God becomes an unknowable mystical God, just like the God of the Muslims, Jews, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons and Trinitarians etc.

They all believe in the CONCEPT of God because to them God has made it evident that He is, "since what may be known about God is plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." (Romans 1:19+20)

The question is NOT whether you know about God but rather whether you know Him.
And anyone who does not know God will perish (2 Thes. 1:8)
Anyone who does NOT believe that Jesus Christ is the only one God will die in their sins. (John 8:24)

Yes that's right! There is no room for your own idea or private interpretation.
(Rev. 3:19) Jesus said; "those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be ernest and repent," or He will come in an hour when you least expect.

Jesus never said that you can believe in your own understanding of god and then you shall be saved, the whole world believes in a god of their own making, and surely they are not saved.
Because salvation is found in no one else and in NO---- OTHER----- NAME! (Acts 4:12) Only in Jesus Christ our Lord!
He who does NOT believe God's wrath remains. (John 3:36)

But anyone who turns wholeheartedly and without restraint to the Lord Jesus Christ and believes only in Him will be saved. (Acts 16:31)
It's not complicated! Jesus said, "I am the door; whoever enters through me will be saved." (John 10:9) It's that simple, only JESUS!

The CUP of her adulteries!

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Revelation 17:4. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.

Can you see the MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES holding a cup in her hands?
Let us look inside that golden cup.

Rightly you guessed; it is the Trinity!
Always the Trinity! Her three persons whom she calls one God.
Every time she takes a wafer out of her cup and put it into the mouth of her subjects, she affirms her adultery with her three god-persons and says, "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit".
As a standard practice she crosses her forehead and her chest and says, "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" constantly affirming her three god-persons.
That is practiced universally everywhere in the world. She thinks that in her cup are the blood and the body of the second person of her gods.
Whatever she does or says she always indoctrinates, immerses or baptizes her subjects into her three persons of god, whether in baptism, blessings, prayers or rituals, that is her harlotry and her adultery (spiritually).

Likewise all Trinitarian Churches play the harlot with her! They also teach and baptize their converts in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (three persons) and say that God has many names.
Like Israel they always stiffen their necks and will not repent and be obedient to the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. 28:19) to baptizing them into the one and only
Name of God Jesus Christ our Lord. (Acts 10:48)

Revelation 18:3.For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her. (Natural and spiritual kings and leaders)

All of you who are born again and love the Lord Jesus Christ, remember that the Lord Jesus does not take a harlot for Himself, but a bride who has made herself ready (Rev. 19:7) spotless and without wrinkle (Eph. 5:27)
Do not yield to the teachings of the Trinitarians! But listen carefully to what the Spirit says to the Churches. (Rev. 2:11)
Jesus said; "Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book." (Rev. 22:7)

Trinity allegory!

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Pastor Max visited John for correction concerning his three wives 'the Trinity'.

Pastor Max said to John, the Church sent me to talk to you about your three wives. As a Church we cannot allow you to have three wives.

But, Pastor Max! I do not have three wives, I only have one wife.

Look John, I am not stupid, I can see and count your three wives, Sue, Mary and Jane.

Yes Pastor Max, Trinity is three persons but they are ONE, ONE wife.

No John, you are married to three separate persons, Sue, Mary and Jane you are transgressing the first command, "you shall have no other person beside your only one wife", which amounts to adultery and harlotry and none of those will be in heaven.

Pastor Max, it seems to me that you really don't understand my wife Trinity and the three natures she has, one for Sue another for Mary and another for Jane. They are separate Identities or persons, but they are ONE, its kind of hard to understand, in fact no one really understands the mystery of the Trinity, because a finite mind can not understand the infinity of the Trinity.
You know my wife Trinity is just like your God, three persons and three natures in one God, surely you can understand that?

Look John, I really don't want to talk about my God, that is personal and after all I have a degree in Theology. All I want is that you renounce and repent of your polygamy.

Pastor Max, I told you that I don't have three wives; if that is your kind of argument then I don’t want to talk to you anymore. The Bible says that you supposed to talk to me tenderheartedly in psalms and spiritual songs, instead you talk to me angrily and constantly rebuke me; take that as my resignation and I will find another Church!

This is a valid picture for every Trinitarian!
It is also called spiritual harlotry and unfaithfulness to the only one true God Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Antichrist the Pope takes the place of God!

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The Old Testament Church is carrying the ark, the presence of God on the shoulders of the Levites through the streets and ministered before the ark and praised the Lord. (1 Chronicles 15:15+ 16:4)
Picture No 1
Likewise the Antichrist Church is carrying the Pope in the place of God, who usurps the title ‘Holy Father’ through the streets of Rome. All Catholic worshipers honor and worship the Holy Father the Pope.
Just as it is written, that he will oppose and exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple proclaiming himself to
be God. (2 Thessalonians 2:4)

Picture No 2
On this picture you can see the man of sin who claims to be the Holy Father standing next
to the Holy Mother of God (Marry) who holds in her arms the Holy offspring Jesus the Son of the Holy Father.
This is called the Holy Trinity, the God-family of three persons in one God.
Because the Catholic Church worships three persons, she is called in Scripture a prostitute.
And because the Catholic Church gave birth to all other Trinitarian Churches in the world, she is called the Mother of all prostitutes, which is her mark.

Come out of her my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues. (Rev. 18:4)
There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
This was written on her forehead;
MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
I saw the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore the testimony of Jesus. (Rev. 17:3-6)

The Evangellyfish!

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The Evangellyfish is known to be a fish with no backbone.
He stands for nothing and falls for everything.
The Evangellyfish is sort of a jellyfish or a cross between a fish and a mammal.
He is not very hot and not very cold, perhaps more like lukewarm.
If eaten by humans, they quickly spewed them out of their mouth because thy have no flavor.
They float around with other Evangellyfish in schools who like to congregate in dark caves.
Because of their floating behavior they have a reputation to be alive, but are considered by humans as dead.
Only when stirred, by shining a light on them they roar like a mammal and are capable of spitting poisonous venom.
They prowl around in the dark of the sea for their prey and inject them with their venom so that they become like them, ‘Evangellyfish’.
And when they are among the fish of the sea, they skillfully pretend to be one of them.
Evangellyfish are known for their capability to change their appearance, they like to distinguish themselves with outstanding colors and so to demand respect and authority over the rest of the school. They train their subjects to lift them up and honour them with respectful greetings at their gatherings.
They float through many waters and oceans till they have one convert and then they make them twice as jelly as they are, and if anyone does not agree with their tactics, they quickly exclude and ostracize them and even put them to death if possible.

The Antichrist has visited Australia!

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Shame to Australia as a nation!
And shame to every nation who receives the Pope and his Church.

A sea of people and pilgrims honour and pay homage to the Pope the man of sin the Antichrist.

Presidents, Prime ministers, governmental officials, politicians, Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants of every denomination receiving the Antichrist with gladness and pay homage to his office and his name!
News paper headlines, TV programs, commentators, they all honour and worship the Antichrist and call him 'Holy Father the Pope'.

And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast, all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
He, who has an ear, let him hear. (Revelation 13:7-9)

This calls for wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six. (Revelation 13:18)
If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or hand, he too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. (Revelation 14:9-10)
There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name. (Revelation 14:9-11)

The TRINITY core deception!

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Signs of deception!
Many will come, false preachers, prophets, leaders, Christians in sheep-clothing to deceive even the elect if possible. (Matthew 24:24)
Dear fiends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

If you find it difficult to read the Old Testament Scripture with the name of Jesus in it, like in the example below, then deception has already polluted your understanding.

Old Testament example;
(Genesis 1:1-3) In the beginning Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth. And the Spirit of the Lord Jesus was hovering over the waters. And the Lord Jesus said, let there be light, and there was light. Etc.
(Exodus 25:11) But the Lord Jesus did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw the Lord Jesus, and they ate and drunk.
(Numbers 7:4) The Lord Jesus said to Moses.
(Psalm 29:1-2) Ascribe to the Lord Jesus, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord Jesus glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord Jesus Christ the glory due to his name; worship the Lord Jesus in the splendor of his holiness. Etc.

If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, then you should read with confidence the name of God (Jesus) into ever passage where it says ‘Lord or God’ throughout the Old Testament.

Because of their many gods, the Trinitarians believe that the God of the Old Testament is a different person than the God of the New Testament.
Contrary to the Scripture, (Hebrew 13:8) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Malachi 3:6) I ‘the Lord Jesus Christ’ do not change.

To say that God is three distinctions, Father, Son and Holy Spirit is the same deception as to say that God is three persons!
If a chameleon changes its color, it still remains a chameleon!
But if you insist to use the word ‘distinction’, then there would only be two distinctions in the one God Jesus Christ our Lord.
The first distinction is Spirit.
The second distinction is flesh.
Father is NOT a distinction just like Son; it is the title of the Lord Jesus Christ who has two distinctions, which is the Holy Spirit clothed Himself in flesh. (Veiled the incarnate deity)

Which ever way you look at the doctrine of the trinity, it is a damnable deception that causes you to receive another Jesus, another Spirit and another Gospel than the one we preach. (2 Cor. 11:4)

Scripture explanation (monotheistic)!

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(Part 3) Jesus on the cross!
Matthew 27:46 Jesus said, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” and in Luke 23:46 “Father into your hands I commit my spirit.”

Q:= How is that possible for the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Lord God the Almighty to make such a statement?
How can that statement be explained and understood with a sound mind?

A:= It is NOT that God sent someone else another person, His Son to die on the cross for our sins.
Rather it is that the Lord God the Almighty who is Spirit (John 4:24) became a man, or clothed Himself in flesh and took upon Himself the punishment for our transgressions and sins in His body. (Isaiah 53:4-6) And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities.

It is impossible for God who is Spirit to die, because a spirit cannot die and God is the Holy Spirit.
The only way for God to die is, if He became a man, or clothed Himself in flesh (Jesus Christ our Lord and God).
Bear in mind that death is NOT annihilation, death is separation, being separated, the body from the spirit.

At the cross, Jesus Christ the son of man, the son of David, the son of Mary, the son of the Holy Spirit, the son of God gave His life, (the separation of His flesh from His Spirit) as a ransom for many who have inherited eternal life.
Plainly; Jesus from His flesh as the perfect man cried out to the Spirit who is in Himself, “Father, why have you forsaken me, and into your hand I commit my Spirit”.
That does not mean that Jesus was separated from another person, or that He committed His Spirit into the hands of another person.

Again it is absurd to say that God is many persons and that one person of God would talk to another person of God and so to have a dialogue.
To say so, would be a deception and foolish speculations!

Any dialogue within God is from the position of man to God, from the flesh to the Spirit, from a Son to a Father. All in one person Jesus Christ our Lord and God, to Him be all the glory for ever and ever, amen!

Scripture explanation (monotheistic)!

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PART 2: The Lord our God is ONE person, Jesus Christ our Lord and God!

HE is not many persons! “HE”, is one person!
It is impossible for a “HE” or “HIM” to be many!
Trinitarians falsely say that God is many persons, because they do not understand the Scripture and most likely they do not know God.
2 Thessalonians 1:8. God will punish those who do not know God!
Just like Jesus said; “If you do not believe that I am HE you will die in your sins”. (John 8:24)

John 16:25-28. Jesus said about the Father.
“Though I have been speaking FIGURATIVELY, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you PLAINLY about my FATHER. (v.26) In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. (v.27) No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. (v.28) I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

(v.26). In “That day” you will ask me in my name.
Q: = In which day?
A: = ‘That day’, is the day for every believer in Jesus Christ, when he or she is born again, only on that day they are in Christ and Christ is in them and only then they are, can and will ask in His name.
Q: = (v.27). From which God or other person did Jesus come from?
A: = Jesus did not come from any other person. Jesus came forth from the Spirit (Holy Spirit), for God is Spirit (John 4:24) and became flesh Jesus Christ our Lord and God.
Q: = (v.28). Did Jesus come from another person and is He going back to that other person?
A: = Jesus is still speaking FIGURATIVELY to you, but I will answer you PLAINLY; the Lord Jesus came from the Father who is Spirit (Luke 1:35) and entered into this world, and after His death, He left the world and the flesh back to the Spirit (except the resurrection body), because God is Spirit. (John 4:24)

Jesus is telling you plainly, that He is the Father!
(John 8:19) “You do not know me or my Father, if you knew me; you would know my Father also. (John 14:7) If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have SEEN him”.
Or in plain words; you are looking at the Father!
(Col.2:9) The fullness of God dwells in Jesus Christ our Lord and God.
Jesus never said that the Father and I are TWO! On the contrary, He always said that the Father and I are ONE!
(Rom. 9:5) Jesus Christ is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

Scripture explanation (monotheistic)!

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Jesus Christ our Lord and God; [part 1]

He created all things, by Himself, through Himself and for Himself.
Every domain, power, principality and nothing came into being apart from Him. (Col. 1:16)
Jesus Christ does NOT give his glory to another person who is a so called god, (Isa. 42:8) but all the glory must be to the Lord Jesus Christ! (2 Peter 3:18)

The fundamental principle of understanding the Scripture is that all Scripture concerning God must be understood and explained in the one person Christ Jesus our Lord and God.
Whoever transgresses that principle does not understand the Scripture and most likely does not know the true God!

All Scripture-passages where Jesus is praying to God, or talking to God and glorifying God must be understood in the light that the Lord God the Almighty Jesus Christ the Spirit became a MAN who fulfilled the duty and requirements in the office of the last HIGH PRIEST according to the law and the perfect spiritual MAN before God and to be an example for us!

God came in the flesh as the last high Priest in the old covenant with His own blood-sacrifice for sins and to establish a new covenant in a new order the order of Melchizedek to be a Priest for ever. (Hebr.7+8)
Jesus is the perfect spiritual man, to be our spiritual Father, teacher and brother, also as an example for us how to live a Holy Spirit filled life just as Jesus did, so that we would be called the Sons of God! (1 John 3:1)

Q: = Question. A: = Answers.

(John chapter 17)
Q: If Jesus is the Lord God, why did He pray? And to whom did He pray?

A: John 17 is called the High Priestly prayer; 1-5Jesus prays for Himself; 6-19 Jesus prays for His Disciples; 20-26 Jesus prays for all believers.
It was the duty of the high priest in office to pray for himself and for the people and to bring a blood sacrifice for sins to God.
Since Jesus is the Lord God in the office of the high priest He had to pray to God that is Himself, because there is no greater one to be found, He had to pray to Himself just like in (Jer. 22:5) where He swore by Himself.

Q: Why did Jesus address God as Father, if Jesus is the Father? Was Jesus talking to another person when He said ‘Father’?

A: Like every man or son has a Father, so Jesus as the perfect man and as the high priest had to address God as His Father, which is Himself.
So the Father is the Spirit within Jesus, and Jesus is the Son of His Spirit (the Holy Spirit) (Luke 1:35), or simply ‘God became a man’. (Always one person ‘Jesus Christ’! whether in the flesh or in Spirit)!
For this reason Jesus said; “Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me”?
In other words; don’t you believe that I am in the Spirit and the Spirit is in me?
God is Spirit and soul in one vehicle, the body of Jesus Christ! (John 4:24 and Isa. 1:14)
You have been created in His likeness, spirit soul and body. (Heb. 4:12)

If you are born again, or born of the Holy Spirit, then Jesus in the Spirit would have made His abode in you (John 14:23) and your body would be the Temple of the Holy Spirit, or the Temple of God.
The body is the vehicle of the spirit.
The body of Jesus is the vehicle of the Holy Spirit, where the Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father (John 14:10), one complete GOD-MAN ‘Jesus Christ our Lord!
Not so that God is a man!
Rather; God became a man in Christ Jesus our Lord!

The Trinity deception!

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The Trinity teaching is the most powerful tool of Satan to deceive the nations. (Revelation 12:9 +20:7-8)
In teaching that God is three persons in one God, the Serpent or Satan who was craftier (Genesis 3:1) caused them to transgress the first commandment of the Lord Jesus.
I am the Lord your God and you shall have NO OTHER gods beside the Lord your God. (Exodus 20:38 + Matthew 22:38)

I am afraid, that as the Serpent deceived Eve so that you would be deceived to believe and teach that God is three persons in one God.
The doctrine of the Trinity is designed by Satan to derail the unsuspecting and slowly lead them away from the Lord Jesus Christ to another person who is also called a god. By believing that there is another person who is called ‘Father’ you have departed from the Lord your God Jesus Christ to another god and elevate him above the Lord Jesus.
Because of that doctrine, most Churches today put Jesus in their preaching as the second important person in their multiple persons of gods and adopted the so called ‘God talk’, where they avoid giving the Lord God His only one and proper name ‘Jesus’!

It is the epitome of all deception for an intelligent person to say that Jesus Christ is the Lord God and at the same time someone else another person called the Father is also God, and the two are one.
In their case the god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Cor.4:4)

Trinitarians lie and deceive by saying, “the Lord thy God is THREE PERSONS”!
The Scripture says, “The Lord thy God is ONE”! (Mark 12:29)
Jesus Christ is the TRUE GOD and eternal life! (1 John 5:20)
Jesus said, if you do not believe that I AM HE, (the only one true God) you will die in your sin! (John8:24)
Jesus Christ said in Isaiah 44:8 did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God beside me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one!
V. 6+7 I am the first and the last; apart from me there is no God. Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it.

Trinitarians are polytheists claiming to be monotheists. They believe the Serpent who said in Genesis 3:1 “DID GOD REALLY SAY” (that the Lord your God is one? Surely he has to be three persons), for the Bible points to three persons.

Yes it seems that the Bible speaks about three persons? That I will explain in the next post,’ Scripture passages explained’.

Paul wrote in (2Cor. 11:3), “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”

ORIGINAL SIN!

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The SIN of Eve!
Most Christians say, when asked;
What is the ‘Original sin, or the sin of Eve?
They always say, ‘Eve ate an apple’ or ‘disobedience to God’.
Sometime they say, she ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:9
That is a broad statement and what does it mean?

I personally believe that the ‘Original sin’ is NOT eating and drinking, neither is the kingdom of God! Romans 14:17

ORIGINAL SIN! Genesis 3:14-15
Then God said to the Serpent; because you DONE THIS, (v. 15) YOUR CHILDREN (the Serpents children) shall be in enmity with her children (Adams children).

In this verse we can see that the Animal the Beast, Serpent or Satan bore his children into the human race, via Eve!

Eve introduced or mingled the Animal or Beast nature with the human nature, (mans nature) who was created in God’s image. Gen. 1:27
From that day forth mankind had TWO natures!
The Animal, Serpent, Beast, Satanic, Sin-nature,
And the Sinless Man-nature of Adam!

That is the SIN of Eve! The fall of Man!

Eve gave birth to Cane who had TWO natures, the nature of his Father the Serpent Gen.3:14 and 1 John 3:12 and also the nature of Man (Eve). Gen.1:27

In the family tree of origin; Adam did not acknowledge Cane in his likeness but Seth. Genesis 5:3 Cane murdered his (half) brother Abel, because he was born of the evil one his Father (the Devil)! 1John 3:12 and John 8:44
Also Adam is not acknowledged as the Father of all living, but Eve is the Mother of all living. Genesis 5:3
Before the fall, Satan and the Demons were external to human.
After the fall, Satan and the Demons were internal (in human).
Because of Eve’s sin we now have Demon-possessions and activities of various kinds, and the struggle of good and evil inside of every man and woman.

Like Jacob and Esau, in the one womb the struggle of two nations, or (two natures), the one whom Jesus loved and the other whom Jesus hated. Genesis 25:25 and Romans 9:13

And for this reason Jesus would not commit Himself to them, because He knew what was in them. (John 2:24-25)= (The nature of the beast).

The nature of God!

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Nature = kind!
Genesis 1:21-25 God has created the nature of every kind.
Plants, fish, birds, animals, man, angels etc. each kind has ONE nature.

The nature of a kind is its habits and make up, likes and dislikes, strength and weakness, its borders and limitations, what it can and what it can not do etc.
According to their kind they have been created.

Since God is not a created being, God does NOT have a nature!
God has NO borders or limitations.
In Christ Jesus our Lord, God does have a nature, the same nature as Adam, the nature of man.

In the beginning God created Adam perfect with ONE nature, the nature of man, the son of God (Luke 3:38) and in the likeness of God ‘Jesus Christ’ (Genesis 1:27)

Luke 1:35 God who is Spirit created for Himself a body ‘Jesus Christ’ and thus was born into His own creation, with ONE nature as Adam the nature of man.
Therefore Jesus is called the second Adam (1 Cor. 15:45) or the second perfect man.

After the fall of Adam and Eve, mankind had TWO natures. I will explain that in the next post ‘The original sin’!

The Lord God in the flesh had limitations just like any man; He had to eat, sleep and was not omnipresent etc. because He was truly man, limited to His nature.
The Lord God in the Spirit (without the flesh) has no limitations; He is omnipresent and nothing is impossible for Him, because He is truly God.
For this reason it is said that Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man.
He is the Alpha and Omega the first and the last; He was dead and behold He is alive forever more! Rev.1:18

The Church of the Antichrist!

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Also called The Harlot Church! Rev. 17:1
Shortly after the Church of Jesus Christ was revealed, The Antichrist and his Church emerged.
The Church of Rome!
The Catholic Church!
The Mother of Harlots! Rev. 17:5

Antichrist means against Christ and also in place of Christ, or in place of God!
The Catholic Church claims that Apostle Peter was her first Pope from AD 32-67. The Scriptures tells us that Peter was not designated to the Gentiles (Rome), but to the Jews. Gal. 2:7-9
The first Pope by the name of Linus, AD 67-76 was the Antichrist revealed, the man of sin who exalts himself to be God! 2 Thes. 2:3 and every consecutive Pope is an Antichrist to the present Pope Joseph Ratzinger, in total of approx. 265 Popes.
The spirit of the Antichrist of which you have heard in 1 John 4:3 is the spirit of the serpent in Genesis 3:1 who dwells in every Pope.
All Popes are Antichrists because they usurp the title and position of God in the Scripture ‘Holy Father’ which only belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ! They demand that every Pope will be addressed as ‘Holy Father’, contrary to ‘Matthew 23:9+10’.
The Antichrist the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church which means the universal Church and he hold’s the keys to his Church, ‘note’ in the picture, the church buildings are arranged in the shape of a key hole!
All their practices and teachings are contrary to the Scriptures.
They claim that salvation is only through the Catholic Church, and that is by joining and to be baptized into the Catholic Church denomination.
They have a Church which is divided into a clergy and a congregation, the clergy is distinguished with titles like Bishop, Fathers, and Cardinals etc.
They have Cathedrals, pulpits, pews and religious clothing, relics, holy water, rosaries etc.
They pray to the saints and worship three persons and the Mother of God!

The Catholic Church is called the Mother of Harlots because in the first century she gave birth to the Trinity doctrine that God is three persons which has been universally accepted and put firmly in place as a central tenet of the Church, and strict monotheism was formally rejected by the Vatican councils in Nice and Constantinople in the late fourth century.
Her Harlotry is in the fact that she has three persons who are gods, or three lovers of her soul (the Trinity).
As the Mother she has many Churches who imitate her and preach her doctrines and they will not repent.
He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.
Revelation 18:4
“Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven”.

The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ!

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Called the Church of God! 1 Cor. 1:2
Jesus Christ said! I will build My Church and the Gates of Hades will not prevail against it! Matthew 16:18
Jesus is the Head of His Church Eph. 5:23

The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is not a building, an organization or a denomination!
They are a Holy Spirit filled people, a spiritual nation, a spiritual Church and a spiritual body of people (the body of Christ). 1 Cor. 12:27
Those are the born again children of their God and Father Jesus Christ, who are not born by the will of the flesh, or the will of man, but by the will of God (Jesus Christ)! John 1:13

They are the elect, called, chosen, blood washed, justified, sanctified, purified and glorified children of the living God the Lord Jesus Christ, whom He has called out of darkness and into His marvelous light, from every nation, tribe, language, Church and denomination to be a bride to Christ, spotless and without wrinkle, who is adorned with the righteous acts of the saints full of love and truth and the testimony of Jesus Christ in their mouth.

This is His Church---His Bride---His beloved!

His Church is called the Bride of Christ! Rev.21:2+9
Because she is espoused to one Bridegroom (Jesus Christ), and not to three persons! 2 Cor. 11:2+9
Her love is only for her Bridegroom (Jesus Christ) and is not divided between three persons, because she is a Bride faithful to one person and not to three!
The Lord her God is ONE and not three persons! Mark 12:29

His Church has no temples, buildings, organizations and structures, businesses, membership, counseling offices, music choir, holy water, icons, pulpits and pews.
There are no Bible colleges, professional ministries and positions, no priests and hierarchy’s, with no titles like Father, Pastor, Reverend, Bishop, Cardinal etc. no leaders or teachers, because they are led and taught by the Holy Spirit. They walk by the Spirit and talk by the Spirit, perform signs and wonders by the same Spirit as the Spirit wills.

Simply! This is the Church of the living God Jesus Christ!

Question;
Are you one of them?
Do you belong to His Church?
Are you a Bride to Jesus alone?
Have you received that Spirit?

The Mystery of God Revealed!

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To the Saints!
Colossians 2:2-4
My purpose is that you may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that you have the full riches of COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING in order that you may know the MYSTERY OF GOD namely CHRIST in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine sounding arguments.
Colossians 1:26-27 The MYSTERY that has been kept HIDDEN for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Saints.
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this Mystery which is Christ in you the hope of glory.
Colossians 2:9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.

Here we can see that the Mystery of God has been made known to us, to those who are born again by the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the days of the Lord, when God became a man, no one really believed that this man Jesus could be Emanuel, God with us.
Some thought he is the carpenter's son. Matt. 13:55
His Family did not believe him. Mark 3:21
The Church leaders accused him of blasphemy. Matt. 26:64-65
Some said,"We are stoning you because you are a mere man claiming to be God". John 10:33
Some Apostles doubted, Philip asked Jesus, show us the Father and that will be enough, Jesus said "Don't you know me Philip even after I have been among you such a long time?" John 14:8-9

It is just like in the Churches and Denominations today, they still do not believe that Jesus Christ is the only true God. 1John 5:20
They invent doctrines like the Trinity and say that there is someone else who must be the real God and Jesus is His Son.

Jesus said, that He is from above and we are from the earth. John 3:31 And no one knows the Father except the Son and him whom He chooses to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27

Questions;
Has Jesus revealed the Father to you?
Has Jesus made Himself known to you?
If not? Then read again the doctrine of the 'Father' 'Son' 'Holy Spirit'.
If all attempts fail, then ask the Lord Jesus Christ yourself!
Has He who made the ear, can He not hear?
Has he who made the mouth, can He not speak?

The Name of God

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Jesus !
Throughout the old testament of the Bible, no one knew the Name of God.
Judges 13:18 Manoah asked the Lord for his Name, he said, "It is beyond understanding".
Exodus 3:14 Moses asked the Lord for his Name, he said,"I Am who I Am", or it will be what it will be.
Genesis 32:29 Jacob asked the Lord for his Name, he said, "Why do you ask my Name"?
Exodus 34:14 His Name is jealous.
Also the Lord was known under the Name God and Lord.
Isaiah 9:6 Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
These are all titles and descriptions of the one Deity, yet no one knew his Name, because his Name had not been given.
Proverb 30:4 Concerning the Holy One; Agur said," What is his Name, and the Name of his son? Tell me if you know?"

The first time when all creation knew the Name of God.
Luke 1:31 When the angel Gabriel said to Mary, "You are to give him the name Jesus"
All creation rejoiced! The Name of God is finally known, 'Jesus', the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phil. 2:10
The Father who is Spirit became flesh, or a man, has taken the name of a man or a son ' Jesus'.

The answer to the question of Agus, (above Prov.3o:4)is in John 17:11 Jesus said, "Holy Father, protect them by the power of your Name-the Name you gave me".
Jesus is the Name of God and His Son! (Not as in two persons, but as I have demonstrated in previous posts).
John 17:6 Jesus said, "I have revealed your Name to those whom you gave me out of the world".
John 5:43 Jesus said, "I have come in my Fathers Name, and you do not accept me".
Here we see, that Jesus came in the Fathers name (Jesus), and you do not believe that He is the Father!
In Isaiah 52:6 Jesus said; My people will know my Name, it is I who has foretold it!

Today, most Christian Churches do not know the Name of God, especially the Church leaders. That is because of that false teaching of the trinity doctrine, that God is three persons, which has polluted the knowledge of God's only Name.
Nearly all religions know the name of their god!
But alarmingly the Christians do not know the Name of their God, that is because Satan has deceived the nations, so as to make them believe that there is someone else other than Jesus who is also God. Rev. 20:7-8

The doctrine of the Son.

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God became flesh.
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Mighty God and Everlasting Father.

John 4:24 The Holy Spirit who is the Everlasting Father, is said in Luke 1:35 shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you; therefore the holy child which shall be born, shall be called the Son of God.

And you are to give him the name Jesus. Luke 1:31

Luke 19:10 Jesus calls Himself the Son of man.
Matthew 1:1 He is called the Son of David.
Luke 3:23 The Son of Joseph.

Because the Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord God the Almighty the creator of everything, John 1:1 it is impossible for Him to be a Son of someone else, another person.

He is the Alpha and Omega the first and the last (Rev. 22:13) who became flesh and dwelt among us in bodily form as the only begotten Son of God, or the only one of a kind. Unlike Adam who also is called son of God, Luke 3:38 yet was not born through the womb of a woman.

Jesus Christ was born through the womb of a virgin, and in that sense He is called the Son of God, and also the Son of man.

John 4:24 God who is Spirit, is called Son by His physical birth, the incarnation in the flesh.
(Vailed the incarnate Deity.)

1 Timothy 3:16 God appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

Jesus Christ who is the true God and Eternal life.1 John 5:20

The doctrine of the Holy Spirit

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The Bible teaches in John 4:24 that God is Spirit and he who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.

Genesis 1:2 In the beginning the Holy Spirit created all things and spoke through the mouth of the prophets.

At the appropriate time the Holy Spirit created for himself a body to dwell in.

Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin shall be with child and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Luke 1:35 The Holy Spirit shall come upon you and the Holy child shall be called the Son of God, Immanuel God with us. (Veiled the Incarnate Deity.)

Or, the Holy Spirit clothed Himself in flesh and dwelt among us in bodily form as a man Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit who in Genesis created all things is said in John 1:1 is Jesus Christ who created all things.

God who is Spirit does not dwell in temples or buildings, but in a body Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Cor. 3:17 And the Lord Jesus is the Spirit.

So the Spirit who is in the Lord Jesus is the Holy Spirit, and there is no other Holy Spirit who is God.

Jesus Christ is the Holy Spirit embodied.

Questions you have to ask yourself

Is the Holy Spirit Jesus?

Is the Holy Spirit the Creater God Jesus?

Is the Holy Spirit seperate from Jesus?

Is the Holy Spirit a seperate person from Jesus?

The doctrine of the Father!

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The Scripture says;
I Cor. 8:6 For us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live.
Eph.4:6, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
He is the Father of all creation.
Isaiah 43:10, So that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed nor will there be one after me.
Isaiah 44:6, I am the first and the last; apart from me there is no God.
Again He says, Rev. 1:8, I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God who is, and who was, and who is to come the Almighty. (17 and 18 ) Don't be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!

John 14:7, Jesus said! If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him. (Verse 9) Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, show us the Father?
Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me?

Concerning Jesus, Isaiah rightly said! He will be called, everlasting Father. Isa. 9:6

Now, I have spoken to you plainly about the Father, and not figuratively. John 16:25

Questions to ask yourself;
Who is your Father who is in heaven?
Which Father do you worship?
Which Father do you claim to be yours?

The Oneness of God In Christ Jesus Our Lord

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Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God.
This is the most important doctrine of all doctrines and no one should err on this, most other doctrines, thoughts and understandings hinge on that doctrine.
It is the first commandment. Exodus 20:2-3
I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods besides me.
Mark 12:29
Jesus said! Hear O Israel, the Lord our God the Lord is one

When the Scripture says that God is one, we need to know which one?
I John 5:20 tells us that, that one God is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Also the Bible tells us, that there are many gods, but only one true one, any other person, god or object is a false god.
I explain;
John 4:24 God is Spirit! 2Cor. 3:17 And the Lord is the Spirit.
In Genesis, the Spirit who created all things is said in John 1:1 is Jesus Christ who created all things.

Luke 1:35 God who is the Holy Spirit came upon Mary, so the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God, Emanuel, God with us, or simply the Holy Spirit clothed Himself in flesh to dwell among us in bodily form in the likeness of man Jesus Christ. (Veiled the incarnate Deity)
Revelation 1:8
Jesus said, I am the Alpha and Omega who was who is and is to come says the Lord God the Almighty.
It's so simple, for anyone who wants to know God, look to Jesus!
And anyone who is born again does not need to look anywhere else, bu to Jesus and only to Jesus.

Where does Sickness come from - God / Devil / Us

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If you are a born again Christian on your road to glory and you are sick, Where did this sickness come from?

Many say "By His stripes we are healed" yet so many Christians are sick.

Hebrews says:

"Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."

So when Christians are sick is this simply the Lord Chastising them for something they have done?

Hillsong - People in Glass Houses

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A girl who attended Hillsong Church since the age of 14 has writen a book "People in Glass houses" condemning the church for it's prosperity teaching and has been kicked out and ordered not to set foot on Hillsong property.

In the interview (Listen) (video) the girl simply nit picked what is wrong with Hillsong but not the core problem.

Hillsong is a type of catholic church they preach the same universal message "God loves you and wants you to choose to become a Christian and become part of our Church"

The true gospel message is the OPPOSITE

God hates the wicked and must punish all those who have sinned. Jesus is Sovereign (Takes council from no-one) and will build His church. The members are chosen by Him alone. In other words you must be born again by the work of Jesus Christ. He calls you, He chooses you and while you are a sinner Jesus makes you a new creation even though you are "haters of God and lovers of self"

When you are born again you cry out on the name of Jesus in the same way that a child takes their first breath. "Not of their doing but all of Jesus"

See how this is the opposite?

You can always tell the difference between a someone who is truly a Christian and one who is a counterfeit. One testifies to Jesus saving them the other testifies to a church business like Hillsong.

Australian Aboriginals - Noble Savages?

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For the past 17 years Australia has glorified Aboriginal or indigenous people in Australia where we look to their life style as being good and noble and educators and political correctness have made us honour their way of life etc etc.

However John Howard finally over ruled the secular thinking of our state labour politicians and called a national emergency where he sent in police, social workers and the military to tackle abhorrent sexual abuse, murders and much more.

Aboriginals were savages their culture is void of Christ and as such before the gospel came they had no hope and all of them would have went to hell as I have not heard of one instance in their culture where Jesus was revealed before white man settled (not invaded) Australia.

A Christian group called Creation on the web wrote a great article on this issue and I think are the only group to call a spade a spade and the only group to offer a solution that will work.

http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5177

Is it your Choice? Is there one Way?

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Which One Are You?

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Jesus Healed All the Sick

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"When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick." Mat 8:16

Every single man and woman in Scripture who went to Jesus with a need had it met. Jesus never failed once, He healed all the sick.

Why is it that many people today do not get what they ask of God?

Why are there Christians still in poverty, in sickness, in need?

.."I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father."

As long as they Mean Well

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This morning I went for a ride to the top of mount cootha.

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And there was a group having a bible study when I got to the top. It was led by one guy and there were 5 girls and 2 guys. They must have been in a discussion and the main guy said.

"You can do bad things but as long as you mean well then you can still get to heaven"

Someone said what about murders and the consensus ended up being well if you say sorry it is alright. It all depends about getting your heart right and that there is always an "IF".

Reminds me of a good old saying

"The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions"

Richard Dawkins - Why is man Good?

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Richard Dawkins is a prominent atheist getting media attention lately.

Let me quote him.
"If I ask myself, I am actually a very moral person and I am sure that you are too..... Religion certainly doesn't help (morals) or if it does and anyone who is here who thinks that they are moral purely because they are frightened of what God might do if they are not, I mean that's a pretty contemptible reason to be moral. And I don't think we have much respect for people who only behave well because of the great surveillance system in the sky." (Source)

As you can see he is a socialist. And as such has no idea about life. The real world shows the opposite and that is that Man is naturally BAD. (There is none righteous no not one.) Christians are certainly not moral because we think someone is watching.

What is it that makes a man Good and Moral?

Catholics produce catholics, Baptists produce baptists

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One thing you will notice about every denomination is that they are in the business of creating more of themselves.

Pentecostal churches produces more pentecostals
Baptist churches produces more Baptists
Anglican churches produces more Anglicans
Presbyterians churches produce more Presbyterians.
Catholic churches produce more catholics
.....100's of others in this list.

Most of the above church members are excellent salesman who specialise in asking people to join their particular brand of church business. "Our church is having a bbq did you want to come along" "Why don't you come along to church with me tonight" "On Sunday I go to church the people there are all really nice"

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A believer in Jesus produces more believers in Jesus
[This happens without the help of even one church business]

What is the cost of a Human Life?

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Does 1 human life have the same worth as another human life? Or are some peoples lives of more worth then others?

For example Is your life worth the same as a poor Africans starving to death on the other side of the world?

Your Answer : You think your life is worth hundreds of theirs because this is at least the number you could have saved in your lifetime if you wanted considering you are looking at a computer right now.

Is your childs life worth the same as a murderers? If you had a gun and had to shoot twenty wicked men would you do it?

Your Answer: Yes you would kill hundreds and hundreds of people just to save your one child. Actually you think that your child's life is worth more then yours and you would happily swap your life for theirs if it was required of you.

What about God. Does He value each life the same?

Now God warned Joseph to take Jesus to Egypt so that Jesus would not be killed.

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under...

But he didn't warn thousands of other families did He. So obviously in this situation Jesus and his life was worth more then every baby in Bethlehem.

What Universities are Teaching

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Here is an extract given to University students studying to become primary teachers:

Childcare as Christian Teaching

...everyone was responsible for his or her salvation. The early Lutherans and Calvinists saw reading the Bible as the road to salvation. They believed each person was born in utter depravity and needed to know the signs of God's offerings of grace and salvation. Not everyone was chosen, but if you were, and missed the opportunity out of ignorance of God's Word, then you were lost forever.....

Child Care As Rescue

The Calvinistic ideas of predestination and utter depravity came to be replaced in the mainstream of the protestant community by a belief in progress and human improvablity.

It was his belief in the improvablity of the poor that led the Protestant pastor Jean-Frederic Oberlin, 1770, to hire Sarah Banzet as the first day care teachers. (taught the children how to knit and eventually started a childcare textile industry)

Source: A century of early childhood: history, trends and issues. Author Johnson, Mary A and Roberson, Glenda F The European roots of early childhood education in north America. (1995)

If you are reading this and you understand what calvinism is compared to what this author wrote you know that the author has no idea. The whole gist of the book is to show how the puritans who bought children up in the strict disciplines of the scripture, who agreed with scripture about smacking their children and continually emphasised the importance of being born again were harmful to children. Education became the new Savior for children and the new model for bringing up children.

The school system of Australia/U.S/EU is fatally flawed. I say this because the small thread of our puritan past is becoming less and less. Education and acceptance of all types of immorality is taught and the schools have never been in a worse state.

"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. Matt 10:21-22

True Love - The definitive guide

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First let us rule out what love can not be. The bible makes this easy.

LOVE NEVER FAILS

Now I know what some of you are thinking
"Gods love never fails us but we can fail God"
It doesn't matter how it fails. If it fails then it is not True Love because Love NEVER fails. True Love always;

PROTECTS, TRUSTS, HOPES & PERSEVERES

but most of all:

LOVE NEVER FAILS

Conclusion
If you believe in a love that has failed even once. If just one person is in hell who was loved by your god then your god is not love. Love that fails is of no use to you or anyone else so it is a false love and a false gospel.

Love worth seeking is true love and it can be found in Jesus alone. For Jesus is Love and Jesus never fails those He loves. For we love Jesus for He first loved us.

Are you loved like this?

Jesus loves Osama?

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A ridiculous Baptist church in Sydney Australia has a sign up reading:
Jesus Loves Osama

Stating: "The Bible says God loves everyone — even Osama bin Laden is included in that. All we are doing is sharing the gospel."
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May I ask what gospel message is this group sharing? Answer the gospel of catholicism or universalism ("everyone in the universe")
Questions to ask yourself:
1. If Jesus really loves Osama wouldn't he save Him?
2. If the love of your god says he loves Osama but leaves him die in his sin. Is this love of any use at all?
3. What Father would not save a child he loves from impending doom?

A sign like this shows just how far from the gospel these "church businesses" have departed.

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Jesus Virgin Birth - Mary was a Surrogate Mother

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define Surrogate: A woman who carries an embryo that was formed from the egg of another woman; or She is not related in any way to the baby inside her.

Catholics will reject that Mary was a surrogate mother as we all know because if it were true then they could not practice witch craft. For they believe in necromancy. (Praying to a dead woman)

Now from scripture I see that Mary IS NOT the biological mother of Jesus. Her sinful blood never touched that of Jesus and her sinful nature/seed/egg was never used to create Jesus. Mary was a Surrogate Mother.

Rom 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

This is a good verse because it makes it clear that according to the flesh or the fact that Jesus was born of man in the "FORM" of sinful flesh means you can trace back his Mother (Lk 3) and Father (Mat 1) to David in the flesh.

Now the question you must ask yourself: Is Jesus fully God or did his genetic make up get entangled with sinful man?

Answer: He is fully God for Jesus denies his natural Father and his natural Mother and makes it clear that he has no beginning and no end.

The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ

Is this seed Spiritual or Physical?

If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him.

Jesus was not born of the physical seed or blood line of Abrahams seed but of the Spiritual seed which is Christ. For He is the Holy Spirit in the flesh. The Father of creation who became a man.

So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being" ; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

Puritan Birth Map

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Below are some of the puritans that have been discussed throughout this blog. You can zoom in to see the exact place where they were born. View Full size

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The Father of Creation became a Man

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Concerning Jesus:
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:3

The one who made all things is the Father of creation. In all his power and glory He humbled Himself and entered His creation as a baby boy.

"Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail the Incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with man to dwell,
Jesus our Emmanuel!" Charles Wesley(1707-1788)

The most splendid moment in History was when the Lord of Glory hid himself in the skin of a man.

How? Virgin Birth (Surrogate mother)

Why? To seek and to save what was lost.

Who? The God Head see?

When? Over 2000 Years ago

The Cliche Gospel

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Cliche: An expression so often used that its original power has been drained away.

Cliche 1: God Is Sovereign
... but God can not make you choose Him.

Cliche 2: Jesus Saves
... but you must let him save you.

Cliche 3: Saved By Grace
... but you must invite Jesus into your heart.

Cliche 4: Jesus is God
... but so is the Father who is not the Son.

Cliche 5: God can make you prosper
... but you must tithe 10% of your income.

Cliche 6: God Loves You
... but even though He loves you if you don't chose Him He will send you to hell.

Cliche 7: God is One
... but He is three...

What is the TRUE Gospel?

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If you ask anybody, they always say, the gospel is salvation, or an explanation of salvation, or a strategy how to be saved as in PB’s illustration. The gospel is NOT a cleverly laid out theory about salvation, where only the knowledgeable and learned people can know and preach. The gospel is not a theory. The gospel is simple and easy! Even a child can proclaim and preach it.

The gospel is a person, His name is JESUS! Example: The gospel of “God”, is Jesus Christ who is the only true and Sovereign God etc.etc. The gospel of “Creation”, is Jesus who created all things, and nothing came into being apart from Him etc.etc.

It is totally up to you, what scriptural passages you like to use. The gospel of “Salvation” is Jesus Christ and there is no other name given whereby you must be saved. Etc. etc. again it’s totally up to you, how to portray Jesus in salvation. The gospel of “Redemption”, the gospel of “The Kingdom of God” etc.etc. again it is always Jesus Christ proclaimed.

This is the gospel which I preach. Paul said, “the gospel which I Paul have become a servant.” Col. 1:15-23 Take note, everything points to Jesus. If we lift up Jesus, He will draw all men to Himself. (Paul G)

True or False Gospel Tracts

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Perhaps the most popular tract handed out can be pictured below. But is it the true gospel?

The Death of Judas

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How Did Judas Die?

Who purchased the potters field?

So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. Mat 27:5

(With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. Acts 1:18

Great Things Jesus Has Done

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Scripture doesn't have the exact phrase "Jesus is God" nor does it have the phrase "Jesus is the Father".

It is only by revelation that you can truly know your God and Heavenly Father. This newly born believer got it:

Return home and tell how much God has done for you." So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him. Luke 8:39

No confusion from this man. Here is another example: Ten Leprous Men and the Glory

Prosperity is not a dirty Word?

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Extract from a sermon given last Sunday by one of Australia's biggest and most influential churches.
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I watch certain responses. Certain glossy news magazines in our nation that are getting upset about churches that are prospering. I just start to think hey "You don't understand do ya" You don't understand. I actually... Listen to me loud and clear. I actually don't believe that small poor churches can make a difference in the world. Take that for what you want. (big pause to let it sink in.) .... our income in this church I can publicly go on record and say it is 10 times what it was 5 or 6 years ago. And how many of you know that it needs to be 10 times that if we are going to do the things Gods put in our heart. ... (Talk about how much the church gave to the Tsunami...) We need to prosper, as I said before tiny small poor churches can't help anybody they barely survive.
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Mark 13: As he was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!"
"Do you see all these great buildings?" replied Jesus. "Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."

Language: Father, Son, Holy Spirit

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Most of the questions from the last post (Lord of Lords and King of Kings) are based on language:

Let me rephrase your questions into one.

"Why use the language Father, Son, Holy Spirit? doesn't this mean 3 different people in the scripture?"

Answer:
The greatest moment in history was when the one true God of heaven became a man. He humbled himself even to the point of death. Jesus prayed as a man, learnt as a man and was tempted though He is the Lord of Glory.

He called God His Father and used this language as a man though He is this God in the flesh.

Now this language is used so that the wise and learned don't know Him.

"... No one knows who the Son is except the Father and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and all those to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." Lk 10:22

To this day the Father is not known universally or by catholics (catholic means universal).

The Father is not known by cleverly formulated doctrine nor accepting as truth something you don't understand.

The Father is known by His children. The Father is known by all those who cried out on His name for Salvation.

Every Child of God cried out JESUS.

Jesus says to you:
If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him Jn 14:7

When Jesus made Himself known to you then you Belieive in Jesus for you are believing in the Father. Lift up Jesus for you are lifting up the Father. Worship Jesus and you are worshipping your Father.

Lord of Lords King of Kings

2006-07-16T12:32:00.000+10:00

"They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings...."Rev 17:14

"On his robe and on his thigh he has his name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS"

I love Revelations because to the sanctified we know who our victorious Lord really is. The secret of who is God has been revealed: it is Jesus the one that became one of us. There is no other God then Jesus who ALONE is the Almighty Lord, God and King. The one who was and is and is to come. Although His glory was veiled in flesh for a time the true Christians can now look upon Jesus with open faces and know him to be just like ISAIAH prophesied.

"His name will be Wonderful, Councillor, The mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" Isaiah 9:6

Those that are saved believe that Jesus is Lord. Is there another Lord we must believe in such as the Father who is a different Lord? Answer: Impossible because Jesus is the Lord of Lords.
When we believe Jesus to be Lord of Lords we are believing Him to be the God and Father of all.

The Father is referred to as Lord throughout scripture. Now if the Jesus is not the Father then we entertain in our hearts another lord, another god, another gospel, another belief no matter how hard you rationalise it in your mind.

John Pipers Error

2006-06-22T10:02:00.000+10:00

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, By John Piper page 22 under the chapter Jesus is the Glory of God - Deity of Christ, John Piper robs Jesus of His full glory.

"The apostle John, who wrote the last book of the Bible, received the decisive revelation. He quotes God: "'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty'" (Revelation 1:8). This is not Christ talking. This is the Almighty God. He calls himself "Alpha and Omega"

Every single good bible translation has Revelation 1:8 in red letter and says the opposite to John Piper that these words are Christ talking. If Jesus isn't the Almighty God then He is no God worth seeing or savoring. The context of the verse makes it clear that Jesus says these words:

Rev 1:5 "..and to Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness, the firstborn.." (obviously Jesus)
Rev 1:6 "..made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father .." (obviously Jesus) Rev 1:7 "...Look he is coming with the clouds..." (obviously Jesus)
Rev 1:8 ""I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."" (STILL JESUS)
----------Then it goes on to describe Johns vision of Jesus and Jesus again reiterates that he is indeed the first and the last.

As a follower of Jesus our soul purpose is to exalt Jesus in everything. In our doctrine, In our understanding of scripture and in our lives. To cease from this endless pursuit and rob Jesus of his full deity and glory is NOT to see and savour Jesus Christ as he really is.

Seeing and Savoring Jesus in his fullness is to believe His words here:
If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." John 14:7

They Never Told Me This In Church

2006-06-17T23:21:00.000+10:00

- A call to read the bible with new eyes
Author: Greg S Deuble (Published 2006) Originally From Toowoomba QLD Australia
Book Review:
This book caught my attention firstly because of the title and secondly because of its chapter headings:
1. Another Cover-Up
2. Another World
3. Another God
4. Another Lord
5. Another Jesus
6. Another Spirit
Another Gospel

The punch behind this book is to tell you that you need to read the bible through "Hebrew Eyes" which would be your first mistake. As a side note I did enjoy his arguments for there being only one God from the Old Testament. Here is a quick look from the chapter "Another God"

"...their argument from the plural ending on elohim dates from around 1,000 AD. It is relatively recent invention. What R.A Torrey and the many who use this argument fail to tell us is that elohim is used in various ways in Scripture. It is not only used to describe the Almighty, but also individual pagan gods and even mighty human beings. As we pointed out in the previous chapter elohim may be translated as God, god, angels, judges or even a human being who stands as God's representative or agent....."

He then goes on to show that there are only 4 mentions of God with elohim in this manner and 11,000 other mentions where it is obviously Singular or one Person as God.

The Biggest Error of this Book
Simply put Jesus is demoted, he is simply a man. This man would be a Unitarian because he denies the full deity of Jesus and has one God the Father who is not Jesus. The Father is the only God and John 17:3 is used as many JW's (He is not a JW by the way) before him have done to make Jesus the Son of [someone else who is] God. By going back to the Hebrew and Greek he disproves verses like "My Lord and My God" said by Thomas or Jesus being worshiped or Jesus as the great I AM or Emmanuel (God with us) until Jesus is just a messenger.

Using the Measuring Stick:
You can't read the bible through "Hebrew Eyes" only "Spiritual Eyes" For the Spirit He has one purpose and that is to exalt Jesus which this book didn't do. Thus I know Hebrew Eyes don't work. Like the trinity it demoted Jesus and takes him off the highest and most exalted throne where only Jesus can sit.

If Jesus isn't the one and only God of the bible then I would want to have this other God or other person tell me that I am saved not some messenger they call Jesus.

To the born again Christian: There is no one greater then Jesus and when you come to Him there is no more looking and no more labour for you came to the Father Himself, the Almighty.

Look it up in your bible because it's in Red:
Most certainly Jesus says in big bold letters so you take note:
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty. (Rev 1:8)

You can try and say that this is the Father talking as Greg S Deuble did but it is obvious in the context that it is Jesus speaking and every good bible translation I know of gets this right. However don't take my word for it you need to hear from the creator of the Universe if Jesus really did create you or if your creator is someone else other then Jesus.

Did He who made the mouth can He not speak?

More Info:
Restoration Fellowship - The group Mr Deuble is associated with.

The Spirit Lifts Up Jesus

2006-06-13T14:51:00.000+10:00

...the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ... that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. Phil 1:19-20
Jesus said of this Spirit: "HE WILL BRING GLORY TO ME" Jn 16:14

The Spirit Lifts Up Jesus
The Spirit which we are given is called the Spirit of Jesus Christ. We know and recognise this Spirit because in all things He magnifies the risen Lord Jesus Christ. For our boast is in Jesus alone.

"... how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:" 1 Cor 1:26

Given to Babes but hidden from the Wise Man
The bible is not for the interpretation of the wise and learned for Jesus says "thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" We know the Spirit of Truth simply because He exalts Jesus to the highest position. Our Measuring Stick. (Thanks canigetsomelove)

A doctrine, spirit or interpretation of the bible that does not do this is FALSE.

Unity
Our fellowship and Unity is with those who have this same Spirit. Those who have the testimony of Jesus and no one else who would be an idol.

"and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." Rev 19:10

Measuring Stick

2006-06-07T08:34:00.000+10:00

How can every believer in Jesus know that the Spirit of their doctrine is from the right Spirit. How do you know that your understanding of God comes from the Spirit of God and not the Spirit of the Devil?

What is the 100% reliable source or measuring stick which every denomination can measure their beliefs against so that without doubt you can know that it is the Spirit of God and not the Spirit of the Devil?

Being Saved

2006-06-06T08:31:00.000+10:00

Firstly:
"One soweth, and another reapeth"

The Samaritan woman sowed the true Word of God to her village by preaching the gospel about Jesus the man who came and gave her eternal life. "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?"

Finally
"Now we believe, not because of your saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." John 4:42

Heard Him Ourselves
We believe not because we were just told the gospel but because we heard him ourselves. Because Jesus came to us and said "Follow me"

Being Saved in Action
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. Matt 4:19-20

By The Spirit and Not the Letter

2006-05-31T09:44:00.000+10:00

.... and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Rom 2:29

What men do by nature is place all their emphasis on their understanding of the written word of God. They say that the 66 books of the bible is God's perfect books. Our faithful church forefathers have it down perfectly for us. Now that this perfection has come healing is finished, Speaking in tongues is finished prophecy is no more (1 Cor 13:9) for they have the bible what more could you need?
WRONG!
We are not to live by the letter but by the Spirit. All those born of the Spirit know Jesus voice for he saved them. For the Spirit in us backs up scripture. Otherwise scripture is meaningless.

No sooner have I said this then in peoples minds they think of chaos and people falling by every whim of doctrine thinking of those heathen Pentecostals and quickly go to 2 Tim 3:16 for consolation. They forget that:

The Word Became flesh and dwelt among us. (Jn 1)

Spirit not the Letter
How often do you hear "I want to know nothing but Christ and him crucified" quoted. However the real punch behind this verse is:

"I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power." 1 Cor 2

The Gifts are Now
Cessationalists shy away from this section of the verse for their message is in their perfectly structured doctrines. But Pauls message was not wise and persuasive but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power. A perfectly structured book called the bible could never replace the Spirit for it is Jesus who is our scripture. Who wrote the true word namely Himself in our hearts and minds.

I want to see the lame walk, men and women filled with the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues. I want to see the Spirit's power making the blind see and the deaf hear. For these signs will follow those that believe. For the word of God Jesus Christ is living and active NOW not in a distant dispensation.

True & Only Canon of Scripture

2006-05-30T12:04:00.000+10:00

"I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts." Hebrews 8:10

The true canon of scripture: Is something that is given to the believer when they are born again. Every Christian can recognise the true written word of God as opposed to a counterfeit. For they have the living "Word of God" in their hearts and minds.

"No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest." Hebrews 8:11

Unbelievers exalt men in their councils and creeds which is meaningless. Those who have Jesus boast in Him alone for he is our canon of scripture the word who became flesh and dwelt among us.

Jesus Pastors His Sheep

2006-05-23T15:21:00.000+10:00

Jesus is your shepherd you shall not want,
Jesus makes you lie down in green pastures ...(Psalm 23)

Jesus says: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." "... and there shall be one flock and one shepherd." Jn 10:11,16

False Shepherds
If another shepherd appears to pastor the flock who is not Jesus then he is a false shepherd and should not be followed.

All Brothers
Let us encourage each other as brothers not by Lording it over each other for Jesus: "...made himself of no reputation and took on the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of Man" (Phil 2:7)

First Shall be Last
Now if our Pastor Jesus had no reputation then what should we be like? Even Paul made it clear which position an apostle would be "For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all" (1 Cor 4:9)

One True Pastor Jesus

2006-05-16T09:38:00.000+10:00

The last post "Watch out for Pastors" asked one simple question:
Can anyone show me just one scripture where a man or woman in the bible is called a Pastor?
Jesus said:
"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me" John 10:14

Why would you call anyone pastor who is not Jesus?
Jesus is the one true pastor or shepherd of scripture. Jesus says there is one flock and one shepherd.(John 10:16)

God-Appointed Pastors Eph 4:11
They are the opposite to the man-appointed pastors of a church business. God-Appointed pastors would blush if someone called them pastor for they can't help visiting their brothers and sisters in Christ in their homes and inviting them back to their home which they do voluntarily and not for money(1 Pet 5:2). They are perpetually encouraging others in loving their one true pastor Jesus.

Watch out for Pastors

2006-05-12T15:57:00.000+10:00

Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces, and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely. Mark 12

Watch out for Pastors. They like to walk around in distinguished Pastors clothing and be greeted at church gatherings, and have the most important seats in the churches and the places of honour at church functions. They devour the money from poor women by requesting tithes and offerings with many perversions of scriptures and for show make lengthy prayers about themselves and their church. Such men will be punished most severely.

Can anyone show me just one scripture where a man or woman in the bible is called a Pastor?

Who has the Father?

2006-05-09T19:02:00.000+10:00

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 1 Jn 2:23

This key verse has its center in Jesus Christ. All through scripture it is talking about confessing Jesus, coming to Jesus and believing in Jesus. For those who do this have the Father. Scripture never talks about confessing someone else to have the Father for to confess Jesus is to confess the Father and have the Father.

What Little Children Know:
I write unto you little children, because ye have known the Father 1 Jn 2:13

Newly born again children confess Jesus and therefore know the Father. This is because when they confess Jesus they are crying out "Abba Father". They are crying out on the name of Jesus Christ:

.. God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father"... And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."(Gal 4:6 & Acts 4:12)

Even the Wicked for the Day of Evil

2006-05-08T16:20:00.000+10:00

"The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea even the wicked for the day of evil" Prov 16:4

"The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing therof is of the LORD" Prov 16:33

Q. What do these verses have in common?
A. They both have the LORD in control and not man.

Most people believe that the Lord gives us many opportunities in our lives and it is up to us to make the most of them. However Jesus dictated word for word to Solomon in proverbs: "the whole disposing therof is of the LORD"

Let me strengthen my words above with a new testament verse:
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Eph 2:10

Now if Jesus who created all things both IN, THROUGH, BY and FOR Himself; created a good work for you to do can you resist Him?

Answer: No, for Jesus says also regarding the wicked:
The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea even the wicked for the day of evil"

Q. Surely you will ask then how does he still find fault for who can resist his will?
A. Nay but, O man, who art though that repliest against God? Romans 9:19-20

The Word was With God

2006-05-02T11:22:00.000+10:00

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. (Jn 1:1)

If God is with another who is not Himself then there are 2 gods by definition.

The truth is simple:
Jesus is the word who was with God. This God is "God the Father" for scripture tells us that there is One God the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:6,Ephesians 4:6, 1 Corinthians 8:6)

In the beginning Jesus is not only with God the Father but He was God the Father.
Jesus says:
I am the Alpha and the Omega who was and is and is to come the Almighty (Rev 1:8)

When Jesus was talking about the Father he said this:
"For if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sin" (John 8:24)

True CHRISTians want people to believe in Jesus FOR THEIR Lord and God told them:
He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. (John 12:44-45)

The Father is the Messiah the Christ of God:
"But when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is." (John 7:27)

Jesus made it clear that he was indeed this Christ whom no man knew where he was from. He answered their question saying that in the flesh they know where he was from "Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am" but by the Spirit they didn't know the Christ "... But he that sent me is true, whom ye know not" (John 7:28)

For to see Jesus with your spiritual eyes would be to see and know the Father HIMSELF
"If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him" John 14:7

Michael Servetus - Burnt for Denying the Trinity

2006-04-27T10:54:00.000+10:00

Michael Servetus was Burnt Alive after evidence given by John Calvin to the catholic inquisition. Michael was charged with heresy for denying the number one catholic doctrine the trinity.

John Calvin - Good & Bad
Firstly John Calvin is the man who first formalised TULIP at the Synod of Dordt and for this I respect him. However in many aspects of his belief he was still a catholic. He held the trinity and infant baptism. Both of these things Michael Servetus opposed and as a result he was burnt alive.

Michael Servetus Early Years
Genius would be a good word to describe his mind in his youth. He read the bible front to back in its original languages and also was an amazing scientist with vivid knowledge in astronomy, meteorology and geography. He had an intimate understanding of anatomy and medicine and spent most of his life as a doctor. He was also the first European to describe Pulmonary circulation.

Writings
Michael servetus wrote books on medicine and many topics however it was his books on theology that led to his death. Their titles are:

* On the Errors of the Trinity
* Dialogues on the Trinity
* On the Justice of Christ's Reign (He also knew a lot about laws or jurisprudence)

During his time he sent many letters to John Calvin on the subject and Calvins friends. These discussions were often heated and caused them to have a hatred towards him.

Imprisonment
Michael was imprisoned on numerous occasions and released due to inconclusive evidence from the catholic church. He was hated by many and was recognised attending a sermon by John Calvin in Geneva to which authorities were alerted and he was captured and tried by a court for denying the trinity and infant baptism.

John Calvins Evidence Used to Sentence Michael Servetus to Death
John Calvin sent much of their correspondence as evidence against Him which was used to sentence him to death by burning. John Calvin thought death by sword was more appropriate.

Last Words:
Even after all the backstabbing it would appear Michael still regarded his friends such as John Calvin a Christian. Salvation belongs to the Lord and not our intellect.

"I will burn, but this is a mere event. We shall continue our discussion in eternity... Jesus, Son of the Eternal God, have mercy on me." (29 Sep 1511 - 27 Oct 1553)(ONLY 42 Years Old)

Isaac Watts - Burnt His Hymn Books

2006-04-21T12:29:00.000+10:00

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!

People Still Burn His Hymn Books TODAY
Although in each and every line of his hymns the Word of God is proclaimed and exalted many people have burned his hymn books making a mockery of him and his beliefs. WHY? Because he opposed the catholic doctrine The Trinity. Many now label him a Unitarian. (blanket statement such as oneness or Arian)

Spurgeon & Isaac Watts Hymns
The greatest hymn writer of all time is Sir Isaac Watts in many of the Old puritans eyes. Charles Spurgeon in his youth was given 1 penny for every Isaac Watts hymn he memorised by his grandmother. Unfortunately for her bank account his memory was amazing.

Early Years
Isaacs father was twice imprisoned because of his beliefs in the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. When home he exhorted all his children to go to Jesus for salvation.

At the age of 16 Isaac had mastered Latin, Greek, Hebrew and French and excelled in philosophy and mathematics. At 24 Isaac preached his first sermon in the congregationalist church after refusing to be part of Anglicanism.

Sickness
For most of Isaacs life he was weak and ill however he applied himself to scripture for the Lords sake quoting "for Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do"

Hymns became Alive
In Isaacs day hymns were paraphrases of the Psalms and his father encouraged him to write new hymns and Isaac said: "Behold the glories of the Lamb Amidst the Father's throne, Prepare new honours for His Name And songs before unknown" His endeavour was to change the older paraphrase of the Psalms by weaving The New Testament into the Old Testament Psalms. We all know at least one Isaac Watts Hymn here is one you will know. Joy to the world

Died at 74 (1674 - 1748)
Over 500 Hymns later many of his hymns are still sung and studied today such as "When I survey the wondrous cross" or "Alas and did my Savior bleed"

Christ-Centered Hymns by Isaac Watts
Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died,
For man the creature’s sin. (Full Hymn)

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love, (Full Hymn)

Who Raised Jesus From the Dead?

2006-04-20T12:15:00.000+10:00

Jesus raised Himself
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Jn 2:19

God raised Jesus
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Acts 2:24

The Father raised Jesus
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. Eph 1:20

The Spirit
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead Rom 8:11

Jesus took back his life
I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. Jn 10:18

If Jesus did not raise Himself from the dead He is a false prophet. (Deut 18:22) and disobedient to the Fathers commandment. It is abundantly clear which person raised Jesus from the dead in every instance of scripture.

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this [I will raise it up]; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. Jn 2:22

Having not Seen

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Jesus is described for us like this:
Having Not Seen
ye love; in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Peter 1:8

Brotherly Kindness
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned/sincere love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again. 1 Peter 1:22-23

Destruction of things that are seen.
The joy of the Lord shall be our strength which is found in things not seen. Things that are seen can be destroyed. We can see a house and as such we can tear it to the ground, same as with our brethren.

Impossible to destroy
Therefore with unveiled faces/eyes beholding the Lord we are being transformed from glory to glory just as from the Lord the Spirit who is unseen and will never be torn down. A Christian is defined simply because they have a love of the truth namely Jesus who is unseen.

Our Brother
Jesus is our brother and we are called sons of God. We know that when He shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see Him as He is. (1 Jn 3:2)

What is Worship?

2006-04-17T00:06:00.000+10:00

"... and NOW IS when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him" John 4:23

Satan: "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
Jesus Responds: "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only." Matt 4:9 -10

The definition of worship: Exalting/Worshipping Jesus

...We saw his star in the east and have come to worship Him. Matt 2:2
Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped Him. Matt 28:9

Jesus

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To the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen. Romans 16:27

To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen Jude 1:25

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. 2 Peter 3:15

That we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.... Amen 1 John 5:20

...Taking a break from blogs and will be back soon. Best Regards.

What is the Fathers Name?

2006-04-06T13:17:00.000+10:00

Jesus Speaking:
"I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me" John 17:6

"Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me," John 17:11

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM" John 8:58

Saints are all Brothers in Christ, disciples of Christ, CHRISTians. We have one and the same Father namely JESUS CHRIST. To Know the Father Just ask Jesus:

Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip (John 14:8-9)

Show us the Father?

2006-04-02T13:23:00.000+10:00

"God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis 1:27

I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. Psalm 82:6

Jesus is the Son of God we are the sons of God, He is flesh and we are flesh, He has the Spirit of God and we have this same Spirit THEN....

If We are gods then who is Jesus ?
"He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" John 14:9
JESUS AFFIRMS THIS AGAIN WHEN HE SAID:
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." Revelations 1:8

Emmanuel Our Advocate

2006-03-30T18:39:00.000+10:00

Instead of reading through 46 comments from Jesus Christ is In You. Nathan White has asked a great question:

QUESTION: When you say that Christ is all and in all, are you placing Him in both categories when it comes to stuff like, say intercession? That is, Christ intercedes to the Father on our behalf, yet He is actually interceding with Himself since He is essentially the Father?

ANSWER: Now a high priest represents someone who makes an offering to God through the blood of animals. However with Emmanuel He made the offering by His blood and has by definition not only become the offering but also our High priest.

And unlike before when intercession was through the Levitical priesthood it went through someone else to God. This time we are interceding directly to God and no one else because Emmanuel is our advocate.

Can you see the brilliance in this?
Emmanuel is God With Us
Advocate is One of the people.
With Jesus we are not going through some other person to get to God we are going directly to God.

May I ask you a question
Is Jesus interceding with His God on our behalf?

Jesus Christ is in You

2006-03-27T10:23:00.000+10:00

Q. According to scripture to be a Christian /regenerate /born-again /believer which person MUST BE IN US? Jesus Christ

2 Cor 13:5 "Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates."

The answer Holy Spirit is Technically Incorrect and Spiritually Incorrect.

Technically Incorrect: Holy Spirit simply means a spirit that is holy. The question asked which person MUST BE IN YOU. If you meant these descriptive words "Holy Spirit" is the person Jesus Christ and no other person then you would be 100% correct.

Spiritually Incorrect: I say this because scripture tells us that the Spirit always testifies to Jesus Christ.

For Us or For Our Adversaries?

2006-03-26T09:00:00.000+10:00

"Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?"

The book of Joshua is fabulous. Joshua actually represents Jesus for he was the the one that lead Israel into the promised land. Moses could never do this because he represented the law not because he struck the stone twice.

While Joshua was near Jericho he lifted up his eyes to see a man with his sword drawn in his hand and said:

"Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?" And he said Nay: but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. and Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship and said unto him. What saith my lord unto his servant...." Joshua 5:15

Isn't that an interesting answer that Jesus gave when he said Nay... But I now come. Most people today are very quick to say God is with us in what we are doing now. For example just say I believe that God is for this blog puritan belief. He is on my side and the things I write He backs up. By saying this I wouldn't understand Joshua 5:15. The Lord says Nay he is neither for us OR for our adversaries.

My point is this: It is all about Jesus, we are not to declare him to be on our side but for us to be on His side. This is where the glory is for the Christian not in some future dispensation but the Christian is glorified now for we are on the Lords side.

"... and he said unto Joshua Loose thy shoe from off thy foot: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so" Joshua 5:15

To those who are Sanctified:
This is what its all about the worshiping of Jesus. What Joshua beheld when he worshipped our Lord Jesus on that day is nothing compared to what we HAVE NOW. Joshua longed to look into what we have. (Colossians 1:26-27) He loosened his sandals with his head face down in the dirt. But you beloved have boldness in your speech for the veil has been taken away (2 Cor 3:12) and we can behold him in His glory in which we are being changed from glory to glory. (2 Cor 3:18) For we now actively approach the throne room of grace where Jesus is seated. (Eph 2:6)

Spiritual Answers

2006-03-24T20:09:00.000+10:00

1. i) Are the enemies of Christ literally a footstool under his feet or is this symbolic? Symbolic
ii) If symbolic then is Jesus literally sitting at the right hand of someone else? No, He is not literally sitting at the right hand of someone else. Right hand is symbolic for power/authority. (Well done Daniel)
2. In the Parable of the Prodigal Son where was the Holy Spirit mentioned? (please supply verse) Luke 15:17 And when he came to himself ... (Well done Gordon)
3. According to the last mention in scripture which person is sitting on the throne? Rev 22:3 "... but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it," The person sitting on the throne is JESUS.

Now for my next question perhaps EVEN HARDER then the above 3 unless of course it is given to you by the Lord then it is simple.

QUESTION: According to scripture to be a Christian/regenerate/born-again/believer which person MUST BE IN US?

Spiritual Questioning

2006-03-23T12:06:00.000+10:00

1. "But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" Hebrews 1:13

i) Are the enemies of Christ literally a footstool under his feet or is this symbolic?
ii) If symbolic then is Jesus literally sitting at the right hand of someone else?

2. In the Parable of the Prodigal Son where was the Holy Spirit mentioned? (please supply verse)

3. According to the last mention in scripture which person is sitting on the throne?

Should We Be Silent?

2006-03-21T01:59:00.000+10:00

I have made up the following allegory to answer Robs Question "Is it any better to say nothing Rather than stirring up controversy?

(In true John Bunyan style)

Mr False-Pretence: Preach the gospel with your Godly Living and offerings of good will to all men. For this is all that is needed and any other worldly foolish gospel will turn people off from Christianity.

Mr Spiritual-Knowledge: Now can a wicked sinner be turned off from Christianity? Let us examine a water tap which is turned off so that no water is dripping from it. Can it be turned off any further?

Mr Understand-Spiritual-Things: By the Spirit of God I testify that it can not.

Mr Spiritual-Knowledge: Yes, Man is dead in sin so any mention of Jesus and his gospel is always better then none. At the very least it will turn the tap on. And when the Spirit takes over He does a complete work in the sinner so that the tap will be pouring out living water from the King for they will never be thirsty again. Now listen further to see how wrong it is to think that the gospel can turn people off Christianity as Bold-Evangelist sows a seed to a wicked sinner.

Mr Bold-Evangelist: You are condemned to die and after that comes judgement. Fly from the wrath to come (Matt 3:7) Jesus is the only way! Call on his name. His death brings life to all those who believe on His name. (And after this proclamation his blessed feet walk away from Mr Wicked Sinner)

Mr Wicked-Sinner: I knew of one Mr Bold-Evangelist once. He condemned me speaking of my destruction and making me feel uncomfortable. His message was a deadly stench unto my nose. He was not so holy himself I bet I can dig up some sin about him even though he condemns me of my wicked sin.

Mr False-Christian: I hear your words Mr Wicked Sinner and am on your side. My friends are much nicer then Mr Bold-Evangelist and we all can agree to him not being so holy for no one is perfect. (Accuser of the brethren).

Mr Man-Appointed-Pastor: We can create some programs and courses that will make you feel more comfortable to become just like Mr False-Christian.

Miss False-Kindness: Our gospel is much nicer and if you look at us we too are dressed well like yourself in glowing gowns of self-righteousness. Bold-Evangelists gospel is far to hard but ours will be much more palatable for we made our building comfortable for you Mr Wicked Sinner you will already be accustomed to the programs we have.

Mr False-Humility: Unlike Evangelist who condemned only you. My friends and I readily admit we are not yet righteous and although we are not sure where we will end up we are certainly trying in our religion. Bold-Evangelist claims he is already adorned with righteousness, But surely this can't be true.

Mr Utter-Lies: There are far too many like evangelist and we place the blame on all Christians like him concurring as our creed "The biggest cause of Atheism in the world today is Christians" Therefore wicked sinner don't be like these Christians that turn you off Christianity be like us for we can turn you on to False-Christianity.

Mrs Wrong-Choices: I believe being a christian is all about good choices. I rejoice when I, like my friends made Good choices to become part of this splendid false-church.

Therefore we ask you to choose to be part of our humble gathering where we will tell you of no-longer-grace and help you to choose to fulfill as many of the commands as you can. Surely by doing this and also trusting and believing in Anti-Christ we are justified and will go to heaven.

Mr Wicked-Sinner: Your message has tickled my ears. I choose to be a follower of false-church and submit myself to Mr Man-Appointed-Pastor. For this gratifies my sinful nature which I am not willing to give up but by choosing good I can perhaps get rid of it one day.

Mr Man-Appointed-Pastor: In light of your testimony to this peaceful false-church and after saying your no-sinners-prayer I therefore declare you are now part of false-church and now part of my flock.

Christ-Revealed-From-Heaven: Wicked-Sinner, although you were not seeking me I found you. I called you with an everlasting love and by my bands of loving kindness I drew you. I chose you out of the world and sanctify you by my Spirit into my light. Sin is no longer debited to your account but to mine, for on the cross I bore it, conquered it despising its shame and rose again in victory. For the work I do in you I will continue till the very end. Because of this you are now clothed in righteousness. Your name is no longer Wicked-Sinner but Reborn-Believer.

Mr ReBorn-Believer: I believe in you Jesus. I am not ashamed. I repent of my sins in which I formerly walked according to the course of the world as Wicked-Sinner. For by your grace you saved me, Justified me and glorified me. It is you Jesus I love and serve according to the commands you have now written in my heart and mind. I now find myself in you and you in me.

Mr God-Appointed-Pastor: Come dine at my house and have fellowship with those who are sanctified in the mighty name of Jesus. Mr Re-Born-Believer you have cried out Abba Father and are thus a Son of the King. Converted with faith like a child given to you from Jesus Himself just as we also received. Your robes are no longer filthy rags but white as snow without spot wrinkle or blemish.

Mr Godly-Teacher: As there are 3 of us gathered in this house let us have discourse in the name of Jesus. Mr God-Appointed-Pastor will bring a hymn, Re-Born-Believer you can bring a word of knowledge and Psalm and I will bring a word from the Scripture.

And so the general assembly began with the breaking of bread and strong fellowship in the name of Jesus.

False Peace

2006-03-20T12:17:00.000+10:00

John Bunyans famous character Mr False-Peace is a warning to all who want to speak peace and safety to those who are not in Christ such as Catholics, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, Muslims etc and not only encourage them in their false religions but never tell them to flee from their state of apostasy and the wrath to come. What then is to become of those who promote False Peace?...

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." Matt 10:34

False Peace defending Himself against the court

Mr Prosecutor: ... You did most wickedly and satanically bring, hold and keep men both in their apostasy and in their hellish rebellion, in a false groundless and dangerous peace, and damnable security, to the dishonour of the King, the transgression of his law and the great damage to others holding a true faith. How do you plead?

Mr False-Peace: ... Gentleman, and you now appointed to be my judges, I acknowledge that my name is Mr Peace, but that my name is False peace, I utterly deny. I was always a man that loved to live quietly, and what I loved myself that I thought others might love also. Wherefore, when I saw any of my neighbours to labour under a disquieted mind, I endeavoured to help them when I could. With good temper and humility I did this:
1. When men were lost they had disquieting reflections upon themselves for what they had done; but I, as one troubled to see them disquieted, presently sought out means to get them quiet again.
2. When men and women had wicked things happen to them I laboured to make them quiet again and to cause them to act without problems and thus live quietly as I do.
3. If I saw any Man or Woman afraid of destruction, I often used, by some way, device invention, or other to labour to bring them to peace again.

Wherefore, since I have been always a man of so virtuous a temper, as some say a peace-maker is, and if a peace-maker be so deserving a man as some have been bold to attest he is, then let me, gentleman, be accounted by you, who have a great name for justice and equity for all men. for a man that deserveth not this inhuman way of treatment, but liberty, and also a license to seek damage of those that have been my accusers.

Mr Search-Truth: My lord, I can attest that his name is in fact False-Peace. I knew his father his name was Mr Flatter; and his mother, before she was married was called by the name of Mrs Sooth-up and when he was born they called him False-Peace.

Mr Vouch-Truth: I have in former times seen him angry with those that have called him anything else but False-peace. When sin reigns Mr false peace is a great man among all evil doers.

Mr Court: These truthful man have testified against you. You are charged for evil not for being a peace-maker or being a man of peace but because you did wickedly and satanically bring and keep men and women under their apostasy and in rebellion against the King in a false, lying and damnable peace, contrary to the law of God. This is hazardous and destructive of all men you talk to. Know this that the peace that is not a companion of truth and holiness, but that which is without this foundation, is grounded upon a lie, and is both deceitful and damnable; as also has been said by Jesus himself.

Mr Know-all: My lord, this man hath of a long time made it, to my knowledge, his business to keep Men and women in a sinful quietness in the midst of all lewdness, filthiness, and turmoils and hath said, and that in my hearing, "Come, come, let us fly from all trouble, on what ground soever it comes, and let us be for a quiet and peaceable life, though it wanteth a good foundation."

Mr Hate Lies: I have heard him say, that peace, though in a way of unrighteousness, is better than trouble with truth.

Mr Clerk: Where did you hear him say this?

Mr Hate-lies: I heard him say it in Folly Yard, at the house of one Mr Simple, next door to the sign of the Self-deceiver.

Mr Clerk: We may spare further witness; this evidence is plain and full. He shall be sentenced to death.

That My Name Might Be Declared

2006-03-17T16:19:00.000+10:00

"So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Romans 9:16

Of Pharaoh it is said "For this same purpose have I raised thee up... That my name might be declared"

Which name was this? It was Jesus. The name that was to be revealed, the mystery hidden from the ages but revealed in this time to the saints.

When an author sits down to write a book he knows the ending before he begins. Each character is cleverly crafted to fit into his plot. Each word and action by his characters is to form an integral part of the book and enhance the finished work. The same is more so with the bible. The bible recorded history for this reason:

So that his name might be declared (JESUS)

Every character in the bible good or bad is there purely for the one name to be declared: JESUS. His purpose is unflinching and can not be thwarted. Read the words of Pilate moments after he was told by his wife to have nothing to do with this innocent man because she was tormented in a dream.

--Jesus is silent--
"...Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?" (John 19)

Pilate had no idea just who it was he was saying that he had power over. Who was mixing the chemicals together in his mind in this very moment? If it wasn't the Spirit of Jesus then who was it? It was impossible for Pilate not to do what Jesus had wrote beforehand in the Old Testament of himself, therefore Jesus replies:

"Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin..And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him" (John 19)

To the sanctified there is nothing more precious then the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy (the Saint), which he had beforehand prepared unto glory.

"So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy."

Dan Brown - Da Vinci Code

2006-03-15T19:27:00.000+10:00

I listened to Dan Brown talk about his book after reading James White point out how big it has become. Mr White is going to address some of the claims from his book soon.

Dan Brown is a brilliant speaker and humanist with the drive to stamp out fundamental Christians and lift up humanitarianism.

Dan Brown: "There is enormous danger in believing we are infallible that our version of the truth is absolute that everyone who does not think like we do is wrong and therefore an enemy ... (huge applause) ... I really wish I had the luxury of absolute unquestioning faith. I do not and am still searching." Listen in Context

The above statements is the wisdom of this world. There was someone who claimed to have infallible truth and he proved it by rising from the dead. Jesus

Jesus: "Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."

This is what Dan Brown admits he lacks but is still searching for. To believe that all scripture is God breathed, and to be totally reliant on Jesus.

The Glory of Grace

2006-03-14T07:12:00.000+10:00

Grace made Glorious over Law
Although the Law was made glorious it has no glory because of this:
Grace is abounding in glory and excels so much above the law that the law has been done away with and now we can use boldness in our speech.

But we need the law to bring people to repentance?
When have you ever seen the law bring any person to repentance? Was it the condemnation of your sin that made you turn because of the perfect law? or was it the over powering graces of Jesus Christ. For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it was a gift of God.

Galatians 3:24
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith."

Were the 10 commandments the reason you came to Christ or did not sin taking occasion by the commandment, deceive you? It was Philip who understood the law as our schoolmaster when he said
"We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth" John 1:45

It is Jesus whom Moses in the law used to bring us to Christ. Jesus is the schoolmaster in the law.

To Obey Christ
Since we are now servants of Christ where are his commands that we obey?
"Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;" Hebrews

If this is true then each christian with their new nature of the indwelling of the Holy Ghost already has the commandments of Christ. Christians know what sin is when they have the Holy Ghost. How much more will they flee from sin with all their might. Sin is made but naught when the grace of Jesus is preached? It is because our iniquities are remembered no more that we can now boldly enter into the holiest places by the blood of Jesus.

The Freedom of Grace
"Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

Rejoice again I say Rejoice!

What happened to Adoption?

2006-03-13T11:09:00.000+10:00

Being pregnant because of rape is a hard scenario. Adoption I think is the best option if the woman can't/won't keep the child herself.

Last night at a friends I watched 60 minutes on ovarian cancer and your heart goes out when seeing these wives and husbands in tears because they can't have children after a woman undergoes a hysterectomy.

In my small circle of friends I know of a few couples who can't have babies and had to adopt children from overseas and all the troubles they had to go through. I would be surprised if you dear reader have not known people in this circumstance.

Infertility is very high in Australia due to women having babies later in life because of careers (Most abortions are by women who are well educated)

Thousands of women in Australia would love to adopt children however due to legal difficulties and huge waiting lists this is done over a period of years with great difficulty. Australia has 100 000 abortions a year and less then 72 babies born in Australia get adopted (2003).

Clarification from Last Post: Choice of a Child's Gender
Deciding the gender of a child at the moment can be done with over 90% accuracy by selecting sperm carrying the Y Chromosome to be a boy and sperm carrying a X chromosome to be a girl. Places like Australia where medicine is the best in the world could easily give women this choice which is why our politicians recently discussed it and united they stood in disagreement and horrified at giving parents such a choice. Parents who have 7 boys and would like a girl may enjoy this choice.

Ethical Dilemma
Of course selecting a child's sex is an ethical dilemma because where do you stop? In times to come mothers could be selecting hair colour, skin colour, height perhaps even intelligence. Adolf Hitler aspired to this.

I would like to point out that the line was crossed when women could claim back the cost of an abortion on medicare. (Free Australian health insurance courtesy of the tax payer).

Choice of a Child's Gender

2006-03-10T11:40:00.000+10:00

Australian politicians who voted that women SHOULD have the choice to murder their unborn child with the abortion pill RU486 all agree that women SHOULD NOT have the choice to predetermine a child's gender. Figure this one out??

Fridays Top Posts

2006-03-10T09:39:00.000+10:00

Godward Thoughts - On Foreknowledge - Quick - A very quick discussion on Foreknowledge. Dispelling the myth that God sees what we would do and thus chooses us.
Puritan Belief - Not Under Law, but Under Grace - Quick - For some reason when people hear this they automatically concentrate on Sin.
Running Well - Justification By Faith Alone - medium - When pastors are surveyed about Justification guess what the results were (Oh No!)
A Form of Sound Words - Friday Night Notes - medium - A man wanting to learn more of his bible after being challenged by Rand and also the ugliness of a debauch lifestyle when Rand is reviled.
Mike Garner - Would you please - quick - Reflecting on where we have come from. Ephesians making it abundantly clear. Mankind is a not one iota good nor has the ability to turn to God. Apart from the "BUT GOD" bit.
Modern Day Magi - Matthew chapter 9 - long - Jesus Heals a Paralytic, A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman. Jesus did an abundance of miracles.
Heavenly Heartburn - The Authority of God's Word - medium - "Scripture is God speaking to us" Great thoughts on scripture being God breathed and of course spiritually discerned.
Drinking Deeply - How's War been - quick - "an active and aggressive battle between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world"
Fiat Lux - On Head Coverings - medium - Discussion on the head coverings as prescribed in Corinthians.
Deeper Truth - My Testimony - long - Some people have come a long way to be with the Lord. Here's one.
Kingdom of God - Deceitful Heart - quick - Should we tell sinful man to listen to his heart?

Vocation Doubter

2006-03-08T08:27:00.000+10:00

define Vocation: The distinct calling of God.

Mr Vocation Doubter: I believe that there was no such thing as a distinct and powerful call of God to man other then by the general voice of the Word. Otherwise than to appeal to them to turn from evil and repent, and to do that which is good, and in so doing a promise of happiness is realised.

Rebuttal and Judgement: You have denied a great part of one of the most experimental truths in Jesus Christ. For he has called, and man has heard a most distinct and powerful call from his Emmanuel, by which he has been quickened, awakened, and possessed with heavenly grace to desire to have communion with Jesus, to serve him, and do his will and to look for his happiness merely of his good pleasure. For doubting this Mr Vocation Doubter you will surely die. (John Bunyan)

Election Doubter

2006-03-07T14:32:00.000+10:00

To question election is to overthrow a great doctrine of the gospel; to devalue the omnisciency and power and will of God; to take away the liberty of God with his creation, to stumble the faith and to make salvation to depend upon works and not upon grace. It is to make false the Word and to bring false peace to mens minds. (John Bunyan)

Not Under Law, but Under Grace

2006-03-04T16:26:00.000+10:00

"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." Romans 6:14

The Curse
Most people when they read this verse think: "oh but if this be the case then what is there to stop us from sinning. Surely there is but some law?"

The first law ever to be presented to man was what the lord said to Adam:
"for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die"

Therefore if a man sins he must die conversely if a man is free from sin so shall he be free from death. When Adam sinned he first died spiritually and 930 years later he died physically. Showing us from its instigation the law has never stopped anyone from sinning. In actual fact the law entered that the offence might abound and even before the law of moses death reigned.

The Promise
As the old fleshly saying goes "there are 2 things we can be sure of 1 is death and the 2nd is taxes" or for those who enjoy the accuracy of scripture "1st is death and 2nd is judgement" no matter who you are in this world you are well acquainted with the punishment of the law namely death just turn on your T.V.

Servants of Righteousness
To those who are under grace it is so because sin has no dominion over you and you have obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine that was delivered to you namely that you are free from sin and have become the servants of righteousness.

Surely some may ask: "How be it then that we are servants of righteousness even though we are still in these sinful bodies?"
Our sins are paid for in full by the blood of Christ and hence can be taken away. Being reconciled to God we have been made dead to sin and are made alive to righteousness. "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;" Therefore we are not under any law be it the 10 commandments or any ordinance. (Perhaps I will be accused of Antinomianism)

Accusations
Our Lord never brings us back under the law for his yoke is easy and his burden is light. Our Lord Jesus is not the accuser of the brethren and if this be so why do we want to conform our brothers and sisters to the law? For the accuser of the brethren will surely be cast down. Revelation 12:10

The Warning
Some may say "I am born again and free to sin so that the Lords grace may abound this post proves it so". God forbid so let this message not pass without the warning.

"How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" Romans 6:2

Stephens Sermon

2006-02-28T14:22:00.000+10:00

Stephen's story recorded in Acts is for spurring us on in the courage and the power that we have in Jesus by the power of the Holy Ghost.

Man said of Stephen: "serve at tables" Acts 6:2-5

Jesus said of Stephen: "Preach a mighty sermon before the council till you are put to death by stoning" Acts 7

Stephens sermon is one of the best recorded in Acts. First he demonstrates an amazing Holy Ghost filled knowledge of the scripture then he brings out the truth which divides.

For they resisted the Holy Ghost. They persecuted the Just One namely Jesus. That day it is possible some of those who heard Stephens sermon and put him to death would have committed the unpardonable sin. They would have trampled underfoot the Son of God and done despite unto the spirit of grace. (Hebrews)

Even in Stephens death the Lord had his purpose being unfolded for one man who was consenting unto his death was Saul. The Lords purpose can not be thwarted for no matter where Saul went the Lord would have his way in Saul and would strike him blind by his consuming light and cause him to be born again.

First Fruits Offering

2006-02-27T14:11:00.000+10:00

Many denominations have realised the profits to be made with a First Fruits Offering. From a small congregation of 100 people you could make easily $50 000 in one week. Not to mention the millions that can be made with a larger congregation. They translate Leviticus 2:12 into everyone in their congregation giving their full weekly income to the church one Sunday a year. No they don't want fruit or grain they want cash / credit / eftpos / cheque. Special considerations can be entered into if you can't pay upfront of course however this is not preferred. (Seperate to tithing obviously)
Example First Fruits Sermons:
"The seat you are sitting in now is from the extravagant giving of this church. We paid for the building, We paid for the sound equipment and lights and We paid for your seat...
If it wasn't for the extravagant giving of these people nothing would be here.
...
Thank You for being so easily led in our First Fruits Offering"
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Just who will build His church?
Please click on the flyer above to see first hand how churches use first fruits.

Pledging
First fruits must be paid up front however it looks like pledging is alive and well in the churches.
Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking in sense pledges. And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 11:15
He who puts up security for another will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe.
Proverbs 22:26
Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
* Names have been removed to keep organisations private.

The Surprising Work of God

2006-02-26T17:34:00.000+10:00

by Jonathan Edwards
Listen to this book for Free
Part One - Part Two - All Jonathan Edwards Sermons (Mega Deep Voice)
My Summary:
Jonathan Edwards some years after the Great Awakening took to the pen to defend and record the conversions that happened during the Revival. He gives many accounts of how conversion started with the fear of God and conviction of Sin to the moment when Jesus set them apart with bands of loving kindness.

Unlike today's church which is quick to simply count decisions these conversions came under Calvinistic preaching and Jonathan Edwards also records the lasting fruit of the Holy Spirit in these new converts.

Things that stood out:
1. Young Men and Women Seeking the Truth
This revival was mainly about the young men and women of the town. In the eve of the revival the youth were all talking about Arminianism. (It's up to man to choose)

"... But it seemed, contrary to their fear, that Arminianism was strongly overruled ... Many who considered themselves to be in a Christ-less condition seemed to be awakened by the controversy"

It is tremendous when young men and women are concerned about making their calling and election sure and being conformed to the likeness of Christ.

2. Very aware of Sin in their lives
The first chapter shows just how concerned Northampton was with Sin. In all accounts the sinner wanted to hear from Jesus if they were saved not their own declaration of themselves or the declaration of someone else, only Jesus.

3. Salvation
There were as many different accounts of salvation as there were conversions. One thing they all had in common was Jesus making himself known to the sinner as part of their salvation and the peace and glory when this happens.

4. The Holy Spirit withdrawing
You can tell that even though amazing events were being recorded of the works of the Holy Spirit Jonathan Edwards was always conservative and not over exaggerating. Conversions gradually became less and Northampton and the surrounding districts almost consumed by the Holy Spirit gradually had problems creeping in when the Holy Spirit withdrew. Such as suicides and false teachers emerging.

Conclusion
A great read considering that the book is incredibly cheap ($5) Great for those who want to know what true salvation is and the work of the Holy Spirit in conversion.

Love, Charity and the KJV

2006-02-25T19:20:00.000+10:00

Lately I have been enjoying the KJV translation. Hebrews in-particular is brilliant in the KJV. The KJV I find to be a hard hitter and reading it is like being in the forefront of a battle.

All translations have bias and there is certainly no such thing as a real word for word translation. I believe this to be the Lords purpose for scripture is spiritually discerned. To get the meaning of scripture you compare scripture with scripture and view the context.

Can anyone tell me why the KJV would use the word Charity instead of Love here?

"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal ... Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; ... Charity never faileth: ... " 1 Corinthians 13

Compared to all other popular translations which use the word LOVE. Charity and love have different meanings from what I can see.
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Translation - Number of times Charity is Used - Verses
KJV - 24 - 1 Corinthians 13 (9), Colossians 3:14, 1 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Timothy (3), 2 Timothy (2), Titus 2:2, 1 Peter (2), 2 Peter 1:7, 3 John 1:6, Jude 1:12, Revelation 2:19
NIV - 0 - NONE
NASB - 3 - Luke 11:41, Luke 12:33, Acts 9:36
NKJV - 0 - NONE
ESV - 1 - Acts 9:36

I AM HE

2006-02-24T15:36:00.000+10:00

All these scriptures have one thing in common. Can you pick it?

Moses in Exodus
"The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." Exodus 3:13

New Testament
"I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I AM HE, ye shall die in your sins" John 8:24

"When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I AM HE" John 8:28

"Verily verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM" John 8:58

Arresting Jesus
"Jesus saith unto them, I AM HE .... As soon then as he had said unto them, I AM HE they went backward, and fell to the ground" John 18:5-6

The One Thing All these scriptures have in common is this:
They are all about the one true God of the first commandment.
"The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord Our God Is One Lord, And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ..." Mark 12:29-30

For the first commandment is about the Great I AM of the Old Testament and the New Testament namely --> JESUS <--

Fridays Top Posts

2006-02-24T09:26:00.000+10:00

BLOG NAME - POST TITLE - MY BRIEF SUMMARY

Faith Classics - God's New Name - Praise and worship songs seem to have a different focus now.
Heavenly Heartburn - On Mission Celebration Report - Mixing with those Jesus has called to the mission field.
Fiat Lux - Debate Is the Christian God True - (~2hrs) It is great to hear just how easily God's existence can be defended to sceptics.
A Classical Presbyterian - John Piper on the differences between Christ and Muhammad - "..share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death" Philippians 3:10
Preach the Word - Why Calvinists Have a Poor Reputation - Are you a New Calvinist? If so you will relate to this post. Are you wondering why you see the supremacy of Christ on every page of the bible and others can't? A bit of tongue and cheek.
Running Well - One-Syllable Pilgrim’s Progress - If you have kids this post is for you.
Clay Pot - LARK Program - FUNNY - Donald Rumsfield has finally yielded to the "Do Gooders" who hate America in any and every way. Read his letter.
Deeper Truth - A Question - How can you get lost from somebody who said they would never leave you nor forsake you and that they would be with you always?
Puritan Belief - When I Fall, I Shall Arise - Quick Promise to the believer.
Spurgeon Collection - Salvation to the Uttermost - MY FAVOURITE SERMON OF ALL TIME.