tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83663902677020894492024-03-05T02:13:23.326-05:00Truth Of God's Word, the Holy BibleBiblical truth written to be easily understood.
Every person should have knowledge of the truth of God's Holy Word.
All Studies are from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
A mind closed to the truth is a mind that is guided by eyes that are blind and ears that cannot hear.
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Thank you.Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-639092598326599282013-01-19T00:42:00.000-05:002013-01-19T00:42:27.202-05:00Book Of Mass Instruction Book 1<br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 18.0pt;">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.0pt;">Read this before you continue in this book, if you do not
understand this introduction you may not understand the rest of this book.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Scripture is in <span style="color: maroon;">Red </span>and comments are in Black.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Only the King James Version Bible is quoted in
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As it is written in: <span style="color: maroon;">Amos 8:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">11 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor
a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>:</span> More
precisely this famine is of hearing the TRUTH of God’s word. If anything taught about the word of God is
not true or has been corrupted then it is not the word of the Lord. In some cases the word of God has been
corrupted in the very Bibles we read and are taught from. This is happening
now and proof will be found in these studies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are hundreds of Christian churches and denominations and
most everyone believes their church holds the truths. Most churches do hold the basic truths;
however, many false teachings have crept into nearly all churches. According to Jesus every church and Christian
should hold the same doctrines if everyone and every church are listening to
and following the Spirit of Truth: <span style="color: maroon;">John 16:12 I have
yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
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The Spirit of truth will never lead anyone to different
truths and since this is true the only reason for different doctrines is
because mankind is not fully listening to the Holy Spirit, thus the
discrepancies. We ALL should agree as
one, just as the trinity is one. The
exact truth is of utmost importance to God.
We will be guided to the truth; <u>that is one promise straight from
Jesus</u> but the promise from Satan is that <u>EVERYONE will be tested with
lies</u>, so beware. God is so serious
about this that He says He will send strong delusion to those that ignore the
Spirit of Truth whereby they will believe the lies of Satan <span style="color: #a50021;">(2 Thessalonians </span><st1:time hour="14" minute="10"><span style="color: #a50021;">2:10</span></st1:time><span style="color: #a50021;">-11</span><span style="color: #cc3300;">)</span>. It is
happening all over the world right now.<span style="color: #cc3300;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Between churches and denominations and peoples there are
many disagreements about many doctrines and this should not be so according to
Jesus in <span style="color: maroon;">John 16: 12-13</span>. These include: the “rapture”, speaking in
tongues, baptism, the trinity, and the list goes on. </div>
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In the past I have attempted to dispel false teachings in
simple short studies so as to avoid a lengthy discourse, only to have someone
quote other false teachings in an attempt to support the original false
teaching. I was not prepared for the
domino effect that false teachings create.
For this reason I decided to dispel all the false teachings I could
think of in deep detail. This will
require that the studies be as in depth as necessary to bring all the evidence to
light and dispel ALL the misconceptions.</div>
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This series of books will start with easily dispelled
misconceptions and gradually go into the misconceptions that are more difficult
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Many readers may have a hard time adjusting to releasing
what they have learned and opening their minds to the Spirit of Truth but once
you do, an entirely new excitement for the word of God will refresh your
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I know your question to me may be something like: “How do
you know you are correct?” My answer to
that is only God knows for sure. Read
ALL the studies with an open mind to the Spirit of Truth use some common sense
and decide for yourself. I am not
perfect nor do I claim any special gifts from God. The only thing I can say is that I believe
that I have listened to the Spirit of Truth and I believe this book is what I
was guided to understand and write. I can also say since I am human I am not
perfect and there are many questions to which I do not have an answer but I
learn every day.</div>
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The most important question is: do you desire the truth or
do you want to be a pew potato, absorbing whatever is fed to you?</div>
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Prayers and love to all humanity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ned Adams</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">Chapter 1<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
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<i>Imperfect
Bibles<o:p></o:p></i></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Lies and Corruptions Have
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scripture is in <span style="color: maroon;">Red</span> and comments are in Black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In this study I will make a few statements that are
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1. God is perfect, no one else is.<o:p></o:p></div>
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2. God’s word is perfect <u>as it was written by the
prophets of God in the original manuscripts.</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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3. Perfection cannot be changed because perfection cannot be
improved upon; therefore, any change to the Word of God creates imperfection
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4. The first corruption of the word of God came while Satan
was talking to Eve in the Garden of Eden.<o:p></o:p></div>
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5. In the English language the closest thing we have to the
original manuscripts is the KJV Bible.<o:p></o:p></div>
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6. Shocker for many Christians: New translations of the
Bible are badly corrupted. If you love
God you will read the following with an open mind. I write this with love for God and all
Christians.<o:p></o:p></div>
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7. Most importantly: use the entire Bible when studying any subject in order to avoid misunderstanding a quote or action. You will find a few examples of this listed in this book.</div>
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What does the Bible (KJV) say about changing the Word of
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<span style="color: maroon;">Deuteronomy 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">2 Ye shall not add unto the word
which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep
the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This is simple as it can get, do
not add to or take away from the Word of God.
Once again perfection cannot be changed else it is no longer perfect and
imperfection cannot be the Word of God.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We receive another warning about
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<span style="color: maroon;">Revelation 22: 18 For I testify
unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man
shall <u>add unto</u> these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in this book: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">19 And if any man shall <u>take
away</u> from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From beginning to end God does not
want anyone changing His Word. Not even
a single word change is acceptable because that changes the meaning of
scripture however; some new Bible versions even leave out entire verses.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Example:<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the KJV Holy Bible <span style="color: maroon;">1 John 5:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">7 For there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
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<span style="color: maroon;">8 And there are three that
bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these
three agree in one.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is an example of the same two
verses from the<span style="color: maroon;"> </span>New Revised Standard
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<span style="color: maroon;">1 John 5: 7 There are three that
testify:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8366390267702089449"><sup><span style="color: maroon;">*</span></sup></a>
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<span style="color: maroon;">8 the Spirit and the water and
the blood, and these three agree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Losing verse seven removes a testimony of the trinity and
the fact that Jesus is God. I believe
that to be very important information.
Read most of the new Bible translations of these verses and you will
discover verse seven essentially does not exist in them. It is gone.
Man has done what Satan did in the Garden of Eden; change and corrupt
the Word of God, which caused the first sin!
May God have mercy on those who are responsible for these translations!
Of course this is not the only change, there are many more changes and every
single change corrupts the Word of God even more.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In a recent new translation of the Bible it gets worse. One example that stands out is where the word
“virgin” was changed to “young girl”. I
can safely say that is not a miracle for a young girl to give birth but it
certainly is a miracle for a virgin to give birth. This change effectively removes one prophecy
that Jesus was to fulfill: His virgin birth.
Has the Christian world gone mad?
How can an important verse and a miracle be deleted from a bible and
anyone trust that bible? It certainly
cannot be called a Holy Bible because there is nothing holy about corrupting
the word of God.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is serious business to
God. Man has changed the Word of God
just as Satan did! The verse<span style="color: maroon;"> 1 John 5:7 </span>has basically vanished from many new
Bible translations and therefore perfection has been lost and the lie has
entered in. These changes may not have
been malicious<span style="color: blue;"> </span>but they have corrupted the Word
of God nonetheless. . <o:p></o:p></div>
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We read in: <span style="color: maroon;">2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.</span>
Amen. It is time all Christians learn
the truth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 18.0pt;">Chapter 2<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 18.0pt;">Finding the Truth in Scripture<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16.0pt;">Is Jesus Truly God, Not Just “a”
god?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;">All scripture is from the KJV
Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Comments are in Black, Scripture
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Oh my how man has corrupted the Bible. The truth will be learned and proven here beyond a
shadow of a doubt. It is VERY important
to fully understand this before much of scripture can be completely understood
so if you love God pay attention. Many
religions believe Jesus was <u>a</u> god but not The God. Some believe He was just a prophet or a
teacher. Some believe in the Holy
Trinity and some do not. Some preachers
even lower the deity of Jesus by misunderstanding scripture. This last point will become clear in a future study.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here proof begins: <o:p></o:p></div>
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First we have:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">1 John 5:7 For there are three
that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these
three are one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here we have the Father (God) the Word (Jesus) and the Holy
Ghost (the Comforter and Spirit of Truth) and ALL THREE are ONE, not three
gods, not separate, one being with three separate duties. This complete verse has been greatly altered
in most new Bible translations. It is
not there. Leaving this verse out is
Satan at work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 1:1 In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here is where a lot of confusion and false ideas come
from. There have been people who mistake
the Greek here in that the Greek language uses no identifiers such as “the” or
“a” and some interpreters claim this verse leaves out an “a” where it says “the
Word was God” which would change the meaning to “the Word was “a” god”. <span style="color: maroon;">1 John 5: 7</span>
contradicts that claim. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:1: God, who at sundry
times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:2: Hath in these last
days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by
whom also he made the worlds;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:3: Who being the
brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all
things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat
down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:4: Being made so much
better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:5: For unto which of
the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?
And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:6: And again, when he
bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels
of God worship him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:7: And of the angels he
saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews 1:8 But unto the <b><u>Son</u></b>
he saith, Thy throne, <b><u>O God</u></b>, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As you see this is the Father
confirming that the Son (Jesus, Emmanuel which being interpreted is, <u>God
with us</u>) IS IN FACT God. There can
be no higher proof than from God the Father.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jesus was God and because of that
His will could not be bent. Jesus did
not change from being God at any time, Perfection cannot change. Jesus did NOT inherit the sin nature of man
because God placed the fetus which held the Spirit of God (Jesus) in the womb
of the Virgin Mary. Mankind had nothing
to do with the conception of Jesus. Mary
nurtured Jesus through the umbilical cord but Jesus may not have shared her
DNA. Jesus was literally God in every
fiber of His being. There is no weakness
in God, no fear, no regrets, no lust, no mistakes and no changing, only
perfection. God the Father had
everything planned before humans were formed and nothing can or will divert
that plan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The reason for this discourse is
to prepare the reader for some studies to come.
Without total understanding of whom and what Jesus was understanding of
some scripture will be lost and lies can enter in. We need to avoid that problem.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In all things allow the Holy
Spirit to guide you in your search for the truth and understanding will become
clear. Never rely on man, not even
myself. Rely on the Spirit of Truth to
guide you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 16: 12 I have yet many
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Some readers may think these
studies are more detailed than necessary but I have found there is a domino
effect from false teachings where question after question arise to confuse the
Truth, therefore all the questions need to be answered to curtail this problem. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Metaphors
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<span style="color: #993300; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scripture is in Red</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;"> and Commentary is in Black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We will start with one of the first metaphors in the KJV
Bible which is the serpent in the Garden of Eden. This is not an actual serpent so why did God
use a serpent to represent Satan? This
was done so as to begin our understanding of the parallels between the spirit
and flesh bodies, between the heavenly and the earthly. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A serpent has venom in its mouth which can kill a flesh body
while the poison from Satan is the lies from his mouth which can cause the soul
to perish if we listen to him and follow his lies. This is demonstrated elsewhere in the Bible
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<span style="color: #993300;">Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened
their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #993300;">Romans </span><st1:time hour="15" minute="13"><span style="color: #993300;">3:13</span></st1:time><span style="color: #993300;"> Their throat is an open sepulcher </span>(an open grave, death<span style="color: #993300;">);
with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps </span>(serpents)<span style="color: #993300;"> is under
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<span style="color: #993300;">James 3:8 But the tongue can no
man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lies are the enemy of God and are also the corruption of His
Word and they should be the enemy of every Christian. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now back to other metaphors and figures of speech in the
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The first prophecy of the Bible is a figure of speech and this
is found in: <span style="color: maroon;">Genesis: </span><st1:time hour="15" minute="15"><span style="color: maroon;">3:15</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy </span>(Satan)<span style="color: maroon;"> seed and her seed; it </span>(Jesus)<span style="color: maroon;"> shall bruise thy </span>(Satan’s)<span style="color: maroon;"> head, and thou </span>(Satan) <span style="color: maroon;">shalt bruise his heel.
</span>This is the prophecy of Jesus versus
Satan. There is much more meaning where
this verse speaks of the seed of the woman will bruise Satan’s head and the
seed of Satan shall bruise his (Jesus’) heel.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Satan’s seed will not literally
bruise the heel of Jesus, Satan’s seed will cause Jesus to hang on the cross to
die and in doing so he will think he has hindered the plan of God to save
humanity; however, Jesus will resurrect and in doing so will “bruise the head”
of Satan. This bruise again is not
literal, here is the explanation: We
make plans by our thoughts which come from the brain and our brain is in our
heads. In a way this is saying that
Jesus will crush the plans of Satan by offering all humans a way to avoid
eternal death by His sacrifice and resurrection (the bruising of His heel) to
cover our sins and destroying death (Satan).
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The following verse is here only
to introduce us to Jesus being the Living Word so as to help us understand the
metaphor in John 6:51:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 1:14: And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. </span>Here the
Word (Jesus, God) became flesh by being born of woman.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 6:51: I am the living bread
which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for
ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the
life of the world. </span>Of course Jesus is not actually bread. Jesus is actually using bread here as a
figure of speech. Jesus is the living
Word and we use bread as food. When
anything enters the stomach it goes into the blood which circulates throughout
the body and thus nourishes us and actually becomes part of us and it sustains
our flesh bodies. Jesus is saying digest
the word of the Lord, study it deeply, and allow it to become part of us,
believe it and the word will give us eternal spiritual nourishment after this
flesh body has passed on. The sacrifice
of Jesus, which was Him offering His flesh life to pay the sin debt that we all
owe to save our spiritual lives, is what is meant by the phrase: <span style="color: maroon;">“and the bread that I will give is my flesh.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 6:52: The Jews therefore
strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 6:53: Then Jesus said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of
man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. </span>If we refuse to study and digest the Word then we cannot
understand and therefore we cannot follow the teachings of Jesus and therefore
we cannot follow Him. We have to believe
and understand heart, mind, body and soul before spiritual salvation can occur
for us, if not, our spiritual lives may also end. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 6:54: Whoso eateth my flesh,
and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last
day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 6:55: For my flesh is meat
indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John 6:56: He that eateth my
flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. </span>This verse
says it all: If the Word does not dwell in us then Jesus is not with us and we
could have no hope to dwell in Him or with Him in Heaven.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As we begin to understand how to
separate literal from metaphorical the beauty and deeper meanings of the Bible
create mental pictures that allow us to see how lowly our minds are compared to
the majesty and wonder of the thoughts of God.
My poor explanations cannot even come close to describe it. I praise God that I even have a clue. There are hundreds of examples so watch for
the metaphors and figures of speech.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Sacrificial Lamb<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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Did God the
Father forsake Jesus or separate Himself from Jesus because Jesus took on the
sins of the world when He died on the cross?
What is the truth about this?
This was a huge stumbling block for me because I was taught at an early
age that Jesus took on the sins of the world but I was mistaken about what that
meant. </div>
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We must first
discover where the Bible says God cannot look upon sin. I may be wrong but I have heard it said that
it is from: <span style="color: maroon;">Habakkuk</span> <span style="color: maroon;">1:13:
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:
wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy
tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? </span>Jesus was
not evil nor was Jesus guilty of iniquity. Jesus was perfect and sinless so
this verse can never apply to Him. Jesus
took away the sin of the world so how can that be evil? The only thing I can think of is that in
times past someone read the verse: <span style="color: maroon;">Matthew
27:46: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? </span> This person probably could not understand why
God would forsake His Son and the only explanation he could find was Habakkuk
1:13. If so this is an example of taking
a verse out of context. For others that could not explain this verse it made
sense and they spread the idea also. It
is time to learn the truth. Let us learn
about this subject.<span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John </span><st1:time hour="13" minute="29"><span style="color: maroon;">1:29</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. </span>Yes Jesus
took away our sins because He became the Sacrificial Lamb and offered Himself
to die in our place, to pay the wage we owed because of our sins, which was
death.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Romans </span><st1:time hour="18" minute="23"><span style="color: maroon;">6:23</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span> Death in this case
is the second death, the death of the soul.
Once the debt of a sin is paid the sin no longer exists, it is
not transferred anywhere. Jesus took on
the sins of the world by paying the debt, not by physically absorbing the sins
onto Himself. It would be the same as if
a rich man paid the monetary bills for everyone on earth; he would take on the
debt in the sense that he decided to pay the bills but the debt was never his
and therefore could not be transferred to him because the debt would no longer
exist, it is paid in full, gone completely.
That is why the Father will remember our sins no more as quoted in: <span style="color: maroon;">Hebrews: </span><st1:time hour="8" minute="12"><span style="color: maroon;">8:12</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;">: For I
will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>If that does not convince you there is another aspect about the
wages of sin. The punishment for a sin
is not satisfied until there is a death of the guilty party or death of the
sacrifice or forgiveness is given. Since the wages of sin is death how could
Jesus take on or absorb any sins? If
death pays the price of sin then Jesus would be dead before the Father would
have reason to forsake Jesus. Common
sense denies the teaching that the Father could forsake or be unable to look
upon the Son because of sin. <span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I know that many will quote: <span style="color: maroon;">2
Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; </span>Jesus could not literally be made sin because sin is not a
physical thing, it is an act, a thought or a vocalization; there is no
substance to sin, no physical manifestation to it except the actions of the
guilty. This is a metaphor to emphasize
that the sins died with Jesus.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are two verses
many preachers and scholars point to and proclaim that prove the Father did in
fact separate Himself from or forsake Jesus and they always point out that God
cannot look upon sin as the reason. I
believe we have proved this hypothesis incorrect in the preceding paragraphs,
however; it is still necessary to explain what was actually happening for
better understanding. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here are the two verses: <span style="color: maroon;">Matthew
27:46: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? </span>And<span style="color: maroon;">:
Matthew 26:39 And he </span>(Jesus)<span style="color: maroon;"> went a little
farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou
wilt. </span>You
may say that these two verses do seem to clearly show that Jesus thinks or is
afraid that He will be separated from the Father. First; using a single verse as proof of
anything without knowing and understanding what the subject of that verse is
would be foolhardy and loses all understanding.
Secondly, in these verses, understanding that Jesus is God should direct
the reader to question the idea that Jesus and God could ever be separated in
the first place. Finally; what does
Jesus say about being separated from the Father? The answer is found in: <span style="color: maroon;">John 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that
ye </span>(apostles) <span style="color: maroon;">shall
be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not
alone, <u>because the Father is with me</u></span>. This is the truth from the lips of
Jesus. So what do these verses actually
mean? <o:p></o:p></div>
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We will start dismantling the structure of lies and the
corruption of God’s word Satan has created.
In the next two chapters both verses will be explored and the truth of
what these verses mean will be revealed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Finding
the Truth in Scripture <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Scripture is in <span style="color: #993300;">Red</span>
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For the beginning of this series we will start in Matthew 27
where Jesus is hanging on the cross:</div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Matthew
27:46: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? </span>Did
God forsake Jesus on the cross? The
answer is no. How can I make that
statement? It is because I know what
Jesus said about this question. Jesus
said it in: <span style="color: maroon;">John 16:32 Behold, the hour
cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and
shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, <u>because the Father is with me</u>. </span>How much
more plain can it be?<span style="color: maroon;"> </span>When Jesus
was arrested and hung on the cross was the only time the apostles scattered.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ah, but you
say Jesus had taken the sins of the world on himself and God cannot look upon
sin. That was answered in chapter three
and shown to be a misconception. Jesus
never received any sin; he paid the debt for those sins. </div>
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So
what is the truth? It’s simple, Jesus was still teaching while hanging on the cross showing
that prophesy was being fulfilled at that very moment. Jesus was teaching in His agony just as He
did when tempted by Satan in the wilderness where once again Jesus (God) was
facing sin (Satan). Proof is to follow:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Psalm
22:1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my
roaring? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This was written hundreds of years before Jesus came to
earth in a flesh body. Psalm 22
describes a huge portion of what Matthew 27 speaks about. If the Jews know their Scripture AND LISTEN
to Jesus they would recognize this statement and remember what Psalm 22 is all
about. Even in His agony Jesus was
teaching, hoping some in the crowd would understand that prophecy was being
fulfilled at that very moment. Now back
to Matthew:</div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Matthew
27: 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments
among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots<b>. </b></span><b>Important
Note</b>: this says: “that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet”. This is more proof Jesus was
teaching.<span style="color: maroon;">
</span>Here is where it is “written by the
prophet”:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Psalm </span><st1:time hour="22" minute="18"><span style="color: maroon;">22: 18</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture. </span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now more from: <span style="color: maroon;">Psalm 22: 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they
shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">8 He trusted on the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> <i>that</i> he would deliver him:
let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Most of the crowd was this way
toward Jesus on the cross.<span style="color: maroon;"> </span>(There is sarcasm from the crowd here)<span style="color: maroon;"> </span>In Matthew<span style="color: maroon;"> </span>the crowd even thought Jesus was calling for Elias. These people were blind to the truth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Psalm 22: 4 I am poured out like
water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in
the midst of my bowels. </span>His shoulders were pulled out of joint and His heart is
failing. Jesus shed blood and water when
He was thrust through with the spear ergo; poured out like water His life
escaped Him.<sup><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Psalm </span><st1:time hour="22" minute="15"><span style="color: maroon;">22: 15</span></st1:time><sup><span style="color: maroon;"> </span></sup><span style="color: maroon;">My strength is
dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast
brought me into the dust of death. </span>His strength was leaving Him and He was thirsty and they
gave Him vinegar mixed with gall. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Psalm </span><st1:time hour="22" minute="16"><span style="color: maroon;">22:16</span></st1:time><sup><span style="color: maroon;"> </span></sup><span style="color: maroon;">For dogs have
compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my
hands and my feet. </span>The dogs mentioned here are enemies and the wicked which
were all around (those of Satan). No one
can miss the connection of Jesus being pierced in His hands and feet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Psalm 22</span> tells exactly what Jesus was <u>going</u> to experience
when He would be placed on the cross, prophecy fulfilled once again. Of course most of the crowd missed this
teaching because their eyes and ears were closed to the truth. Are YOUR eyes and ears closed? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16.0pt;">Is There Imperfection in God?<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Some Biblical Scholars and Preachers Would Have Us
Think So<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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There are Christian scholars and
preachers who, hopefully, are unknowingly and unintentionally teaching that the
Father and Jesus are imperfect. I am not
accusing anyone but I am about to prove this is the truth and that it is
rampant in churches today.</div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Matthew 26:39<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">And he </span>(Jesus)<span style="color: maroon;"> went a little
farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou
wilt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I understand how most people teach
this verse: It is said Jesus asked that
this cup be taken away because when He received the sins of the world the
Father and He would be separated or the Father would forsake Him (briefly
stated). Of course chapter three shows
this idea is a misconception however we need to understand what is truly
happening in this verse. Let’s
listen to what Jesus says about this:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John:</span><st1:time hour="12" minute="25"><span style="color: maroon;">12:25</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth
his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. </span>This is what Jesus is trying to get across to Peter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John:12:26 If any man serve me,
let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man
serve me, him will my Father honour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John: </span><st1:time hour="12" minute="27"><span style="color: maroon;">12:27</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father,
save me from this hour </span>(question)<span style="color: maroon;">: but for this cause came I unto this hour. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Jesus is basically saying here that
even if my soul is troubled (he does not say why He was troubled) why should I
ask the Father to save me from this hour when this is the reason I came in the
first place. Since Jesus says this why
would He pray about this same thing in the <st1:place><st1:placetype>Garden</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename>Gethsemane</st1:placename></st1:place> unless He was teaching?<o:p></o:p></div>
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1: Now for some common sense
folks: If Jesus is not teaching by this prayer it means Jesus has suddenly
realized He is going to be separated from the Father and had no clue about this
fact until this very moment. Of course
verse <span style="color: maroon;">John </span><st1:time hour="12" minute="27"><span style="color: maroon;">12:27</span></st1:time> proves that Jesus did know. The prophecy of the event was in <span style="color: maroon;">Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel</span> (this will be explained
in another study)<span style="color: maroon;">.</span> Are the Father and
the Son perfect or not? We know God and
Jesus are perfect so what is the true answer?
Answer: The subject of<span style="color: maroon;"> Matthew 26:39</span> has been misunderstood.
A few more points to ponder:<o:p></o:p></div>
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2: Jesus was fully God therefore
His will could not be bent. Either
sitting on His heavenly throne or walking this earth in a flesh body Jesus is
God. Jesus did not change from being God
at any time; Perfection cannot change.
Jesus did NOT inherit the sin nature of man because The Father placed
the spirit of Jesus along with the fetus in the womb of the Virgin Mary, which
is why it had to be a virgin birth.
Mankind had nothing to do with the conception of Jesus. Mary nurtured Jesus by the umbilical cord but
Jesus probably did not even share her DNA.
Jesus was literally God in every fiber of His being. His Spirit was God and therefore a perfect
spirit, unlike man whose spirit is imperfect.
There is no weakness in God, no fear, no regrets, no lust, no mistakes
and no changing, only perfection. God
had everything planned before humans were formed and nothing can or will divert
that plan. God cannot forsake himself
nor leave part of His self behind. The
trinity cannot be separated. A house
divided against it’s self cannot stand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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3: Jesus cannot fear separation
from the Father or fear anything else because as it is written in: <span style="color: maroon;">1 John </span><st1:time hour="16" minute="18"><span style="color: maroon;">4:18</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> There
is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath
torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. </span>If Jesus had
fear about being separated from the Father he could not be God in the flesh
because He would be imperfect and Jesus (God) is perfect love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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4: How did Jesus pray to the
Father?<span style="color: maroon;">
</span>He went to a secluded place to be alone
to pray. The exceptions: when He was <u>teaching</u>
those around Him. Example:<span style="color: maroon;"> John </span><st1:time hour="11" minute="41"><span style="color: maroon;">11: 41</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> Then
they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus
lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">42 And I knew that thou hearest
me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may
believe that thou hast sent me.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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This is the only example I will
give here but there are more.<o:p></o:p></div>
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5: What does Jesus say about being
separated or forsaken by the Father?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">John </span><st1:time hour="16" minute="32"><span style="color: maroon;">16:32</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;"> Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall
be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not
alone, <u>because the Father is with me</u>. </span>Even though
the apostles scattered once Jesus was arrested and crucified Jesus knew the
Father was going to be with Him through all the pain and agony. This is truth straight from the lips of
Jesus. Now we are able to discover the
truth starting from the beginning:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">Matthew 26: 31 Then saith Jesus
unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is
written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
scattered abroad. </span>Jesus was the target of
attack as long as He walked with the apostles.
After He was arrested the apostles scattered and Peter in particular
would deny Christ. This is the subject of the prayer in <st1:place>Gethsemane</st1:place>;
the apostles denying Jesus, as Peter will do. <span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">32 But after I am risen again, I
will go before you into </span><st1:place><span style="color: maroon;">Galilee</span></st1:place><span style="color: maroon;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">33 Peter answered and said unto
him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be
offended. </span>Peter later failed his claim three times. If we deny Christ to men Jesus
will deny us to the father <span style="color: maroon;">(Mathew </span><st1:time hour="10" minute="33"><span style="color: maroon;">10:33</span></st1:time>). Jesus does not
want that to happen to the apostles and in particular Peter but Jesus knows it
will happen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice. </span>This is a warning about the
future. Still the same subject which
will become clear soon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the
disciples. </span>They all were all wrong because they did not yet understand
the weakness of the flesh. We need to
understand this because we may be tested also.<o:p></o:p></div>
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unto a place called </span><st1:place><span style="color: maroon;">Gethsemane</span></st1:place><span style="color: maroon;">, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go
and pray yonder. </span>The teaching is about to begin so open your minds to the Holy
Spirit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">37 And he took with him Peter and
the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. </span>Point:
Whenever Jesus went to pray to the Father He went to be alone as He instructed
us to do<span style="color: maroon;"> </span>in<span style="color: maroon;"> Matthew 6:6. </span>Therefore why did Jesus take Peter, James and John with
Him? Jesus did not need them for
protection because He knew when the enemy would arrive to arrest Him. The
answer is that by this prayer Jesus was about to teach and Peter in particular
needed to hear.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">38<sup> </sup>Then saith he unto
them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch
with me. </span>Yes
Jesus was sorrowful but not for of Himself, God cannot be self-pitying, that is
a human trait and if we lower God (or Jesus) to human standards we have already
failed God. Jesus was sorrowful because
of the tribulations and temptations His apostles were to go through after His
arrest, death and resurrection because they would follow Him and become targets
and WOULD follow the weakness of the flesh and deny Him as stated above in <span style="color: maroon;">Matthew 26:31</span>. Proof will
follow if you have patience.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">39</span> <span style="color: maroon;">And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as
I will, but as thou wilt.</span><span style="color: #993300;"> </span>Note: Someone overheard this prayer<span style="color: #993300;"> </span>or it would not have
been written here and Jesus knew it would be heard and recorded.<span style="color: #993300;"> </span>As a side point: the only time Jesus prayed with an
audience was for instruction and edification for those listening such as when
He raised Lazarus from the dead <span style="color: maroon;">(John </span><st1:time hour="11" minute="41"><span style="color: maroon;">11:41</span></st1:time><span style="color: maroon;">-43).</span><span style="color: #993300;"> </span>The decision that Jesus would hang on the cross for our
sins was made millenia ago. To believe that at the last moment Jesus (God)
would have second thoughts about the <u>main reason</u> He came to the earth is
ludicrous and that thought takes away from the Godhood and perfection of Jesus.
Jesus may have been in a flesh body but His spirit was still God. This was
God’s plan from the beginning and only Satan could make it sound as if Jesus
had second thoughts or pitied Himself.
SHAME on anyone who could believe Jesus could be weak. He came here for us voluntarily, Jesus was
PREPARED and KNEW what was to happen and ACCEPTED that fact from before the beginning
of this earth.<u><span style="color: maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">40 And he cometh unto the
disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not
watch with me one hour?</span><span style="color: #993300;"> </span> (Note: Jesus talks
to Peter in particular here because Peter was the one that would deny Him three
times). Jesus wanted the apostles to
remain awake so they would hear the prayer and understand that they would go
through times that would try their souls and whatever was to happen God would
understand if they were afraid but nevertheless they should follow the will of
God beyond their fleshly impulses and NOT deny Christ. Hold with me, proof is still to come.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #993300;">41 </span><span style="color: maroon;">Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</span><span style="color: #993300;"> </span>As we know
Peter will deny Christ three times, which is where Peter enters into
temptation. The apostles need to understand
they will be tempted to deny Christ so as to avoid torture and death but they
still must follow the will of the Father irregardless. This is why Jesus said the spirit is willing
but the flesh is weak. This is clarified elsewhere as in <span style="color: maroon;">Galatians 5:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">16 This I say then, Walk in the
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon;">17 For the flesh lusteth against
the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to
the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. </span>The
temptation of the flesh in this instance is to deny Christ to avoid persecution
or death if they openly follow and teach Christ. The spirit wars with the flesh because the
flesh seeks safety and preservation; the Spirit seeks God’s will and
truth. As proof Peter denied Christ even
before he was threatened. This is why
Jesus said the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak and pointed out this
fact to Peter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We are not to blindly follow what
we are told by governing church bodies, man’s traditions or Satan. It is God’s truth we need to search for;
anything else is a lie and a denial of God and perhaps a cause for our
destruction. It is up to each individual
to search for and learn the truth. If we
believe the lies then we are following Satan and we may receive Satan’s
reward. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As stated in the Forward this is the first in a series of
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Answers for questions such as “where did Cain’s wife come
from” and “Actually how old is the earth”, and many others will be answered as
closely as the Bible allows. But the main subject of every book will be to
reveal false teachings that man has created and correct them.</div>
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I am simple man and there are hundreds of teachings I do not
yet know about the Bible; however, I am struggling to learn as much as the
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Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-52903210153678630842011-05-27T22:42:00.004-04:002011-06-13T23:49:32.551-04:00More Proof That Jesus Is God<span style="color:#990000;">Scripture is in Red</span>, Comments are in Black<br /><br />In the beginning of Hebrews the pronouns can be a bit confusing unless it is read closely and with understanding. For this reason I have included notes in parenthesis () to indicate if the pronouns “he, his, who or whom” is speaking of Jesus the Son or God the Father. I hope this helps simplify the reading.<br /><span style="color:#990000;">Hebrews 1:<br />1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,</span> In the past God spoke through prophets.<br /><span style="color:#990000;">2</span> (However God) <span style="color:#990000;">Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he</span> (God) <span style="color:#990000;">hath appointed heir of all things, by whom</span> (Jesus) <span style="color:#990000;">also he made the worlds;<br /></span><span style="color:#990000;">3 Who</span> (Jesus) <span style="color:#990000;">being the brightness of his</span> (God the Father’s) <span style="color:#990000;">glory, and the express image of his</span> (God the Father’s) <span style="color:#990000;">person, and upholding all things by the word of his</span> (Jesus’) <span style="color:#990000;">power, when he</span> (Jesus) <span style="color:#990000;">had by himself</span> (Jesus) <span style="color:#990000;">purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty</span> (God the Father) <span style="color:#990000;">on high: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Jesus is the glory of God on earth. Jesus died for our sins and sat down on the right hand of God,</span> however Jesus was also God, as we will see.<br /><span style="color:#990000;">4</span> (Jesus) <span style="color:#990000;">Being made so much better than the angels, as he</span> (Jesus) <span style="color:#990000;">hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they</span> (the angels).<br /><span style="color:#990000;">5 For unto which of the angels said he</span> (God the Father) <span style="color:#990000;">at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?</span> (Meaning God the Father never said this to any of the angels, only Jesus.)<br /><span style="color:#990000;">6 And again, when he</span> (God the Father) <span style="color:#990000;">bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he </span>(God the Father) <span style="color:#990000;">saith, And let all the angels of God worship him</span> (Jesus).<br /><span style="color:#990000;">7 And of the angels he</span> (God the Father) <span style="color:#990000;">saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">8 But unto the <strong>Son</strong> he</span> (God the Father)<span style="color:#990000;"> saith, Thy</span> (Jesus’) <span style="color:#990000;">throne, O God</span> (the Father calling Jesus God here<span style="color:#990000;">), is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy</span> (Jesus’) <span style="color:#990000;">kingdom.</span> Read this last verse carefully again. God the Father is calling the Son of God who is named Jesus: God. How eloquently worded is this? The idea that Jesus and God are one entity is complicated for humans to grasp and understand and many reject this possibility because their minds cannot wrap around the idea. Many forget that God can be whatever He desires to be, however; in this sentence God has clarified and proven beyond doubt that God, the Word and the Holy Ghost are all one and the same yet hold three different offices or positions.<br /><br />Readers, this is why I declare that many new Bible translations are dangerous. Many new translations have left out a very important verse, which is:<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">1 John 5: 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.</span> There are other verses, which prove Jesus and God are one but many people try to blame the translation as being wrong. Read the KJV Holy Bible and you will find that God stated this same statement several times in several different ways to insure that there could be no mistake.<br /><br />If Jesus was not God in the flesh and if there is nothing perfect other than God then Jesus could never have been a perfect sacrifice and could never have covered our sins according to the law. Without a perfect sacrifice there can never be complete forgiveness and therefore animal sacrifices would have to continue forever and none could be saved because the law condemns us all and only grace and the perfect blood sacrifice can set us free.<br /><br />God did not send His word to us in vain and neither did He send his only Son to die in vain. Jesus was God and perfect or he was not perfect and could not have been a perfect sacrifice. The Bible says Jesus (The Word) is God otherwise none could be saved. We who believe in Jesus will not suffer the second death, simply stated.Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-63016049444520338072011-05-09T00:02:00.005-04:002011-12-23T23:28:56.253-05:00The Two Witnesses<div align="left">Bible Knowledge and Understanding: The Witnesses<br /><span style="color:#990000;">Scripture is in red</span> and comments are in black<br /><br />In <span style="color:#990000;">Revelation 11:3</span> who are the two witnesses? It has been guessed that they were Elijah and Moses or perhaps some other prophets. IF they are Old Testament prophets as many believe then their identities are obvious. The Bible does not call them by name but scripture shows it is only possible that two certain people can qualify. Here are the clues and proofs.<br /><br />In<span style="color:#990000;"> Revelation 11:7-8</span> the two witnesses are killed by the beast, the fact of their death at this time is our first clue.<br /><br />The second clue is in <span style="color:#990000;">Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:<br /></span><br />There were only two people generally known in the Bible who never endured death and as <span style="color:#990000;">Hebrews 9:27</span> points out it is appointed unto men to die only once, therefore it follows that the only two men in Biblical history that have not yet suffered death are Enoch and Elijah; thus it has to be these two men. These two were reserved for the last days for a special work that God chose them for. All other prophets (and everyone else) have suffered death once already. None will die twice in the flesh.<br /><br />Once again I say: IF these two witnesses are Old Testament people then the answer is obvious. It amazes me that there could be any question about this from biblical scholars today. Oh yes, I forget, the Sadducees, Pharisees and scribes (the most scripturally learned men in the time of Jesus) were proven wrong by Jesus many times and in the end times (today) it shall be the same because God will bring low the wisdom of the wise.<br /><br />Note: Enoch was taken by God in <span style="color:#990000;">Genesis 5:23-24</span>.<br />In <span style="color:#990000;">Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.<br /></span>Elijah was taken by a whirlwind into a chariot of fire in <span style="color:#990000;">2 Kings 2: 11-12<br /></span>No death for either was recorded.<br /><br />By the way there was a third in the Old Testament (a king and priest of the most high God) that never died in the Old Testament: Melchizedek, which brings up an entirely new study which is to follow:<br /><br />In the previous study we talked about the identity of the only two people generally known to have escaped death in the Old Testament. There is a third that is not generally included into this group. His name is Melchizedek. Just like Enoch and Elijah this Melchizedek will do service in the New Testament and die in the flesh. What is the real identity of Melchizedek? We know this same person appeared many times in the Old Testament. The answer is in:<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Hebrews 7:<br />1For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;<br />2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;</span> King of Peace and King of righteous. Note that King is capitalized in both instances indicating this is speaking of God. This is one title of Jesus: King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The word Lord here comes from righteousness; which means Priest.<br /><span style="color:#990000;">3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">this can only be one person; Jesus but made like unto the Son of God</span> </span><span style="color:#000000;">more proof here, the only Son of God; Jesus; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >abideth a priest continually</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /></span><br />These three were taken from the earth in order to do a service for God in the end times. One saw death and resurrection in the New Testament by being crucified on a cross for our sins and the other two are witnesses against the anti-christ and those that follow him. These two are also witnesses for the true scripture and the true Christ whom is still to return.<br /><br />Christ Jesus paid for our sins and brought the love, truth and grace of God to the earth. The two witnesses will bring accusations against the anti-christ and plagues, drought and death to those who follow the false Christ.</div>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-83001068532484023802011-03-01T23:06:00.004-05:002011-03-03T00:07:39.861-05:00The Famine is HereFrom the KJV Holy Bible<br />There are many prophecies in the Bible about the end times and one prophecy in particular has arrived. The famine is here and spreading fast. This famine is not about food or water but it is the lack of God’s word or more precisely the lack of the truth of God’s word:<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Amos 8:<br />11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:</span> I know that the response from most readers will be: This man is crazy, God’s word is preached in thousands of churches every day so where is the famine? The famine is for the truth. If what is taught in churches is not the truth then it is NOT the word of God. The basic truths are there in most Christian churches but the majority of ALL churches disagree on hundreds of teachings. Don’t believe me? Let me give a short list of examples:<br />The rapture theory: some say no rapture, some say pre tribulation and some say mid tribulation and some say post tribulation. This is only about ONE teaching. Then there are the different teachings about speaking in tongues where once again there are multiple divisions on this simple teaching. Even Baptism has separated churches with different ideas about this. The list goes on.<br />There are literally hundreds of examples. You may ask, so what? Everyone has a right to their own opinion. The “so what” is that the only opinion that counts is God’s true word. Anything taught incorrectly about God’s word can cause Christians to fail God and perhaps be condemned so this is vital to Christianity. Clergy of whatever denomination has the responsibility to make sure what they preach or teach is God’s truth but this is not happening today. Read the two studies at the end of this with a mind open to the Holy Spirit and you may find two examples where your church might be misled or teaching falsely.<br />All Christian churches should hold the same beliefs if they are truly pleasing Jesus and the proof is in the following verses (Jesus speaking):<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">John 16:<br />12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.<br />13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.<br /></span>If the Spirit of Truth will guide us (Christians) to all truth then ALL Christians should hear the SAME truth but this is not true in today’s world. If all Christians are baptized in the Holy Spirit why do so many denominations have differing opinions about God’s word? The reality is that many teachers and preachers are listening to mankind or Satan instead of God. How can a person claim to be a true Christian unless that person has a passionate desire for the truth of God’s word beyond any other consideration? Satan twisted the word of God in the Garden of Eden and he has not stopped since, in fact he has improved his mischief. This was the first lesson in the Bible and it is even more important today. If all of today’s Christian churches listen to the Spirit of Truth they ALL would have the same doctrines but they do not. God’s truth is solid and unchanging and unwavering.<br />God knew where His word would be twisted and to make sure we have the truth God gave enough examples in His word so we could learn and correct the false teachings IF we study and listen. If you are not worried about this then you are in danger already. In God’s word there is unity, not division. In God’s word there is peace not confusion. The truth will set us free, not set Christians against Christians. There can be only ONE church of Jesus but today it is not an “organized” church because Satan has separated the Christians and corrupted the doctrines Jesus gave us. I have heard Christians say: “Let’s just agree to disagree”; that is surrender. Instead it should be said: “I will search for truth and pray you do also but we can search for the truth together”.<br />We will be guided to the truth; that is one promise straight from Jesus but the promise from Satan is that EVERYONE will be tested with lies, so beware. God is so serious about this that He says He will send strong delusion to those that ignore the Spirit of Truth whereby they will believe the lies of Satan (<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">2 Thessalonians 2:11</span>). It is happening all over the world right now. Have you or your church been deluded? It is every Christian’s duty to dig for the truth which means to listen to the Holy Spirit as we study to show ourselves worthy. This may require that we release our pride and arrogance before we can hear the Holy Spirit.<br />I am going to give two examples where the truth has been twisted. The truth is unmistakable if we listen.<br />We will start in Matthew 27 where Jesus is hanging on the cross:<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Matthew 27:46: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?<br /></span>What is significant about this verse? First of all Jesus clearly spoke this phrase in Hebrew, he was trying to get the attention of the Jews present. Secondly unless Jesus was quoting scripture, He never called His Father “God”. Everywhere else Jesus called God “Father or My Father or The Father”. Why, Because Jesus WAS God. Many theologians and teachers have commented on this verse in many different ways and most I have heard proclaim that God forsook Jesus for a short time and the reasons vary. Many claim it is because Jesus has taken on all the sins of the world and God could not look upon sin. Others say God and sin cannot co-exist. All these sound logical but it is time to ignore the theories and discover the truth.<br /><br />The first truth to discover is what does Jesus say about being forsaken? Would The Father forsake Jesus? Let’s look in:<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">John 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.</span> Even though the apostles scattered once Jesus was arrested Jesus knew the Father was going to be with Him through all the pain and agony. Jesus knew the Father would not leave Him nor forsake Him. How can anyone deny this fact? Jesus IS God as it says in: <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">1John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.</span> (Note: This verse is corrupted or changed in most newer translations, warning here) There is only ONE God but He can be whatever He desires to be, ergo the great I Am. Now let’s bring in common sense. First: God said He would never leave us nor forsake us (sinners) so how could He forsake His only begotten son? Secondly: God forsaking Jesus is the same as Jesus saying why have I forsaken myself? Jesus is part of the Godhead, He IS God in the flesh body. The reality and truth is that Jesus was quoting Psalm 22:1.<br />Jesus was still teaching while hanging on the cross showing that prophesy was being fulfilled at that very moment. Teaching in His agony just as He did when tempted by Satan in the wilderness where once again Jesus (God) was facing sin (Satan). Proof is to follow:<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Psalm 22:1<br />My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?</span><br />This was written hundreds of years before Jesus came to earth in a flesh body and Psalm 22 describes a huge portion of what Matthew 27 speaks about. As you notice Jesus clearly speaks this phrase in Hebrew. If the Jews know their Bible AND LISTEN they would recognize this statement and remember what Psalm 22 is all about. Even in His agony Jesus was teaching, hoping some in the crowd would understand what He was saying. Back to Matthew:<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Matthew 27: 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. </span>This is written in:<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Psalm 22: 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.</span> Sound familiar?<br />Now more from <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Psalm 22:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.</span> Most of the crowd was this way toward Jesus on the cross. (There is sarcasm from the crowd here) In Matthew the crowd even thought Jesus was calling for Elias. These people were blind to the truth.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">4 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.</span> His shoulder joints and were pulled out of joint and His heart is failing. Jesus shed blood and water when He was thrust through with the spear ergo; poured out like water His life escaped Him.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death</span>. His strength was leaving Him and He was thirsty and they gave Him vinegar mixed with gall.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.</span> The dogs mentioned here are enemies and the wicked were all around (those of Satan). No one can miss the connection of Jesus being pierced in His hands and feet.<br />Psalm 22 tells exactly what Jesus was going to experience when He would be placed on the cross, prophecy fulfilled once again. Of course most of the crowd missed this teaching because their eyes and ears were closed to the truth. Are YOUR eyes and ears closed? This also shows that Jesus knew beforehand what kind of death He would experience.<br />This is the end of part one of this study. In part two of this study we will discover a verse that has been misinterpreted by MANY preachers and teachers, even Bible colleges and universities.<br /><br /><br />The Famine is HERE<br />Part 2<br /><br />We will begin with the verse that is in question and then show where the subject of the verse has been misunderstood.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Matthew 26:39<br />And he (Jesus) went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.</span> This sounds like Jesus was worried about Himself but the truth is deeper than that. Many who read this verse assume that Jesus is talking about hanging on the cross or taking on all the sins of the world but nothing Jesus says confirms this. Never assume anything about the Word of God especially if it takes away from the Godhood of Christ and this thought does. We need to discover what the subject of this verse is for complete understanding. Taking a verse out of context loses all truth. First we will look a similar verse that connects to this one. John 12: 27 is the connection.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">John 12:25-27.<br />25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. </span>This is the cup and the choice that the apostles will face and it will be because they will follow Jesus that they will drink of this cup. This is the choice to follow Jesus boldly and possibly suffer torture and death or deny Him to save their lives.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.</span> The apostles (and all Christians) will need to follow Jesus in many ways including death. Jesus loves His apostles and it is because they follow Him that they will be placed in jeopardy thus His sorrow and heaviness for THEM. The next verse is the connection.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(question)</span>: but for this cause came I unto this hour. </span>I think Jesus is making this pretty clear, He definitely is not praying to the Father this time, He is teaching the apostles the same thing He was teaching in the garden of Gethsemane. Peter and the other apostles need to understand that their souls may be troubled because of their desire to deny Christ so as to avoid death and torture, but they need to watch and avoid this temptation and follow the will of God instead. In the end times many will be faced with this decision. Now we can clearly find the subject of Matthew 26:39 (our main subject). Before anyone jumps the gun wait until Matthew 26:41 where Jesus says; “the spirit is truly willing but the flesh is weak” because that will bring all this together. Now back to the subject of the prayer in of Gethsemane from the beginning:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Matthew 26:<br />31Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.</span> Jesus was the target of attack as long as He walked with the apostles. After He was arrested the apostles scattered and Peter in particular denied Christ. This is the subject of the prayer in Gethsemane, the apostles denying Jesus.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">32But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee</span>.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">33Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.</span> Peter later failed his claim three times. This is the subject of the prayer Jesus will make.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">34Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. </span>This is a warning about the future. Still the same subject which will become clear soon.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">35Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.</span> They all were all wrong because they did not yet understand the weakness of the flesh. We need to understand this because we may be tested also.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">36Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.</span> The teaching is about to begin so open your minds to the Holy Spirit.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.</span> Point: Whenever Jesus went to pray to the Father He went to be alone as He instructed us to do in Matthew 6:6. Therefore why did Jesus take Peter, James and John with Him? Jesus did not need them for protection because He knew when the “Priests” would arrive to arrest Him. The answer is that by this prayer He was about to teach them and they needed to hear. Bear with me on this.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. </span>Yes Jesus was sorrowful but not because of Himself, God cannot be self-pitying, that is a human trait and if we lower God to human standards we have already failed God. Jesus was sorrowful because of the tribulations and temptations His apostles were to go through after His death and resurrection because they would follow Him and become targets and could follow the weakness of the flesh and deny Him. Proof will follow if you have patience. Another point: In the New Testament God or Jesus repeated some statements three times. These were for instruction and edification and for emphasis. Three stand out: One was the prayer we are studying here, one was where in a vision God lowered a sheet to Peter and was told to kill and eat unclean beasts (<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Acts 10:11-16</span>) and the third was when Jesus asked Peter if Peter loved Him and to “feed my sheep” (<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">John 21:16-18</span>). Jesus did not need to repeat Himself to the Father but to man He does.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">39And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.</span> As a side point: the only time Jesus prayed with an audience was for instruction and edification for those listening such as when He raised Lazarus from the dead (<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">John 11:41-43</span>). The decision that Jesus would hang on the cross for our sins was made millennia ago. To believe that at the last moment Jesus (God) would have second thoughts about the main reason He came to the earth is ludicrous and that thought takes away from the Godhood and perfection of Jesus. This was God’s plan from the beginning and only Satan could make it sound as if Jesus had second thoughts or pitied Himself. SHAME on anyone who could believe Jesus was so weak. He came here for us voluntarily, NOT by force. Jesus was PREPARED and KNEW what was to happen and ACCEPTED that fact.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?</span> Note that Jesus says this in particular to Peter. Jesus wanted the apostles to remain awake so they would hear the prayer and understand that they would go through times that would try their souls and that whatever was to happen God would understand if they were afraid but nevertheless they should follow the will of God beyond their fleshly impulses. Hold with me, proof is still to come.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</span> As we know Peter will deny Christ three times. The apostles need to understand they will be tempted to deny Christ at times so as to avoid torture and death but they must follow the will of the Father. This is why Jesus said the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. This is clarified elsewhere as in <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Galatians 5:<br />16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.<br />17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.</span> The temptation of the flesh in this instance is to flee to avoid persecution or death if they openly follow and teach Christ. The spirit wars with the flesh because the flesh seeks safety and preservation; the Spirit seeks God’s will and truth. Peter denied Christ even before he was threatened. This is why Jesus said the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak and pointed out this fact to Peter.<br />As a final note about this let’s go to: <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Mark 10:38-39:<br />38But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?<br />39And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized</span>: We know the “cup” that Jesus drank of, a beating and crucifixion. Jesus is telling them to watch and learn because if they are to enter the Kingdom of God they may be threatened with beatings or death if they preach and teach the Gospel of Christ.<br />We are not to be pew potatoes blindly following what we are told by governing church bodies, man’s traditions and Satan. It is God’s truth we need; anything else is a denial of Christ and a cause for our destruction. It is up to us if we desire to be with Christ. If we believe the lies then we are following Satan and we may receive Satan’s reward. I have shown only two examples where many churches have been deluded with false teachings. There are many more my friends so in everything you have been taught search for the truth.<br /><br />Contact information:<br /><a href="mailto:Ned.adams@gmail.com">tn.photo@gmail.com</a>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-73873127760154773502009-11-27T00:08:00.005-05:002009-11-27T00:14:53.967-05:00Confusion is not from the Bible but mankind<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Be Not Deceived</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Why do some Christians not understand the truths of the Bible?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Why are there so many different beliefs about the Bible?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">The answers are in the next verse:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"><o:p>John 16: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(Jesus speaking)</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;">12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;">13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Verse 12 can be likened to children in school is as much as teachers do not attempt to teach trigonometry to first graders, they have to be taught as they can understand, absorb and comprehend the information given them.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Even then children are different as to when they are ready for deeper study. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Verse 13 can also be equated with children in a classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They all hear the same teacher (Holy Spirit) but because of free will and each individual’s ability to comprehend they do not all give the same answers on the same test.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Only those that open their minds and hearts to the truth and hear and understand and hold the truth tightly receive the %100 mark.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you will forget everything except listening to the Holy Spirit with an open mind then the Holy Spirit can guide you to the truth, otherwise you will hold to false traditions and teachings.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We all have free will and the Holy Spirit will never force you to hear and learn.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is where all the false teachers, preachers and churches come from.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pride, false traditions, ignorance, stubbornness and NOT listening to the Holy Spirit causes these confusions. Lies and false teachings are rampant in today’s world so beware.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It is your choice to listen to the Holy Spirit or mankind.</p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-55500402500436192032009-10-05T23:37:00.002-04:002009-11-27T23:33:49.829-05:00The Law<div align="center"><br />All nations of earth have laws and corresponding punishments for those that break the laws. The laws and punishments vary greatly from country to country and sometimes state to state or province to province.<br /><br />On earth some can be pardoned for their crimes and some not. Punishments are sometimes not the same for the same crimes. On earth some that are innocent are found guilty and vice versa. On earth some are never caught. On earth, especially in the United States, there are loopholes and circumstances that can set the guilty free, in other words judgments and punishments are not always fair or equal or even intelligent. On earth even if someone has never committed a crime they will still die.<br /><br />Laws and punishments exist to insure society does not enter into total chaos. Punishments range from a beating, amputation up through confinement and all the way to death.<br /><br />We all die eventually but mankind has ruled that governments can take a life at a time of their choosing. All this is a fact of life on earth.<br /><br />God’s Law<br /><br />God has laws also but there are huge differences. Everyone is guilty in God’s law and there is only one punishment for defying any of God’s laws; death. All are guilty and all are caught. Do you think this is terrible news? Yes it is but wait, there is fantastic news! Even though you suffer death on the earth you do not have to suffer death ever again. No one ever has to face the punishment if they so desire. God, in his love, grace and caring allowed someone else to suffer this death for us all and everyone can be pardoned. Yes, there are a few qualifications to meet but they are so simple and easy anyone can qualify.<br /><br />I am betting you are asking yourself: What or who gives God the right to take lives. God created the life and it is His to take if He so wills. That trumps the claim of governments, they did not create you. God has every right to make the laws He chooses and besides, He has all the power. Deal with it. God knows man cannot keep from being guilty and that is why He made sure you are given a way to avoid punishment. Don’t you think you should praise and love Him for that blessing?<br /><br />Are there conditions to this promise? Yes, but anyone can meet these conditions, no one is excluded. What are the conditions?<br />Believe Jesus was the only begotten Son of God and that He was born on the earth in a flesh body to die for our sins.<br /><br />Love God with all your heart, mind, strength and soul, love your neighbors as you do yourself, ask forgiveness from God, offer forgiveness to those around you and stop doing the sins that you know are sins, hate the sins.<br /><br />God knows your heart and your mind so never attempt to fool Him; all this has to be genuine. Yes your flesh body will pass away but after that you can live forever. These are the basics but there is more and you can learn the rest from your widely available King James Version of the Holy Bible or your local truth teaching church, beware of phonies. God gives you the tools, knowledge and power to defeat your enemies and see eternity but you must study to understand.<br /><br />Follow the Bible and I’ll see you in forever.<br /><br /></div>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-79462707279225407072009-09-18T12:37:00.008-04:002009-09-24T23:17:36.883-04:00All Christians Should Understand the Same TruthsIf we believe the Holy Bible (and I do) every one has access to a source of truth. This source is not by man or by colleges or by deep studies by highly educated teachers. This source is the Holy Spirit.<br /><br /> The proof of this is in <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">John 16: Jesus says:<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.<br />13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.<br /></span> <br /> God has so much to teach us we cannot take it all in quickly but when we receive the Holy Spirit He will guide us to the truth as we are able to understand and accept it. The gift of the Holy Spirit is given freely to all true Christians so why do so many Christian individuals and Christian denominations disagree on many of God’s truths? This should not be. The Holy Spirit will not bring some to one truth and others to another truth because there can only be one set of truths.<br /><br /> There can only be one reason for so many different beliefs and that is the imperfection of mankind. Every human has freewill and that includes the freewill to listen to the Holy Spirit or to ourselves or to Satan. The Holy Spirit will guide us but He will not force us to listen and many do not listen to anything except traditions, our own pride, because we think we already know the truth, and what other men teach us. Is there other proof that those listening to the Holy Sprit should hold the same truths? For this answer we will look in <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Acts 2: 42-44<br />42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.<br />43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.<br />44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">They believed together and had all things common, they understood the same truths.</span><br /></span><br /> I know that many will read this and never change what they believe no matter how much proof is placed before them on any subject, this is the pride God hates so much. Do I know all the truth? No and I never will in this flesh body. Part of being humble means to accept the fact we may be wrong and search for the Holy Spirit and the truth no matter how much we think we know or how many traditions we have held onto.<br /><br /> For an example of holding to traditions let’s look at <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Acts 15: 1-10<br /></span>I am not going to include the entire Bible text here so please read it to confirm for yourself what is said. Certain men of the brethren said the gentiles should need to be circumcised after the manner of Moses to be saved. These men were holding onto tradition and the teachings of Moses and ADDING to the qualifications Jesus put in place for our salvation. Jesus never said that man had to hold onto traditions in order to be saved. Circumcision was an ordinance from God, not a law, and it was also a blood sacrifice. The necessity for blood sacrifices ended when Jesus died on the cross.<br /><br /> I would like to move to a modern day example of people believing the Holy Spirit is speaking to them but may not be.<br />There are many Christians who are guided by the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues at which time the Holy Spirit speaks to another and gives that second person the translation of what was said. Is this the Holy Spirit guiding them? I don’t know, but I do know that the references to speaking in tongues in the Bible tell me a different story. When the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles on Pentecost they spoke in tongues that everyone present heard and completely understood in his or her own language and dialect. Paul mentioned that if a person was visiting a church that did not speak his or her own language (tongue) that person should bring a translator so what the visitor said could be interpreted so all could understand.<br /><br /> Since I do not know the entire Bible if a person can point out that I have missed where the Bible mentions this other “speaking in tongues” it would greatly increase my knowledge and I would gladly accept it. Until then I can only go by what I believe the Holy Spirit seems to be telling me and what I read in the Holy Bible. If I am correct where did the other belief come from? Regardless, these people believe the Holy Spirit is what is guiding them. Are they right or wrong?<br /><br /> The next big question we all need to ask ourselves is: Are we correct in our beliefs and how sure are we? It is a dangerous thing to go through life believing a lie about the Holy Spirit and God’s Word. Are we guided by the Holy Spirit or what traditions, mankind and perhaps even Satan are telling us? Beware; the great deceiver is in the churches, schools and even in some great teachers. Are we deceived? Are we too proud to believe we can be deceived?<br /><br />May God bless the reader with understanding.<br /><br />Ned Adams.<br /><a href="mailto:Ned.adams@gmail.com">ned.adams@gmail.com</a> OR:<br />www.truthanswers.blogspot.comTruth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-11112626634954796392009-08-11T23:26:00.004-04:002009-09-13T00:11:22.460-04:00The Truth About the Rapture Part 1Firstly, what is the rapture? I am going to define it here as when Jesus returns and Christians are changed “in the twinkling of an eye” and we are with Him forever. I know is not a complete or totally accurate description but let’s leave it as that for now. The reality of this will be explained in full later.<br /><br />If this is the rapture then the important things to consider are: When will it happen and exactly what will happen leading up to this event. I will start with the when. Bible verses are in Red and comments are in Black.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1 Corinthians 15:<br />50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption<br />51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,<br />52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, <span style="font-weight: bold;">at the last trump</span>: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.<br /></span>By the way, this is also when we will meet Jesus in the air.<br />Flesh and Blood cannot enter Heaven; we can only enter there in our Spiritual Bodies. When will it happen? At the LAST trump. Satan will be cast onto the earth BEFORE Christ returns.<br /><br />What happens at the seventh (last) trump? <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Revelation 11:<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.<br /></span>The Seventh Angel has sounded. Now we go to Revelation 12:<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,<br />8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.<br />9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.<br />10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.<br /></span>Satan and his followers are cast out of Heaven. Jesus is yet to return for His Bride.<br />Has anyone been taken off the earth at this time? I know many will say yes because of some verses as in Luke 17:<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.<br />35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.<br />36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.<br /></span>Many read these verses and point out this is an example of the rapture thinking the ones taken are taken by Jesus before the tribulations. What does Jesus say about this? The definite and uncompromising answer is in the next verse.<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">37And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.<br /></span>The apostles ask Jesus where these people are taken. They are taken by death which is another name for Satan, they are dead to God. These people followed the anti Christ. The eagles here are vultures. This does not sound like rapture to me.<br /><br />What proof is there that Christians are still on the earth? Let’s pick up again in <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Revelation 12:<br />10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.<br />11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.<br /></span>Note: verse 10 says the accuser of our brethren is cast down. This refers to Christians and Christians are the subject of verse 11, ergo; THEY (Christians) over came him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb. Christians are still on the earth.<br /><br />I know everyone needs more proof that these are not people who became Christians during the tribulations; proof is on the way in part 2.<br /><br />Do you really desire the truth or would you rather cling to the traditions of man? Read on and prove me wrong. If I am wrong I truly desire the truth. I am not perfect and if I am wrong I would love to be corrected.<br /><br />May God bless every reader.Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-29140339057069250252009-08-11T23:15:00.004-04:002010-02-22T23:43:43.955-05:00Truth About The Rapture Part 2THE TRUTH<br />About the Rapture Part 2<br /><br />As we begin part 2 of this study I need to refer to some chapters and verses in the Bible that some believe show that Christians will not be exposed to the tribulations. In order to do this we need to separate what constitutes the hour of temptation, the tribulations and what is the wrath of God.<br /><br />Firstly, the hour of temptation is when Christians are delivered up before the anti-Christ to testify for Christ Jesus, this does not refer to the tribulations. This is the time for a Christian to decide to stand up for Jesus or fear death (of the flesh body) at the hands of Satan and deny Christ. This is why it is called temptation. Remember the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness by Satan.<br /><br />Secondly, the wrath of God is NOT directed toward Christians but only toward unbelievers or those that follow Satan. When the children of Israel were in bondage to Egypt and God’s wrath came upon Egypt in the form of plagues and the angel of death the children of Israel were not affected by this. They were “protected from the wrath of God” but NOT removed from Egypt DURING the plagues (tribulations). This same theme is described in many books of the Bible.<br /><br />Thirdly, the tribulations are a mixture of God’s wrath on the un-Godly and Satan’s attempts to deceive and seduce God’s children. The only tribulation a true Christian may suffer would be death to the flesh body or failing God by not standing firm for Christ. Jesus gave His life for mine so my life is His to take; therefore I hope I am worthy enough and strong enough to take that stand.<br /><br />In Part one of this study I offered more proofs that the Christians spoken of were not people who became Christians during the tribulations. Now I will continue with that subject.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Matthew 24:<br />3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?</span><br />This is the subject matter of this Chapter. Christ is about to explain occurrences that lead up to the Millennial Reign, ergo His return.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Matthew 24</span> continued: <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.<br /></span>Beginning of sorrows is the beginning of tribulations. To shorten this study it is necessary to skip some verses but please read the entire chapter with an open mind. I’m just setting up the time frame and the FACT that Jesus is speaking to the apostles about the tribulations, the end times.<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">9</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Notice you and ye in this verse,</span></span> Christians will suffer this in the tribulations.<br />Remember Jesus is talking to His apostles (Christians) about the end times, this is important. Who shall do the evil Jesus is talking about? In this verse it is the non-believers. Christians are alive and on the earth. No rapture has happened.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.</span> Jesus still talking to Christians, this time about what Christians will do to one another.<br />Many Christians will be offended and betray one another. Why would this happen? This would happen because Christians have been taught they will escape the tribulations by the rapture. With this belief in their minds and the power of Satan to seduce and confuse people Christians will argue and even betray other Christians to the anti-Christ because the anti-Christ will convince MANY that he is truly Christ. Family members will hope that (anti) “Christ” will help save a loved one.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.<br /></span>There are many false prophets (teachers) today. Whether these teachers have been fooled and are teaching falsely because of ignorance or they are following Satan does not matter. We are talking about life and death here, this is serious business. These are teachers and preachers who teach that Christians will escape the tribulations.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.<br /></span>Satan will cause many to follow him. This brings on iniquity.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.<br /></span>Endure to the end. This means the end of your physical life or the return of Jesus. To endure is to refuse to follow Satan or believe Satan is Christ.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)<br /></span>The abomination of desolation, what does this mean? Satan is the desolator and the abomination is Satan standing in the temple proclaiming to be Christ Jesus. Christ is still speaking to Christians. How can Christians SEE this take place if the rapture has occurred?<br /><br />Hold on, more truth is about to be revealed. Part 3 is next.Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-14555825807782201012009-08-11T23:09:00.010-04:002010-03-31T23:50:02.437-04:00The Truth About the Rapture Part 3In Matthew 24 we have come to the great tribulation and Jesus is still talking to Christians about what they WILL face. How do I know they are Christians who were Christians before tribulations? That is answered in Matthew 24 verse 22. Who are the elect? The elect are those that God has chosen, they are those that God knows He can count on. God will not call someone elect unless He knows they will stand for Him. Since this is true why were the elect NOT taken off the earth before the tribulations? Because God wants us to stand firm for Him and prove we are willing to give up our flesh life so that we can live forever with Him.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Matthew 24:<br />21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.<br />22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.<br /></span>The great tribulation was to be three and a half years but God is going to shorten that time. The elect will be here and so will Christians. If the elect can be fooled so can everyone else.<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.<br />24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.<br />25 Behold, I have told you before.<br />26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.<br /></span>Verse 26 is very important to this study. Jesus is telling the apostles that when He returns there will not be enough time to even mention that Christ has returned. Why? The reason for this is so that when the anti-Christ arrives everyone will KNOW he is not Christ if he or she understands this verse. God knows all and He knew that a pre tribulation rapture theory would be taught by false teachers and that Christians would see the anti-Christ. As in <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Matthew 24:27<br />For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It will be a sudden and final appearance. </span><br /></span>Jesus will not become known to the world slowly as the false Christ probably will. Jesus will arrive and when He does NO ONE will doubt it is Christ.<br /><br />For an example of God not wanting Christians to desire escape from the tribulations let’s look at:<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">EZE 13:<br />4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Foxes are cunning and sneaky, are these lying or false prophets? Yes!</span><br />5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.</span> The day of the Lord is the beginning of the Millennial Reign of Christ.<br />Verse 5: “not gone up into the gaps” and “made up the hedge” indicates not protecting a place from attack or battle. This shows a desire to escape the hardships of the tribulations. A military man would call these people deserters in the face of the enemy, an offense worthy of death. The false prophets are teaching that Christians will not be on earth to stand against the son of perdition, the dragon. They are teaching escape. Would you really want to escape the chance to stand firm for the Lord Jesus?<br />If we expect to escape the tribulations then we will not be prepared to do battle when we are delivered up to the antichrist. We would think this is the true Christ we are facing. This is what Satan would want to happen, thus Christians betraying Christians. If we are not expecting to do battle then we could be seduced into thinking that what we face when we are delivered up to the antichrist is the real Christ and for that reason we may not allow the Holy Spirit to speak through us. The antichrist will probably claim he is holding back the rapture until more people can be saved. If there is a chance Satan can fool the very elect he can fool YOU.<br />For a final few verses from the Bible proving Christians will remain on the earth and the wicked removed from the earth read the truth for yourself.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">John 17:15</span> (JESUS praying to The Father) <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"I pray NOT that thou shouldest TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD, but that thou should keep them from evil."<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Verse 20 - Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word. </span>(True Christians.)<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Proverbs 2:21, 22 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect</span> (Christians) <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">shall REMAIN in it, but THE WICKED shall be cut off</span> (taken/destroyed) <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">from the earth and the transgressors shall be rooted OUT of it.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Proverbs 10:30 The righteous</span> (Christians) <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">shall NEVER be REMOVED; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Psalm 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land</span> (earth) <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">and dwell therein FOREVER.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Psalm 37:9 For evildoers</span> (WICKED) <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">shall be cut off</span> (destroyed); <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">but those that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the earth.<br /></span>It is our <strong>destiny, our honor and our duty</strong> to stand against the false Christ and stand for the glory of the true Christ Jesus who gave His life so that we could have everlasting life.<br />Not convinced yet, please let me know. There is MUCH more.<br /><br />May God bless the reader with understanding, knowledge and Truth of his Word. Amen<br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-87287223140875422312009-07-22T00:16:00.016-04:002009-11-27T23:35:33.105-05:00Being Born, The Reason for Mankind<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">Did you know you chose to be born? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>God created the Heaven and the earth and sometime after that He created all the spiritual beings.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Satan (one of the spiritual beings) revolted and tried to take the place of God and Satan also fooled one third of the spiritual beings into following him.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">God destroyed the earth with water (NOT the flood of Noah) then God renewed the earth for the habitation of mankind and then He created man. Man was created for the purpose of giving every spiritual being a new chance to decide who to follow, God or Satan.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">God does this by sending ALL the spiritual beings (who choose to obey Him on this) to earth by being born through woman with little or no knowledge of where they stood in the revolt. (Yes even some in the revolt are given this chance).<span style=""> </span>Special note:<span style=""> </span>Being born of woman is also stated as being born of water or born from above.<br />Since these beings have <u>free will</u> it is up to them to choose if they want to come through this world being born of woman and get that chance or refuse and be condemned. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">In <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Genesis chapter 3</span> Satan appears and he was not born of woman because to date no one had been born.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In <span style="color:maroon;">Genesis 6:4</span> some spiritual beings, fallen angels just like Satan, came to earth without being born of woman and these beings attempted to corrupt the bloodline through which Christ Jesus would be born (thus the flood of Noah). These chose to NOT be born of woman. <span style=""> </span>This is why Satan and those that decide to KEEP following Satan will be CAST down to earth. Every spiritual being will come here one way or another.<span style=""> </span>Just like in this life we only have so much time to choose.<span style=""> </span>If you die before choosing to give your life to Jesus you may have already made your choice.<span style=""> </span>There is no middle ground, it is God or Satan.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In <span style="color:maroon;">John3:13</span> Jesus says: <span style="color:maroon;">And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.</span> All spiritual beings have to come down from heaven before they can return to heaven. Those that choose to be born of woman have a <u>chance</u> to return to heaven and remain there. Those that choose the other way will return to Heaven only to be judged.<br />This shows even God obeyed His own law. <span style=""> </span>Jesus (God) came down by being born of woman.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In <span style="color:maroon;">Jude 1: 6</span> it says: <span style="color:maroon;">And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.<span style=""> </span></span><span style="color:black;">These angels <u>left Heaven</u>, they were <u>not sent</u> by God. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">If God sends angels to earth it is to either do His will or be born of woman. <span style=""> </span>These angels were NOT born of woman.</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>There is a finite number of spiritual beings and that is what will determine when Jesus returns. When the last spiritual being makes the decision to be born of woman or not then that is when Jesus will return (simply stated). <span style=""> </span>This is why God said “be fruitful and multiply”. <span style=""> </span>The faster the children (spiritual beings) are born the quicker Jesus will return. <span style=""> </span>This is also one reason God hates the act of homosexuality, because it cannot conceive children and thus it delays the return of Christ Jesus and this is also the reason Satan promotes homosexuality.<span style=""> </span>Homosexuality is also an abomination against nature and God knows because He created nature.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>If you were born of woman you have made that choice and you have a chance therefore congratulations!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style=""> </span>This is the truth in a nutshell but of course there is more.<span style=""> </span>If anyone desires more clarity on the please ask.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">May God bless the reader with understanding.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Ned Adams: Po Box 932 <st1:city><st1:place>Bristol</st1:place></st1:city> Tn<span style=""> </span>, 37621<span style=""> </span>OR:</o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><a href="mailto:Ned.adams@gmail.com">ned.adams@gmail.com</a><span style=""> </span>OR:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">www.truthanswers.blogspot.com</span></p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-72170385258608923662009-07-19T23:21:00.006-04:002009-11-27T23:36:30.995-05:00False Teachings and Beliefs<div align="center"><strong>The most common False Teachings and Beliefs.</strong></div><strong></strong><div align="left"><strong><br /></strong> Chapter and verse will not be quoted here because these truths require multiple quotations and in depth study from the Bible to be completely understood. More information can be found in the studies on this site.<br /><br />1: Christians living before the tribulations begin will not face the anti-Christ. <strong>False</strong>. Christians will be on the earth until Christ Jesus returns which will not happen until after the anti-Christ is revealed. Remember the anti-Christ will arrive at the sixth trump BEFORE Christ Jesus who arrives at the seventh trump.<br /><br />2: You can sin and do whatever you please because the Blood of Jesus covers your sins.<strong> False</strong>. Once you have given your life to the Lord you will desire to do the will of God and the will of God is for us to be as much like Christ as humanly possible. Once you know what a sin is and you willingly commit that sin there is no more forgiveness (see Hebrews 10: 26-29 for proof and better understanding). Forgiveness here will be up to God.<br /><br />3: God changes with the times. <strong>False</strong>. God is the same from eternity past into eternity future.<br /><br />4: Prayer does not change anything. <strong>False.</strong> God would not mention prayer if it were not useful and beneficial or could not effect change. Many verses cover this subject. One example: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.</span><br /><br />5: God wants people to handle snakes and drink poison to show their faith. <strong>False.</strong><br /><br />6: The Holy Spirit leads people to speak in tongues that are no known language. <strong>False.<br /></strong><br />7: A person can gain Heaven by good works: <strong>False<br /></strong><br />8: Only 144,000 people will gain Heaven. <strong>False<br /></strong><br />9: The earth is only 7,000 -12,000 years old. <strong>False<br /></strong><br />10: We all are predestined to Hell or Heaven. <strong>False.</strong> God is not willing that any should perish but all come to repentance. Christ died on the cross for forgiveness of everyone’s sins.<br /><br />11: The first sin was eating a fruit. <strong>False</strong></div>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-16878414740625793282009-07-14T23:28:00.003-04:002009-11-27T23:37:02.038-05:00Living Forever, The Simple Truth<div align="left"><br /><br />Fact 1: The punishment for any sin is death, not death of the flesh body but death of the spiritual body, the final death. (Romans 6:23)<br /><br />Fact 2: Every person sins and every person deserves death; even just one single sin of lying is punishable by death (spiritual death). (Romans 3:23)<br /><br />Fact 3: Good deeds or works do NOT erase the sin or relieve anyone from the justice due to each of us. The punishment of death has to be endured. We cannot balance out the sin no matter how many “good deeds” we do. (Ephesians 2:8-9) (Romans 11:6)<br /><br />Fact 4: Christ Jesus died in the flesh body and received the punishment for everyone that accepts Him as their personal Savior. He endured the punishment that was due us all. (John 3:16)<br />His blood was the sacrifice that was needed for justice to be satisfied for the sins we all have committed. Our only hope for life is to believe and follow this truth: Jesus gave His life so that we may live and if we believe that He was the Son of God born in a flesh body and sacrificed for our sins and we repent of our sins we will be saved from spiritual death. The only other stipulation is that we love God with all our hearts, minds, strength and souls.<br />The rest will take care of it’s self.<br />Other that this there is nothing we can do that will give us life. This is a free gift. This is what is meant by God’s grace: unearned favor, an unearned gift, and unmerited Love from God.<br />We do not have the promise of another breath in this life so the offer of this free gift can be lost at any time. Satan will whisper in your ear telling you that there is plenty of time to give your life to Christ but that is a lie.<br />A word of caution here: God knows our hearts and minds and therefore if we do not genuinely love God or give our life to Christ he will know.<br /><br />Question: how do we know we are truly saved?<br />Answer: When a person gives his or her life to Christ that person will truly want to do the will of God and to please God. You will begin to hunger for the Word of God. Thoughts and actions will change and outlook on life will finally be clear and your understanding of God will grow day by day. You will notice God working in your life.<br />Although good works will not get you to heaven once you have true faith in Jesus and a Godly love you will begin to show good works because faith without works is dead. (John 10:37)<br />It is that simple. It is your choice to reach out and accept the free gift of a truly great and glorious carefree, trouble free, disease free, death free and pain free unending life after this one is over or face true death at the hands of Satan. God will not force His gift on you. May God bless you all with understanding. Pass this along to anyone you love that may not know or understand the truth.</div>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-90363889130404921902009-06-24T11:33:00.003-04:002009-06-24T12:05:11.575-04:00Parables and Metaphors<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFfvQFB2zIaAWGZNgj4XALfRJxBtoXsE0PZpgtMuzlBDuJQ6eIz5b5wO9GTtnHz5d7E5z72YAFD5SoWzfedA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-20184969423913448202009-05-27T23:48:00.003-04:002009-07-22T23:33:00.669-04:00Truth and the Holy GhostI want to speak about truth and the Holy Ghost.<br />Why are there so many denominations, beliefs and churches in the world today? There are a few reasons but four reasons stand out as the biggest. These are: false teachers, lack of God’s truth, compromise and tradition.<br />We all have access to the same Bible so why do beliefs differ?<br />The answer is in the Holy Bible<br /><br />All Christians have access to the truth if we listen. What stops us from listening? If we are proud, arrogant or self centered that is a problem but sometimes we just truly don’t want to hear the truth.<br /><br />Here is where the Bible shows all Christians have access to the truth, <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">John 16:13<br />Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.</span> The Holy Spirit comes upon every true Christian. This does not say the Spirit of truth will force you to hear all truth. Christians will be guided if they allow it. All men have free will and God did not take that away from Christians. Even after we are saved it is our free will that causes our problems. Since we will be guided to all truth then every Christian should have the same beliefs and all Christians should be united in their traditions as well. Dispute this and you dispute God’s word. Here is an example of Christians blocking the Holy Spirit:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Acts: 15: 1-10<br />1And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Circumcision of course was one of God’s decrees in the Old Testament.</span><br />2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paul and Barnabas disagreed with this rule.</span><br />3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.<br />4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">5But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(the Gentiles)</span> and to command them to keep the law of Moses.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Pharisees here believed in Christ Jesus but also believed that gentiles needed to be circumcised to be saved.</span><br />6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.<br />7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.<br />8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The gentiles had the Holy Ghost so they were saved. The Holy Ghost does not come upon the unsaved.</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Peter is saying the hearts of the gentiles was purified by faith and the gentiles had the Holy Ghost.</span> If God purifies us nothing else need be done. There can be no higher purification so circumcision is not required.<br /><br />What does all this mean? The Pharisees mentioned here were holding onto a traditional law but they did not hear some of God’s truth. Circumcision was a blood sacrifice and after Jesus shed His blood for all sins that put an end to all sacrifices. These Pharisees had the Holy Spirit but their own minds blocked the Holy Spirit from leading them to the truth. They wanted to hold onto tradition.<br /><br />Sometimes we think a teaching is a new teaching because we have never heard it before but in reality if it is the truth it is a teaching from the beginning. Sometimes what we consider old teachings only came about in this century.<br /><br />I want to bring forth a teaching many may not have heard because it is rarely taught. Many believe that if a person claims to be saved they can sin all week long and be forgiven every Sunday. This is not entirely true. Let’s go to Hebrews <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">10:26-29<br />26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No more sacrifice for sins means these sins are not covered, perhaps not forgiven.<br /></span>27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.<br />28He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:<br />29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?<br /></span>If you know that a sin is a sin and you commit that sin anyway you need to prepare for judgment and fiery indignation from God.<br />When you commit a sin that you truthfully know is a sin that is acting as though the sacrifice Jesus made for us was no more than a get out of hell free card. You are trampling on that sacrifice as if it were a doormat! This does not make God happy because you have received the Spirit of truth.<br /><br />If your mind and heart are truly open to the Holy Spirit once you hear the truth you will know it is the truth. No man “translates” the Bible; the Holy Spirit does that for mankind. The gift of preaching and teaching Bible studies are from God and if these people have truly been called by God they will preach and teach the truth.<br />It is every Christian’s responsibility to study, keep an open heart and follow the true word from God. If you love God you will not listen to the lies from Satan and mankind but if you block the Holy Sprit from leading you then you will be guilty of denying the truth and God’s word.<br /><br />I mentioned at the beginning that one reason the Holy Sprit is blocked is because of compromise. When someone that admits he or she is a homosexual and a church allows that person to be a priest or pastor that church has compromised the word of God. The Holy Spirit could not lead that church to that action. If that person is a reformed homosexual and shows they have the Holy Spirit then I do not believe God would have a problem with that. There are thousands of other compromises that occur in churches all over the world and in our personal lives but do not fall into that trap. Never compromise, change, reword, or in any way twist the word of God to suit your feelings or the feelings of this world. Satan already has that job.<br /><br />May God bless the reader with understanding, love and patience.Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-69022336880621900802009-05-25T23:45:00.000-04:002009-05-25T23:46:04.547-04:00The SerpentWhy did God use the serpent as a representation of Satan? <br />In the mouth of a serpent is poison which causes death of the flesh and in the mouth of Satan we find lies which causes spiritual death. There are serpents that are non- poisonous but these also attack and hold with the mouth. <br />A serpent has no hands, arms, shoulders, feet or legs. Hands represent work and helping. Arms represent love, comfort and security.<br />A serpent has none of this and the only way a serpent embraces means death. Jesus however can comfort, protect, love protect and embrace His Children both physically and spiritually.<br /><br />When reading the Bible think about what the stories mean in the spiritual realm. Jesus often spoke in parables and these stories were told of the flesh world but they were about the spiritual world. <br /><br />Satan does not care about your flesh body and he is not out to kill your flesh body. Satan desires to confuse your spiritual mind and seduce you away from God. If Satan can use your flesh body as a way to seduce your spiritual mind he will attack your flesh body and mind. Satan cannot destroy your soul but with his lies he can cause you follow him instead of God.<br /><br />Remember this example so that as you read the Bible you may be able to understand more.Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-40034585097653643072009-03-02T00:34:00.000-05:002009-03-02T00:35:16.300-05:00Truth and PrideBiblical Truth. A Parable. Very Important!<br /><br /> There are two things in this world and in God’s world that are very important to understand and they are Truth and Pride. I know that the situation you will read in this parable is not likely to happen in today’s world but bear with me, it has great relevance to the Bible and the Truth therein.<br /> One truth that is evident in all things is that a person can never know if he has the full truth because it is the truth he has never heard that keeps him blind. In the same manner it is hard for humans to know that they are proud if they are too proud to see the truth about themselves and their pride. Now for the parable:<br /> A man named Joe begins work at a new shop assembling a machine. His foreman instructs him on how to assemble the machine in great detail. Joe works for a couple of years happily assembling the machine and has no idea that what the foreman had told him was wrong.<br /> Now we have no idea why the foreman did this. Perhaps the foreman had been taught wrong in the first place or perhaps he was evil and wanted vengeance on the company, either way what is important is that all these machines were faulty either because a part had been assembled wrong or a part had been left out and this fault had been killing hundreds of people.<br /> A few months later another man named Peter working in the shop noticed the incorrect assemblage and mentioned to Joe how the machine should be assembled properly. Now Joe had been trained by his foreman and had been doing the work for over two years AND had trained others as he had been trained and therefore Joe decided Peter was wrong and never changed how he assembled the machine or taught others about the mistake. One day the faulty machine also took Joe’s life.<br /> In this parable the foreman is a preacher, teacher, neighbor or anyone that tells a story about the Bible. Joe is an ordinary person hearing the Bible story. Peter could be a preacher, teacher, neighbor or even the Holy Spirit that knows the truth and tries to correct Joe. Joe’s pride and his belief in his foreman kept him from recognizing the truth and he kept killing people. Joe did not recognize his pride and refused to hear anything that contradicted what he had been taught. This is a thoroughly dangerous state of mind. It is also how many are misled about the Bible.<br /><br /> Here is the point to this story: How do you know what you have been taught is the full truth of the Bible if you have never heard the full truth? You don’t. How do you recognize if you are proud in some way if your pride is hidden from you because of that pride? You don’t.<br /> What is the solution? First, never be so bold (or proud) as to keep a closed mind to new teachings. Once you open your mind and heart you have taken the first step in defeating your pride. This will also be the first step in hearing the truth. How do we recognize the truth? As your pride leaves you and you begin to open your heart and mind to the Holy Spirit that is who will guide you to all truth. This is not always a quick thing and in fact hidden pride is hard to destroy simply because it is hidden from us because of our pride and free will. Another thing that will help is common sense. God gave it to us so use it instead of relying on what you hear from man, and I include myself in that statement.<br /> God gave us all free will and that free will combined with the very tiniest amount of pride will keep us from listening to the Holy Spirit and therefore we will not allow ourselves to be blessed with the truth. In today’s world there are many teachings of the Bible that are either twisted (which is to say assembled wrong) or have left something out. Any of these can cause our spiritual death. It is God’s Will we need to follow, not our own.<br /> The first test for you will be from the first chapter and verses from the Bible. Find out for yourselves if there is pride in you or if you are listening to the Holy Spirit guiding you. Open your eyes, ears, hearts and minds for a truth you have probably never heard. Let’s start a new adventure in God’s word.Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-46302669540536114482009-01-09T18:55:00.005-05:002009-01-18T23:51:26.539-05:00The Old Earth<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16;">The Truth of The REAL Beginning<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14;">Only for those that truly seek God’s Truth.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">Scripture is in <span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)">Red</span>, Comments are in black.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Many things took place in eternity past before the earth, as we know it, was formed.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>A lot of these activities are not talked about in the Bible and many that are mentioned have been misread, misunderstood or corrupted by mankind or Satan.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> We know God is eternity past, present and future.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>What is left out of the Bible about eternity past?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>For one thing, the Bible does not relate a time frame as to when the angels and other heavenly beings were created.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Also, I have not yet found a time reference when Satan and one third of the angels rebelled and were cast out of heaven, nor how long it was between their creation and this event.<span style="font-size:+0;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Why are there gaps in the Bible?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>There are many reasons but I think the most important one is brevity.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If everything were included in the Bible no man could possibly get past the first chapter, as it is no man can read and discern the entire meaning of the Bible in a lifetime.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Another reason is the Bible was written for the salvation of man.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This is the primary importance of the Bible.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>To put it in very brief terms if something in the past (heavenly or earthly) does not concern the salvation of man or Jesus in which case God left it out. For example:<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If you recall (or search it out), between the time of the death of Joseph and the coming of Moses there is about a four hundred year gap when nothing is mentioned about the Children of Israel during their captivity by the Egyptians.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This is because any activity during this time was not relevant to Christ or the salvation of mankind.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>God did not include it because it was irrelevant to His Plan.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Food for thought: that is why the great pyramids and many other great historical findings and events are not mentioned in the Bible; they are not important to God’s plan.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>However there are hundreds of historical and scientific findings that ARE mentioned in the Bible, but that is another study.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This study is intended to shed new light on an old misconception about the creation of the earth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The earth as we know it now is a “reborn or renewed” earth, not the first creation of the earth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Yes Genesis IS about the creation of man and the fauna and flora but not the creation OF the earth itself.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The first creation of the earth was totally flooded and destroyed which left nothing alive.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If you desire the truth of God’s word please read on and don’t discount this out of hand, you may be amazed.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If not you will at least have the opportunity to prove me wrong.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Keep in mind that in Genesis; Satan and his followers has already been cast out of heaven but to where, the earth perhaps?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Allow God to guide you to the truth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Do not allow your own prejudices and traditions that were taught to you blind you to God’s truth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Let’s begin.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)">Genesis 1</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><span style="color:maroon;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">This sounds so simple and uninteresting.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Many people never see what is hidden behind these words.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>In order to learn that which is hidden we need to open our eyes and minds to understanding and perception. Having said that let’s continue:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>God is eternal, that is eternal past, present and future.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The beginning mentioned in <span style="color:maroon;">Genesis 1:1</span> is the beginning of the <u>history of man,</u> not God or the universe or even the earth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>God does not mention precisely what happened before this world was formed (remember God is eternal past) but He reveals some parts of this mystery in many parts of the Holy Bible and we will get to those in due time.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>For now we need to discern what is said here and what is left out. For instance; one thing left out is: when in history past did God create the angels, cherubim, and other heavenly beings?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This is not stated in Genesis but we know they were created before the book of Genesis begins. Why?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Because Satan meets Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and he is already a fallen angel.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>As you may know, the original manuscripts were written without punctuation marks or chapter and verses.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The translators put in punctuation marks, verses and chapters.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Lets read <span style="color:maroon;">Genesis verses one and two</span> a bit differently while remembering God is eternal past:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">1. In the beginning</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:black;">(at an unknown time in eternity past)</span><span style="color:maroon;"> God created the heaven and the earth. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><span style="color:maroon;">Verse 2</span> says: <span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)">And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span></span>There are several things a person needs to notice here: The first is to understand that the word “was”<span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:Ned" datetime="2009-01-08T20:40">:</del></span> in the original manuscript is the Hebrew word “hayah” which has the definition of: <u>to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out</u>.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This description says nothing about the earth being <i><u>created</u></i><u> </u>this way.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This word means <i><u>became </u></i>without form and void.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The next thing to notice is the word “deep” which in the Hebrew manuscripts is the word “<em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">tĕhowm</span>”</em>.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>According to the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance this means: deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>So at this time (and because the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters) we know the earth is completely covered in water meaning it was flooded.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This will be reinforced later.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The next thing to notice is that the earth is without form and is void.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Void here means: emptiness, void, waste.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Now we can begin to understand what is said here more clearly.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Bear with me on this please.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>The next proof of the earth being flooded in Genesis is in: <span style="color:maroon;">Genesis 1:9 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;">And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span></span><span style="color:black;">There was no dry land before this time, all water, ergo, flooded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>At this time the earth is obviously created but is flooded and a wasteland (it is empty) and there is no light (although <span style="color:maroon;">“darkness upon the face of the deep”</span> could refer to Satan, the prince of darkness).<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> I have heard some people respond to this by saying this was God beginning His work and it was not yet finished.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>That has a small bit of logic to it but if this were true, earth would have been completely empty, no water, nothing there ergo, waste.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Everything else God does in the next few chapters and verses is a step‑by‑step explanation of what happened and what He created in what sequence.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>When God creates something like animals, plants and man it is a complete and perfect creation, there are no “steps” involved, also, there would be no reason for God to eliminate the mention of the creation of water; it is a VERY important element even to God as the Bible proves.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Now let’s read <span style="color:maroon;">Genesis 1:1</span> as it <u>should</u> have been translated and read and understood:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">1 In the beginning</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> (</span><span style="color:black;">at an unspecified time in eternity past)</span><span style="color:maroon;"> God created the heaven and the earth,</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:black;">(stop) (and after an unspecified amount of time))</span><span style="color:maroon;"> The earth</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> was </span><span style="color:black;">(became)</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">without form, and void; and darkness</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> was </span><span style="color:black;">(came to pass or happened)</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">upon the face of the deep</span>. (Stop), (again after an unspecified amount of time) <span style="color:maroon;">And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></span>Notice the word “was” also means to fall out.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Who had a falling out?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Satan rebelled and “fell” from heaven or at least from the grace of God.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Some of Satan’s names are: prince of darkness, death, destruction and the desolator.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Who do you think may have corrupted the earth and caused it’s original destruction or corruption or desolation?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>To fall out can also be thought of as an ending as in “the end of the old earth”.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>There are lots of meanings to that word “hayah”, think about that.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This tells us that God created the Heaven and Earth in perfection but the earth became imperfect or became corrupted.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Everything God creates is perfect but many things God created <i>became </i>corrupt (man and Satan for instance).<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Something caused the earth to become corrupt and I believe God destroyed it with water because of that corruption.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>I am speaking about a total destruction here, not Noah’s flood, ergo: the “deep” and “void” (nothing on the earth), <i>everything</i> removed.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>How does man prove he is changed and no longer corrupt?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>By Baptism in water, ergo being reborn.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Where else does the ritual of baptism come from?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The earth was baptized by God Himself.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;">W</span>hy do I believe this is a renewal of the earth?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Let’s read <span style="color:maroon;">Genesis 9:1</span> which takes place <u>after</u> the flood of <u>Noah</u> and compare it to <span style="color:maroon;">Genesis 1:27-28</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,51)">Genesis 9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,51)">1</span></sup><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,51)">And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, <u>Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth</u>.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color:black;">Now go backwards and look at: </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,51)">Genesis 1:27-28:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,51)">27 </span></sup><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,51)">So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. </span><o:p></o:p></p><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,51)"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span style="color:maroon;">28</span></sup><span style="color:maroon;">And God blessed them, and God said unto them, <u>Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth</u>, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Notice the similarities?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>After the flood of Noah the earth needed to be replenished and it is the exact same wording when God “renewed” the earth after the earth had been so corrupted God had to destroy it in the FIRST TOTAL flood.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The only difference being NOTHING survived the <u>first</u> flood and Noah and his family survived the second flood (briefly stated).</p><p class="MsoNormal">I know that is not enough to convince everyone so here is the next proof from: </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><span style="color:maroon;">2 Peter 3:5-7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:</span><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Note that:<span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span>“They <u>willingly</u> are ignorant of”, in other words they refuse to hear or believe the truth from God’s own word (false or under-educated teachers).<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">By the word of God the heavens <u>were</u> of old</span> (different, not the same as now, changed afterwards, no longer old, reborn) and <span style="color:maroon;">“<u>the earth standing out of water and in water”</u></span> speaks of a total global flood.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>No one is ignorant of Noah’s flood so this is not the flood of Noah.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Read on:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></span><span style="color:maroon;">6 Whereby</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:black;">(</span>by water<span style="color:black;">)</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">the world that then was</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:black;">(</span>the world, eon or earth age that existed at that time<span style="color:black;">)</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)">, </span><span style="color:maroon;">being overflowed with water</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span>(flooded),<span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">perished:</span><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>In the original text perished here is the Greek word “<em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">apollymi”.</span></em><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance defines this word as: to <u>destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to, ruin, render useless, to kill</u><i>.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></i>If it is rendered useless nothing can live there again (unless God renews it) and nothing or no one can use it.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This is a pretty serious and final end and the reason God would need to “renew” the earth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">“The world that then was”…<u>perished</u></span>.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>There could not have been a world that was <u>then</u> if it had not passed away or been destroyed and a new (or renewed) one now exists.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>To continue:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span></span><span style="color:maroon;">7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now,</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:black;">(no longer the same, new)</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">by the same word</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:black;">(Word of God)</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:black;">(the final judgment)</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)"> </span><span style="color:maroon;">and perdition of ungodly men</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(165,0,33)">.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></span>Why does this say: <span style="color:maroon;">“But the heavens and <u>EARTH</u> which are <u>NOW</u>”</span> unless it means there was an old earth or earth age and a new one that now exists and the one <i>now</i> existing is reserved unto fire?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Fire is the testing and purification used by God in many places in the Bible and when we combine this with God’s judgment, this indicates a third earth age coming when the earth will be cleansed again, this time by fire and for eternity.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Remember three is the number of completion and this will be the third and final earth age.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>There are thousands of false teachings, traditions from man and historical or theological mistakes and lies that attempt to destroy the truth the Bible teaches.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Jesus warned us of those and this is why we need to search out the truth.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Why is this important to everyone on earth?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Here is that answer: </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>We are speaking about something most people cannot comprehend which is choosing eternal life or eternal suffering.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>These flesh bodies are only vessels to carry the spirit body through this life with the hopes that our flesh and spirit minds wake up and choose to follow God.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Most people do not want to admit there is a God because they do not want to have to answer to anyone for their misdeeds.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>We are no longer children where we can hide our heads under our blankets and the boogey man will go away.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Satan and Hell are real.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>As an adult we all know we have to answer for our crimes and mistakes.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>On earth our crimes may go undetected and unpunished, but be aware, God KNOWS our sins and our hearts and there will be no escaping the Judge in eternity.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>For this reason everyone needs to know and understand the ENTIRE truth and reality of God’s Holy Word.<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"><br /></span>This study took many pages to teach the truth of <u>just the first thirty-nine words </u>of The Holy Bible.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Why?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Because the traditions of man, the lies of Satan and the resistance to the truth is so ingrained in mankind that sometimes it takes more proof to change a false way of thinking than it should.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The devices and lies of Satan and the ignorance and false traditions of man has corrupted and confused and robbed us all of the truth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Relearning the truth is what is difficult.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>It is for this reason I am writing this:<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>To end the lies of Satan and the misconceptions of man.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Ask yourself this: if the beginning of God’s word has been so corrupted by false teachings and lies how many more teachings are wrong?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The truth is there if you search, believe, have true faith and trust and ask God for guidance.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The Holy Spirit will guide you to the truth if you are truly saved.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Although I feel I am led by the Holy Spirit in this truth, I am by no means overly intelligent or perfect.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>So I gladly welcome any insight or questions or comments that may lead me to the perfect truth.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>My only goal is God’s true word and that should be yours as well.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>May God bless everyone with knowledge and understanding.</p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-26203850480596592482008-12-26T00:34:00.003-05:002009-11-27T23:37:44.735-05:00Evolution True or False Part 2<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">It is said that religion is blind faith where there is no proof. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">The Holy Bible is full of scientific proofs, ergo fact.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center">Evolution is a theory without a shred of proof, ergo blind faith, ergo a religion.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Now that we have shown that evolution is a religion and not science let’s discover what the evolutionists say:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Charles Darwin wrote: “Firstly, why, if species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Why is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graduated organic chain, and this perhaps, is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theories.”<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>He also wrote: “I was a young man with unformed ideas, I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything, and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire, people made a religion out of them.”<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Why do evolutionist leave this out of anything connected with evolution?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Another quote from Charles Darwin: “To suppose that the eye, with all it’s inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>If Darwin himself finally doubted his own theory why should anyone else take it seriously? <span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Now a few words from dedicated evolutionist:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Preston Cloud, Geologist and evolutionist: “ There are so many transitional forms between species that we must often fall back on statistical analysis to separate one form from another”.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>What??<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If the proof cannot be found prove the theory by conjecture?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Then he went on to say: “The problem with transitional forms is one that all honest paleontologist have a problem with.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The geologic record is incomplete.”<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>In other words no transitional forms have yet to be found.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Leo Hickey, Yale University, and Evolutionist: “There is no problem finding transitional forms”. And then contradicted himself saying: “Evolution acts in very short bursts, it doesn’t leave many transitional forms behind”.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Commenting on the last quoted scientist: First, what happened to “millions of years of evolution”?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Secondly, if the second statement is true then the first cannot be.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Is this man educated beyond his intelligence?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Once again: this is an excuse for no one being able to find any “missing links” which would prove evolution.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>How sad for the evolutionist, they cannot find the evidence that does not exist.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Now it is time to hear from other scientists:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Werner Von Braun, Founder of the U.S. Space program and former director of NASA: “The idea of creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>To be forced to believe only one conclusion, that everything in the universe happened by chance, would violate the very objectivity of science itself.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>What random process could produce the brain of a man or the system of the human eye?”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Robert Jastrow, Astronomer and Geologist: “It is hard to accept the evolution of the human eye as the product of chance; it is even harder to accept the evolution of human intelligence as the product of random disruptions of brain cells in our ancestors.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>You read and judge for yourself.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This is by no means a complete documentation of all the arguments for and against evolution but I believe this clearly defines the reality thereof.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Is there no validity to any of Darwin’s theories?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>That depends on your viewpoint.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The idea of “the survival of the fittest” is valid in a way but it has nothing to do with natural selection or evolution.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>We will create an example just for demonstration purposes:<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>A group of finches are released on an island.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Now every animal on earth has genes that vary within the species.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Because of this there are variations within a species.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Now let’s assume this group of finches include those with genes which predisposes some to grow long bills and others to grow shorter bills.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If the food these finches eat are from flowers (just an example) and the flowers on this island are a type that grow long and narrow then the finches that have short bills will die out from lack of food leaving only those finches that have the gene for longer bills.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>By elimination and genetic replication the results of this is all the finches on this island eventually receiving the gene for longer bills.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The birds have changed as a group but they are still finches, not a new species.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Please note that this has no bearing on finches that live elsewhere because those from the original location will probably still have both short and long bills depending on mating habits and attractions.</p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-20754551781509538342008-12-23T12:16:00.005-05:002009-01-18T23:54:26.920-05:00Evolution: true or false? Part 1<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>To discover if evolution has any validity we need to look at the scientific facts, not scientific fraud or misconception.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>The first scientific fact is that no cross-link or “missing link” has ever been found.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If animals change from one species to another over billions of years the fossil record would show this because of the gradual change. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>The life process that a frog goes through reflects this evolutionary change.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Allow me to explain: The first thing we see after a frog hatches is a tadpole larva:<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = v /><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"><v:path connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" extrusionok="f"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:lock aspectratio="t" ext="edit"><v:imagedata title="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.png"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAjBv6XWjXcWOp0gkTyCnwxkN63Esbse5mjiL19LH0uehde4qPSy2QyxiWQeUyrSYDGzHL_EJlxFv1xRXrEWgrC9aBs8b41aI7VNsi6DFGHdkp99GiwpBnjzK00ujpfCKkLd1e9obo0g/s1600-h/tadpole.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283035885230492978" style="WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 77px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAjBv6XWjXcWOp0gkTyCnwxkN63Esbse5mjiL19LH0uehde4qPSy2QyxiWQeUyrSYDGzHL_EJlxFv1xRXrEWgrC9aBs8b41aI7VNsi6DFGHdkp99GiwpBnjzK00ujpfCKkLd1e9obo0g/s320/tadpole.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">And then following onto the first metamorphosis stage:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><v:imagedata title="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image003.png"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqoFzrvqJSwak6-AlskX6zg9gkYepX7zEjYmCpgu0NiAGhThEXlV-iKiSGA6tEEttsyU6Ycbo6Cqc7s-HUEwtIlum20Dw2_TiO_HRxi41fhG0bMdmjvCoME4y379-7nlF2o9qWO8YHow/s1600-h/metomorphsis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283035999801150802" style="WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 113px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqoFzrvqJSwak6-AlskX6zg9gkYepX7zEjYmCpgu0NiAGhThEXlV-iKiSGA6tEEttsyU6Ycbo6Cqc7s-HUEwtIlum20Dw2_TiO_HRxi41fhG0bMdmjvCoME4y379-7nlF2o9qWO8YHow/s320/metomorphsis.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">Followed by the adult stage:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><v:imagedata title="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image005.png"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT6n9LyLupnbH-3DUVgPtjkFpDxwPQfs4yw2S___h58W0-9I02IEeAdZdzV3w_QekbbppmqoZGTu4LQjn-4vkOwAorGUYIE71sTd8X433rztESI4vkEm4O5_FzHfm9JEea6Av1Hsf9nM/s1600-h/adult.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283036133676864962" style="WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT6n9LyLupnbH-3DUVgPtjkFpDxwPQfs4yw2S___h58W0-9I02IEeAdZdzV3w_QekbbppmqoZGTu4LQjn-4vkOwAorGUYIE71sTd8X433rztESI4vkEm4O5_FzHfm9JEea6Av1Hsf9nM/s320/adult.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">I know this is not evolution but the fossil record would show something similar to this if a transformation from one species to another actually occurred and with the process taking millions of years the evidence would be abundant but it is not.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The entire fossil record shows a sudden appearance of new species, NOT a gradual change from one to another.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>There have been frauds and mistakes by paleontologists and other scientists, which we will deal with later.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Before we examine evolution any further, we need to take on the question of how life began.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Did life begin because of a chemical reaction or by a yet unknown natural occurrence?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></p><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Once again we need to deal with facts and not supposition or theories.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Before life could occur protein and nucleic acids would have to exist at the same time, one cannot exist without the other.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>In order for the simplest protein to appear millions of processes would have had to occur in the exact order and the exact configuration with the exact conditions necessary to be present.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Scientists have noted that neither proteins nor nucleic acids could have arisen without the other so that means life could not have been spontaneous. <span style="font-size:+0;"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span></span>Committed evolutionists cannot accept any such conclusion as that; therefore, they speculate that RNA may have come first, but then he still has to admit that the precise events giving rise to the RNA world remain unclear.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Investigators have proposed many hypotheses, but evidence in favor of each of them is fragmentary at best. <span style="font-size:+0;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>The bottom line is: the chances of a simple protein developing spontaneously is so far fetched it would be akin to a man finding the winning lottery ticket on the sidewalk every week for a thousand years.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The simplest living organism is so complex and statistically improbable it is more feasible to expect to find tools such as an axe that has formed in nature.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Oh, you say a man would have to develop a tool?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Yes and with the complexity of living tissue it takes a Creator to make a man.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Tools need a creator and tools are simple iron and wood…oops there is the life of a tree that the wood came from, well perhaps a simple metal wrench would form in nature.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>What? Science has never found any such thing?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>How amazing is that, just like the “missing links” that have never been found in the fossil record.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Did aliens from another world “seed” the earth with the beginnings of life?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If so where did alien life spring from?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>That brings us back to the same question, which has no answer from the evolution standpoint.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>I could go on with more evidence that life was created and not a natural occurrence but for the moment we will assume it is possible for life to occur spontaneously and move back to the evolution question.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>What about DNA findings?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>True scientist have found “even with DNA sequence data, we have no direct access to the processes of evolution, so objective reconstruction of the vanished past can be achieved only by creative imagination.”<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Since there is no real scientific evidence that evolution is occurring at present or ever occurred in the past, it is reasonable to conclude that evolution is not a fact of science as many claim. In fact, it is not even science at all, but an arbitrary system built upon <b><u>faith</u></b> in universal naturalism.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Actually, these negative evidences against evolution are, at the same time, strong positive evidences for special creation. They are, in fact, specific predictions based on the creation model of origins.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>In other words it is more scientific to believe Creation than Evolution.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This makes evolutionists preachers of a religion (or a <i>belief</i> system) and not scientists. <span style="font-size:+0;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Now we will introduce the frauds dealing with fossil evidence.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Ramapithecus was widely recognized as a direct ancestor of humans.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>It is now established that he was merely an extinct type of orangutan.<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><span class="dynlink">Piltdown man</span> was hyped as the missing link in publications for over 40 years. He was a fraud based on a human skullcap and an orangutan's jaw.<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Nebraska man was a fraud based on a single tooth of a rare type of pig.<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Java man was based on sketchy evidence of a femur, skullcap and three teeth found within a wide area over a one-year period. It turns out the bones were found in an area of human remains, and now the femur is considered human and the skullcap from a large ape.<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Neanderthal man was traditionally depicted as a stooped ape-man. It is now accepted that the alleged posture was due to disease and that Neanderthal is just a variation of the human kind.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Human evolution has its currently fashionable specimens that lead from small ape-like creatures to Homo sapiens. These are examples of the most recent alleged links:<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Australopithecus aphaeresis, or "Lucy," has been considered a missing link for years. However, studies of the inner ear, skull and bones have shown that she was merely a pygmy chimpanzee that walked a bit more upright than some other apes. She was not on her way to becoming human.<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Homo erectus has been found throughout the world.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>He is smaller than the average human of today, with a proportionately smaller head and brain cavity. However, the brain size is within the range of people today and studies of the middle ear have shown that he was just like current Homo sapiens.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Remains are found throughout the world in the same proximity to remains of ordinary humans, suggesting coexistence.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>We have pigmy’s in today’s world so where is the difference?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Australopithecus africanus and Peking man were presented as ape-men missing links for years, but are now both considered Homo erectus.<br /><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Homo habilis is now generally considered to be comprised of pieces of various other types of creatures, such as Australopithecus and Homo erectus, and is <u>not</u> generally viewed as a valid classification.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>Human Evolution: The Most Recent Find</span></strong><br />In July 2002, anthropologists announced the discovery of a skull in Chad with "an unusual mixture of primitive and humanlike features." The find was dubbed "Toumai" (the name give to children in Chad born close to the dry season) and was immediately hailed as "the earliest member of the human family found so far." By October 2002, a number of scientists went on record to criticize the premature claim declaring that the discovery is merely the fossil of an ape. <span style="font-size:+0;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><strong><span style="font-size:+0;"></span></strong><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Human Evolution: The theory has no support in the fossil record.</span></strong><br />Human evolution is a theory in denial.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>With all of this fossil evidence (or lack thereof) it becomes increasingly clear to an earnest seeker of the truth that human evolution did not happen at all. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>There are a lot more frauds that have been exposed but these are enough for now.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>What worries me is the fact that even with all the evidence proving evolution an incorrect theory and always fraudulent, these same frauds are being taught to children in school as fact even after they have been proven as false.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>The reason behind this is the idea of “separation of church and state”.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Schools are not permitted to teach the truth because if the truth is taught then schools would have to teach that there is a Creator, which some people believe is a religion.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Is not religion simply a belief system that cannot be scientifically proven because it depends on a faith that is not scientifically supported?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>If this is a true statement, then evolution is much worse than any religion because evolution is not only based on faith but on fraud, supposition and a willingness to fake proof to prove the lie.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>That is why the Christianity is easier to believe than evolution because Christianity is backed by proofs.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>In the Christian religion there is historical, archeological and scientific proof of accuracy of the Bible.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Nothing in the evolution theory has any proof AT ALL.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Since the Holy Bible has been proven scientifically accurate, why not take the rest of the Bible on faith rather than take on faith that which has been proven to be fraudulent?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>This is only common sense and that is severely lacking in today’s world.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>One last word: <b><span style="color:maroon;">Not one real scientist of any real merit, credit, accomplishment or noteworthiness has EVER jumped on the evolution bandwagon.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p> </p><br /></v:imagedata></v:imagedata></v:imagedata></o:lock></v:path></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:stroke>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-83926482632018265882008-12-23T12:02:00.005-05:002009-11-27T23:38:12.478-05:00Evolution: True or False?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeH9irI-LLAexjBbCeEtwYlTOFQxe_bf0Z2e1rdX7d99zIaXKGGMvFpVbzbPq-9_a50RSBrZu0kyDMzOr40mgkHlgKeoPvl1K8q60xpOz9oUS3Nf5CaOpc5ZOr8V9NSalg5a0WtfJYqCA/s1600-h/tadpole.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 77px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeH9irI-LLAexjBbCeEtwYlTOFQxe_bf0Z2e1rdX7d99zIaXKGGMvFpVbzbPq-9_a50RSBrZu0kyDMzOr40mgkHlgKeoPvl1K8q60xpOz9oUS3Nf5CaOpc5ZOr8V9NSalg5a0WtfJYqCA/s320/tadpole.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283034371737173314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEnu-vzmdsC-HQDeXyoMHAftYqsFDT8Jy01lhpjmJkVQu1kFQQhp4q-X1LXKVQwSfEAcIEJGCFZyo6KtaWO3GEh2Rw-jl-9Rye6NNT4_l6NCKGeeWtKr3JWpndr-_Mqxbisy70V0sQ2k/s1600-h/metomorphsis.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEnu-vzmdsC-HQDeXyoMHAftYqsFDT8Jy01lhpjmJkVQu1kFQQhp4q-X1LXKVQwSfEAcIEJGCFZyo6KtaWO3GEh2Rw-jl-9Rye6NNT4_l6NCKGeeWtKr3JWpndr-_Mqxbisy70V0sQ2k/s320/metomorphsis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283034489416490082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>To discover if evolution has any validity we need to look at the scientific facts, not scientific fraud or misconception.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9QmvLrFwrD3PPqhIS-z3SwCGey47Ji_yVQxdlsELD9xGissUryQnejscP6TosC8WziV1PfK1vHuDWiCkL31kDjIUWCigOwJkhyfisX_0M_BZSUZWnzvdRY6TKvcXOuVxRSLbfdPPVww/s1600-h/adult.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9QmvLrFwrD3PPqhIS-z3SwCGey47Ji_yVQxdlsELD9xGissUryQnejscP6TosC8WziV1PfK1vHuDWiCkL31kDjIUWCigOwJkhyfisX_0M_BZSUZWnzvdRY6TKvcXOuVxRSLbfdPPVww/s320/adult.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283034572865312770" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The first scientific fact is that no cross-link or “missing link” has ever been found.<span style=""> </span>If animals change from one species to another over billions of years the fossil record would show this because of the gradual change. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The life process that a frog goes through reflects this evolutionary change.<span style=""> </span>Allow me to explain: The first thing we see after a frog hatches is a tadpole larva:<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:104.25pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg" shapes="_x0000_i1025" height="79" width="139" /><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And then following onto the first metamorphosis stage:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:133.5pt;height:87pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image003.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg" shapes="_x0000_i1026" height="116" width="178" /><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Followed by the adult stage:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:192.75pt;height:138pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image005.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/N9713~1.ADA/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image006.jpg" shapes="_x0000_i1027" height="184" width="257" /><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know this is not evolution but the fossil record would show something similar to this if a transformation from one species to another actually occurred and with the process taking millions of years the evidence would be abundant but it is not.<span style=""> </span>The entire fossil record shows a sudden appearance of new species, NOT a gradual change from one to another.<span style=""> </span>There have been frauds and mistakes by paleontologists and other scientists, which we will deal with later.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Before we examine evolution any further, we need to take on the question of how life began.<span style=""> </span>Did life begin because of a chemical reaction or by a yet unknown natural occurrence?<span style=""> </span></p> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Once again we need to deal with facts and not supposition or theories.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Before life could occur protein and nucleic acids would have to exist at the same time, one cannot exist without the other.<span style=""> </span>In order for the simplest protein to appear millions of processes would have had to occur in the exact order and the exact configuration with the exact conditions necessary to be present.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Scientists have noted that neither proteins nor nucleic acids could have arisen without the other so that means life could not have been spontaneous. <span style=""><span style=""> </span></span>Committed evolutionists cannot accept any such conclusion as that; therefore, they speculate that RNA may have come first, but then he still has to admit that the precise events giving rise to the RNA world remain unclear.<span style=""> </span>Investigators have proposed many hypotheses, but evidence in favor of each of them is fragmentary at best. <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The bottom line is: the chances of a simple protein developing spontaneously is so far fetched it would be akin to a man finding the winning lottery ticket on the sidewalk every week for a thousand years.<span style=""> </span>The simplest living organism is so complex and statistically improbable it is more feasible to expect to find tools such as an axe that has formed in nature.<span style=""> </span>Oh, you say a man would have to develop a tool?<span style=""> </span>Yes and with the complexity of living tissue it takes a Creator to make a man.<span style=""> </span>Tools need a creator and tools are simple iron and wood…oops there is the life of a tree that the wood came from, well perhaps a simple metal wrench would form in nature.<span style=""> </span>What? Science has never found any such thing?<span style=""> </span>How amazing is that, just like the “missing links” that have never been found in the fossil record.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Did aliens from another world “seed” the earth with the beginnings of life?<span style=""> </span>If so where did alien life spring from?<span style=""> </span>That brings us back to the same question, which has no answer from the evolution standpoint.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>I could go on with more evidence that life was created and not a natural occurrence but for the moment we will assume it is possible for life to occur spontaneously and move back to the evolution question.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>What about DNA findings?<span style=""> </span>True scientist have found “even with DNA sequence data, we have no direct access to the processes of evolution, so objective reconstruction of the vanished past can be achieved only by creative imagination.”<span style=""> </span>Since there is no real scientific evidence that evolution is occurring at present or ever occurred in the past, it is reasonable to conclude that evolution is not a fact of science as many claim. In fact, it is not even science at all, but an arbitrary system built upon <b><u>faith</u></b> in universal naturalism.<span style=""> </span>Actually, these negative evidences against evolution are, at the same time, strong positive evidences for special creation. They are, in fact, specific predictions based on the creation model of origins.<span style=""> </span>In other words it is more scientific to believe Creation than Evolution.<span style=""> </span>This makes evolutionists preachers of a religion (or a <i>belief</i> system) and not scientists. <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Now we will introduce the frauds dealing with fossil evidence.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Ramapithecus was widely recognized as a direct ancestor of humans.<span style=""> </span>It is now established that he was merely an extinct type of orangutan.<br /><span style=""> </span><span class="dynlink">Piltdown man</span> was hyped as the missing link in publications for over 40 years. He was a fraud based on a human skullcap and an orangutan's jaw.<br /><span style=""> </span>Nebraska man was a fraud based on a single tooth of a rare type of pig.<br /><span style=""> </span>Java man was based on sketchy evidence of a femur, skullcap and three teeth found within a wide area over a one-year period. It turns out the bones were found in an area of human remains, and now the femur is considered human and the skullcap from a large ape.<br /><span style=""> </span>Neanderthal man was traditionally depicted as a stooped ape-man. It is now accepted that the alleged posture was due to disease and that Neanderthal is just a variation of the human kind.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Human evolution has its currently fashionable specimens that lead from small ape-like creatures to Homo sapiens. These are examples of the most recent alleged links:<br /><span style=""> </span>Australopithecus aphaeresis, or "Lucy," has been considered a missing link for years. However, studies of the inner ear, skull and bones have shown that she was merely a pygmy chimpanzee that walked a bit more upright than some other apes. She was not on her way to becoming human.<br /><span style=""> </span>Homo erectus has been found throughout the world.<span style=""> </span>He is smaller than the average human of today, with a proportionately smaller head and brain cavity. However, the brain size is within the range of people today and studies of the middle ear have shown that he was just like current Homo sapiens.<span style=""> </span>Remains are found throughout the world in the same proximity to remains of ordinary humans, suggesting coexistence.<span style=""> </span>We have pigmy’s in today’s world so where is the difference?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Australopithecus africanus and Peking man were presented as ape-men missing links for years, but are now both considered Homo erectus.<br /><span style=""> </span>Homo habilis is now generally considered to be comprised of pieces of various other types of creatures, such as Australopithecus and Homo erectus, and is <u>not</u> generally viewed as a valid classification.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style=""> </span>Human Evolution: The Most Recent Find</span></strong><br />In July 2002, anthropologists announced the discovery of a skull in Chad with "an unusual mixture of primitive and humanlike features." The find was dubbed "Toumai" (the name give to children in Chad born close to the dry season) and was immediately hailed as "the earliest member of the human family found so far." By October 2002, a number of scientists went on record to criticize the premature claim declaring that the discovery is merely the fossil of an ape. <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <strong><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /></span></strong> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Human Evolution: The theory has no support in the fossil record.</span></strong><br />Human evolution is a theory in denial.<span style=""> </span>With all of this fossil evidence (or lack thereof) it becomes increasingly clear to an earnest seeker of the truth that human evolution did not happen at all. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>There are a lot more frauds that have been exposed but these are enough for now.<span style=""> </span>What worries me is the fact that even with all the evidence proving evolution an incorrect theory and always fraudulent, these same frauds are being taught to children in school as fact even after they have been proven as false.<span style=""> </span>The reason behind this is the idea of “separation of church and state”.<span style=""> </span>Schools are not permitted to teach the truth because if the truth is taught then schools would have to teach that there is a Creator, which some people believe is a religion.<span style=""> </span>Is not religion simply a belief system that cannot be scientifically proven because it depends on a faith that is not scientifically supported?<span style=""> </span>If this is a true statement, then evolution is much worse than any religion because evolution is not only based on faith but on fraud, supposition and a willingness to fake proof to prove the lie.<span style=""> </span>That is why the Christianity is easier to believe than evolution because Christianity is backed by proofs.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In the Christian religion there is historical, archeological and scientific proof of accuracy of the Bible.<span style=""> </span>Nothing in the evolution theory has any proof AT ALL.<span style=""> </span>Since the Holy Bible has been proven scientifically accurate, why not take the rest of the Bible on faith rather than take on faith that which has been proven to be fraudulent?<span style=""> </span>This is only common sense and that is severely lacking in today’s world.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>One last word: <b><span style="color:maroon;">Not one real scientist of any real merit, credit, accomplishment or noteworthiness has EVER jumped on the evolution bandwagon.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-47253102689485419782008-12-17T00:07:00.002-05:002008-12-17T00:12:52.488-05:00Figure of Speach Part1<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Figure of Speech, Metaphors and Parables.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">How God uses words in a beautiful way.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Part 1</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In today’s world when we use a figure of speech it is to enhance a story so that it paints a vivid picture in our mind so that we can grasp the enormity of the action or situation and let it sink into our minds much deeper than if the literal plain truth were told.<span style=""> </span>In the Bible when a figure of speech is used it is for this same reason, to use words in a way that expresses the truth more fully than the literal words of truth could convey.<span style=""> </span>This is a fantastic way to convey the truth while at the same time shrouding the literal truth from Satan in a mystery or metaphor.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Let’s start by looking at an example in <span style="color: maroon;">Genesis 3:15</span>.<span style=""> </span>Where it says “thou shalt bruise His heel” it does not mean a literal bruise on His (Jesus’) flesh and blood heel but a temporary injury that will by no means stop Him (Jesus) from completing His objective.<span style=""> </span>Later in <span style="color: maroon;">Genesis 3:15 </span>where it says, "It shall bruise thy head" does not mean that He (Jesus) will crush the literal skull, hair, flesh and brain of Satan.<span style=""> </span>This is a much more eloquent way to speak the truth than that a simple literal combination of words.<span style=""> </span>Read on to discover why.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>What is in our head, the mind is there.<span style=""> </span>We use our minds to construct plans and plots and to gain what we desire.<span style=""> </span>This figure of speech means that Jesus will crush and end all the plans and plots, policy and purposes that Satan will use to attempt to mar and disrupt the will of God.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Satan first attempted to tempt Jesus in the wilderness, which failed, and then he helped to place Jesus on the cross and Satan believed he had ended the threat from Jesus because at the time Satan thought because Jesus died on the cross that Jesus had failed to fulfill the prophecy where Jesus would “crush his (which is Satan’s) head”.<span style=""> </span>As God intended from the first Satan did “bruise the heel” of Christ but this “bruising” was the very action that crushed the head of the serpent.<span style=""> </span>This is when Jesus destroyed death, which is Satan.<span style=""> </span>Why is this?<span style=""> </span>Sin caused the death of Adam and Eve and therefore all mankind.<span style=""> </span>Now death was destroyed because Jesus paid our debt, which was our death because of our sins.<span style=""> </span>Jesus paid it for all sinners by dying in our place and taking all our sins onto Himself.<span style=""> </span>It is ironic that Satan caused his own demise by “bruising” the heel of Jesus.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Are you beginning to understand figures of speech in the Bible?<span style=""> </span>There is a “boat load” (figure of speech) of examples to come.<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Part 2 coming soon.</p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-81889978386756414982008-11-12T12:50:00.002-05:002009-01-19T18:09:42.796-05:00Time for a decision<p class="MsoNormal">When you know when a birthday or anniversary is you know how long you have to decide on a gift.</p><p class="MsoNormal">When you see the wear on your tires you know it is getting close to time for deciding to get new ones.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> When you see a weather forecast you know it is time to decide to wear the appropriate clothing.</p><p class="MsoNormal">All through life we usually know the signs for making decisions but if you never decide to give your life to Christ then you have already made a decision and that is to follow Satan.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>There are no gray areas when it comes to Heaven or Hell, when you make no decision you have rejected God.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>God offers you a free gift but you have to reach out and take it, make a decision.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span>There are usually no signs that your life may end today and if it does it may be too late for the most crucial decision of your life.<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Would you want that decision to come by default and take the chance of spending eternity in hell?<span style="font-size:+0;"> </span>Satan will tell you that there is always tomorrow and maybe years but those are lies because none of us are guaranteed the gift of another breath.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I beg everyone to make that decision today.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;">John 3:16 <sup><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></sup><br />For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"> </span>I stand ready to help anyone with questions about their walk with Jesus, the Bible or any other spiritual matter.<span style="color:black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-26010462092453672732008-07-27T17:31:00.005-04:002009-11-27T23:38:54.398-05:00How many will enter the Kingdom of God?<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14;">How many will enter into the Kingdom of God?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Only God knows the exact number.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;">Matthew 7:14<br />Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>This study is to discover for ourselves the possible percentage that will gain the Kingdom of Heaven and why so few will find it.<span style=""> </span>To get an idea we have an example in the Old Testament.<span style=""> </span>This story spans several chapters and verses so I will not be including the entire text here, instead I will paraphrase the story.<span style=""> </span>If the reader wants to read this very interesting story it is found in Numbers and early chapters of Deuteronomy.<span style=""> </span>Start in Numbers chapter 13 if you want to read the entire story.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The Lord had spoken to Moses to send men into the land of Canaan to scout it out in order to discover how rich the land was.<span style=""> </span>There were men selected from every tribe.<span style=""> </span>Included among these men were Joshua and Caleb.<span style=""> </span>The men were in Canaan for forty days and when they returned there were reports of a land that was bountiful and rich but there were also reports of giants in the land (like Goliath).</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>All the children of Israel rebelled against God and desired to return to Egypt instead of trusting God to give them the land.<span style=""> </span>They were cowards and faithless men.<span style=""> </span>Only Joshua and Caleb wanted to go in and take the land, only these two did not rebel and trusted in God completely.<span style=""> </span>God said that of all the men of Israel above the age of twenty none would enter into the promised land save for these two men.<span style=""> </span>This is why the children of Israel had to wander the wilderness for forty years (a year for every day the scouts were in Canaan).</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In Numbers chapter 7 we see that the number of men of Israel over twenty years old and able to go to war at this time was 603,550.<span style=""> </span>Of all these only TWO were allowed to enter the Promised Land (Heaven), Joshua and Caleb.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>If only two men out of this number reached the Promised Land; which in this study equates to the Kingdom of God, we can see that one out of 301,775 is the average number of people that will make it to Heaven.<span style=""> </span>Those are short odds.<span style=""> </span>Are you really following God’s will or are you deluding yourself?</p> <span style=""> </span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The next question is why will there be so few given the number of Christians in today’s world, not counting the trillions that have passed on before.<span style=""> </span>The answer is the same as from this example of the children of Israel.<span style=""> </span>Many proclaim to be of Christ yet their fruits do not show that this is true.<span style=""> </span>To be truly of Christ it must come from the heart.<span style=""> </span>True faith, belief, and a desire to be with God has got to be in your heart.<span style=""> </span>If you do not hunger and thirst for the truth in the word of God then you probably do not have the love of Christ in your heart.<span style=""> </span>If you do not learn the word of God Satan can destroy you simply because you are open to deception.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>God knows your heart and you cannot fool Him.<span style=""> </span>Paying lip service to God will only get you praises from man.<span style=""> </span>This may make you happy in the flesh body but when judgment comes you will be left holding the bag. God does not compromise.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>If you do not trust God to take care of your needs you are not giving your life to God. Your life belongs to God, He can take it at anytime.<span style=""> </span>The point I am trying to make here is there are way too many self proclaimed Christians that do not have the Holy Spirit in them yet truly believe they are justified in God’s word.<span style=""> </span>Many believe that they can live outside the will of God and still inherit the kingdom of God.<span style=""> </span>That was the mistake of the children of Israel.<span style=""> </span>God showed His miracles, His love, His promises and even the Promised Land yet they were in a continual state of rebellion against Him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>I cannot and will not attempt to judge anyone but it is my duty to help everyone I can to discover what his or her relationship is with God.<span style=""> </span>You can do this simply by honestly answering this question:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Do I hunger and search diligently for the truth of the Word of God and do I make sure that those that teach me are teaching me the truth by checking my heart and the love letter God sent, the Holy Bible?<span style=""> </span>Do not be deceived, learn God's truth.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">God bless the reader with understanding and love.</p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366390267702089449.post-29645389638308097182008-06-25T00:26:00.006-04:002008-10-08T16:12:05.867-04:00The Ignorance of the Law about Life<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all, this is not my usual Bible study but it falls in the realm of what is Godly and Biblical so please bear with me.<br />It seems the entire world has lost all common sense. Read this partial report from a Texas trial <span style="color:maroon;">(My comments are in red)</span>: <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dateline: Austin Texas:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The state's highest criminal court has ruled that Texas law allows the death of a fetus to be prosecuted as murder, regardless of the fetus' stage of development. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals also acknowledged that state laws protecting fetuses do not apply to abortions. <span style="color:maroon;">(What? If a fetus can be murdered how is abortion different?<span style=""> </span>The fetus is still dead.<span style=""> </span>Women’s rights are dealt with later.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday's ruling rejected an appeal by Terence Lawrence, who said his due-process rights were violated because he was prosecuted for two murders for the killing of a woman and her 4- to 6-week-old fetus. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The court ruled unanimously that state laws declaring a fetus an individual <span style="color:maroon;">(Yes, a living individual)</span> with protections do not conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling that protects abortion rights. <span style="color:maroon;">(It DOES conflict if a person has common sense; according to the Bill of rights EVERY individual is granted the same rights; therefore the ruling that "abortion rights" exists at all was erroneous from the outset). </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The <b><u>Supreme Court</u></b> has emphasized that states may protect human life not only once the fetus has reached viability but 'from the outset of the pregnancy,"' the court said. <span style="color:maroon;">(The important words here are “human life”. If this is true then the fetus has a right to life, liberty, civil rights and protection under the law "FROM THE OUTSET OF PREGNANCY", in other words the right to be born and live from the moment of conception)</span> "The Legislature is free to protect the lives of those whom it considers to be human beings."<span style=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 51);">(It has clearly stated that a fetus is an <u>individual life</u> from the outset of pregnancy).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lawrence was convicted of capital murder and given a life sentence for the 2004 shooting death of his girlfriend, Antwonyia Smith, and the couple's unborn child in Dallas County. Lawrence shot Smith after learning she was pregnant with his child, according to court documents. <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Perhaps he was trying to abort his child, and abortion is legal (sarcasm intended). </span><span style="color:maroon;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> Conclusion: If you can </span><u style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">murder</u><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> a fetus separately from it's mother then the fetus is alive and is a separate individual. Since this is true according to the Supreme Court how can abortion be legal? When an individual human being is killed by the decisions and actions of others, whether it is by a bullet or surgeon’s scalpel the individual is nonetheless dead, no longer a </span><u style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">living</u><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> individual and therefore murdered.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"> There are similar rulings and laws in other states and I believe this is a great first step and now I hope the U. S. Supreme Court takes note and understands the impact of this. If they do the Roe v Wade ruling will be overturned. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Where in the Bill of Rights does it say or even hint that a living individual has the right to control the destiny, life or death of another <u>living individual</u>? The Bill of Rights has no such provision because murder and slavery is illegal. If abortion is a "right" does that mean conjoined twins have the "right" to destroy the other? Let's look at this with common sense. In both cases (abortion an conjoined twins) there is a physical connection but they are <u>also individuals with individual rights</u>. It does not matter if the life is outside of the womb; it is still a life and an individual. To believe you have the right to kill a fetus because it is attached to your body and you believe you have the "right to control your own body" is the same as believing a person has the right to kill a conjoined twin because he or she is attached to your body. Murder is murder no matter what the circumstances of the individual being killed may be.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"> The question here is NOT if the fetus is a life and an individual because we all know he or she <u>is alive and an individual person</u>, the question we face is: does a woman (and a doctor) have the right to commit murder if the life inside the woman is unwanted, damaged or the result of a crime? Does it matter by what accident, crime or mistake the life occurred? No, because it is still a life with his or her own rights exclusive of the mother. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">God allowed the life to be conceived and mankind has no right to end that life.</span><span style="color:maroon;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"> The Bill of Rights establishes that <u>individuals </u>have the right to <b>life</b> liberty and happiness. We cannot exclude those that cannot speak for themselves or else we open the door to exterminate all the "unwanted that have no voice" which is similar to what Hitler attempted to bring about. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"> The bottom line here is if he or she is a living human being no other individual has the "right" to decide if he or she lives. Yes women (and men) have the right to control their own bodies but NOT the life or death of <u>born or unborn individual human beings</u> because it matters not if the life is inside or outside the womb, it is still an individual life and <u>EVERY individual</u> has the right to protection under the law. Chew on that for a while U.S. Supreme Court!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"> To those that disagree I say that perhaps over time abortion has begun to weed out human intelligence, love, compassion and common sense.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">If you agree with me send this on to your all your friends, elected officials and the U.S. Supreme Court. It is time to stop the massacre. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:maroon;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>Truth Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280992916893586508noreply@blogger.com