ARE YOU IN THE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD ?

Did you know that in the United States there are over 200 churches all claiming to be Christian but with a variety of teachings ?  Did you know that worldwide there are over 45000 different churches all claiming to be Christian ?   How in the world would you ever find out which one is the true church ?  According to the scriptures there is only one body of Christ,  Ephesians 4:4  then how do we explain over 45200 different bodies ?  If you decided to spend just one day on each of these churches to study their teachings to determine which one was the true church it would take you about 125 years to complete your investigation.  You wouldn’t live long enough to finish.  You would never be able to identify the true church without examining them all, would you ?

So, the church you happen to be in now, did you choose to join it ?  If you did then I can guarantee you that you that you are not in the true church.  This is because GOD alone adds to HIS church such as should be saved.  Acts 2:47 (last sentence) you see GOD must put you in HIS church, you can’t join it.  It’s as many as the Lord our GOD shall call. Acts 2:39   However, many may be called but few are chosen, Matthew 22:14. You, just like the original disciples, must be chosen because you cannot choose Jesus, he must choose you.  John 15:16  When GOD and Christ choose you the rest of the unconverted world will hate you. John 15:19  Why ?  Because you will know the truth when they can’t even understand it.  You will have a confidence and boldness that the world will think is arrogance, conceit, haughtiness or hubris and falsely accuse you of being of the Devil.  You would no longer fit into this world because Christ did not fit either. John 8:23  You would be just like Jesus in this way,  John 17:14,15,16  Do you understand what Jesus is saying ?  The one and only true church of the living GOD is composed of both former Jews and Gentiles that have been called and chosen by GOD ALMIGHTY and by GODS spirit through HIS son will convert you, give you HIS Holy Spirit and teach you HIS truth.  Jesus said this very thing.  John 6:43,44,45  John 14:26   John 16:13   John 15:26  so did Paul, 1 Corinthians 2:10,11,12,13  and  1 John 2:27  and 1 Peter 1:12

I have given here absolute proof of what I am saying by the scriptures.  It should be obvious to any who is understanding that your current church, your current pastor or minister is a fraud.  Oh yes, they know some buzz words, they call Jesus Lord, Lord, have done many wonderful things in his name and they claim to be men of GOD but are wolves in sheep’s clothing, dark agents of Satan masquerading as ministers of light.  2 Corinthians 11:14,15    They lie to you then charge you for it and you have been paying them !  GODS truth is free because GOD paid the price for it with HIS sons life. 

If you are offended by what I have written here that is the normal and expected response from the unconverted mind.  If you have been enabled by GOD to begin to see the things I have shared with you then there may be hope for you if you continue to diligently seek GOD for the truth and not from men.  

Yes indeed, there is a true church of GOD but spiritually it is not of this world therefore all the churches of this world are not that one true church.  

My brother in the one true faith has an article below this one in which he explains to you the very things I have covered in this article.  He has a different method of delivery than I do but that doesn’t make his words any less powerful.  I encourage all readers to carefully read both articles in the spirit of the Bereans , with an open mind and check out the scriptures we have supplied.  

HOW DO YOU KNOW ?

 

How Do You Know?

SRB 19 Nov 2025​

Matt 7:21–23 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.

Obviously, Christ Yeshua was talking about someone else. I can be sure it is not about me since the people in my church compliment me on my knowledge of scripture, my generous giving, and the many times I volunteer for committees and projects. So, it cannot be referring to me.

That part about “the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” is proved by all the things I mentioned previously, right?

…. Or maybe I am missing something. Perhaps the evidence of my status with our Father has little to do with my outward contributions to a local church? If so, what else is there?

Jer 9:23–24 YLT Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, but in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I am Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth. For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

(I like the Young’s Literal Translation since it does not remove God’s name found in the oldest manuscripts from the bible (even though he uses Jehovah rather than Yahweh.)

So, we must know Him. That’s easy, right? For those who have spent years at the feet of their preachers and teachers, believing that they know God is automatic. But do they?

We are told that we must believe in someone else, too.

John 6:28–29 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

That is another easy answer for those who choose to believe what man has taught. I rarely meet anyone who questions those things that their church has taught. There are many responses to questions about the major change of American culture that apparently started in the 1950’s that caused young people to be more concerned with “fitting in” with their social environment than to facts and objective thought. In short, we feel the need to be accepted.

Ideas become facts because majority opinion has more power than truth. This runs counter to the Apostle Paul’s remarks about the Berean church searching scripture to see if Paul’s words agreed with the contents of their books and letters.

Rarely do Christians do that, and those who do and find valid questions get pushed away.

So, again with the initial question: how do I know if I am a true follower of the Son of God? I submit it has nothing to do with my contributions to a local church. Instead, it has everything to do with knowing Yahweh and Yeshua and obeying their commands.

Every teaching from Yeshua that appears in our New Testament came from His Father.   John 7:16  If I am looking to see what God’s commands are; I look to the words of Yeshua first.

A final note: we must know the truth given to us by the spirit of God.. Now, this sounds simple while it is in print. It is not so simple if I had not already received the spirit of God.

Yahweh chooses those who He will elect. He calls them to know His Son. Those who know His Son are baptized into the New Covenant and received the spirit of God. Most folks would say “I already know that.” I once thought that I knew that. I once believed that I knew that as well. Until it really happened. The impossible part here is that those who have not learned God’s truth cannot understand what I just wrote. It seems like so much arrogance, and that is probably why those who do understand are reluctant to share this information. The world around us, having had 2000 years to polish their deceptions, have got a firm grip on religion.

In order to understand scripture, one’s desire for truth must become a passion. It is better done in small groups with others who seek truth. Seeking God with all you have and asking Him for truth – and waiting on Him to answer - is important.. I think it must be acknowledged that God will know if you are sincerely seeking Him – frauds need not apply.

I think many will do like the Jews and seek some sign that these words are true. The Jews wanted one from Yeshua as well, and it was not that long before the sign was given.:

Matt 12:38–41 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

So, anticipating a question to all this, I’ll answer what I think will be asked: how do I receive the truth?

Answer: I’m certain that many remember all the warnings that were given in scripture regarding evil people arising and distort the teachings of Yeshua and His Apostles.  Jude 1:3-4 There will be wolves in sheep’s disguise and may deceive even “the elect.” Matthew 24:24

Do you think that these warnings were for only the first century people? Second century? A short internet search should quickly show that this deception has never stopped. It is going on today. Where can you find it? Look around. Search your church’s statements of faith. Look at the doctrines you are being taught with their “proof texts.’

The corruption of scriptures is real. There will be those “authorities” who understand Greek or Hebrew and dismiss all those errors as minor - with no true impact. Friends, those minor errors, those additions, those mistranslated words have hidden the truth from the masses.

So, what do we do to get the truth? First, we believe Yahweh:

Jer 31:30–34a YLT Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have made with the house of Israel And with the house of Judah a new covenant, Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day of My laying hold on their hand, To bring them out of the land of Egypt, In that they made void My covenant, And I ruled over them—an affirmation of Jehovah. For this is the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, and on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people. And they do not teach any more each his neighbor, and each his brother, Saying, Know ye Jehovah, For they all know Me, from their least unto their greatest.

Gal 3:5–7 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”? Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.

Isaiah 54:13 All your children shall be taught by the LORD, Yahweh and great shall be the peace of your children.

John 6:44–45 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

1 Thess 4:8–9 Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,

1 John 2:26–27 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

There are those among you who desire that people do not accept these passages literally. I can certainly understand their concern. They are dealing with those who are not the Elect of God. They are Christians according to the customs of their churches only. The huge difference between my understanding and the local church pastor or teacher is that my view includes ONLY those whom God has given His spirit. Your local church leaders think that all of you already have God’s spirit. They do not want anyone to rock their boat.

James 3:1-2 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Jas 1:5–8 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways

Finally, I want to close these thoughts with this passage that I hope inspires deeper thought by the readers. It is so important.

Phil 2:12–13 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

When God gives you His Truth, it will be unshakeable. You will not fear discussing it with anyone. You will not be timid when questioned. You will not be angry with those who doubt you.

May I say, if your belief is not open for a mature discussion, you probably don’t believe it. If you cannot explain the reason for your belief, then it is not your belief – it came from someone else.

HEARTBROKEN

 In our relationships with people, family or friends, who are not converted we sometimes have situations where a loved one has made choices in their lives that cause us and them heartbreak.  When this happens we must deal with it spiritually by realizing that this situation is temporary and that the pain felt by both parties is going to be resolved through time. GODS saints know that this life is temporary and that what our unconverted loved ones do today will not be counted against them just as our past sins have not been counted against us.  It is only that we were the first fruits in GODS plan to redeem humanity thus implying second fruits later on.  All the heartbreak that is current will be forgiven and they will be converted having the Holy Spirit in the age to come.  Therefore the current heartbreak should not be our focus but rather the future heart healing.  GOD allows the unconverted to do what they want and that is sin.  The saints no longer do what they formerly did but now must kill that old self to become a new creation in Jesus.  We no longer have our own will that led to sin and death but live by the will of GOD who now controls our lives if we submit to HIM.  Remember, not my will but your will be done.  We are to be like Jesus Christ in total submission to his FATHER and then his FATHER becomes our FATHER.  This same opportunity will be presented to those relatives and friends at a future time when GOD will wink at their sins, they will truly repent and be forgiven and receive HIS Holy Spirit.  It will be a repeat of what happened to us but at a time after us.  This should be our focus, our hope for our unconverted loved ones, not the current heartbreak of this age.  We are to be the teachers of the currently unconverted of this current evil age.  Therefore it is extremely important that we strive to make our calling and election sure so that we can be there for them in that future day.  If we truly love, agape, our unconverted friends and loved ones then this should be our focus.  We are unable to help them now other than to love and pray for them but if we are successful in our election then we will be given access to the power of our GOD that just as Jesus lives in us now they will live in Jesus and in us.  This will be the fulfillment of Micah 4  and   Isaiah 30:19,20,21  we will be their Elohim, their teachers.  What GOD and Christ did for us now GOD, Christ and us will do for them.  This requires patience and understanding but it gives hope to all concerned that John 3:16,17 is very true. 

To all of you out there who are faced with heartbreak remember these things.  Psalm 147:3  Isaiah 61:1  Isaiah 57:18,19  2 Corinthians 1:3,4   Psalm 34:18   Jeremiah 33:6  Isaiah 30:26  Hosea 6:1 

GENTILES ARE INDEED WITHOUT THE LAW BUT STILL UNDER IT

1 Corinthians 9:20,21 The word “under”. Strongs G1722  a good rendering is, give self wholly to,  whereas the word “having, follow, outside or without” as in various translations is Strongs G459 it does not mean the gentiles were not under the law but that they just didn’t keep it.  The gentiles did not “wholly give themselves to the law”.  There is only one definition for sin under the law, violating the Ten Commandments.  There isn’t one law for Jews and another for gentiles.  If gentiles were not under the law then they couldn’t sin, but yet…Romans 3:9,19  Romans 4:15  put gentiles under sin just as Jews.  It is ignorance to say that the gentiles are not under the law because this would mean they could not sin. 

When Moses made the covenant of the law with Israel he said, Deuteronomy 29:14,15  “those not with them there that day”, was everyone else in the world. 

Israel was to be a model nation, an example to the world of a people who GOD blessed abundantly and other nations were to see this and desire the same blessings Deuteronomy 28:1,210  Anyone desiring these blessings were required to become an Israelite and were to treated as one born in the land.  Exodus 12:48,49  Isaiah 56:6,7  Leviticus 19:33,34  What GOD was doing with Israel was proselytizing in order to bring the world under HIS law but Israel failed miserably and eventually GOD divorced them. 

Even though Israel failed the record of their experiences is recorded in the scriptures as well as the 613 commandments.  This system of laws has never been changed or altered and is the same today and all unconverted people are condemned to death by them.  The only way to escape this death is Christ.   

The tables of stone on which the Ten Commandments were written contained only the Ten Commandments, the thou shalt nots, but said nothing about if thou did and violated them.  This is where the book of the law of Moses enters as it proscribed the punishment for the violation of the Ten Commandments.  The Ten Commandments were the statutes and the law of Moses contained the judgments.  This is the whole law all 613 Commandments of the Torah.  Anyone that voluntarily puts themselves under the Ten Commandments is under the entire law and Jesus did not abolish one jot or tittle of the law.  Matthew 5:17,18   The unconverted people are all under the law anyway until the come to Christ.  GOD will judge all people either by the law or by faith and grace. The church is being judged today to found worthy because we will not be judged after Jesus returns but before, before the saints are changed.  1 Peter 5:17   Hebrews 12:25  1 Corinthians 11:31,32   2 Thessalonians 1:5  The Laodiceans are neither cold or hot, that is being a church of GOD are obviously not under the law but they have also neglected the covenant of faith and grace and this produces a problem with judgment.  Therefore they must not love their lives unto death and be willing to buy gold tried in the fire of the great tribulation, they must be martyred and those who are will be in the first resurrection with GODS elect saints.  Those who do not will perish in the tribulation.  These people quenched and grieved the Holy Spirit to the breaking point and disqualified themselves for salvation.  

So, I hope the reader can see that everyone is under the law except the church and that law and grace are the two methods GOD uses to judge humanity.

MESSAGE TO GODS SCATTERED ELECT

 Given the harsh reality of the world’s economic system there are a few things that I would strongly recommend my readers to consider.  1.  Keep some cash at home if you can.   2.  Stock up on non perishable foods, dry goods and canned goods like fruits vegetables and meats, flour, coffee, and any medications and personal hygiene products.  3.  If able buy some silver bullion.  1 Troy ounce rounds that you can hold in your hand, not on paper.  

I believe there is a possibility that very hard times may be coming.  If we are watching world events as Jesus said we should do then it should be obvious that the nations have gone into extremely high levels of debt while at the same time debasing their currencies.  The result is high inflation and decreasing amount of goods in the supply chain.  I have been following this situation for many years and know that eventually everything is going to come crashing down.  Will it be tomorrow or next month, I don’t know but the indicators are all bad and we need to prepare as best as we can.  This, when it does happen, is what I call the false tribulation.  There may also be at the same time wars breaking out around the world as currently there are many hotspots that could explode at any time.  

Please do not be overly alarmed or go to excessive measures but be realistic and stay within what you are able to do because I will say that this may be an event that will stretch out over time.  It is very difficult to predict anything when we are not in direct control of events.  It is as they say, better safe than sorry.  Perhaps many of you have already taken steps to do what I have recommended but if not it may not be too late to start.  This is stepping out on faith to believe what the prophets, Jesus and the Apostles wrote about concerning these days.  The list of things I gave is not all inclusive so determine what your needs are and prepare as best as you can remembering to not panic but keep a level head.  We do what we can but look to GOD to do what we can’t.  Above all continue in your walk with Christ, always submit to the power of his GOD to guide you in all things.  

JESUS FULFILLED THE LAW

 

It is extremely important to understand how to count days. The count of days is from one day to the next day, you can’t call the day you begin with as a full day, you start on a day then moving to the next day is a full day.  To calculate when Pentecost falls you begin on the weekly Sabbath and move to the first day of the week, this is one day, then continuing the count for seven weekly sabbaths that will be 49 days and then the next day, Sunday, is the 50th day, Pentecost.  Below are two months that will be used for you to make the proper count. Begin on Saturday the 7th and move to Sunday the 8th and this is one day. Continue counting to month 2 Saturday the 26th, the 7th sabbath . Then one more day to Sunday the 27th which is Pentecost.  You can also do this count backwards because you always have two fixed dates, the weekly Sabbath and Pentecost both of which always fall on their own day of the week.  

Month 1

SUN              MON              TUE             WED       THUR              FRI              SAT

   1          2          3        4         5          6          7

   8          9         10      12       13        14        15

   16       17        18      19       20        21        22

   23       24        25      26       27        28        29

   30       31

Month 2

SUN    MON    TUE    WED    THUR   FRI    SAT

                             1           2           3           4         5

6           7              8           9          10         11       12

13        14            15         16         17         18       19

20        21            22         23         24         25       26

27       28             29        30

Furthermore, if you count 10 days backwards from the 27th you arrive on Thursday the 17th, the day Jesus ascended to heaven.  Also, from the month 1 sabbath, the 7th, count backwards 3 full days and this will be Wednesday the 4th Passover, the day Jesus was murdered. 

The first day of unleavened bread, a high sabbath day, was on the day after the Passover, the 5th, and the last day of unleavened bread was the 13th.  During the days of unleavened bread and after his resurrection, Jesus met two disciples on the road to Emmaus,  Luke 24:13 and when the three of them went into a house then, Luke 24:30  Jesus broke a loaf of leavened bread and blessed it, and this happened on the sabbath that Jesus was resurrected. Remember that days back then began at sunset so it would be a full 12 hours or so before daylight.  Jesus blessed leavened bread during the days of unleavened bread, specifically on the second day of unleavened bread, and as the disciples said, Luke 24:21  the third day from Passover.  The two disciples later told others about how Jesus was MADE KNOWN TO THEM in the breaking of bread. Luke 24:35   So the during this one week period of time Jesus fulfilled the Passover , the weekly Sabbath, the days of unleavened bread and later Pentecost.  Jesus didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it.   True Christians do not keep any of the old covenant laws, none of them.  We are in the new covenant with the two greatest laws ever that GOD works out in us.  

LOVE GIVING AND GODS WORKS VERSUS HUMAN WORKS AND HUMAN LOVE

Jesus was the only human to ever match GODS level of love because his GOD and FATHER created him this way.  Jesus told us that his FATHER did all the works that the people of his day witnessed him doing . Human love is not the same kind of love as GODS love. In the worlds churches only human level love is practiced. The false churches plan giving events, like feeding the poor.  They plan the entire thing by putting an ad in the local paper announcing the event and church members prepare the food for the appointed day.  Everything they have done was planned by them not by GOD.   True giving is unplanned, it is like what the Good Samaritan did, it comes like a bolt out of the blue and places you in a situation where you are totally reliant on GODS love to be the force, power and motive behind your actions to help those in whatever need they may have.  In this way your works do not enter and are assured to be GODS work in you.  You cannot plan for something that takes you by surprise.  Only in this sense scripture calls these works your works, but it is well known that the true source of the works was GOD.  GOD motivates HIS people with HIS love both to love HIM and their neighbor.  Without this GODLY Love all types or forms of kindness, giving and compassion are operating in human love only.  When true Christians give their left hand doesn’t know what their right hand is doing.  It’s not a physically planned thing.  True Christians operate towards the carnal world under GODS direct motivation but within the true church it is different because it is true Christians giving to other true Christians and under these circumstances the act of giving and the plan to give are both driven and motivated by GOD.  An example of this was Paul’s collection for the saints in distress.  What makes the difference between the church and the world is that Holy Spirit is present in the true church while absent in the false churches.  People in these false churches will not be able to discern the difference and will indeed credit GOD for their giving but in truth it was all their own work based entirely on human love.   Usually these false churches brag about the things they do in their communities and around the world.  You have seen their commercials on TV and their asking for money for some kind of event they have planned.  You have seen the write ups in the local paper, “Church feeds over 100 people”  or something similar.  They have their reward in this world but none with GOD.  

I hope this article has shown the difference In giving between GODLY motivation or human planning.  Paul said, “it is GOD who works in you both to will and to do HIS good pleasure” , so then, in this sense faith is shown by GODS working in us because faith without GODS works in us is dead.  Therefore, the faith of the world’s churches is dead because their works are their own and not GODS.  

WORKS

 When the scriptures speak about works what does that mean  ?   Works are actions, deeds or activities performed by a person, but not by GOD.   Works are mentioned in both old and new covenants.  Under the old covenant,  which scripture confirms is the ten commandments and the book of the law of Moses . Deuteronomy 9:11,15  all the blessings under this old covenant were physical not spiritual.  Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Under the old covenant ten commandments Israel was commanded to do the works of the law.   Since salvation is not of works there are no works to perform in the new covenant that were in the old covenant.  In the new covenant our works are done in us by GOD, Isaiah 26:12KJV , we are HIS workmanship, and HE has prepared these works,  Ephesians 2:10  to fulfill what the ten commandments could not do. Romans 8:3  GOD works in us with HIS love to change our nature to be like HIS and Christs nature. 2 Peter 1:4  GOD gives us the will and ability to live by the two greatest of all commandments that HE revealed through Jesus. Matthew 22:37,30,39,40  Philippians 2:13 We then become partakers of the divine nature and do by nature GODS will and not by being commanded to do so by ten commandments. What was formerly done by command is now done because it is our will.  

Sinful human nature must be changed to overcome sin. We must live as Jesus lived. Jesus was totally dependent on his FATHER for everything and not on the old covenant because Jesus is the new covenant, Isaiah 42:6 and if we are in Christ we will be transformed to be wholly dependent on GOD just as Jesus was. John 5:19,30  John 8:28  John 14:10  Of himself Jesus could do nothing and neither can we, we rely totally on GOD for everything.   GODS love cannot sin and this love in us by HIS spirit enables us to overcome sin. Romans 5:5  Love is the fulfillment of the ten commandments.  Romans 13:10  The two greatest commandments given by Jesus have taken their place.  The ten commandments are waxing old and obsolete.  Hebrews 8:13

 The old covenant also had a curse. Deuteronomy 28:15-68   To enter the old covenant you had to be circumcised and swear an oath to keep all 613 of GODS laws.  Deuteronomy 29:12  According to Jesus the old covenant was not abolished and every word remains till all things are fulfilled.  Matthew 5:17,18  Therefore all of the old covenant laws are still in effect, ALL OF THEM, but not on the church.  Christians are told by Jesus to not make oaths so this would exclude them from even keeping the ten commandments as presented in the old covenant. Matthew 5:33,34,35,36,37  Physical circumcision is know to be useless.  The ten commandments were the ministry of death, 2 Corinthians 3:7 but the new covenant is the ministry of the holy spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:8  Under the provisions of the old covenant all Israel, by their own efforts, and with no help from GOD had to keep all 613 commandments of the law.  All people today that place themselves under the ten commandments have placed themselves under all 613 commandments of the old covenant and are responsible to obey all the provisions  that the covenant demanded. The old covenant was not to be altered in any way so the benefits of the new covenant cannot be added to the old covenant.  People under the old covenant ten commandments are not in the new covenant.   GOD makes the rules and not men.  It is abundantly clear that there are two covenants but only one saves. 

 Better choose the right one.  Ephesians 3:20,21  Keeping the ten commandments is your work in the old covenant and breaking even one brings death and this is why Paul called the ten commandments the ministry of death. 2 Corinthians 3:7   God told us this in Zechariah 4:6  Not our power , not our might, but by GODS holy spirit are the works of GOD that HE does through us just as they were done through Jesus Christ.  Jesus told us these things, Paul told us these things and the prophets told us these things, why do so many not believe these things ?  The answer,  John 8:47 

THE RICH YOUNG RULER

 In Luke 18:18-23  Matthew 19:16-30   Mark 10:17-31  Jesus is approached by a rich young ruler and in each of the three accounts additional information is provided that was not included in the other accounts therefore we must glean all relevant information from all three in order to understand what took place in the conversation between Jesus and this rich young ruler.  Jesus told this young man that if he wanted to have everlasting life to keep the commandments, Jesus even specified several of the ten commandments to be clear.

The rich young man said he kept all the Ten Commandments from his youth and asked what he yet lacked. Jesus answered him in Matthew 19:21   Obviously there was something this young man lacked that keeping the Ten Commandments did not provide.  Also as we should know, no one can keep the Ten Commandments because all have sinned and broken them.  This young man thought he was righteous by keeping the Ten Commandments just like Paul did before his conversion.  Philippians 3:9   This has the effect on many people that the keeping of them makes them righteous and in good standing with GOD when in fact they produce self righteousness which is filthy rags to GOD.  Isaiah 64:6   This is why Paul said the law deceived him and killed him.  Romans 7:11   This does not make the law evil it makes us evil.  The law is holy, just and good to condemn sinners to death, it was the ministry of death on stone.  2 Corinthians 3:7

People that put themselves under the Ten Commandments therefore are dead because anyone who broke the law dies without mercy.  Hebrews 10:28   The wages of sin is death, the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law. 1 Corinthians 15:56  This is or at least should be Christianity 101 , it’s not difficult to read the scriptures to see the truth of these things. 

 Christians are no longer under the Ten Commandments, the old covenant, the ministry of death.  Christians undergo a spiritual transformation that changes their nature to become a partaker of GODS nature, they have GODS love so that we need not be commanded but do by nature what GODS will is by the example of Jesus Christ.  Jesus fulfilled the Ten Commandments with GODS love not by command but because he was one with his GOD and was created in his GODS image and we are to be recreated in the image of Jesus.  The first humans, Adam and Eve , had no knowledge of what sin is, they had to disobey GOD to acquire that knowledge but before this human nature was pure and innocent but would be changed by their obedience to Satan and from that day forward human nature became Satanic.  Before conversion we were the children of the Devil but through Jesus we can be made children of GOD.  Acts 26:18

AS HE WAS SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD

 

When Jesus was on this earth he did no miracles, he said nothing concerning teaching that originated from himself.  John 14:10,24  John 7:16  John 12:49  John 8:26,28,29  John 17:8  John 6:39   Jesus, when on this earth was just as we are now.  WE, the saints can do nothing of ourselves, our belief is not our own, the words we speak in the spirit are not our own.

 Now that Jesus is at his GODS right hand he uses the power of his FATHER to continue his work as mediator between his GOD and GODS saints.  GODS spirit does everything in the life of HIS saints by having HIS son live in them just as GOD did everything in Jesus and lived in him when Jesus was on this earth. John 14:10  

 The works of the saints are of the love of GOD.  The saints have no works of their own because we are GODS workmanship, Ephesians 2:10KJV , it is GOD who works in us both to will and to do HIS good pleasure. Philippians 2:13KJV  These works GOD has prepared for us and we are empowered by HIS love to work them out, to walk as Jesus walked.  In this way we are just like Jesus was when he was on this earth. 

 Some translations translate  1 John 4:17KJV  this way,   "as he is so are we on this earth" but this makes no sense because Jesus has been glorified and now given access to his FATHERS power, we are yet flesh with no power at all.  Therefore the correct translation is, "just as he WAS so are we on this earth".  

When on this earth Jesus was totally dependent on his FATHER for everything and so are we.  The obvious difference between us and earthly Christ is that he was the son of GOD and filled with the holy spirit without measure, WAS impeccable and was to be our messiah.  The connection Jesus had with his FATHER was without a mediator and he and his FATHER dwelt in one another, they were one, one in love, righteousness and holiness. John 10:30 

 The hope of the saints is to join GOD and Christ in this unity of oneness, that we may be one with GOD and Christ just as the FATHER and Christ are one.  John 17:21  

There is no amount of Ten Commandment keeping that will achieve this, no works by us of any kind, for if we work it is not GOD working but us working and you should know that salvation is not by our works but only by GODS.  This is the TRUE faith and description of what salvation is. It is nothing that you hear from all the worlds churches because they are all deceived. Revelation 12:9  

 If you understand these things then you are blessed and I would like to hear from you. Please write to me at the email on this blog.  

TO ALL WHO ARE IN LIKE MIND

 To all who are in like mind........................

Greetings Steve and Gary, 

I write this message to both of you in the spirit of GODS love. In no way do I intend it to be obnoxious or demeaning or insulting. For many years I have been searching on my blog for another elect saint of GOD that has walked with GOD and Christ longer than I have. For me it has been 32 years since my conversion. In that time I have been taught by GOD through Jesus Christ only, no man taught me anything that I know. I experience a voice in my mind / spirit that speaks to me and teaches me things I never knew about before. I cannot put into words what this is like. When I was yet a babe in Christ I did not at first recognize this voice as another voice but confused it with my own thoughts. Then a day came when a thought came that I was not even thinking about and had no knowledge about, it was then that I realized that this voice I was hearing was not my own. How could I have thoughts about something that I have no knowledge of ? The 3 other saints I fellowship with have had the same experience. When Jesus said we are taught by GOD through him it is the truth. I can say these things but there is no way I can prove them to anyone. I have searched online for someone who is a more mature Christian than I am hoping to hear what they have learned beyond what I have learned in the hope of the spirit opening my understanding to the same things. I have to date found no one. I do believe they are out there scattered to the four winds. It is only spiritually logical that other saints who have been in Christ longer that I would have grown in the spirit beyond me.

 

 My joining Simply Christian was part of my search and I have been delighted to find two others in their walk with GOD and Christ that are in their own stage of spiritual development. Neither of you are babes anymore as I have observed growth in both of you. Lately on this forum the discussions have entered into the territory of strong meat, the deep things of GOD. I entered that stage about 25 years ago. It is very obvious to me as I am sure it is to you that the 4 fellows involved in these discussions have no knowledge even about the things of milk let alone the things of meat.

I felt a motivation by the spirit to share with everyone on the forum the things freely given to me as an act of love but was met by many of them as an enemy of whatever they believe as truth. I have been tempted to leave the forum so that these types do not blaspheme the way of truth but Steve convinced me to stay. Now I only make comments in response to either of you two but not directly to them and I still post articles on various subjects. In doing this I avoid getting to overly involved in engaging in a battle of wits with those who are unarmed. I confess that it was getting out of hand. I remembered that AS MUCH AS IT DEPENDED ON ME, live at peace with all men. Both of you have a different way of expressing yourselves than I do that has not compromised GODS truth and may have better success than what I have had. My way is stern and straightforward with no apologies, I provide abundant scriptures to support my claims. This is my nature and has worked with some but not others who take my boldness in Christ as arrogance, pontificating and wanting to have my own way. They become offended by what I write about without even understanding it. My motivation is exactly the opposite of what they accuse me of. It’s true, I will not back down or apologize for the truth of GOD. Jesus offended many people during his ministry with his GODS truth so I look at this as taking up my own cross and following him. The truth will either offend a person or set them free but this is in GODS hands to do. I encourage both of you to write more and share with the members of this forum what GOD through Jesus has taught you. This is part of loving your neighbor as yourself. If they begin to attack you and blaspheme then withdraw from communication with them, do as I have done, continue writing and sharing apart from them. If GOD would decide to call and choose just one of them the angels in heaven will rejoice and we would be blessed to have had a very small part in it. Thanks for hearing, Lee

 

The letter above was only written to Gary and Steve but is appropriate for us all.  Recently I have been Given a better understanding of things like salvation, faith and works.  It is a biblical fact that true Christians are considered dead in Christ, that they no longer live because Christ lives in them, Jesus takes over your life. We then have no works at all, not in the law or in the acquiring of our salvation because GOD through Christ does the works. Philippians 2:13  GOD prepared all these works for us.  Ephesians 2:10  We Sabbath rest in Christ while GOD and Jesus work in us. 

 

We are saved by grace through faith but this faith is backed up and proven by these works GOD and Christ do in us. This is why James said faith without works is dead.  The works are GODS love in us by HIS spirit, they are not our works , they are GODS works.  WE are living sacrifices .  Romans 12:1  Just as Jesus gave us example with how he lived his life we are empowered by GODS spirit and love to do the same and over our lives be transformed to be an exact likeness of Jesus who was an exact likeness of his GOD.  This likeness is GODS nature of love which is the fulfillment of the law.  Salvation is in the last day but most think it is when they are baptized , baptism is only the beginning of the journey to salvation in the last day when Jesus returns to give everlasting life to his true followers.  

 

I am no different than all of you, I am a sinner who is now in the new covenant of grace.  We all have been given a talent, a portion of GODS spirit. If we just bury it there is no growth and we will face the wrath of the Laodiceans.  However if we remain in the faith and growing in it we will acquire more talents that will please GOD and Christ thus assuring our salvation.  

 

A true work of love is not by planning, that is your work not GODS.  GODS work in you will come out of the blue like in the story of the good Samaritan. Doing and good works will be this way because it will insure that they will not be of our planning.  We are to submit in love, willingly, to GOD and Christ praying to the FATHER through Jesus for more of GODS love in us.  Pray for the death of our old person so the new person may live.  Brother Kel has an excellent video about these things that I encourage you all to watch, several times, and brother Polycarp, though long dead, has an excellent letter that he sent to the Philippian  church that also speaks to these things.  We have as well the letters of the Apostles in the scripture that have these things as a constant theme.  

All of us need have the good works of GODS love in us and when the next time , out of the blue, we are faced with a situation of any sort that needs the application of GODS love that we apply it without question.  Whatever is not of GODS love is sin.  In his sermon on the mount Jesus taught some very hard things, loving those who hate you, doing good and praying for enemies, to overcome evil with good.  Looking at these things it seems impossible but all things are possible with GOD.  I have fallen short on all these things and have repented and asked for forgiveness and for more GODLY love, more faith and to bear more fruit, to overcome my old self and mortify those deeds, to truly die to myself so that Christ can live in me, my hope of glory.  This will not be easy but all who live in Christ will suffer some kind of persecution, this is sharing in the sufferings of Christ.  We have been taught the truth of doctrine but now this truth must be applied to live it.  God began a good work in us and HE is able to complete it in the day of the Lord Jesus. May GOD and Christ be with us all.

 

ANTHONY BUZZARDS ARGUMENT AGAINST THE TRINITY

 Anthony Buzzard, a biblical unitarian theologian, holds that Trinitarian Christians are not true Christians
because they do not follow what he argues was the original belief system of Jesus and his apostles. This position is based on his conviction that the doctrine of the Trinity is a later, non-biblical development.

Buzzard's argument against the Trinity

• The Trinity as a later development: Buzzard argues that the idea of a triune God was a non-biblical innovation that emerged in the centuries after Christ. In his view, early biblical figures and Jesus himself would not have recognized this doctrine.
• Jesus as a human Messiah: Buzzard promotes a Socinian-like theology, asserting that Jesus was a human Messiah uniquely used by God, not a divine being himself. He teaches that the one true God of the Bible is God the Father alone.
• The "creed of Jesus": Buzzard calls for a return to the "creed of Jesus," which he defines as a Jewish theology of one God, the Father. His book Jesus Was Not a Trinitarian details his arguments for this position.
• Worship of Jesus: He asserts that the worship of Jesus by Trinitarians is a form of Christian idolatry that would have been alien to Jesus himself. While he acknowledges that Jesus is to be honored, he distinguishes this from the worship reserved for God the Father.
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Mainstream Christian perspective

Mainstream Christians strongly disagree with Buzzard's position.

• Traditional Christology: Historic Christian teaching, based on biblical interpretation and established over centuries, holds that Jesus is fully divine and part of the Triune God. Major creeds, such as the Nicene Creed, articulate the doctrine of the Trinity and Jesus' divinity as foundational to orthodox Christianity.
• Interpretation of scripture: Where Buzzard sees contradictions or later additions, Trinitarian theologians point to biblical passages they interpret as affirming Jesus' divinity and pre-existence.
• Heresy vs. doctrine: The church has historically regarded unitarian and similar non-Trinitarian views as heretical. Mainstream theology views the articulation of the Trinity as the faithful and necessary clarification of biblical teaching, not a departure from it. 
  

  Context of his position

Buzzard's views come from his affiliation with biblical unitarianism, a tradition rooted in the Radical Reformation. He was associated with the Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith) and the Restoration Fellowship. The debate between Trinitarians and unitarians on the nature of Jesus has existed throughout church history. The Apostles never preached a trinity but rather affirmed there is only one God, the father.  1 Corinthians 8:6  along with the words of Jesus, John 17:3  Buzzard declares that due to incorrect translations as well as deliberate alterations are the source for the trinity doctrine. 


  Sir Anthony Buzzard on Christian mistakes - Trinities
Mar 16, 2016 — 

CONTRIBUTION BY GARY OF AUSTRALIA

 Thank you Lee, for inviting my comment on this much misunderstood subject, as I see it.

We have a law here in Australia that everyone who drives a motor car must keep to the left hand side of the road. It is not peculiar to Australia, but someone visiting from the States may find it a bit strange and off putting in relation to their personal experience of driving. And if a visitor might drive on the other side of the road inadvertently, they will be stopped by our highway police and dealt with according to the penalty system in place in Australia.

The Ten Commandments were given through Moses to the fledgling nation of Israel. (Ex 24:1-18; Deut 4:5-14) It was not obligatory on people of other nations unless those people visited or resided within Israel’s boundaries. (Num 15:14-16)

“While the Law was given specifically to Israel, its implications were intended to extend beyond the nation. Israel was called to be a "light to the nations" (Isaiah 42:6), demonstrating the wisdom and righteousness of God's commandments. The Law was meant to be a testimony to the surrounding nations of the greatness and holiness of the God of Israel.” (https://biblehub.com/topical/ttt/t/the_law_of_moses—given--to_no_other_nation.htm)

Driving on the left hand side of the road might be considered wrong in the USA, but it is not here in Australia. The issue is not ‘Who is right, or Who is wrong’. Rather, it is how we adjust our practices and attitude to drive safely and harmoniously in whichever country we are in.
 

The IMPLICATIONS of the Ten Commandments, it seems, are what Jesus drew attention to in his interchange with the scribe recorded in the gospel according to Mark:-

One of the scribes went to Jesus during the argument with the Sadducees. He saw how well Jesus answered them, so he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of them all?" Jesus answered "The most important is, 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord. So love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'The second most important commandment is this: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these." The scribe said to Jesus, "Teacher, that was well said! You've told the truth that there is only one God and no other besides him! To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as you love yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices." When Jesus heard how wisely the man answered, he told the man, "You're not too far from the kingdom of God." -(Mark 12:28-34)

So, I agree that being motivated by God’s love for people we should not need to rely on written rules to conduct ourselves lovingly, caringly and humanely toward others, nor insist others follow those rules just to satisfy our expectations.

JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY SHEPHERD THAT REMAINS

 Jesus is the only true shepherd left, there are no more shepherds since the Apostles died.  If you look at what claims to be Christianity in this world you should be able to see how divided it is.  Even in the days of the Apostles there were false Apostles and deceitful workers who were trashing the truth.  Jude, Paul, Jesus and Peter  wrote about them, Jude 1:4   2 Corinthians 11:13  Matthew 7:15   2 Peter 2:1,2,3  

There are many warnings about the great deception that already had begun when they were yet alive.  Imagine what happened after the Apostles were all dead.   Ezekiel 34:10  GOD and Jesus , after the deaths of all the Apostles, took over complete control of the Church.  Jesus said, John 10:11,14,15  also Isaiah 40:11  Ezekiel 34:11,12  1 Peter 5:4   1 Peter 2:25   Matthew 26:31   John 10:27,28  Psalm 23:1  Hebrews 13:20   Surly you can see there is only one shepherd of the sheep, the church, because all previous shepherds are dead.  Any human being claiming to be a shepherd is a liar.  These liars are the ministers of Satan in all the false Christian churches.  GOD calls out of these churches and out of the world the people HE calls HIS elect.  The elect saints do not attend any of this worlds churches, they are not attempting to fulfill the great commission, they are taught by GOD through Jesus Christ and have no need that any man should teach them, these elect are taught the truth by divine revelation just as the prophets and Apostles were, the confidence level of the saints is extremely high because they know these things having experienced them.  Others without the Holy Spirit who have never experienced what the elect have do not believe.  These carnal people truly think they have the Holy Spirit and know the truth but are in fact deceived.  These carnal people blaspheme the truth for this reason.  The things of GOD are foolishness to them, over spiritualized, hyper grace, put GODS justice over HIS love and attempt to keep the old covenant Ten Commandments thinking they bring life when they bring death.  Just like the Jews they are enemies of the gospel with cauterized minds that are not able in this age to be converted.  Their hope of which they do not understand is the second resurrection.  True Christians should not hate these people but as much as it depends upon us live in peace with them.  It has always been that GOD draws HIS elect saints to HIS son and then through HIS son teaches them the truth.  Jesus Christ is the only shepherd that now exists, no human leads any of the churches of the elect saints, they all acknowledge that Christ is the head of the church and that wherever two or three are gathered together Christ is there also.  Even though this writing is all true the vast majority of humanity will not believe it.

OUR WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHRISTIAN UNITY

 We are all so very blessed to have so many Christian churches to choose from.  There is the Jehovahs Witnesses, The Mormons, Lutherns, Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists , Baptists both northern and southern, Presbyterians, Methodists, Unitarians, Binatarians, Trinitarians.  How blessed we are to have such a wide and varied selection to chose from. 

There are so many I could not begin to list them all.  It does not matter that they have differences in doctrine we are all Christians just because we say we are.  There has been no mass deception by Satan so ignore Revelation 12:9  pay no attention to 2 Corinthians 11:12,13,14,15  and 1 Timothy 4:1  Paul really did not mean what he wrote in these verses.  All human ministers have been totally faithful in their handling of GODS word.  Why you and I could attend any one of them or even a group of them and we would do just fine.  It does not matter how many GODS you have or how you define what salvation is, any old gospel will do.  You can keep the whole law or just parts of it or throw the whole thing out.  We can all believe in whatever Jesus or gospel we want it does not matter at all.  Hey we are all Christians and we know that we are all in like flint with GOD, however you like to define HIM.  

I hope my readers realize that I am being facetious here in an attempt to show that all the churches of this world are false.  Hope I succeeded.

MODERN DAY HUMAN MINISTRY ARE NOT THE SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES

 By OUTCAST

 Paul was the agent of Yeshua. He appointed Saul called Paul on the road to Damascus.

Paul did not assign anyone to be his agent. None of those "agents of Yeshua" appointed anyone to their their place. Man made that decision - and "the church" became wherever two or more followers of the teaching of the agents of Yeshua would gather and speak of the teachings they were given. Nobody was an agent after that - and therefor, no further texts could be added to scripture.

"As direct witnesses and messengers of the risen Lord, the apostles can have no successors…Apostleship in the sense of the original and fundamental ministry of the first witnesses and messengers died out with the death of the last apostle."

So, the Romans chose to make their own.

https://www.andrewcorbett.net/church-history/02second-century-church-history/

How could these errors be refuted by the early Church? The apostles had been the guardians of the truth and sound doctrine. But with their passing and the emergence of the second century, how could the Church truly know what was sound apostolic teaching? Ignatius (who lived toward the end of the first century and was martyred early in the second century [6] ) was the third bishop of Antioch. He was the first to suggest that the local bishop be regarded as the rightful source of sound doctrine.

Ignatius of Antioch sought to answer the problem of centrifugal movements by insisting upon the local bishop as the focus of unity; without him the lifegiving sacraments could not be administered. He gave this, so to speak, a vertical justification by claiming that the bishop is God’s representative on earth, an earthly counterpart corresponding to the heavenly Monarch, so that ‘we ought to regard the bishop as the Lord himself’. [7]

These comments came after Clement (30 – 100), one of the bishops of Rome, had written to the church at Corinth, in 96 AD, [8] and urged them to submit to their bishop. [9] Thus, it seems that the position of bishop initially changed in prominence for all good intentions. If bishops could be seen and promoted as the authorized teachers of apostolic doctrine, then the Church stood a better chance of repelling heresies, and perhaps more importantly maintaining unity.

But in striving to maintain sound doctrine and unity, the role of the bishop changed from its original concept of an elder/overseer. In the absence of the first century apostles, who formed the critical function in the leadership structure of the Primitive Church, the second century Church was now void of this vital functional leadership. The Church has always been reluctant to foist the title apostle on anyone other than those mentioned in the New Testament. But it will be seen that the leadership structure of the early New Testament Church was more than a foundational structure: it was a divinely ordered, prescriptive leadership structure. Consequently, when the first century apostles died, there arose a need to fill the void. And it was the bishops of the churches that organized themselves to fill the void.

Then, in the third century, the Roman church chose to change Yeshua as also being Yahweh. It has been a downhill slide ever since.

THE OLD COVENANT OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

 Below are listed the blessings that do not apply to the old covenant Ten Commandments.  These blessings are only in the New Covenant.  Remember the Ten Commandments are the old covenant, and were not changed in any way by Jesus Christ.  Deuteronomy 4:13  Matthew 5:17,18   Moses put us under the curse of the Ten Commandments but Jesus became the curse for us and his covenant has no new condemnation, no more curse. Romans 8:1  Deuteronomy 27:26 

When the Ten Commandments were given to ancient Israel GOD said this, Deuteronomy 4:2 , Matthew 5:17,18   Joshua 1:7   Deuteronomy 12:32   Paul confirmed that once a covenant is made it cannot be altered.  Galatians 3:15   The new covenant cannot be changed or altered either.  The new covenant cannot be the old covenant or vice versa.  

Examine the scriptures given with each item below and hopefully you may see that the keeping of the Ten Commandments  provides none of the blessings that Jesus did in the new covenant.  We have GOD, Jesus and Paul saying plainly that the old covenant Ten Commandments and law of Moses can not be altered in any way which then would logically follow that all the better promises of the new covenant cannot be added to the old covenant.  

Righteousness Galatians 2:21  Philippians 3:8,9

Inheritance  Romans 4:14  Galatians 3:21,22  

Forgiveness  Hebrews 10:4  Romans 8:1  Colossians 1:14  Matthew 26:28

Mercy  Hebrews 10:28  Deuteronomy 17:6  

Justification Acts 13:39  Galatians 2:16  Galatians 3:11  Galatians 5:4

Faith Galatians 3:12  Deuteronomy 32:20KJV  Galatians 3:12  Romans 4:4,5 

Repentance       if there is no mercy or forgiveness under the Ten Commandments then this means repentance is not available in the Ten Commandments.

Holy Spirit       Ancient carnal Israel did not have the Holy Spirit.  Galatians 3:2

A Messiah       The old covenant had no messiah.

Everlasting life  Galatians 3:22  Romans 6:23 

GODLY love       Romans 5:5  Acts 2:38  John 3:16,17  Romans 13:10 

Shadow & symbolism with no substance  Colossians 2:17  Hebrews 10:1

Inferior promises Hebrews 8:6  Hebrews 7:22  2 Corinthians 3:6

No salvation Acts 4:2  John 14:6   Ephesians 2:8,9

No Baptism  There was circumcision required to keep the Ten Commandments but no baptism under the Ten Commandments.  Mark 16:16  Acts 2:38   Galatians 3:26,27

No Oath  Under the old covenant Ten Commandments the requirements to be in that covenant was circumcision and swearing an oath to keep the whole old covenant law, the Ten Commandments and law of Moses.  Jesus forbid oaths, Matthew 5:34   In the early church certain Jews wanted the Gentiles to do this; Acts 15:5  the Apostles ruled against their demands and wrote a letter ,  Acts 15:23,24KJV   This is not just about circumcision, because Moses did not give circumcision to Israel, John 7:22 Acts 7:8  

What does justify mean ?  It means to be absolved from blame.   GOD will impute righteousness to the person who is of faith. Romans 4:24  Impute means to be credited to a persons account.  Righteousness is what is imputed, what is righteousness ?  Righteousness is, being in a right standing with GOD.  Are the Ten Commandments able to make a person righteous? Galatians 2:21    The keepers of the Ten Commandments generate their own righteousness but not the imputed righteousness of GOD. Philippians 3:9  All human righteousness is filthy rags to GOD.  Isaiah 64:6  

 If you put yourself under the Ten Commandments you will have no inheritance with Christ.  Romans 4:14  Galatians 3:18,29   Titus 3:5,6,7   Everything written here is very plain.  If you want all the blessings that come from Christ you have to give up keeping the Ten Commandments, the old covenant, and enter the new covenant.   Christians do not sin with impunity as some have accused them but rather fulfill the intent of the Ten Commandments by the the two Commandments of Christ which Christians keep with GODS love.  Loving GOD and neighbor is not sin.  Christians begin to take on the divine nature of GOD and Christ, they no longer sin because of a commandment but because it is their nature.  2 Peter 1:4

TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO BE IN THE OLD COVENANT OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

The Ten Commandments are the core of the old covenant. Deuteronomy 4:13  Ancient Israel was commanded by GOD to accept a non Israeli who would agree to established conditions.  Exodus 12:48.  Numbers 9:14  Isaiah 56:6  Nehemiah 10:29

To enter the old covenant Ten Commandments a person had to swear an oath something that Jesus told Christians not to do.  Matthew 5:34,37,38  therefore Christians can’t enter the old covenant Ten Commandments.  Then it’s very obvious that physical circumcision for religious purposes is to be refused by Christians.  These facts just by themselves rule out Christians keeping the Ten Commandments, the old covenant.

The old covenant could never be altered in any way. Anyone who sinned by breaking the Ten Commandments would be killed.  Hebrews 10:28  there was no mercy with the Ten Commandments and they operate the same today, nothing has been changed just like Jesus said.  Matthew 5:18  the Ten Commandments death sentence for sinners still applies.  Anyone placing themselves under the Ten Commandments will sin and will die.  The Ten Commandments are not the gospel, do not produce salvation, have no faith mercy or justification.  The Ten Commandments are the ministry of death written on stone. 2 Corinthians 3:7  Christians are not under the old covenant of the Ten Commandments.  Ignorant people say, “then we can sin with impunity” because they cannot understand that GODS love fulfills the Ten Commandments.  Anyone under the Ten Commandments is solely responsible to keep them without any help from GOD, they are on their own.  The new covenant gives Christians the love of GOD by the holy Spirit that is the help we need to overcome our sins.  The Ten Commandments did not give GODLY love therefore no one under them could fulfill them.  

What the Ten Commandments demanded of us we could not do.  Romans 8:3   Jesus fulfilled the Ten Commandments with GODS love because GODS love is the fulfillment of the Ten Commandments.  This is how the saints keep the commandments of GOD and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.  Revelation 12:17   People that desire to be under the Ten Commandments will die in their sins because this is what the Ten Commandments were designed by GOD to do.  Romans 3:19,20   Christians are saved from the ministry of death , the Ten Commandments, by Jesus, who paid the penalty for our sins when we were under the Ten Commandments, so then, once the penalty is paid we are no longer under the Ten Commandments but are under the two greatest commandments Jesus gave, love GOD and love neighbor.  Because law keepers have never experienced any of these things they discount them and call them over spiritualizing or hyper grace.  Even though there are many scriptures that plainly explain GODS grace and love ends the Ten Commandments ability to kill Christians, these law keepers cannot believe or understand them.  

The Ten Commandments are the old covenant but it’s sad that multitudes of people still think they must keep the old covenant for salvation.  This line of thinking is not the new covenant and it is very obvious that law keepers are blind to this.  

RENDER UNTO CAESAR WHAT IS CAESARS PROFSSING CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS AND LOOK AT WHAT IT HAS GOTTEN THEM

What Caesar wants is not what GOD wants. The governments of men are all going to be replaced by the kingdom GOD. The world is not going to be made a better place by man, only by GOD with the return of HIS son. This is what we live for, what we pray for. Two thirds of registered voters in the U.S. identify as Christians 58% are democrats and 74% are republicans. So there is a political divide between professing Christians. There are 189.5 million registered voters in the United States according to USAFacts, there are 44.1 million democrats and 37.3 million republicans.  Non Christians voters are 35%.  To be a Christian and yet have this kind of division shows that giving Caesar what is Caesar’s produces division among those claiming to be Christians. One would think that all Christians would be of the same mind, believing the same things, which is what GOD desires but human politics shows this is not so.  On the view of abortion among Protestants 68% say it should be legal, 59% of Catholics do as well. Among black Christians 71% say abortion should be legal. Among Mormons 69% and Jehovah Witnesses 54% say abortion should be legal. Looks like Caesar is winning the day and GOD is losing. What a great Christian nation we have, right !!! This is exactly what happens when man rules instead of GOD in the lives of people, they use Caesar to justify murder.  

Homosexuality is widely accepted in the U.S. and around most of the world.  The governments have laws that protect homosexual rights.  Under the law homosexuals are to be killed, why don’t we kill them today, why do we not obey the law ?  Leviticus 20:17 homosexuality is also condemned in the new covenant but the church did not go around killing them.  This vengeance belongs to GOD, HE will repay.   If you are involved in politics and think that’s the answer to sin then perhaps you need to start killing sinners as the Ten Commandments demands.  If the Ten Commandments were practiced in the new covenant church they why did the Apostles not enforce them ?  Why doesn’t the U.S. government enforce the Ten Commandments ?  The church of GOD is dead set against all sin but doesn’t carry out the death penalty the Ten Commandments required.  Politics is the reason why sin runs amok in the nations.  The U.S. government permits all religions to operate without having Christianity as its only religion.  This produces Babylon, denies all the teachings of Christ and the Apostles.  This is how the people voted for it to be.  

 

To be a part of human government is to be a part of the problem not the answer. Whatever you participate in you are a part of regardless of which side you are on , you are part of the political system. There is no control over anything if you are the minority and true Christians are the smallest minority on earth. In the USA Caesar has legalized abortion and homosexuality even though some fake Christians are against it. This is how Caesar works. This problem is not the only problem as opinions vary across different political ideologies. The division in the US and the rest of the world has grown increasingly divided over many issues. The truth of GOD is cast to the ground and stomped upon so that the people can continue in their sins while claiming to be Christians. It is hypocrisy of the highest degree.

The only thing we owe Caesar is to pay his taxes and obey his laws just as the scriptures say. Nowhere does it say that Christians are to take part in this world of darkness controlled by Satan. Luke 5:6  Isaiah 40:17  This perverted idea comes from the minds of Satanically Inspired people who desire to have power and control over the world.

 

I see Patriotism as a religion of worship of the state and attempting to supply what they cannot deliver, a utopia. Anyone involved in the lie that men are capable of governing themselves rejects GODS government. Christians cannot serve two governments it’s either the government of men or the government of GOD. Acts 5:29  GOD is able to produce utopia, men can’t. Seek first the kingdom of GOD, not the kingdoms men. In both World Wars it was Christians killing other Christians when the Allie’s fought Germany. In the U.S. civil war Christians killed Christians. The Catholic Church used their power over nations to kill thousands of Christians and Jews. This is the legacy of human governments, killing, death, confusion and chaos. Looks like we did give Caesar what was Caesars, isn’t it about time we give GOD what is GODS.

 
Sources for the information given are; Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Guttmacher institute, Society of Family planning, the World Health Organization.

 

 

2 Corinthians 11:4

“For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received or a different gospel which you have not accepted you may well put up with it !”  2 Corinthians 11:4

The gospel is a message from GOD the FATHER through HIS son Jesus Christ.  It details how a person can have the hope of salvation.  The human being that GOD created to preach this gospel was not GOD ALMIGHTY, it was HIS 100% human son.  GOD did not die for us, a righteous man did.  If people do not know this what would that mean ?  The true gospel, of which is only one, is not a message about a triune GOD whose second member became a man and provided a way for salvation by his death and resurrection.  I thought that GOD could not die, and wouldn’t one member of a trinity becoming a human effect the nature of a distinct but not separate triune GOD ?  In all of this we have a different GOD, a different Jesus and a different gospel because none of its teachings are true.

Romans 1:16  “The gospel is the power of GOD unto salvation”  this seems very clear, the gospel is what we must know the truth of in order to have the hope of salvation.  Paul seemed to think that the gospel is what saves us, but we must hold firmly to its message.  1 Corinthians 15:1,2 

What if people who call themselves Christians do not know or understand the meaning, message and believe in another gospel that is totally different?  Paul said, Galatians 1:11,12  ,  how Paul received the gospel that he preached is the same way we all receive it.  GOD teaches us the gospel by divine revelation through Jesus Christ.  John 6:44,45  There is no other way to receive it.

Ephesians 4:4,5,6   There is only one gospel, one true GOD, one messiah.  To obey the gospel you have to know and understand the gospel otherwise you can’t obey the gospel. 

 2 Thessalonians 1:8   Wow, sure sounds like people that don’t know GOD and aren’t obeying the gospel are going to be in very big trouble.  I would think that this would apply to any religion that teaches a false gospel or false God, wouldn’t you ?  

For someone who considers themself to be a Christian to just slap the label of Christian on people who obviously do not know GOD, Christ or the message of the gospel seems extremely foolish.  The evidence from scripture is very plain and to deny it calls GOD, Jesus and the Apostles liars.  

Instead of just slapping the label Christian on anyone who claims to be a Christian wouldn’t it be wise to go with what GOD has inspired in the scriptures to identify HIS people ?   Otherwise you may well put up with it.   Think on it.

WAS THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST FOR THE CHURCH TO BRANDISH A SWORD AS AN EXECUTIONER ?

Matthew 26:52   Matthew 5:9   Hebrews 12:14,19 Romans 12:18   Galatians 5:22   

There are people who think of themselves as the executioner who wields their sword for Christ.  Christ said that his kingdom was not yet for if it was then his servants would fight.  John 18:36   These executioners perceive themselves as a spiritual warrior who must defend their idea of what they think the true faith is.  If you disagree with them they will cut you to pieces with their sword.  They think they are perfect and see anyone who isn’t of their views as imperfect and needs to taste their steel.  They insult, they use grandiloquence to impress and quote scriptures they don’t understand.  They resemble the crusaders of old fighting for Christianity that was not Christianity at all.  They are soldiers of Babylon masquerading as soldiers for Christ.  They are able to deceive the simple minded to follow them in their folly.  

The time for true Christians to pick up the sword is yet future at the return of Christ, not now.  Psalm 149:6,7,8,9  This understanding escapes these current swordsmen who in their own deception will eventually fall on their own sword.  Hebrews 12:14  says to persue peace not war.  The one who lives by the sword dies by the sword.  The ones living today by the sword needs to beat their swords into plowshares. 

 Unconverted Peter used his sword to cut off the ear of the high priest’s servant, but what did Jesus do and what did Jesus tell Peter.  Matthew 26:51,52,53,54   Mark 15:46,47  John 18:10,11  Luke 22:49,50,51   

Peters ignorant act was going against what the scriptures said needed to be fulfilled.  This is exactly what these ignorant swordsmen do today.  They go against the teachings of Christ while thinking they are his soldiers to defend him.  No one needs to defend Christ but we all need Christ to defend us. This is a prime example of misguided zeal, a very small amount of knowledge without any wisdom that makes this sort of person dangerous.  Proverbs 3:31   Matthew 5:5   Luke 6:27,28   “To those of you who will listen” , violent men, swordsmen, executioners do not listen.  Psalm 11:5   The weak minded who agree with the swordsman are being led into a way that is not good.  Proverbs 16:29  Proverbs 24:1,2   Proverbs 3:31   These are warnings to weak minded followers of violent executioners, know this,  executioners deserve no sympathy and will receive none from Christ.  Matthew 7:21,22,23  Luke 13:25,26,27 

True Christian soldiers have their marching orders; love, peace, kindness, forgiving, merciful, humble, meekness that are the exact opposite of the swordsman.   Think on it.

HOW WILL SATAN DECEIVE THE WORLD REVELATION 12:9 ?

 The question arises, how will Satan deceive people during the period just before the great tribulation, that first 3 1/2 years of the 7 year covenant that he makes with 10 nations.  

This deception must be extremely efficient but in order to pull it off Satan will use scripture.  Satan can’t deceive anyone if he appears in his evil nature, people would see that right away.  Satan and his demons appear as ministers of light, truth is mixed with lies.  I believe that Satan will reinstitute the Ten Commandments and law of Moses, this is biblical and the vast majority of false Christians believe the Jews are GODS chosen people.  The Jews were under the law, the elect of the old covenant but due to their continued idolatry GOD divorced Israel and will not deal with them again until after Christ returns.  The church is the election according to grace, not law.  True Christians are not under the law but grace.  The law rightfully condemns all under it to death because all have sinned therefore all die.  The church escapes this condemnation and comes under the law of Christ, love GOD and neighbor with the love GOD places in us by HIS Spirit.  Romans 5:5   Love is the fulfillment of the law not our struggle to keep the law that only kills us.  The letter kills it is the spirit that gives life.  Therefore if Satan brings the world under the law there is no salvation but there is a denial of everything Christ accomplished for us.  The book of Revelation says there will be a temple and sacrifices which indicates the old covenant is revived.  Paul also mentions a third temple .  Modern day Israel will believe that the beast is their messiah and will be thrilled to have their temple, the sacrifices and their way of temple worship practiced by all.  Remember Jesus gave his life to get us out of the law and bring us into a new covenant and once this happens we are no longer under the law. Do you see this tactic of the Devil ?  Do you understand how it works ?   This deception will be swallowed hook, line and sinker by the carnal world.  The true Christians, the elect of GOD cannot be deceived, they know the truth.  There is to be a small remnant of these elect saints that have protection from GOD during the entire 7 years of the antichrist rule.  Revelation 3:10   This remnant is of the 144000 that will inherit the kingdom of GOD when Jesus returns.  This is the little flock Jesus talked about.  Luke 12:32  These elect saints are the few chosen by GOD.  Matthew 22:14   These elect cannot be deceived, it’s not possible. Matthew 24:24   These elect are faithful and are protected from the evil one.  2 Thessalonians 3:3  1 Corinthians 1:8,9   These elect are the Philadelphia church in the book of Revelation.  Revelation 3:7-13   

Satan will use scripture but mix it with lies to deceive the world, to bring them under the law by which is no salvation but rather a denial of Christ.   At the midpoint of the 7 years the antichrist declares himself GOD.  The Jews will reject him and bring about the tribulation on themselves and the rest of the world.  Others who believe that GOD can be a man will accept the antichrist and take his mark.  There are many other articles here that explain this more clearly.

Because the world has been deceived on so many things it makes it extremely difficult to to unravel all the lies of Satan to expose them and then reveal what the truth is.   Revelation 12:9 is not exaggerating, the entire world, except the true church, is even now deceived before the great tribulation has begun.  If the world is already deceived it will be even worse during the time of the antichrist.