Month: December 2022

Explaining Dispensationalism.

Is Dispensationalism in the Bible? Did Jesus, Peter, Paul, or John Teach Dispensationalism?

No Dispensationalism is not taught in the Bible. It is a man-made False Teaching. You have to Study Your Bible to Make Sure You are Not being Taught False Doctrines.

Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

The Bible not any Pastor, not any Church is where the Christian Faith comes from. Dispensationalism is Not in the Bible.

Get out of Churches that are teaching things that do not line up with what the Bible says. Leave right in the middle of the Church service. I have.

1st John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Verse 1) This is so Powerful. We are humans living in a universe filled with spirits. There are devils among us, fallen angels. They are unclean spirits.

Churches are Full of people Possessed with or Influenced by Unclean Spirits, Including False Pastors, Teachers and Evangelist, this is where False Teachings like Dispensationalism came from:

When you are in Church you have to contend with evil spirits. The WARNING: TRY THE SPIRITS WHETHER THEY ARE OF GOD… IS A SERIOUS WARNING WE NEED TO HEED. SOME CHURCHES ARE LOST WITH A SATANIC PASTOR WHO HAS AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT IN HIM. HE IS ONE OF THE FALSE PROPHETS THIS VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT.

2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Verse 6) The spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Right here we are told to know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. The verse is saying “know we.” That Christians by virtue of being Saved know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Do not doubt your feelings, they are given to you by God.

I have walked into Churches with an Evil spirit in them. I have talked with Pastor’s who were Lost. They had an Evil spirit I could sense. I flatly told a Pastor that he was Lost. By the way he looked at me with Hate I had a strong belief he was full of devils.

Trust God and reject all the contradictions Pastors teach like Dispensationalism.

When you hear things that do not add up, reject them. Ask God to open up the Bible to you so you can learn the Truth. Any Saved person reading the Bible and seeking the Truth will be shown the Truth of the entire Bible by the Holy Ghost of God.

Dispensationalism is not in the Bible.

Like all cults, Dispensationalists hide the fact that they are Dispensationalists, who believe and teach Calvinist Doctrines. They prey on ignorant people. Some of these Churches use the term Reformed instead of Calvinists to hide that they are Calvinists.

Awhile ago people woke up to the Fact Calvinism is a man-made Religion with very radical teachings. Because people were becoming aware that Calvinism is a Cult, Churches dropped Calvinism from their public profile. And started saying Reformed. All Reformed Churches teach Calvinism.

After new converts are well involved in their Church they will be taught their Dispensationalist beliefs. Before then they will just say. You are too new to our Church to be able to understand Dispensationalism. In time you will learn it. They seduce people slowly into their Heresies.

Beware of IFB Churches. Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Churches. Almost all teach Dispensationalism.

They are by far the Worst. Because they are the Biggest Hypocrites. They claim to be “Bible Believers” (A Note the Term: Bible Believer is a very Arrogant Term. It means, I believe the Bible and you do not. Only my Church Believes the Bible.)

They, in fact, do not Believe the Bible. The people in these Churches hold to the teachings of their Pastor’s their Leaders over what the Bible says.

“You cannot Believe the Gospel only to Save you.” I was told by an IFB Pastor. “Believing the Gospel is not how a person is Saved,” he said to me. His excuse for saying this was: “There is no Repentance in the Gospel. The Bible teaches you have to Repent of Your Sins to Be Saved.” Salvation cannot happen by Believing the Gospel only.

They are intentionally Rude. Yes, they think it is Manly to be Angry, Mean Spirited in their Sermons, in their Conversations. 

“I can sense you do not like what I am saying. Go on get out of here all of you who cannot handle tough preaching. I will not water-down my preaching for all of you effeminate girly men. You weak hearted women.”

The go to insult I have discovered by IFB Preachers is to insult men’s sexuality, their manhood. If a man is offended by the Pastor’s Harsh language, his swearing (Oh, yes they do Swear from the pulpit.) he will say something like this: “Go ahead get out of here. We have enough women in this Church already! Get out now! Yes! I am staring right at you! I can see you wincing at my Preaching! Get out now and never come back!”

This type of stuff does happen frequently. I have sat through too many Nasty Sermons from Non Saved Pastors.

I have heard a Pastor like this say he once cleared out over half the Church with his Preaching. That it was Good Riddance. He wanted to have a Church with strong people. Not weak kneed people.

If you hear a Pastor bragging like this about his Tough Preaching. Who is Swearing at, and Insulting the Congergation. Speaking to them with slanderous words. Leave and do not come back. This is not spiritual and being a good Preacher. It is most likely a Lost Demon filled person.

Pastors Twist the Scriptures to give them an Excuse for their Harsh Words in Sermons: Jesus Swore. Yes He Was Very Harsh to People who he was Preaching to.

This is just plain lying. Jesus was never harsh in his Teaching and Preaching in his Conversations with his followers. Jesus was only Harsh with False Teachers and the Jewish Religious Leaders. He called out the Pharisee’s and Sadducee’s with colorful words, who were only there to find fault with him.

Being a Loud Mouthed Rude Swearing Pastor is the calling card of many popular IFB Pastor’s. Who loved it when Peter S. Ruckman was alive being rude to everyone in earshot. Ruckman would laugh. “Wow, it is dead in here. I can see that you cannot handle tough preaching. You do not like my colorful words. I do not care one little bit if I upset and offend every person in here. Everyone could walk out right now and I would be OK with it. In fact I think I would have really accomplished something today if I did clear you all out…”

Ruckman enjoyed how much he offended people during his Sermons.

He would have people thrown out of services who were wincing, reacting to his Sermons in a negative way. Far be it for him to see honest reactions to his harsh words. “Pastor, do you have ushers, some men that could remove that man right there from this Church. I have repeatedly asked him to leave. He is disturbing me with contorted facial reactions.”

Pastors who treat Congergations like this get loud Amen’s from Devil filled men in the Crowd. Yes I do 100% believe Churches have an Amen section of Devils that are Lost and filled with unclean spirits. Their constant Amen’s at every other word the Pastor is saying is not godly. It is in my opinion Devil’s praising the Satanic Preacher.

They are often combative and dismissive of people who ask them questions they cannot answer.

Dispensationalism is a Non-Christian Cult. Pushed today by Cult Leaders Robert Breaker and Dr. Gene Kim on You Tube. They were taught by Peter S. Ruckman.

Ruckman was their Cult Leader, he died in 2016. He was the prototypical Cult Leader. He ridiculed everyone who had the gull to call him out for his Cult. He made Black Lists of people, of Churches. Who crossed him. Or had the courage to speak against him to Call Him Out for his False Teachings. For the way he ran his ministries, his Church. He published some of these lists, over and over again in his books.

People who Ruckman worked with. Church members of his, were made examples of for simply disagreeing with him. Ruckman told everyone to shun them to never speak with them again.

All Ruckman Churches Blacklist, Shun former members.

“Mr. Jones, and his family are no longer welcomed at this Church. Do not associate with them. If you do you will not be welcomed here either.” This would be followed by calling them out as Heretics.

I saw a Ruckman Pastor humiliate his only Deacon for secretly owning and watching a TV. He and his family were labeled Heretics and kicked out of the Church. The person who reported this was befriended by this family. They gave him a real home to call his own. They fed him home cooked meals, were his friends.

IFB Churches use Fear and Brain Wash their Congergations into Believing Their False Doctrines.

This is what Hitler did with his people. “Kids report everyone, including your Parents for breaking rules.” The Pastor hailed this ungrateful SPY as an example of what he expects from everyone in his Church. A Church filled with Fear. The congregation became more distant and cold to one another.

Ruckman fought with everyone. He is responsible for several Church splits. He loved the name given to his followers by his critics: Ruckmanite. He used it as if he himself had coined the term. He even called himself a Ruckmanite.

Peter S. Ruckman was Happy, Extremely Excited that he had risen to the status of Cult Leader.

He would go on long rants in his Sermons, in his Books, in his literature about his Cult Leader Status. He’d repeat Ruckmanite! Ruckmanite! Ruckmanite! That is what they call you. Be proud of it. It is a complement.

His Cult followers would shout “Ruckmanite!” back at him. Or at the “Pastor” of another Ruckman Church to show their allegiance.

If you do not agree that Churches that teach Dispensationalism are Counterfeit Christian Cults. You need to see what the Dictionary definition of a Cult is.

Britannica Dictionary definition of CULT- 1) A small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous a satanic cult. 2) A situation in which people admire and care about something or someone very much or too much: He criticizes the way journalists promote the cult of celebrity in modern America. [=the tendency of people to care too much about famous people] a cult of personality = a personality cult. 3) A small group of very devoted supporters or fans

All Ruckman Churches are Cults. All Dispensational Churches are Cults.

Ruckmanites All were / are a bunch of brain washed Cultist. They only know what Ruckman taught and what the few people he recommended taught. They do not study the Bible for themselves. It is obvious if you talk with them. They are blind followers following blind leaders.  

Like the major Cults Ruckman started his own School. His classes were mostly taught from books he wrote. Cults control everything about your lives, all the information you see.

They keep people in line, in the Cult by Fear. Fear of being belittled. Fear of loosing all of their friends. Fear of loosing their status in the Church. They Fear leaving the Church would show everyone they were never Saved. People who leave or get kicked out of the Church are often said to have been Lost Wolves.

Robert Breaker and Dr. Gene Kim (Plus hundreds of others False Teachers. Disciples of Ruckman.) are riding Ruckman’s coat tails.

In no way are they the only people who teach Dispensationalism, today. They are just the most vocal. Part of the Independent Fundamental Baptist, IFB, Cult secret Reformed Calvinists.

IFB Baptist Churches are not all Dispensational Calvinists Cults. Some are Saved Churches teaching the Truth. I know of many that are trying to separate themselves from the IFB Cult Churches.

Do Not Trust Your Christian Faith with Cultist.

Dispensationalism is a man made Lie. Beware they twist the Scriptures. Like all Cults they throw out Scriptures that do not support their beliefs.

Instructions for Pastor’s.

2nd Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Verse 2 Preach the Word!!! This means to Preach the whole Bible not just some of the Books Paul wrote. It means to not add a false spin to what the Bible says. Like: “Repent, means to Repent of Sin.” Guess what Repent of Sin is not in the Bible.

The rest of the verse means to be Faithful, to always be doing your job as a Pastor, Evangelist, whatever your responsibility is. To encourage your flock. To teach correct Doctrine.

To Rebuke, Reprove people according to the Correct Doctrine. Meaning if you correct, discipline, people in the Church. Make sure you know what the correct Bible Teaching is concerning the Rebuke / Reproving you give. Do not incorrectly Rebuke people. You better be correct if you start to Rebuke people.

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Verse 3 applies to all Cults. Hypocritically these Cults use this verse and verses like this one to point the finger back at the people who accuse them.

The way to distinguish the Truth from Lies is to analyze their teachings. If they do not match up with the Bible than you know that you are dealing with a Cult.

4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

The word DISPENSATION is in the King James Bible 4 times. All 4 instances are in the New Testament.

The Apostle Paul wrote the 3 books with these 4 occurrences. 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, and Colossians.

1st Corinthians 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

Ephesians 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

Ephesians 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

Colossians 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

What does Dispensation mean in these 4 scriptures?

Think of the word DISPENSE. Dispense means to distribute, or to give out. A candy dispenser gives out candy. A gumball machine is a dispenser of gumballs.

Dispense is the act of distribution or distributing something. To deal out. To give out. To grant something. A soap dispenser gives out soap. Do you understand what the word dispensation means now?

The definition of the word Dispensation is explained in Colossians 1:25.

Paul says, “according to the dispensation of God which is GIVEN to me for you.”

Paul is telling us that God has charge him with Dispensing (Giving. To Distribute.) the Gospel to us. Just as God had given it to him.

Paul was a DISPENSER of the Gospel. That is what we are supposed to be. DISPENSERS of the Gospel.

We are supposed to be DISPENSING the GOSPEL to as many people as we can so they might be Saved. Every Christian has the God given responsibility to be Dispensers of the Gospel. To BRING, to GIVE the GOSPEL to others. 

Explaining what the 7 Dispensations are. And why this teaching is not Biblical. Why it leads people to Hell.

Dispensational Truth by Clarence Larkin. Has influenced countless people to Falsely Believe that God divided the Bible up into different Dispensations.

Other heavily followed people who wrote on Dispensationalism were: C.I. Scofield, John Nelson Darby and Dr. Peter S. Ruckman. People / Churches who follow them are Cults.

I am not saying that everyone who Believes and follows these people are Lost. (Many are lost because most of these people believe in the False Gospel of lordship salvation.)

Being Rude is not how Christians should Behave.

Dispensational Churches have a Very Arrogant and Hateful Attitude when they speak to people outside of their Cult. They know everything. You are just an ignorant flea to them. When you point out all their False Doctrines they cannot defend their teachings with the Bible.

They will tell you to read Clarence Larkin book Dispensational Truth, or Ruckman’s. If you are talking online they will send you a link to a nearly 2 hour YouTube Video of Ruckman teaching Dispensationalism. Or another similar video.

These books and videos do nothing to prove the Bible teaches Dispensationalism. They show confusing Charts, that are suppose to confirm Dispensationalism. What they do is twist the Scriptures. Adding commentary that is not in the Bible to explain their False Teachings.

Try to Have a Dispensationalist Explain to you what they Believe.

I doubt you will find one Pastor or Church member that can explain Dispensationalism to you. Without using a book that will explain it for them. They cannot take your Bible and show you Dispensationalism in it.

The only Division God made in the Bible is the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is important to understand what a Testament is.

Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

A Testament is God’s contract with Mankind on how he is dealing with man in regard to Mankind’s Salvation.

God gave Israel the Law in the Old Testament. The Testator of the Old Testament were animal blood sacrifices. Sheep, Goats and Bulls typically.

The New Testament Testator was Jesus. Jesus Blood Atonement for the Sins of the World, began the New Testament.

In the New Testament Salvation is defined as the Gospel:

1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

A person is Saved by Believing in Jesus as the only way to Heaven. Believing that Jesus Death, Burial and Resurrection is the only possible payment for your Sins.

Were Old Testament believers saved by Jesus too?

Yes. Jesus’ Death, Burial and Resurrection gives Eternal Salvation for all Believers. Whether they lived before or after him.

In both the Old and New Testament Everyone is Saved By Grace, through Faith.

The Law was given to Show all Mankind that no one could keep the Law. The Law showed us that we were Sinners in need of a Saviour.

The death of animals were the Testator of the Old Testament to show that Sin required a Blood Sacrifice.

Believers in the Old Testament were not Saved by being obedient to the law of God. The Bible clearly teaches this:

Romans 3:20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”

We are not good enough to earn Heaven. That is true for us now, and it was also true for believers in the Old Testament.

Old Testament Believers were not Saved by animal sacrifices:

Hebrews 10:4 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.”

The Old Testament animal sacrifices pointed towards the One Sacrifice that Jesus would make on the Cross to bring Eternal Salvation.

Like New Testament Believers, Old Testament Believers were Justified by Grace through Faith.

Abraham:

Genesis 15:6 “And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”

Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

You must understand that there is only One True Gospel. The Bible in Galatians 3 said that God preached the Gospel to Abraham.

Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Dispensationalism’s biggest Lie is there are many different True Gospel’s that Save. Yes, they believe there are many different ways for people to be Saved.

They teach multiple plans of Salvation / multiple Gospel’s. When the Bible clearly says there is only one True Gospel / only one plan of Salvation for all of humanity.

Abraham was not Saved by Works. No one in the Bible is Saved by Works. Abraham, Plus you and I, Everyone in History, that has been and will be Saved are, Saved by Faith in Jesus without works.

The Seven Dispensations given by most Dispensationalist are:

1) Innocence – Adam under probation prior to the Fall. Ends with expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Some refer to this period as the Adamic period or the dispensation of the Adamic covenant or Adamic law.

2) Conscience – From the Fall to the Great Flood. Ends with the worldwide deluge.

3) Human Government – After the Great Flood, humanity is responsible to enact the death penalty and ends with the dispersion at the Tower of Babel. Some use the term Noahide law in reference to this period of dispensation.

4) Promise – From Abraham to Moses. Ends with the refusal to enter Canaan and the 40 years of unbelief in the wilderness. Some use the terms Abrahamic law or Abrahamic covenant in reference to this period of dispensation.

5)Law – From Moses to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Ends with the scattering of Israel in AD70. Some use the term Mosaic law in reference to this period of dispensation.

6) Grace – From the cross to the rapture of the church. The rapture is followed by the wrath of God constituting the Great Tribulation. Some use the term Age of Grace or the Church Age for this dispensation.

7) Millennial Kingdom – A 1000 year reign of The Lord Jesus Christ on earth centered in Jerusalem, ending with God’s judgment on the final rebellion.

God did not make these divisions, they are man made.

You will not find these divisions spoken about by anyone in the Bible. Moses did not Teach Dispensationalism. No one in the Old or in the New Testament spoke of these divisions.

Jesus never referred to the Dispensation of Innocence, of Human Government etc… in any of his Sermons, or in any of his many teachings. Jesus did refer to the Old Testament Scriptures often without ever mentioning anything Dispensationalist teach.

None of Jesus Disciples taught Dispensationalism. You will not find anyone in the Bible teaching Dispensationalism. So why would you believe this man-made teaching?

Rightly Dividing The Bible does not mean to Divide the Bible anyway you choose to.

It means to understand some Bible passages are Covenants to the Nation of Israel. Those passages are not Bible Doctrine for the Christian Church. To obey the Law was an instruction to the Nation of Israel. Obeying the Law was never a requirement for Eternal Life. Obeying the Law would Bless Jews and the Nation of Israel in their Earthly Life it was not required for Salvation.

Rightly Dividing the Bible will keep people from teaching False Doctrines like Replacement Theology.

Christians need to understand that everything in the Bible was not written with the Church in mind. The Church does not replace the Nation of Israel for example.

Some Scriptures in the Bible are talking about Angels, Satan, the Supernatural Spiritual realm. You cannot apply any of these Scriptures to Christians when the focus is on Spiritual Beings not Christians. For example when the Bible says:

James 2:19 “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”

James 2:19 is not saying that Jesus will Save Devils. It is not saying that the Bible was written for Spiritual Beings. It does not mean that Jesus died for Spiritual Beings like Devils. Jesus died for mankind only.

False Teachers use James 2:19 to teach that Believing in Jesus only to be Saved is not enough. You can tell them correctly that they are not Rightly Dividing the Scriptures. That James 2:19 is not a Salvation passage, Jesus died for mankind not for Spiritual Beings.

Beware False Doctrines were put into your Study Bible by False Teachers.

Numerous Study Bible’s add cross-references and notes that falsely teach Dispensationalism and many other False Doctrines. The cross-references in Bibles are not from God.

Do not base your Christian Faith on the notes and cross-references in Study Bibles.

Let’s look at each False UnBiblical man-made Dispensation:

1 Innocence: Were Adam and Eve under a probation period? No. Adam and Eve were given the opportunity to Love God freely. God gave Adam and Eve a Free Will the ability to Accept or to Reject God / Jesus.

That is exactly how it is today. Everyone can either use their Free Will to Accept Jesus Free Gift of Salvation or to Reject Jesus. Adam and Eve Rejected God. Creating the need for Jesus to offer himself as a living sacrifice for the Sins of all Mankind.

2 Conscience: Seriously? Everyone from Adam to the Last person to be born is under Conscience.

The definition of Conscience:

1a: the sense of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one’s own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or to be good. “She had a guilty conscience.”

When Adam’s and Eve’s eyes were opened their Consciences were immediately activated. The forbidden Fruit was the Fruit of the knowledge of Good and Evil. Which is the dictionary definition of Conscience.

Genesis 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

3) Human Government: They associate the Tower of Babel with Human Government. That is really making things up. There were many other Cities with Human Government before the tower of Babel was built in Genesis Chapter 11.

Genesis 4:17 “And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.”

God did not scatter humanity because of Human Government. God scattered humanity because they were all acting together as one. Not because they built another City.

Genesis 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

4) Promise (Covenant): We covered most of this already. Abraham was Saved by his Faith. Abraham is the Father of the Covenant of Faith. God made Covenants / Promises with Abraham and his decedents the Jewish Nation of Israel. Many of which will happen in the future. These are not transferable to any other Nation or people’s.

5) Law: Again the Law was given to prove that Works can never Save anyone. The Law was never a Gospel. The Gospel of the Law for example. A way for people to be Saved.

6) Grace: Grace is from Genesis to Revelation. It is by God’s Grace that people are able and allowed to Live. Without God’s Grace. God would have killed Adam and Eve for rejecting him for the knowledge of Good and Evil.

Noah would not have found God’s Grace. The Flood would have killed everyone on the Earth. From the beginning to the end of the Bible we see God’s Grace. His mercy given to people. God showed Lot Grace. God could have killed Lot with the People of the plains who he destroyed with Fire and Brimstone.

God could have wiped mankind out beginning with Adam and Eve’s Sin and continuing through to the end of the Bible. God never had an obligation to Save anyone. Salvation is God’s Mercy, his Grace.

7) Millennial Kingdom: The Bible does not call the Millennium a Dispensation. The Millennial Kingdom will happen and is written about in many different books of the Bible. It will be a 1,000 year period of time.

God does not divide the Bible into Ages or Dispensations. God’s division is The Old Testament and the New Testament.

The Dispensationalist’s do not mention Eternity as one of the Dispensations Why not? It is the rest of time after the Millennium.

In conclusion God’s promises:

The content of the Faith of Old Testament Believers has two aspects:

1) Trusting in the God who created the Heavens and the Earth.

2) Living according to God’s commandments. Always trusting in God’s promises.

The most important of God’s promises was the promise of the Messiah.

Many prophecies in the Old Testament pointed towards the Messiah. There certainly was a joyful expectation of God’s Salvation through the Messiah, a prophetic understanding of it. Jesus said to the Jews:

John 8:56 “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”

Hebrews 9:15 “And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”

Hebrews 9:15 proves that there is no difference in how people were Saved in the Old Testament and in the New.

1st John 2:2 “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”

The whole world means for every person that ever lived. Please do not Trust everything you hear, everything you read outside of the Bible.

The Bible is our Final Authority not the Fables of men.

Beware of False Teachers. Of Churches that add words to the Bible. They invent things that are not Biblical.

Of course, the most important question is have you been Saved by Jesus? Please put your trust in Jesus right now.

Please ask Jesus to Save you.

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Does the Bible Teach a Premillennial Rapture of the Christian Church?

IFB Baptist Churches teach Dispensationalism and a Premillennial Rapture. So many people who disagree with the unbiblical teaching of Dispensationalism disagree with a Premillennial Rapture by association. They think only Dispensationalist believe in a Premillennial Rapture. This is not true. Most Churches that teach a Premillennial Rapture are not Dispensationalist.

1st Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

People and many Churches have a problem with the Word Rapture.

Because the word Rapture is not in the Bible. It is widely known and accepted by Christians that non Bible words are used to describe Bible Truths. There are words that Christians use to define Nouns in the Bible. To describe events in the Bible. Words that are not in the Bible. These words do correctly describe Bible truths.

For example the word Trinity is not in the Bible. But the Bible says there is one God in three persons. The word Trinity properly describes God.

The Rapture Definition:

The English word ‘rapture’ derives from the Latin verb ‘Rapere,’ meaning ‘to carry off,’ or ‘to catch up.’

The Rapture is a Future event.

You may not know but there have been many people who have already been Raptured up to Heaven.

These “Catching Up’s” Rapture’s are written about in the Bible. People have been Carried off to Heaven. Taken up in the clouds. Raptures have happened, and will happen to Christians in the future.

Jesus was Raptured. Famously Enoch and Elijah were Raptured. Lastly we cannot forget the Apostle’s John and Paul Raptures.

The Term Rapture, used by Christians, means to be Caught Up in the Air and taken up to Heaven.

Enoch’s Rapture.

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. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Elijah’s Rapture.

2 Kings 2:1 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

The Apostle Paul’s Rapture.

2 Corinthians 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

The Apostle John’s Rapture.

Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

The future Rapture of the Church is a Great Event the Bible does talk about.

I have included these passages in this Blog.

Jesus foretelling the Rapture of the Church:

Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Every Christian will be Raptured off this Earth before the Great Tribulation.

Afterward, Satan will Reveal himself. He will declare that he is God and demand to be Worshiped.

2nd Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Jesus will be in the Air, with the Clouds, waiting for the Church during the Rapture:

1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

The Rapture is 1st a Resurrection of the Dead who Believed on Jesus. And 2nd The Living will also have their bodies transformed and Rise to meet Jesus in the Air on their way to Heaven.

The Teaching of the Resurrection from the Dead is an Old Testament Teaching and is part of the Rapture.

Job knew about and believed in the Resurrection.

Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Jesus talked about the Resurrection of the Dead.

Jews and Gentiles Believed the Scriptures. They looked forward to being Resurrected from the Dead, to live Eternally with Jesus.

The Pharisees believed the Scriptures about the Resurrection of the Dead.

Jesus talking about the Resurrection of the Dead:

Matthew 22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

Jesus is referring to:

Exodus 3:6 “Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.”

Jesus Resurrection was foretold.

Jesus told his disciples that they would be raised from the dead too. Jesus declared that Jonah being in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights was a sign of his own resurrection on the third day.

Matthew 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.

17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Psalms 16 is speaking of Jesus Resurrection:

Psalms 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Jesus Resurrection was the First Fruits of the Dead. It foreshadowed the Rapture of the Church which Jesus spoke about.

Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

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

25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Jesus the First Fruits of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20.)

Again this is important because Jesus Resurrection is a Picture of the Rapture of the Church. Because when the Church is Raptured up. We get the same type of Resurrected body that Jesus has. We will also be taken up to Heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

The Great Tribulation is God pouring out his Wrath on Mankind. Christians are not appointed to Wrath. And will be Raptured off the Earth before the Great Tribulation.

1st Thessalonians 5:9 “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,”

Romans 5:9 “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

The Bible Clearly says that God pours out his Wrath during the Great Tribulation. He pours out his Wrath during every year of the 7 Year period.

There is a False Teaching called a Pre-Wrath Rapture it is also called a Mid-Tribulation Rapture.

According to this teaching the Rapture takes place 3 and ½ years into the Tribulation. They are ignorant of the Bible to claim God’s Wrath just Starts 3 and ½ years into the Tribulation.

God’s Wrath starts the moment the Church is Raptured off the Earth.

Revelation 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Revelation 11:18 “And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.”

Revelation 14:10 “The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:”

Revelation 15:1 “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.”

Revelation 15:7 “And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.”

Revelation 16:1 “And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.”

Revelation 16:19 “And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.”

Revelation 19:15 “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.”

The Mark of the Beast.

People for decades have called many new technologies the Mark of the Beast. Every year since the 1970s I have heard that the Mark of the Beast is being used right now.

Today people are in a panic and have been saying vaccines are the Mark of the Beast. That the COVID vaccine changes your DNA and this change is the Mark of the Beast.

We are not in the Great Tribulation. Satan is not in Charge of a One World Government.

Every honest person knows what a Mark is. A Mark is visible.

How many times have you heard someone say, “Wash your hands you are going to mark up everything you touch with your dirty hands.”

The Mark of the Beast is Satan’s Mark. It is not Millions of different numbers. It is not changing people’s DNA.

Genesis 4:15 “And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.”

God gave Cain a visible mark. A mark to be called a mark has to be visible. This is just simple English. Everyone understands that a mark is visible:

A Mark is: A typical feature. Or one that allows you to recognize someone or something: “Did your attacker have any distinguishing marks? Such as: scars, moles, tattoo’s or maybe a birthmark?” “You can distinguish each puppy from their marks, their spotted fur markings.”

The dictionary definition of a Mark: A small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, or different in some way.

“There were dirty marks on her pants where she had wiped her hands.”
“His fingers had left marks on the table’s polished surface.”

“She had a red mark on her arm where she’d burned herself.”

“The backs of the chairs have left marks on the wall.”
Stain mark: “She had grass stains on her white jeans.”
Smear marks: “He had smears of ketchup on his shirt.”
Smudge marks: “No matter how often I wash my hands, I leave smudges all over my phone’s screen.”

In every definition and example a Mark is visible. Only dishonest people will say that the Mark of the Beast is something invisible: DNA, Microchips etc…

The Rapture of the Church must happen before the Great Tribulation. Because at Jesus 2nd Advent the Church comes with him.

Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

1 Thessalonians 3: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Revelation 17:14 “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

(These ten thousands of his saints are the Christian Church. The Raptured Church coming back with Jesus.)

15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:

23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

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

Jude is a Powerful Book. Despite its small length. It talks about the 2nd Advent. Jesus Judging Mankind. Also, Importantly it talks about people living in the Last Days Mocking Jesus, Christians, Christianity. Mocking the Rapture of the Church Mocking the talk of Jesus 2nd Advent. This Mocking is happening right now.

Please Ask Jesus to Save you while you can, if you have not already.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Christianity. Jesus Is The Head Of The Church.

The Lord Jesus Christ Is The Head Of The Church. Not The Pope. Not Your Pastor. Not Anyone Else.

Most Church Denominations, Christian Churches, and Cult Churches claim that Jesus is the head of their Church. But the deeper you look you will find that Jesus had no connection at all to their Church. Jesus is the head of the Church. If you are a Christian than your Faith is Christianity. It should be obvious to you that Jesus is the head of the Church. 

But the question you need to ask is does your Church teach what Jesus taught. If Jesus is really the head of your Church. His teachings need to be taught correctly. Jesus is the author of the entire Bible, he is the Word of God.

1st Corinthians 11:3 “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”

1st Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

1 Corinthians 11:3 Is God’s Hierarchy

God The Father is at the Top.

Jesus, the Second part of the Trinity, God The Son / The Son of God is the Head of the Christian Church. The Head of Christianity. The head of man. 

Who exactly is Jesus?

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.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Jesus is the Word. So, you must understand. The final authority for the Christian Church is Jesus the Word, the Holy Bible the KJV.

Jesus the Word of God is equal to God. God is One God in Three Persons. God The Father, God The Son / The Lord Jesus Christ, and God The Holy Spirit / The Holy Ghost.

In John we see that Jesus is the Word.

He Created the Heavens and the Earth. He is not only the Word, the Word of God KJV. He is the Life the Light of men.

Simply put Jesus the Word of God, gives Life Eternal to men / mankind through the Word of God. Which he Lights (Illuminates, the Word of God it is Shining in the Darkness) Reveals to the entire world so Mankind can be Saved.

We are Saved by Believing God’s Word which Jesus has given to us.

To Be Saved a person’s eyes must be spiritually opened by the Holy Spirit of God.

The Light of God’s word is given to mankind. To the Saved and to the (Lost.) The Lost is the Darkness that comprehended it not. The Lost = Darkness = Satan, in the Bible.

1st Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

The Lost are spiritually Dead and cannot understand God’s Words. Christians eyes are opened by the Holy Spirit of God once they have Believed on Jesus with their Heart. With opened eyes Christians can understand God’s Word.

1 Corinthians 2-19 Reveals very deep teachings. That tells us about God’s Supernatural Communications. Teaching us there are many different spirits in the world the universe. 1) The Spirit of God. 2) The spirit of man, and 3) The spirit of the world. These are not all of the spirits in the Bible, for example there are also unclean spirits.

These verses explain how God reveals his truth to mankind. Which is through the Holy Spirit of God. See, we have the Word of God Jesus. The written word of God the Bible. And the Holy Spirit of God. All of which is speaking to us. We have a spirit, the spirit on man, (verse 11), inside of us that the Holy Spirit of God constantly talks to. This is our conscience which tells us right from wrong.

To Understand and get to God’s Truth. We have to contend with our spirit, and the spirit of the World both of which are at odds with the Holy Spirit of God.

The Lost, which we all once were, are in Darkness. The Lost is Fighting against Jesus the Word of God, the Light that Illuminates the Truth of God’s Word.  And is Fighting against the Holy Spirit of God. 

The Battle mankind Fights is a Spiritual Battle. A person either accepts God’s Truth. Fighting a Spiritual Warfare Against spirits that cause man to doubt God’s Truth. Or they reject God’s Truth. Fighting Against the Holy Spirit.

The Devil, Satan, is an Evil Fallen Angel, an unclean spirit.

Who is actively working to keep people from being Saved. To keep Christians from serving Jesus. To cause them to fall into Sin.

Matthew 13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Here in Matthew 13:18-19 Satan is doing his best to keep people from understanding the word of God. To prevent them from Believing God’s word with their Heart so they can be Saved.

1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Romans Chapter 10 ties this all together.

False Teachers, many of them are Baptist, completely throw out Romans Chapter 10. They claim it is not written to the Church. So it has to be thrown out. This is a tactic which Satan Started in the Garden of Eden.

Satan questioned God’s word and called God a Liar. Calling God’s word a Lie is exactly what Baptist, almost every Church, does today. What else are they doing when they reject whole books of the Bible and select Chapters and passages.  They reject what they do so they can teach their False Doctrines.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Verse 8 The word is…, in …thy mouth, …in thy Heart. Verse 9 …believe in thine Heart (We are Saved by Believing with our Heart.) Verse 10 …with the Heart man believeth…

God communicates with us through his Word Jesus / the Bible.

The Holy Spirit of God speaks to our spirit. The only way a Lost person can Believe God’s Word and understand it is through his Heart. By Believing with their Heart.

10 “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit…” This is God the Holy Spirit that reveals God’s Truth to our spirit (man’s spirit, the Saved and the Lost) that is inside of us.

So, to be Saved and be able to understand the Word of God. A person’s Heart has to see and Believe what the Holy Spirit of God is loudly Broadcasting. The Lost has to have a Heart that is willing to Believe this Broadcast from The Holy Spirit of God.

People go to Hell because they have Evil Hearts that reject God’s Word.

They cannot understand God’s word because they refuse to Believe it with their Heart.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Finally, to understand God’s word. Man’s spirit has to communicate with the Holy Spirit of God to have the Truth of God’s word opened up to their spirit.

The Hierarchy of God: God, Jesus, Man, Woman

Man.

1 Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

We are to understand that there is no Glory in Man.

Mankind (Man is Men and Women) has its purpose in Jesus, in God. We are connected to God through our spirit. Through the Holy Spirit of God. And through the Bible.

Men if you show a “Christian” woman (Not all Christian women will reject their Biblical place.) 1 Corinthians 11:3 and Titus Chapter 2. Tragically most Women will instantly get MAD. They will Mock the Bible and say things like:

“Forget it!!! You are not in charge of me!!! I will never obey you!!!”

Do you want to see her head explode show her:

Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Women do not (Almost all. Yes there are some women who do understand their place and gladly obey the Bible.) for the most part obey the Bible concerning their place. Women do not want a man to have authority over them.

The problem is Women do not understand that Men have the greater responsibility. And that their role is just as important as the Man’s.

The Church has great structure. Jesus died for the Church. He is the Head of the Church. Man is the Head of the Woman. God is the Head of Jesus.

When people see in this verse that God is the head of Christ they think, how can Jesus be God it God is his Head? Jesus is God. He is part of the Trinity. The Bible tells us:

1 Timothy 3:16 “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

God is telling us that our human minds can not comprehend how Jesus became flesh. 1 Timothy 3:16 makes it Clear that Jesus is God. And mankind cannot understand Jesus being both God and man.

Christianity is called the Christian Faith. Because if you are a Christian you put your Faith in the Bible. You Believe everything it says.

Faith puts trust in something / someone other than ourselves. That Trust is not Blind. It is saying I do not comprehend this. But I Trust in, fill in the Blank. Or most importantly I trust God to tell me the Truth. God has earned our Faith by the accuracy of his Holy Word. By how he Blesses us daily.

God’s perfect Hierarchy.

God the Father 1st) The Lord Jesus Christ 2nd) Man 3rd) and Woman 4th) in their relationship to each other.

Man is given the responsibility of being in charge of the family. A simple fact is you cannot have two people leading at the same time. One person has to lead with the others following, the wife and the children.

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

Women do not want to hear this. Most “Christian” marriages fail and end in Divorce because Women refuse to obey their husbands.  And because Men Fail to fulfill their responsibilities.  Without having a Biblical Family unit both men and women fall into sins that destroy their marriages.

“Christian” men are most at fault because it is their responsibility to lead the family. When men ignore their responsibility to be the head of the family. Women have to take on that role.

If Christians would obey the Bible than their would never be Christian divorces.

Woman.

God made woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:9 “Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.”

Genesis 2:18 “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”

The world as a whole is a total disaster because Men and Women refuse to obey the Bible. They refuse to follow their defined roles. Men and Women are rejecting the God’s defined roles for them. They instead accept society’s twisted roles for them.

Obey God. Live your life according to the Bible.

Romans 3:4 “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.”

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Psalms 12:4 “Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?”

Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”

Please if you have not asked Jesus to Save you please do so now. Believe and Share the Gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 

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Counterfeit Christianity. Are You Saved?

Being Saved is the most important decision in your Life. 

Are you a Counterfeit Christian? Are You Sure you are Saved? What are you trusting in to get you to Heaven?

2 Timothy 3:5 “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”

The Bible is full of warnings of Counterfeit Christians. Counterfeit Churches, Counterfeit Christianity.

Tragically, in my life I have been fooled by a lot of people who claimed to be Christians that were not. These frauds, hurt me a lot.

How to spot Fake Christians? “Having a form of godliness…”

They have a form of godliness, that is Fake. They play Church. They make big shows of giving to Charity, of doing Good things. They enjoy the Praise of others.

Matthew 6:2 “Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”

Mark 12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

Jesus is warning us to look out for Frauds, Fake Christians.

“Christians” that always seek to be the center of attention: “Hey everybody, look at me, listen to me…” are suspect.

Christians need to be vessels used by Jesus. Not the focus that calls attention to themselves, instead of Jesus.

Back to:

2 Timothy 3:5 “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”

Jesus said to TURN AWAY from FAKE CHRISTIANS. Once you discover people in your life who are Frauds. Do what Jesus says to do. Cut them completely out of your Life.

“…but denying the power thereof:” These Fake Christians are very showy they profess to Believe the Bible. They give the appearance of being Saved, even by giving the correct Bible verses that teach Salvation.

But they deny the power thereof. Meaning they do not Believe the Bible. They always add to Salvation. They add words to Salvation that are not Found in the Bible.

The most popular words added to Salvation is Repent of Sin, Turn From Sin, Forsake Sin, Surrender to God.

Repent of Sin is not in the Bible. Turn from Sin, Forsake Sin, Surrender your Life to Christ, You must have a relationship with Jesus… None of these sayings are in the Bible as being part of Salvation.

Jesus warns us to Beware of Fake Christians who seem godly but they are play acting, they are not Saved.

Nail down how everyone of your friends were Saved. Yes, I mean your friends from your Church.

Ask them: “When were you Saved.” “How were you Saved.” “If you were Standing before Jesus right now. And he Asked you, Why should I let you into Heaven. What would you Say?”

The answers you get will likely surprise you. I have gotten: “I Repented of my Sins to be Saved.” “I was raised in Church, I have always been Saved.”

Some people will become defensive and refuse to answer the question. “That is between me and Jesus!” “How dare you ask me that!”

Asking someone, especially a person who claims to be a Christian, how they were Saved is a reasonable and Biblical question.

A person is Saved by believing the Gospel. By Believing on Jesus only to Save them with nothing added.

1 Peter 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

A Christian is Christ like. A true Christian will suffer for being a Christian.

Suffer? Yes. Everyday around the world even in the USA Christians are murdered for their Faith in Jesus. Christianity, is always mocked in society. TV and Films distort true Christianity. The good Christian is always a Catholic. Funny because Catholic’s are not Christians. Almost all portrayals of Catholic’s are positive.

Yes there are some Evil portrayals of Catholic Priest’s mostly because of all the real scandals they are involved with concerning Children and Nuns. The non Catholic portrayals are negative stereotypes that are not true. The Christian is the outsider that is a hypocrite, and often much worse, who is caught being a hypocrite.

In my life as a Christian. People made it their mission in life to corrupt me. People have threatened to beat me up if I would not drink with them. Sex was always offered to me. My life has been threatened. Not just talk. I have been in physical fights. Have had knives pulled on me. So yes being a true Christian comes with dangers.

Jesus in John Chapter 15 explains what a Christian is.

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Verse 2- Is talking about Christian’s. If you are really Saved you should be in the ministry. Yes, every Christian needs to be serving Jesus. You should be a part of at least on ministry at your Church.

Some Saved people, get Saved and they do nothing for Jesus their entire lives. God taking away their branch is symbolic of them not bearing any fruit as a Christian. These Christian’s outwardly appear just like any Lost person. Please do not be this type of Christian.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

Verse 4- Christian’s need to Abide, Abide means to continue in. So to Abide in Jesus means you are continuing in the Christian Faith.

Unfortunately most Christian’s do not Abide in Jesus. Maybe they were Saved when they were Young. When they got older they forsook their Faith. Or they were Saved as an Adult. They later gave up going to Church because of meeting the “Love of their Life.” Because of this relationship they quit everything associated with being a Christian.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

Verse 6- Does not mention Hell or Eternal Damnation because this is talking about a Christian who never served Jesus. It is foreshadowing the Judgment seat of Christ where all of our works as a Christian will be tried with fire.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Verse 11- If you are Saved than you should always be full of Joy. The Joy of your Salvation. If you are a person who is always, unthankful, depressed, unhappy than maybe you are not Saved. Yes I seriously question your Salvation.

12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Verses 17,18 and 19- Christian’s are suppose to Love one another and Hate the world. You can spot Fake Christian’s by how worldly they are. Outside the Church they want nothing to do with you or God. They spend their lives being a Friend to the World committing all their Sins. They are loved by the World.

This includes all the “Celebrity Christian’s.” If they are on TV, a Movie Star they are not Saved. Yes I will say this because to be cast in Films, to be a Celebrity of any kind you have to become part of their club. Yes all Celebrities are involved in Satanism. There are numerous books and videos about this. Do a little research and you will see this is true.

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

To be Saved. Believe the Gospel. Ask Jesus to Save you.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

It is essential to know that your Spouse, your Children. Every member of your family is Saved. Make sure you tell them how you were Saved. If they do not give the correct answer on how to be Saved. You need to pray for them and tell them: “That is not how to be Saved.” “This is how to be Saved.” Show them in the Bible.

Have them read the Book of Romans and the book of John and go back to them and show them in the Bible how to be Saved.

Do not assume that everyone in your Church is Saved. Do not assume because a person says they are a Christian that they are really Saved.

Numerous people who have no Faith in Jesus. Pretend to be Christian’s. I have seen this in my life many times. Once I was at my Pastor’s home. His two daughters plus another Female told me we were not at Church. So I needed to stop being such a big Christian. “My Dad is not here for you to try and impress.”

I was trying to have a Christian conversation and they would not allow that. I realized they were not Saved. One of them offered to have Sex with me. They were pretending to be Christian’s. I left before their parents came home.

Matthew Chapter 7 tells us what will happen to people who Falsely claim they are a Christian. Many will think they are Saved. Because they were very Devout to their False Christianity.

Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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God Is In Control. God’s Sovereignty Versus Free Will.

Reformed Theology. Calvinism. God Is In Control. God’s Sovereignty Versus Free Will.

Sovereign / Sovereignty these words are not in the Bible. Calvinist Reformed Theology is based off of Unbiblical False Doctrine. Most people blindly follow Calvinist Reformed Theology. They do not think about what God is in Control actually means. God Gave Mankind Freewill. God’s Sovereignty is not at odds with man’s Free Will.

For words that do not appear in the Bible Reformed Theology (Calvinism) makes much of God being Sovereign. God’s “Sovereignty.” Reformed Calvinist Theology has invented a contradiction between God’s power and man’s Free Will that does not exist.

Reformed Calvinist R.C. Sproul said, “Our freedom is always and everywhere limited by God’s Sovereignty.” Sproul invents a problem that does not exist in the Bible.

There is no contradiction between God’s Omnipotence’s and man’s Free Will. God Omnipotence’s does not mean programming decisions. Mankind is not God’s computer toy to program as he wants to. God’s power and man’s Free Will are complimentary.

Consider these things.

Does God Control Everything? No. There are things man clearly Controls according to God.

Man controls what he does with God’s revelation, his Word found in the Bible, in the Holy Scriptures.

John 5:40 “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.”

This is the perfect Scripture where God explains man’s Free Will. Which Reformed Calvinist Theology Rejects, completely Denies.

Man, has the Free Will to Reject or to Accept Jesus. To come to him for Salvation, Eternal Life. Or to Reject Jesus Free Gift of Eternal Life. This is the point of John 5:40.

Man controls where he puts his trust.

Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

Proverbs Chapter 3 Totally Destroys God Is In Control False Doctrine.

Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Verse 1, Man is not compelled, forced to obey God’s Law. Obeying God’s Law is a chose to do or not to do. God does not Control Man’s Free Will to Chose.

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Verse 2, Obeying God’s Law will give a person long life and peace. Obviously everyone does not live a long life and have a peaceful life. Why not because people can chose not to Obey God’s Law.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Verse 3, Let, describes a decision a choice people are allowed to make. We can Let, allow something in our lives or not allow. Let here means to Obey, Let, or Not Let. To Not Obey.

4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Verse 4, A reward to those who choose to Obey God.

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Verse 5, Is asking us to Trust in the Lord. Which means we have the Free Will not to Trust in the Lord.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Verse 6, If a person chooses to acknowledge God. God will direct their paths. Notice it does not Say God will command and control thy paths. Directions are something a person can choose to follow or choose to ignore. Having Directions means nothing if you ignore them.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Verse 7, The Word Be is a Request NOT A DEMAND. A DEMAND, A COMMAND is: DO NOT. Be not: Again a Choice that God is Asking.

God is Asking for us to not trust in our own wisdom. He is asking us to Fear the Lord and to Depart from Evil. Everything here is just God Asking. God is giving us Choices. God is not Controlling us. He is simply Asking. These are NOT Demands from God.

8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Verse 8, Benefits given to people who choose to Obey God.

9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Verse 9, God is requesting not demanding.

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Verse 10, More rewards for choosing to Obey God.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

Verse 11, To chasten is to punish people who chose not to Obey God. Which again tells us that God is not in Control. He allows us to be Free to choose to Obey him. Or to Choose to Disobey him and be Chastened.

12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Verse 12, If God was in Control than there would never be a need to correct any of his Children. If God was in Control we would have no Choice in what we did.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Verse 13, To find something you have to choose to look for it. If God was in Control we would not have the opportunity, the choice to find things. God would just Control, Direct everything we do.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Verse 14, More Rewards for Obeying God. You do not get Rewarded if God is in Control. A Reward is something Earned. If God is in Control you cannot Earn anything for Obeying him. You have no Choice but to Obey him.

Man controls who his friends are.

1st Corinthians 5:11 “But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.”

Man controls his emotions.

Proverbs 16:32 “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

Man controls his rejoicing.

1st Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice evermore, prayer life: 17 Pray without ceasing, gratitude: 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. We could literally go on and on.

Again, Reformed Theology, Calvinism has a False dichotomy of man’s Free Will and God’s Sovereignty.

The two are not mutually exclusive or even Contradictory. While a King may be Sovereign. He is not personally Controlling any Individuals’ Decisions in his realm over which he is Sovereign.

According to Webster’s 1828 dictionary. Sovereign means Supreme in Power; possessing Supreme Dominion; as a Sovereign Ruler of the Universe.

There is no debate that God is Omnipotent – All Powerful.

But being All Powerful is not the same thing as Control. Notice the instruction to Obey the Government’s Sovereign powers.

Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Did you notice that a Sovereign Power can be Resisted? Did you notice that what God ordained can be Ignored? Furthermore did you notice that Sovereign Power means Judgment of decisions, NOT CONTROL of decisions?

God’s Omnipotence is seen in Judgment NOT IN CONTROL.

Romans 14:12 “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. And this judgment,”

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Man’s Free Will and God’s Omnipotence have a cause and effect relationship.

Not a contradictory relationship. God’s Judgment is a result of man’s wandering Will. God will pass all man’s work under His judgment. Because man has made his own decisions based on the Free Will God gave us. Is it really that difficult to understand?

A person is not Guilty until they have broken the Law. People have the Choice to Obey God. Or the Choice to Disobey God. When a Person Disobeys God they are Guilty. But they are not Guilty until they have Disobeyed God. God’s Judgment is only necessary because we have Free Will to Choose. 

Reformed Calvinist Theology Has Evil Beliefs.

In Reformed Calvinist Theology, the False Doctrine of God’s Sovereignty leads to two particularly ungodly strains of defilement. One is there is no need to: Pray, for Evangelism, for Preaching, etc.

None of these things are necessary with a God who is in Control. A God who is in Control does not allow Free Will. No one can Choose to Believe on Jesus. Or to Reject Jesus. In Calvinism God decides who Goes to Heaven and who goes to Hell. This is very EVIL and not Biblical.

Reformed Calvinist are Hypocrites who do not even believe what they teach. They are vocal Evangelists always promoting their False Teachings. They dominate the TV, Churches. The Book Stores. The internet. Every possible outlet they can use.

Their False Theology says God is in Control. That Man cannot make any independent decisions. God decides everything. If they believed this they would not be the biggest sales people in the world pushing their beliefs.

Calvinism’s False Religion: “God is in Control” makes God Evil.

Makes God responsible for all the Sin people commit. For everyone in Hell. For everything horrible that happens. This is Absurd 100% unbiblical, not Biblical.

The other thing is the Smug Pride of Reformed Theologians that accuse their opposition of arrogantly trying to understand God. Because they deny what the Bible teaches about God. They have invented their own False god.

Reformed Calvinist Theology has corrupted the vast Majority of all “Christian” Churches.

Especially sad is all the Baptist Churches teaching Calvinism.

Shockingly IFB, Independent Fundamental Baptist, Churches are huge Calvinist’s. Not every IFB Church, but almost all. It is almost impossible to find a Saved IFB Church.

An IFB Church that Teaches the Gospel only for Salvation. I have recently visited several and they have all been Reformed Calvinist. They do not promote this.

They hide the fact they follow Reformed Calvinist Theology. You will not find them admit it on their websites. But if you visit their Churches. Hear their preaching. And see the books and tracts they sell. You will quickly see that they are Calvinist Churches.

I confronted these Pastor’s. “OK, you teach Calvinism.” Replies: “I understand why you say this.” “John Calvin is a great Church Father.” “This Church believes in Reformed Calvinism.”

People Believe, “God is in Control.” and “God controls everything.” Because these statements are Repeated to death on TV. In the music they listen to. In the books they read. And at the Churches they attend.

God is in Control is a Lie that False Teachers say.

The Bible neither says or teaches: God is in Control – God is Sovereign. What God does say is that all of man’s work will pass under His Judgment. Sovereignty is not being in Control.

It is the Authority and the Power to pass Judgment. Sovereignty is the final word on any decision whether good or bad. Not the programming of decisions.

You have the Free Will to Believe on Jesus or to Reject Jesus. Please Ask Jesus to Save you right now if you have not.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Hell Is Real.

Hell is Real. You Do Not Have to Go to Hell. Jesus Saves us From Hell.

Most people Laugh or get Angry. When you Warn them about Hell. Hell is Not Real in their minds. Pretending Hell is not real is No Solution. Hell Fire is Real. Hollywood daily Mocks Hell in Movies and on TV. They enjoy belittling Christian’s. They Laugh and make Hell a big Joke. Their Laughter will not keep the out of Hell.

Jude 1:23 “And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.”

The Bible Says to Save people with Fear. The Fear of going to Hell. The Fear of Hell Saves People.

People argue with me. “Jesus is not a Fire Escape.” “Ask Jesus to Save You? Praying to Jesus will not Save You.”   

Let’s think about this. Jesus Died to Save mankind from Hell. Jesus Preached about Hell more than Heaven. Being Afraid of Going To Hell is a Good Reason to get Saved.

Is 100% Biblical. 

People get very very mad and angry when I mention Hell.

I constantly hear: “The Gospel is about Love. Not Hell.” “All YOU are trying to do, IS Scare people. Which is not sharing the Love of Jesus!”

“How Dare You! You Tell Children. That if they do not Believe the Gospel. They will go to Hell! How DARE YOU!” “I do not Believe in a God. That will Send people to Hell.” “Scaring Children. Teaching them about Hell is Wrong.”

The Bible Warns Us Not To Go To Hell. It Warns That The Lost Will Go To Hell / The Lake of Fire.

Hell in the book of Revelation.

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

I am a Sinner. You are a Sinner. We are all Sinners.

Sinners Deserve to go to Hell. Once You realize this. Than You can look to Jesus to Save You from the Penalty of Your Sins. Jesus came to Save Sinners.

1st Timothy 1:15 “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”

Matthew 1:21 “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”   

How does Jesus Save a person from their Sins?

Jesus Saves us from Our Sins by taking Our Place. Jesus Paid the Price for All of our Sins. He Bore God’s Wrath. Jesus Bore our Sins in his Own Body on the Cross. Jesus Saves Everyone who Believes on Him from Hell. 

To Save From Hell is Part of the Gospel.

If you do not tell people that Jesus Saves us from Hell. Than you are not Sharing the Gospel.

The Gospel:

1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Saved from the Wrath of God. Saved from Hell.

Salvation. Saved from God’s Wrath. Saved from his Eternal Punishment. Which is Hell / The Lake of Fire.

Jesus Took Our Deserved Punishment.

1st Peter 2:24 “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” 

The Gospel in Isaiah.

Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 

Jesus was the Only Possible Perfect Blood Sacrifice for Sins. No other Sacrifice could Pay the Price for Our Sins.

John 1:29 “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”

Hebrews 9:28 “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”

Let’s look some more at what the Bible Says about Hell.

Jesus preached to the Lost about Hell. He Warned them about going to Hell if they Rejected him.

Matthew 23:33 “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”

Matthew 5:22 “But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”

Luke Chapter 16. The Rich Man In Hell And Lazarus. This Is Not a Parable. It is an actual event that Jesus Warned people about.

Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 

People who Go to Hell. They Go to Hell. Because they have Rejected Jesus Free Gift of Salvation. If YHell was not even made for Mankind. Hell was made for the Devil and his Angels.

Matthew 25:41 “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:”

Jesus has the Keys of Death and of Hell. Jesus’ Sacrifice Paid for all the Sins of the World.

Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Jesus Saves from Hell. From The Wrath of God.

Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 

7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 

8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 

10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 

11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. 

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Jesus Death . We are Saved by Jesus Life. By His Resurrection.

If Jesus had not Died on the Cross. I would N We are Saved by the entire Gospel. Jesus Death, his Burial and his Resurrection. If Jesus had Not been Raised from the Dead. Than he could not have Saved us.

In the verses. We can see. That Jesus came to Save Sinners from Hell. If You do not Realize You are a Sinner. You cannot be Saved.

1st Thessalonians 1:10 “And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”

Matthew 3:7 “But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”

The Wrath to come is Hell. Jesus Saves from Hell.

During the Great Tribulation. It will be Hell on Earth.  Because God pours out his Wrath on all Mankind. The Bible is full of Warnings. About people going to Hell.

Beware of False Teachers.

False Teachers will deceive Billion of people. They will drag them to Hell with them. Because of their False Gospel of Works.

Jude 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

6 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.

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

2nd Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Believe on Jesus. Ask Jesus to Save you from Hell.

Romans 3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Romans 3:10 and 6:23 is telling the Lost they are Lost Sinners. Sinners that Deserve to Go to Hell. Death in the Bible in the context of Sin is talking about Hell. Which is the 2nd Death. The Wages of Sin is Death. Physical Death. 

Jesus offers Eternal Life to Everyone who Believes on Him. Do Not Go To Hell.

Jesus Saves from Hell. Jesus Bore our Sins in his own body. To Save us from Hell.

1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

A complete explanation of the Gospel.

The Gospel is: Jesus Died for our Sins. He Died in our Place. Bearing the Penalty for All of our Sins. Jesus Saved us from Death. The 2nd Death. Which is Hell. Jesus took our place. Jesus Saves us From Hell / The Lake of Fire. Salvation is to Believe. That Jesus Paid for all of our Sins. By his Death, Burial and Resurrection.

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Heaven Or Hell? Jesus Or Money?

Jesus Or Money? Is Money Worth Going To Hell Over? Heaven Or Hell? Choose.

Do you Love Jesus? Do you Love the World? You can Love One or the Other. One not Both. It should not be a hard decision. Life is short. Money does not buy happiness. Heaven or Hell? Jesus or Money? Money is the biggest cause of unhappiness in Life. People Marry for it. They Divorce for it. Steal for it. Kill for it.

1st John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Do you Love the World?

I believe Christians Do Not Love the World. But Most Christians are in Love with the things in the World. Christians like non Christians want to be Accepted.  Popularity is like a Drug for people. The World Hates Christianity. So for Christians to be Accepted in the World they have to be like the World.

What things?

Money. Sex. Career. Sports. Attention. Movies, Television etc…

Early on in my Life. As a child and as a teenager. I Loved TV, Movies, Sports. I wanted Sex, a good Career.

NFL Football is on Sunday. That is not by accident. Satan knows that many Christians will be sitting in Church but their Heart is consumed with the football scores.

College Football is on Saturday. Sadly many sports obsessed men and women waste their Lives Worshiping Sports. Sports run 365 days a year. As a child I was caught up in this, Obsession. After I graduated High School I gave this up.

I have even been in Church and heard the Pastor say: “Today’s service will be short. We will sing one song and I have a 15 minute message. I know there is a big NFL game today.”

Yes, Pastor’s will cut the entire Service short because of the NFL. Maybe you have not seen this happen, but it does happen.

Worldly Pastor’s Love the things of the World more than God.

You may not be someone that is consumed with Sports.

Most Christians are consumed with Sex, their Career, and being Liked. Christians, we are not perfect. But typically there is something we let consume us. This thing interferes with our Christian Service our Walk with God.

Being overly consumed with our Spouse, our Children interferes with our walk with God. Spending Quality time with your Family is Essential and Biblical. We need to have the right balance though. There is no excuse for Neglecting our Christian Service.

Colossians 3:2 “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”

It is too easy to let the cares of this life Overwhelm us.

We want to be Good godly Christians. (Hopefully most of us.) But we struggle with the things of the World.

Sex is the one thing I am confident one time or another has been a huge concern for every Christian.

Why?

Because both single men and single women want to be in a relationship with the opposite Sex. That Desire can easily become an Obsession.

Even having a relationship does not always satisfy everyone. Wanting someone Better, Consumes Countless people. Better: More Attractive. Wealthier. Different.

Unfortunately most married people will regret their marriage. They think they could have done better. This is one reason for the high rate of Divorce in Christian marriages.

It takes a lot of Determination to not be Worldly. To not be Consumed with Sex, Career, Having Fun.

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

God tells us how to be Heavenly minded throughout the Bible, in Philippians 4:8.

Philippians 4:8 is telling us to read with understanding the Bible and to think on these things. What other than what is written in the Bible is: True, Honest, Just, Pure, Love, of Good Report, Virtue, Praise. Some of these things might exist in our lives outside of the Bible. Just be careful where your mind, your thoughts wander.

Jesus, promised Heaven to all who will Believe on Him.

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

Here in John Chapter 14 Jesus realized his Disciples hearts were troubled.

Jesus told them that he was going to lay down his life for the Sins of the world. He said he was going die.

This was very troubling to hear. So, Jesus offered hope:  “…believe in God, believe also in me.”

The Disciples were so troubled that Jesus had to tell them to Believe in God and to also Believe in him.

After 3 and a half years the Disciples should have just naturally Believed in Jesus. I think they did. But their minds were focused on the Negative. With the thoughts of Jesus dying and leaving them alone. They could not think straight.

This happens to us too. We know the Bible and how we should live. But because of circumstances in the World. We let ourselves loose sight of the Big picture and we become Worldly.

Becoming Worldly means to Neglect the things of God. To waste our time on Fleeting Pleasures. We should Keep our thoughts on the Heavenly. Pray often. Be an Evangelist, A Good Witness. And have a Good Christian Testimony.

Being Saved means you will go to Heaven when you Die.

Spending Eternity in Heaven with Jesus is suppose to motivate us to Live for Eternal rewards. Instead of living for the Temporary Pleasures the World has to offer.

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

In Matthew Chapter 6. Jesus tells us how worthless it is to spend our lives building up Wealth on the Earth.

A Devout Christian will live a life in Service to Jesus. Doing this they will Earn Heavenly Treasures.

The bottom line is what you Treasure the most will be where your Heart is. This means if you Treasure the things of the World than that is where your Heart is.

Be the Christian that Treasures the things of God. A Christian that has a Heart for Jesus.

Please Share the Gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

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Jesus Thank You. I Owe You Everything.

Can You Say, Jesus, Thank You. I Owe You Everything. And Mean It?

Everyday Life can be very busy. We might start to Neglect our Christian Responsibilities. At First we would be Excited and Happy to go to Church. We would volunteer for everything possible.  As time passes going to Church feels like a chore. We stop volunteering. We Stop saying: Jesus, Thank You. I Owe You Everything.

Everyone I Pray you will have a Blessed, Joyous, Day, Week, Weekend, Year.

Let’s Be Thankful For Jesus Everyday.

Ephesians 5:20 “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;”

Psalms 30:4 “Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.” 

Psalms 36:1 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.

4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.

5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:

12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:

20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.

25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

If you are a Christian You should be Thankful For Our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Holidays cause depression. Thanksgiving. Christmas. Easter. Birthdays. New Year’s.

Traditional events shared with Family and Friends bring tears and crying.

People we Loved have Died.  We miss them. We think back on the Happy Times we Shared with them and cry because they are no longer with us.

You might be completely ALONE, with no one to share your Life with.

These days have not always been full of Joy and Happiness which gives us bad memories.

How do we prevent depression? How do we Enjoy Days that Everyone Else is Celebrating?

Live everyday being Thankful for Jesus. Knowing how much Jesus suffered for us will put everything into perspective.

With Jesus In You, You can Be Happy. You Should Be Happy.

Jesus suffered more in his 33 year life than any other person. Jesus watched as his Disciples ran away from him. Judas B with a Kiss. He saw Peter Deny him. On the Cross God the Father left him alone to suffer bleed and die.  Yet Jesus endured all of this and more. He rose from the Grave to Save mankind from the penalty of their Sins. 

Jesus Is Always There For You. He Will Never Leave You.

Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

True Joy is spending time with Jesus. Rejoice, Praise Jesus for your Salvation.

The Greatest Joy in Life is Being Saved. Knowing You Will Be Going to Heaven to be with Jesus.

Habakkuk 3:18 “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

Philippians 4:4 “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”

Psalms 46:1…God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

I am Thankful everyday for Jesus.

Jesus Suffered, Bled and Died for me…. He took my place, Dying for All of my Sins. He Paid The Price for All of my Sins.

Jesus has a purpose for me so I am Thankful for my Salvation and that Jesus wants to use me.

If you do Cry, and are Sad, know that Jesus Cried in the Bible. He Cried for Lazaras, for Jerusalem. 

Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

Jesus cried when Lazarus died. 

John 11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

35 Jesus wept.

36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

41 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. 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.

43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.  

Jesus Loves Everyone of Us. He Cries for us. Jesus Wept for Lazarus. Jesus Loved Lazarus. 

Yes, it is OK to be Sad, to Cry. But do not be consumed by your Grief, your Sorrow.

In the Bible Jesus was full of sorrow. He cried. But he did not let his sorrow, his tears, control him. He quickly moved on from crying and sorrow and went back to his work.

Jesus Life was full of suffering. Jesus suffered for us.

Isaiah 53:3 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”

Being Emotional is Normal. Put everything into perspective. Do not let sorrow control you.

Jesus suffering gave us Salvation. Understand that Jesus Rose from the Dead which completed his Atonement for all of our Sins.

Jesus Resurrection is Joyous.

Everything that causes us to suffer in this Life has a purpose. All of our suffering will be Turned into Joy. We will spend Eternity in Heaven with Jesus.

The Bible Tells us to Rejoice. So Please always Rejoice and be Thankful. Enjoy Everyday.

Luke 10:20 “Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.”

Psalms 97:12 “Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.”

1 Peter 1:8 “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:”

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Our Lives are suppose to full of Joy because of Jesus. Jesus Thank You, I Owe You Everything.

Please Believe and Share the Gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

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Joshua 24:15 Who Do You Serve?

Be Like Joshua. Do not Be Afraid to Ask, Who Do You Serve? 

Joshua Took A Stand For God. His Challenge to Israel: Who Do You Serve? He told them they were Evil. Because they wanted to Go Back to Egypt to Serve Pagan gods.  Joshua was not Afraid. He Boldly told the mob he would Serve The Lord. He tried to change their minds. The message is if Everyone Else Stops Serving the Lord. You need to Stand up to them and Say I Serve the Lord. You need to too. Jesus and You is a Majority.

God is asking you to Stand with him.

Joshua 24:15 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

1st Corinthians 16:3 “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”

“Watch ye.” We need to Lookout for Everything that Tempts us and Avoid these Temptations. Things that cause us to Sin. We must flee from Sin.

Christians need to be very careful who they spend their time with. Your old non-Christian friends will ruin your Christian Faith if you keep being friends with them.

When we are with them we do Sinful things. Things we would not have done if we were not with them. We need to Watch for and avoid Temptations that can cause us to Sin.

“Stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be Strong.”

To Stand Fast, means You Hold Your Ground. You are Rock Solid in what you Believe. No One Can Change Your Mind about Your Christian Faith.

Being a Man, a Woman, being Strong. Means You Will Uphold Your Beliefs, Your Christian Faith.

When confronted do not be Weak and Flee. Never Change or Hide, who you are because of Peer Pressure. Hold firm to what you Believe.

Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”

The Apostle Paul is Encouraging Persecuted Christians. Be Strong In The Lord. In The Power Of His Might.

Paul’s speech is telling the Church to be Faithful to the Lord. He reminds them of the MIGHTY POWER OF THE LORD.  Back then just by Admitting to being a Christian could get you Stoned to Death, even Crucified. Like Joshua Paul is telling the people to make a Stand for the Lord. 

As Christians we will face challenges to our Christian Faith from all sides. Even from people in our own home.

Family members and Friends will stand against your Christian Faith. They will try to change you. They get upset when you stay Faithful to Jesus, and reject Sin. People you will meet in life, or online, will oppose your Christian Faith in Jesus. Stay Strong. Others who claim to be Christians will Pervert the Gospel with False Teachings adding Works to Salvation. The way to stay Strong like Joshua is to know the Bible. Study the Bible.

Jesus is telling us to be STRONG in the Lord. Jesus wants us to stand up and be Counted as a Christian. He wants us to Stand up for the Truth of the Gospel. For the Truth of Christianity.

If you Love others you will correct those who are Wrong in the Doctrine they are Teaching, Sharing. This is what a person does who is STRONG in the Lord like Joshua and Paul.

Jude 3 “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”

So far we have Jesus, Joshua, Jude and Paul in the Scriptures are telling us to make a Stand. There are no silent Stands. Jude 3, Earnestly Contend for  the Faith. Earnestly = Sincere and Intense Conviction, Seriously. Contend = A Difficult Dangerous Struggle to Surmount a Challenge. To Argue, To Assert your Position in an Argument.

Jude 3 Makes it Clear that the Christian Faith is a Fight. Not a Physical Fight. A Fight to Stand up for your Christian Faith. When people say Christians do not Argue. They just showed me they are IGNORANT of the Bible. Joshua had Vocal Arguments to support his Faith in the Lord. As did Paul, Jude, Jesus, the Saints of God. The Bible records numerous Saints Arguing to defend the Lord. When you make a Stand for Jesus. You are Defending Jesus.

I constantly hear “Christians” say do not Correct other “Believers” about what they are teaching others.

These same “Christians” have No Problem Always Condemning Me, Mocking Me. They Judge everything I say. Fake Christians are the Worst Hypocrites.

“Just let it go. We need to just support each other.” That sounds “OK.” Except when someone is Teaching Works Salvation You have a Responsibility to Expose them For Teaching a False Gospel. Keeping Silent, especially when you are part of the Conversation is supporting the False Gospel. That is like just standing by and watching a person drown.

If you care about someone you will tell them when they are Wrong. Especially when they are Teaching False Doctrines.

Jesus is our example.

Luke 19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

Jesus is our example to follow. Jesus was not Weak Like some Preachers and Churches Teach. He Strongly Defended the Scriptures, the Christian Faith.

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Jesus called People out who were Wrong. He used Strong Language. He never took No for an answer. When Jesus spoke he Never backed down to any one.

47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

Strongly Contended for The Faith like Jesus, Joshua, John, Paul and Jude. 

Biblically a person who Earnestly Contends for the Faith with Sincere and Intense Conviction, asserts Biblical Truths. They will teach the Bible correctly with their whole heart. They will Stand up and Argue with False Teachers.

Jude 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 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.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

The Apostle Paul Strongly Contended for the Faith.

Galatians 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

Paul had Strong Words for Peter. When Paul “Withstood” Peter it means he refused to Give in to Peter’s argument.  It is WRONG to say that Christians are not to Argue with each other. It is UnBiblical. The Bible records very Strong arguments. Paul Stood his ground refusing to give in to Peter. If you are right Biblically you never give in to any kind of Pressure. Which means you do not concede and agree with a False Teacher.

As soon as the Conversating hits a dead end leave.

There is no Point to Argue the same points over and over again. If this Argument is within Your Church You will need to Leave that Church. If they are Teaching False Doctrines. Never change your mind to Smooth things over. Just to make peace with others who are Biblically Wrong. Joshua would call them Evil.

Galatians 2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

This passage is Teaching that Works can never Save a person. There is only one plan of Salvation for everyone.

Paul like Joshua Stood with the Lord. He drew a line in the Sand and Said in today’s language You cannot Add Works to Salvation. This all happened within the Church. This was a Church matter that was a huge Confrontation. If you are in the Same Church for a Long time these type of Arguments will happen.  You might get a lot of new Calvin members that divide the Church.     

Acts 15:2 “When 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.”

“Had no small dissension and disputation with them…”

This was a huge Disagreement, an Argument involving a lot of different people.

Please Defend the Christian Faith. Always Share the Gospel.

If you have never asked Jesus to Save you. Please pray to Jesus and Ask him right now to Save you.

Bible Salvation.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 

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Willful Sin? Explaining Hebrews Chapter 10.

Willful Sin? You cannot Sin Accidently. Read Hebrews Chapter 10. 

Think about yourself. Your Sins. Many Sins we commit we have to work up to doing them. We dream about Sinning. We do not accidently Sin. All Sin is Willful Sin. A well known Truth. “Shelly accidently got Pregnant.” The Dad and Mom say, “Son Shelly is Pregnant because she had Sex. Sex is an intentional act, not an accident.”

Willful Sin? Salvation Explained.

Ephesians 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

Ephesians 1:12,13 clearly explains how to be Saved. Salvation = Eternal Life. Sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise is Eternal Security.

(“…who first trusted in Christ.”) Trust = Faith

Salvation happens as soon as a person Trusts, puts their Faith in Jesus only to Save them. Willful Sin Does Not Take Away Your Salvation.

Faith / Trust / Belief in the Gospel = Saved from Hell. The Book of Romans has the most Salvation verses in it. Romans does not Say you will Go to Hell for Willful Sin. Romans Chapters 3, 5, and 10 are very Powerful. It is Essential for the Soul Winner to Memorize these Chapters.

Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

The Bible way to Heaven
The Bible way to Heaven

The Gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Sealed = Eternal Life = Eternal Security = You can never Lose your Salvation.

Ephesians 4:30 “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”

John 6:40 “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

1 John 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Salvation is Eternal, Never Ending. Eternal Life Means Willful Sin will Not Take Away Your Salvation.

Numerous False Teachers: Pastor’s, Evangelists, Writers, and people in general. Teach that a Christian can lose their Salvation. They Claim they do not commit Willful Sin. They are Liars. Every Sin we commit is Willful Sin. These Counterfeit Christians, Mock OSAS, Once Saved Always Saved. They Deny Eternal Security.

Believe what the Bible teaches. Not people who twist the Scriptures. The Bible does not contradict itself.

Hebrews 10:26 is a popular verse False Teachers use. It is their Willful Sin Text verse. To Falsely teach that a Christian can Lose their Salvation.

Hebrews 10:26 “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,”

This verse, this passage Does Not say a Saved person has Lost, or can Lose their Salvation. By committing Willful Sin.

Paul is saying: I have told you it is a Sin to continue with Temple sacrifices. If we wilfully Sin. (Keep going to the Temple. For animal sacrifices. After I have told you not to.) There remaineth no more Sacrifice for Sins.  The continued Temple sacrifices Mocked Jesus one time Blood Atonement for Sins. There is No More Sacrifices for Sin. Because Jesus Already made the One and Only Needed Blood Sacrifice. For All of the Sins of the World.

Hebrews 10: “12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”

Hebrews Chapter 10 teaches Jesus is the only Sacrifice for Sins. His Sacrifice was a One time Only Sacrifice. To Eternally Pay for All of the Sins of the World. Thus the Temple Sacrifices for Sin, is Not an Actual Sacrifice for Sins.

To continue with the Temple sacrifices was willfully Sinning against God. This Act was Denying Jesus Blood Atonement.

Never base any doctrine on only one verse. Willful Sin is not unforgivable. The only way to understand the Bible is by understanding the context of the verse(s) you are studying.

The purpose of Hebrews Chapter 10 is to Stop Believing Jews from continuing in the temple ritual. Jesus Fulfilled this already. In his Incarnation, his Life, and his Blood Atonement. It is Wrong to continue with an elaborate system of rituals. Which spoke of the coming Savior. Foretold his future Death on the Cross, His Burial, and His Resurrection to Save mankind. After Jesus already Fulfilled this.

Still performing these rituals is saying, that Jesus was not the Messiah. And His Death was Not Valid. Doing so was WILLFUL SIN. There is no more Sacrifice for Sin. Jesus already made the Only Eternal Life Saving Sacrifice for Sin.

Continuing with the Foreshadowing Temple Sacrifices after Jesus Blood Atonement was WILLFUL SIN. This practice Denied and Disowned Jesus. It Destroyed the Faith of Those who Persisted in it.  

Further Explanation of Hebrews Chapter 10 and of Willful Sin. 

Hebrews 10 is teaching that the Law Foreshadowed Jesus coming Salvation. His coming Sacrifice for Sin, for all Sin. It teaches Jesus one sacrifice for Sin was enough to pay for the Sins of the Whole World. That to Continue with Temple sacrifices was to deny Jesus Saving Blood Atonement.  

Hebrews 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

By continuing in the Jewish temple ritual, these Jews were committing Sin. Every time they participated in an animal sacrifice. They were saying that Jesus Died in Vain. This really is “Trampling” Him under foot. Regarding His Blood, His Death on the Cross, as “Unclean”. This is “Violently Insulting” the Spirit who testifies to Him and to the Validity of His Atonement.

Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of 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?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Paul was dealing with Jewish believers who wanted to return to the Law to avoid persecution. The passage then is two-fold.

First to deal with Apostasy (10:19-25). Second to provide Encouragement to Grow Spiritually (10:32-39).

It is not Apostasy towards Judaism, it is Apostasy from Jesus Christ. Apostasy away from The Lord Jesus Christ who is the Final and only Saving Sacrifice.

Paul warns: Willful Sin, is a Presumptuous Sin Like in:

Numbers 15:30 But the soul that doeth [ought] presumptuously, [whether he be] born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.

Understanding that presumptuous sins had no sacrifice is critical to understanding the text at hand.

The Law of Moses had sacrifices for any number of Sins outlined in Leviticus. 

If the sin was presumptuous, done intentionally, there was no sacrifice. The individual was now under the direct judgment of God Almighty.

“…but a fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.” – Heb. 10:27.  Jews and Gentile would have been well acquainted with the Levitical law stated. They would have known that Physical Death not Eternal Damnation was the punishment.

Judgment, Fiery indignation, is a picture of a Jealous God. God was forced, because of His Holiness, to deal with his children severely (Heb. 12:6).

We are held secure by the power and promises of God (John 10:28). The judgment in view cannot be Hell / the Lake of Fire.

The judgment is physical death not Eternal Damnation. The promises of the Law were never Eternal Salvation. Keeping the Law was to assure God’s continued Blessing in their Life. Law Keeping was not a Contract to Heaven.

In fact, noticeably absent in all the warnings is Hell / the Lake of Fire. There is a thought among Christians that God’s Love will override his justice. That his Love will override his holiness in dealing with His people. However, there are many examples where God dealt with His people severely.

Numbers 11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

Ananias and Sapphira were put to death for their Sin. (Acts 5:1-11).

Acts 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

These are examples of physical death as the Judgment of God.

An example from the Old Testament and an example from the New Testament. Notice the Judgment against them was only physical Death. There was no sentence of Eternal Damnation.

All too often, Christians immediately think of Fire and / or udgment in anger as speaking of Hell. This would be akin to believing that every time blood was spoken of in scripture, it was Christ’s blood.

Christians Judged: (see Rom. 14:10-12; 1 Cor. 3:11-15; 2 Cor. 5;10) This may or may not be a time of rejoicing for that individual at the Judgment Seat of Christ. It will not be a Judgment that ends in Eternal Damnation. Jesus Judgment at the Judgment Seat of Christ is not a Judgment on Sins. It is a judgment on Christian Service. Again all Judgment by God in the Bible is not for Eternal Damnation.

The indignation spoken of in Hebrews Chapter 10 is Not for Eternal Condemnation. It is to cause a Saved Sinner to change their conduct. This is an expression of God’s Love.

Hebrews 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

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

In Conclusion.

Hebrews 10:26-27 is not a warning against Loss of Salvation. Neither is it discussing Unbelievers, Hellfire, and Persistent Sin.

This passage is to believers that were leaving Jesus for Judaism to avoid persecution. While they thought persecution from man was bad. Paul makes them aware that God dealing with them could be just as bad or even more severe.

Paul is imploring them to recognize the significance and the power of Jesus in their lives. He is attempting to motivate them to grow to maturity. 

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