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"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 27 Aug, 2017 04:46 PM
**THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IS **FAITH** EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE**!!{Galatians 5:6}
Acts 26:17,18: Jesus said to Paul, "I am sending you to the Gentiles to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are **SANCTIFIED BY FAITH**!"
Romans 1:17: For in the Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is **BY FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST**!!
Romans 3:23-25: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of His blood--to be received **BY FAITH**!!
Romans 3:27,28: Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? **NO**, because of the law that **REQUIRES FAITH**! For we maintain that a person is **JUSTIFIED BY FAITH** apart from the works of the law!!
Romans 5:1,2: Therefore, since we have been **JUSTIFIED THOUGH FAITH**, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access **BY FAITH** into this grace in which we now stand!!
Romans 10:5-9: Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: "The person who does these things will live by them." {Lev 18:5} But the righteousness that comes **BY FAITH** says...The word is near you: it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the message concerning **FAITH** that we proclaim: IF you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your **FAITH** and are saved!!
Romans 12:3: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the **FAITH** God has distributed to each of you!!
Romans 14:23: Everything that does not come **FROM FAITH** is sin!!
2 Corinthians 1:24: We work with you for your joy, because it is **BY FAITH** you stand firm!!
2 Corinthians 5:6-10: We are always confident and know that as long as we are at home with the body we are away from the Lord. For we live **BY FAITH**, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please Him... For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad!!
Galatians 2:16: We know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but **BY FAITH** in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our **FAITH** in Christ Jesus that we may be **JUSTIFIED BY FAITH** in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law **NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED**!!
Galatians 3:23-26: Before the coming of this **FAITH**, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the **FAITH** that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be **JUSTIFIED BY FAITH**. Now that this **FAITH** has come we are **NO LONGER UNDER THE SUPERVION OF THE LAW**. So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God **THROUGH FAITH**!!
Galatians 5:5,6: For through the Spirit we eagerly await **BY FAITH** the righteousness for which we hope. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expressing itself through **LOVE**!!
Ephesians 2:8-10: For it is by grace you have been saved, **THROUGH FAITH**--and this is not from yourselves, it is the **GIFT** of God by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do!!
Ephesians 3:16,17: I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts **THROUGH FAITH**!!
I Thessalonians 1:3: We remember before our God and Father you work produced **BY FAITH**!!
2 Thessalonians 1:3,4: We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your **FAITH** is growing **MORE AND MORE**....Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and **FAITH** in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring!!
2 Thessalonians 1:11: We constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed **PROMPTED BY FAITH**!!
I Timothy 1:3,4: Command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer... Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God's work--which is **BY FAITH**!!
2 Timothy 3:14,15: Continue in what you have learned and become convinced of...and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation **THROUGH FAITH** in Christ Jesus!!
Hebrews 11:1,3,6: So **FAITH** is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see...**BY FAITH** we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, in that what is seen was not made out of what was visible... Without **FAITH** it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He **REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him!!
Hebrews 12:1,2: Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecter of our **FAITH**!!
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 7 Oct, 2017 10:32 AM
"**PRAY CONTINUALLY**; GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS!!" {I Thess 5:17,18}
Matthew 6:5,6,9-11 Jesus commands, �When you **PRAY**, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to **PRAY** standing in the synagogues {churches} and on the street corners to be seen by men...But when you **PRAY**, go into your room, close the door and PRAY to your FATHER, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret will reward you... This, then, is how you should **PRAY**: �Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.� and Luke 11:4 adds, **FORGIVE US OUR SINS**, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.�
Matthew 6:7,8: Jesus says, "And when you **PRAY**, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him!"
James 5:13-16: Is any one of you **IN TROUBLE**? He should **PRAY**!! Is any one of you **SICK**? He should call the elders {And only the elders!} of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the **PRAYER** offered in faith will make the sick person well, the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The **PRAYER** of a righteous man is powerful and effective!
Acts 1:14: They all joined together **CONSTANTLY IN PRAYER**!
Ephesians 6:18-19: **PRAY** in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind be alert and always keep on **PRAYING**for all the saints. **PRAY** also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel.
I John 1:8,9; 2:1,2: If we {believers} claim to be without sin, **WE DECEIVE OURSELVES** and the truth is not in us. If we **CONFESS OUR SINS**, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we {believers} we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word has no place in our lives....If anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**!!
Matthew 26:41: Jesus says, "Watch and **PRAY**so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak!"
Hebrews 4:15,16: For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have One who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may **RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED**!!
Hebrews 12:5,6,10,11: Do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the **LORD DISCIPLINES THOSE HE LOVES**, And He punishes everyone He accepts as a son... God disciplines us for our own good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
If we fail to daily ask forgiveness and repent of our sins God will **DISCIPLINE US** and sometimes it will be very painful. We will also **LOSE ETERNAL REWARDS** and a **CLOSE RELATIONSHIP** with God!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... for we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Luke 18:1: JESUS SAYS, **ALWAYS **PRAY** AND NEVER GIVE UP**!
Jeremiah 33:3; The Lord says, "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know!" {This would help God's saints to correctly interpret many of the mysteries in God's Word!}
Luke 11:1-4: The disciples asked Jesus, "Teach us to **PRAY**" Jesus said to His disciples, "When you **PRAY**, say: 'Father , hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come. Give us each day our **DAILY** bread. **FORGIVE US {disciples}OUR SINS**, for we forgive everyone who sins against us'"
Here we see that Jesus tells His disciples to daily ask the Father to forgive them of their sins. God's Word states that we must be holy as God is holy as per I Peter 1:15,16; and to walk as Jesus walked as per I John 2:6. And God understands that we really don't understand how much we fall short and sin daily.
The closer we get to God the more we realize how much we fall short and sin daily; and realize our need to confess our sins daily to get closer to God. Take Paul, the greatest NT saint, for example:
I Timothy 1:15,16: Paul said, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom **I AM THE WORST**. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, **THE WORST OF SINNERS**, Christ Jesus might display **HIS UNLIMITED PATIENCE** as an example for those who would believe on Him and receive eternal life.
I Timothy 5:5: The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to **PRAY** and **ASK GOD FOR HELP**!!
I Thessalonians 5:17,18: ** PRAY**CONTINUALLY**; **GIVE THANKS IN ALL** circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Philemon 1:6: I **PRAY** that you may be active in sharing your faith.
Acts 6:4: We will give our attention to **PRAYER** and the ministry of the Word!
Matthew 5:44: Jesus commands, �Love your enemies and **PRAY** for those who persecute you.�
Acts 21:5: All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city and there on the beach we *KNELT to **PRAY**.
Luke 22:41: Jesus *KNELT down and **PRAYED**.
Mark 1:35: Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a **SOLITARY PLACE**, where He **PRAYED**!
Luke 5:16: Jesus often withdrew to **LONELY PLACES** and **PRAYED**!
Acts 9:40: Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his *KNEES and **PRAYED**.
I Thessalonians 3:10: Night and day we **PRAY** most earnestly that we may supply what is lacking in your faith.
Ephesians 3:16-19: I **PRAY** that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I **PRAY** that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know that love which surpasses knowledge�that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God!
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12: We **CONSTANTLY PRAY FOR YOU**, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We **PRAY** this that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:15-17: Jesus prayed, �My **PRAYER** is not to take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Sanctify them by the Truth Your Word is Truth!�
I Peter 3:12: The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their **PRAYER**.
Colossians 4:12: He is always wrestling in **PRAYER** for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Hebrews 4:15,16:For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have One who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet He did not sin. Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need!!
Colossians 3:17: Whatever you do in word or deed, do it all **IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS**, giving thanks to God the Father through Him!!
John 15:5: Jesus says, "I am the Vine, you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; **APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING**!!"
John 14:6: Jesus says, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father **EXCEPT THROUGH ME!!"
And so Jesus commands that you always *PRAY** to the Father in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ since no one can come to Father **EXCEPT THROUGH ME!!
Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus says, "**ALL AUTHORITY** in heaven and on earth has been given to **ME**. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to **OBEY EVERYTHING** I have commanded. And surely I am with you always!!"
Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by **PRAYER** and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God.
I John 5:14,15 This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything **ACCORDING TO HIS WILL** He hears us. And if we know that He hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of Him.
2 Corinthians 12:8,9: Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness!"
James 4:3: When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures!
Romans 8:26,27: The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to **PRAY** for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with **GOD'S WILL**!
Matthew 18:10-14: Jesus said, �Two men went up to the temple to **PRAY**, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and **PRAYED** about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men�robbers, evildoers, adulterers�or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' But the tax collector stood at a distance, He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, '**GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER**'!!.'"I tell you that this man rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted!�
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 9 Oct, 2017 12:20 PM
Matthew 5:17: Jesus says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to **FULFILL THEM**!!"
Hark wrongly claims that this verse demands that we must still keep all of the 613 OT Laws???
For example:
John 13:34: Jesus says, "A **NEW COMMAND** I give you: Love one another **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**, so you must love one another!!" John 15:13,14: My command is this: Love each other as **I HAVE LOVED YOU**!! Greater love has no one than this: **TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS**!!"
Leviticus 5:5-10; 16-19: When anyone becomes aware that they are guilty of any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned. As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they **MUST** bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a **SIN OFFERING**; and the priest shall **MAKE ATONEMENT for them for their sin. Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring 2 doves or 2 pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for their sin. They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering... The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and **MAKE ATONEMENT** for the sin they have committed, and they will be **FORGIVEN**.
Leviticus 17:11: The Lord said, "For the life of the creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make **ATONEMENT FOR YOURSELVES** on the altar; it is the **BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR ONE'S LIFE**!!"
AND SO GOD HAS COMMANDED IN THE OT COVENANT THAT THERE MUST BE **BLOOD SACRIFICES** TO ATONE FOR YOUR SINS!! AND AFTER THE LAST TEMPLE WAS COMPLTELY DESTROYED IN AD 70 THERE HAVE BEEN NO BLOOD SACRIFICES TO ATONE FOR SIN SINCE AD 70!!!
Isaiah 1:11,13,14: "The multitude of your sacrifices--what are they to Me?" says the Lord. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; **I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND LAMBS AND GOATS**... **STOP** bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to Me. New moons, Sabbaths and convocations--I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals **I HATE WITH ALL MY BEING!!"
Now TNT wants you to continue in the 613 OT laws which would include over 200 OT laws for sin sacrifices, priests and the Deceased Temple and its embellishments which the **LORD HATES WITH ALL HIS BEING**!
Jeremiah 31:31,32,34: "The days are coming says the Lord," declares the Lord, "When I will make a **NEW COVENANT** with the people of Israel. It will **NOT BE LIKE** the Covenant I made with their ancestors...For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more!!"
Isaiah 1:18: "Come now let us settle the matter," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, the shall be as **WHITE AS SNOW**!"
I Peter 1:18,19: For you know that was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were **REDEEMED** from the empty way of life handed down to you by your forefathers, but with the **PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST**, a **LAMB** without blemish or defect!!
I Peter 2:24,25: He Himself **BORE OUR SINS** in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness, **BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED** {See Isaiah 53:5,6 below}!! For you were **LIKE SHEEP GOING ASTRAY**, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls!!
HERE PETER ABSOLUTELY CONFIRMS THAT THE PROPHESY IN ISAIAH 53:5,6 BELOW IS ABOUT THE ATONING SACRIFICE IF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!
Isaiah 53:5,6: But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and **BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED**! We all, **LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE ASTRAY**, each of us has turned to his own way, and **THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL**!!
And so our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ **FULFILLED** OVER 100 OF THE OT LAW'S REQUIREMENTS FOR BLOOD SACRIFICES FOR SINS**!!
Now TNT SAID THAT WE MUST KEEP ALL OF THE 613 OT LAWS which would include about 100 OT laws for blood sacrifices fir sins and 26 OT laws for killing anyone who breaks these laws which would include killing everyone that commits adultery and anyone who dishonors their parents.
Leviticus 20:10: Moses commanded, "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife --with the wife of his neighbor-- both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be **PUT TO DEATH**!"
John 8:3-11: The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with His finger. When they kept on questioning Him. He straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with e woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman where are they? Has no one condemned you?" "No one, Sir," she said, "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin!"
Hark, do you know of any Jewish theologians that still teach stoning all adulterers to death??? Are all people, including yourself, who do not stone adulterers to death sinning; since they are not obeying the Law of Moses??
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 10 Oct, 2017 10:25 AM
A number of Roman Catholic dioceses nationwide�and also globally�have been consecrating themselves to the �immaculate heart of Mary� throughout 2017, a practice that evangelicals say is unbiblical and gives to the earthly mother of Jesus the devotion that should be bestowed to Christ alone.
�We are uniting ourselves to her who opens up the way for God to enter, and we are uniting our hearts to her immaculate heart, the one heart that is perfectly united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,� James Johnston Jr. of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri told the National Catholic Register.
The consecrations are being conducted as 2017 marks the 100th year since the purported 1917 apparitions of Mary to child shepherds in Fatima, Portugal. The apparitions were stated to have taken place on the 13th of each month over a six-month period.
�God desires to establish in the world devotion to my immaculate heart,� Mary was quoted as stating during one of the appearances to the children. �To whomever embraces this devotion I promise salvation; these souls shall be dear to God, as flowers placed by me to adorn His throne.�
Diocese in Pennsylvania, California, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Colorado, New York and other states have already conducted consecration ceremonies, with more to follow for the remainder of the year.
�This is one way we can ask Mary to guide us and watch over us during implementation [of the Priorities],� Mary Woodward, chancellor for the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi told the outlet Mississippi Catholic.
The Diocese of Santa Rosa, California announced in a recent letter that it plans to dedicate every parish and mission under its jurisdiction to Mary during services on Dec. 9 and 10 between the Catholic feasts of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe.
It also provided notice that those interested can participate in an online Marian Consecration Preparation Program.
�In our consecration we state, �We consecrate to you (Mary) our very being and our whole life; all that we have, all that we love, all that we are,'� the notice, issued by Robert Vasa, outlines.
�It is an act of trust in the love God has for us and in the love our blessed mother has for us,� it continues. �We entrust ourselves to Her maternal care with profound confidence and love. We trust that, having given over everything we have and are to Her protection and even Her dominion, we then rely on Her to distribute merits and graces where they are most needed.�
On Oct. 13, the date of the last of the Fatima apparitions, Donald Wuerl, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, plans to consecrate the entire United States to Mary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
�Many people are worried about the state of the world,� Connie Schneider of Children of the Eucharist told reporters. �This is something everyone can participate in; to light a candle and to entrust families, our country and the world to the care of Our Lady of Fatima.�
Schneider�s organization, as well as the group Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, are the main sponsors of the event. The candlelight rosary procession and entrustment prayer will be broadcast live on EWTN to over 140 countries. According to the National Catholic Register, EWTN is also airing a new film this week entitled �Queen of Heaven: Mary�s Battle for Souls� to coincide with the Oct. 13 observance.
Dioceses in Denver, Colorado; Minneapolis, Minnesota and Phoenix, Arizona will also hold ceremonies on that date.
However, while Roman Catholics have expressed an excitement about the consecrations, opining that they are a work of God in the world, others find the observances concerning as they attribute to Mary the devotion and surrender that only belongs to Christ.
�It is not surprising to see many Catholic dioceses across America falling deeper into apostasy,� Mike Gendron of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries told Christian News Network. �Part of Rome�s apostasy includes their exaltation of Mary as the �cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race� (Catechism of the Catholic church paragraph 494). Catholics look to her as another sinless mediator who brings them �the gifts of eternal salvation� (CCC, para 969).�
�It is no wonder that far more Catholic Churches are named after Mary than the Name above all names,� he lamented.
Gendron said that some of the comments made by Roman Catholic bishops in regard to the entrustment ceremonies, such as those of Robert Vasa, wrongfully suggest that Mary has powers and attributes just like the Godhead.
�To suggest that she has supernatural or divine power to protect people within her dominion and also to be the source of divine grace is blasphemy,� he declared. �Many people are unaware of Roman Catholicism�s treasury of merit, which contain the merits of Mary that are co-mingled with the inexhaustible merits of Christ (CCC. para. 1477). The Catholic bishops teach that these merits can be distributed to souls suffering in purgatory through indulgences.�
Gendron, a former Roman Catholic of 30 years, says that his heart breaks in observing many being deceived by such practices.
�The tragedy in all this is that Catholics are led astray from a pure devotion to Christ (2 Cor. 11:3),� he stated. �Not only are they being deceived by another Jesus which always leads to another gospel, they are also being deceived by another Mary (2 Cor. 11:4).�
�My heart is full of compassion for Catholics who are where I was for over half my life: believing I belonged to the one true Church, but destined for an eternity in hell because I believed Rome�s false and fatal gospel,� Gendron continued.
�This is the very nature of deception! People do not know they are deceived until they are lovingly confronted with the truth. This truth has been entrusted to every born again Christian and we need to challenge Catholics in their unbelief,� he exhorted. �Their only hope is repent and trust Christ alone for the salvation of their souls.�
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 10 Oct, 2017 07:53 PM
John 20:27-29: Then He said to Thomas, "Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe!" Thomas said to him, "My Lord and **MY GOD**!" Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed!"
Isaiah 9:6: For unto us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor and **MIGHTY GOD**!
**GOD'S WORD COMMANDS THAT WE SHOULD ONLY WORSHIP GOD**!!
Matthew 4:9,10: Satan said to Jesus, "All this I will give you if you bow down and worship me." Jesus said to him, Away from Me Satan! For it is written, '**WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD** and serve Him only!
Revelation 19:9,10: The angel said to me, "Write this: **BLESSED** are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the **LAMB**!" And he added, "These are the true words of God!" At this I fell at his feet to **WORSHIP** him, But he said to me, "Don't do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus! **WORSHIP GOD**! For it is the spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus!"
Revelation 22:8,9: I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, "**DON'T DO THAT** A am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who **KEEP THE WORDS** of this scroll. **WORSHIP GOD**!!
Hebrews 1:6,8: When God brings His firstborn into the world He says, "Let all God's angels **WORSHIP HIM**.... About the Son He says, "Your throne, **O GOD**, will last for ever and ever, a scepter of justice will be the scepter of **YOUR KINGDOM**!"
Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus says, "**ALL AUTHORITY**in heaven and on earth has been given to **ME**. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always!"
**JESUS CHRIST, OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR**
Jesus is **WORSHIPED** many times in God's Word in Matthew 2:2,8,11; 14:33; 28:9,17 Luke 24:52 John 9:38 and Revelation 5:14 and !5:4!!
Matthew 2:10,11: When the Wise Men saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and **WORSHIPED HIM**!
Matthew 14:33; Then those who were in the boat **WORSHPED HIM**!!
Matthew 28:8,9: So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell His disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," He said. They came to Him, clasped His feet and **WORSHIPED HIM**!
Matthew 28:16,17: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When the saw Him, they **WORSHIPED HIM**!
There are some who completely ignore these Scriptures and claim that Jesus is not God because he said that the Father is greater than me in John 14:28 and that the Father told Him what to say as per John 14:23,24: Jesus says, "Anyone who loves Me will obey My teaching. My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love Me will not obey My teaching. The words you hear are not My own; they belong to the Father who sent Me."
John 9:37,38: Jesus said, "You have now seen Him; in fact, He is the one speaking with you!" Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he **WORSHIPED HIM**!
NOTE: Jesus is called the **LAMB** 30 times in the book of Revelation!
Revelation 5:13,14: Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, an all that is In them, saying "To Him who sits on the throne and to the **LAMB** be praise and honor and glory and power for ever and ever!" The 4 living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and **WORSHIPED**!
Revelation 17:14; They will wage war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will overcome them because He is **LORD** of lords and King of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED**, *CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 14 Oct, 2017 11:36 AM
Now Hark has stated dozens of times that every word in the OT is the infallible Word of God??? Such as:
Leviticus 5:5-10; 16-19: When anyone becomes aware that they are guilty of any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned. As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they **MUST** bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a **SIN OFFERING**; and the priest shall **MAKE ATONEMENT for them for their sin. Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring 2 doves or 2 pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for their sin. They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering... The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and **MAKE ATONEMENT** for the sin they have committed, and they will be **FORGIVEN**.
Leviticus 17:11: The Lord said, "For the life of the creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make **ATONEMENT FOR YOURSELVES** on the altar; it is the **BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR ONE'S LIFE**!!"
AND SO GOD HAS COMMANDED IN THE OT COVENANT THAT THERE MUST BE **BLOOD SACRIFICES** TO ATONE FOR YOUR SINS!! AND AFTER THE LAST TEMPLE WAS COMPLTELY DESTROYED IN AD 70 THERE HAVE BEEN NO BLOOD SACRIFICES TO ATONE FOR SIN SINCE AD 70!!!
Isaiah 1:11,13,14: "The multitude of your sacrifices--what are they to Me?" says the Lord. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; **I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND LAMBS AND GOATS**... **STOP** bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to Me. New moons, Sabbaths and convocations--I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals **I HATE WITH ALL MY BEING!!"
Hark claims that we must keep all of the OT laws???
Jeremiah 31:31,32,34: "The days are coming says the Lord," declares the Lord, "When I will make a **NEW COVENANT** with the people of Israel. It will **NOT BE LIKE** the Covenant I made with their ancestors...For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more!!"
Isaiah 1:18: "Come now let us settle the matter," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, the shall be as **WHITE AS SNOW**!"
I Peter 2:24,25: He Himself **BORE OUR SINS** in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness, **BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED** {See Isaiah 53:5,6 below}!! For you were **LIKE SHEEP GOING ASTRAY**, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls!!
HERE PETER ABSOLUTELY CONFIRMS THAT THE PROPHESY IN ISAIAH 53:5,6 BELOW IS ABOUT THE ATONING SACRIFICE IF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!
Isaiah 53:5,6: But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and **BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED**! We all, **LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE ASTRAY**, each of us has turned to his own way, and **THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL**!!
Hark claims that the coming Messiah and Savior from sin can not be God according to the OT???
Isaiah 9:8,9: For unto us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor and **MIGHTY GOD**!!
Isaiah 7:14: The Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and will call Him **IMMANUEL**! {Which means **GOD WITH US**!!}
Matthew 1:21-23: The angel of the Lord said, "She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus {Yeshua}, because He will save His people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: {Isaiah 7:14} "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and they will call Him **IMMANUEL** which means **GOD WITH US**!!
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 17 Oct, 2017 01:16 PM
Hark claims that there is no OT Scripture which even implies that Jesus is God???
The word **ELOHIM** is the **PLURAL** of **EL** and is the first name for God given for God in the OT and is used over 3,000 times in the OT: "In the beginning God {**ELOHIM**} created the heavens and the earth!" {Genesis 1:1}
Genesis 1:26: God {**ELOHIM**} said, "Let **US** {PLURAL} make mankind in **OUR** {PLURAL} image, in **OUR** {PLURAL} likeness!!"
John 1:1-3: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the **WORD WAS GOD**. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made!!
Colossians 1:15-20: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. All things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the Head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, so that in everything He might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have **ALL HIS** fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross!!
Hebrews 1:1-4,6: In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days He has spoken to us through His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being sustaining all things by His powerful Word. After he had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. So He became as much superior to the angels as the Name He has inherited is superior to theirs... God says, "Let all God's angels **WORSHIP HIM**!!" {Quote in Psalm 97:7!}
John 20:27-29: Then He said to Thomas, "Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe!" Thomas said to him, "My Lord and **MY GOD**!" Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed!"
Isaiah 9:6: For unto us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor and **MIGHTY GOD**!
Isaiah 7:14: "The Lord Himself will give you a sign. The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son and will call Him **IMMANUEL**!" {which means **GOD WITH US**}
Matthew 1:21-23: The angel of the Lord said, She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet {Isa 7:14 above} "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and they will call Him **IMMANUEL** which means **GOD WITH US**!"
**GOD'S WORD COMMANDS THAT WE SHOULD ONLY WORSHIP GOD**!!
Matthew 4:9,10: Satan said to Jesus, "All this I will give you if you bow down and worship me." Jesus said to him, Away from Me Satan! For it is written, '**WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD** and serve Him only!
Revelation 19:9,10: The angel said to me, "Write this: **BLESSED** are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the **LAMB**!" And he added, "These are the true words of God!" At this I fell at his feet to **WORSHIP** him, But he said to me, "Don't do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus! **WORSHIP GOD**! For it is the spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus!"
Revelation 22:8,9: I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, "**DON'T DO THAT** A am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who **KEEP THE WORDS** of this scroll. **WORSHIP GOD**!!
Hebrews 1:6,8: When God brings His firstborn into the world He says, "Let all God's angels **WORSHIP HIM**.... About the Son He says, "Your throne, **O GOD**, will last for ever and ever, a scepter of justice will be the scepter of **YOUR KINGDOM**!"
Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus says, "**ALL AUTHORITY**in heaven and on earth has been given to **ME**. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always!"
**JESUS CHRIST, OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR**
Jesus is **WORSHIPED** many times in God's Word in Matthew 2:2,8,11; 14:33; 28:9,17 Luke 24:52 John 9:38 and Revelation 5:14 and !5:4!!
Matthew 2:10,11: When the Wise Men saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and **WORSHIPED HIM**!
Matthew 14:33; Then those who were in the boat **WORSHPED HIM**!!
Matthew 28:8,9: So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell His disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," He said. They came to Him, clasped His feet and **WORSHIPED HIM**!
Matthew 28:16,17: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When the saw Him, they **WORSHIPED HIM**!
There are some who completely ignore these Scriptures and claim that Jesus is not God because he said that the Father is greater than me in John 14:28 and that the Father told Him what to say as per John 14:23,24: Jesus says, "Anyone who loves Me will obey My teaching. My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love Me will not obey My teaching. The words you hear are not My own; they belong to the Father who sent Me."
John 9:37,38: Jesus said, "You have now seen Him; in fact, He is the one speaking with you!" Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he **WORSHIPED HIM**!
NOTE: Jesus is called the **LAMB** 30 times in the book of Revelation!
Revelation 5:13,14: Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, an all that is In them, saying "To Him who sits on the throne and to the **LAMB** be praise and honor and glory and power for ever and ever!" The 4 living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and **WORSHIPED**!
Revelation 17:14; They will wage war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will overcome them because He is **LORD** of lords and King of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED**, *CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 19 Oct, 2017 02:38 PM
Now there are some Satanist's who believe that Popes elected by the Roman Catholic Church are somehow descendants of Peter and are the **HEADS** of God's church **ON EARTH** in the **PRESENT AGE** until the second coming of Jesus???
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
Ephesians 1:20-23: He raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the **PRESENT AGE** but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be the **HEAD OVER EVERYTHING FOR THE CHURCH** which is **HIS BODY, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way!!
Ephesians 4:7,11-13,15,16: To each one of us grace has been give has Christ apportioned it... Christ Himself {Not the Churches!} gives some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists and some to be pastors and teachers, to equip God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ... Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the **HEAD**, that is, **CHRIST**! **FROM HIM** the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament {Appointed by Christ}, grows and builds itself as each part does its work!!
Ephesians 5:23,24: The husband is the head of the wife as **CHRIST IS THE **HEAD** OF THE CHURCH**, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything!
Colossians 1:18-20: Christ is the **HEAD** of the body, the **CHURCH**, He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in **EVERYTHING HE MIGHT HAVE THE SUPREMACY**!! For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things ***ON EARTH** or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross!!
Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus says, "**ALL AUTHORITY** in heaven and **ON EARTH** has been given to **ME**! Therefore go and make disciples of all nations... teaching them to **OBEY EVERYTHING I COMMANDED YOU**! And surely I am with you **ALWAYS**!!"
NOTE: The Greek name for Peter is Petros which is also the Greek word for "stone" while "Petra" is the Greek word for "**ROCK"**! I Corinthians 10:2-4: They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual **ROCK** that accompanied them, and that **ROCK**{Greek-**PETRA**} was **CHRIST**!!
Matthew 16:15-18;21-23: Jesus said, "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, **BY MY FATHER** in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter {Greek "Petros"} and on this **ROCK** {Greek-"Petra"} I will build My church..... From that time on Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, "Never, Lord!" he said, This will never happen to you!" Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! you are a **STUMBLING BLOCK** to Me, you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns."
And later Peter denied the Lord Jesus three times!
Galatians 2:11,14-16: Paul said, "When Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong... When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all: "You are a Jew. how is it then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified!!"
It is interesting to note that God inspired Paul to write 14 of the 27 books in the New Covenant. Peter wrote 2 books with 8 chapters and John, the disciple Jesus loved as per John 20:2; 21:7; 21:20, was inspired by God to write 5 books with 50 chapters.
Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus says, "**ALL AUTHORITY** in heaven and **ON EARTH** has been given to **ME**! Therefore go and make disciples of all nations... teaching them to **OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU**! And surely I am with you **ALWAYS**!!"
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 20 Oct, 2017 03:51 PM
**IS GIVING **PRAISE** AND **GLORY** TO GOD THE FATHER AND OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NEW COVENANT**
**WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
??Luke 2:20: The shepherds returned, **GLORIFYING* and **PRAISING GOD** for all the things they had heard and seen!
Luke 2:14: Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, **PRAISING GOD** and saying, "**GLORY TO GOD** in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests!"
John 1:14: The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen **HIS GLORY**, the **GLORY** of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth!!!
John 11:40: Jesus says, "Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the **GLORY OF GOD**!!"
John 15:8: Jesus says, "This is to My **FATHER'S GLORY**, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples!"
Romans 4:20,21: Abraham did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave **GLORY TO GOD**, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised!
Romans 5:1,2: Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the **GLORY OF GOD**!!
I Corinthians 10:31: So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, **DO IT **ALL** FOR THE **GLORY** OF GOD**!!
2 Corinthians 3:9-11,18: If the ministry that brought condemnation was **GLORIOUS**, how much more **GLORIOUS** is the ministry that brings righteoousness!! For what was **GLORIOUS** has no glory now in comparison with the **SURPASSING GLORY**! And if what is transitory came with **GLORY** how much greater is the the **GLORY OF THAT WHICH LASTS**!... And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the **LORD'S GLORY**, are being transformed into His image with **EVER INCREASING GLORY**, which comes from the Lord!
2 Corinthians 4:15-18: All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause **THANKSGIVING** to overflow to the **GLORY OF GOD**! Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an **ETERNAL GLORY** that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is tempoary, but on what is **UNSEEN IS **ETERNAL**!
Ephesians 1:12-14: In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the **PRAISE OF HIS GLORY**!! And you were also included in Christ when you heard the message of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation. When you believed you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the **PRAISE OF HIS GLORY**!!
Philippians 1:9-11: And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth an insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameness for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the **GLORY AND PRAISE OF GOD**!!
2 Corinthians 11:31: Through Jesus, therefore, let us **CONTINUALLY** offer to God a sacrifice of **PRAISE**--the fruit of lips that openly profess His name!!
I Peter 4:10,11: Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks they should do so as one who speaks the very Words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things **GOD MAY BE PRAISED** through Jesus Christ. To Him be the **GLORY** and power for ever and ever!! Amen.
Philippians 2:9-11: Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the **GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER**! {This will happen on the Last Day!}
2 Peter 3:18: But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be **GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER**! Amen!
Revelation 5:9,10,12,13: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and with Your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
... "Worthy is the **LAMB**, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and **GLORY AND PRAISE**! To Him who sits on the throne and to the **LAMB** be **PRAISE** and honor and **GLORY** and power for ever and ever!!"
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 21 Oct, 2017 02:39 PM
Jesus is Yeshua or Joshua in Hebrew and means **GOD IS HELP**!!
Matthew 1:21-23: The angel of the Lord said, " She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name **JESUS** {Which means **GOD IS HELP**}, because He will save His people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said {In Isaiah 7:14 below} through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son and they will all Him **IMMANUEL** which means **GOD WITH US**!"
Luke 2:9,10: An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angel said, "I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a **SAVIOR** has been born to you; He is the **MESSIAH**, the **LORD**!"
Isaiah 7:14: "The Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and will call Him **IMMANUEL!" {Which means **GOD WITH US**!}
Isaiah 9:6: For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor and **MIGHTY GOD**!
Titus 2:13,14: We wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**--the glorious appearing of our **GREAT GOD** AND **SAVIOR**, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are **HIS VERY OWN**, eager to do what is good!!
"The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expessing itself through Love Galatians 5:6."
Posted : 22 Oct, 2017 10:58 AM
Jesus is translated Joshua in Hebrew and means **GOD IS HELP**!! **JOSHUA** in Hebrew is phonetically pronounced *YESHUA* since the *J* in Hebrew is pronounced *YEH**.
Matthew 1:21-23: The angel of the Lord said, " She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name **JESUS** {Which means **GOD IS HELP**}, because He will save His people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said {In Isaiah 7:14 below} through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son and they will all Him **IMMANUEL** which means **GOD WITH US**!"
Luke 2:9,10: An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angel said, "I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a **SAVIOR** has been born to you; He is the **MESSIAH**, the **LORD**!"
Isaiah 7:14: "The Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and will call Him **IMMANUEL!" {Which means **GOD WITH US**!}
Isaiah 9:6: For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor and **MIGHTY GOD**!
Titus 2:13,14: We wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**--the glorious appearing of our **GREAT GOD** AND **SAVIOR**, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are **HIS VERY OWN**, eager to do what is good!!
Isaiah 53:5,6: He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to their own way; and the Lord has laid on **HIM** the iniquity of us all!!
I Peter 2:24,25: He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness "By His wounds you have been healed." For "You were like sheep going astray," but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your soul!
Here Peter confirms Jesus is the subject of Isaiah 53:5,6 since Peter quotes passages in Isaiah 53:5,6 **TWO** times above!!
Dueteronomy 18:17-19: The Lord said to Moses, "I will raise up a Prophet like you from among your fellow Israelites, and I will put My words in His mouth. He will tell them everything I command Him. I Myself will call to account who does listen to My words that the Prophet speaks in My name!!"
John 14:21-24: Jesus says, "Whoever has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I too will love them... Anyone who loves will obey My teaching. my Father will love them and We will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love Me will not obey My teaching. These words you hear are not My own, they belong to the Father who sent Me!"
Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus says, "**ALL AUTHORITY** in heaven on **ON EARTH** {Not Popes} has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, an teaching them to obey **EVERYTHING I COMMANDED YOU**. And surely I am with you **ALWAYS**!"
According to Revelation 22:3 there will be only **2 THRONES** for the Father and the **LAMB** in the Heavenly Eternal New Jerusalem:
NOTE: Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is called the **LAMB** 30 times in Revelation.
Revelation 3:21: Jesus says, "To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with Me on **MY THRONE***, just as I was victorious and sat down with My Father on **HIS THRONE**!"
Revelation 2:17: Jesus says, "I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it!"
John 20:27-29: Jesus said to Thomas, "Put your finger here" see My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side! **STOP DOUBTING AND BELIEVE!" Thomas said to Him, "**MY LORD AND MY GOD**!" Then Jesus told him, Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed!!"
Revelation 5:9,13: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe language and people and nation... To **HIM** who sits on the throne and to the **LAMB** be praise and honor and glory and power **FOR EVER AND EVER**!"
