21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Actually *SAD*lup your extremely Satanic teachings are not believed by any of the born again Christian believers in this **CHRISTIAN**forum! Your Jewish doctrines would be gladly accepted on any Jewish Forum but are completely obnoxious in a **CHRISTIAN** forum. My posts are loaded with God's Word which exposes all of **SAD**lup's Satanic teachings such as:
***That our great God and Savior Jesus Christ **IS NOT GOD** and His blood DOES MAKE ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS**!!
*** That Jesus did not change any OT Laws.
*** None of Paul's books are inspired by God which is about **HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT!!
**That we are saved by **GOOD WORKS** including keeping all of the OT Laws.
WOW!! **SAD**LUP ALSO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ETERNAL TORMENT IN HELL FOR THE LOST UNBELIEVER**???
**SAD*LUP MAKES THE RIDICULOUS CLAIM THAT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST IS NOT GOD AND NEVER CHANGED EVEN ONE OT LAW**??
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
**HOWEVER**: **JESUS MADE MANY AMAZING AND TOUGHER CHANGES TO OLD TESTAMENT MARRIAGE, ADULTERY AND DIVORCE LAWS ***THAT WERE **MUCH MORE LAWLESS*** THAN THE **NEW LAWS** OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST**!!
Matthew 5:27,28: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already **COMMITTED ADULTERY** with her in his heart."{This sin is never even mentioned in the Old Testament!}
**THIS SIN OF ADULTERY WOULD INCLUDE PICTURES OR VIDEOS OF A WOMAN ON TELEVISION OR THE INTERNET OR IN PORNOGRAPHY**!!
These terrible sins would not even have been sins according to OT Law!!
Jesus also eliminated the OT capital punishment for the sin of adultery when he told the Pharisees who were about to stone to death a woman who committed adultery when Jesus said: "He that is without sin among you cast the first stone!!" {As per John 8:7!!}
Leviticus 20:1,10: The Lord said to Moses..... If a man commits adultery with another man's wife --with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress **MUST BE PUT TO DEATH**!" {OT LAW ELIMINATED!!}
Any executioner would of course be guilty of some sin!!
Matthew 19::3-9: Some Pharisees came to Jesus to test Him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" "Haven't you read," Jesus replied, "That at the beginning the Creator made them male and female' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefor what God has joined together, let no one separate." Why then the Pharisees asked, did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?" Jesus replied, "MOSES PERMITTED YOU TO DIVORCE YOUR WIVES BECAUSE **YOUR HEARTS WERE HARD**, but it was not this way from the beginning. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery!!!"
In the Old Testament you could divorce your wife for almost any reason by just giving her a certificate of divorce as per Deuteronomy 24:1,3.
Actually it is almost impossible in the New Testament to divorce your wife if she is a believer, since Jesus also said in Matthew 18:22 that you should forgive your brother or wife not 7 times but 77 times which can also be translated 7 times 70 times!!
And according to I Corinthians 7:12-15 you can only divorce an unbelieving wife **IF SHE LEAVES YOU* even though you have been a good husband.
I Corinthians 7:12,13,15: If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, **HE MUST NOT DIVORCE HER**. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, **SHE MUST NOT DIVORCE HIM**!... But if an unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace!
THIS COMPLETELY CHANGES OT LAWS ON DIVORCE**!!
In the Old Testament Abraham had 2 wives and Jacob {Israel} had 4 wives which him the 12 sons which became the 12 tribes of Israel. King David had 8 wives and was only penalized for sins of taking Bathsheba as his wife after causing the death of her husband. ???
But in the New Testament you can have only **ONE WIFE**!!As per I Corinthians 7:2; ! Timothy 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6.
**THIS COMPLETELY CHANGED OT MARRIAGE LAWS**!!
In the OT rich people like Solomon could also afford to have **MANY CONCUBINES** which they could have sex with, without any penalty???
2 Samuel 5:13 - "After he left Hebron, David took more **CONCUBINES** and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him."
David was only penalized for the sins of taking Bathsheba for his wife after causing the death of her husband!
**THESE WOULD BE TERRIBLE SINS UNDER THE NEW COVENANT OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR**!!
The Satanic Mormons are the only Christian Denomination that practice the evil NT sin of Polygamy and even they believe that having **CONCUBINES** is a very evil sin !!
Never mind Prophetic7744, you are doing the same thing - not discussing but posting the same thing over and over covering over other people's discussions.
Your disrespectful rude behavior clearly shows you do not follow the teachings in the Bible, but you post Bible verses?
This makes you a hypocrite and an imposter and I have no patience for hypocrisy and those who impersonate Christians.
You can call me names, lie about me, twist my words. I can deal with that, but your immature behavior of repeatedly reposting long posts that have been answered is more than I wish to bear.
Actually *SAD*lup your extremely Satanic teachings are not believed by any of the born again Christian believers in this **CHRISTIAN**forum! Your Jewish doctrines would be gladly accepted on any Jewish Forum but are completely obnoxious in a **CHRISTIAN** forum. My posts are loaded with God's Word which exposes all of **SAD**lup's Satanic teachings such as:
***That our great God and Savior Jesus Christ **IS NOT GOD** and His blood DOES MAKE ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS**!!
*** That Jesus did not change any OT Laws.
*** None of Paul's books are inspired by God which is about **HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT!!
**That we are saved by **GOOD WORKS** including keeping all of the OT Laws.
WOW!! **SAD**LUP ALSO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ETERNAL TORMENT IN HELL FOR THE LOST UNBELIEVER**???
**SAD*LUP MAKES THE RIDICULOUS CLAIM THAT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST IS NOT GOD AND NEVER CHANGED EVEN ONE OT LAW**??
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
**HOWEVER**: **JESUS MADE MANY AMAZING AND TOUGHER CHANGES TO OLD TESTAMENT MARRIAGE, ADULTERY AND DIVORCE LAWS ***THAT WERE **MUCH MORE LAWLESS*** THAN THE **NEW LAWS** OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST**!!
Matthew 5:27,28: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already **COMMITTED ADULTERY** with her in his heart."{This sin is never even mentioned in the Old Testament!}
**THIS SIN OF ADULTERY WOULD INCLUDE PICTURES OR VIDEOS OF A WOMAN ON TELEVISION OR THE INTERNET OR IN PORNOGRAPHY**!!
These terrible sins would not even have been sins according to OT Law!!
Jesus also eliminated the OT capital punishment for the sin of adultery when he told the Pharisees who were about to stone to death a woman who committed adultery when Jesus said: "He that is without sin among you cast the first stone!!" {As per John 8:7!!}
Leviticus 20:1,10: The Lord said to Moses..... If a man commits adultery with another man's wife --with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress **MUST BE PUT TO DEATH**!" {OT LAW ELIMINATED!!}
Any executioner would of course be guilty of some sin!!
Matthew 19::3-9: Some Pharisees came to Jesus to test Him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" "Haven't you read," Jesus replied, "That at the beginning the Creator made them male and female' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefor what God has joined together, let no one separate." Why then the Pharisees asked, did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?" Jesus replied, "MOSES PERMITTED YOU TO DIVORCE YOUR WIVES BECAUSE **YOUR HEARTS WERE HARD**, but it was not this way from the beginning. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery!!!"
In the Old Testament you could divorce your wife for almost any reason by just giving her a certificate of divorce as per Deuteronomy 24:1,3.
Actually it is almost impossible in the New Testament to divorce your wife if she is a believer, since Jesus also said in Matthew 18:22 that you should forgive your brother or wife not 7 times but 77 times which can also be translated 7 times 70 times!!
And according to I Corinthians 7:12-15 you can only divorce an unbelieving wife **IF SHE LEAVES YOU* even though you have been a good husband.
I Corinthians 7:12,13,15: If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, **HE MUST NOT DIVORCE HER**. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, **SHE MUST NOT DIVORCE HIM**!... But if an unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace!
THIS COMPLETELY CHANGES WEAK OT LAWS ON DIVORCE**!!
In the Old Testament Abraham had 2 wives [Gen 15:3,4] and Jacob {Israel} had 4 wives {Gen 30:1-25}which gave him 12 sons which became the 12 tribes of Israel. King David had 8 wives and was only penalized for the sins of taking Bathsheba as his wife after causing the death of her husband. ???
But in the New Testament you can have only **ONE WIFE**!!As per I Corinthians 7:2; ! Timothy 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6.
**THIS COMPLETELY CHANGED OT MARRIAGE LAWS**!!
In the OT rich people like Solomon could also afford to have **MANY CONCUBINES** which they could have sex with, without any penalty???
2 Samuel 5:13 - "After he left Hebron, David took more **CONCUBINES** and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him."
David was only penalized for the sins of taking Bathsheba for his wife after causing the death of her husband!
**THESE WOULD BE TERRIBLE SINS UNDER THE NEW COVENANT OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR**!!
The Satanic Mormons are the only Christian Denomination that practice the evil NT sin of Polygamy and even they believe that having **CONCUBINES** is a very evil sin !!
Sadlup, the core discussion of this thread is your ending Bible verse (Matt 7:22 & 23) that you STARTED and posted for discussion. Namely "workers of lawlessness" or like the KJV says "ye that work iniquity" of sinners that Yah'shua is talking about in that passage - LAWLESSNESS.
Sadlup qoutes from - "Here is Galatians 3:23-24 from the Jewish Bible:"
"Now before the time for this trusting faithfulness came, we were imprisoned in subjection to the system which results from perverting the Torah into legalism, kept under guard until this yet-to-come trusting faithfulness would be revealed. 24 Accordingly, the Torah functioned as a custodian until the Messiah came, so that we might be declared righteous on the ground of trusting and being faithful."
Notice:
"We are freed from "system which results from perverting the Torah into legalism". In other words we are free from the Pharisaical Oral Torah and are now free to keep Torah through Faith."
Ok Sadlup, I'm not sure why you did not post verse 25 like Prophetic7744 **ALWAYS** does! Lol. Seriously its the key to the misinterpretation (implied corruption) that Prophetic7744 does to verse 25. In the CJB that you used - 25. "But now that the time for this trusting faithfulness has come, we are no longer under a custodian." I use that Bible version MANY times (I love it!) but for the sake of confusion to Prophetic7744 and potentally others, I did not here in Galatians 3:23-25. The reason for that is people are taught to be at odds with Jews since they are taught Yah'shua was not the Messiah.
What's strange is "Christians" know He is a Jew, yet they think He goes against everything in the Torah Law generally! Nothing could be further from the truth!!!
Alrighty then, so I'm not sure if you caught it all in what Paul was teaching in Galatians 3:23-25, its context. Clearly Paul is mentioning the "Oral Torah" AND the "Torah through Faith" as you say (I like that!). So if Paul was primarily speaking of "Oral Torah" (verse 24) then He certainly would NOT be mentioning it again in verse 25 when he writes "we are no longer under a custodian" or "we are no longer under the supervision" as Prophetic7744 always posts (but does not understand) of the Law because Paul would not of even given CREDIT to the ADDED "Pharisaical Oral Torah" to begin with, which was corrupted or attempted to CORRUPT the written Bible Torah Law!
Right?
So Paul is only speaking of the "Torah through Faith" Law in verse 25 because "now that the time for this trusting faithfulness ("Torah through Faith") has come" ITS ITS ITS that "we are no longer under a custodian" Torah Law now! Why? Because we are NOT SINNERS when we don't break it, BECAUSE we have FAITH in it like Yah'shua did! The Torah Law ONLY applies to the unrighteous SINNERS! Does that mean the Torah Law is done away with now? YAH FORBID, Paul says!
Don't miss that important context to what Paul is teaching. Its too bad "Christians" today teach/believe that there is NO LAW or what the are really teaching is LAWLESSNESS!
In affect they are saying the Messiah died for both sinners AND to do away with Law at the pole/tree! Absurdity!
"If you're behind the wheel and you "follow" all the rules and regulations and traffic laws because you agree with them and even have a few "rules" of your own that you follow for safety's sake that aren't in the "law books", aren't you "free from the law", even though the law exists?"
"In other words, if God's Laws become your laws as well, then they don't "apply" to you in the sense that they become irrelevant. They are there as a road-map, if you will, to guide the "unrighteous" to righteousness."
End qoute.
So in a nutshell, so to speak, Philokalia you are saying that Yah's love Laws (by physician diagnosis!) are to call the unrighteous to repentance and the righteous have no need for a "physician" (Mk 2:16,17) because they are not "sick" in sin by breaking Yah's love Laws.
Correct?
Philokalia, thanks for sharing all your thoughts and analyzes of the subject (the workers of lawlessness) study verse of this thread.
Your AWESOME analyzes of it all is truly inspirational to me anyway!
So Prophetic7744! Another serious Bible student has "come aboard the ship of truth" (that is 3 of us now to your 1!) by excepting the fact that the Torah Law is NOT done away with nor does Paul teach such a notion!
Qoute of a Bible verse qoute from Prophetic7744
" "Galatians 3:23-25: "Before faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, *WE* ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE LAW!!" "
And so it is the Saints (righteous) have no need for a "**SUPERVISOR**" when they are NOT breaking the Torah Law and they keep it BY FAITH! The KJV calls the Torah Law a "schoolmaster" to the unrighteous but the righteous are not under its "physician" type of care!
Are you starting to catch on my "missionary, teacher" friend? You don't want to be one of those that prophesy, maybe cast out devils and do many wonderful works ,then have Yah'shua say to you come judgement day " I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness" or "ye that work iniquity" says the KJV.
Do you want that Prophetic7744?
Because you teach that the Torah Law "*WE* ARE NO LONGER UNDER" all the time in your IMPLIED interpretation of Bible verses, like Galatians 3:25 for instance!
I don't know what Bible verse you are qouting from, when you state "Yes, he fulfilled the law" and so please share that. Is it Matthew 5:17 and 18 in its context? If so then....
Your denomination is "Preterist" and by definition that word means. "holds that Ancient Israel finds its continuation or fulfillment in the Christian church at the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70."
So would the present (continuation) day "Israelite Christian church" that you belong to ALSO teach that Yah'shua (_esus) has NOT "come to destroy the Law, but to fulfill" it in its fullest sense because He kept it PERFECTLY, just as we can by His Father's (set apart Spirit) power!?
Actually *SAD*lup your extremely Satanic teachings are not believed by any of the born again Christian believers in this **CHRISTIAN**forum! Your Jewish doctrines would be gladly accepted on any Jewish Forum but are completely obnoxious in a **CHRISTIAN** forum. My posts are loaded with God's Word which exposes all of **SAD**lup's Satanic teachings such as:
***That our great God and Savior Jesus Christ **IS NOT GOD** and His blood DOES MAKE ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS**!!
*** That Jesus did not change any OT Laws.
*** None of Paul's books are inspired by God which is about **HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT!!
**That we are saved by **GOOD WORKS** including keeping all of the OT Laws.
WOW!! **SAD**LUP ALSO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ETERNAL TORMENT IN HELL FOR THE LOST UNBELIEVER**???
**SAD*LUP MAKES THE RIDICULOUS CLAIM THAT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST IS NOT GOD AND NEVER CHANGED EVEN ONE OT LAW**??
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
**HOWEVER**: **JESUS MADE MANY AMAZING AND TOUGHER CHANGES TO OLD TESTAMENT MARRIAGE, ADULTERY AND DIVORCE LAWS ***THAT WERE **MUCH MORE LAWLESS*** THAN THE **NEW LAWS** OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST**!!
Matthew 5:27,28: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already **COMMITTED ADULTERY** with her in his heart."{This sin is never even mentioned in the Old Testament!}
**THIS SIN OF ADULTERY WOULD INCLUDE PICTURES OR VIDEOS OF A WOMAN ON TELEVISION OR THE INTERNET OR IN PORNOGRAPHY**!!
These terrible sins would not even have been sins according to OT Law!!
Jesus also eliminated the OT capital punishment for the sin of adultery when he told the Pharisees who were about to stone to death a woman who committed adultery when Jesus said: "He that is without sin among you cast the first stone!!" {As per John 8:7!!}
Leviticus 20:1,10: The Lord said to Moses..... If a man commits adultery with another man's wife --with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress **MUST BE PUT TO DEATH**!" {OT LAW ELIMINATED!!}
Any executioner would of course be guilty of some sin!!
Matthew 19::3-9: Some Pharisees came to Jesus to test Him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" "Haven't you read," Jesus replied, "That at the beginning the Creator made them male and female' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefor what God has joined together, let no one separate." Why then the Pharisees asked, did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?" Jesus replied, "MOSES PERMITTED YOU TO DIVORCE YOUR WIVES BECAUSE **YOUR HEARTS WERE HARD**, but it was not this way from the beginning. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery!!!"
In the Old Testament you could divorce your wife for almost any reason by just giving her a certificate of divorce as per Deuteronomy 24:1,3.
Actually it is almost impossible in the New Testament to divorce your wife if she is a believer, since Jesus also said in Matthew 18:22 that you should forgive your brother or wife not 7 times but 77 times which can also be translated 7 times 70 times!!
And according to I Corinthians 7:12-15 you can only divorce an unbelieving wife **IF SHE LEAVES YOU* even though you have been a good husband.
I Corinthians 7:12,13,15: If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, **HE MUST NOT DIVORCE HER**. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, **SHE MUST NOT DIVORCE HIM**!... But if an unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace!
THIS COMPLETELY CHANGES WEAK OT LAWS ON DIVORCE**!!
In the Old Testament Abraham had 2 wives [Gen 15:3,4] and Jacob {Israel} had 4 wives {Gen 30:1-25}which gave him 12 sons which became the 12 tribes of Israel. King David had 8 wives and was only penalized for the sins of taking Bathsheba as his wife after causing the death of her husband. ???
But in the New Testament you can have only **ONE WIFE**!!As per I Corinthians 7:2; ! Timothy 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6.
**THIS COMPLETELY CHANGED OT MARRIAGE LAWS**!!
In the OT rich people like Solomon could also afford to have **MANY CONCUBINES** which they could have sex with, without any penalty???
2 Samuel 5:13 - "After he left Hebron, David took more **CONCUBINES** and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him."
David was only penalized for the sins of taking Bathsheba for his wife after causing the death of her husband!
**THESE WOULD BE TERRIBLE SINS UNDER THE NEW COVENANT OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR**!!
The Satanic Mormons are the only Christian Denomination that practice the evil NT sin of Polygamy and even they believe that having **CONCUBINES** is a very evil sin !!
For in his post on 21 Mat, 2019, 840 PM **SAD**lup posted on page 2, 1 June 2018, 4PM**SAD**lup said:
"However what Jesus NEVER explicitly says is he is God. One must make an unnecessary mental leap to say Jesus is God."
And in his post on 21 May 2019 840 PM **SAD**lup posted on page 4, 3 June 2018, 10:21PM Sad**lup said::
"The Father was in Jesus and Jesus in the Father as one. In some sense this makes Jesus God, but *NOT REALLY*. Because it was God "IN" Jesus reconciling the world to Himself."
And then **SAD**lup said:
"Apparently you do not understand the Scriptures you quote - they all support the premise that God was in Jesus, **NONE SUPPORT JESUS IS GOD**??"
Satan and *SAD*lup teach that **JESUS IS NOT GOD** or that the following words in the New Testament are **NOT INSPIRED BY GOD**. Since *SAD*lup has no answer to all of these **LIVING WORDS OF GOD** he continually attacks me for quoting **GOD'S WORD** which totally refutes and contradicts his Satanic beliefs!!
**IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST GOD**??
Jesus is called **GOD** 7 times in God's Word and is called **LORD** over 200 times in the New Testament, and is **WORSHIPED** 12 times in the New Testament, and God's Word tells us to only **WORSHIP GOD**!!
And in Hebrews 1:1-3,6,8; Paul is inspired to write: "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 by 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... God says, "Let all God's angels **WORSHIP HIM**!!" and about His Son God says, "**YOUR THRONE**, **O GOD** will last for ever and ever!!"
Revelation 3:21,22: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with Me on **MY THRONE**, just as I overcame and sat down with **MY FATHER ON HIS THRONE**!!
Isaiah 9:6,7: 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, **MIGHTY GOD** and Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's **THRONE** and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and **FOREVER**. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this!
John 1:1-4: 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. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
Colossians 1:15-18: The Son is the image of the invisible God. In Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; 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!!
John 1:18: No one has ever seen God, **BUT THE ONE AND ONLY SON**!! who is **HIMSELF GOD** and in closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known!!
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 glorify Himself a people that are **HIS VERY OWN**, eager to do what is good!
John 10:27-30: Jesus says, "My sheep listen to My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, no one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me is **GREATER THAN ALL**; no one can snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are **ONE**!"
John 20:27-29: Jesus said to Thomas, "Put your finger her, see My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe." Thomas said to Jesus, "**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 believed!"
Philippians 2:5-11: Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Who being in very nature **GOD**, did not consider **Equality with God something to be grasped... He humbled Himself--even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him a 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 confess that**JESUS IS LORD**, to the glory of God the father!!
Colossians 2:9,10: For in Christ **ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE DEITY LIVES** in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the **HEAD**over every power and authority!!
