Greetings Brothers and Sisters, my name is James “Jim” Masterson.
My book titled Oh!! My…God?? From One Believer to
Another having just been released (August, 2011, AuthorHouse
Publishers) has caused quite a stir…Praise God!
Within the book I used the phrase “The corruptions of Christianity”
but didn't go into detail explaining it. The intent of the book was to share a
[small] piece of my story. Having spent 100% of my (writing) time on scripts
(theater), writing the book became a major breakthrough (praise God) for me.
Writing for people sitting on a back porch or at the local coffee shop, was an
arena I just never thought I’d enter into; but God!
After conversations with others that have read the book. The
Spirit of God has led me to expose the most significant piece of the
corruptions of Christianity. If you believe Jesus [is] the Son [of] God…you
will be pleased with what God has placed in my care.
My prayer is for you to [allow] the Spirit of God bring
understanding to the most important question facing all those calling
themselves, "Christian"; it being from the mouth of Pontius Pilate
(John 18: 38) “What is truth?”
You’ll be reading the words ["The Greek System"] often,
let me make this clear, you don’t have to be Greek to teach, and/or believe in
it, that system of belief. I’m half Greek myself from my mother’s side. It’s
not about the Greek people.
- How
many times have you heard (pertaining to a specific word in the Bible),
"In the Greek it means" or "You can't get the understanding
of it unless we go back to the Greek?" If you're confessing the Son
of God is God, you'd have no choice but to answer "Many times!"
The Spirit of God set me free from that system of belief. I’d like to tell you it happened over-night, but I can’t. God knew I would pursue “what is truth” with all my heart, with all my soul, mind, and strength. It was the death of His Son on a cross that paved the way for the Spirit of God to reveal the truth of the Gospel of God to me; no mysteries attached; no interpretations of the Scriptures necessary, it was [Biblical] truth setting me free; and nothing but the truth.
· The Hebrew way is God’s way.
· The Greek system is mans, it’s a system [mode] of belief.
God bless! My prayer is to one day see you [in] New Jerusalem!
In His Care…Jim
THE GREEK SYSTEM
And the
DANGERS of FOLLOWING IT
The corruptions of Christianity and the false prophets that teach
it are products of the Greek system, a system that took the Son of God, and
made Him God.
The Hebrew way offers the only true God for all people, the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The only true God has a Son, His only begotten Son,
and His name (via Hebrew, Latin, Greek, and then English) is Jesus, He’s the
Messiah to the Hebrew speaking Nation (Israel); the chosen one of God.
· Messiah Jesus’ obedience to God, His God, and Father, paved the
way for all people to return to the only true God, the God of Israel.
The Greek system has no final solution within itself, [you] make
the call. If you choose to use the Greek system in your investigation into the
inspired word of God, the Bible, you’ll find yourself on a roller coaster ride
with its twisting turns (this text to that text, this person's interpretations
to that person's interpretations), not noticing the sudden drop just ahead
(taking you further and further away from God). I've been
there… done that! Having tried both sides, the peace of God that
surpasses all understanding is far better; and it's leading me towards God.
· I trust the Spirit of God to give me the understanding of all
things within the inspired word of God, and not man interpretations of
them.
Matthew 7: 21-23 (NKJV) with its letters in red (spoken by Jesus):
· “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of
heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?
And then I will declare to them. I never knew you; depart from Me, you who
practice lawlessness.”
Wow! Matthew 7: 21-23 was my wake up call. The Spirit
of God then led me to John 14: 6 with its letters in red, also:
· “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through Me.”
Jesus’ words are pretty clear to me; no mysteries attached; no interpretations
of them needed. “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness” are words I never want to hear [and] with “I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through Me” clearly establishing
Jesus’ role, I better find out who this Jesus (Yeshua) [really]
is. [Knowing] I'm doing the right thing, is different than [thinking] I'm
doing the right thing.
With the Greek system offering a multitude of interpretations and
texts to choose from (making Yeshua God), I couldn't come to that conclusion
after what the Spirit of God was teaching me concerning them, Matthew 7: 21-23,
and John 14: 6. I said all this to say this, Yeshua, the Son of God, He is not
God!
· It was time for me [praise God] to get off the ride.
The Greek system takes the word “Word” in John 1:1 (NKJV) and
translates it into the Greek word logos. Okay…I’m fine with that. A simple
translation [use] of a word “logos” from one language to another, but then it
makes Yeshua, and by what authority to do so is beyond me, to be “Logos”. Which
would then make Him (according to man, of course) “Word was God” God, in John
1: 1. Which clearly contradicts John's writings concerning Yeshua's
"God" status; let alone the rest of the Scriptures.
Let's take a look at some Biblical evidence.
First of all, let me begin with this: my wife and I were sitting
in church; the Pastor said this to his congregation. He told us his
child said “Dad! Can you explain the Trinity?” The Pastor looking at his child
said “No I can’t!!” I commend his honesty; and told him so.
I haven’t found a person yet that could [prove] explain how the
Son of God is God from the Scriptures. Many have tried, but they continue to
ignore the [words] of the most important person in their attempt to do so,
the words of Yeshua Himself (as given to Him by God).
Yeshua consistently calls God (in the Scriptures) "My God," His God; in heaven, on His cross, and as He walked on the earth. Therefore, any attempt to make Him God (from within the Scriptures) [now] will be met by them, His words. Apostles Peter, John, and Paul, saying the same thing in their writings will certainly (as needed) be found to be in agreement with them, Yeshua's words, as well.
Here’s one of the many examples I could have chosen from, look at
John 20: 11-18 and read how Yeshua uses the words “My” and “your” in verse
seventeen; referring to Yeshua's [and] His "brethren"
disciples God, [and] Father. I could type a complete page on Yeshua
calling God His God, [and] the Father, His Father.
· If you continue to trust in the Greek system you’ll never see it,
Yeshua's" My God," and "your God" establishing God as not
only being His disciples God [and] Father, but His, as well; in chapter twenty
verse seventeen of the book of John. The same John that gave us John 1: 1; let
alone Revelation 1:6.
I was there once, the truth being right in front of me and I
couldn't see it. I heard John 20: 17 many times. I read it over and over again
(God knows how many times I quoted it on stage), the truth that is, and I did
not see it; Man's interpretations of the Scriptures
taking precedence.
- The
Spirit of God alone [must be] is source of all truths coming from the
Scriptures, if [your] desire is to [understand] see them, clearly.
You can have all the conversations you like concerning the
inspired word of God. No one within the conversation as it goes around and
around is the source of a truth revealed within it. Everything spoken within
that conversation must be followed up with an investigation into what has been
said. Do not make the assumption that everything said within them is a
[Biblical] truth. If you fail to investigate, just as many have
before you, you’ll [easily] accept what was said as a truth. Don’t do it my
friend…the Son of God being made God is only one example. It’s endless what man
can do with the inspired word of God.
Investigate! Investigate! Investigate!
Here's another one of Yeshua's sayings clearly establishing God as being His "My God," God, in it:
· Revelation 3: 12 (NKJV) reads: “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God,
and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the
name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven
from My God. And I shall write on him My new name.”
If you continue to trust "man" you’ll never see it,
Yeshua calling God (four times mind you) “My God,” His God, in Revelation 3:
12. If you go to man, you could end up with two, three, and only God knows how
many more are available to them, answers, trying to explain it; I find they
[mostly] ignore it, all together.
· The Spirit of God is not confused by the different translations,
interpretations, of the [Bible] my friend. Trust God. Not man!
Yeshua is the Messiah to the Hebrew people. God’s chosen people.
The one true God is the God of Israel and He has a Son, His only begotten Son,
who calls the God of Israel, His God.
- Hebrews 1:5 (NKJV): For to which of the angels did He (God) ever say: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. I (God) will be to Him (Yeshua) a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son.”
- Hebrews
1: 9 (NKJV) “You have loved righteousness and
hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has
anointed You With the oils of gladness more than
Your companions.”
“Therefore [God], [Your] God, has anointed [You] With the oils of
gladness [more] than Your [companions].”
Let’s take a look at this sentence.
· [Your You]: is Yeshua.
· [More]: would be greater than.
· [Companions]: would be others. Yeshua was obviously not alone when
the anointing took place. He (Yeshua) was certainly chosen over all the others.
· [God]: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:
7, NKJV), “and these three are one.”
The reason for the quotations in Hebrews 1: 5 and 9 are to show
you that they’re not my words. God said it!!
· If Yeshua is God, then why aren't God’s words in red?
· If Yeshua is God in Hebrews 1: 5, not only is He talking to
Himself, He’s asking someone to write it down; at a moment in time He (God)
called “Today” Things that [should] make you say “hmm?”
I am telling you the truth as given to me by the Spirit of God my
friend. The Adversary (Devil) is the father of lies. I know because he once had
me; not any more…NOT ANYMORE!!
I’d like to see the Greek system mess this up: A Scribe asked the
question (Mark 12: 28-31) “Which is the first commandment of all?” The answer
coming from a Jewish man, the Son of God, went like this:
· “The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel, the Lord our
God, the Lord is One. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.
And the second like it, is this. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12: 28-31 as written, is the Hebrew
way...God’s way! Those words written in any language will say the [exact] same
thing. When you fulfill one, you will fulfill the other. The [simplicity] of
the gospel of God is fulfilled in those words given to us in Mark 12: 28-31; by
the Son of God, Himself.
Here’s a small piece of my story, and the struggles I faced in
pursuit of “What is truth?”
John 18: 33-34 Pilate speaking to Yeshua: “Are You the King of the
Jews?” Yeshua replies: “Are you speaking for
yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?”
After Yeshua tells Pilate about His kingdom “not being of this
world” Pilate says again, “Are You a king then?” Yeshua answered, “You say rightly that I am a king, for this cause I was born, and
for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the
truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.” Pilate then gives us those famous words:
· “What is truth?”
My search for the truth began decades ago. I believed what I was
hearing about Yeshua, the Son of God. Why shouldn’t I believe it? What I was
hearing was coming from people I was taught to [trust]
and [respect]. Besides, if I was to go against it…not good! My search began;
secretly…I thought. As time went on I realized I wasn’t alone. The Spirit of
God began to bring truth and understanding my way. I knew that because
everything the Spirit of God revealed to me lined up with what was written in
the Bible; with no interpretations required.
· The Spirit of God was giving me an understanding of a personal relationship
with my heavenly Father, God. The battle was on; one side being Priests,
Ministers and friends telling me one thing, the Spirit of God showing, and
teaching me, another; the word of God, the [Bible], being the battle field;
within myself.
Being taught to trust and respect Priests, Ministers, and
Teachers, teaching Yeshua was God, and not wanting to lose friends, made the
battle tough. The battle became the same question asked by Pilate “What is
truth?” I can look back now and safely say the Spirit of God set me on a
journey to find “what is truth” and the price of finding it would be (on an
earthly level) high.
The battle didn't begin at the source of the problem…I didn't know
who Athanasius was. Remember, we’re talking about decades here and
there is no internet at my disposal. Since there’s a battle going on, there had
to be at least two sides fighting, in my case two, one side being what I was
hearing:
· “So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God.
And yet they are not three Gods, but one God. And in this Trinity none is
before or after other; none is greater or less than other; but the whole three
Persons are coeternal together, and coequal.”-Anthanasian Creed (325-AD)
The other side being, the inspired word of God; where “Trinity”
could not be found.
The two sides now have a name…God vs. Anthanasian Creed (325-AD).
I had the combatants side by side and began my investigation, and with the
Spirit of God leading the way, it didn’t take long to see the evidence begin to
lean toward one side.
The Anthanasian Creed says of the Trinity “None is greater or less
than the other.” The inspired word of God says in John 14: 28 with its letters
in red…Son of God speaking: “I am going to the Father, for My Father is greater than I;” God one, Anthanasian Creed, zero.
· [“Zero”] cancels out the entire Creed; not that there isn't more
problems with it.
Everything within the Anthanasian Creed must be in agreement if it
is to have Yeshua “coeternal” and “coequal” with His Father (God). Yeshua does
say, “My [Yeshua] Father [God] is [greater] than I [Yeshua].”
The battle branched out to other areas of my life…who and how do I
tell this to? At the conception of Athanasius’ paradox of there
being three Gods not being three Gods, but one “Trinity” God, people were
thrown out of church while others paid a much higher price for refusing to
accept it. I call them…believers!
The Spirit of God reminded me of two very important words “Fear not!” My Brothers and Sisters that have gone on to be with the Lord Yeshua (The One to be Ruler over Israel) received the same words. I'm sure! The Spirit of God gives them “fear not” to you today as you stand up for “what is truth,” the Gospel of God.
"WHAT IS TRUTH?"
The truth is Yeshua [is] the Son of God. The devil
could care less about the person believing the lie, “the Son is God;” misery
loves company. Yes, I was once blind, but now I see. Any word that
comes my way now (concerning Yeshua's "God" status) will be
challenged! To date: Devil 0, Spirit of God, 100%. I don’t see that changing
anytime soon.
Yeshua is the King of the Jews; therefore, every knee (to the
glory of God) will bow down to Him just as they would a king on earth;
confessing He is Lord, the One to be Ruler over Israel.
· Luke 1: 32-33 (NKJV) the angel Gabriel speaking to Mary, the
mother of Yeshua: “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest,
and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His (lower case f) father, David.
And He will reign over the house of Jacob (Israel) forever, and of His kingdom
there will be no end.”
The angel Gabriel was speaking to a Jewish woman. Mary didn’t need
an explanation as to what the throne of David was. David was king of Israel.
Her question was centered on the fact that she’s a virgin and how could she
have a child? You hear it every Christmas.
Let’s look at the thrones in heaven:
· Revelation 3: 21 (NKJV) letters in red: “To him who overcomes (Believer’s) I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat
down with My Father on His throne.”
1) Throne number one: The Son of God who [had] to overcome, sitting
on His throne with Believer’s that [had] to overcame.
2) Throne number two: The Father, who [did not] have to overcome, on
His throne.
I guarantee you; one of the thrones [is] greater than the other:
· “The FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY SPIRIT, and these three are
ONE.” (1 John 5: 7.)
My battle is over! Word, God, is in heaven; sitting on [His]
throne.
Yeshua, the Son [of] God, and not “Word was God,” God, He’s King
of kings and Lord of lords sitting on [His] throne; [with] the overcomers
(Believers). “And of His [kingdom]
there will be no end!”
Blessed be the God and Father of my Lord, Savior, and Friend,
Messiah to the Hebrew people, King of kings and Lord of lords, the Son of
God…Yeshua.
FOLLOW YESHUA!!
· When you hear a teaching on Yeshua, take that teaching back to
Yeshua; find out what He said. You would want the same
done with something said about you. Let the words of Yeshua, as given to Him by
His Father determine “what is truth,” for you.
“Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like
minded toward one another, according to Messiah Yeshua, that you may with one
mind and one mouth glorify the God [and] Father [of] our Lord (the
One to be Ruler over Israel) Yeshua [the] Messiah.”
Romans 15: 5-6 (with a touch of Hebrew)
Hashem Yeshua (in the name of Jesus)…so be it!!
In Love, In His Care…Jim
P.S.
For more on the "Greek System" see "Alpha" and "Omega" 2/21/15
P.S.
For more on the "Greek System" see "Alpha" and "Omega" 2/21/15
