“That the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,” Apostle Saul (who is also
called Paul), Ephesians 1:17 (NKJV)
In
the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
“Therefore I said to you that you
will die in your sins; for if you do
not believe I am He, you will
die in your sins.” John 8:24
In the [great] number of conversations I’ve had with
followers of the Anthanasian Creed, the words “If you do not believe I am He”
in John 8:24 are often said, by them.
They’ll tell you that unless [you] believe “I am He” is referring to God,
“you will die in your sins”. Their
goal is to convince others that Messiah Yeshua is claiming to be that “God” in
John 8:24.
Having the Son of God and the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God” one and the same, is a
[must] have for the followers of the Anthanasian Creed. Their entire system of belief depends on it,
even at the expense of the inspired word of God. According to the Anthanasian Creed, a person
“cannot be saved” unless they
believe “the Son is God”.
There isn’t any [Biblical] evidence
of anyone having to hold off until 325-AD to be told the only way for a person
to be [Biblically] saved. All the
evidence one needs to be saved is in the inspired word of God, and it’s
trustworthy!
As you’ll soon see, the [Biblical] Yeshua settled the matter
not long after He said “if you do not believe I am He, you will die in your
sins” (John 8:24), in
John 8:28.
Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then
you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak
these things.” John 8:28 (NKJV)
It never ceases to amaze me how followers of that creed
continue to defend what has to be a [complete] misunderstanding of John 8:24. After finding out Yeshua identifies [exactly] who
“I am He” is in John 8:28, “the Son of Man,” they’ll continue to repeat “If
you do not believe I am He, you will die in your sins” over and over, again.
“But as My Father taught Me, I
speak these things” in John 8:28, clearly establishes Yeshua’s Father as
the source of these things Yeshua spoke.
Can you think of any reason to
believe Yeshua’s Father doesn’t know all things, all the time? You’d have to agree that the [Biblical]
evidence points to one thing here, “I am He” in John 8:24 is not referring to the
all-knowing God of the [Bible] who happens to be Messiah Yeshua’s Father.
If you’re saying “I am He” is
referring to God in John 8:24, and Messiah Yeshua is that “God,” then is the
Son of Man the one that taught Messiah Yeshua these things He spoke? If you’re saying it is, you need to take a
[real] close look at the [source] of your system of belief because it can’t be
the inspired word of God.
After seeing (by the grace of God)
the Anthanasian Creed for what it is, a false doctrine, I didn’t need to alter the
inspired word of God in any way. That
thief on the cross, the one with Messiah Yeshua in Paradise (Luke 23:42), he ended
up right where Yeshua said he would. I
can’t make it any simpler than that my friends.
If you’re saying the only way to be
saved surfaced in 325-AD then what happened to the thief on the cross?
It’s no secret that Yeshua was found speaking to a lot of
people, sometimes large crowds and sometimes to just one other, face to face if
you will. If you’ve spent any time at
all on this blog, you’ll know my favorite one on one encounter with Messiah
Yeshua is found in John 20:17.
Jesus said to her,
“Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to
My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” John 20:17 (NKJV)
I know that the inspired word of God endures forever. Here Yeshua is sending “her” Mary
Magdalene to His brethren, telling them their God and Father and Yeshua’s God
and Father are one and the same, keeps the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God” from [ever] becoming Messiah
Yeshua who happens to be the Son of
God.
In the [great] number of
conversations I’ve had with followers of the Anthanasian Creed, showing them how
Yeshua’s brethren’s God and Father and Yeshua’s God and Father are one and the
same in John 20:17, leaves them with having to change the subject, as fast as
they can. Nothing can be plainer, simpler,
or easier to read, than what Yeshua had to say about the one He was ascending
to. You’d have to agree Messiah Yeshua
saying “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God
and your God,” is [very]
convincing.
I can safely say because I actually
witnessed it for myself, followers of the Anthanasian Creed want nothing to do with
John 20:17. For them to see it as
[Biblically] sound which is exactly what it is, they would have to admit that what
they believe to be a truth, “the Son is
God,” isn’t true at all. Typically what
they say after hearing what Yeshua said in John 20:17 is, “Unless [you] believe
I am He, you will die in your sins”. We
have already pointed out where that will get them.
Don’t think for one second that I’m looking down on
followers of the Anthanasian Creed, nothing can be further from the truth. The battle is not against flesh and blood my
friends. The Anthanasian Creed itself, [is]
the problem.
Here’s another one of those one on one encounters with Messiah
Yeshua, John 4:21-23.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will
neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship
what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the
Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.” John 4:21-23 (NKJV)
The [Bible] doesn’t give us “her” name just the words
she spoke after hearing the words found in John 4:21-23. I echo some of them today.
The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming”
(who is also called Christ). “When He
comes, He will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.” John 4:25-26
(NKJV)
To say “I know that Messiah is coming,” is exactly
what true followers of Yeshua are to be heard saying today. Messiah Yeshua [is] coming again. Followers of the Anthanasian Creed however,
they need to take a closer look at who it is that’s saying “I who speak to
you am He.” According to the
Anthanasian Creed, there’s a “God and Man” not being two but “one Messiah.” It’s claiming [this] “Messiah” is “the Son is God,” God. It too can only be traced back to 325-AD.
Jesus said to her, “I who speak
to you am He.” The inspired word of
God tells us the [Biblical] Jesus who happens to be the Son of God, is confessing to be the Messiah
in John 4:25-26.
Ask any follower of the Anthanasian
Creed if there’s any actual evidence of Yeshua confessing to be God, in the
inspired word of God. They have no
choice but to say there isn’t, because there is none to be found.
The words “the Son is
God” are not found in the inspired word of God which was completed near
the end of the first century. The method
of “salvation” found in Anthanasian Creed was first made known to the public in
325-AD, and its only support comes from those not mentioned in the inspired
word of God. For obvious reasons, some
of which you have just read, the inspired word of God cannot support the
Anthanasian Creed.
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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