“Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead,” 1 Peter 1:3 (NKJV)
In
the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
“Not everyone who says to Me,
‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My
Father in 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!’” Matthew
7:21-23 (NKJV)
Who else is going to hear “I never knew you; depart from
Me, you who practice lawlessness (Matthew 7:23),” but those using “Your
name” Jesus’ name for the wrong reasons.
Linking the [Biblical] Jesus’ name to any document surfacing
after the last entry of the New Testament which occurred near the end of the
first century, is a problem. I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Leaving the Hebrew [Scriptures] “the Old
Testament” and the New Testament well enough alone, is the safest thing one
could do. God’s plan of salvation is
found in them and I wouldn’t add to, or subtract from it.
Well after the last entry of the New Testament, to be more
specific 325-AD, the Anthanasian Creeds having to believe [or else] “the Son is
God” to be saved, was birthed.
“Whosoever
will be saved, before all things, it is necessary that he hold the catholic (i. e.,
universal, Christian) faith. Which faith except every one do keep whole and
undefiled without doubt he shall perish
everlastingly.” Opening sentences
of the Anthanasian Creed.
“This is the catholic (Christian)
faith; which except you believe faithfully
and firmly, you cannot be saved.”
Closing sentence of the Anthanasian
Creed.
Make no mistake about it, according to the Anthanasian Creed
“before all things” a person “cannot be saved” unless they “faithfully”
and “firmly” believe “the Son is
God.”
Here it is nearing the end of 2017
and I’ve yet to find the words “the Son is
God” in the Hebrew [Scriptures] or, the New Testament. This shows the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God” [totally] depends on what
was written after the last entry of the New Testament, man’s
understanding/interpretation of God’s plan of salvation.
There’s no [Biblical] evidence of
anyone having to wait until 325-AD for the completion of God’s plan of
salvation.
If you believe a person cannot become a “member” of an earthly
institution called “church” without them first believing the doctrine of the
“Trinity,” you’re trusting the doctrines of men. The doctrine of the “Trinity” [is] a by-product
of the Anthanasian Creed and like it, can only be traced back to 325-AD.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God
abides in him, and he in God. 1 John
4:15 (NKJV)
As a firm believer [in] Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” it is my
obligation to tell you, confessing “Jesus is the Son of God” is the safest thing one could do. For me to say, “And the Anthanasian Creed had
absolutely nothing to do with my becoming a follower of Messiah Yeshua,” is the
[Biblically] correct thing to do.
In the precious and beautiful name of “Your name”
Jesus, I thank God for showing us the events leading up to the events
themselves, Jesus’ birth, death, burial and resurrection, in what’s known to us
today as the inspired word of God, the [Bible].
Amen.
God bless
In His Care… Jim
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