“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 name of Him who gave Himself a ransom for all, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,”
greetings. See
1 Timothy 2:6 (NKJV)
While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I
heard a follower of the Anthanasian Creed say, “What do you know about Christ?”
Now the chief priests, the elders,
and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,
but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none.
But at last two false witnesses
came forward and said, “This
fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy
the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’ ” And the high priest
arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against
You?” But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I
put You under oath by the living God: tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Jesus said to him, “It is as
you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man
sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What
further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!
What do you think?” They answered and said, “He is deserving of death.” Matthew 26:59-66 (NKJV)
Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up.” Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to
build this temple, and You will raise it up in three days?” But He was speaking
of the temple of His body. Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said
this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.”
John 2:19-22 (NKJV)
Jesus said “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will
raise it up.”
“Two false witnesses said” that
Jesus said, “I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in
three days.”
What we have is “two false witnesses,” twisting Jesus’
words.
“For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV)
Jesus’ “disciples remembered that He had said this to
them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.”
It is [safe] to say that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of
God,” that “whoever believes in” Jesus, according to the
[Scriptures], will be saved. We can
trust God’s plan of salvation, which has been [clearly] laid out for us in the
[Bible].
The follower of the Anthanasian Creed teaches that unless
one believes the doctrine of the trinity, one cannot be saved. Others will say the [Biblical] account of
Jesus being nailed to a cross isn’t true because Jesus was a prophet, and
prophets would not have been treated this way in the first century. Keep in mind both of these [false] teachings
were birthed well after the events leading up to and including, the last entry
of the New Testament.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying,
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My
God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46 (NKJV)
Then one of the criminals who were
hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”
But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God,
seeing you are under the same condemnation?
And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but
this Man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me
when You come into Your kingdom.” And Jesus
said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”
Luke 23:39-43 (NKJV)
While nailed to the cross “Jesus cried out with a loud
voice, saying, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” “Jesus said to” one of the criminals,
“Assuredly, I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” Having to believe the doctrine of the trinity
to be saved, has [absolutely] nothing to do with “today you shall be with Me
in Paradise,” being [forever] with Jesus.
It’s never okay to make false accusations against anyone,
let alone the [Biblical] Jesus.
“What do you know about Christ?”
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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