“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 making he who overcomes a pillar in the temple of His God, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings. See Revelation 3:12 (NKJV)
Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and
asking something from Him. And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to
Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the
other on the left, in Your kingdom.” Matthew 20:20-21 (NKJV)
While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I
heard a follower of the Anthanasian Creed, referring to “her sons” James
and John, “They didn’t have the gall to ask, so they got their mother to do
it.” My first thought after hearing it
was, “I wish that people wouldn’t—act like they were actually there that day.” There is nothing in the text that explains
why the mother was speaking for her sons.
The speaker has made an assumption.
My second thought was to wish people would just believe in what Jesus
accomplished in the first century for themselves, just as it is written with
nothing added.
The longer one [trusts] depends
upon the Anthanasian Creed, which is to say things outside God’s plan of
salvation, the easier it will be for them to overlook what Jesus [actually] accomplished
in the first century.
The person that has accepted what Jesus
accomplished in the first century, everything leading up to and including His
death on a cross, is saved according to the [Scriptures]. There’s no need for this person to look to
anyone else, or anything else for that matter, to be saved, because they’re
already on the right side of God’s plan of salvation.
There was a time when I didn’t have “the gall” to speak out
against the Anthanasian Creed, but that all changed in 2009. Now, it’s all about telling others about what
Jesus accomplished in the first century, and showing them why the Anthanasian
Creed shouldn’t have made its way into the twenty first century.
Would you say the person confessing
Jesus is the Son of God, the Lord and the Savior of their life, saved according
to the [Scriptures], and rejects the Anthanasian Creed altogether, is saved?
As one who loves Jesus, and who’s not ashamed to tell others
about Him, I say the person is saved. It
is impossible to prove otherwise.
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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