“We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, praying always for you.” Colossians 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)
As I watched a “Christian” program on television a follower
of the Anthanasian Creed said, “The church is the strongest institution
there’ll ever be on earth.” The speaker went
onto clarify this, saying, “Having been given the authority to preach the gospel
of Jesus Christ, separates the church from all other institutions.”
When I hear someone say they “preach the gospel of Jesus
Christ,” I’m interested in hearing about what they think about the Anthanasian
Creed. To the speaker’s credit, there
wasn’t a single mentioning of anything linked to the Anthanasian Creed in this
[particular] message.
A person can be 100% correct about Jesus in one thing and without
you even knowing it, they could be so wrong about Him in others. Nothing could be more incorrect than to speak
well about Jesus in one place and teach unless one believes the doctrine of the
trinity one cannot be saved, in others. In
this case the speaker was a prime example of it being so. On the flip side, a person could be 100%
wrong about Jesus and 100% right about the Anthanasian Creed, rejecting it too,
and I’d [only] be concerned about how they’re treating Jesus.
The majority of things I hear on “Christian” radio and
television agree with Jesus’ teachings, as given to us in the [Bible]. Those things supporting the Anthanasian Creed
however expose the Anthanasian Creed for what it is, false doctrine that adds
onto what Jesus accomplished in the first century.
“Furthermore, it is necessary
to everlasting salvation that he also believe faithfully the incarnation of our
Lord Jesus Christ. For the right faith is, that we believe and confess that our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man.” The Anthanasian Creed.
“Whoever confesses that Jesus is
the Son of God, God abides in him,
and he in God.” (1 John 4:15 NKJV)
It was followers of the Anthanasian Creed that originally caused
me to doubt the Anthanasian Creed. I can
assure you, they haven’t helped their cause any since. I’m well into my sixties today, and decades
have passed since they [first] planted those seeds of doubt in me. I was sure about one thing [throughout] that
entire time, the [Bible] wouldn’t cause me to doubt Jesus’ teachings. There’s every reason to believe Jesus’
teachings define God’s plan of salvation and the Anthanasian Creed has
[absolutely] nothing to do with it.
I wasn’t there in 325-AD, when the Anthanasian Creed became
doctrine of the Catholic Church, and I’m not going to rely on what has been
passed down through the years, concerning the events that took place then. Prior to 325-AD no one had to believe the
tenets of the Anthanasian Creed to be saved and the same holds true for us
today. 1 John 4:15 is just one example, why
“it is” not “necessary” to believe the Anthanasian Creed.
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?
When I say “rejects the Anthanasian Creed altogether”
I mean, treat the Anthanasian Creed as if it never exists at all. What category would you say “the person”
falls under? Those who are saved, “God
abides in him, and he in God,” or dammed to hell’s fire for rejecting the
Anthanasian Creed altogether?
As one who loves Jesus, I say “the person” is on the
right side of God’s plan of salvation, saved according to the [Scriptures].
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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