“That
you may with one mind and with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ.” Romans 15:6 (NKJV)
In
the name of Him who makes us kings and priests to His God and Father, Messiah
Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings. See Revelation 1:6
(NKJV)
Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they
were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to
the temple to pray, one a
Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed
thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners,
unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give
tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would
not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other;
for everyone who exalts themselves will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:9-14 (NKJV)
I heard something recently on television that [immediately]
brought “this parable” to my mind, specifically the part where “Two
men went up to the temple to pray.” There’s
no need to mention what I heard here but the fact that it caused me to call
someone “a Pharisee” however, is worth mentioning. Don’t let your mind wander to far here. Just prior to my calling the speaker on television
“a Pharisee,” I was the one taking my eyes off Jesus. I have no idea where the one I called “a
Pharisee” stands with, Jesus.
The Anthanasian Creed doesn’t fit
the [Biblical] narrative. Its having to
believe [or else] the doctrine of the trinity to be saved, false method of
salvation, has [absolutely] everything to do with man’s desire to add onto what
Jesus accomplished in the first century.
The time to stop selling the Anthanasian Creed as sound doctrine, has
passed its time.
There was a time when I looked at followers of the
Anthanasian Creed, as people who are willing to believe anything. I can’t remember the [exact] moment it occurred
but the moment I realized (by the grace of God) that by believing such a thing,
I took my eyes off Jesus. A “God, be
merciful to me a sinner,” moment.
From that moment on I entered a time of repentance. I had been found judging their belief in the
Anthanasian Creed while not looking at the one thing that mattered. Are they saved?
Could the follower of the
Anthanasian Creed be saved? “Yes,” if
they [believe in] accept what Jesus accomplished in the first century, they are
saved according to the [Scriptures].
As one who loves Jesus, and who rejects all things adding to
and/or subtracting from what Jesus accomplished in the first century, I say “God,
be merciful to me a sinner” moments and “he who humbles himself” before
God, go hand in hand.
It is time for us to refocus our eyes on Jesus and to stop
judging others for their beliefs that have no bearing on their salvation. Luke 18:9-14, shows the [Bible] really does
point us in the right direction.
God Bless.
In His Care… Jim
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