When The Bible Is Being Taught

I wouldn’t disregard God’s plan of salvation as it laid out for us in the Bible. There’s no excuse for encouraging others to believe false doctrine that contradicts it. While listening to the local “Christian” radio station, I heard, “We want to encourage people when the Bible is being taught.” I agree with the speaker on this point but at the same time, because so many esteem the doctrines of men these days, there’s no excuse for teaching false doctrine. The Anthanasian Creeds method of salvation, which says unless one believes “the Son is God” one “cannot be saved” is false and “when the Bible is being taught,” should be communicated as such. God bless. In His Care… Jim

The Greatest Deception Of All Time

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” John 20:17 (NKJV) Jesus’ God and Father and Jesus’ brethren’s God and Father (John 20:17), are one and the same. The Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God,” is in a league of its own, as it contradicts John 20:17 where Jesus is the centerpiece of God’s plan of salvation. It would be the greatest deception of all time, if the Bible were to brand Jesus a liar. God bless. In His Care… Jim

Everything Jesus Said Is Important

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” John 20:17 (NKJV) If you believe everything Jesus said is important, teach it as such. For example in John 20:17 we find, Jesus’ God and Father and Jesus’ brethren’s God and Father are one and the same. This should not only be recognized as an [absolute] truth today, it should be taught as one as well. I have a hard time believing that the person having read what “Jesus said to her,” Mary Magdalene, would say otherwise. God bless. In His Care… Jim

Stay True To The Bible

“Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” 2 Timothy 4:2-4 (NKJV) The word of God should be enough to keep us from turning “aside to fables.” If not, the door is open to believe things about Jesus that just aren’t true. This is a one or the other, decision. You can’t have it both ways. One needs to decide for themselves to stay true to the Bible or not. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice. Philippians 1:18 (NKJV) “They will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables,” speaks of false teachers. How then does one keep from becoming a false teacher? One needs to “preach the word, in season and out of season, in truth.” The Bible is trustworthy as is, “sound doctrine.” We are to “rejoice” at the mere mention of Jesus’ name but how much more so, if “Christ is preached in truth”? I respect the word of God, and refuse to accept the Anthanasian Creeds [unless one believes “the Son is God” one “cannot be saved’] addition to God’s plan of salvation. Outside of this blog, I have no desire to [bring attention to] the Anthanasian Creed at all. “Preach the word,” as laid out for us in the Bible, is priority number one with me. I will however address the issue, outside of this blog, if somebody else brings it to my attention. God bless. In His Care… Jim

There's No Need To Debate Over Known Truths

It’s Sunday. A man enters the local church. He’s in town on business and hasn’t been seen inside a church for over fifty years, except for weddings and funerals. If you knew this man you’d say, he’s not interested in hearing about the [Bible]. He’s greeted by many, but remains a stranger to them. The message he heard that day was taken straight from the [Bible], believe in Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Unbeknownst to those present that day the man wasn’t saved, when he entered the church that is. Praise God, before the entire congregation, the man confessed to being a sinner, thanked Jesus for dying on a cross for him, and now believes in Jesus Christ. If I was present that day, I’d say this man is saved. After church the man was invited to lunch, an opportunity to celebrate the moment. During this time he mentioned that he was in town for another week, and would like to get together again. “There’s a Bible study on Wednesday night,” they said. With great joy, he accepts the invitation. It’s Wednesday. For the first time this born again believer in Jesus Christ heard, unless one believes “the Son is God” that is to say the doctrine of the trinity they cannot be saved. Confused, the man says, “Am I saved? Sunday’s message opened my eyes as to who Jesus is, what He did for me. It changed my life. All I want to do now is tell people about Jesus. What is this doctrine of the trinity?” There’s no need to debate over known truths, especially concerning this particular individual’s salvation. Believe in Jesus and you will be saved. On Sunday, he confessed to being a sinner, thanked Jesus for dying on a cross for him, and now believes in Jesus Christ. Thus, when this individual arrived at the Bible study on Wednesday night he’s [born again] saved according to the Scriptures.

God Loves Me This I Know

I hate lawlessness and if I should partake of it, I would only have myself to blame, but God loves me, this I know. By the grace of God, I believe in Christ Jesus and thus appreciate what Jesus accomplished on the cross.

Don't Close Your Eyes To Truths

"So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God,” this was laid out for us in 325-AD in what’s known to us today as the Anthanasian Creed. While listening to the local “Christian” radio station, I heard, “God is a trinity… the Father is God… the Son is God… the Holy Spirit is God.” I would say, as one who loves Jesus, don’t close your eyes to truths that cause you to question “God is a trinity” [the doctrine of the trinity]. For example, “the Son is God” was birthed well after the last entry of the New Testament and it clearly adds onto God’s plan of salvation. If you do not close your eyes to [the doctrine of the trinity], you’ll say/believe things about Christ Jesus that just aren’t true. I pray God help you to read the Bible and see, with new eyes, that it is so. Another truth is found in John 20:17 (NKJV): Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” After reading John 20:17, would you say Jesus’ God and Father and your God and Father are one and the same? I would. Jesus said, shortly after His death, burial, and prior to His ascension, “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God,” and this still holds true for me today. I could have chosen to close my eyes to this truth, Jesus’ God and Father and Jesus’ brethren’s God and Father being one and the same (John 20:17). I could have blindly followed the crowd that put their faith in the Anthanasian Creed, but I know the [Bible], as it will always be, is trustworthy as is, and that comforts me so. God bless. In His Care… Jim

No Other Ways To Look At It

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” John 20:17 (NKJV) Can you find anything in the Scriptures, that causes you to doubt these things Jesus spoke in John 20:17? Look into Jesus’ teachings, as laid out for us in the Bible, before lifting up the doctrine of the trinity, that is the Anthanasian Creeds [unless one believes “the Son is God” one “cannot be saved”] method of salvation. This [obvious] addition to God’s plan of salvation, shouldn’t have made its way into the twenty first century. “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.” If we can’t trust Jesus to be truthful about Him “ascending” to His God and Father, who then can we trust? Jesus’ teachings are not subordinate to the doctrines of men, in this case one birthed in 325-AD. There are no other ways to look at it.

Jesus Is What The World Needs Today

If you believe Jesus is the answer to what the world needs today, wouldn’t it be the same for those who lived in the first century? Of course it would, because God’s plan of salvation is timeless. Would you say something birthed in 325-AD, unless one believes “the Son is God” one “cannot be saved” the Anthanasian Creeds way of salvation, is what the world needs today? I wouldn’t.