Choose Righteousness In 2024

The Bible is clear on what to say or do. It shows us who Jesus is and no one has taught us more about life than Jesus. Live your life knowing it is true so that you live and teach it correctly. Make choosing righteousness, that is keep our focus on what Jesus accomplished in the first century as laid out for us in the Bible, priority number one.

Not Where It Fairly Belongs

Near the end of the first century, John the Apostle being led by the Holy Spirit wrote: 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) It is not intentional, but for whatever reason, people allow themselves to be influenced by falsehoods. Actually, we’re all guilty of doing so at one time or another. I’ve come to learn, by the grace of God, the Bible doesn’t endorse one having confidence in themselves alone. The only trustworthy source of truth is the Bible. After reading John 20:17 above, would you say Jesus’s God and Father and your God and Father are one and the same? I would. The biblical Jesus, will never be found guilty of endorsing falsehoods. In John 20:17 Jesus said, “go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” Jesus’s God and Father and Jesus’s brethren’s God and Father are one and the same. By continuously speaking of Jesus, as He is laid out for us in the Bible, one is more likely to recommend/believe the biblical account of who Jesus is. People will either accept who the Bible says Jesus is or they’ll twist the Bible to make Jesus who they want Him to be, creating a falsehood. The line is being drawn between truth and untruth. If you believe the Bible is honest about Jesus, you’d say the Anthanasian Creed’s “the Son is God” is irrelevant. Who’s to blame for one mistakenly linking Jesus’s name to the Anthanasian Creed’s “the Son is God”? One could point to the one teaching it as true, or to the doctrines of men for that matter, but that’s not where it fairly belongs. When all is said and done, one would only have themselves to blame for believing a falsehood. God bless. In His Care… Jim

Exchanging Truth For A Lie

I can’t imagine the number of people that speak well about the Bible these days, while at the same time exchanging truth for a lie. I pray they’re not in the position of influencing people. If you can’t take Jesus at His word, then who? Followers of the Anthanasian Creed have made the mistake of believing the events that took place in AD 325 settled the argument of the validity of the Anthanasian Creed. In reality it was just the beginning. Unlike the majority of those that lived in AD 325 we have access to the Bible today. For that reason, followers of the Anthanasian Creed can see that unless one believes “the Son is God” one “cannot be saved” cannot be found in the Bible. When Jesus comes again, and He will, you want to be found believing in Him, according to the Scriptures and not according to man’s interpretation of them. There is nothing better than the simplicity of God’s plan of salvation as laid out for us in the Bible. When you convey biblical truths about Jesus, you will always be pointing others to the biblical Jesus and not to man’s idea of who they think He is. If it’s rightly related to Christ Jesus, teach it as such. Exchanging truth for a lie, in this case speaking well about the Bible while lifting up the Anthanasian Creeds false method of salvation, is uncharacteristic of a true follower of Messiah Jesus. God bless. In His Care… Jim

Update

The top ten countries coming onto this blog the past 30 days. Overall position in parenthesis. United States of America (1), Hong Kong, Belgium, Singapore (2), France (4), Germany (5), Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom (7), and Russia (3).