“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 He who
shall stand and feed His
flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God, Messiah Yeshua
“Jesus,” greetings. See
Micah 5:4 (NKJV)
While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I
heard, “The last thing you say isn’t what defines you.” My concern is that people just might believe
this.
If someone is calling upon Jesus’
name to save them and it ends up being the last thing they say here on earth, it
defines this person as a born again believer in Messiah Yeshua “Jesus.”
I’m concerned about people saying that the [Bible] supports
the Anthanasian Creed, and [somehow] thinks that’s fine. The Anthanasian Creed doesn’t serve the
purposes of God. It makes it so the
[Bible] alone is not enough. There is
nothing fine about that.
“For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 (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.’” John 20:17
(NKJV)
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice,
saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46
(NKJV)
When “Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying,” “My
God, My God,” whose God is He crying out to? As
one who loves Jesus, I say, the God Jesus “ascended to,” and the God
Jesus “cried out” to, are one and the same, Jesus’ God, “My God.”
There’s nothing complex about God’s plan of salvation. Two thousand years ago, Jesus died on a cross
for the sin of the world. “Whoever
believes in” Jesus “should not perish but have everlasting life.” The [Bible] says, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” is
the final sacrifice for sin.
“This is the catholic (Christian)
faith; which except you believe faithfully and firmly, you cannot be saved.”
- Last sentence of the Anthanasian Creed.
The Anthanasian Creed says, if not for the doctrine of the
trinity, “You cannot be saved.”
There’s a gap of 300-600 years
between what Jesus accomplished in the first century and the birth of the Anthanasian
Creed, depending on which follower of the Anthanasian Creed you believe. It doesn’t matter who wrote the Anthanasian
Creed, it’ll always be something that adds onto what Jesus accomplished in the
first century.
Let’s go back to the previously mentioned “person,” who had only
enough time to call on Jesus’ name with their last breath to save them. Would you say “said person” fell short of salvation,
because “said person’s” time on earth was cut short? The amount of time it would have taken for
someone to say unless you believe the doctrine of the trinity you can’t be
saved? I don’t think so.
“Nor is
there salvation in any other, for there is no
other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 (NKJV)
“No
other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved,” that would be the name of Jesus.
What would the follower of the Anthanasian Creed have to say
about the salvation of “said person’s” soul?
I would suggest they say the [Bible] alone is right. The God Jesus “ascended to,” and the
God Jesus “cried out” to, is Jesus’ God. The Anthanasian Creed, had absolutely nothing
to do with the salvation of “said person’s” soul.
“Whosoever will be saved, before
all things, it is necessary that he hold the catholic (i. e. , universal, (Christian)
faith. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.” - First two sentences of the Anthanasian
Creed.
Don’t allow for the Anthanasian Creed to shape the way you
see the salvation of one’s soul. If you
do, you’ll have “said person” as far away from salvation as one could possibly
be where “he shall perish everlastingly.”
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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