Don't Accept Anything Else

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?  1 John 5:5 (NKJV)

In the name of Him who was given all authority in heaven and on earth, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings. See Matthew 28:18 (NKJV)

What a tragedy it is that the Anthanasian Creed is treated as sound doctrine, and the [Bible] insufficient as is.  The Anthanasian Creed alone leaves the sinner without a savior, eternally separated from the all-knowing God of the [Bible].  The Anthanasian Creed requires that man re-interpret the [Bible] in order to support its salvation claims and it scares/forces people to believe those claims by dangling their eternal destiny.  Now when it comes to your eternal destiny you have two choices, the way Jesus laid out in the [Bible] or the way man created and documented it in the Anthanasian Creed.

Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” accomplished many things in the first century but in His teachings there’s not a single mentioning of anyone having to believe the Anthanasian Creed to be saved.  We’re talking about the salvation of one’s soul here and Jesus’ teachings gives us everything we need know.

“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 him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 (NKJV)

I don’t know about you but to even consider the possibility of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” not being the only “way,” is incomprehensible.  The alternative opens the door for man to create as many ways as they like to get “to the Father.”  John 3:16 is clear and straight forward.  “Whoever believes in” Jesus “should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Having to believe the Anthanasian Creed to be saved, is not a way “to the Father.”  Having to believe the Anthanasian Creed to become a “member” of an earthly institution called “church” [certainly] is an option today and in many cases required, but it has [absolutely] nothing to do with the salvation of one’s soul.

Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life” and “No one comes to the Father except through” Jesus, this is according to the [Scriptures].  The [Bible] is more than sufficient enough as is.  Don’t accept anything else.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

1 John 4:15

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.” 2 Corinthians 1:3 (NKJV)

In the precious and beautiful name of the Faithful and True Witness, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.  See Revelation 3:14 (NKJV)

What you’re about to read, sums up a conversion I had [recently] with a follower of the Anthanasian Creed.

“So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.”  - Anthanasian Creed.

“This is the catholic (Christian) faith; which except you believe faithfully and firmly, you cannot be saved.”  - Last sentence of 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)

The Anthanasian Creed is replacement theology.  When you say the person confessing “Jesus is the Son of God” isn’t saved, because they have rejected the Anthanasian Creed altogether, you’re saying 1 John 4:15 should read unless one believes “that Jesus the Son of God” and the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God” are one and the same, one “cannot be saved.” 

1 John 4:15 is one of the many verses of [Scripture], one would have to [alter] or tamper with in order to “justify” having to believe [or else] “the Son is God” to be saved, and thus the doctrine of the trinity.  It shows the Anthanasian Creed isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

You can [reject] the Anthanasian Creeds false “method of salvation” altogether, and you’d be no better off than the person who has chosen to believe it.  The Anthanasian Creed does not, nor will it ever have, control of the eternal destiny of anyone’s soul.  The idea that it does is [only] found in the writings of those not mentioned in the [Bible].  They are [solely] responsible for the Anthanasian Creed, and those supporting the Anthanasian Creeds false “method of salvation.”

What Jesus accomplished in the first century, is available for all to see in the [Bible].  The only way to lose sight of it is to reject God’s plan of salvation altogether.  A decision I highly recommend, not doing.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Reform Christianity

Grace, mercy, and truth will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 2 John 3 (NKJV)

In the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I heard, “Reform Christianity is correctional and doctrinal.”  The speaker on the radio then went on to say, “Build reform churches where the word of God will be opened with confidence, so we can have strong Christians.”  The speaker was concerned about attendance, or the lack of it, in “American Churches.”  The speaker is follower of the Anthanasian Creed.

On what basis do we accept the Anthanasian Creed as sound doctrine, and turn our heads to what Jesus accomplished in the first century?  Salvation is not going to come in, by, or through, the Anthanasian Creed.  Nothing has put the gospel of Jesus Christ in jeopardy more than the Anthanasian Creed, especially in churches that believe it.

“Reform Christianity is correctional and doctrinal” and “where the word of God will be opened with confidence,” coming from one believing the Anthanasian Creed, is ironic.  What we need is less of what man created in 325-AD, the Anthanasian Creed, and more of what has been clearly laid out for us in the [Bible], God’s plan of salvation.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Without Sin

“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 only name given among men by which we must be saved, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.  See Acts 4:12 (NKJV)

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:14-15 (NKJV)

Let me emphasize, “Jesus the Son of God” was “tempted as we are, yet without sin.”  “Without sin” means, “Jesus the Son of God” never told a lie.

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 were asked to quote a specific verse of [Scripture], something Jesus said, John 20:17 for example, where would you go to find it?  I hope you would look to the [Bible], and nowhere else because you know it is the source of what Jesus said.  We also know that what Jesus said was and remains true.  Would you say there’s any chance at all of Jesus lying about something He said?  I wouldn’t give it a second thought, if I were you.

“My brethren,” Jesus’ brethren’s, God and Father and Jesus’ God and Father are one and the same.  This is a [Biblical] truth and cannot be compromised, unless you believe Jesus lied when He said “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.”

The total amount of time supporters have spent on keeping the Anthanasian Creed up and running, if it were possible to calculate it, it would take us back to 325-AD or as some believe the fifth century but there would be no value in knowing the actual amount of time lost on this false doctrine.  No one in the [Bible] ever thought or said anything like the Anthanasian Creed is nothing more than wasted time. There’s a good reason for not linking anyone mentioned in the [Bible] to the Anthanasian Creed.  It would be hard for someone mentioned in the [Bible] to quote something that is yet to exist. 

For the one confessing Jesus is the Son of God, the Lord and the Savior of their life, saved according to the [Scriptures] and rejecting the Anthanasian Creed altogether.  Jesus’ God and Father and your God and Father, are one and the same.  It is impossible to prove otherwise.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

The Ultimate Inconsistency or Contradiction

Grace, mercy, and truth will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 2 John 3 (NKJV)

In the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.” Matthew 23:15 (NKJV)

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I heard, “When the Pharisees got a hold of the law they amplified it.”  I agree with the speaker on the radio, who happens to be a follower of the Anthanasian Creed, but Pharisees weren’t the only ones found on the wrong side of Jesus’ teachings.  “Woe to you, scribes,” place “scribes” in that category as well. 

Being found on the wrong side of Jesus’ teachings, is prevalent today.  Actually we’re all going to be guilty of it at some time or another, believers and nonbelievers alike.  This is why the safest thing to do is to trust the [Bible] to be more than sufficient enough as is.  The gospel of Jesus Christ points us to what Jesus accomplished on the cross.  It’s available for all to see in the [Bible].  Simply, when we repent of our [sins] wrong doings, seek forgiveness for them and turn away from them, we’ll be found on the right side of Jesus’ teachings.

“This is the catholic (Christian) faith; which except you believe faithfully and firmly, you cannot be saved.”  - Last sentence of the Anthanasian Creed. 

The speaker believes that unless one believes the Anthanasian Creed, and thus the doctrine of the trinity, one “cannot be saved.”  To be on the right side of man’s understanding of the Anthanasian Creed, is to be on the wrong side of Jesus’ teachings.

Make no mistake about it, not a single person has been, could be, or ever will be saved by believing the Anthanasian Creed.  They are also not destined to hell’s fire for rejecting it altogether.  The teachings of the Anthanasian Creed, are deceiving.  The one who has been saved by God’s grace, doesn’t need to hear, unless they believe the Anthanasian Creed they’re not saved, let alone nonbelievers.  The ultimate inconsistency or contradiction is to believe in Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” and, the Anthanasian Creed.

“So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.”  - Anthanasian Creed.

“The Son is God” these words aren’t in the [Bible].  Any attempt to link the Anthanasian Creed to Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” the Son of God, will fail.  Don’t mistake that which the Anthanasian Creed “offers” for what Jesus [actually] accomplished in the first century.  Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection will be meaningless if you do.  The Anthanasian Creed claims the only way of salvation, when it has absolutely nothing to do with God’s plan of salvation.

We can easily identify the wrong doings of those mentioned in the [Bible], scribes and Pharisees just to name a few, because the [Bible] is 100% trustworthy and Jesus left no stone unturned.  Why anyone would treat the Anthanasian Creed as sound doctrine today, is inconceivable.

For the follower of the Anthanasian Creed accusing Pharisees of amplifying the law is a serious problem.  Followers of the Anthanasian Creed are the ones having to answer for the Anthanasian Creed which clearly adds onto God’s plan of salvation.  Whether they’re willing to admit this, is between them and the all-knowing God of the [Bible].

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?

As one who loves Jesus, and who’s not ashamed to tell others about Him, I say the person is saved.  It is impossible to prove otherwise.

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:1-3 (NKJV)

I, like the Anthanasian Creed can’t save a single soul, not even my own.  That would be salvation by works.  Only Jesus, the Son of God can.  I do look forward to being with the one who died on a cross for me, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” in the place that He has prepared for me.  I can safely say my being with Jesus, in the place He has prepared for me, will have absolutely nothing to do with the Anthanasian Creed.

I will continue to expose the Anthanasian Creed for what it is, false doctrine.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

The Anthanasian Creed is Something Else

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3 (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)

A follower of the Anthanasian Creed was seeking the answer to this question, regarding what one has to believe to be a Christian, “Is it Jesus [and] something else?”  The speaker on the local “Christian” radio station then went on to say, “It is Jesus.” 

I agree, to be a [Christian] true follower of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” one must believe in Jesus.  Taking it one step further I’d say believe in Jesus, according to the [Scriptures].

So where does the Anthanasian Creed fit into the speaker’s statement?  Since there is no [Biblical] evidence to support it, it can only be “something else.”  I’ve known for quite some time that you can’t teach the Anthanasian Creeds [false] “method of salvation,” without adding onto what Jesus accomplished in the first century.  The Anthanasian Creed is “something else,” and has absolutely nothing to do with God’s plan of salvation.

For followers of the Anthanasian Creed, would you say to be a [Christian] true follower of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus” one must believe in Jesus according to “something else”?

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

A Cause For Concern

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3 (NKJV)

In the name of Him who gave Himself a ransom for all, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings. See 1 Timothy 2:6 (NKJV)

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I heard, “Anything you turn your life over to will destroy you, other than the person of Jesus Christ.”  The speaker on the radio couldn’t have said it any better, hit the nail right on the head.  The speaker is a follower of the Anthanasian Creed.

“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.

“This is the catholic (Christian) faith; which except you believe faithfully and firmly, you cannot be saved.”  - Last sentence of the Anthanasian Creed. 

We [absolutely] cannot link the salvation of a single soul to the Anthanasian Creed but we can blame it for turning people away from [Biblical] truths to false teachings.  According to the Anthanasian Creed unless one turns their life over to the Anthanasian Creed, they “shall perish everlastingly.”  Its followers will tell you the Anthanasian Creed is sound doctrine, when nothing could be further from the truth.  God’s plan of salvation is trustworthy.  Unlike the Anthanasian Creeds “method of salvation” where unless one believes the Anthanasian Creed one “cannot be saved.”

“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)

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

John 3:16 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 make it [perfectly] clear that the Anthanasian Creed adds onto God’s plan of salvation.  “Whoever believes in” Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” “He is a new creation” and doesn’t have to believe the Anthanasian Creed for anything.  It doesn’t matter that some believe the Anthanasian Creed was birthed in the fourth century and others in the fifth century.  It adds onto God’s plan of salvation.

Let’s cut to the chase, the Anthanasian Creed has absolutely nothing to do with the salvation of one’s soul.  If you think there’s more than a 0% chance of the Anthanasian Creed being sound doctrine, then saying “Anything you turn your life over to will destroy you, other than the person of Jesus Christ” should be cause for concern regarding the direction of your life.

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  1 John 4:15 (NKJV)

The person confessing “Jesus is the Son of God” is saved according to the [Scriptures].  There is nothing in this [Scripture] that is unseen or implied.  There is no word “unless” or “but” that would bring in the claim of the Anthanasian Creed that you must believe it in order to be saved.  You’d be taking on the role of being God when it comes to the word of God by saying the person isn’t saved until they believe the Anthanasian Creed.

You be the judge.  Does the Anthanasian Creed add onto God’s plan of salvation?

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?

As one who loves Jesus, and who’s not ashamed to tell others about Him, I say the person is saved.  I find it hard to believe that the one confessing Jesus is the Son of God, saved according to the [Scriptures], and would say that the Anthanasian Creed does not add onto God’s plan of salvation.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim