Good Company

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 name of Him who God sent to be the propitiation for our sins, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.  See 1 John 4:8-11 (NKJV)

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” Mark 13:32 (NKJV)

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I heard, “We’re in good company when we say we don’t know.”  [Biblically] speaking, I agree with the speaker. 

I [believe in] accept what the [Biblical] Jesus accomplished in the first century, thus I am saved according to the [Scriptures], if you are too, “we’re in good company.”  My role is to tell others that by [believing in] this same Jesus, who according to [Mark 13:32] doesn’t know all things, they’ll never have to doubt their salvation.  When I say “the [Biblical] Jesus” I am not referring to anything to do with the Anthanasian Creed.

You’re “in good company,” if you agree with Jesus not knowing all things.  Jesus Himself, “nor the Son,” admits to not knowing “that day and hour.”

Those believing the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God,” when gathered together in the same place would say, “We’re in good company.”

The question isn’t what “company” we keep, but instead does the [Bible] really teach that the [Biblical] Jesus and the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God” are one and the same?

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)

Anytime the one believing the Anthanasian Creed, speaks highly of it, it’ll conflict with Jesus’ teachings.

Don’t lose any sleep over it, because when the Son of God, “Jesus,” “ascended to” “My God” His God, the all-knowing God of the [Bible], it settled the matter.  Jesus is not all-knowing and like us does not know “that day and hour” when He will return.  Being in “good company” will not get you saved.  Trust [Scripture] alone.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Faithfully And Firmly

“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 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)

Recently, on the local “Christian” radio station I heard “The gospel is trinitarian in origin and shape.”

In the not so distant past I heard a different person say, in their attempt to defend the doctrine of the trinity, “When someone tells me the word trinity isn’t in the bible I say neither is the word bible.”  At the time I treated this as just another one of the “silly” things tied to the Anthanasian Creed, so I left it at that.  It wasn’t until I heard “The gospel is trinitarian in origin and shape,” did I remember it.

How does one come to make these two statements?  They [believe in] accept things added onto what Jesus accomplished in the first century, in this case the Anthanasian Creed.  The Anthanasian Creed and the doctrine of the trinity, go hand in hand.

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

It [only] takes the last sentence of the Anthanasian Creed to prove that the Anthanasian Creed as a whole, adds onto what Jesus accomplished in the first century.  What the Anthanasian Creed is asking you to “faithfully and firmly” believe is not part of God’s simple salvation message.

“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)

This is the gospel message, “that whoever believes in” Jesus “should not perish but have everlasting life.”  That is all God is asking you to “faithfully and firmly” believe, and that is all we need.

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Where is The Biblical Jesus in All This?

“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 He who when being asked “Are You then the Son of God” answered “You rightly say that I am,” Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.  See Luke 22:70 (NKJV)

 “Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.”

After reading these words, what/whom would you say I was quoting?  If you said the [Bible] or a follower of Jesus Christ, then I would agree with you.  “Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,” is the cry of those believing Jesus Christ is the Son of God, which is to say saved according to the [Scriptures].

How about if I told you that the document I found “Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God” in, leaves one asking the question, where’s the [Biblical] Jesus in all this?  Would you be willing to accept the evidence of it being so?  I would.

“Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe faithfully the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the right faith is, that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man.” –The Anthanasian Creed.

The [Bible] gives every reason to believe, the Anthanasian Creed adds onto what Jesus accomplished in the first century.  As you can see, I was [actually] quoting from the Anthanasian Creed.  

I’m not looking to find fault or lay blame here, but there’s a lot of people trusting the Anthanasian Creed.  To trust the Anthanasian Creed’s way of salvation, is a mistake.  I can say this, because there’s no evidence in the [Bible] of anyone having to believe the Anthanasian Creed and thus the doctrine of the trinity, to be saved.

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

Someone, not mentioned in the [Bible], took the [Biblical] truth of “Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,” and [added] the words “is God and Man.”  This took the [Biblical] Jesus to a whole new level, the world of man and imagination.  

Only in the Anthanasian Creed will you find that one “cannot be saved,” unless they believe “Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man.”  

If this is not the Anthanasian Creed saying [Biblical] truths don’t matter, I don’t know what does.  It leaves one asking the question where the [Biblical] Jesus in all this is.

If you are looking for where the [Biblical] Jesus is, look no further than the [Bible] and you will find the truth.

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32 (NKJV)

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Maybe Now is The Time

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.

“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” Matthew 17:5 (NKJV)

Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” John 6:28-29 (NKJV)

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I heard, “Are you listening to God?”  That’s an easy one, was my first thought after hearing it, an easy question to answer that is. 

The all-knowing God of the [Bible] wants us to “Hear” His “beloved Son,” Jesus, who said “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom” God “sent,” Jesus.  So the evidence of one “listening to God,” is them believing “in Him whom” God “sent,” Jesus.

“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)

“Whoever believes” “in Him whom” God “sent,” Jesus, “should not perish but have everlasting life.”  If you [believe in] accept this same Jesus, God’s “beloved Son,” you’re saved according to the [Scriptures].

“Are you listening to” the all-knowing God of the [Bible]?  I am.

If you’ve yet to [believe in] accept Jesus, maybe now is the time to start listening to the all-knowing God of the [Bible].   

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Strictly According to The Scriptures

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)

“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)

If your desire is to become a teacher of the [Bible], do so with the confidence that your message will be strictly according to the [Scriptures].  The Anthanasian Creeds way, adding onto what Jesus accomplished in the first century, is not the path you want to take.  God’s plan of salvation points us to [believing in] accepting what Jesus accomplished in the first century.  This is the only way of salvation, that “Whoever believes in” the [Biblical] Jesus “should not perish but have everlasting life.”

“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.” –The Anthanasian Creed. 

“And in this Trinity none is before or after other; none is greater or less than another; But the whole persons are coeternal together, and coequal:” –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.

If you [believe in] accept, unless you believe the doctrine of the trinity “you cannot be saved,” as the Anthanasian Creeds says, you should stay clear of the [Bible] because the [Bible] is clear, all you need to be saved is to [believe in] accept Jesus. 

Why anyone would believe the Anthanasian Creed has anything to do with the salvation of one’s soul, is beyond belief.

It is my obligation to tell you, as one who loves Jesus, stay clear of the Anthanasian Creed. There is a proper way to teach the Anthanasian Creed.  You must teach that the Anthanasian Creeds way to salvation is [absolutely] false, and not in line with God’s plan of salvation.

If becoming a member of a local church requires that one must believe the teachings of said church, make sure the Anthanasian Creed isn’t being taught as sound doctrine.  Jesus’ teachings are all you need.  In this case the words Jesus spoke in John 3:16 alone, should settle the matter.       

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Leave The Anthanasian Creed

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. Hebrews 4:14 (NKJV)

In the name of the Son of the living God, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings. See John 6:69 (NKJV)

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station I heard, “Where the bible leaves off teaching I leave off learning.”

I don’t know about you but if this doesn’t say it all, I don’t know what does.  It tells us to not add to or subtract from what has been clearly laid out for us in the [Bible].  This is the mark of one having been saved by grace.  The speaker on the radio gave no reason to believe, otherwise. 

Adding to and/or subtracting from anything, is to make changes to it.  History shows that change led us to make things like toothpaste, automobiles and a host of other inventions available to us today.    

When it comes to God’s plan of salvation however, it’s available for all to see in the [Bible], change is not good.  Leaving God’s plan of salvation well enough alone, is [exactly] what it commands us to do.

You wouldn’t give a second thought to adding to and/or subtracting from God’s plan of salvation, if you [truly] accept it as the only way to salvation.  I [truly] accept that it is, thus keeping me from having to learn anything about the Anthanasian Creed.  I’ve known for quite some time that the Anthanasian Creed is the high priest of all false doctrines, because it [truly] adds onto what Jesus accomplished in the first century.   

God bless.

In His Care… Jim

Be Merciful To Me A Sinner

“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