Spiritual Discernment

Discernment is a gift of the Spirit to be used to determine right from wrong and what is true or false and works in the believer who has received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and is led into all truth by the Spirit for which it was given.

There are some people who could stuff themselves with Scripture until it came out their noses, and they'd still refuse to let the Spirit teach them anything. They're not trying to discern at all; they're seeking support, not truth. It is a must that we stand with Scripture, or we will fall for anything

The only way to grow in spiritual discernment is

a) by relying on the guidance of the Holy Spirit who indwells every true Christian, and
b) by studying God’s Word, the Bible. These two go hand-in-hand.

This reliance both on the guidance of the Holy Spirit and on God's Written Word will keep Christians focused on God and the truth of what His word really means.

If Christians were to rely only on their ability to listen to the Holy Spirit, they would leave themselves open to all manner of private teachings and interpretations -- without any rules by which to rest such revelations. At the same time, if they were to rely only on their own ability to interpret and apply the Scriptures, they would leave no room for God's guidance in revealing to them the riches of his Word.

As Christians our focus should always be on the living God, with whom we have an interactive relationship.

If you have the spiritual gift of discernment you will be able to tell the difference between right and wrong. People with this spiritual gift have the ability to look at something in a way that weighs whether it fits in with God's word and intentions. Discernment means looking beyond the surface of what's being said or taught or written to find the truth in it. Some people liken the spiritual gift of discernment to "gut instinct," because sometimes discerning people just get a feeling when something's not quite right.

This gift is very important today when there are so many different teachings and people claiming to be close to God. People with this gift help keep each of us, our churches, our teachers, etc. on track. However, there is a tendency for those with the spiritual gift of discernment to feel they are always right. Pride is a huge hurdle for those with this gift. Discerning people many times have to put their pride aside and go into prayer to be sure their "gut" is actually God's intentions and not just their own judgment clouding things.

It is even more important in these last days of bible prophecy because of all the false teaching that is taking place in the multitude of Churches around the World. It is evident that many different doctrines are being taught and there is no unity in the understanding about the truth expressed in bible scripture.

The Apostle Paul taught:  (2 Timothy 3:1-7)  “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

Why is this happening? It simply is because most people have not the gift of spiritual discernment.

Jesus said: (Matthew 24: 5  “For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ (I have the anointment); and shall deceive many.” He continued to say: (Matthew 24: 24)  “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders (which are not of God); insomuch that, if possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”

The Apostle Peter said: (2 Peter 1: 20 thru 2:2)  “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you (It exists today), who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord Jesus that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.” (The way of truth which is written in Bible scripture.)

 

The Apostle John also said: (1 John 4:1-3)  “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”

 

That same spirit of Antichrist is working in the churches today causing the division of the churches and the animosity between believers, which is not evident by the individual believer either because they have not received the indwelling true Spirit of God, or the gift of spiritual discernment has not been received by them.

Most important is that Spiritual discernment agrees with Bible scripture if it is of God.. Only then can we be certain that we are standing on solid ground where we cannot be shaken off of the truth of the Bible and God’s Word by a spirit of error which is prevalent in the World.

John wrote in his first letter acknowledging that there does exist a Spirit of truth and a spirit of error. The only way that a person can discern the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error is by the Bible scriptures. The Spirit of truth will be in agreement with scripture and the spirit of error will lead a person to believe an interpretation of scripture over what the scripture actually states.

Jesus said that God would give the Spirit of truth to the believer which would be in us and would guide us into all truth and testify to us the truth about Jesus being the Son of God the Father. ( John 14:16-17, 15:26, 16:13-14)

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William Branham, a Twentieth Century Prophet?

What is a Prophet?

A Prophet is a mouthpiece for God. God speaks through a person who is a Prophet in order to tell the people what He wants them to know. God said if there is a Prophet among you, I will speak to him through a dream or a vision. (Num 12:6) God said that when a prophet speaks anything in the name of the Lord, and it doesn’t come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. Deut 18:22) God said that if a prophet should presume to speak anything in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, that prophet shall die.

William Branham prophesied that God told him that his son Joseph was a Prophet. His son Joseph is now 58 years old and has never spoke anything in the name of the Lord to prove himself to be a Prophet of God. This is one of the failed prophecies of William Branham that he presumed to speak in the name of the Lord which did not come to pass.

William Branham prophesied that God told him Los Angeles would be under water before his son Billy Paul was an old man. His son Billy Paul is now 78 years old and will turn to age 79 this year. This is the age of an old man and Los Angeles is not under water as William Branham prophesied in the name of the Lord. God did not speak those words to William Branham. This is one of the failed prophecies of William Branham that he presumed to speak in the name of the Lord which did not come to pass. What does his son Billy Paul Branham say about this? Billy Paul said: “since Los Angeles is not yet under water, I must not be an old man”. I cannot give a prophecy about this because God didn’t tell me, but I will make a prediction. I predict that when Billy Paul Branham dies, Los Angeles will still be above water which will prove once again that his father was a false prophet.

William Branham prophesied that God showed him that the United States would be destroyed and be in ashes by the year of 1977. He continued to say that this same year would mark the end of the Gentile dispensation and the rapture would occur before the Lord turned back to the Jews. This is now the year of 2014. It has been 37 years since this prophecy was to have been fulfilled and the United States still stands and the rapture has not taken place. This is one of the failed prophecies of William Branham that he presumed to speak in the name of the Lord which did not come to pass.

William Branham presented himself as a Prophet of God to the people that he ministered to and the prophecies that he made in the name of the Lord did not come to pass, this makes William Branham a false prophet and not an ordained Prophet of God. God said that if a prophet should presume to speak anything in His name, which He has not commanded him to speak, that prophet shall die. William Branham did die at the young age of 54, a few years younger than his son Joseph is today.

In Old Testament times God had to use ordained Prophets to speak through for His people to know His will because there were no written scriptures for the people to read and know God’s commandments. It was not until God begat His Son Jesus who He sent to Earth as a Prophet to introduce God’s New Covenant with the people and through the mouth of Jesus was God’s words spoken. Those who were present during the ministry of Jesus and heard the words of God spoken through Him were responsible for the written Word of God to be published for all of us to read and know His will.

In these New Covenant times God has no reason to use an ordained Prophet unless He decides to inform the people of something new in His plan that is not covered in the scriptures that were written. If that is needed to be done, God speaks through someone with a gift of prophecy which is a gift of the Spirit, not for man to use, but for God to use.(1 Cor 12:10) Did William Branham have a gift of prophecy? It’s very possible and God could have executed that gift through him at times.

It is not necessary for a person to be a Prophet of God for prayers of healing to take place, because it is God who does the healing. It is not necessary for a person to be a Prophet of God for a prophecy to take place because it is God who does the speaking through a person’s lips. Having a picture taken with a halo of light appearing above a person’s head does not make that person a Prophet of God because there are other reasons for that to occur. Not even the Prophets of olden time, not the Apostles of the Lord Jesus, not even did Jesus have a halo of light appear above His head that is in any record. Was William Branham greatly anointed more than these who I mentioned?

One very important thing that we must keep in mind is that the scriptures of the bible contain the words of God that were published by those He used to pass down to us and nothing spoken by anyone can contradict those words of God. If any person that says they have a revelation to the effect that does not agree with written scripture, that revelation does not come from God, because God’s Word does not contradict God’s Word and any revelation that does that is a false revelation. William Branham, in his teaching of scripture erred in doing this throughout his ministry and was in error for doing this and because of his doing that, he lost his life at a fairly young age of 54 years old.

Now I want to quote exactly what William Branham said himself:

“Now, here we are then, right up here to the end of the time when... If God did call me (Now listen, this is not to be repeated.), if He did call me to be His prophet, then I'm certainly not holding the office of one. Prophets don't evangelize. A prophet hides himself in the wilderness alone with God, until he gets exactly directly what God wants him do, and he stomps right out and gives his Message, and back into the wilderness he goes again. He's not an evangelist, holding meetings and getting cooperations and all these things like evangelists do. He don't teach like evangelists. He has THUS SAITH THE LORD, and that's it, and that's all. He gives it, throws it out, and lets the chips fall where it will, and then away he goes again. Nobody knows where he's at, and he's in isolation somewhere. Now, I cannot... or... If He's called me to be that, I cannot be an evangelist. And if He's called me to be evangelist, I cannot be a prophet. Now, you get what I mean?”

William Branham allowed the people to believe that he was God’s Prophet for the purpose of increasing their faith in order for receiving their healing in his meetings. He said that the Angel told him that he must get the people to believe him in order for them to receive their healing from God and he did everything that he could to accomplish it. Because he allowed the people to believe that he was a prophet, the people believed everything he said even if it was against scripture and that’s where the greatest harm has been done in the church.

So there you are. William Branham knew that he was not a Prophet and said so. God’s Word proves that he did not pass the test that would qualify him to be a true Prophet and besides that according to God’s Word, he was a false Prophet whose prophecies did not come to pass.

I don’t know what else to say other than to believe the Word of God, believe the inspired scriptures, believe the bible, believe the words that Jesus spoke and turn away from the private interpretations of scripture that man has taught and which are wrong.

I apologize for quoting a lot of scripture here, but this is important and relevant for the church today.

2 Thess 2:7-12 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now allows will allow, until he is taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

 Many good people have believed a lie in this day because of the signs and lying wonders and are under strong delusion and fail to believe the truth.

Yes, William Branham is gone, but there are a lot of his disciples who continue to teach in their churches the false doctrines that he developed. Without a doubt, many good men of God who have been deceived and believe the lies that have been promoted by the WBEA and the VOG recording organizations headed by William Branham’s sons.

What will you now do with this knowledge in light of God’s Word that points you to the truth?

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The Most Important Thing

All people who believe in God, even though they do agree in their common belief that God is the creator of all things, do have differences in their acceptance of other bible doctrines that prevent everyone from coming together in the complete unity of the faith.

One thing that is made clear in the scriptures, is that in order to be saved and inherit eternal life, according to a statement by Jesus, is that you must believe the Gospel and be baptized. Out of these two requirements, the baptism has been under interpretation by many churches as to what the baptism formula should be. Some say that you must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Others say that you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Still others differ on the way the person should be submerged in the water. Since the scriptures are not perfectly clear about the method or formula, I believe that any of these methods would comply with the command by Jesus to be baptized.

Although the scripture does speak to a particular formula to be used, which was commanded by the Apostle Peter on the day of Pentecost. Peter commanded the people to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ in order to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Since this method was approved by Jesus, it stands that anyone not baptized in the name of Jesus Christ would not receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Without going into all of the involved details at this time because they are covered in much detail in other articles that I have written, it stands that those who are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and have received the Holy Spirit will avoid the final White Throne Judgment. While those who have been baptized in other ways still have the opportunity to inherit eternal life, but that will be subject to the outcome of their final judgment by God.

The one and only thing that is imperative in all of these cases is that all people must believe the Gospel, no matter how they are baptized and the Gospel states that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. There are many churches that hold to their teaching that Jesus was not only the Son of God, but that He was God the Creator Himself. This belief, although controversial is not supported by scripture by a preponderance of the evidence that the scriptures provide.

The Deity of Jesus Christ being God was the main issue taken up by the Nicene Council in 325AD and as the result of their discussions it became accepted that the Deity consisted of three persons (the Trinity) being composed of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, which made Jesus the second person of the Trinity and being a part of this triune being it made Jesus God. The conclusion that Jesus was God by this Nicene group was instrumental in producing a doctrine that has permeated in many churches since that time.

Since it is imperative according to scripture that in order to receive eternal life, the belief in the Gospel stating that Jesus was the Son of God becomes the most important belief that must be accepted.

 All of the articles that I have published have been for the benefit of all churches and all people for the purpose of directing their attention to actually what the bible scriptures state. Unfortunately most people have become comfortable with what they have heard in their churches, which unfortunately have been a mixture of bible truth and mans interpretation of scripture.

One group of believers who are very near to my heart and so important to me because of my prior association with their church and teaching are the followers of William Branham who call themselves Message of the Hour believers. It completely saddens me that this message of the hour that they believe and hold to is so contradictory to bible scripture and because of the fame of their founder, blinds them to the biblical truth that exists.

The most important thing that has been taught to this group of believers which is contradictory to the Gospel is that Jesus and God are the same person. Of course this also has occurred because of the Trinity teaching that began many years ago when it was decided that Jesus was a part of the Godhead.

This teaching arose from William Branham saying that God made Himself a body in the form of Jesus in order to come to Earth and shed His own blood for the redemption of mankind. This is not what the Gospel of Christ says and is preventing this group of believers from believing the true Gospel which is the most important thing and could prevent them from inheriting eternal life. The words of Jesus as He preached were “repent and believe the Gospel”. To repent in this statement of Jesus is to turn from your unbelief in the Gospel and believe what it says.

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What does God expect of us?

The most important thing that God expects of us is to believe that He exists and that He will reward those that diligently seek Him. To believe that God exists requires faith, which is the conviction that God exists without the need to visibly see Him. The will of God is for all mankind to believe on Him whom God has sent; the only begotten Son of God and whoever will believe in Him will inherit eternal life.

The only way that mankind has to know God and what His will is for us is by reading and studying the Bible scriptures which were written by men who God has inspired to write according to the history of God’s interaction with mankind in the past.

The very first words that were written in the Bible were that God created the Heavens and the Earth. In actuality, the correct translation from the Hebrew language into English of those words say the “the Gods created the Heavens and the Earth”. A careful reading of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis makes it clear that at that time God did not exist by Himself, but had already created a heavenly host of beings who the Bible describes as the “Elohiym” ( a Hebrew word) which were present at the time of the creation of the Earth, Although they were not Gods as the ancient people believed and in some cases were referred to as the sons of God who were in Heaven with Him.

There are some Bible teachers that explain away the translation error of “Elohiym” to God instead of “gods” by teaching that God is singular and plural at the same time, that the Hebrew word of Elohiym means God and gods. This is absolutely untrue. According to the Hebrew language “God” is translated from the Hebrew word “elowahh” which means one God and “Elohiym” should have been translated to the English word “gods”.

Now in saying this, I want to make it clear that our one God Jehovah was the one who created the Heavens and the Earth as it is stated in Genesis 2:4. Although to make it just a little more confusing, the translators of the Bible, starting in Genesis 2:4 and in all but four scriptures throughout the other scriptures changed God’s name of Jehovah to the word LORD.

Now why does this matter? Looking at the scope of salvation in the totality of the Bible scriptures, why should we consider this at all important to make an issue out of it? I’ll tell you exactly why. This is just one perfect example like many more where man has changed the meaning of the words that God inspired in the original writing of the scriptures as the translation into English took place.

Now to get back to the question of “what does God expect of us”? God expects all of us to believe the truth of what He inspired holy men to write as He revealed it to them and not what man has mistakenly written and taught because of their misunderstanding of written scripture.

Jehovah God wants us to have faith in Him and His Son Jesus Christ and in the truth of what the original scriptures said, but we are hindered from receiving the complete truth because of the poor interpretation of Bible scripture by man who have not been sent by God to teach us truth.

Now can you see what I am pointing out to you? I’m sure that you can see it, but many of you just can’t believe it can you? Many of you are clinging to what you have been taught, that God would never have allowed mistranslations, or misinterpretations to be allowed in His Bible. You all have been dependent upon those men who have translated the Bible into English, upon those men behind the pulpits in your churches to teach you, those teachers who God has not sent to do these things.

Man couldn’t even get past the first verse in Genesis without making misleading changes in the Holy scriptures, so this was just reflective of what they have done throughout the Bible. You don’t think so? Just read the articles that I have written where I have pointed out many more of these errors that man has been responsible for. But you won’t will you? Why? Because you are comfortable sitting in your church pews just soaking in the things your preacher has been feeding you and making you feel good.

It is written in the scriptures that God has placed in the church some Pastors and Teachers for the purpose of bringing all into the unity of the faith, but have these Pastors and Teachers done so? If you can’t look around at what other churches are teaching then you are blind or just don’t want to see the truth. All of these Preachers and Teachers do nothing more than to teach what their Bible schools and theological seminaries have taught them to believe, but because they haven’t been sent by God, they don’t seek out the truth of the scriptures in order to speak God’s Word as He wants it taught.

What does God expect of us? He expects us to seek out the truth of His Word, believe it and hold on to it.

I’ll end this with a quote from the Apostle Paul who said: “Prove all things, hold fast that which is good” (or honest or true). The written word that is in the Bible is our link, our connection, to know of God and the truth of His Word.

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The Way, The Truth and The Life!

The origin and belief that Jesus was truly the only begotten Son of God and the Saviour of mankind must begin and be rooted in the writings of the Book known as Luke in the Bible. Luke the Physician is only spoken of two times in the New Testament according to the writings of Paul the Apostle.

Luke was clearly not one of the Apostles, but was one of many disciples of Jesus and as he stated in the scripture, he had a perfect understanding of all things from the very first. It is obvious in the scripture, if one can believe that Luke was the Author of the Book bearing his name, that he was well acquainted with Mary and Joseph and their families.

Unless we believe the accounts of the visitation of the angels who appeared to Zacharias, Mary and Joseph as being true, we could have no real basis that Jesus really was the Son of God, but if we can believe these accounts then all that was recorded about these accounts must be accepted as the truth.

The angel that spoke to Mary made it clear that the child that was to be born of her would be called the Son of God. Then, as is recorded in the Book of Matthew, an angel announced this same information to Joseph who was engaged to Mary the Mother of Jesus. So we have seen the testimony that the angels have given that Jesus was to be born and would be called the Son of God.

To add to this testimony of the Angels, Mary, Joseph and the writings of Luke the following:

1.    The person possessed by the demons in the land of the Gergesenes said to Jesus: “What have we to do with you, Jesus, the Son of God have you come here to torment us before the time?” (Matt 8:29) Even the demons knew who He was.

2.    And the men who were in the boat who saw him walk on water said: “Of a truth you are the Son of God.”(Matt 14:33) Those who witnessed that He did something that no other man has ever done.

3.    The chief priests, scribes and elders testified that Jesus said He was the Son of God. (Matt 27:43) So if Jesus said so, who can question it?

4.    The Author of the Book of Mark started off saying: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The testimony of this person must have been credible or his writings would not have been included in the Canon.

5.    John the Baptist, after baptizing Jesus and witnessing the Holy Spirit descending upon Him, testified saying: “And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.” (John 1:4) John was sent by God to pave the way for the introduction of Jesus the Messiah.

6.    Jesus speaking to the people said: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3: 16-8) Jesus testified that He was the only begotten Son of God and those who would not accept His testimony would perish.

7.    Jesus testified in His own words that He was the Son of God. “Jesus heard that they had cast a certain man out of the Temple; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Do you believe in the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe in him? And Jesus said unto him, You have both seen him, and it is he that talks with you.” (John 9:35-37)

 

The basis for discovering the truth in all cases is that “by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word must be established”. Throughout the bible this method was stated and relied on to establish the truth of all things and should be used by all of us in order to know the truth about what is stated in the scriptures. Look at all the witnesses that I have quoted in the above statements, from the word of God’s Angels down through others including the words of Jesus Himself.

How can anyone possibly dispute what these witnesses say? Should we say that the true interpretation of scripture hasn’t been revealed to them and they are mistaken about Jesus being the Son of God? Were the Angels of God wrong? How about John the Baptist, was he wrong? And of course Jesus, He should have know better than to say He was the Son of God if He wasn’t.

There is something really important about this that we all should take into account. Jesus stated in no uncertain terms that whoever believes the Gospel will be saved, but those who don’t will be damned. Jesus also said that He was the way to obtain salvation because that is what God sent Him for. The Gospel, the Good News is that God sent His only begotten Son, to be born of a woman, in order to save those who can believe in Him. Who was Jesus? He was and still is the Son of God, no matter what any other man says He is. If anyone preaches any other Gospel than what the Bible outlines, they are paving the way to hell for you and if anyone accepts this false doctrine that Jesus was actually Jehovah God who came down to us in the flesh instead of sending His only begotten Son to save us, they are missing the only Gospel of salvation that Jesus preached.

Please look at the following statements and believe what the Bible says!

I came in my Father’s name Jn 5:43,

Jehovah, Yehovah, The self existent one, I AM means I exist

Jesus, iesous, from Hebrew ie Yehowshuwa, meaning Jehovah’s salvation

The name Jesus derived from Greek Iesous, from Hebrew Yehowshuwa derived from Yehovah, which is the name of God in Hebrew.

Jesus said: If you continue and stay in my name, you are my disciples and you shall know the truth. John 8:31-32….If you love me, you will keep my words John 14:23.

 

I and my Father are one.

Then there is a verse in John 10:30 where Jesus is quoted as having said: “I and my Father are one”. The truth is that there were only two words in that verse that were translated into English. The two words were “Father” and “one”. The words that are shown in red were added by the translators in order to say what they believed.

Even if you would accept this as it is written, it does not mean that Jesus and the Father are the same person. To be one with another person means: (1) to be in agreement, (2) with one accord, (3) all of one mind, (4) two or more persons who are in unity. To be one with another person does not mean that the two of them together are one and the same person.

 

My Lord and my God (Thomas)

Now for the last example, and I quote what the Apostle Thomas said: (John 20:28) “And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God”. Once again the words in red were added by the translators and Thomas only responded with the words “Lord God” when he saw the holes in Jesus’ hands and side. Well in fact I do believe that Thomas was astounded when he saw that and was overwhelmed by Jesus standing there as anyone would be, but just because he would have said “my Lord and my God” doesn’t make it true.

 

Before Abraham was I AM.

One of those scriptures is John 8:58 where Jesus said: Before Abraham was, I am.” There are those who try to make you believe that the “I AM” proves that Jesus is God the Father because God told Moses to tell the people that “I  AM that I AM” sent you. The truth of the matter is that “I AM’ is not God’s name. After saying that and in the next verse of Exodus 3:15, God told Moses to tell the people that Jehovah, the God of your fathers has sent you. God said that Jehovah was His name for ever, not I AM. Read it yourself and see the truth. Besides that, when Jesus said “before Abraham was, I AM” should have been translated as “Before Abraham was, I existed”. That is the truth, that Jesus did exist with the Father before Abraham was born.

Jesus told His Apostles after He was resurrected that All Power is given to me in Heaven and Earth. Matt 28:18. Yes the Father God did give Jesus the complete power and authority over all things in Heaven and on Earth. Even though, at the end Jesus will deliver all things over to His Father as is stated in scripture. Why? Because Jesus is still subject to Jehovah God. 1 Cor 15:24-28

God gave Jesus the Spirit without measure John 3:34. Jesus did not give it to Himself, it was His Father God that gave Him the Spirit at the baptism by John. This was when God spoke from Heaven and said: ‘This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Matt 3:17

A voice out of the cloud, which said: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him Matt 17:5. This happened when Peter, James and John were on the mountain with Jesus. After this happened, Peter testified to it saying: “And this voice which came from Heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount”. 2 Peter 1:18

Jesus stated that the Father sent Him 34 times in Book of John. Jesus didn’t come on His own, nor did He send Himself, His heavenly Father Jehovah sent Him.

John the Baptist said: “He that sent me to baptize said unto me, upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him, will baptize with the Holy Spirit. And I bore record that this is the Son of God. John 1:33

 

Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Jesus is the Way because God made Him the way. Jesus is the Truth because He spoke the words that God the Father gave Him to speak and they were all true. Jesus is the Life because God the Father gave Him the authority to give eternal life to those who would believe in Him and who He was.

 

One Last Word

 

The time has come to end my battle against the evil Prince of this World and leave my efforts and my work in the hand of God who commissioned me to speak His Word.

 

The scriptures instructed me to preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine and this I have done.

 

The scriptures also said that the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. That time is surely this day and I am a witness of this being true.

 

The bible tells us that in the last days perilous times shall come. people shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

 

During these last years of my life, I have traveled the World on the Internet to proclaim the truth of God’s Word at every occasion. I have visited many Websites, Forums and Blog Sites and have found those who have been deceived by the devil’s lies everywhere I have gone. Those who started out as disciples of Christ seeking the truth of the Kingdom of God and His salvation, ended up denying His written Word in favor of misinterpretations of scripture and even blaspheming the Holy Spirit that was sent to teach us the truth.

 

Jesus said that this evil generation always want to seek after a sign for someone to follow, but no sign shall be given them except the sign of Jonah the Prophet. We must believe His Word and realize that any sign that is presented to us is nothing more than a deception of the devil who presents supernatural occurrences for the purpose of enticing the people to follow his ministers of light, who are in effect ministers of darkness. If the people would look for a sign, they would be inclined to follow a man, but by believing His Word and accepting the Gospel of His Son and keep that faith until the end, we will receive the salvation promised to us.

 

Just like Paul the Apostle said, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith against all that the devil has sent against me, but through it all I stayed true to God’s Word and the scriptures that He inspired Holy men to write for our benefit.

 

Remember, It’s All About Jesus

If you confess His Name and that He is the Son of God, you will be saved!

If you deny His Words in favor of false teaching, you will be lost!

 

HE, JESUS THE SON OF GOD, IS THE ONLY WAY!

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THE BOTTOM LINE

Can You Believe What The Bible Says?

Without the bible we could never know anything about God or His Son Jesus Christ. Without the bible we could not have known about the possibility of an eternal life after this mortal life is over. Without the bible we could not have known anything about the creation of this World or why it was created. Without the bible we could not have known how God interacted with mankind throughout the thousands of years that mankind has dwelled on the Earth. Without knowing what is written in the bible, our lives would be without purpose and we would have nothing to live for except to see our death as the purpose of being born.

If you can believe what the bible says, then why would you chose to believe someone who says that it means something other than what is written in it. Do you really believe that God inspired the writing of bible scripture that cannot be understood by everyone who reads it? Do you really believe that someone must tell you what scripture really means other than what it says?

If you really believe that God inspired the writing of bible scripture for us to understand and believe, then why don’t you just believe what it says. If you are not willing to believe what scripture says without someone else telling you what it means, then why don’t you just discard the bible and follow the person that is interpreting it for you? Why continue to read/study the bible when you don’t believe what it says without someone explaining it to you?

Paul the Apostle who was responsible for the writing of most of the New Testament and who was chosen by Jesus to be the Apostle to the Gentile Nations said this: “ There are some that would trouble you and pervert the gospel of Christ.”

“But though we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let them be accursed”.

The meat of the gospel is that “God sent His only begotten Son into the World and all that believe in Him would not perish but have everlasting life”.

The Son of God spoken of is Jesus of Nazareth.

According to the Apostle Peter.

“A man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know”.(Acts 2:22) “God has made Jesus whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ”. (Acts 2:36)

To make Jesus of Nazareth anything other than the SON of GOD is to call God a liar and a deceiver and the written gospel of Christ untrue.

The Bottom Line is to believe the gospel as is written in the scriptures and be saved or to believe man’s interpretation of it and be lost.

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