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Someone said to one of the members of Church of Christ "He is good."
But then he said in accordance: "But, God is good and gracious and good-hearted."
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
And so we decided to share our Faith: we, as members of the Church Of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo), are now inviting you, to attend our Evangelical Missions, to hear and know the True Faith, the Words of our Almighty God, as we are extending you the True Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ; to have the same Faith as, of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and share the same Christlikeness of the true Christians; to know the truth about the One True Church that Jesus Christ had established from the beginning of the century, which was our redemption in this Christian Era.
Know the truth and be saved, for we truly believed that the time has already come for us to be saved.
We are forever thankful to the Lord, for His faithful love to His people; forever and ever we will always be faithful to His will.
- https://youtube.com/watch?v=vqAEX7qCCkg
- https://facebook.com/1565722537063009/posts/2705282096440375/
(Ephesians 1:3-10)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.
With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
to what we had received contextual praises in the beginning, let me share some wisdom that had lit upon after some realizations:
"Angels, and human souls, created in the image of God, are intellect and will."
Angels are synonymous with /messengers/ in NIV of Revelation 1:20 (footnote [e]). While human souls is guided by the Spirit, or the will of the God. In Jesus' letter to John the Baptist, it is written in NIV of Revelation 1:4, Spirits or the /Seven Spirits/, footnote [a], that is, the "sevenfold Spirit", Jesus wishes Grace and Peace to John, and to the Seven Churches in the province of Asia, Whom it was from Him— Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come; and from the Revelation (of and from) Jesus Christ, "which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ."
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
[Revelation 1:3]
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Godloves us truly; and,Healways think of His begotten Son, Jesus Christ, that He created, and delivered us, to be freed from our sins by His blood through His Son,"and has made us to be a kingdom, to serve his God and Father"—to have the same Faith as our Lord, to worship and praise our Almighty Father; To Him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen."[Revelation 1:5-6, NIV]
{ John 17:[20-23], NIV }
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
(John 17:5) ►
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[New International Version]
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And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
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[New Living Translation]
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Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.
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And so, we are truly innate—yet, needs the True Salvation to glorify, praise, and honor, the Father, and His Son by the Holy Spirit—and are only part of His image; while God is Sole and Whole Being—a Living God. — יְשַׁעְיָהוּ lit. (God is Salvation)
In an honor to Almighty Father, We must glorify and praise His name, by the Holy Spirit, through our Lord Jesus Christ: glory and praises unto Almighty God!
[1 Timothy 1:17, New Living Translation]
All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.
🙏(1 Chronicles 29:11; Jeremiah 32:27; Luke 1:37; Revelation 1:8; Psalm 91:1-2; Jeremiah 32:17; Psalm 145:3; Psalm 80:19; 1 Chronicles 29:12; Romans 8:38-39; Romans 1:20; Psalm 24:1; 1 Timothy 1:17; Ephesians 6:10; 1 John 4:4; Daniel 2:22; 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalm 139:4; Ezekiel 34:26; Mark 14:36; Job 1:12; Psalm 15:2-3 <NIV>
Zephaniah 2:3) 🤲And He has prepared His Salvation in His Works, the Almighty God has prepared, through the Holy Spirit, and by our Lord, Jesus Christ.
[Acts 2:{42, 44, 46, 47}, New International Version]
All the believers were together and had everything in common.
; ... with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
[Galatians 1:4-5, Good News Translation]
In order to set us free from this present evil age, Christ gave himself for our sins, in obedience to the will of our God and Father. To God be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
So let me also share some important notes from the passages, facts from the Holy Bible, and guide you, in an instant, to the reason why i am confidently believing that there is real explanation that there is real science behind the Faith that i have received; or it was already established as Christian Science [or CS, really] to begin with.
According to Wikipedia: "Mary Baker Eddy (born Mary Morse Baker July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder of the Christian Science movement. Deeply religious, she advocated Christian Science as a spiritual practical solution to health and moral issues. She wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, founded The First Church of Christ, Scientist of Boston in 1879, and several periodicals including The Christian Science Monitor. She took the name Mary Baker Glover from her first marriage and was also known as Mary Baker Glover Eddy or Mary Baker G. Eddy from her third marriage. She did much spiritual teaching, lecturing, and instantaneous healing. Her influence continues to grow through her writings."
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the central text of the Christian Science religion. It was written by Mary Baker Eddy, inspired by studies of the Bible she undertook in 1867 following a healing experience. Science and Health posits a wholly metaphysical view of Christianity in which sin, disease, and death are not of God, and are therefore not real. Further, it suggests that by striving toward a spiritual understanding of the world as God's perfect creation, these "false beliefs" are shed from one's experience.
[Acts 3:{13, 16, 20-21, 22}]
I then asked, by a Member of the Roman Catholic, where i am in a Country where the majority of people are indeed a major (Roman Catholic)s, by the question "why is it that the Church Of Christ don't really believe that Christ is also a God [in nature], [and why is that that there is no Christmas in the Church Of Christ, when it is really that they were a true Christians]?
Let me answer first shortly the question, reframing, is Christmas really a true Christian belief? Short answer is No, it was really a pagan belief, (1 Corinthians 10:[20, 21-22], Warning Against Idolatry, ESV, NET). That is why there is no reason to have that celebration, in customary, in the True Church, even if it will be celebrated in "a Christian way", for example that there will be a Thanksgiving to the Lord.
And let me go head-on to ask, is Roman Catholic a true Christian church [or perhaps, is it really in accordance to the real Christianism]? As some will say it is, by definition, a Christian Church. As it was really established, in our case in the Philippines, three centuries then.
Let us also answer the question: why was it that the Church Of Christ is really the One True Church, the Christ's Church, and why it is the only true salvation we need. The Bible will answer these questions conclusively, while we will trace back our first question, is Roman Catholic a true Christian Church? (Back then it was considered heretical to question the Church, or the Roman Catholic, and it was really a state church to considered as "true and pure," and any opposition would result to blaspheming against the Church)
Let me first utter a simple prayer, not in a Psalmic way, but a simple, revelatory, in acceptance, that i am also flawed, and in a No Way a Roman Catholic, or a paradoxically dogmatic.
“If a man has a right to find God in his own way, he has a right to go to the Devil in his own way also.” ~ Unknown
(Luke 17:5)
(Psalm 145:18-20, New International Version)
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The LORD watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
(Ephesians 4:27, New English Translation)
Do not give the devil an opportunity.
Because we are imperfect, O Jehovah,
The inclination of our heart is flawed.
There is a sin that easily ensnares us—
A lack of faith in you, the living God.
We disobey, we offend, we betray the One who created us.
“Love the sinner; hate the sin.” (Ephesians 4:32, NET)
Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
- (Psalms 18:[20-22], New International Version)
The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I am not guilty of turning from my God.
All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.
- {2 Tim. 3:[15-17], NIV}
and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
[Matthew 18:1-5, Good News Translation]
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, asking, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
So Jesus called a child to come and stand in front of them, and said, “I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven. The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child. And whoever welcomes in my name one such child as this, welcomes me.
{ Ephesians 4:[17-19, 22-24], New Living Translation }
With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him. They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.
... throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
{Ephesians 5:[1-2], NIV}
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
[Colossians 3:1-4, New Living Translation]
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.
Romans 12:9 — Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Corinthians 16:14 — Do everything in love.
Colossians 3:14 — And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Ephesians 4:2 — Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
1 Peter 4:8 — Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 John 4:12: No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
1 John 4:16: And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
Jude 1:2: Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. . . . Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
(Romans 7:18, 19, 24, 25—New Living Translation)
[Isaiah 53:5-6, Good News Translation, The Message]
But because of our sins he was wounded,
beaten because of the evil we did.
We are healed by the punishment he suffered,
made whole by the blows he received.
All of us were like sheep that were lost,
each of us going his own way.
But the Lord made the punishment fall on him,
the punishment all of us deserved.
[See also Acts 2:23]
- (Isaiah 48:[16, (17, 22)])
[Good News Translation]
“Now come close to me and hear what I say.
From the beginning I have spoken openly
and have always made my words come true.”
(Now the Sovereign Lord has given me his power and sent me.)
The Lord's Plan for His People
The holy God of Israel,
the Lord who saves you, says:
“I am the Lord your God,
the one who wants to teach you for your own good
and direct you in the way you should go.
“If only you had listened to my commands!
Then blessings would have flowed for you
like a stream that never goes dry.
Victory would have come to you
like the waves that roll on the shore.
Your descendants would be as numerous as grains of sand,
and I would have made sure they were never destroyed.”
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“There is no safety for sinners,” says the Lord.
[New International Version]
This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
If only you had paid attention to my commands,
your peace would have been like a river,
your well-being like the waves of the sea.
Your descendants would have been like the sand,
your children like its numberless grains;
their name would never be blotted out
nor destroyed from before me.”
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“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
{ Acts 2:[37-38, 39, 40]; John 20:[30-31]; but because of, see also, the footnote [d] of Acts 2:23 of NIV, hence Luke 16:16, NASB; also, the reiteration of Acts 2:40 says: With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”;
[1 John 5:6, English Standard Version]:
Testimony Concerning the Son of God
This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
[Romans 6:3-5, New International Version]
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.
{ Note 1 on blood and water in John 19:34 in the New Testament Recovery Version is tremendously helpful. Let’s look at some portions of this lengthy note. The first section says:
“Two substances came out of the Lord’s pierced side: blood and water. Blood is for redemption, to deal with sins (1:29; Heb. 9:22) for the purchasing of the church (Acts 20:28). Water is for imparting life, to deal with death (12:24; 3:14-15) for the producing of the church (Eph. 5:29-30). The Lord’s death, on the negative side, takes away our sins, and on the positive side, imparts life into us. Hence, it has two aspects: the redemptive aspect and the life-imparting aspect. The redemptive aspect is for the life-imparting aspect. The record of the other three Gospels portrays only the redemptive aspect of the Lord’s death. John’s record portrays not only the redemptive aspect but also the life-imparting aspect.”
https://blog.biblesforamerica.org/what-does-the-blood-and-water-that-came-out-of-jesus-pierced-side-mean/ https://blog.biblesforamerica.org/knowing-gods-cleansing/
Again, David pleads for cleansing. He asks the Lord to purge him with hyssop to make him clean and to wash him to make him whiter than snow. To purge meant to purify by removing a stain. Hyssop was a plant that the priests used in ceremonial cleansings. They dipped a bunch of hyssop in the blood of a sacrificial animal and then sprinkled the blood on the person who required cleansing. Leviticus 14:4–7 refers to the use of blood-dipped hyssop in sprinkling seven times the person who is to be cleansed of leprosy.
David recognized that he would be whiter than snow if the Lord washed away his sin. In Isaiah 1:18 the Lord invited the sinful people of Judah to come to Him and reason with Him, promising, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool." When Jesus washed His disciples' feet in the upper room, He told unwilling Peter he would have no share with Him unless He washed them (John 13:8).
Psalm 51:1–7 is David's plea for mercy and cleansing. He admits he has sinned against God. His approach to confession is to take God's attitude toward sin. He sees his sins as transgressions, iniquity, evil, and the result of his lifelong offensive nature. First John 1:9–10 corresponds to this passage by teaching believers to confess their sins—to agree with God's stance about those sins—with the promise of God's forgiveness and cleansing.
This psalm opens with David's plea to God to show him mercy. He asks God to blot out his transgressions, wash his iniquities, and cleanse him from sin. He admits his sinning was against God. He also confesses his human sin nature. David asks God to make him as white as snow by purging him with hyssop. He longs for joy to return to him, but knows he was suffering because God had turned away from him. He pleads with God for a clean heart and a right spirit. He does not want God to cast him aside and remove His Holy Spirit. David longs for a renewal of the joy of his salvation. If cleansing from sin occurred and joy returned to him, David would teach transgressors God's ways, and sinners would be converted. He promises near the end of the psalm to declare God's praise if God would forgive him. He knew it would be futile to offer a sacrifice to God, because God delights in a broken and contrite heart and not in sacrifices offered with an unrepentant heart. David closes the psalm with a prayer for God to bless Jerusalem.
[John 13:8, New Living Translation] No,' Peter protested, 'you will never ever wash my feet!' Jesus replied, 'Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.' What does [John 13:8] mean?
Peter objects to Jesus performing the submissive task of a servant: washing of others' feet (John 13:6). His motivation is noble, since he clearly sees Jesus as his master. In the prior verse, Jesus reassured the disciples that they would better understand this action later (John 13:7).
Peter, never quick to take a hint, responds with a strongly-phrased expression in Greek. His exact words are "ou mē…eis ton aiōna!" This is somewhat like saying "no way…not ever!" in English. This is sincere, but stubborn. Peter does not understand, but suggests he doesn't need to: he cannot imagine Jesus acting like a servant. If he can't understand it, he won't cooperate with it.
Jesus' response is equally black-and-white. His wording is an ultimatum: either I do this, or you have nothing to do with me. In the most immediate sense, this is a rebuke of Peter's stubbornness. So far as the literal, physical foot-washing between Jesus and Peter is concerned, it's a non-negotiable. One can imagine Jesus saying something to the effect of "I'm not asking you Peter, I'm telling you."
Scholars differ in how—or if—to apply Jesus' comment to believers in general. On one hand, there's a universal sense in which those who abjectly refuse to submit to Christ are, by definition, not His followers. If someone follows through on an attitude of "I am not doing that, Jesus" then they have "no part" in Him or His kingdom. On the other hand, this comment can't be separated from the literal context or the statements Jesus is about to make.
As the passage continues, Jesus will distinguish between "washing" and "bathing." This will include an allusion to Judas' betrayal. That background makes an application of Jesus' words to the modern believer more specific: this speaks about fellowship, not eternal salvation.
John 13:1–11 begins the ''private'' phase of John's gospel, as Jesus meets with the disciples for a Passover meal. As usual, John skips details covered in other Gospels in order to add his own memories. Jesus performs the task of a lowly servant: washing others' feet. Jesus reassures everyone that this task will make more sense later. Peter is offended by his master acting like a slave, but Jesus responds that washing is necessary for those who follow Him—and not all of those present are clean. That subtly points to Judas, who has already made plans to betray Jesus. A ''full-body'' washing only needs to happen once, while ''foot washing'' needs to be done more frequently. This helps explain the difference between once-for-all salvation, and routine confession of sin.
Jesus meets with a smaller group, possibly only the twelve disciples, in a private setting. Before eating a meal, Jesus performs the work of a lowly servant, washing the feet of the disciples. He explains that this is an object lesson. Their Lord is willing to serve in humility, so they are obligated to do the same. Jesus also predicts His impending betrayal, subtly telling Judas to leave and complete His conspiracy. The disciples don't realize what's happened, however. Peter foolishly brags about his loyalty. Jesus responds with a cutting prediction: Peter will deny his relationship to Christ three times in the next few hours.
[John 13:8, New Living Translation]
No,' Peter protested, 'you will never ever wash my feet!' Jesus replied, 'Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.'
[Romans 6: Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ, New International Version; Sin’s Power Is Broken, New Living Translation; Dead to Sin but Alive in Union with Christ, Good News Translation]
(verse 1-4, New Living Translation)
Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
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[Ephesians 4:22-24]
- [New International Version]
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- [New Living Translation]
throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
{ Titus 3[:1, 3-7]: Do What Is Good, New Living Translation }
Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other. But—
When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. [or in Greek: He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.] He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. Because of his grace he made us right in his sight and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.
(Colossians 3:[9-11]) [New International Version]
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
{ Psalm 51:7, New Living Translation } —
Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- (Isaiah 1:16, NIV)
Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
(Acts 2:38; Romans 6:4; 1 Cor. 12:13; Acts 5:31; John 10:[7, 9, 11]; 1 Tim. 2:[5-6]; 1 Cor. 15:[27-28] *
- Acts 1:5; John 21:[20-21]; Acts 2:[17-28, 29-36, 37: 38-39] * )
[Ephesians 4:4-6, NET]
[4] There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling, [5] one Lord, one faith, one baptism, [6] one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
(Romans 6:[15-18, 20-22], New Living Translation)
Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
(verse 20-22, Good News Translation)
When you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of? The result of those things is death! But now you have been set free from sin and are the slaves of God. Your gain is a life fully dedicated to him, and the result is eternal life. For sin pays its wage—death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 12:2, New International Version)
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
- [Authorized (King James) Version]
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- [The Message]
(12:1-2) So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
- [GOD’S WORD Translation © 1995, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020]
Don’t become like the people of this world. Instead, change the way you think. Then you will always be able to determine what God really wants—what is good, pleasing, and perfect.
(John 15:[1-4[-8]], Good News Translation)
“I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener. He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit. You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you. Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples.
[Romans 1:6, English Standard Version]
including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
[Ephesians 4: Unity in the Body, New Living Translation]
(4:16, NLT)
He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
[Romans 12:4-5, NKJV]
For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
[1 Corinthians 12:12, NKJV]
For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
[Romans 6:13, NKJV]
And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
[Colossians 3:5, NKJV]
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
[Colossians 3:15, NKJV]
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
[Matthew 24:13, NKJV]
But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
[Ephesians 5:29-30, New Living Translation]
No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. And we are members of his body.
[1 Timothy 5:8, NKJV]
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
{ Proverbs 17:9, NKJV }
He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
{ Luke 5:32, NKJV }
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
{ James 1:21, NKJV } Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
{ Isaiah 44:22 }
I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
Mark 1:15
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
Zechariah 1:3b, NKJV
“Return to Me,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.
{ Luke 15:10, NKJV }
Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
[Acts 17:30, NKJV]
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
[Galatians 6:1, New Living Translation]
Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
[Romans 1:{11-12}, New Living Translation]
For I long to visit you so I can bring you some spiritual gift that will help you grow strong in the Lord. When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours.
(Romans 3:23-24)
- [New International Version]
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
- [Good News Translation]
everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence. But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
[1 Peter 2:21-22, Good News Translation]
It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps. He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips.
- (Isaiah 1:18, NIV)
“Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
- (1 John 4:9, NIV)
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
- (Romans 5:[8, 9, 10], NIV)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
- (Romans 6:[12-13], NIV)
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
- (Romans 8:[12-13], Good News Translation)
So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to. For if you live according to your human nature, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death your sinful actions, you will live.
- (Apoc. [Rev.] 20:14, NIV)
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
- (2 Peter 3:[7, 10], NKJV)
But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
- (Gal. 5:[19,20,21], NIV)
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
[Job 5:17, NIV]
“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty (Hebrew Shaddai).
- (Eccle. 8:11, GNT)
Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.
- (2 Peter 3:9, NIV)
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
- (Romans 2:[4-5], NIV)
Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
- (Romans 8:1, 2, 6, 9—Contemporary English Version)
If you belong to Christ Jesus, you won’t be punished. The Holy Spirit will give you life that comes from Christ Jesus and will set you free from sin and death. . . . If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace. . . . You are no longer ruled by your desires, but by God’s Spirit, who lives in you.
{ Acts 2:[38-39, 40] }
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
[Galatians 1[:3], Good News Translation]
May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Galatians 6:8
. . . if you plant in the soil of your spiritual nature, you will harvest everlasting life.
—GOD’S WORD® Translation
I'll go on with one asking.
So, let me first asked, is one of the fundamental belief of Roman Catholic, Trinitism, or the Holy Trinity of the Church, can be in accordance with the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, or is it really Biblical, true and simple, as it may have called fundamental teachings of the Roman Catholic Church?
(where it is defined, as by Merriam's: the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead according to [Roman Catholic, or the Church] dogma).
Then it has to be, that, it is wrongly attributed, as they were also believing that Christ was "a God" in nature, and that: was purely wrong, and it was a tainted, and really a sin to Almighty God; as it was also wrong that there were actually two remaining more, as God the Father is the other one, immanent in "one Godhead", or perhaps there were actually 3 personas they were implying, intrinsically united, being in a person with our only Christ, which was also being Jesus, as he is the only Christ-Jesus, or Lord Jesus Christ ~ when he is actually, really a man of nature, a Son of God, not unified 3 persons to a one, not God, [nor there is 3 persons, nor clearly there were more gods other than the Father, and that are also all a God in nature], which was clearly a valid violation to the definition of what the Catholics believed Trinity; as it was written in the Holy Bible that there was only one God, and a Son (not Sons). (Ephesians 4:[4-6], NET)
[Deuteronomy 11:16]
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them.
Translation
. . . be careful. Don’t let anyone tempt you to do something wrong. Don’t turn away and worship other gods. Don’t bow down to them.
—New International Reader’s Version
It was also an error to have a son, which was deemed to be also "a God", to a one True God, a misnomer and an impossible recursion by definition to have only one God, but has a Son who is also a God by nature, of which it can be corrected by what was written in the Bible [that there is no other God other than the True Almighty God].
This is repeated in numerous other places: (Deut. 4:35, NIV; Isa. 44:6, KJV, ISV; John 14:28, NIV; 1 Cor. 8:4, NIV; 1 Tim. 1:17, NIV)
In the Bible, the greatest teaching is expressed in the Shema:
✡️ שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶחָֽד
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
"Let there be no doubt that the Bible is stridently monotheistic; no ifs, no buts about it."
This one God is the [One True] God we must know to the extent that we can know Him. In the Old Testament, God is referred to, as only one True God, in many passages, such as:
** Deutronomy 5:7 **
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Zech. 2:6-12 – the LORD (= YHWH) claims three times that He has been sent by the LORD.
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Isa. 48:11-16, NIV – again, the LORD has been sent by the Sovereign LORD.
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Isa. 63:7-10, NIV, "Praise and Prayer" – the LORD (described as a Father) sends His divine servant (the angel of His presence) and His Holy Spirit who is grieved (compare Ps. 78:40, NIV).
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Ex. 23:20, NIV – the angel of the LORD’s was sent ahead. And it was expressed in different passage in ^(1 John 5:7, NKJV) of what was the purpose of the angel's presence.
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Hos. 1:7, NIV – the LORD – their God – shows love to Judah, and saves them — not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen.
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Prov. 30:1-4, NIV – [The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an inspired utterance] – says in an inspired utterance that the Son of God is as unfathomable as God Himself. As implied by asking His name in 30:4:
"What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!"
[Matthew 11:25-27, Good News Translation]
...
“My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
** Only
the Father,the God, and His Son, Only, indeed, Christ-Jesus.
And, as a Christian, I am in no way devotee of extreme ideologies, [e.g. humanism (Isaiah 2:22; Matt. 10:17, NET), scientism, -isms, nor etc. and of politik], but redeemed and saved by the grace and mercy of Almighty God through Christ, Jesus, still has a Hope for our Brothers and Sisters in the faith and prays for the safety of their lives, everyday of my life. And like Jesus, as a servant of His will, i have to expend great amount of time and energy, on devout prayers, on how He choose and accept His Fate, before His deliverance, upon entering the valley of Mount of Olive, to lit His feet on a straight path, to call for God, and ask for His guidance, once more, for these arduous times, like His Faith, to overcome what was the Great Trials of Our Times.
And so, volunteering in humanitarian cause is essential nowadays, as it was primary to the God's plan, for salvation. Like what was written on the Bible:
Hebrews 13:16: “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”
Hebrews 6:10: “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
James 1:17, GNT: “Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.”
In Nihilistic's point of view (not nihilistic per se, but logical):
Satan is corruption.
Every corruption is Satan's way.
Yet, do not accept the fate, the fact, that you are corrupted. You are already (you have been), but do not accept that it is always.
There is satan's corruption(s), and there are humans' corruption. But do not focus on the both. There is no Greater Evil, but Satan's Corruption (it is not the Absolute).
“We Are Already Prepared from the Worst.”
It will all soon be over. (Revelation 22:13, ESV; Isaiah 2:18, NET)
The next time is Now, ever.
Accept, instead, then, the God's Way.
Do not forget, but this is emancipation: God is Salvation.
Satan is the obstruction to the God's Way.
Everywhere, God's Will, and yet, sadly, there are the Satan's way, and so, there are corruptions happening.
Therefore, absolutism is also an Evil's way. [Every -ism(s) is already corrupted in every way]
But do not fret, nor be sad, nor be fixated to the world's busy-ness. Do not be coward (John 20:26, HCSB), but be courageous, fighting our way by the God's Way with the Goodwill of His (John 20:[29, 28], HCSB). We have His Every Guidance, a shield that is True, Godly, and, Purely. We are on the March of Victory, to Every Salvation. He (the Father: the God) is Always, Absolutely Pure, Verily, i say.
And so, as we echo to you what was the Greatest Protection, that we have received through Salvation: be prayerful; God is Compassionate and Merciful. He is All, the Love, we ever need.
Fight for the Faith He has Given, by His Holy Spirit, through Lord Jesus Christ.
You are Good in every way.
This is, the Last Days—the day has come for the True Salvation.
“Through it all, we can always lean on our Almighty God.”
This is our Faith. Father in You we have come.
Like Christ, I want to acknowledge His — the Almighty Father’s—servants, and of His Great People, especially His Church’s people, who are now sharing the Same Faith of His Messenger[s].
- { 1 John 4[:17], Psalm 34:[17-19] }
- Psalm 145:18-20, New International Version
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.
The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
⛲🖋️
✡️☪️
We are waiting for Yahweh [YHWH 🕎];
He is our help and our shield,
For in Him our heart rejoices,
In His holy name we trust.
Yahweh, let your faithful love rest on us.
As our hope has rested in you.
- (Psalms 33:20-22)
:(الله) In the Holy Quran [17:1]: He
{ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَسۡرَىٰ بِعَبۡدِهِۦ لَيۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡأَقۡصَا ٱلَّذِي بَٰرَكۡنَا حَوۡلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ }
[Surah Al-Isrāʾ: 1]
The journey of Israa was such a momentous occasion that الله revealed verses relating to this journey in the Holy Quran –“Glorified be He (الله) Who did take His servant for a journey by night from Al Masjid Al Haram to Al Masjid Al Aqsa, whose precincts We did bless, in order that We might show him some of Our Signs. Verily He is the All Hearing, All Seeing” [17:1].
[or] in the Imaam Mufti Taqi Usman translation – “Glorious is He Who made his servant travel by night from Al-Masjid-ul-Harām to Al-Masjid-ul-AqSā whose environs We have blessed, so that We let him see some of Our signs. Surely, He is the All-Hearing, the All- Seeing.”
Masjid Al-Aqsa is one of our holiest sites located in the Old City of Jerusalem. Its name translates to "The Farthest Mosque," and it holds a distinguished place in our history and tradition. Masjid Al-Aqsa was the first Qibla (direction of prayer), indicating its immense significance.
- The Only Masjid Mentioned By The Name In The Qur'an Apart From The Ka'bah 🕋.
{ Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Any direction that is between east and west can be taken as a qibla if the person praying is face-on to the House." }
[Muwatta]
🕋 { ۞سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمۡ عَن قِبۡلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِي كَانُواْ عَلَيۡهَاۚ قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقُ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبُۚ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ }
{ May الله safeguard our Palestinian brothers and sister, and protect masjid Al Aqsa from the oppressors, آمين. 🤲🏻🌙🕌 }
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🕎 In the (Genesis 16:13-14):
El Roi = "God Who Sees": Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, 'You are a [El Roi] God who sees'; for she said, 'Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?' Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi [well of the living one who sees me].
[Psalm 36:9, GOD’S WORD Translation]
Indeed, the fountain of life is with You.
In Your light we see light.
[Good News Translation]
You are the source of all life,
and because of your light we see the light.
[English Standard Version]
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.
[Revelation 21:6]
And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
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[The Message]
Then He said, “It’s happened. I’m A to Z. I’m the Beginning, I’m the Conclusion. From Water-of-Life Well I give freely to the thirsty. Conquerors inherit all this. I’ll be God to them, they’ll be sons and daughters to me. But for the rest—the feckless and faithless, degenerates and murderers, sex peddlers and sorcerers, idolaters and all liars—for them it’s Lake Fire and Brimstone. Second death!”
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[Good News Translation]
And He said, “It is done! I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give the right to drink from the spring of the water of life without paying for it.
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[English Standard Version]
And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
[Откровение 21:6, НЗТ]
Затем Он сказал мне:
– Свершилось! Я Альфа и Омега, Начало и Конец! Тому, кто мучится от жажды, Я дам пить даром из источника воды жизни.
Виноски
21:6 Ср. Ис. 44:6; 48:12.
[Psalmynas 36:9 – (pirma 35:10)]
ибо у Тебя источник жизни; во свете Твоем мы видим свет.
[Захария 12:10, Синодальный перевод]
А на дом Давида и на жителей Иерусалима изолью дух благодати и умиления, и они воззрят на Него, Которого пронзили, и будут рыдать о Нем, как рыдают об единородном сыне, и скорбеть, как скорбят о первенце.
{ Захария 12:[5, 7-9] }
Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God.’
[12:10-14: Gedulas dėl to, kurį jie pramušė; Траур за Тим, Кого Прокололи]
“The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going before them. On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
- (2 Chronicles 20:9, New International Version)
‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’
[Matthew 24:6-7, NKJV]
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
[Matthew 24:8, NKJV]
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Last Days Bible footnote, p. 54
[Job 5:19-21, NIV]
From six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will touch you.
In famine he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when destruction comes.
[Psalm 34:2, NIV]
I will glory in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
[Job 5:23-27, NIV]
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
You will know that your tent is secure;
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
You will come to the grave in full vigor,
like sheaves gathered in season.
“We have examined this, and it is true.
So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
[Matthew 24:36, NKJV]
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but My Father only.
[Matthew 24:44, NKJV]
Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
[Hebrews 9:27-28, NKJV]
And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
[Romans 5:8, NKJV]
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
[Acts 20:28, GLT]
[Daniel 12:1, NKJV]
“At that time Michael shall stand up,
The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;
And there shall be a time of trouble,
Such as never was since there was a nation,
Even to that time.
And at that time your people shall be delivered,
Every one who is found written in the book.
[Heb. 12:23, NIV]
to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
[John 14:2-3, NKJV; John 17:{11, 15-16, 17-19}, NIV]
{␆ ACK.D.} PBBUHP 🌻.
Будьте благодарны Богу.
Благодарности (🐝🐝) الله ۞
{( фессалоникийцам 5:18 )}
- Psalm 110, NIV ✡️ Of David. A psalm. – “The LORD says to my Lord” – Jesus asked about this Psalm [of David] on how someone could be both Son and Lord of David – see Matt. 22:44, Mark 12:36, Luke 20:42, Acts 2:34; and Acts 2:25-36.
- (John 17:[1, 3], New Living Translation) – When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. And this is the way to have eternal life–to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth."
- (1 Cor. 8:6, New Living Translation) – The Apostle Paul said in his writing to the early Christians: But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we exist for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.
- (John 10:[27 - 29], NIV) – My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
- *(John 10: 30, NKJV) – I and My Father are one. (or in Simple English Bible) – My Father and I are united.
*☪️ Ps. 45, NIV. For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. A wedding song.
- (Rev. 21:[1-7], Good News Bible) – The New Heaven and the New Earth
(quoted by Heb. 1, NIB) God’s Final Word: His Son. Praises the Son of – God – the Father, The Son Superior to Angels (verse 5-8).
- Heb. 1:14, NIV – Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? 🕎 Through prayers they have come.
Thus, through His Love, and in preachings: there is but one God.
Note that God is Love (1 John 4:8, 16) and because God is eternal, God has always been love.
The Bible also clearly explained the Holy Spirit, The Son, and The God, as being referred to, are found written in different passages.
(Psalm 118:22, KJV)
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Ephesians 1:22, NIV —
And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be /head/ over everything for the church.
- Acts 20:28, GLT – Take heed therefore to yourselves and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, to feed the Church of Christ which he has purchased with his blood.
Which what was being referred Holy Spirit is Christ's.
[What is this Church? It is the great company of the redeemed, all those who are truly saved by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the sum total of all those who are born again, who are genuine Christians.]
The Church is the body of Christ, and Christ is the Saviour of the body; then all who are saved are in that body, and outside that body there is no salvation.
A Time To Unite, pp. 29-31
David Middleton
The phrase “the Body of Christ” is a common New Testament metaphor for the Church (all those who are truly saved). The Church is called “one body in Christ” in Romans 12:5, “one body” in 1 Corinthians 10:17, “the body of Christ” in 1 Corinthians 12:27 and Ephesians 4:12, and “the body” in Hebrews 13:3. The Church is clearly equated with “the body” of Christ in Ephesians 5:23 and Colossians 1:24.
[As a society, the Church of Christ was organized by [O]ur Lord for the sanctification of its members.]
Discourses on the Apostle's Creed, p. 178
Clement H. Crock
(Ephesians 5:23, NIV)
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
(1 Corinthians 11:3, New International Version)
But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
(Colossians 1:18, NIV)
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
- John 14:28, NIV – “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I [(not equal or same)]."
- John 5:30, NIV – By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
[John 13:16, New International Version]
Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
{John 8:[16-18], Amplified Bible}
But even if I do judge, My judgment is true and My decision is right; for I am not alone [in making it], but I and the Father who sent Me [make the same judgment]. Even in your own law it is written that the testimony of two persons is true [valid and admissible]. I am One [of the Two] who testifies about Myself, and My Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”
Also, in Jesus' Letter to John, in Revelation 1:5 in NIV:
and from **Jesus Christ**, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
{John 8:42, NKJV}
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.
- John 10:29, NIV – My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all
[Many early manuscripts]:
[What my Father has given me is greater than all];
no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
- **John 14:16, NIV **— And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
[John 15:26, New International Version]
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
(Acts 2:22, Easy-to-Read Version; read also (Matthew 11: Jesus and John the Baptist; Revelation 1, NIV) )
(Heb. 7:26, Phillips New Testament; also, read Revelation 1:6)
(John 14:28; Matt. 24:36)
- (John 14:[15-21], New Living Translation)
“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.
He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.
No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.
Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”
[John 15:5, New International Version]
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
[John 17:17, New International Version]
Sanctify them to live in accordance with the truth; your word is truth.
[Isaiah 46:11, New International Version]
From the east I summon a bird of prey;
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
what I have planned, that I will do.
[Ephesians 2:12, New International Version]
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
[Zephaniah 1:(14-18), New International Version]
The great day of the Lord is near—
near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
That day will be a day of wrath—
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of trouble and ruin,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness—
a day of trumpet and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the corner towers.
“I will bring such distress on all people
that they will grope about like those who are blind,
because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out like dust
and their entrails like dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”
In the fire of his jealousy
the whole earth will be consumed,
for he will make a sudden end
of all who live on the earth.
[Romans 5:{12, 17}, New International Version]
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
[Matthew 6:33, NIV]
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
[Romans 1:17, NIV]
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed — a righteousness that is by faith from first to last (or is from faith to faith), just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” [Hab. 2:4]
- Matthew 12:28 — But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Luke 16:16, New American Standard Bible —
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
John 20:[30-31] —
- [NIV]
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
- [New Living Translation]
The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.
[Read (Matthew 11: Jesus and John the Baptist; Revelation 1, NIV)]
- Acts 1:5; John 21:[20-21]; John 21:{5-7, 9, 10-11} Acts 2:[17-28, 29-36, 37: 38-39] *
- [John 21:{12-13, 14}; Acts 2:{41-42}, Good News Translation]
- Rom. 14:17, New International Version —
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit
[John 21:{15-19, 22-23, 24}; Acts 1:6; Matt. 16:18; Acts 20:28, GLT]
- { Luke 11:20, Matthew 6:33, NIV }
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then [the kingdom of God has come upon you.]
- (Galatians 5:25, Amplified® Bible Classic)
If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]
Walking is a Hebrew metaphor
for living in a certain manner(see also Deuteronomy 5:33; 1 Kings 8:23; Micah 6:8).
Nearly three dozen New Testament texts use this image in exhortations about Christly conduct. Colossians 1:10, for example, portrays Christian life this way:
“Walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
(2 Peter 3:18)
- [ESV]
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- [NIV]
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
The trinity is never mentioned in the bible and Jesus never mentions he is God.
Nothing in the bible can justify the trinity. Even the only verse ^(1 John 5:7) [that mentions 3, was removed from the RSV and NIV as a fabrication.]
There is no other God, but the one true God.
The Trinity is a whole made up fabrications of ✝️ Catholics, which was their fundamental belief in their faith.
No evidence in the Bible that there is Trinity, and that one true God "consists" of three persons.
Though the exact terms in which the [Catholic] Church has formally defined the dogma of the Blessed Trinity ... are not in the Bible, and may, therefore, in a sense be called unscriptural;
(The Divine Trinity: A Dogmatic Treatise. By Pohle, Joseph, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ph.D., D.D., 1911, pp. 20-22. © Edition 2019 CrossReach Publications, Kerry, Ireland)
https://archive.org/details/the-divine-trinity.-a-dogmatic-treatise-cross-reach-publications.-2019
- https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/catholic-doctrine-on-the-holy-trinity.html
- https://www.aboutcatholics.com/beliefs/the-trinity/
- 1 Cor. 4:6, NIV
Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.
Who was Apollos? According to the book of Acts, Apollos was an influential teacher and leader who advanced the gospel of Jesus in the early Christian church. The writer of Acts, Luke, describes him as a Jew, native to Alexandria, Egypt, who journeyed to Ephesus for unclear reasons (Acts 18:24-28). He was an evangelist, apologist, church leader, and friend of the apostle Paul. He was described as “eloquent,” “mighty in the Scriptures,” “fervent in the spirit” and “instructed in the way of the Lord”.
- Apoc. (Rev.) 22:[18-19], NIV
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
In summary, Apollos was a man of letters with a zeal for the Lord and a talent for preaching. He labored in the Lord’s work, aiding the ministry of the apostles and faithfully building up the church. His life should encourage each of us to “grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord” (2 Peter 3:18) and to use our God-given gifts to promote truth.
One way we grow under the grace of God is to grow in our knowledge of Christ. This implies two ideas. One of these is knowing more and more about Christ in our minds: information. The other is getting to know Jesus better and better in our relationship with Him. Both contribute to making us more productive servants (1 Peter 1:8).
Christianity—our faith in Christ; as in verse 6, Peter assumes that faith and love this concrete, this real, results in real rejoicing. Saving faith in Christ brings with it a joy which can't be expressed. Words can't contain it. It's a joy full of glory, reflecting our future with Christ in the moment in front of us. Again we see that the choice to rejoice, even the middle of our trials, is an act of faith. It doesn't require soaring emotions, but it certainly can contribute to them. Joy flows from our growing confidence in the Christ we love.
(1 Peter 1:6)
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
Verses 17 and 18 are the conclusion of Peter's letter and should be taken together. These words summarize Peter's letter, and include both a warning against being misled by the false teachers and an encouragement to keep growing in Christ. Specifically, Peter urges his readers to grow in two areas: The grace of Jesus, and their knowledge of Him.
To grow in grace does not mean to get more and more of God's grace, necessarily. Grace, by definition, is unearned, unworked for. By His grace, God has forgiven our sins and given us full rights as His children in Christ. We can't get more of that. But living under the grace of Jesus provides us a huge opportunity to grow spiritually stronger and deeper. Peter wrote in chapter 1 that we are not missing anything we need to lead the life God calls us to. Now it's time to do it.
One way we grow under the grace of God is to grow in our knowledge of Christ. This implies two ideas. One of these is knowing more and more about Christ in our minds: information. The other is getting to know Jesus better and better in our relationship with Him. Both contribute to making us more productive servants (1 Peter 1:8).
Peter describes Jesus as both our Lord and our Savior. To really know Him, we must continue to grow in our understanding of what it means to live in relationship to Jesus as Lord and as Savior.
🕍🇮🇹 (John 14,[1-6], New Living Translation)
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.”
“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
🕎 (John 20:[27, 29, 26-29], Holman Christian Standard Bible);
[1 Peter 1:8, ESV];
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
Ephesians 3:10, NIV;
Ephesians 4:2-3 —
…with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
(Matt. 16:18 — I Cor. 12:12 — Acts 2:47 — 1 Cor. 5:13 —
1 Thes. 4:16, NIV —
Eph. 3:6 —
Heb. 12:[22-23], The Remedy New Testament —
John 10:9, Revised English Bible, The Amplified Bible —
Exo. 2:[24-25], NIV — Gen. 17:[1-7], NIV — Dan. 9:11, NIV — 2 Kings 5:15, NIV — Rom. 9:4, GNT —
Psalms 91:[14-16], GNT —
Gal. 4:9, GNT — Gal. 1[:2], GNT — Gal. 3:29, GNT)
(Jeremiah 7:23, New International Version)
- Romans 16:16, NIV — Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
- (or in GLT) — Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you..