Pas une Trinité mais un seul Dieu

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Icône dite de la Trinité d’Andrei Roublev. Il s’agit des trois hommes apparus à Abraham au Chêne de Mambré Gn 18 que Roublev, à la suite des Pères de l’Église, interprète comme une figure du mystère de la Trinité indivisible.

Il y a une théologie chrétienne qui a développé la conception d’un Dieu trinitaire : un Dieu unique en trois aspects (hypostases) : le Père, le Fils (La Parole) et le Saint-Esprit, égaux, participant d’une même essence (consubstantialité ou homoousia) et pourtant fondamentalement distincts.

Refuser ou négliger de «connaître Dieu», c’est risquer le jugement, mais il y en a beaucoup dés gens qui ne pense pas trop à Dieu, le Père et le fils. La plupart de nos contemporains, même de ceux qui se disent chrétiens, affichent une indifférence extraordinaire pour le sujet de la Trinité. Ils croient assez vaguement au dogme de la « trinité », selon lequel Dieu est trois personnes — Dieu le Père, Dieu le Fils et Dieu le Saint-Esprit — et en même temps une seule. Ce dogme veut que le Fils ait préexisté au ciel avant sa naissance de la vierge Marie, qu’il y ait même une identité absolue d’espèce et de durée entre Dieu le Père et Christ le Fils; qu’il y ait non seulement égalité de durée mais aussi de puissance entre ces trois personnes.

Mais la Bible garde un silence absolu sur ce dogme compliqué. Le mot « trinité » ne s’y rencontre point, ni les principes du dogme non plus. Il faut dire même que l’enseignement de la Bible à propos de Dieu, de Jésus-Christ et du Saint-Esprit paraît être tout à fait contraire aux idées « trinitaires ». Si les principes de ce dogme sont vrais, et indispensables même pour le salut, comme l’affirment la plupart des églises orthodoxes, n’est-il pas incroyable que la Bible non seulement les laisse douteux, sans les préciser en aucune façon, mais qu’elle enseigne même des principes contraires?

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L’ apôtre Paul a précisé : “ Pour nous il y a réellement un seul Dieu le Père ” et “ il y a un seul Seigneur, Jésus Christ ”. (1 Corinthiens 8:5, 6).

Le mot ‘dieu’ étais appliqué à des hommes avec une position hautes, comme aux anges et aussi des juges et bien sur il concerne aussi Jésus. Alors on a le mot dieu qui peu s’applique aussi bien a des humains qu’a des êtres spirituels. Le mot ‘dieu’ n’est qu’un titre tout comme Seigneur. Satan est aussi appeler dieu est aussi un majucule selon la bible Martin.

Aussi le mot ‘Èlohim’ est appliqué à Jéhovah, le vrai Dieu, mais aussi à de faux dieux, tels le dieu philistin Dagôn (Jg 16:23, 24 ; 1S 5:7) et le dieu assyrien Nisrok (2R 19:37). Un Hébreu ne pouvait manifestement se contenter de dire à un Philistin ou à un Assyrien qu’il adorait “ Dieu [Èlohim] ” pour identifier le Personnage à qui allait son culte.

Le nom du Dieu d’Israël et de Juda apparaît plus de 7 000 fois dans la Bible hébraïque sous la forme du Tétragramme יהוה, c’est-à-dire YHWH = Jéhovah. Ce nom est aussi attesté, sous une forme incomplète (Jah), dans un grand nombre d’anthroponymes. Il provient de la racine hébraïque HWH/HYH, verbe qui signifie « être » ou “devenir”. (la Tob a des préjugés contre le nom de Dieu la preuve le tétragramme n’apparaît pas dans cette version. Le nom de Dieu {Jéhovah}, Yahweh ou Yahwoh n’apparait que dans les notes marginales)

Èlohim ou Élohim (hébreu ‘elohim) ou Éloïm (hébreu ‘elohim) Pluriel de ‘éloha, qui signifie « Dieu ».

On trouve ce mot dans la Bible et aussi dans les textes babyloniens d’Amarna.

Yahwe /Yahvé / Jahvé ou Javé contre Yé-Ho-Wah ou Jé-Ho-Vah 2 ou 3 syllabes

Dans ses articles consacrés à Jéhovah, The Imperial Bible-Dictionary illustre éloquemment la différence entre ʼÈlohim (Dieu) et Jéhovah. On y lit concernant le nom Jéhovah :

“ Il s’agit partout d’un nom propre, qui désigne le Dieu personnel et lui seul ; tandis qu’Èlohim tient plus du nom commun, désignant habituellement, il est vrai, le Suprême, mais pas nécessairement ni uniformément. [...] Un Hébreu parlera peut-être du Èlohim, du vrai Dieu, par opposition avec tous les faux dieux ; mais il ne parlera jamais du Jéhovah, car Jéhovah est le nom du vrai Dieu uniquement. Il dira fréquemment mon Dieu [...] ; mais jamais mon Jéhovah, car quand il dit mon Dieu il veut dire Jéhovah. Il parlera du Dieu d’Israël, mais jamais du Jéhovah d’Israël, car il n’y a pas d’autre Jéhovah. Il parlera du Dieu vivant, mais jamais du Jéhovah vivant, car il ne peut concevoir Jéhovah autrement que vivant. ”

— Par P. Fairbairn, Londres, 1874, vol. I, p. 856 ; voir aussi Dictionnaire de la Bible, par F. Vigouroux, Paris, 1912, tome deuxième, deuxième partie, col. 1702.
Cela est vrai également du terme grec signifiant Dieu, Théos. Il était attribué indifféremment au vrai Dieu et à des dieux païens comme Zeus et Hermès (Jupiter et Mercure chez les Romains) (voir Ac 14:11-15). Les paroles de Paul en 1 Corinthiens 8:4-6 établissent la réalité : “ Car, bien qu’il y ait ceux qu’on appelle ‘ dieux ’, soit au ciel, soit sur la terre, tout comme il y a beaucoup de ‘ dieux ’ et beaucoup de ‘ seigneurs ’, pour nous il y a réellement un seul Dieu le Père, de qui toutes choses sont, et nous pour lui. ” La croyance en de nombreux dieux, qui impose de distinguer le vrai Dieu des autres, s’est perpétuée jusqu’au XXe siècle.

“Pour ce qui regarde donc de manger des choses sacrifiées aux idoles, nous savons que l’idole n’est rien au monde, et qu’il n’y a aucun autre Dieu qu’un seul ; Car encore qu’il y en ait qui soient appelés dieux, soit au ciel, soit en la terre (comme il y a plusieurs dieux, et plusieurs Seigneurs,) Nous n’avons pourtant qu’un seul Dieu, {qui est} le Père ; duquel {sont} toutes choses, et nous en lui ; et un seul Seigneur Jésus-Christ, par lequel {sont} toutes choses, et nous par lui.” (1 Corinthiens 8:4-6 Mar)

“Et les gens qui étaient là assemblés, ayant vu ce que Paul avait fait, élevèrent leur voix, disant en Langue Lycaonienne : les dieux s’étant faits semblables aux hommes, sont descendus vers nous. Et ils appelaient Barnabas Jupiter, et Paul Mercure, parce que c’était lui qui portait la parole. Et même le Sacrificateur de Jupiter, qui était devant leur ville, ayant amené des taureaux couronnés jusqu’à l’entrée de la porte, voulait leur sacrifier avec la foule. Mais les Apôtres Barnabas et Paul ayant appris cela, ils déchirèrent leurs vêtements et se jetèrent au milieu de la foule, en s’écriant, Et disant : hommes! pourquoi faites-vous ces choses? nous sommes aussi des hommes, sujets aux mêmes passions que vous, et nous vous annonçons que de ces choses vaines vous vous convertissiez au Dieu vivant, qui a fait le ciel et la terre, la mer, et toutes les choses qui y sont.” (Actes 14:11-15 Mar)
“Desquels le Dieu de ce siècle a aveuglé les entendements, {c’est-à-dire}, des incrédules, afin que la lumière de l’Évangile de la gloire de Christ, lequel est l’image de Dieu, ne leur resplendît point.” (2 Corinthiens 4:4 Mar)

Les juifs accusaient Jésus de se faire dieu, c’est à dire parmi les dieux reconnu des juifs. Or Jésus n’était pas reconnu par les juifs étant de “ces dieux là” et voulaient lapider Jésus pour blasphème. Mais Jésus démonte leur raisonnement en leur démontrant que leur loi ne demande pas de prouver qu’un homme fait parti “des dieux” en le prouvant par les œuvres, puisque les juifs accusaient Jésus de faire des œuvres en ce sens. Or Jésus atteste une nouvelle foi qu’il fait ses œuvres au nom de son père qui est Dieu pas aux nom “des dieux”. Ainsi Jésus démontre que même si les juifs ne croient pas aux œuvres de Jésus pour prouver qu’il est le fils de Dieu, il sont bien obligé de croire que les œuvres que Jésus a fait prouve qu’il ne vient pas “des dieux”, et s’il ne vient pas “des dieux” les juifs sont donc obligés de constater que Jésus vient de Dieu.

“Jésus leur répondit : n’est-il pas écrit en votre Loi : j’ai dit : vous êtes des dieux ; Si elle a {donc} appelé dieux ceux à qui la parole de Dieu est adressée ; et {cependant} l’Ecriture ne peut être anéantie ; Dites-vous que je blasphème, moi que le Père a sanctifié, et qu’il a envoyé au monde, parce que j’ai dit : je suis le Fils de Dieu ? Si je ne fais pas les œuvres de mon Père, ne me croyez point. Mais si je les fais, et que vous ne vouliez pas me croire, croyez à ces œuvres ; afin que vous connaissiez et que vous croyiez que le Père est en moi, et moi en lui.” (Jean 10:34-38 Mar)
“Siméon Pierre, serviteur et Apôtre de Jésus-Christ, à vous qui avez obtenu une foi de pareil prix avec nous, par la justice de notre Dieu et Sauveur Jésus-Christ.” (2 Pierre 1:1 Mar)

On trouve les dieux des gens, comme Elvis, Maradonna et autres, mais aussi Jésus et le plus grands des dieux, le seul souvereign: Dieu des dieux: YHWH: Jehovah.

Cette Grand Dieu des dieux est esprit, qui est le vrais Dieu et Créateur.

Le vrai Dieu n’est pas un Dieu anonyme ; son nom est Jéhovah (Dt 6:4 ; Ps 83:18). Il est Dieu du fait qu’il est le Créateur (Gn 1:1 ; Ré 4:11). Le vrai Dieu est bien réel et ce n’est pas lui qui est venu, mais Lui qui à envoyer son fils (Jn 7:28) ; c’est une personne (Ac 3:19 ; Hé 9:24) et non une loi naturelle inerte opérant sans législateur vivant, ni une force aveugle fonctionnant par une succession de hasards pour produire une chose ou une autre.

Il y a un seul Dieu; “la trinité” est de paganisme et adoptée dans “l’église”. L’ Israël était unique entre les nations. Tandis que les gens d’eux avaient une multiplicité de dieux, l’ Israël a été ordonné:

“ Écoute, ô Israël ! Jéhovah notre Dieu est un seul Jéhovah.
Tu dois aimer Jéhovah ton Dieu de tout ton cœur, et de toute ton âme, et de toute ta force vitale.
Ces paroles que je t’ordonne aujourd’hui devront être sur ton cœur ;
il faudra que tu les inculques à ton fils et que tu en parles quand tu seras assis dans ta maison et quand tu marcheras sur la route, quand tu te coucheras et quand tu te lèveras.Tu devras les attacher comme un signe sur ta main, et elles devront servir de fronteau entre tes yeux ; tu devras les écrire sur les montants de porte de ta maison et sur tes portes.” (Deutéronome 6: 4-9 Les Saintes Écritures — Traduction du monde nouveau)

Dieu a témoigné aussi- ““Je suis l’Eternel, et il n’y en a point d’autre ; il n’y a point de Dieu que moi. Je t’ai ceint, quoique tu ne me connusses point.” (Esaïe 45:5 Mar)

Sauf Elohim Hashem Jehovah il n’y a aucun dieu.

“pour qu’on sache que toi, dont le nom est Jéhovah, tu es, toi seul, le Très-Haut sur toute la terre !” (Psaumes 83:18 MN)

“ Tu es digne, Jéhovah, oui notre Dieu, de recevoir la gloire et l’honneur et la puissance, parce que tu as créé toutes choses, et à cause de ta volonté elles ont existé et ont été créées. ” (Révélation 4:11 MN)

Une citation significative par Jésus Christ montre il ne s’est pas considéré comme la partie d’ “une trinité”. Il a cité Deutéronome 6v4 (au-dessus):

“Et quelqu’un des Scribes qui les avait ouïs disputer, voyant qu’il leur avait bien répondu, s’approcha de lui, et lui demanda : quel est le premier de tous les Commandements ? Et Jésus lui répondit : le premier de tous les Commandements est : écoute Israël, le Seigneur notre Dieu est le seul Seigneur ; Et tu aimeras le Seigneur ton Dieu de tout ton cœur, de toute ton âme, de toute ta pensée, et de toute ta force. C’est là le premier Commandement. Et le second, qui est semblable au premier, est celui-ci : tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même. Il n’y a point d’autre Commandement plus grand que ceux-ci. Et le Scribe lui dit : Maître, tu as bien dit selon la vérité, qu’il y a un seul Dieu, et qu’il n’y en a point d’autre que lui ; Et que de l’aimer de tout son cœur, de toute son intelligence, de toute son âme, et de toute sa force ; et d’aimer son prochain comme soi-même, c’est plus que tous les holocaustes et les sacrifices. Et Jésus voyant que {ce Scribe} avait répondu prudemment, lui dit : tu n’es pas loin du Royaume de Dieu. Et personne n’osait plus l’interroger.” (Marc 12:28-34 Mar)
Jésus ne dis pas que lui est Dieu, mais que le Seigneur le plus haut Jéhovah, notre Dieu, est l’unique Seigneur notre Dieu qui est unique, et qu’il n’y en a point d’autre que lui.

Nous pourrions demander, à propos de ce scribe, recommandé par Christ pour sa compréhension, a fait il croit en un Dieu seul, ou “une trinité”?

Également, le Juif Jésus a témoigné que sont Père est PLUS GRAND QUE lui et qu’il pouvait rein faire sans Lui.

“Vous avez entendu que je vous ai dit : je m’en vais, et je reviens à vous ; si vous m’aimiez, vous seriez certes joyeux de ce que j’ai dit : je m’en vais au Père : car le Père est plus grand que moi.” (Jean 14:28 Mar)
“Et comme il sortait pour se mettre en chemin, un homme accourut, et se mit à genoux devant lui, et lui fit cette demande : Maître qui es bon, que ferai-je pour hériter la vie éternelle ? Et Jésus lui répondit : pourquoi m’appelles-tu bon ? il n’y a nul être qui soit bon que Dieu.” (Marc 10:17-18 Mar)

“ Repentez-vous donc et retournez-vous, pour que vos péchés soient effacés, afin que des époques de rafraîchissement viennent d’ auprès de la personne de Jéhovah et qu’il envoie le Christ qui vous est destiné, Jésus, que le ciel, oui, doit garder jusqu’aux temps du rétablissement de toutes choses dont Dieu a parlé par la bouche de ses saints prophètes des temps anciens. Moïse ou Moussa en effet a dit : ‘ Jéhovah Dieu vous suscitera d’entre vos frères un prophète comme moi. Vous devrez l’écouter selon toutes les choses qu’il vous dira. Oui, toute âme qui n’écoutera pas ce Prophète sera complètement détruite du milieu du peuple. ’ Tous les prophètes, en effet, depuis Samuel et ceux qui ont suivi, tous ceux qui ont parlé, ont aussi annoncé clairement ces jours-là. Vous êtes les fils des prophètes et de l’alliance que Dieu a contractée avec vos ancêtres, en disant à Abraham : ‘ Et en ta semence seront bénies toutes les familles de la terre. ’ C’est à vous d’abord que Dieu, après avoir suscité son Serviteur, l’a envoyé pour vous bénir en détournant chacun [de vous] de ses actions méchantes. ”” (Actes 3:19-26 MN)
” Car Christ est entré, non pas dans un lieu saint fait par des mains, qui est une copie de la réalité, mais dans le ciel même, pour paraître maintenant pour nous devant la personne de Dieu. Ce n’est pas non plus afin qu’il s’offre lui-même souvent, comme le grand prêtre en effet entre dans le lieu saint d’année en année avec du sang qui n’est pas le sien.” (Hébreux 9:24-25 MN)

Tetragrammaton in Old, modern Hebrew and Letterword yhwh-ani-tetragram

” “ Tu ne dois pas prendre le nom de Jéhovah ton Dieu de manière indigne, car Jéhovah ne laissera pas impuni celui qui prendra son nom de manière indigne.” (Exode 20:7 MN)
“ Dieu parla encore à Moïse et lui dit : “ Je suis Jéhovah. J’apparaissais à Abraham, à Isaac et à Jacob comme Dieu Tout-Puissant, mais en ce qui concerne mon nom de Jéhovah, je ne me suis pas fait connaître d’eux. J’ai aussi établi mon alliance avec eux pour leur donner le pays de Canaan, le pays de leurs résidences en terre étrangère, dans lequel ils ont résidé comme étrangers. J’ai moi-même entendu le gémissement des fils d’Israël que les Égyptiens réduisent en esclavage, et je me souviens de mon alliance. “ C’est pourquoi dis aux fils d’Israël : ‘ Je suis Jéhovah, et je vous ferai vraiment sortir de dessous les fardeaux des Égyptiens et je vous délivrerai de leur esclavage ; oui, je vous revendiquerai à bras tendu et par de grands jugements. Oui, je vous prendrai pour moi comme peuple et je serai Dieu pour vous ; et vraiment vous saurez que je suis Jéhovah votre Dieu, qui vous fais sortir de dessous les fardeaux d’Égypte. Oui, je vous ferai entrer dans le pays au sujet duquel j’ai levé ma main en faisant serment de le donner à Abraham, à Isaac et à Jacob ; et vraiment je vous le donnerai comme une chose à posséder. Je suis Jéhovah. ’ ””(Exode 6:2-8 MN)

Où fait l’idée de “la trinité” de la “co-égalité” correspond à? La “trinité” de terme n’apparaît pas dans la Bible, mais le concept calcule bien en vue dans les sources païennes,tel que dans Babylone ancienne et sa religion de “mystère”. L’ “église” de apostat est appelée “un mystère: Babylone la grande” (Apocalypse 17v5) et les “ministres” sont sus pour parler de “la trinité” comme un “mystère”. Cette abomination a été finalement définie après des siècles d’argument dans AD381-451.

‘Babylone’ signifie la ‘confusion’, cp Genèse 11v9.

Telles choses ont été prophétisées - Actes 20v28-32,

2 Timothée 4v1-4; Jude – cp 1 Corinthiens 1v17-31.

“Et il y avait sur son front un nom écrit, mystère, la grande Babylone, la mère des impudicités et des abominations de la terre.” (Apocalypse 17:5 Mar)

Lien à ‘esprit’, ‘mortel’.

Le procédé de déclinaison est hors tracé dans ’départ’ (seulement en anglais à l’heure actuelle – lien à ‘departure’).

L’enseignement de “la trinité” exige que ce Jésus Christ s’est dépouillé de sa nature divine et était né sur la terre, et maintenant il a supposé encore l’égalité avec le Père.

Bien, le Paul d’apôtre, qui a écrit par l’esprit de Dieu, et était un vaisseau choisi par Christ se, a témoigné que l’au-dessus proposition est fausse. Il a écrit, long après Jésus est monté au ciel:

“Car il y a un seul Dieu, et un seul Médiateur entre Dieu et les hommes, {savoir} Jésus-Christ homme ;” (1 Timothée 2:5 Mar)

Notez bien l’au-dessus. Oui, Jésus Christ est toujours un homme, cependant, pas mortel , mais immortel. Il a maintenant un corps immortel, lequel est aussi l’espoir de ses disciples aujourd’hui:

“Lequel vint de nuit à Jésus, et lui dit : Maître, nous savons que tu es un Docteur venu de Dieu : car personne ne peut faire les miracles que tu fais, si Dieu n’est avec lui.” (Jean 3:2 Mar)

Las apôtres savent que ils serons comme lui, mais ça ne veut pas dire qu’il venait dieu, ou comme Dieu, parce que c’est COMME LUI: le Jésus.

Même à la fin de l’Age de Royaume de 1000 années sur la terre, quand la gloire et pouvoir de Christ sera à son zénith, il fera toujours n’ EST pas ÉGALER À DIEU.
Jésus ne prends pas soit même, mais remettra le royaume à celui qui est Dieu et Père, après avoir détruit toute domination, toute autorité et toute puissance.

“Et après viendra la fin, quand il aura remis le Royaume à Dieu le Père, et quand il aura aboli tout empire, et toute puissance, et toute force. Car il faut qu’il règne jusqu’à ce qu’il ait mis tous ses ennemis sous ses pieds. L’ennemi qui sera détruit le dernier, c’est la mort. Car {Dieu} a assujetti toutes choses sous ses pieds ; or quand il est dit que toutes choses lui sont assujetties, il est évident que celui qui lui a assujetti toutes choses est excepté. Et après que toutes choses lui auront été assujetties, alors aussi le Fils lui-même sera assujetti à celui qui lui a assujetti toutes choses ; afin que Dieu soit tout en tous.” (1 Corinthiens 15:24-28 Mar)

Alors après Jésus, celui qui lui a soumis toutes choses est excepté. Et lorsque toutes choses lui auront été soumises, ALORS LE FILS LUI-MÊME SERA SOUMIS À CELUI QUI LUI A SOUMIS TOUTES CHOSES, A FIN QUE DIEU SOIT TOUT EN TOUS” -

Si comment important est-ce que ce sujet est?

C’est trais important de savoir les positions de toutes les figures, le Créateur, Dieu le Père, le fils de Dieu (pas dieu le fils), Jésus Christ, les dieux des hommes et savoir le seul Vrai Dieu: Jehovah.

Jésus Christ nous dit: “Et c’est ici la vie éternelle, qu’ils te connaissent seul vrai Dieu, et celui que tu as envoyé, Jésus-Christ.” (Jean 17:3 Mar)

Nous pouvant êtres sauvé.

“Car l’Écriture dit : “ Quiconque met sa foi en lui ne sera pas déçu. ” Il n’y a pas en effet de distinction entre Juif et Grec, car il y a le même Seigneur au-dessus de tous, qui est riche pour tous ceux qui l’invoquent. Car “ tout homme qui invoquera le nom de Jéhovah sera sauvé ”. Cependant, comment invoqueront-ils celui en qui ils n’ont pas foi ? Et comment auront-ils foi en celui dont ils n’ont pas entendu parler ? Et comment entendront-ils sans quelqu’un qui prêche ? Et comment prêcheront-ils, à moins qu’ils n’aient été envoyés ? Comme c’est écrit : “ Qu’ils sont jolis les pieds de ceux qui annoncent des bonnes nouvelles de choses bonnes ! ”

Toutefois, tous n’ont pas obéi à la bonne nouvelle. Isaïe dit en effet : “ Jéhovah, qui a ajouté foi à ce qu’il a entendu de nous ? ” Ainsi la foi naît de ce qu’on a entendu. Et ce qu’on a entendu vient par la parole concernant Christ. Toutefois je demande : Ils ont bien entendu, n’est-ce pas ? Mais voyons ! “ par toute la terre est sorti le bruit qu’ils font, et jusqu’aux extrémités de la terre habitée leurs discours ”. Toutefois je demande : Israël l’a bien su, n’est-ce pas ? Tout d’abord Moïse dit : “ J’exciterai votre jalousie par ce qui n’est pas une nation ; j’exciterai votre fureur par une nation stupide. ” Mais Isaïe s’enhardit jusqu’à dire : “ J’ai été trouvé par ceux qui ne me cherchaient pas ; je me suis manifesté à ceux qui ne me demandaient pas. ” Mais au sujet d’Israël il dit : “ Tout au long du jour j’ai étendu mes mains vers un peuple qui est désobéissant et qui réplique. ” (Romains 10:11-21 MN)

Dieu est caractérisé par l’amour, celui pour toutes ses créatures. Dieu aurait pu se contenter d’exister et de ne jamais rien crée mais par amour Il a crée.
Il aurait pu créer des êtres serviles, incapables de désobéir et/ou des être sans émotion et sans sensibilité mais au contraire, par amour Il nous a donné la capacité de nous réjouir, d’aimer, de goûter la vie de mille façons différentes et Il nous a donné un libre arbitre total. L’homme n’est pas guidé par des instincts mais peut faire des choix par lui même.
De plus, par amour pour les humains, après la rébellion d’Adam et Ève, Il les a laissé avoir des enfants alors qu’Il aurait pu les détruire. L’amour de Dieu pour l’humanité implique justement qu’Il intervienne pour éviter que l’humanité n’en vienne à totalement se détruire. Dieu a le pouvoir de pardonner et de donner la vie vraie. Par amour pour les humains Il a prévu une rançon pour notre péché héréditaire en laissant son fils venir sur terre, souffrir et mourir pour nous. Enfin, par amour, Dieu a laissé du temps pour que les humains aient pleinement conscience de leurs erreurs et se tournent vers Lui. Dieu a montré Son amour pour les humains en nous préservant à travers notre ancêtre Noé et que dans le cas de Sodome, de même, Il a montré Sa justice en évitant à Lot et sa famille de périr avec les méchants.

Jésus mis a mort pour nos péchés

Jésus montre clairement en quoi Dieu est bon aussi bien avec les bons qu’avec les méchants : tous les humains bénéficient de la création de Dieu et Dieu aime tous les humains et comme dit Paul : mais il use de patience envers nous, ne voulant point qu’aucun périsse, mais que tous viennent à la repentance. (2 Pierre 3:9) Bible de l’épée. Car Dieu est amour mais Il est aussi sagesse, puissance et justice et Jésus a clairement parlé d’un jugement que ce soit avec ses apôtres pendant son ministère ou dans la vision donnée à Jean.

Comme un père pour ses enfants, nous sommes appelés à être fils de Dieu.

“Le Seigneur ne retarde point {l’exécution de} sa promesse, comme quelques-uns estiment qu’il y ait du retardement, mais il est patient envers nous, ne voulant point qu’aucun périsse, mais que tous se repentent.” (2 Pierre 3:9 Mar)

TOUTES les personnes ayant une bonne connaissance des saintes Écritures savent que Dieu a un nom personnel. Il est vrai que dans la Bible le Créateur est aussi désigné par des titres, tels que “Dieu”, “Seigneur”, “Père”, “Tout-Puissant”, Très-Haut”, etc.. Mais seul son nom personnel et unique résume parfaitement sa personnalité et ses attributs. Dieu dit: “Je suis Jéhovah. C’est là mon nom; et je ne donnerai ma gloire à aucun autre ni ma louange aux images taillées.” (Isaïe 42:8; Ps 83:19)

“Car encore qu’il y en ait qui soient appelés dieux, soit au ciel, soit en la terre (comme il y a plusieurs dieux, et plusieurs Seigneurs,) Nous n’avons pourtant qu’un seul Dieu, {qui est} le Père ; duquel {sont} toutes choses, et nous en lui ; et un seul Seigneur Jésus-Christ, par lequel {sont} toutes choses, et nous par lui.” (1 Corinthiens 8:5-6 Mar)

““ C’est pourquoi dis à la maison d’Israël : ‘ Voici ce qu’a dit le Souverain Seigneur Jéhovah : “ Ce n’est pas à cause de vous que je [le] fais, ô maison d’Israël, mais c’est pour mon saint nom que vous avez profané parmi les nations où vous êtes venus. ” ’ ‘ À coup sûr, je sanctifierai mon grand nom, qui était profané parmi les nations — que vous avez profané au milieu d’elles ; et il faudra que les nations sachent que je suis Jéhovah ’, c’est là ce que déclare le Souverain Seigneur Jéhovah, ‘ quand je serai sanctifié parmi vous sous leurs yeux. Oui, je vous prendrai d’entre les nations, je vous rassemblerai de tous les pays et je vous amènerai sur votre sol. Oui, je ferai sur vous une aspersion d’eau pure, et vous deviendrez purs ; de toutes vos impuretés et de toutes vos sales idoles je vous purifierai. Oui, je vous donnerai un cœur nouveau, et je mettrai au-dedans de vous un esprit nouveau ; oui, j’ôterai de votre chair le cœur de pierre et je vous donnerai un cœur de chair. Je mettrai mon esprit au-dedans de vous, et vraiment j’agirai de telle manière que vous marcherez dans mes prescriptions, que vous garderez et appliquerez réellement mes décisions judiciaires. À coup sûr, vous habiterez dans le pays que j’ai donné à vos ancêtres ; vous devrez devenir mon peuple, et moi je deviendrai votre Dieu. ’” (Ezékiel 36:22-28 MN)

“À coup sûr, je me grandirai {Je me glorifierai} et je me sanctifierai et je me ferai connaître sous les yeux de nations nombreuses {je serai connu}; et il faudra qu’elles sachent que je suis {l’Eternel} Jéhovah. ’ ” (Ezékiel 38:23 )

“Et il leur dit : quand vous prierez, dites : Notre Père qui es aux cieux, ton Nom soit sanctifié. Ton Règne vienne. Ta volonté soit faite en la terre comme au ciel.” (Luc 11:2 Mar)

“il n’y a pour nous qu’un seul Dieu, le Père, de qui tout vient et vers qui nous allons, et un seul Seigneur, Jésus Christ, par qui tout existe et par qui nous sommes.” (1 Corinthiens 8:6 TOB)

“En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, un serviteur n’est pas plus grand que son maître, ni un envoyé plus grand que celui qui l’envoie.” (Jean 13:16 TOB)

“Jésus leur dit : « Si Dieu était votre père, vous m’auriez aimé, car c’est de Dieu que je suis sorti et que je viens ; je ne suis pas venu de mon propre chef, c’est Lui qui m’a envoyé.” (Jean 8:42 TOB)

“Et lui s’éloigna d’eux à peu près à la distance d’un jet de pierre ; s’étant mis à genoux, il priait, disant : »Père, si tu veux écarter de moi cette coupe … Pourtant, que ce ne soit pas ma volonté mais la tienne qui se réalise ! »” (Luc 22:41-42 TOB)

“Je veux pourtant que vous sachiez ceci : le chef de tout homme, c’est le Christ ; le chef de la femme, c’est l’homme, le chef du Christ, c’est Dieu.” (1 Corinthiens 11:3 TOB)

“Il leur dit : « Ma coupe, vous la boirez ; quant à siéger à ma droite et à ma gauche, il ne m’appartient pas de l’accorder : ce sera donné à ceux pour qui mon Père l’a préparé. »” (Matthieu 20:23 TOB)

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Oublions nos échecs passés, oublions tout ce qui est en arrière. Laissons tout cela, toute notre vie passée. N’oublions pas que nous étions pécheurs et que nos péchés ont été effacés par le sang de Jésus, mais oublions tout ce qui s’est passé hier, dans le passé. Ce qui doit nous intéresser maintenant, c’est ce qui est en avant, le but. Courons vers le but, pour remporter le prix de la vocation céleste de Dieu en Jésus-Christ.
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Si nous gardons un peu de chair dans notre vie, tout le reste finira par être contaminé ! Il faut que ce soit réglé à 100%, une fois pour toutes, pour toujours ! Sinon nous allons traîner un peu de levain dans un coin de notre maison spirituelle, le levain finira par tout faire lever et tout sera contaminé !
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Acceptons le plan de Dieu, en vue de la joie qui nous est réservée de pouvoir vivre la vie de l’Esprit, de pouvoir vivre le sermon sur la montagne, de pouvoir vivre la perfection de Jésus.

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Philippiens 1 – 2

Posted on April 23, 2012. Filed under: Articles en Français, Ecclesia, Jehovah יהוה YHWH JHVH God Elohim Yahweh Jahweh, Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua | Tags: Apôtre, Attitude, Église, Bonne Nouvelle, Dieu, Dieu le Fils, Dieu le Père, Ecclésia, Fils de Dieu, Jesus Christ, Mort, Nature Humaine, Obéissance, Paul de Tarse, Philippes, Royaume de Dieu, Serviteur, Serviteur de Dieu, Trinité chrétienne, Unité, Unité de Pensée, Victoire sur la Mort, Vie Chrétienne |

La plupart des épîtres de Paul dans le Nouveau Testament commence en lui se présentant comme « Paul l’apôtre de Jésus Christ ». En se référant à lui-même comme un « apôtre », il souligné l’autorité dont il écrit – il dit qu’il a un rang lui conféré par Jésus lui-même. L‘épître aux Philippiens n’a aucun tel accent sur sa position d’autorité : ici il se présente, a côté de Timothée, comme «esclaves de Jésus Christ ». A ce moment les esclaves étaient en réalité à l’autre extrémité de la gamme de l’humanité, loin d’un « Apôtre ». Ainsi, pour les personnes avec un esprit sérieux et curieux, la question se pose pourquoi Paul a utilisé cette description particulière de lui-même dans cette épître. Et c’est le contenu de l’épître qui fournira la réponse à cette question.

Apôtre Paul de Tarse (à l’origine Saul) ou saint Paul – 1633 Rembrandt (1606–1669)

L’épître est adressée à l’ecclésia de Philippes (ou « église » si vous préférez – le Nouveau Testament se réfère toujours aux églises comme assemblées des croyants plutôt qu’aux bâtiments où ils se réunissent) qui a été fondée par Paul pendant sa première visite en « Europe » ; nous en lisons dans les Actes ch 16. Et il est très clair que cette ecclésia avait une place particulière dans les affections de Paul – lire Philippiens 4:13-18 pour découvrir combien il a apprécié leur soutien pratique envers lui quand il les avait quitté pour se rendre à Thessalonique. C’était un groupe affectueux de personnes, et il leur tient évidemment en haute estime. Mais tout n’était pas bien, et plus tôt en chapitre 4, nous lisons (verset 2) concernant 2 des femmes dans l’ecclésia qui ne s’entendaient pas l’une avec l’autre – il est évident que quelque chose est arrivé qui a entraîné leur brouille. Donc il les exhorte à «vivre en plein accord dans le Seigneur » – un appel simple, mais qui se sert du langage dont Paul s’en est déjà servi dans cette épître.

Dans le premier chapitre il est intéressant de noter l’importance que Paul met sur eux comme un groupe uni de personnes – notez combien de fois il se sert du petit mot « tous » ; 6 fois dans ce premier chapitre. Inévitablement, il y a des différences qui a contesté cette unité comme nous l’avons déjà vu dans ch 4, mais il commence par mettre l’accent sur l’idéal. Et puis en chapitre 2 il définira pour eux et pour nous la base sur laquelle l’unité de but et action peut être réalisée – en étant unis individuellement avec Jésus Christ. Regardez le verset 2 :

« Rendez ma joie parfaite en vivant en plein accord. Ayez un même amour, un même cœur, une unité de pensée».

J’ai souligné exprès les mots qui relient dans le texte grec du Nouveau Testament (la langue originale) à la référence en chapitre 4. Mais ce même mot va reparaître dans chapitre 2:5 « que votre attitude soit identique à celle de Jésus-Christ ».

Lavage des pieds de ses disciples – 1308-1311 Duccio (1260–1318)

Voyons maintenant ce que Paul va nous dire sur ce « attitude » du Christ. Il nous dit que Jésus était « de condition divine ». Pour la majorité des chrétiens voici la confirmation que Jésus et Dieu sont la même personne et de la même substance – la doctrine de la ‘Trinité’. Mais ce passage ne dit pas que Jésus était Dieu – seulement qu’il est condition divine et puis a « pris la condition d’un esclave » (v7). En fait il nie explicitement la base fondamentale de la Trinité parce qu’il est écrit que Jésus n’a pas « saisi à l’égalité avec Dieu ». Il est venu pour manifester le caractère de Dieu aux hommes et aux femmes - voir par exemple Jean 14:8-9 – mais il dit sans ambigu que « mon Père est plus grand que moi » (Jean 14:28). La mission de Jésus était de rendre un service à la race humaine, ce qui ne pouvait être accompli que par quelqu’un qui pouvait s’identifier pleinement avec l’humanité à tous égards. Lire Matthieu20:25-28 pour voir comment Jésus a compris son propre rôle. Et voir comment cette attitude de service est illustrée par l’incident enregistré dans Jean 13:1-10 où Jésus lave les pieds de ses disciples – un tâche effectué normalement par les esclaves domestiques !

Il y a quelque chose de très intéressant qui se trouve dans Matthieu 12:15-21 où Jésus, ayant effectué des miracles de guérison puis fait la demande que les bénéficiaires de ces guérisons ne propagent pas les nouvelles de ce qu’il a fait. Il suit alors une longue citation d’Ésaïe 42 où Dieu parle prophétiquement concernant le travail effectué par Jésus en tant que« Serviteur de Dieu » ; il ne devait ne pas s’installer sur tous les toits pour annoncer à haute voix concernant son rang unique comme Fils de Dieu, mais il devait aborder discrètement son travail de prêcher l’Évangile, la bonne nouvelle du Royaume de Dieu pour les Juifs et les Gentils (= non Juifs). C’était le travail du « serviteur de Dieu ». Et ce que Jésus a accompli est comme voici :

La victoire sur le péché – il a été tenté comme nous à pécher, mais il n’a jamais soumis à la tentation ; il était sans péché (Hébreux 4:15) ;

La victoire sur la mort – il est mort mais sans mériter la mort, gagnant ainsi le droit d’être ressuscité des morts, d’où vient l’espoir de la résurrection des morts pour les autres associés à lui (Actes 2:22-24, 1 Corinthiens 15:20-23).

Philippiens 2 devient alors un résumé de tout accompli par Jésus, en ne pas attirant l’attention sur son rang légitime comme le fils de Dieu, mais en faisant de sa vie une longue acte de service. Il est « devenu obéissant jusqu’à la mort, même la mort de la croix » (v8). Le seul autre endroit dans le Nouveau Testament où il s’agit de l’obéissance de Jésus se trouve en Hébreux 5:8, et encore une fois il est question de son attitude plutôt que de son rang :

« Ainsi, bien qu’étant fils, il a appris l’obéissance par ce qu’il a souffert ».

Quelqu’un qui est l’égal de Dieu ne peut pas « apprendre l’obéissance » – seulement quelqu’un qui a éprouvé pleinement les réalités quotidiennes de la nature humaine. Le même point se trouve dans la manière dont se termine ce passage en Philippiens 2: parce que Jésus a accepté le rôle défini pour lui en tant que serviteur de Dieu :

« Dieu l’a souverainement élevé et lui a donné le nom qui est au-dessus de tout nom, afin qu’au nom de Jésus chacun plie le genou… » (2:9-10). Jésus n’aurait pas pu être exalté par Dieu si il était déjà Son égal. Le Père a été toujours plus grand que le fils et il en sera toujours ainsi (voir 1 Corinthiens 15:28). Jésus a maintenant atteint à un rang merveilleux à cause de sa soumission volontaire à la volonté de son père : il est à la droite de son Père en attendant l’instruction de retourner à la terre pour la remplir par la connaissance de la gloire de Dieu (Nombres 14:21, Esaïe 11:9, Habacuc 2:14, 2 Corinthiens 4:6). Et d’après le langage de Philippiens 2:11 :

et que toute langue reconnaisse que Jésus Christ est Seigneur, à la gloire de Dieu le Père.

Peu étonnant, alors, que Paul doit s’introduire dans cette épître comme un esclave de Jésus Christ – en participant dans un travail de service à ceux que Dieu veut sauver. Et nous pouvons bien imaginer que les 2 femmes à Philippes qui se sont brouillées l’une avec l’autre, arrivent maintenant à comprendre que si elles veulent toutes les deux développer et de manifester l’esprit de Christ, alors elles doivent forcément se réconcilier afin de participer dans le service de l’ecclésia.

« Que la grâce de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ soit avec vous tous» (4:23)

Steve Weston

Original: Philippians 1 – 2

Traduction Flamande: Filippenzen 1 – 2

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Le but de notre vie c’est Christ !
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L’important, pour Dieu, c’est que tout notre coeur soit tout entier pour Jésus, et que nous le laissions faire.
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Que Dieu par la puissance de Son Esprit-Saint, nous ouvre les yeux et nous aide à voir et à garder ce que nous avons en Christ, car Son œuvre est merveilleuse, et ce que nous avons en Lui répond à tous nos besoins.

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The Beginning of the life of Jesus Christ

Posted on January 28, 2012. Filed under: Bible Study and Bible Reading, Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua | Tags: Ancestry of Jesus Christ, Begotten, Birth of Jesus Christ, Elizabeth, Jesus Christ, Mary, Son of God |

First page of Mark, by Sargis Pitsak (14th century): "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God". - An illuminated manuscript painting by Sargis Ptisak

Generations of Jesus Christ. His conception and birth.

Jesus Christ was, in accordance with the prophecies, conceived of the Holy Ghost, born of a virgin. He was both Son of Man and Son of God, thereby being qualified to save His people from their sins.

Jesus was not begotten of natural generation.

“Mary, of whom was born Jesus.” A feminine form for the word “born” being used, indicates that Jesus was born of Mary, not of man.

Fragments from The Amplified Bible 1987 Frances Siewert Translation

Luke 1:1 SINCE [as is well known] many have undertaken to put in order and draw up a [thorough] narrative of the surely established deeds which have been accomplished and fulfilled in and among us,
Luke 1:2 Exactly as they were handed down to us by those who from the [official] beginning [of Jesus' ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word [that is, of the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God],
Luke 1:3 It seemed good and desirable to me, [and so I have determined] also after having searched out diligently and followed all things closely and traced accurately the course from the highest to the minutest detail from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, [Acts 1:1.]
Luke 1:4 [My purpose is] that you may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been informed and in which you have been orally instructed.

Matt 1:1 THE BOOK of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham. [Ps. 132:11; Isa. 11:1.]

Mark 1:1 THE BEGINNING [of the facts] of the good news (the Gospel) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 1:2 Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will make ready Your way–[Mal. 3:1.]

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Luke 1:26 Now in the sixth month [after that], the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,
Luke 1:27 To a girl never having been married and a virgin engaged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
Luke 1:28 And he came to her and said, Hail, O favored one [endued with grace]! The Lord is with you! Blessed (favored of God) are you before all other women!
Luke 1:29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled and disturbed and confused at what he said and kept revolving in her mind what such a greeting might mean.
Luke 1:30 And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace (free, spontaneous, absolute favor and loving-kindness) with God.
Luke 1:31 And listen! You will become pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus.
Luke 1:32 He will be great (eminent) and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His forefather David
Luke 1:33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob throughout the ages; and of His reign there will be no end. [Isa. 9:6, 7; Dan. 2:44.]

Luke 1:34 And Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I have no [intimacy with any man as a] husband?
Luke 1:35 Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God. [Exod. 40:34; Isa. 7:14.]
Luke 1:36 And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren.
Luke 1:37 For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.

Luke 1:38 Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her.
Luke 1:39 And at that time Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a town of Judah,
Luke 1:40 And she went to the house of Zachariah and, entering it, saluted Elizabeth.

Luke 1:41 And it occurred that when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:42 And she cried out with a loud cry, and then exclaimed, Blessed (favored of God) above all other women are you! And blessed (favored of God) is the Fruit of your womb!
Luke 1:43 And how [have I deserved that this honor should] be granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Luke 1:44 For behold, the instant the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
Luke 1:45 And blessed (happy, to be envied) is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from the Lord.

Luke 1:46 And Mary said, My soul magnifies and extols the Lord,
Luke 1:47 And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
Luke 1:48 For He has looked upon the low station and humiliation of His handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations [of all ages] will call me blessed and declare me happy and to be envied!
Luke 1:49 For He Who is almighty has done great things for me–and holy is His name [to be venerated in His purity, majesty and glory]!
Luke 1:50 And His mercy (His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age. [Ps. 103:17.]
Luke 1:51 He has shown strength and made might with His arm; He has scattered the proud and haughty in and by the imagination and purpose and designs of their hearts.
Luke 1:52 He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree.
Luke 1:53 He has filled and satisfied the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty-handed [without a gift].
Luke 1:54 He has laid hold on His servant Israel [to help him, to espouse his cause], in remembrance of His mercy,
Luke 1:55 Even as He promised to our forefathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever. [Gen. 17:7; 18:18; 22:17; I Sam. 2:1-10; Mic. 7:20.]

Luke 1:56 And Mary remained with her [Elizabeth] for about three months and [then] returned to her [own] home.

Matt 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant [through the power] of the Holy Spirit.
Matt 1:19 And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just and upright man and not willing to expose her publicly and to shame and disgrace her, decided to repudiate and dismiss (divorce) her quietly and secretly.

Matt 1:20 But as he was thinking this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of (from, out of) the Holy Spirit.
Matt 1:21 She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God].
Matt 1:22 All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet,
Matt 1:23 Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel–which, when translated, means, God with us. [Isa. 7:14.]

Matt 1:24 Then Joseph, being aroused from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him: he took [her to his side as] his wife.
Matt 1:25 But he had no union with her as her husband until she had borne her firstborn Son; and he called His name Jesus.

Luke 2:1 IN THOSE days it occurred that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole Roman empire should be registered.
Luke 2:2 This was the first enrollment, and it was made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 2:3 And all the people were going to be registered, each to his own city or town.
Luke 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the town of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,
Luke 2:5 To be enrolled with Mary, his espoused (married) wife, who was about to become a mother. [Matt. 1:18-25.]
Luke 2:6 And while they were there, the time came for her delivery,
Luke 2:7 And she gave birth to her Son, her Firstborn; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room or place for them in the inn.

John 1:14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. [Isa. 40:5.]

Matt 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
Matt 1:3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram,
Matt 1:4 Aram the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Matt 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
Matt 1:6 Jesse the father of King David, King David the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah, [Ruth 4:18-22; I Chron. 2:13-15.]
Matt 1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
Matt 1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram [Jehoram], Joram the father of Uzziah,
Matt 1:9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
Matt 1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
Matt 1:11 And Josiah became the father of Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] and his brothers about the time of the removal (deportation) to Babylon. [II Kings 24:14; I Chron. 3:15, 16.]
Matt 1:12 After the exile to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel [Salathiel], Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Matt 1:13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
Matt 1:14 Azor the father of Sadoc, Sadoc the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud,
Matt 1:15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
Matt 1:16 Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called the Christ. (the Messiah, the Anointed)

Matt 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen, from David to the Babylonian exile (deportation) fourteen generations, from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations.

Luke 2:8 And in that vicinity there were shepherds living [out under the open sky] in the field, watching [in shifts] over their flock by night.
Luke 2:9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord flashed and shone all about them, and they were terribly frightened.
Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people.
Luke 2:11 For to you is born this day in the town of David a Savior, Who is Christ (the Messiah) the Lord! [Mic. 5:2.]
Luke 2:12 And this will be a sign for you [by which you will recognize Him]: you will find [after searching] a Baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. [I Sam. 2:34; II Kings 19:29; Isa. 7:14.]
Luke 2:13 Then suddenly there appeared with the angel an army of the troops of heaven (a heavenly knighthood), praising God and saying,

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest [heaven], and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased [men of goodwill, of His favor].

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace. [Isa. 25:1; 40:9-11; Matt. 28:18; Luke 2:11.]
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. [Dan. 2:44; I Cor. 15:25-28; Heb. 1:8.]

Early life of Christ in the Bowyer Bible print 6 of 21. adoration of Jesus by the shepherds. Bloemaert

Baby Jesus lying in a manger - In a barn the shepherds gather around the manger and the Virgin lifts up the sheet to give them a clearer view; a large classical column at right suggests a location in a humble outhouse to the main building. An engraving after Abraham Bloemaert. The print was made by Jacob Matham and published by Jacques Razet. 1597 (circa). School: Netherlandish. Inscription Content: Lettered below in the design "Abrahamus Blommaert Inuentor,/Matham sculp" and with the signature of Jacques Razet.

Luke 2:15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing (saying) that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
Luke 2:16 So they went with haste and [by searching] found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby lying in a manger.
Luke 2:17 And when they saw it, they made known what had been told them concerning this Child,
Luke 2:18 And all who heard it were astounded and marveled at what the shepherds told them.

Luke 2:19 But Mary was keeping within herself all these things (sayings), weighing and pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them.

John 7:41 Others said, This is the Christ (the Messiah, Anointed One)! But some said, What? Does the Christ come out of Galilee?
John 7:42 Does not the Scripture tell us that the Christ will come from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived? [Ps. 89:3, 4; Mic. 5:2.]

Matt 1:1 THE BOOK of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham. [Ps. 132:11; Isa. 11:1.]

Mark 1:1 THE BEGINNING [of the facts] of the good news (the Gospel) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 1:2 Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will make ready Your way–[Mal. 3:1.]

Luke 1:56 And Mary remained with her [Elizabeth] for about three months and [then] returned to her [own] home.

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest [heaven], and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased [men of goodwill, of His favor].

Jesus begotten Son of God #10 Coming down spirit or flesh seed of Eve (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
Jesus begotten Son of God #11 Existence and Genesis Raising up (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
Jesus begotten Son of God #12 Son of God (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
Jesus begotten Son of God #14 Beloved Preminent Son and Mediator originating in Mary (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
Jesus begotten Son of God #15 Son of God Originating in Mary (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
Jesus begotten Son of God #17 Adam, Eve, Mary and Christianity’s central figure (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
The Seed Of The Woman Bruised (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
In The Stupendous Reality of Being “in Christ Jesus” (pjcockrell.wordpress.com) we can see how we can become in Christ, implying we can become like Christ Jesus, which is not the same as becoming God, because that is something we never can, nor can we ever become like God. But we can work to become like Christ, who is a man and human like us. In Jesus we can become sanctified and made holy. It is because God foresaw in His Plan the sanctification and notated all the names in the Book of Liberty or Book of Judgement (Revelation 17:8) that we can be given grace before the world was created. (2 Timothy 1:9) But it is by Jesus his dead on a wooden stake that we are redeemed and forgiven for all our sins. Because God cannot die there had to come a man to make an end to the spell of the punishment for the sin of the first man and woman. In Christ Jesus we were given the Saviour by the grace of God. As Jesus is an accepted Son of God we too can become children of God. In Christ Jesus we can become a new creation and a son of God when we accept him and follow his teachings, which implement that we have to live according to the Laws of God and honour that Only One God: Elohim Hashem Jehovah.
Mary, The Mother of Jesus – The First Disciple (Student Guide) (notshaken.wordpress.com)
set apart for a mission ─ Luke 1:29-33
In Mary, The Mother of Jesus – The First Disciple (Teacher Guide) (notshaken.wordpress.com) the writer says: “Most if not all of us are very comfortable with granting Mary the essential role of Jesus’ mother, while regarding anything additional as veering towards “Mariolatry.” But all people should be aware that we may not honour any person in such a way. We are only to pray to God, the Most Highest. And surely we may not sit in front of statues or images to pray to that person or image, even not an image of God.
The Annunciation (pastorreeder.wordpress.com)
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
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The words spoken to Mary by the Lord’s messenger Gabriel were the Lord’s words. This means that what the angel had spoken was what God had spoken. What the angel was saying was what God was saying. This is so because Gabriel did not speak his own word, but the Lord’s Word. Therefore, what Gabriel, as the messenger of the Lord, spoke, would indeed come to pass.
The Joyful Mysteries (trusthismercy.wordpress.com)
12/18/2011 He Will Be Called the Son of God (richbrownforewords.wordpress.com)
First, the obvious question: Why her? Out of all the women in the history of the world, why this one? She’s obviously from the bottom tier of society. She’s very young. She and her betrothed had to travel to another country to have the baby, and afterward they fled through the night to cross yet another international border (illegally?) to escape the long arm of the law. And, of course, there’s the fact that she’s not even married! Put this story in the 21st century and a significant segment of Christianity would hold a condescending, if not bigoted, view of her.

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Jesus begotten Son of God #16 Prophet to be heard

Posted on January 11, 2012. Filed under: Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua | Tags: Christ, Foreteller, God, God Son, God the Father, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord's Prayer, Messiah, New Testament, Prophet |

The Anointed begotten Son of God

38. The Prophet to be heard

A prophet is a spokesman of a deity, one who proclaims a divine message. He is also an inspired teacher, preacher or poet. It is a foreteller (whether claiming to be inspired or not.) (32)

From the beginning God has given humankind His Word which was with them all the time by the word and writingsof the chosen men and prophets.

Jesus was also a prophet or chosen man of God. He was here on earth to teach religion, to give directions how we have to behave. He told us who his Father was and who our heavenly Father is. He also told us who we have to honour and pray to. He taught by parables or illustrations which could give us an idea what was going to happen. As a teacher he brought not exactly a new theory but summarised the old one, bringing a new cause. (33) As a Jew he taught first at the Jewish communities but his words where brought in the open air as well for all who wanted to listen. But God wanted us to listen to His son.

“While he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him.” (Matthew 17:5 Sawyer)

Jesus disciples went out to tell people about the happenings of this man they got to know better, and wrote down his history in the books we now know as the New Testament. Those who want to be a Christian should listen to those words in those books because they are words form the disciples of Christ Jesus and the words of Jeshua/Jesus and his Father. Not taking up these words is not listening to the disciples who were there to see and to believe. Not listening to those writings would therefore also be not listening to their Master Teacher Jesus Christ, the Messiah who was sent by his and our Father, and as such be a rejecting of this Father. By Jesus the prophecy of Isaiah is continuously being filled up in (or: for; by) them – the one continuing. Christ did not please himself, but did everything to please his Father, even at the moment he knew he was going to be handed over to die. (34)

““Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be like a wise man who built his house on the rock,” “ (Matthew 7:24 The Scriptures 1998+) + ““And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not do them,1 shall be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand,” {Footnote: 1John 3:36.} “ (Matthew 7:26 The Scriptures 1998+)
““He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” And the taught ones came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” And He answering, said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, but to them it has not been given. “For whoever possesses, to him more shall be given, and he shall have overflowingly; but whoever does not possess, even what he possesses shall be taken away from him. “Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. “And in them the prophecy of Yeshayahu is completely filled, which says, ‘Hearing you shall hear and by no means understand, and seeing you shall see and by no means perceive, for the heart of this people has become thickened, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart, and turn back, and I heal them.’ “And blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear, for truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous ones longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” (Matthew 13:9-17 The Scriptures 1998+)
““He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” “ (Luke 10:16 The Scriptures 1998+)
“And when He had come to His own country, He taught them in their congregation, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this One get this wisdom and miracles? “Is this not the son of the carpenter? Is not His mother called Miryam? And His brothers Ya’aqoḇ and Yosĕph and Shim’on and Yehuḏah? “And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this One get all this?” And they stumbled at Him. But יהושע said to them, “A prophet is not unappreciated except in his own country and in his own house.” “ (Matthew 13:54-57 The Scriptures 1998+)
““But this is how Elohim has filled what He had announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that His Messiah was to suffer. “Repent therefore and turn back, for the blotting out of your sins, in order that times of refreshing might come from the presence of the Master, and that He sends יהושע Messiah, pre-appointed for you, whom heaven needs to receive until the times of restoration of all matters, of which Elohim spoke through the mouth of all His set-apart prophets since of old. “For Mosheh truly said to the fathers, ‘יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brothers. Him you shall hear according to all matters, whatever He says to you. ‘And it shall be that every being who does not hear that Prophet1 shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ Footnote: 1Deut. 18:18-20. “And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Shemu’ĕl and those following, have also announced these days. “You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which Elohim made with our fathers, saying to Aḇraham, ‘And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.’ “To you first, Elohim, having raised up His Servant יהושע, sent Him to bless you, in turning away each one of you from your wicked ways.”1 Footnote: 1See 2:38. “(Acts 3:18-26 The Scriptures 1998+)

“For even the Messiah did not please Himself, but, as it has been written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell upon Me.” For whatever was written before was written for our instruction,1 that through endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have the expectation. Footnote: 11 Cor. 10:11, 2 Tim. 3:16-17. And the Elohim of endurance and encouragement give you to be of the same mind toward one another, according to Messiah יהושע, that with one mind and one mouth, you might praise the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah. So accept one another, as Messiah also did accept us, to the esteem of Elohim. And I say that יהושע Messiah has become a servant of the circumcised for the truth of Elohim, to confirm the promises made to the fathers, and for the gentiles to praise Elohim for His compassion, as it has been written, “Because of this I shall confess to You among the gentiles, and I shall sing to Your Name.” “ (Romans 15:3-9 The Scriptures 1998+)

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32. Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary
33. Compare the meaning of prophet given by the Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, 2nd Edition p 717
34. “And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and falling on His knees He was praying, saying, “Father, if it be Your counsel, remove this cup from Me. Yet not My desire, but let Yours be done.” And there appeared a messenger from heaven to Him, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:41-44 The Scriptures 1998+)

Preceding article: Jesus begotten Son of God #15 Son of God Originating in Mary

To be continued: 39. Adam and Eve, Mary and Jesus + 40. Identity and nature of Christianity’s central figure

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Jesus begotten Son of God #7 A matter of the Future (christadelphians.wordpress.com)
A Survey of the Book of the New Testament (compasschurchamman.wordpress.com)
The Gospels give us four different, yet not conflicting, accounts of the birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Gospels demonstrate how Jesus was the promised Messiah of the Old Testament and lay the foundation for the teaching of the rest of the New Testament.

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On the Nature of Christ

Posted on December 17, 2011. Filed under: Bible Study and Bible Reading, Holy Scriptures, Jehovah יהוה YHWH JHVH God Elohim Yahweh Jahweh, Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua | Tags: Abraham, Anointing, Begotten, Christendom, Deity, Doctrine, Ebionites, Epistles of Paul, Fore-Ordained, God the Father, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Marcion, Gospel of Matthew, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Nazarene, New Testament, Old Testament, Oneness, Pre-existence, Resurrection, Seed of Abraham, Son of God, Trinitarianism, Trinitarism, Trinity, Unitarianism |

The Trinity as represented in a woodcarving in Saint-Urbain de Troyes

If Christendom is astray as to the Father and the Holy Spirit, it is not wonderful that we should find it astray in its conception of the Lord Jesus who is the manifestation of the Father by the Spirit. Christendom believes Christ to be the incarnation of one of three distinct essences, or personalities, which are supposed to constitute the God-head; and that though clothed in human form, he was God in the absolute sense of being the Creator.

This is the doctrine of the Trinitarian section of Christendom, in opposition to which, another section believes that Christ was a mere man, begotten in the ordinary process of generation, and distinguished above his fellows by a pre-eminent endowment of the “virtues” of human nature, which fitted him to be an example to mankind. This (the Unitarian) view regards him as a teacher sent from God, and is in some sense the Son of God; but denies the essential divinity of his nature. Both these views will be found equally removed from the truth. The truth lies between.

Papyrus 69 or P. Oxy 2383 Marcion Gospel of Luke

The testimonies which teach the indivisible unity of the Deity, as the One Father, out of whom ALL things have proceeded, and who is supreme above all, even above Christ (I Cor. 11:3), are inconsistent with the Trinitarian representation of God. The supremacy and unity of the Father would not be affirmable if there were three co-equal personalities in His One personality—a doctrine which presents us with a contradiction in terms as well as in sense. Jesus emphasises the distinction between himself and the Father, in the following statements:—

“I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me” (John 5:30).

Again:—

“My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me” (John 7:16).

Again:—

“It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself; and the Father that sent me (the other witness), beareth witness of me” (John 8:17–18).

Again:—

“This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, AND Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent” (John 17:3).

The persons of the trinity are identified by symbols on their chests: The Son has a lamb (agnus dei), the Father an Eye of Providence, and the Spirit a dove. – Fridolin Leiber (1853–1912)

The marked distinction recognised and affirmed in these statements is incompatible with the doctrine which regards the Son as an essential constituent of the one “triune” Father. There are “the Father,” “the Son,” and “the Holy Spirit.” The question is, what is the relation between the three, as taught in the Scriptures? The objection now urged is against the relation which Trinitarianism teaches to exist between these three. The endeavour is to show that they are not three co-equal powers in one, but powers of which one is the head and source of the others. The Father is eternal and underived; the Son is the manifestation of the Father in a man begotten by the Spirit; the Holy Spirit is the focalisation of the Father’s power, by means of His “free spirit,” which fills heaven and earth. There is, therefore, a trinity of existences to contemplate, and a certain unity subsisting in the trinity, inasmuch as both Son and Spirit are manifestations of the one Father; but the Trinitarian conception of the subject is excluded.
But the Unitarian view, still more so. Joseph was not the father of Jesus. He himself repudiated his paternity, and was about to put away Mary, his betrothed, when an angel came to him with this message:—

“Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife. For that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 1:20).

This marvel had been previously intimated to Mary by the angel Gabriel, as recorded in Luke 1:35:—

“The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee; and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

The Unitarian evades these testimonies by denying the authenticity of the first two chapters of Matthew and Luke. The reasons for this denial are altogether flimsy and insufficient: nay, they are bad. The evidence in proof of the genuineness of the (by them) rejected chapters is more than decisive: it cannot be answered: it is irresistible. It leaves no room for doubt or gainsaying. There is the united evidence of all the accessible ancient MSS. and versions, supported by the recognition of the very earliest Christian writers, confirmed by the internal character of the chapters and the necessity for the event which they narrate, to explain the character and mission of Jesus of Nazareth. Against this, there is the merely negative fact that the disputed chapters are absent from the Ebionite gospel, which at the time of its production was pronounced a corruption; and from the Evangelium of Marcion, a gospel which he wrote to suit his own heathenish notions, and from which he recklessly omitted, not only the disputed chapters, but everything that interfered with his peculiar ideas.

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Baptism of Christ – Francesco Albani (1578–1660)

The first writer who mentions the Ebionites is Irenæus, who speaks of them as a sect not only separated from the general body of Christians, but who opposed the doctrines preached by the Apostles, and rejected, not only the disputed chapters, but the greater part of the books of the New Testament, rejecting all the epistles of Paul, whom they called an apostate from the law. They only made use of a Hebrew gospel, which they called Matthew’s, but which differs from Matthew in many particulars besides the two chapters. Here is a sect which rejected whole books of authentic Scripture, because they were inimical to their notions. How can a reasonable man accept such a sect as affording guidance on the question of the authenticity of two particular chapters absent from their version, but present in almost all other MSS. throughout the world? Their “Matthew” was impugned at the time. It was proclaimed a corruption of the genuine gospel, while the “canonical” Matthew, as we have it, was never called in question. Epiphanius thus speaks:—“In that gospel which they (the Ebionites) have called the gospel according to Matthew, which is not entire and perfect, but corrupted and curtailed, and which they call The Hebrew Gospel, it is written” (and he quotes), “Thus,” says he, “they change the true account into a falsehood … They have taken away the genealogy from Matthew, and accordingly begin their gospel with these words: ‘It came to pass, in the days of Herod, King of Judæa.’ ” Origen alludes to it thus:—“It is written in a certain gospel, which is called, ‘according to the Hebrews,’ if indeed any one is pleased to receive it, NOT AS OF AUTHORITY, but for illustration of the present question” (and then he quotes). He afterwards quotes this as a specimen of the same gospel according to the Hebrews: “Just now my mother, the Holy Ghost, took me by one of my hairs, and carried me to the great mountain Tabor.” This absurdity, and another passage, quoted by Origen, prove that the text of the Hebrew gospel, read by Origen, was not the same as our Greek gospel of Matthew, with which its friends suppose it to be identical. It differed on many points besides the first two chapters. The absence of the first two chapters of Matthew from the Ebionite and Nazarene gospels is of no weight in view of their rejection of Paul’s epistles, which even the Unitarians accept. The omission is accounted for in the way the rejection of Paul’s epistles is accounted for; the two first chapters did not coincide with their notions, and therefore they struck them out. The Nazarene and Ebionite copies of Matthew’s gospel not only omit the first two chapters, but in several instances they contradict the other three gospels of Mark, Luke, and John, whereas the corresponding passages in our Greek copy of Matthew agree with them, which shows which way the tampering has occurred.
As to Marcion, he omitted the two disputed chapters: but he also rejected the whole of the Old Testament, both the law and the prophets, as proceeding from the God of the Jews, whom he regarded as the creator of this world, in contrast to a higher Creator. As to the New Testament, he made one for himself consisting of only one gospel, supposed to be compiled chiefly from Luke, and only ten of Paul’s epistles, which are altered from the received version in numerous instances, in order to make the text more pliable to his gnostic notions. People who quote him against the miraculous conception are bound consistently to follow him in these variations as well. He did not admit Christ to have been born at all. Consequently, be begins his gospel thus:—“In the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius, God descended into Capernaum.” He not only omits the first two chapters of Luke; he omits also the account of John the Baptist, the baptism of Christ, and his visit to Nazareth. He also omits part of chapter 8:19; 10:21; 11, part of verse 29, and all of verses 30, 31, 32, 49, 50, 51; 12:6, 28, part of verses 8, 30, 32; 13:1–5: altered verse 28, omitted from 29 to end of chapter: 15:11–32; 17, part of 10–12: whole of verse 13: whole of 17:31–33; 19:28–48; 20, from 9 to 18: also 37, 38; 21:18, 21, 22; 22:16, 35, 37, 50, 51; 23:43; 24:26–7, and verse 25 altered.
Those who quote Marcion as an authority in the case of the first two chapters, ought to accept him as such in all these cases. That they disregard him in these cases is a proof that, even in their opinion, his authority is of no weight.

The divine paternity of Jesus would stand an unassailable truth, even if the records of Matthew and Luke had no existence. These records are, however, invaluable. They are the circumstantial illustrations of a truth which, though the nature of the case, and the prophetic testimony necessitate it, we could not have so clearly and satisfactorily comprehended without them. They explain to us the appearance and character of Christ, and make us privy to the divine method of procedure, from its incipiency onwards, in the most wondrous work of God among men.

That Christ was an example in the sense of being “holy, harmless, and undefiled” is beyond doubt; but it is also true that he was a great deal more. The speciality of his mission is so plainly stated as to leave no room for the Unitarian doctrine of moral example. “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world, ” said John the Baptist, on seeing Jesus (John 1:29). How did he take it away? The answer is in the words of the apostle Paul:—“He put away sin by the sacrifice of himself” (Heb. 9:26). Jesus himself had said, “I lay down my life for my sheep.” Paul also says to Timothy, in the second epistle, first chapter, tenth verse, “Jesus Christ hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel”; a fact which is stated by Christ himself in this form, “God sent His Son, that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:17). Furthermore, Peter says, “There is none other name under heaven given whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12). Salvation is thus directly connected with the first appearing of Christ, and with what he accomplished then; not on the principle of moral stimulus supplied, but in virtue of the essential result secured by the course he fulfilled.

Incarnation of the Virgin Mary with the Three-Une God- Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Incoronazione della Vergine (Getty Museum) about 1604 – 1607

Leaving both Trinitarianism and Unitarianism, we may find the truth in the Scriptures for ourselves. The simple appellation of “Son,” as applied to Christ, is sufficient to prove that his existence is derived, and not eternal. The phrase, “Son of God,” implies that the one God, the eternal Father, was antecedent to the Son, and that the Son had his origin in or “out of” the Father to whom he must therefore be subordinate in a sense inconsistent with Trinitarian representation. “This day have I begotten thee” is the language of Scripture, dearly pointing to a commencement of days. This view is confirmed by the statement of Christ:—“As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself” (John 5:26).
Christ, therefore, though now possessed of inherent life, had been invested with it; it is not in this case underived. It is only the Great Uncreate, the Father, that can say, “I am, and there is none else beside me.” Yet, though Christ’s is not an underived existence, it is more directly divine than the human. A man is an embodiment of his father’s mortal life-energy. Jesus was not born of the will of the flesh, but of God. He was begotten of Mary through the power of the spirit. This was the origin of his title, “the Son of God.” See the angel’s words to Mary:—“Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35).
But, though Son of God, he was flesh and blood. “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of THE SAME.… He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren” (Heb. 2:14, 16, 17). He was made sin for us, who knew no sin (II Cor. 5:21). As he was in character sinless, this could only apply to his bodily constitution, which, through Mary, was the sin-nature of Adam. As Paul says elsewhere (Rom. 8:3), “God sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.” “He was sent forth made of a woman” (Gal. 4:4), “of the seed of David according to the flesh” (Rom. 1:3). Jesus was “a man approved of God by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him (after his thirty years’ preparation) in the midst of Israel” (Acts 2:22). This is Peter’s description of him. Paul speaks of him as “the man Christ Jesus” (I Tim. 2:5). He was tried and disciplined as Adam was, but succeeded where Adam failed. “Though he were a son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered” (Heb. 5:8). This precludes the idea of his being “very God.” He was the Son of God, the manifestation of God by spirit-power, but not God himself. “The life was manifested, ” says John, “and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested unto us” (I John 1:2).

Again, in his gospel narrative (chapter 1:14), he says:—“The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth,” from which it is evident that Christ was a divine manifestation—an embodiment of Deity in flesh—Emmanuel, God with us. “God giveth not the spirit by measure unto him,” says the same apostle (chapter 3:34). The spirit descended upon him in bodily shape at his baptism in the Jordan, and took possession of him. This was the anointing which constituted him Christ (or the anointed), and which gave him the superhuman powers of which he showed himself possessed. This is clear from the words of Peter, in his address to the Gentiles in the house of Cornelius—(Acts 10:38)—“God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed.”
This statement alone is sufficient to disprove the popular view of Christ’s essential Godhead. If he were “very God” in his character as Son, why was it necessary he should be “anointed” with spirit and power? He did no miracles before his anointing. He had no power of himself. This is his own declaration: “I can of mine own self do nothing” (John 5:30). “The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works” (John 14:10). On Calvary, left to the utter helplessness of his own humanity, he felt the anguish of the hour and cried out, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46). Before his anointing, he was simply the “body prepared” for the divine manifestation that was to take place through him. The preparation of this body commenced with the Spirit’s action on Mary, and concluded when Jesus, being thirty years of age, stood approved in the perfection of a sinless and mature character. After the Spirit’s descent upon him, he was the full manifestation of God in the flesh. The Father, by the Spirit, tabernacled in Christ among men. “God was in Christ,” says Paul, “reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them.”

The Lamb of God exhalted.- Cellar painting in Peace church in Schweidnitz (an Apocalyptic scene) – Photo Qasinka

When raised from the dead and glorified, he was exalted to “all power in heaven and earth ”; his human nature was swallowed up in the divine; the flesh changed to spirit. Hence, as he now exists, “In him dwelleth all the fulness of the God-head bodily” (Col. 2:9). He is now the corporealisation of life-spirit as it exists in the Deity. But this change from what he was “in the days of his flesh” has not obliterated a single line of his human recollections. This is evident from Paul’s words in reference to his priestlyfunction: “We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities” (Heb. 4:15). This can only be on the principle that Jesus retains a memory of the infirmity with which he himself was encompassed in the day of his flesh career upon earth.

When Jesus said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father,” he did not contradict the statement that “no man hath seen God at any time,” but simply expressed the truth contained in the following words of Paul:—Christ is “the image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15); “the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person” (Heb. 1:3). Those who looked upon the anointed Jesus, beheld a representation of the Deity accessible to human vision.

Jesus declares things of himself which are held to sanction the idea that he existed as a person before his birth of Mary; such as that “he came down from heaven to give life to the world” (John 6:33); that “he proceeded forth and came from the Father” (John 8:42; 16:28); that he had “power to lay down his life and power to take it again” (John 10:18); that he “had glory with the Father before the world was,” and was “loved of Him before the foundation of the world” (John 17:5–24), etc.

It is evident, however, that we must understand these expressions in the light of the undoubted facts of Christ’s life and mission. These literal facts are that he was begotten of the Holy Spirit, and born a baby at Bethlehem (Luke 1:35; 2:5–7); grew up to be a man, increasing in wisdom with years, stature, and experience (Luke 2:52); remained the private and undistinguished son of Joseph the carpenter, until the power of the Spirit was shed upon him at his baptism (Luke 3:21–23): AFTER WHICH, he did the works and spoke the words recorded; that he was put to death through weakness (II Cor. 13:4); was deserted of the power of the Father when suspended on the cross; and that he was afterwards raised from the dead by the Father (Acts 2:24, 32; 3:15; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 37, and so on).

Baptism of Jesus Chrits represented by a masterpainter from Lake Constance of 1466, with the Trinitarian idea of the Godheads – 1450 – Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques

With these facts in view, we are enabled to attach the proper sense to statements which, in a naked and detached form, would appear to teach a personal pre-existence. For instance, when Jesus said to the Pharisees that he came down from heaven, he could not mean that the person standing before them had bodily descended from the clouds, as his words, literally understood, would have taught, and as the Pharisees appeared to have understood; he meant to say that his origin was from heaven. The “Holy Spirit” that came upon Mary—the “Power of the Highest” that overshadowed her, came down from heaven; consequently, the resultant man could, without extravagance, say he came down from heaven. The sense was literal as applied to the Power of the Highest that produced “the man Christ Jesus”; both at the stage of his begettal and the stage of his anointing on the banks of the Jordan, when the Spirit descended in bodily form and abode upon him; but not literal as applied to the man Christ Jesus.
When he said he proceeded forth and came from God, it was in the sense of these facts. He could not mean that as a person he had emanated from the very presence of the Almighty, but that the Father had sent him in the way disclosed in the record of his birth and baptism. John is described as “a man sent from God,” without meaning to suggest that John existed before he was born and sent.

When Jesus said he had power to take up his life after it should be laid down, he expressed the confidence that God would raise him. It was not power in the dynamic sense; but authority (εξονσια); he immediately adds, “This commandment HAVE I RECEIVED OF MY FATHER”; that is, the taking up of his life would result from the Father’s power and authority, exercised in accordance with the pledge given by the Father. Literally, Jesus did not take up his life; the Father raised him (see the references to Acts, three paragraphs back); but because it was the Father’s purpose, and because the Father spoke through Jesus (John 14:10), Jesus could appropriately say that he had power to raise up himself. An example of this style of language, in which what a person has a relation to in the divine purpose, is considered as under his control and referable to his power, occurs in Jer, 1:10:—

“See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”

Literally, the prophet did none of these things, but was overpowered and slain, as nearly all the servants of God were; yet the things he predicted came to pass, and this is taken as a sufficient basis for the highly-wrought language above quoted, which imputes the result of Jeremiah’s predictions to Jeremiah’s individual operations.
Christ’s statement that he had glory with the Father before the world was, must in the same way be understood in harmony with the elementary facts of the testimony. The glorification of Jesus was a purpose with the Father from the beginning: and, in this sense, he had glory with the Father before the world was. This may appear a strained explanation; but a regard to the scriptural habit of speech will justify it, in view of the testified facts of the case.

The Lord said to Jeremiah (chapter 1:5):—“Before I formed thee in the belly I KNEW THEE; and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I SANCTIFIED THEE: and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Now Jeremiah did not exist before his conception. Yet these words would seem to teach it, if understood as those who believe in the pre-existence of Christ, understood the statements about him. As a purpose Jeremiah existed; his person was as clearly present to the divine mind as if he had stood before Him in actual fact. This is the explanation of words, which, rigidly construed, would imply Jeremiah’s pre-existence.

Look again at the words spoken of Cyrus, the Persian ruler, more than a hundred years before he was born (Isaiah 45:4):—“For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name; I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.” The same remark applies here: Cyrus was present to the divine contemplation as really as if he existed. Hence a style of language which would seem to assume his existence before he was born.

On the same principle, the purpose to raise a dead man is expressed by ignoring his death, and assuming his continued existence. Thus Jesus deduces the resurrection from the fact that God styled Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, at a time when these men were dead. The Sadducees saw the force of the argument, and were silenced (Matt. 22:31–34). The principle of the argument is expressed in the words of Paul (Rein. 4:17)—“God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not (but are to be) AS THOUGH THEY WERE.”

Anointing – Priestly Code the high priest is anointed

The words spoken of Jesus are of this order. When he said in prayer to the Father, “Thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world,” he did not teach that he existed from “he foundation of the world,” but that the Father regarded him with love from the beginning, and that, therefore, to the Father’s mind, he was present. In the words of Peter, “He was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times.” (I Peter 1:20).
The same style of language is adopted with reference to Christ’s people: “He hath chosen US in him before the foundation of the world.” Literally, this would prove the existence of believers before the world began, for properly, a thing must exist to be the object of choice; actually, it only proves divine foresight. The glory which Jesus had before the world was, was the glory which God purposed for him from the beginning. Literally, he had not the glory referred to before the world was. What was the nature of that glory—the glory Jesus received in answer to this prayer? HE—the bodily Jesus—the body prepared —that which was evolved from the substance of Mary and made the subject of the anointing—was made incorruptible in substance, and the spirit shed upon that substance so abundantly, that it made him more luminous than the sun (Acts 26:13), and gave him power to bestow the spirit, and control providence in heaven and earth. Was Jesus possessed of this glory before he was born? Was he a body anointed with the spirit before he was the body prepared? Was he a real resurrected Jesus before Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem? Yet this was the glory he had with the Father before the world was. It was a glory he had in the Father’s purpose, but in no other sense.

In the same way are we to understand the words, “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58). This was Christ’s answer to the incredulity excited by his statement, “Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it, and was glad.” The Jews thought he meant to insinuate that he was contemporary with Abraham, whereas he only meant to express the fact stated by Paul in the following words:—“These all (including Abraham—see verse 8) died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them AFAR OFF” (Heb. 11:13). It was this seeing of the promise of Christ “afar off” that made Abraham glad. It was the day presented in the promises that he saw, but, as they almost always did, the Jews mistook Jesus, and, as he was prone to do, he deepened their bewilderment by using another form of speech, which still more obscured his meaning, on the principle indicated in Matt. 13:11–15: a form of speech which in one phrase expressed two aspects of the truth concerning himself, viz., that he was purposed before Abraham existed, and that the Father, of whom he was then the manifestation, existed before all.

Jesus said, “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). He could not mean, in view of all the testimony, what Trinitarians understand him to mean, that he and the Father were identically the same person (“the same in substance, equal in power and glory”), but that they were one in spirit-connection and design of operations. This is apparent from his prayer for his disciples, “That they may be one, EVEN as we are one.” The unity is not as to person, but as to nature and state of mind. This is the unity that exists between the Father and the Son, and the unity that will be ultimately established between the Father and His whole family, of whom Christ is the elder brother. When this unity is established, Christ will take a more subordinate position than he now occupies, in relation to the race of Adam. Paul says, “When all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto Him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all” (I Cor. 15:28).

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Robert Roberts. (1984; 2002). Christendom Astray from the Bible (On The Nature Of Jesus Christ p154–165). Logos Publications. (Re-edited by the Belgian Christadelphians (2011)

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2012 September update:

Early Trinitarianism (leithart.com)
Building on the work of Robert Jenson and especially JND Kelly, Jason Vickers argues in Invocation and Assent: The Making and the Remaking of Trinitarian Theology that the proto-creedal affirmations of Trinitarian theology that are found in the various “rules of faith” specifically aim to undergird confidence in the efficacy of the rites and liturgies of the church for salvation. They are not simply “summaries of Scripture” (they leave out Israel entirely) nor simply doctrinal identity markers. Rather, they identify the name of the God who saves so that He may be invoked in praise and worship.
The God Of The Scriptures (aparticularbaptistblog.wordpress.com)
The chief trouble is that so much that passes for faith today is really only maudlin sentimentality. The faith of Christendom in this twentieth century is mere credulity, and the “god” of many of our churches is not the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, but a mere figment of the imagination.
Who God says I am (davidmuia.wordpress.com)

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Posted on November 28, 2011. Filed under: Being Christian, following Jesus Christ, Christendom and Christianity, Holy Scriptures, Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua, Paganism | Tags: Assumption, Baal, Christendom and Christianity, Christian, Christmas, Elisabeth, Gabriel, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jupiter-Puer, Mary, Miryam, Saturnalia, Solstice, Sungod, Surya, Tammuz, Tradition, Virgin Mary, Zacharias |

The Anointed begotten Son of God

1. Jesus and Christians

All Christians think they do know Christ Jesus. We as Christians can only do hope that those who want to become a Christian and those who call themselves Christian sincerely would be willing to investigate who that Jesus from Nazareth, who was called the Messiah, was.

When Jesus was somebody on this earth you can wonder how he came on to this earth and what he was before he came in the public picture. Then it becomes important as well to look at the teaching of that man that Christians say they are following. Do they really follow what that man said? Are those Christians really willing to listen to the words of that Master Teacher?

If you are saying you are or if you want to become a Christian you should really be eager to get to know Jesus Christ in full. Not just accepting what certain denominations say he is and was and shall be, but understanding what the Bible, the Holy Scriptures and the Word of God is saying about him.

2. Christmas

Child singers carrying a star with icon of a saint. Bucharest, 1842

Many churches celebrate the Advent in the month of December and on the 25th of December they celebrate the birth of the Saviour Jesus. Historically Jesus, or better Jeshua (which was his real name) was born from the virgin Mary, Maria or better Miryam/Miriam (to use the Hebrew name) in Bethlehem on the 17th October 4 before our Common Era (often indicated by -4 AD)

Most people would think “Christmas is Christian”, but we are afraid though this may be a general thinking it should really not be a Christian feast. And Christians should be able to find that there is something wrong with the so called birthday of Jesus.

According to the Holy Scriptures the angel Gabriel visited Zacharias during the course of Abia which we learn from 1 Chronicles 24:7-10, was the 8th of 24 courses during a 12 month year. Each group of priests (all except the most senior who were on duty more often) officiated in the Temple for two weeks every year. Zacharias’ turn of duty came when the 8th group (Abijah’s) attended; which was during weeks 15 and 16 after the start of the year, the month Nissan, which at our time would be in the time we call March or very early April.

The Word of God tells us that Elisabeth was conceived in early July and six months after Elisabeth, Mary was in conceived early January. A human pregnancy takes about 9 months; which brings us to an autumn date in late September/early October.

From the worldly books we also do know that the Romans wanted to count all their inhabitants late September/early October coinciding with the Week of Tabernacles, the most sacred week in the sacred calendar so that most people could make themselves free to go to the count offices for the census. The Week of Tabernacles is a memorial of Israel’s 40 years in the wilderness when the nation lived in ‘tabernacles’ (booths or tents) and when Jehovah took up residence in a ‘tabernacle’ which was pitched in the centre of the camp. (Leviticus 23:23-44)

3. Leitmotiv

When you also carefully follow the Bible you shall be able to find a leitmotiv. When you see that the thread is the Salvation you shall also be able to notice how God guided His people through history and how prophets predicted many things. Those divinations can be clearly seen as signs for us to understand and to follow. When you look at those prophecies and the timing it all counts up and every day becomes of a certain importance. As such we can consider one occasion as the low-level memorial of Tabernacles and than we do find the high-level reality of Tabernacles when Jeshua the Son of the Highest, the Messiah, took up residence in a frail human body. In other words, God ‘tabernacled‘ with mankind giving them the protector in the person of His Son Jeshua – Jesus Christ!

4. History

The Free Church of Scotland minister Alexander Hyslop (1807 – 1865) in his most famous book The Two Babylons: Papal worship Revealed to be the worship of Nimrod and His wife exposed the falsehood of the Roman Catholic Church. He was not afraid to use also the historical, read non theological writings and look at the historical facts. From those we can find out in which time Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem for the census and when the three wise men or magicians went to follow the star to look for this new born King of kings.

Hyslop saw the many pagan rites which were introduced by the Roman Catholic Church and claimed therefore that is was a Babylonian mystery cult, and pagan. On the other hand he thought Protestants worshipped the true Jesus and the true God. He contended that Roman Catholic religious practices are actually pagan practices grafted onto true Christianity during the reign of Constantine, but then he also saw what was happening in Protestantism and how people did want to keep certain traditions. At this point, he alleged, the merger between the Roman state religion and its adoration of the mother and child was transferred to Christianity, merging Christian characters with pagan mythology. The Goddess was renamed Mary, and Jeshua or Jesus (Hail Zeus) was the renamed Jupiter-Puer, or “Jupiter the Boy”.

Hyslop wrote: “The festivals of Rome are innumerable; but five of the most important may be singled out for elucidation -viz., Christmas-day, Lady-day, Easter, the nativity of St. John, and the Feast of the Assumption. Each and all of these can be proved to be Babylonian.” (The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hyslop, page 91) and “… within the Christian Church no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century, and that not till the fourth century was far advanced did it gain much observance. How, then, did the Roman Church fix on December 25th as Christmas-day? Why, thus: Long before the fourth century, and long before the Christian era itself, a festival was celebrated among the heathen, at that precise time of the year, in honour of the birth of the son of the Babylonian queen of heaven; and it may fairly be presumed that in order to conciliate the heathen, and to swell the number of the nominal adherents of Christianity, the same festival was adopted by the Roman Church, giving it only the name of Christ. This tendency on the part of the Christians to meet Paganism half-way was very early developed … Upright men strove to stem the tide, but in spite of all their efforts, the apostasy went on, till the Church, with the exception of a small remnant, was submerged under Pagan superstition. That Christmas was originally a Pagan festival is beyond all doubt. The time of the year, the ceremonies with which it is still celebrated, prove its origin. In Egypt, the son of Isis, the Egyptian title for the queen of heaven, was born at this very time, ‘about the time of the winter solstice.’” (Ibid. page 93)

Non-religious, but historical books and encyclopaedic works, often saw the faulty claims for the birthday of the person who was born at Bethlehem, lived at Nazareth, did many miraculous things, was brought before the court of Pilate and brought to dead on a wooden stake. Though even the Catholic Encyclopaedia 1911 edition agreed that “Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church … the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt.”

The Chambers Encyclopaedia 1908 Edition Vol.111 page 222, in her article on Christmas writes: “It is nevertheless almost certain that the 25th of December cannot be the nativity of the Saviour, for it is then the height of the rainy season in Judaea, and shepherds could hardly be watching their flocks by night in the plains … Not casually or arbitrarily was the festival of the nativity celebrated on the 25th of December. One of the principal causes that co-operated in fixing this period was that almost all the heathen nations regarded the winter solstice as the turning point of the year – the beginning of the renewed life and activity of the powers of nature, and of the gods who were merely the symbolic personifications of these. In more northern countries this fact must have made itself peculiarly palpable – hence the Celts and Germans, from the oldest times, celebrated the season with the greatest festivities. At the winter solstice the Norsemen held their great Yule-feast in commemoration of the fiery sun-wheel, and believed that during the twelve nights from the 25th December to the 6th January they could trace the personal movements and interferences on earth of their great deities, Odin, Beretha, etc. Many of the beliefs and usages of the old Germans, and also of the Romans, relating to this period, passed over from heathenism to Christianity, and have partly survived to the present day.”

5. Agreement to tradition

The first Christians having become an object of hatred, agreed in the 4th century CE to accept the Greek and Roman symbols for their gods and to let Christian feasts fall together with Heathen feasts.

In the 1970 edition page 538, article on Christmas, Chambers Encyclopaedia wrote: “There is no authoritative tradition as to the day or month of Christ’s birth … The winter solstice was regarded as the birthday of the sun and at Rome a pagan festival of the nativity of ‘sol invictus’ was introduced by the Emperor Aurelian on 25th December 274. The church, unable to stamp out this popular festival, spiritualised it as the feast of the Nativity of the Sun of Righteousness. When Christianity spread northwards it encountered a similar pagan festival also held at the winter solstice – the great Yule feast of the Norsemen. Once again Christmas absorbed heathen customs. From the various sources came the Yule log, the Christmas tree introduced into England from Germany and first mentioned in 1789.”

Not only Greek and Roman but in the West also a lot of Germanic heathen element have entered Christendom. We can find many of the heathen feast Jul or Yule, a Nordic name for that was celebrated in the middle of January. There were at least two such feasts or offerings every year in Scandinavia, one in midsummer and one in midwinter.
The Reverend Increase Mather of Boston observed in 1687 that “the early Christians who first observed the Nativity on December 25 did not do so thinking that Christ was born in that Month, but because the Heathens’ Saturnalia was at that time kept in Rome, and they were willing to have those Pagan Holidays metamorphosed into Christian ones.” Because of its known pagan origin, Christmas was banned by the Puritans and its observance was illegal in Massachusetts between 1659 and 1681.(Increase Mather, A Testimony against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs, Now Practiced by Some in New England (London, 1687), p. 35. See also Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America’s Most Cherished Holiday, New York: Vintage Books, 1997, p. 4 + Nissenbaum, p. 3.)

Though several Christians would not listen to famous scholars and historians revealing amazing facts they could take their lessons from the Bible and make their own analysis from what is given as data in the Holy Scriptures.
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To be continued

Advent & Christmas (deaconjohn1987.wordpress.com)
Love of the Babe of Bethlehem, who was born to redeem us, caused
Catholics, in centuries long gone by, to introduce into our churches
a representation of the crib, the Divine Babe, The Blessed Mother,
St. Joseph, and the Shepherds. St. Francis of Assisi deserves the
credit of making this practice very popular. His zeal prompted him to
place at Graccio a representation of the cave of Bethlehem. His plan
permitted the Faithful vividly to grasp the story of Bethlehem and to
realize the poverty and suffering of our Saviour in the bleak, cold
stable where He was born. The plan has spread to churches in all
parts of the world.
Cardinal: Pray to Mary, who is our teacher (ivarfjeld.wordpress.com)
Since we have direct access to God through Jesus the Messiah, you make a mockery of Him, when you do not listen to His instructions.
Jewish Miriam was a sinner, a created being. Those who worship created beings, have been lead into an idolatrous life. If such people to not repent, they will all perish. Those you will find in the Kingdom of Heaven, have all lived by faith in Him.
The Savior of the World was born by a Virgin! (ivarfjeld.wordpress.com)
The question of whether or not Jesus’ mother Mary was actually a virgin, or if it even matters if she was, is causing tremendous controversy in many parts of what calls itself “The Christian World” today.
Often we see that Christmas has not much to do any more with what some consider the reason to celebrate.
Last night (innerdialect.wordpress.com)
through Christmas and New Year. Maybe all the wars they rumor will come. The earthquakes and floods,. Rapture even. Dear Lord, dear heaven, all the things we grumble about : prices and petrol, pollution and naughty kids running up and down the stairs…

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Salvation, trust and action in Jesus #3 as a Christian

Posted on August 8, 2011. Filed under: Being Christian, following Jesus Christ, Christendom and Christianity, Ecclesia, Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua | Tags: Avoiding others, Being Baptised, Being in Christ, Christendom and Christianity, Church, Discipleship, Following Christ, God, Gods Law, Helping, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judeo-Christian, Judeo-Christian values, Praying, preaching, Reading the Bible, Talking to God, Ten Commandments, Yahshua |

Salvation, trust and action in Jesus

3. If you have received Jesus Christ as your Saviour, as a Christian you should:

Keep doing the things as Jesus did them.
“Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:20 KJBPNV)
Keep to the Judeo Christian values and Gods Law.
Moses with the tablets of the Ten Commandments, painting by Rembrandt (1659) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Keep to the commandments of God and to the commandments of His son Jesus.
“But God be thanked, that you were the servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you.” (Romans 6:17 KJBPNV)
“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” (1 John 5:2-3 KJBPNV)
“And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. For many deceivers have entered into the world, who confess not that Yahshua the Messiah has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked, but that we receive a full reward. Whoever transgresses, and abides not in the doctrine of the Messiah, has not God. He that abides in the doctrine of the Messiah, he has both the Father and the Son. If there comes any to you, and brings not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen. The elder to the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do to the brethren, and to strangers;” (2 John 1:6-3 John 1:5 KJBPNV)
“Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21 KJBPNV)
“And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.” (1 John 3:22 KJBPNV)
“If you love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15 KJBPNV)
“He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” (John 14:21 KJBPNV)
“And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” (Hebrews 5:9 KJBPNV)
“And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that says he dwells in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” (1 John 2:3-6 KJBPNV)
Follow Jesus.
We do not have to follow any worldly person or have to belong to a huge church.
A great worldly success does not make the right church or not makes those persons great preachers/teachers.
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24 KJBPNV)
“Then spoke Yahshua again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12 KJBPNV)
Read your Bible every day to get to know Christ better.
“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15 KJBPNV)
“For whatever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” (Romans 15:4 KJBPNV)
“For Moses truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord Yahweh your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall you hear in all things whatever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.” (Acts 3:22-23 KJBPNV)
“And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Yahshua the Messiah, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3 KJBPNV)
“But these are written, that you might believe that Yahshua is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name.” (John 20:31 KJBPNV)
“And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he (Jesus/Yeshua) had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord Yahweh. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say to them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” (Luke 4:17-21 KJBPNV)
Talk to God in prayer every day.
We are urged to pray without ceasing, to live in faith and to do all things with love.
Jesus has given us an example by praying himself to his Father and has told us how and to who we must pray. If people wanted to give him honours without delay he told them that not to do, but to thank God. He prayed for others but also for himself and dared even to beg his Father. At certain moments he even dared to raise his voice and to cry out to his Father.
He left us a model prayer where he gave an original text for a speech to his and our Father. Thereby it was also emphasised how Gods name is holy and that we also must recognise His Holy Name.“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;” (Hebrews 5:7 KJBPNV)
“After this manner therefore pray you: Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.” (Matthew 6:9-13 KJBPNV)
“Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6 KJBPNV)
“Give ear to my words, O Yahweh, consider my meditation. Listen to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto you will I pray.” (Psalms 5:1-2 KJBPNV)
“If a man abides not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” (John 15:6 KJBPNV)
“And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, Whatever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.” (John 16:23 KJBPNV)
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man the Messiah Yahshua;” (1 Timothy 2:5 KJBPNV)
“And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.” (1 John 3:22 KJBPNV)
“For the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord Yahweh is against them that do evil.” (1 Peter 3:12 KJBPNV)
“Yahweh is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.” (Proverbs 15:29 KJBPNV)
Be in Christ.
“Therefore if any man is in the Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJBPNV)
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as the Messiah was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4 KJBPNV)
Be baptised, worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians in a place where Christ is preached and the Bible is the final authority.
Once the belief in Christ reached you and you got the want to fixed to it you can choose to confirm this by becoming baptised. By being whitewashed you can witness to start a new life as an accepted son of God and as brother or sister of the other believers. As newborn we must carry the love of Christ Jesus in us and share this love with others.
Even if you are only with two, you can form a meeting in the name of Christ, who shall be with you, and have as such the seed for an ecclesia.
In communitywith each other one must try to support each other and give chances to build and progress in the true belief.“Then came Yahshua from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and come you to me? And Yahshua answering said unto him, Allow it to be so now: for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed him. And Yahshua, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, behold, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And behold a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:13-17 KJBPNV)
“And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.” (Acts 10:48 KJBPNV)
“But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Yahshua the Messiah, they were baptized, both men and women.” (Acts 8:12 KJBPNV)“Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:19-20 KJBPNV)

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20 KJBPNV)
“In the name of our Lord Yahshua the Messiah, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Yahshua the Messiah,” (1 Corinthians 5:4 KJBPNV)
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:25 KJBPNV)

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” (Romans 8:14-15 KJBPNV)

“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Therefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through the Messiah.” (Galatians 4:6-7 KJBPNV)
“And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yahshua the Messiah himself being the chief corner stone;” (Ephesians 2:20 KJBPNV)
“Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJBPNV)

“God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;” (Acts 17:24 KJBPNV)
“Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the congregation which is in his house.” (Colossians 4:15 KJBPNV)
“Likewise greet the congregation that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto the Messiah.” (Romans 16:5 KJBPNV)
“And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. But when some were hardened, and believed not, but spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.” (Acts 19:8-9 KJBPNV)
Tell others about Christ.
Primary goal of the believers in Christ Jesus, to make disciples and to witness so that others also can be saved.“A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.” (Proverbs 14:25 KJBPNV)
“Pilate therefore said unto him, Are you a king then? Yahshua answered, You say that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.” (John 18:37 KJBPNV)
“I give you charge in the sight of God, who revives all things, and before the Messiah Yahshua, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;” (1 Timothy 6:13 KJBPNV)
“And from Yahshua the Messiah, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,” (Revelation 1:5 KJBPNV)
“And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.” (Revelation 11:3 KJBPNV)
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Matthew 24:14 KJBPNV)
“And he said to them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15 KJBPNV)
“For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16 KJBPNV)
“Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be you partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;” (2 Timothy 1:8 KJBPNV)
“And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Yahshua the Messiah.” (Revelation 12:17 KJBPNV)
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of the Messiah: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” (Romans 1:16 KJBPNV)
Help others to reach the fullness of Christ we also do have to reach for.
We have to help everybody around us to grow into someone who leads others to Christ not to entertain us or make us feel better every time we come to the ecclesia.
Be aware that it is not marketing research and advertising to bring people in that makes the good ecclesia.
Everything must be about going for the purity of the Word of Godand not particularly for popularity. One can certainly never give in to public demands or doing a concession, about the Law of God, to obtain more people.
Be disciples who replicate because they know enough of the Bible and nature of Jehovah God to help others understand Him and His son Jesus too.
Not lack in discipleship training and pointing the congregations to Christ. We should all take discipleship as our responsibility.
Obeying to the teachings of the master teacher we must make our self free of any blemish or suspicion and fully aim our eyes to Jesus and his community, not to a human personal church community or specific human leader.
In love we must have an eye and ear for each other and for each other’s shaping in the teachings of Christ Jesus, as children of One and the same God.“by god’s grace, you, who were once slaves to sin, obeyed from your heart the pattern of teaching to which you were exposed;” (Romans 6:17 CJB)
“here is how we know that we love god’s children: when we love god, we also do what he commands. for loving god means obeying his commands. moreover, his commands are not burdensome,” (1 John 5:2-3 CJB)“I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Yahshua the Messiah, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For 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. But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry.” (2 Timothy 4:1-5 KJBPNV)
Stand up to false teaching and do not stay ignorant.
Open your mouth and tell the world the truth. Speak up, don’t let your appearance or mistakes stop you and don’t let others stop you because of your appearance or past mistakes.
God loves you, I love you, and you are called to make a difference.
Avoid those who do not live according to Gods Law and Jesus teachings.
As a Christian it is important that we choose with whom we have ambulatory and concerning which subjects we want to talk, or to which films we look at and which books or illustrated magazines we want to read. Our choice of the circle of friends must become stipulated with the choice of the direction which we in our life want to go.“moreover, love is this: that we should live according to his commands. this is the command, as you people have heard from the beginning; live by it! for many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not acknowledge Yeshua the Messiah’s coming as a human being. such a person is a deceiver and an anti-Messiah. watch yourselves, so that you won’t lose what you have worked for, but will receive your full reward. everyone who goes ahead and does not remain true to what the Messiah has taught does not have god. those who remain true to his teaching have both the father and the son. if someone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, don’t welcome him into your home. don’t even say, “shalom!” to him; for the person who says, “shalom!” to him shares in his evil deeds. although I have much to write you people, I would rather not use paper and ink. instead, I hope to come and see you and to talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. the children of your chosen sister send you their greetings. from: the Elder to: dear Gaius, whom I love in truth: dear friend, I am praying that everything prosper with you and that you be in good health, as I know you are prospering spiritually. for I was so happy when some brothers came and testified how faithful you are to the truth, as you continue living in the truth. nothing gives me greater joy than hearing that my children are living in the truth. dear friend, you are faithful in all the work you are doing for the brothers, even when they are strangers to you.” (2 John 1:6-3 John1:5 CJB)“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Yahshua the Messiah, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received from us.” (2 Thessalonians 3:6 KJBPNV)

Therefore let us always remember: ““not everyone who says to me, ‘lord, lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, only those who do what my father in heaven wants.” (Matthew 7:21 CJB) and take care that we always shall fulfill the requirements to enter the gate to the Kingdom of God.
“the way we can be sure we know him is if we are obeying his commands. anyone who says, “I know him,” but isn’t obeying his commands is a liar – the truth is not in him. but if someone keeps doing what he says, then truly love for god has been brought to its goal in him. this is how we are sure that we are united with him. A person who claims to be continuing in union with him ought to conduct his life the way he did.” (1 John 2:3-6 CJB)

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Salvation, trust and action in Jesus #2 What you must do

Posted on August 5, 2011. Filed under: Being Christian, following Jesus Christ, Faith, Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua | Tags: Beatitudes, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Yahshua |

Salvation, trust and action in Jesus

2. Trust Jesus Christ today! Here’s what you must do:

Admit you are a sinner.
“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1 John 1:10 KJBPNV)
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23 KJBPNV)
“Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” (Romans 5:12 KJBPNV)
“I acknowledged my sin unto you, and my iniquity have I not hidden. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” (Psalms 32:5 KJBPNV)
Be willing to turn from sin (repent).
“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent:” (Acts 17:30 KJBPNV)
“But showed first to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.” (Acts 26:20 KJBPNV)
“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” (James 4:8-10 KJBPNV)
“I tell you, No: but, unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish.” (Luke 13:5 KJBPNV)
Hunger and thirst after righteousness.
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6 KJBPNV)
Believe that Jesus Christ died for you, was buried, and rose from the dead.

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“But those things, which God before had shown by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Messiah should suffer, he has so fulfilled.” (Acts 3:18 KJBPNV)
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in the Messiah Yahshua: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Philippians 2:5-8 KJBPNV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16 KJBPNV)
“But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, the Messiah died for us.” (Romans 5:8 KJBPNV)
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as the Messiah was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4 KJBPNV)
“Knowing that the Messiah being raised from the dead dies no more; death has no more dominion over him.” (Romans 6:9 KJBPNV)
“That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Yahshua, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.” (Romans 10:9 KJBPNV)
“How God anointed Yahshua of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.” (Acts 10:38 KJBPNV)
“Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly; Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.” (Acts 10:40-41 KJBPNV)
“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, how that the Messiah died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve: After that, he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-6 KJBPNV)
“For the Messiah also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:” (1 Peter 3:18 KJBPNV)
Through prayer to the Only One God, invite Jesus into your life to become your personal Saviour.
“For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:10 KJBPNV)
“The God of our fathers raised up Yahshua, whom you slew and hanged on a tree. Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.” (Acts 5:30-31 KJBPNV)
Confess.
“for with the heart one goes on trusting and thus continues toward righteousness, while with the mouth one keeps on making public acknowledgement and thus continues toward deliverance.” (Romans 10:10 CJB)
Build up a good relationship with God, Jesus and the other peoplearound you.

Continues: Salvation, trust and action in Jesus #3 as a Christian

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Salvation, trust and action in Jesus #1 Suffering covered by Peace Offering

Posted on August 5, 2011. Filed under: Being Christian, following Jesus Christ, Suffering | Tags: Christ, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament, Suffering, Via Veritas Vita, Yahshua |

Salvation, trust and action in Jesus

1. Suffering covered by Peace Offering

The Bible says there will be suffering and I have and will suffer. The Bible says I will be persecuted and I have and will be. The Bible says Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

The Way, the Truth, and the Life. - Via Veritas Vita - Image by AKMA via Flickr

If you want to get rid of all the pains, choose not to follow the world but look at Christ. Believe in only One God and only one Mediator. Jesus suffered and died for us, so that our suffering can come to a good end and we can enter a New Life in the Kingdom of God.

In the only begotten son of God we do have a leader who never taught leadership but friendship and peace in the love of his Father, the Only One God. When Jesus was 12 and travelled to the temple, Mary could not find him and when she did He said, “Did you not know I would be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49) Never Jesus claimed to be the Most High or God. In several places in the New Testament Jesus says, “I am not doing my will, but the will of the Father.”

He was following the Father, who he considered the Only One God. He never claimed mastership, not becoming a leader, although we know he was a leader and the greatest to ever live, yet His call is to follow, not to lead.

This Jewish Nazarene Jesus only called followers. In the New Testament Jesus used the Greek word ‘akoloutheo’ as an imperative term. It means to follow a person in the way, meaning the way they are teaching or walking. In fact he told Peter and Andrew, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19) When we call ourselves Christians we should be followers of Christ and fishers of men.
“And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to the Messiah,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” (1 Corinthians 9:20-22 KJBPNV)

“And Yahshua said to them, Come you after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And immediately they forsook their nets, and followed him.” (Mark 1:17-18 KJBPNV)

“And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Yahshua said to Simon, Fear not; from now on you shall catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.” (Luke 5:10-11 KJBPNV)

Jesus Christ called the twelve to be with him and that he might send them forth to preach (Markus 3:14). Jesus, who calls, is the one who knows how far the world is from the truth. He calls and teaches how to launch out into the sea of men who are in the dark and draw them unto God. He says, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few …” (Luke 10:2).

We have to trust Jesus and follow him who is the only one way to the entrance of the narrow gate to the Kingdom of God.

“Yahshua said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6 KJBPNV)

Let us be thankful for the Grace by which we were saved and make it worth by our Faith in all humbleness.

“For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJBPNV)

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;” (Ephesians 1:7 KJBPNV)

“Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Yahshua the Messiah: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:1-2 KJBPNV)

Continues: Salvation, trust and action in Jesus #2 What you must do

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Self inflicted misery #3 A man given to suffer for us

Posted on July 24, 2011. Filed under: Jesus Christ Jeshua the Messiah Jahushua, Suffering | Tags: God, God the Father, Immortality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Son of God |

Self inflicted misery to bear

3. A man given to suffer for us

About 2000 years ago a man named Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in the land of Israel. His birth, mission, death and resurrection were foretold by the prophets of the Old Testament of the Bible and revealed to us by the writers of the New Testament.
Jesus lived among his fellow Jews during a time when the boundaries of the Roman Empire included the land of Israel. He preached and performed miracles for three-and-a-half years until he was crucified by the Romans. He died on a wooden stake and was buried in a tomb.

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Having given us His son, who gave us many wise lessons, we should be prepared to bear the difficulties of this earthly life.

In accepting suffering in obedience to the will of God Jesus raised it to a new plane, and showed it no longer as the greatest evil but as a means to an end: for through suffering, in his perfect obedience to God, the son of God, Jesus Christ overcame the power of sin in human nature, and so made possible resurrection from the dead to eternal life with the Father. In this the promised Messiah obtained perfection, a tried and tested faith, completeness in obedience, wholeness in the love of God and the service of man—an example to all his followers.

Now Jesus was made perfect and has become the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.

“And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all those who obey Him,” (Hebrews 5:9 KJ21)

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