A Tribute To "Bill" and His Unwavering Commitment to Jesus - Part 963

If it be as the church fathers of 300/400 AD declared -- that God is three distinct and separate persons -- then the question that needs to be asked is which one of these three became my Saviour? For if they were all one, there should be no need of them to be three. Or as some religions present, the three all sat together (meaning the Father, Son and Spirit) at a conference table, banging their heads together trying to decide which one of the three should become man's Saviour.

Yes, surely God has sent these religious institutions strong delusion so that they should believe a lie. What does the scriptures state? Who has bewitched them, for most certainly to believe such foolishness, one must not be of stable mind.

What else do the scriptures state? "Save yourself from this untoward generation" of artists who from their theatrical performances proliferate their message even though it is devoid of a scriptural foundation. (Acts 2:40) The only seed that they plant is to plant the thought into your head that by giving money to them, you are sowing into the work of God. In so doing, they attempt to lure us into their den of deceptiveness.

However, the good news is that the SEED that JESUS sowed among us -- the Word of reconciliation -- came at no cost to anyone. JESUS, the Lord Himself from heaven left heaven for our sake. Indeed, He became poor for it was not with pomp or money that He brought us redemption. Rather, it was His re-conciliatory Word that He Himself brought down from heaven, being the Word of God.

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the Word of reconciliation." (II Corinthians 5:17-19)
As a consequence of His gift, we can now be restored to unbroken fellowship with God because God our Saviour personally delivered salvation sealed with His blood -- which blood was the blood of His holy Spirit! After JESUS had completed His redemptive reconciliatory mission -- wherein He delivered to one and all the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, JESUS then ascended into Heaven and SAT down.

JESUS breathed upon His followers of His Spirit, which Spirit is the Holy Spirit, saying to believers that His Spirit would lead and guide us into ‘all truth’ and that His Spirit would not speak contrary to the gospel message which He Himself had imparted.

JESUS added that His Spirit would bring all things to our remembrance -- "whatsoever He has said."

This is why JESUS told us to test the spirits in the latter times. For if someone says they are of God and does not adhere to the Word which He personally delivered and confirmed, then we ought to - as the scriptures state - to mark them and distance ourselves from them. Why? Because no one can add to the Word of God and no one can take away from the Word of God -- for God’s Word is God. (John 1:1-18)

To recap, God entered into His created world at a particular time, and delivered His message in the Greek language. There are no new testament manuscripts to be found written in any other language. There are none in Hebrew, for example. So rest assured that by learning Hebrew, one does not become more acquainted with the scriptures. The old covenant does not reveal the New Testament.

Rather, it is the New Testament that reveals the old types and shadow meanings. Moreover, the New Testament reveals the ONLY name whereby any man or woman can be saved. That is, JESUS the ‘given’ name -- NEVER translated into Hebrew as yeshua.

As the scriptures state, continue in my WORD so that then -- in so doing, you will be My disciples! Three thousand of the early believers obeyed Acts 2:36-42 and so should we. May our Lord God and Saviour bless one and all.