For the administration of this service not only supplies the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God. Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; and by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift." (II Corinthians 9:8-15)
But this man (JESUS) when He had by HIMSELF purged our sin, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high! Note that when He Had by Himself purged our sin, He sat down. The work of salvation - God's plan of salvation - was finished. Complete. As such, there is no penance. There was no confessional box incorporated into God's plan. Indeed, there is nothing that you or I can add to the plan of salvation which was accomplished, on our behalf, by a loving God. A plan of salvation so comprehensive, so detailed, and so actioned that in spite of all our fiery darts of evil, God (because He is a long suffering God) loved us to HIS death.
God's love is not just in words alone, but in deed. If any man or woman sins, we have an advocate(one that pleads the cause of another)with the Father in Jesus Christ. The only righteous one. As the scriptures state, there is only One mediator between God and man. That is, the man Jesus the Christ! Jesus is the way! Jesus is the door! No man comes to the Father but by me.
So where does that leave us! Well, certainly, there is no pope. No priest. No Mary standing between us and God. There is only ONE mediator between God and man. For if we confess our sins to the God who loves us, Jesus is faithful to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness. This is why the scriptures state that there is no salvation in any other! Come to Me, He said, ALL you who are weak and heavy laden (with sin) and I will give you rest. Then read your New Testament Bible and learn of Him -- for His yoke is easy and His burden light.
When we do, we will learn that being sprinkled with water cannot remove sin. If water were to remove sin, then taking a shower would suffice. Being baptized into titles will not save you for titles are not a name. Further, being given the last rites by man is only a religious order imposed upon people who have never taken time to read the written Word of God, resulting in an unnecessary adherence to man’s religious fanciful imaginations!
We would also learn that there has never been a man who spoke like this man spoke. "Destroy this body, and in three days I will raise it up." And it happened! The consequence is that the world is faced with the historical fact that this man turned the world on its axis -- changing so much including our own calendar timeline. For example, look at the date AD. Everything in our world revolves around Jesus. His time on earth. His plan of salvation, first predicted in the Old Testament and then fulfilled in the New Testament.
But from the original get up and go, the religious world of business could not handle, that someone who looked like an ordinary Joe, could do these miracles signs and wonders. For when you see Him there is no beauty that you should or would desire Him which might explain to some extent why they despised and rejected Him!
Today, we robe the Ecclesiastes in fashion. They have a form of worship but God has observed that "in vain they do worship Me, teaching as commandments the doctrines of men." What formalized religion (intent on teaching traditions of men over the Word of God) is still to understand is that truly God desires honest worship, emanating from the innermost being of man.
We are instructed to worship Him in spirit and in truth! Jesus said, "My Word is Spirit and is Truth! "
Jesus. God Himself as a Son, God manifest in the flesh, God having become our Saviour, our Redeemer, by His walk and talk, manifest all of God as a Son, and we are encouraged to walk even as He walked. Therefore, be encouraged this day. Pray without ceasing and rejoice evermore. Find a new testament today, and begin learning of His wisdom and knowledge and truth. And if you have not as yet, given your heart to Jesus - who is both Lord and Christ, the son of man who is the Lord of glory -- do not delay, for the time is short.
Read Acts 2, the beginning of the new testament church, and ask the Lord to lead you and guide you into all truth. And yes, Thy Word is truth! Stand in the offering plate.
But this man (JESUS) when He had by HIMSELF purged our sin, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high! Note that when He Had by Himself purged our sin, He sat down. The work of salvation - God's plan of salvation - was finished. Complete. As such, there is no penance. There was no confessional box incorporated into God's plan. Indeed, there is nothing that you or I can add to the plan of salvation which was accomplished, on our behalf, by a loving God. A plan of salvation so comprehensive, so detailed, and so actioned that in spite of all our fiery darts of evil, God (because He is a long suffering God) loved us to HIS death.
God's love is not just in words alone, but in deed. If any man or woman sins, we have an advocate(one that pleads the cause of another)with the Father in Jesus Christ. The only righteous one. As the scriptures state, there is only One mediator between God and man. That is, the man Jesus the Christ! Jesus is the way! Jesus is the door! No man comes to the Father but by me.
So where does that leave us! Well, certainly, there is no pope. No priest. No Mary standing between us and God. There is only ONE mediator between God and man. For if we confess our sins to the God who loves us, Jesus is faithful to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness. This is why the scriptures state that there is no salvation in any other! Come to Me, He said, ALL you who are weak and heavy laden (with sin) and I will give you rest. Then read your New Testament Bible and learn of Him -- for His yoke is easy and His burden light.
When we do, we will learn that being sprinkled with water cannot remove sin. If water were to remove sin, then taking a shower would suffice. Being baptized into titles will not save you for titles are not a name. Further, being given the last rites by man is only a religious order imposed upon people who have never taken time to read the written Word of God, resulting in an unnecessary adherence to man’s religious fanciful imaginations!
We would also learn that there has never been a man who spoke like this man spoke. "Destroy this body, and in three days I will raise it up." And it happened! The consequence is that the world is faced with the historical fact that this man turned the world on its axis -- changing so much including our own calendar timeline. For example, look at the date AD. Everything in our world revolves around Jesus. His time on earth. His plan of salvation, first predicted in the Old Testament and then fulfilled in the New Testament.
But from the original get up and go, the religious world of business could not handle, that someone who looked like an ordinary Joe, could do these miracles signs and wonders. For when you see Him there is no beauty that you should or would desire Him which might explain to some extent why they despised and rejected Him!
Today, we robe the Ecclesiastes in fashion. They have a form of worship but God has observed that "in vain they do worship Me, teaching as commandments the doctrines of men." What formalized religion (intent on teaching traditions of men over the Word of God) is still to understand is that truly God desires honest worship, emanating from the innermost being of man.
We are instructed to worship Him in spirit and in truth! Jesus said, "My Word is Spirit and is Truth! "
Jesus. God Himself as a Son, God manifest in the flesh, God having become our Saviour, our Redeemer, by His walk and talk, manifest all of God as a Son, and we are encouraged to walk even as He walked. Therefore, be encouraged this day. Pray without ceasing and rejoice evermore. Find a new testament today, and begin learning of His wisdom and knowledge and truth. And if you have not as yet, given your heart to Jesus - who is both Lord and Christ, the son of man who is the Lord of glory -- do not delay, for the time is short.
Read Acts 2, the beginning of the new testament church, and ask the Lord to lead you and guide you into all truth. And yes, Thy Word is truth! Stand in the offering plate.
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