Jesus Christ, The Same Yesterday, And Today, And Forevermore -- Part 2243

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood." (Acts 20:28)

If the church fathers - religious leaders - misinterpret the scriptures, then it's easy to understand why the church fathers flunked new math too. Guess it's back to the drawing board for them. For example, similar misinterpretations of the scriptures occur when we discuss the topic of circumcision. From the scriptures, we learn that circumcision in the Old Testament was carried out 8 days after birth. Today, however, the church fathers have adopted infant sprinkling in the place of circumcision ... but it is equally important to note that they do so without any scriptural justification.

It is almost as if the man-made, institutionalized modern day religious culture is endeavouring to link circumcision and infant sprinkling as one and the same. That perhaps in their mind there is a similarity between the two. It is even more deceiving when they lead people to believe that there is some sort of crossover in the New Testament for their motives.

Have these religious scholars not read that the Lord through Isaiah prophesied/foretold us in advance that a time would come when He would do a new thing! As the Lord saith, "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." (Isaiah 43:19) 

Indeed, the new is a NEW testament, meaning that the old covenant is out. Hebrews 9:8 is more specific on this point -- "the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing." Thus, the New testament is not an addendum to the old covenant. 

Sadly, even though the church fathers should know this, these instead continue to distort the Scriptures. Continuing to revert believers back to a place whereby salvation consists of good works, and not one of knowledge wherein we would learn and understand that we are sanctified by truth -- Thy Word is Truth. (John 17:17)

Still, the Word that is Jesus is true. Did Jesus not say, "I AM -- the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by Me!" (John 14:6)

Let Him reveal Himself to you this day, for when we believe in the risen Lord Jesus by faith, and are water baptized in His Name -- the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, He teaches us that the scriptures are not in error. And similarly, that the scriptures cannot be broken. In fact, as Christian believers, the one point that we can remain steadfast on until eternity is that the scriptures are the foundation of our beliefs.

"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein." (Hebrews 13:8-9)

Our assurance and our confidence are not misplaced when we rely on Biblical truths, and continue steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine. (Acts 2:36-47) This is why God in His infinite wisdom ensured that we had a scriptural foundation in which to form our Christian beliefs. Please take the time to refresh yourselves with the new testament. Study the scriptures so that the Lord God who created us in the beginning can reveal Himself and His plan of salvation.

That after the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared. (Titus 3:4-7)

Stand in the offering plate.