THE WAY OF TRUTH
Go through and do the
will of God, you will be blessed and heaven will be yours
THE LORD'S DAY OF
WORSHIP
The Sabbath was instituted by God right from the creation of
heaven and earth and all that is in them. In six days, God created the
universe, while on the seventh day he rested.
Jesus was with the father in the creation period; Jesus and
his Father are one. (John 1 vs. 1-3), both came down on Mount Sinai and spoke
to their people and gave them good laws and sound teachings, they taught the
people how to keep the Sabbath holy (Nehemiah 9 vs. 13-14). So when Jesus came
on earth, and because he was part of the institution of Sabbath, He observed the
Sabbath on every of the holy days (Luke 4 vs. 16). He also attended all the
sabbatical feasts (Luke 2 vs. 41-42, John 7 vs. 2, 10, 14 and Luke 22 vs. 7).
He does this because it is hereditary, because they made it
so. It is law and a command passed unto man through him and his father.
Remember, he said, I do not come for the abolition of the law but for the fulfillment
of it (Matt. 5 vs. 17), i.e. carry out the task of keeping the law. For I have
come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me
(John 6 vs. 38, 7 vs. 16- 19) he had never been rebellious.
He said, I do not speak on my own authority, but on the
authority of thy father who sent me and he commanded me on what to say and how
to say it, I know that his command leads to eternal life, so whatever I say is
just what the father has told me to say (John 12 vs. 49-50). So if you love me
keep my commandments (John 14 vs. 15) which Sabbath is one of them as the
fourth commandment, and not Sunday as assumed by most Christians. Because
Sabbath has been a blessed and hallowed day, most of his miracles took place on
that day (Matthew. 12 vs. 9-13, John 5 vs. 7-11, John 9 vs. 13-14) etc.
The Lord's commandment which is the Ten Commandments (Ex. 20
vs. 3-17), which is the law and as a true Christian you have to obey all the
laws just as Christ did (John 15vs. 10-11). Remember, my brethren that the
seventh day rest (Sabbath) is one of the Ten Commandments and God ordained it
as a special day of worship. So mind you if you keep all the commandments and
fail to keep the Sabbath you are guilty of breaking them all (James 2 vs. 10)
whoever breaks one commandment is guilty of breaking them all, for the one who
said do not commit adultery also said do not kill at the same place remember
the Sabbath day and keep it holy (Exodus 20 vs. 8-11, 31 vs. 12-17, 35 vs. 1-3).
If you do not commit adultery but do break the holy rest (Sabbath),
you are a transgressor of the commandment (James 2 vs. 10). So whoever breaks
even the least of the commandment and teaches others to do same will be least
in the kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 5 vs. 19). It is the same commandment that
Jesus handed over to the rich man that came to him, “the man asked Jesus
what good things must I do to gain the kingdom?" Jesus replied, “do not
murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness against
thy neigbour, honour your father and mother, love your neigbour as you love
yourself and remember the Sabbath-day to keep it Holy (Matthew 19 vs. 17-19).
Here, Jesus is creating awareness of the necessity of making
Heaven. Cursed is he that does not obey the law (John 7 vs. 49). So, if truly
you want to enter life, keep the commandments (Matthew 19 vs. 16-19). If
you are a good follower, you will follow your master in every inch of his
footsteps and never disobey.
Christians today in fact are rebellious, because Christ,
whom they claim to be their Lord and personal saviour obeyed every bit of his
father's commands. He said if you obey my command; you will remain in my love;
just as I have obeyed my father's command and remain in his love. I have told you
this so that my joy may be in you and your joy shall be complete (John 15 vs.
10-11).
He also said, "For I do not speak on my own authority,
but the father who sent me have commanded me on what to say and how to say it,
I know that his command leads to eternal life, so whatever I say is just what
the father has told me to say" (John 12 vs. 49-50). But know that he did
not come for the abolition of the law but to fulfill it (Matthew 5 vs. 17). He
is the Lord of Sabbath and also a Sabbatarian (Mark 2 vs. 28, Matthew 12 vs. 8,
Luke 4 vs. 16, Mark 6 vs. 1-2, and Mark 1 vs. 21). It is said in Hebrew that
"there remain then a Sabbath rest for the people of God; for anyone who
enters God's rest also rest from his own work, just as Christ rested from his. Let
us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fail by
following the examples of disobedience, for the word of God is living and
active, sharper than two - edge sword, it penetrates even to dividing souls and
spirit, joint and marrow, it judges thoughts and attitudes of the heart,
nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight; everything is uncovered and
laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we will all give account (Hebrew 4 vs.
9 -13).
Instead of the Sabbath which is Saturday the seventh day,
they rather chose Sunday the first day of the week, the day that marks the
beginning of 'creation'; the worship on the venerable day of the sun adopted by
the Catholic Church in 321 AD from pagan sun worshipers of Rome under the reign
of Emperor Constantine.
Then, I had another voice from heaven saying "come out
of her my people; so that you will not share in her sins and will not receive
any of her plagues, for her sins are piled up in Heaven and God has remembered
her wicked ways, give back to her as she has given, pay her back double for
what she has done, mix her a double portion her own cup; give her as much
torture and grief (Revelation 18 vs. 4-7).”
In conclusion, if really you are a Christian, you are warned
to come out of her and not partake in her plagues; for her sins are piled up in
heaven (Revelation 18 vs. 5). You will know the truth and the truth shall set
you free (John 8 vs. 32).
His rising on Sunday, was not for the purpose of worship. It
was written that Christ will suffer and die and rise from death on the third
day (Luke 24:44-46. And the third day coincidentally fell on a Sunday,
according to biblical and historical records.
However, Jesus never in any portion of the bible mandated
his followers to worship him as a Sabbath on the day he rose. 1 Maccabaeus
1:45, Daniel 7:25, Daniel 8:11-12. See Good News Bible.
All scriptures is inspired by God and is useful for teaching
the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults and giving instructions for right
living 2 Timothy 3:16.
So, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and other
Christian bodies across the world should tell their followers the truth; to
change for good. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free John
8:32. See Good News Bible. Buy the truth and do not sell it Proverbs 23:23 NIV
Bible.
THE LORD
In six days, I the LORD made the Heaven and Earth, the sky,
the sea and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested, that is why I,
the LORD blessed the Sabbath and made it holy (Exodus 20 vs. 8-11).
YOU TAUGHT THEM TO
KEEP YOUR SABBATH HOLY
At Mount Sinai you came down from HEAVEN; you spoke to your
people and taught them to keep your Sabbath holy (Nehemiah 9 vs. 13-14).
SABBATH IS SATURDAY
NOT SUNDAY
After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother
of James and Salome brought spices to go and anoint the body of JESUS, very
early on Sunday morning at sunrise, they went to the tomb (Mark 16 vs. 1-2,
Matthew 28 vs. 1, Luke 23 vs. 54-56, 24 vs. 1)
JESUS IS THE LORD OF
SABBATH AND A SABBATARIAN
The SON of MAN is LORD of Sabbath. On the Sabbath he went as
usual to the synagogue (Mark 2 vs. 28, Matthew 12 vs. 8, Luke 4 vs. 16,
Mark 6 vs. 1-2, Luke 4 vs. 31, 13 vs. 10).
PAUL IS A SABBATARIAN
Paul according to his usual habit went to the
synagogue, there during three Sabbaths he held discussions with them, quoting
and explaining the scripture (Acts 17 vs. 2-3). He held discussions in the
synagogue every Sabbath (Acts 18 vs. 4, 13 vs. 14-16, 42, 44 and 16 vs. 13).
SABBATH IS REAL
There remains then a Sabbath rest for the people of God; for
anyone who enters God's rest also rest from his own work, just as God did from
his. Let us therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one
will fail by following the example of disobedience. For the word of God is
living and active, sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to
dividing souls and spirit, joint and marrow, it judges the thought and attitude
of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is
uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him whom we must give account
(Hebrew 4 vs. 1-13).
ABOLITION OF SABBATH
The abolition of Sabbath began during the reign of King
Antiochus Epiphanes in the year 143AD. He marched into the temple of Israel and
took away the gold altar, the lamp stand with all equipment, the gold fire pans
and all other holy things used in the worship of God. He even went further into
forcing them to treat the Sabbath and the religious festivals as ordinary work
days (1 Maccabeus 1 vs. 45) - See Good News Bible.
He turned in a rage and tried to destroy the religion of
God's people (Daniel 11 vs. 30-32). He will speak against the supreme God and
oppress God's people; he will try to change their religious laws and festivals (Daniel
7 vs. 25, 8 vs. 11-12) - See Good News Bible.
No wonder the entire world has been deceived to worship God
on the 1st day of the week being Sunday instead of the 7th
day (Sabbath) Saturday. He will oppose every so called God or object of worship
and put himself above them all, the wicked one will come with the power of
Satan and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will
perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved. So
God sent the power of error to work in them so that they believe what is false.
The result is that all who have not believed 'the truth', but have taken
pleasure in sin, will be condemned (2 Thessalonians 2 vs. 4-12) – See Good News
Bible.
THE BIBLE
If you want to buy a bible, buy Good News Bible, it is
accurate and complete, best in translation. The word of God is unmixed. Unlike
one of the so-called leading translation, believed to be the best in translation,
it removed and added in (Acts 12 vs. 4) the scripture says "Peter was
arrested by Herod intended to bring him out for trial after the Passover"
but it wrote Easter, instead of Passover, likewise in so many other
translations, it added and removed.
The scripture said, I warn everyone who hear the words of
the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him
the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away anything from this
book of prophecy, God will take away from his share of the tree of life and the
holy city which are described in this book (Revelation. 22 vs. 18-19, Deuteronomy.
4 vs. 2). This Good News Bible was imported into Nigeria by Catholic Church
late 70s-80s oh that they had such mind at this always, to fear me and to keep all
my commandments that it will be well with them and their children for ever
(Deuteronomy. 5 vs. 29).
EVIL OF DECEITFUL PASTORS
These end time pastors will come with their wicked deceit,
deceiving people with tricks they invented. Jesus in the prediction of His coming
said "Watch out that no one deceives you: for many will come in my name
claiming to be the teachers of Christ and will deceive many" - Matthew 24
vs. 3. James in his epistle warned: "My brothers, not many of you should
become teachers. As you know we teachers will be judged with greater strictness
than others. All of us often make mistakes" (James 3:1 – 2) -See Good News
Bible.
False prophets appeared in the past among the people, and in
the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in
destructive, untrue doctrine (law) and deny the master who redeemed them, and
so they will bring upon themselves sudden destruction. Even so many will follow
their immoral ways and because of what they do; others will speak evil of the
way of truth (so they do to us) in their greed these false teachers will make a
profit out of telling you made up stories. For a long time now their judge has
been ready, and their destroyer has been wide awake (2 Peter 2 vs. 1 – 4) - See
Good News Bible.
These men are not true apostles; they are false apostles who
lie about their work and disguise themselves to look like real apostles of
Christ. Well, no wonder! Even Satan can disguise himself to look like an angel
of light! So it is no great thing if his servants disguise themselves to look
like servants of righteousness. In the end they will get exactly what their
actions deserve (2 Corinthians. 11 vs. 13-15) - See Good News Bible.
Men of old in their prophecy of the future of these teachers
and desires of the people said, time will come when people will not listen to
sound doctrines, but follow their own desires and will collect for themselves
more and more teachers who will tell them what they are itching to hear. They
will turn away from listening to the truth and give attention to made up
stories (2 Timothy 4 vs. 3) – See Good News Bible.
They always preach money. My God is not a poor God; He is a
rich God. In their acclaimed prophecies, the minister in the church will say: “someone
there will soon have a valuable job. Somebody there will be promoted at work
place etc. In our own church, the man of God (the seer) will come straight to
your seat and tell you exactly what you are experiencing in life and he will
tell you solutions to it (Proverbs 29:18) - See King James Version Bible they
will tell you anointing and will tell you stories of anointing. They will
anoint you and take money from you. Where in the bible did Jesus anoint people
and take money from them. They will tell you to sow seed in the church and
sowing of seed is everywhere, in the streets, in the market squares and in
public places. People sow seed with money and valuable things. After telling a
man the story of sowing seed and what he will gain in sowing seed, so the man
sowed a seed with his car and now the man regrets his action, the pleasure of
the car to the man and his family is gone, they are walking on bare foot.
For there are many converts that rebel and deceive others
with their nonsense, it is necessary to stop their talk because they are upsetting
whole families by teaching what they should not, all for the shameful purpose
of making money. It was a Cretan himself one of their own prophets who spoke
the truth when he said Cretans are always liars, wicked beast and lazy
gluttons. For this reason you must rebuke them sharply, so that they may have a
healthy faith and no longer hold on to stories and human commandments which
come from people who have rejected the truth. They claim that they know God but
their actions deny it. They are hateful and disobedient, not fit to do anything
good (Titus 1 vs. 10-16) - See Good News Bible.
These deceitful pastors will organize a crusade at a place
at night and why at night, so that you will not recognize the faces of their
trained workers who pretend to be disabled. They will tell you that they will
perform miracles, signs and wonders. The blind will see, the lame will walk
etc. when their pastor got charged in prayer their trained workers will receive
healing. If you go there with your disabled ones they will not receive healing,
only to go home with them disappointed. If you go to their houses with your
loved ones that are disabled, for them to perform their crusade and TV miracles
on them, they will hide and their workers will tell you he is not around.
Sometime in 2002, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission warned strictly
that they should stop their so-called miracles, signs and wonders, since their
existence they have not seen anybody healed by them. But they insisted in
performing their shameless miracles.
The wicked ones will come with the power of Satan and perform
all kinds of false miracles and wonders and use every kind of wicked deceit on
those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love
the truth so as to be saved. And so God sends power of error to work in them.
So they believe what is false. The result is that all who have not believed the
truth but have taken pleasure in sin will be condemned (2 Thessalonians 2 vs.
9-12, Matthew 24 vs. 23-24). If you are a member of such churches come out of
them because God has already sent out the power of error to work in them, the
result is that they will perish for not believing the truth; come out so that
you will not perish with them.
'
TEACHING ABOUT THE
LAW
Jesus said, ”Do not think that I have come to do away
with the laws of Moses and the teachings of the prophets, I have not come to do
away with them but to make their teaching come true. Remember that as long as
heaven and earth last, not the least point nor the smallest detail of the law
will be done away with not until the end of all things. So then, whoever
disobeys even the least important of the commandments and teaches others to do
the same, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. On the other hand, whoever
obeys the law and teaches others to do same will be great in the kingdom of
Heaven. I tell you then that you will be able to enter the kingdom of heaven
only if you are more faithful than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees in
doing what God requires (Matthew 5 vs. 17-20) - See Good News Bible.
Really, God wants us to keep his laws and his covenant, but
you said no. “Oh that they had such a mind at this always to fear me and
keep all my commandments that it may go well with them and with their children
forever (Deuteronomy 5 vs. 29).
If we obey God's command then we are sure that we know Him,
if someone says that he knows Him and do not obey HIS commands, such person is
a liar and there is no truth in him, but whoever obeys his word is the one
whose love for God has really been made perfect. This is how we can be sure
that we are in union with God. Whoever said that he remains in union with God
should live just as Jesus Christ did. Yes, because Jesus obeyed all God's
commands (John 15 vs. 10-11) My dear friends, this command I am writing to you
is not new; it is the old command, the ones you have had from the very
beginning, the Old Command is the message you have already heard (l John 2 vs. 3-7)
- See Good News Bible.
A man came to Jesus; Teacher, he asked, what good thing must
I do to receive eternal life (Heaven)? Keep the commandment if you want to
enter life. What commandment? He asked, Jesus answered:
Do not have any other god before me
Do not make for yourself images of any kind
Do not use my name in vain
Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy, you have six days
to do your work, but on the seventh day is the day of rest dedicated to me God.
Honour your father and your mother
You shall not kill
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour
You shall not covet your neighbour's belongings (Matthew 19
vs. 16-19)
The scripture says, whoever breaks one commandment is guilty
of breaking them all. For the one who said ‘Do not commit adultery’ also said, ‘Do
not commit murder' and at the same place said 'remember the Sabbath day and
keep it holy.' Speak and act as people who will be judged by the law that sets
us free (James 2 vs. 10-12) - See Good News Bible. The world is guilty of
breaking them all because they worship God on Sunday, the first day of the week
instead of Saturday, the seventh day of the week; For God created heaven and
earth in six days and rested on the seventh day (Exodus 20 vs. 8-11, Exodus 20
vs. 1- 17) the ten commandment.
GOD'S CURSE ON THE
EARTH
Because of the rebellious life of humanity on the earth
today against God, that is why there are disasters like wars, famines,
earthquakes, wild and hurricane winds, cyclone, flood, wild fire, sickness and
death here and there which is as a result of the violations of his laws. The Lord
said to his people, stand at the cross roads and look. Ask for the ancient
paths and where the best road is, walk on it and you will live in peace. But
they said no, we will not (Jeremiah 6 vs. 16) - See Good News Bible. The world
said they will not. The Lord said 'I will bring disaster on the people of the
earth and they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against me.
Their blood will be poured out like water and their dead bodies lie rotting on
the ground.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the
day of the Lord's anger' (Zephaniah 1 vs. 17-18) - See Good News Bible.
The rich men by their wealth will not escape it. The people
have defiled the earth by breaking God's laws by violating the covenant he made
to last forever. So God has pronounced a curse on earth. Its people are paying
for what they have done, fewer and fewer remain alive, statistically birth rate
ought to be more than death rate, but now death rate is becoming more than
birth rate because of God's anger (Isaiah 24 vs. 5-6) – See Good News Bible.
So I beg you my brethren, to turn to the real truth before
you are caught up with God's anger or prey of it. Even our Lord Jesus warned;
for truly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot
will pass from the law until the end of all things (Matthew 5 vs. 18). This
calls for total carefulness on the side of the Christians concerning the law.
Almost all the days of the week, believers go to their
fellowship centres to study the scripture. But in all, the real truth is far
from them- Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth (2
Timothy 3 vs. 7) - See KJV Bible. You study the scripture, because you think
that in them you will find eternal life and these very scriptures speak about
me! Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life (John 5 vs. 39).
Yes, because they refused to come to him through the way he has chosen
they rather worship him in the way they have chosen, which is human commandment
(Titus 1 vs. 14).
This is why I speak in parables because looking, they will
not see and listening, they will not hear nor do they understand. With them
indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: you shall indeed listen
but never understand and you shall indeed look but never perceive. For this
people's hearts grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing and their eyes,
they have closed (Matthew 13 vs. 13-15). The scripture said today when you hear
his voice; do not harden your heart (Hebrew 4 vs.7).
PAUL’S METHOD
OF WRITING
Paul, the former Saul of Tarsus was a fine writer of the
words of God; an evangelist, a healer and an author of many books of the Bible.
But his ways of preaching and writing are logical. (The dictionary meaning of
logic is the ability to argue and convince). The Lord said I have made you a
light of the gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth (Acts
13 vs. 47).
Any elected person from God is an instrument right from the
mother's womb before he or she is born. Paul, as one of the instrument from God
was called for the gentile nations (Acts 9 vs. 15). And as a legitimate lawyer,
God knew he could make it; that is why he called him.
You know as gentile nations, they are nations that have got
their own religion and tradition altogether and it is not easy for him to
dabble into them easily, with a strange religion and tradition. Take for
example, the epicurean and stoic philosophers encounter with Paul. They said,
what does this blabber want to say? Others said; he seems to be a proclaimer of
foreign gods and new doctrines because he preached to them Jesus and
Resurrection (Acts 17 vs. 18).
As his call was for the gentile nations, then he used lies,
tricks and other means to convince them to believe him. As the Israelite lay
siege to Paul, as a result of his preaching. He said I am a Jew; from Tarsus in
Cilicia (Acts 21 vs. 39). In other time, he said: “is it legal for you to flog
a Roman citizen” (Acts 22 vs. 25). In another occasion, he said: “my brothers;
I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee (Acts 23 vs. 6-8).
Remember, these are nations of idol worshippers, that is,
they are under Satan’s governance, which in fact will make them become die hard
people. You know as a preacher, he cannot dabble into them easily if not with
logic, tricks and lies in order to get them over.
In which if you are in his shoes, you will do the same. He
said: “crafty fellow that I am; I caught you by trick (2 Corinthians 12 vs. 16)
NIV Bible. Though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all,
that I might win more. To the Jews, I become like a Jew to win the Jew. To
those under the law I become like one under the law so as to win those under
the law. To those not having the law, I become like one not having the law
though I am not free from God’s laws but under Christ’s law (I and my father
are one (John 10 vs. 30) so as to win those not having the law. To the weak, I
become weak to win the weak. I become all things to all men so that by all
possible means, I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel
that I may share in its blessing. (That is the aims of it coupled with the kingdom)
1 Corinthians 9 vs. 19-23.
He also said, it does not matter, I am happy about it
so long as Christ is preached in every way possible, whether from wrong or
right motives, I will continue to be happy (Philippians 1vs.18). With that, he
went on preaching and writing words which most are contradicting in order to
convince the gentile nations to know God.
He does this so that they will not see the strange religion
and its laws as a burden, until he gradually and logically infuse the real
truth into them through letters. To most of the believers, they did not know
that most of his writings were meant for the gentiles and unbelievers in order
to convince them to believing the words of God, which they felt he was condemning
words of God, mostly the law, status and ordinances which God gave Moses
at Mount Sinai, but in actual fact he was not condemning them.
He rather became logical in order to get what he wanted from
them, in his words above, he said: "I have become all things to all men so
that by all possible means I might save some" (1 Corinthians 9 vs. 22). Do
we, do away with the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law,
he added (Romans 3 vs. 31).
In all, the leader of the apostles, Peter in his writing
warned over most of Paul’s writing. He said: "bear in mind that our Lord's
patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also write to you
according to the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his
letters, speaking to them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are difficult to
understand, which the ignorant and unstable people twist, as they do to the other scripture to their own
destruction (2 Peter 3 vs. 15-16).
These are the areas where readers of Paul's books of the
bible have problem. It says most of his letters contain something that is
difficult to understand, which you the reader needs spiritual knowledge to
understand it. The bible is written by the inspiration of God and that
inspiration, means written with spiritual
direction, and you need spiritual knowledge to understand it.
WORDS OF PAUL
It does not matter! I am happy about it so long as Christ is
preached in every way possible whether from wrong or right motives. And I will
continue to be happy (Philippians 1 vs. 18)
Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trick (2 Corinthians
12 vs. 16)
I am a free man. Nobody's slave, but I make myself every
body's slave in order to win as many people as possible. While working with the
Jews, I live like a Jew in order to win them, and even though I myself I am not
subject to the law of Moses, I live as though I were when working with those
who are in order to win them. In the same way, when working with gentiles, I
live like a gentile, outside the Jewish law in order to win gentiles. This
does not mean that I don't obey God's law. I am really under Christ's law.
Among the weak in faith, I become weak like one of them in order to win them.
So, I become all things to all that I might save some of them by whatever means
possible (1Corinthians 9 vs. 19-23) - See Good News Bible.
The underlined words above prove that Paul obeyed God's law ranging
from law, status and ordinances. Know it that Christ didn’t give a new list of
law to Christendom, rather he ordered man to keep the law. He said, “If you
want to enter life, obey the commandment (Matthew 19 vs. 17-19).
He also said; do not think I have come to do away with the
law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with
them, but to make their teachings come true (Matthew 5:17). Paul said, what
shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not
have known covetousness unless the law had said" you shall not covet” (Romans
7 vs.7).
I do admit this to you; I worship the God of our ancestors
by following that way which they say is false. But I also believe in everything
written in the Law of Moses and the books of the prophets (Acts 24 vs. 14) –
See Good News Bible. In all, he said, ‘therefore the law is and the commandment
is holy, just and good (Rom 7 vs. 12-13).
WORDS OF PAUL THAT UPSET MOST PEOPLE
Paul’s words
1 A. Know that a man
is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we
too have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in
Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law, no one will
be justified (Galatians 2 vs. 16).
Answer to it
B. Know too that justification of a
man in Christ Jesus by faith without the law and its observance makes no sense.
Because the observances of the law are abstinences from sin that is the law
that said thou shall not commit murder, adultery and not steal etc. Paul
knowing the real truth said we uphold the law (Romans 3 vs. 31).
Paul’s words
2 A. For sin, shall not be your master because you are not
under the law, but under the grace (Romans 6 vs. 14).
Answer to it
B. What is grace? Grace is the mercy of God; we obtain from
God through Christ Jesus from the shed of his blood on the cross of Calvary.
God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith
in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness (his love) Romans 3
vs. 25, while law is a laid down rule made by God in order to regulate man's
life for him to be in harmony with God his maker. Paul then said what then?
Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? God forbid (Rom. 6
vs. 15).
Paul’s words
3 A. By abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandment
and regulation, his purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two
(Ephesians 2 vs. 15).
Answer to it
B. Really his purpose was to create himself one new man out
of the two. His death through the shed of his blood, was to set us free from
the bondage of sin, to make us a new creature (2 Corinthians 5 vs. 17).We are a
new creature indeed, through the renewal of the holy sprit the councilor, the
holy spirit whom the father will send in my name will teach you all things
(law) and will remind you of everything I have said (John 14 vs. 26).
Matthew 19 vs. 16-19, Exodus 20 vs. 1-17 and any of them you
commit you are no more right or righteous. You are a sinner, a law breaker i.e.
lawless person. Every one who sins breaks the law in fact sin is lawlessness (1
John 3 vs. 4), please, let no one lead you astray. He who does what is sinful is
a transgressor.
Mark my words!
(Paul saying) I, Paul tell you that if you let yourself be circumcised, Christ
will be of no value to you at all. Again, I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised he
is required to obey the whole law (Galatians 5 vs. 2-3).
If you study the underlined words thoroughly, you will
understand that as long as you are circumcised, you are bound by law to keep
the whole laws God gave to Moses. Jesus whose footsteps we are to follow said,
whoever disobeys even the least important of the commandment and teaches others
to do same will be least in the kingdom of heaven.
On the other hand, whoever obeys the law and teaches others
to do same will be great in the kingdom of heaven. I tell you then that you
will be able to enter the kingdom of heaven only if you are more faithful than
the teachers of the law and the Pharisees in doing what God requires (Matthew 5
vs. 19-20). - See Good News Bible.
It is we not they who have received the true circumcision;
we worship God by means of his spirit and rejoice in our life in union with
Christ Jesus. We do not put any trust in external ceremonies. I could of course
put my trust in such things, if anyone thinks he can trust in external
ceremonies, I have even more reason to feel that way. I was circumcised when I
was a week old. I am an Israelite by birth, of the tribe of Benjamin, a pure
blooded Hebrew as far as keeping the Jewish law is concerned (Philippians 3 vs.
3-5, Acts 16 vs. 3).
Paul’s words
Christ is the end of the law so that there may be
righteousness for everyone who believes (Romans 10 vs. 4)
Answer to it
Christ is the end of the law in the sense that, whosoever that
believes in him may have eternal life (John 3 vs. 15). Whoever is in Christ is
a new creature, the old has gone, the new has come (2 Corinthians 5 vs. 17),
through the Holy Spirit, the Counselor, whom the father will send in my name
will teach you all things (laws) and remind you of everything I said to you, reminding
you to keep the law. Know that righteousness is keeping right with God through
the observation of the law that said that thou shall not kill, thou shall not
commit adultery, thou shall not steal, etc. (Matthew 19 vs. 16-19, Exodus 20
vs. 1-17).
I do admit this to you; I worship the God of our ancestors
by following that way which they say is false. But I also believe in everything
written in the Law of Moses and the books of the prophets (Acts 24 vs. 14).
Paul’s words
Therefore, let no one judge you by what you eat or drink or
with regard to a religious festival, a new moon celebration of a Sabbath day.
These are shadow of the things that were to come (Colossians 2 vs. 16).
Answer to it
Shadows of the things to come can be seen as the kingdom to
come. The way to the kingdom is righteousness. Righteousness is keeping right
with God. How can one keep right with God? if not by observance of his laid down
rule, which is the key to his soul. If the kingdom has a way to it or ladder to
it, the law should be the steps. Law is the attribute of righteousness by its
observance, and righteousness is abstinence from sin, while sin is act of
lawlessness (1 John 3 vs. 4).
Paul according to his
usual habit went to the synagogue. There during three Sabbath he held discussions
with the People, quoting and explaining the scripture (Acts 17 vs. 2-3, 18 vs.
4).
Paul’s
words
Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the
law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God’s grace (Galatians
5:4). Yes outside God's grace. Indeed.
Answer to it
What is grace? Grace as the name implies is the mercy of God
we obtain from God through Christ Jesus, from the shed of his blood on the
cross of Calvary (Colossians 1 vs. 20). When I see the blood, I will pass over
you (Exodus 12: 13). That is, he will pass over our sin and will over look our
trespasses and forgive us our sins (1 John 1:9). For all is still based on law
and its observance, for lawlessness is sin (1 John 3 vs. 4).
How can one know he is a sinner, it is only when he
trespasses the law; (with conscience at work) that he will know he is a sinner.
Paul said, what shall we say, then, is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed I
would not have known what sin was except through law (Rom 7:7).
Other words of Paul
All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from
the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law, for it is not
those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight. But it is those who
obey the law who will be declared righteous (Romans 2:13) - See Good News
Bible.
1.
The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit
to God's law nor can it do so (Romans 8:7) NIV Bible.
After being away from Jerusalem for several years, I went
there to take some money to my own people and to offer sacrifice (Acts
24:17-18, Acts 21:21-26) Good News Bible.
2. Circumcision has value, if you observe the law, but if
you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised (Romans
2:25) Good News Bible.
3.
For in my inner being, I delight in God's law (Romans
7:22) NIV Bible.
4.
Did that which is good, then become death to me, God
forbid! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in
me through what was good, so that through the commandment, sin might become
utterly sinful (Romans 7:13) NIV Bible.
5. For through the law, I died to the law so that I might
live for God (Galatians 2:19).
6. But when the time had fully come, God sent his son, born
of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law that we might
receive the full right of sons because we are sons. God sent the spirit of his
son into our hearts, which involves anybody that is of Christ Jesus (Galatians
4:4-5).
7. We know that law is good if one used it properly. We also
know that law is not for the righteous but for law breakers, rebels, ungodly,
sinful, unholy, unreligious; for those who kill fathers and mothers, for
murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and
perjurers and whatever, else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to
the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me (1 Timothy
1:8-11). He said, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
NIV Bible.
8. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in
God's sight but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous (Romans
2:13).
9. I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in
this city under Gamaliel; I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers
and was zealous for God as any of you are today (Acts 22:3).
10. For if a law had been given that could impart life, then
righteousness would certainly have come by the law (Galatians 3:21) Good News
Bible.
11. Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those
who are under the law so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole
world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous
in his sight by observing the law; rather through the law we become
conscious of sin (Romans 3: 19-20).
12. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the
one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel
which is really no gospel at all. Evidently, some people are throwing you into
confusion and are trying to prevent the real gospel of God (Galatians 1:6-7).
13. Therefore, dear friends since you already know the
truth, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of
lawless men and fall from your position. But grow in the grace and knowledge of
our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, to him be the glory both now and forever (2 Peter
3:17-18).
I the writer of this article of faith and true doctrine, I
am not trying to condemn the words of Paul, rather my objectives is to create
awareness in his method of writing so that you will not trust it to your own
destruction but be saved (2 Peter 3:15-16).
Keeping the law gives us life, brings us closer to God,
renews and strengthens our covenant with God and it also makes us stronger and bolder
than Satan and his agents. The Lord in his anger said they rebelled against my
ordinances and were not careful to keep my laws and commands by whose
observance man will live; they defile my Sabbath, I was ready to make them feel
the force of my anger (Ezekiel 20:21).
ON GAY MARRIAGE
World leaders should be very careful in advocating for gay-marriage.
They are trying to bring God’s anger on themselves and on those they govern
and on those nations they are instigating to do same.
This is the sole reason why God Almighty destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah (Genesis 19:4-11, 23-29). The world should understand that the natural
disasters all over the earth are as a result of man’s disobedience to God’s
laws and his covenant Isaiah 24-5-6.
Note: The world will never ever know peace, rest or
joy until they turn back to God completely by obeying the laws God gave to
Moses which Jesus did not abolish (Matthew 5:17-20, Luke 16:16-17, John 1:17,
John 7:16-19, John 7:49, John 5:45-47, Matthew 19:16-19, John 12:47-50, John
15:10-11, 1 John 2:3-7, 2 John 9:11, John 5:39-40, 2 Timothy 3:7, Matthew
13:13-15, 2 Timothy 4:3-4).
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