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DEDI in Greek means SURRENDER You "must" SURRENDER "YOUR" ways to God's Ways. |
Do "not" click on this diamond
button if: 1.) You do not have the courage to change, or
2.) if you have hardened your
heart, and
3.) you refuse to live God's
ways, and
instead wish to keep Satan's
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OUR INVISIBLE LEADERS
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JESUS THE SON / THE WORD |
GOD THE FATHER |
And this gospel of THE KINGDOM
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Back to the Future: This prophecy is for you in the 21st Century, because God "never" cancelled His original Holidays/Holydays:
"And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles" (Zechariah 14:16-19)
We, all of us, including this writer, daily have to fight to choose the good Tree of Life, and daily fight "not" to choose the easy way out of the knowledge (use) of the Tree of Good "AND" Evil.
Therefore we have to FIGHT daily and take the kingdom by force:
Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. (KJV)
by fighting to
"not" choose the quick reward tree of good "and evil".
You will be amazed to find out how religious leaders have corrupted the Bible!!!
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20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Holy. | ||
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20:9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: | ||
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20:10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: | ||
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20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and Hallowed it. New Testament
"PROOFS":
Matthew 19:17...if thou wilt enter
into life, keep the
commandments.
Amplified Bible: Rom 3:31 Do we then by [this] faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth 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 Jesus Christ. Do you want to follow God's way of Saturday, or Satan's and Baal's day the Sungod's day of Sunday. Breaking God's Law is a crime punishable by death. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom. Only overcomers will be given eternal life. You will either have the pain of discipline now, or the weeping and gnashing of teeth later, before being thrown into the Lake of Fire, and being burned up to ashes like garbage is burned up to ashes. The Bible shows us that they will not live forever burning in Hell, because we are told that they will be as ashes under our feet. Malachi 4:3 Seek to enter at the straight gate, for many shall seek to enter and shall "NOT" be able. Luke 13:24 (Emphasis by editor). We know we know God "if" we "keep" His commandments. 1 John 2:3 Psalms 119:115 Proverbs 3:1 Proverbs 4:4 Ecclesiastes 12:13 Matthew 19:17 John 14:15 John 15:10 1 John 2:3 1 John 3:22 1 John 5:3 Revelation 12:17 Revelation 14:12 Romans 3:31 states that by faith we do "not" cancel the Law of God. Rather we uphold the word of God. Amplified Bible: Rom 3:31 Do we then by [this] faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law. Then what is Grace? Grace is unmerited pardon for sins that are repented of. Grace is a period of time given to repent and be baptized. Grace is not licence to sin day after day; and Then what is sin? Sin is not some ethereal thing. Sin is Transgression of the Law. 1 John 3:4 Jesus did not die in your place, to give you the opportunity to be continually sinning for the rest of your life. You are to REPENT and be baptized. Because breaking God's Law, is a crime punishable by death. Hebrews 10:26
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God's better way is the "original" 1st Century Doctrine that Jesus established. That way is "exactly" as written in the Bible, without any additions of ideas or days, or subtractions of ideas or days.
Therefore:
People are cursed by God
Galatians 1:8 who preach contrary in opposition to the Gospel people were taught Romans 16:17 in the 1st Century.Again: If anyone is preaching contrary to the 1st Century, let him be accursed
Galatians 1:9 (Paul states this twice for emphasis so that there can be no mistake).Those in opposition to the Doctrines of the 1st Century "you" are to mark
Romans 16:17 (1st part), and avoid them.Finally at the end of the Bible, the Bible closes with stating that if anyone adds or takes away from "this Book" God will take away eternal life. Revelation 22:18
Therefore
we have to "know" what the "original" Doctrines of the Bible "are" in order to avoid preachers and congregations that do not follow the "original" Doctrines of the Bible.Click on any underlined letter to automatically scroll
A.) No man is ever going to go to Heaven, nor has any man ever gone to Heaven except He who ascended (Joh 3:13) to Heaven-Jesus.This article was written also, because, many who I, (Lawrence A. Nowell), know through International Pharmaceuticals, are sick and dying, and have:
Asked me "how" and "why", do you "Lawrence" have such faith, kindness, and confidence in God:
The answer is:
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o "you" love God enough to do things "His" way,or, do you say it doesn't matter, and you love doing things the way of men that changed the Bible's ways and caused you to be wrongly taught.
Know ye not that ye are servants to whom you obey. (Rom 6:16)
Do things Satan's way, and you will cause misery for your whole life and the lives of others.
There are "still" 2 trees to eat from/choose from daily.
The Tree of Life (which is the way of love to God and love to fellowman), can "only" be found by following the Bible "exactly" as written, or else you will end up in chaos with 1000 different denominations.
The Tree of "Life" is still available today, the tree of HOW to LIVE is called "the Tree of LIFE", and it "is" "the way" of doing things that is unadulterated and pure.
vs.
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good "and Evil", which is the Tree of the way of Get, which is doing things "your" way, outside of God's proven right way, and this Tree of Good and Evil is the tree that most everyone still chooses daily as a mixture of good "and evil", because they say 1 Century Doctrine doesn't matter. So they mix in every type of practice that "looks right in "their" eyes, and that is how we end up with thousands of religions all eating of the knowledge of the tree of good AND evil, which is the way of Death, plain and simple. There is no way around it: If you eat of the tree of the Knowledge of good AND evil = you will "not" be given eternal life and you will be given death for following man's ways instead of God's ways.
Yes, the whole world, except for a small remnant group, daily chooses the Tree of the Knowledge of Good "and evil", and that is why we have the world that we do. Even little babies choose the wrong tree by having the way of "get" broadcast to them by Satan. And that is why even little babies can cause such misery for the proud new parents. These babies continue to cause problems for their parents right through their teen years until they leave home: Because children "live by the way of get", which is the knowledge of good AND evil to be selfish and want their own way. (And some world leaders do also, which causes all our wars as adults).
By following our manual the Bible "exactly" as it is written, and not adding 1 single day or practice to it, and by not taking away 1 single day or practice, we could then have a peaceful world, and an abundant life for all, and not have thousands of different religions saying different things. For those who still insist of eating of the wrong tree daily in their life after reading this article, know that you will be judged and rewarded by your works-actions and not by just what you feel or think. You will be judged by God by your daily works. That means that you have to apply all of the Bible and not just the parts that fit in with your own society or country, or your own preconceived ideas, or the ideas of religious leaders who do not follow the Bible exactly as it is written, and who add days to the Bible.
Satan initiated the way of "Get", Get you own way, do things your own way, back in the Garden of Eden. As soon as Adam and Eve chose the Tree of the Knowledge of good AND Evil, Satan "became" the god of this world. He rules it and has been given authority to do so for 6000 years. That is why terrible things continually happen in this world. That is why little babies are allowed to be murdered and die in accidents, why your diseases aren't healed, and why our countrymen are killed and blown up in war. It is because people are following the broadcasted way of get from Satan, and following their own selfish way in addition to Satan's broadcasting, and people are continuing to eat of the wrong tree to do things their way and not via God's days and ways. Since you have over 1000 religions and the people in those religions saying God is on their side, do you think that God will have 1000 different religions and throw out the days of the Bible when He returns. NO. God/Jesus will institute the days of the Bible and only the Days of the Bible, and will accept no other days. God will put a plague on the people who do not follow the days instructed in the Bible.
"And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles" (Zechariah 14:16-19If you refuse to eat of the Tree of the knowledge of good (as you do now), you will end up in the Lake of Fire, so that you cannot make yourself and every other spirit being around you miserable for eternity by your constant rebellion of choosing to eat of the wrong Tree which is simply pigheadedly doing things the wrong way.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” [John 3:16 KJV]
From this single verse many have been taught that all that is expected of them is to “believe.” However, if you ask any Christian what Jesus said in the next verse "after" this verse, they will not be able to tell you. For Jesus goes on to teach on the subject of judgment and what God expects of those who will gain salvation. Read the next words in verse :19
19 Now this is what condemns: Though the Light has entered the world of humankind, humans loved the Darkness rather than the Light because their works were wicked.
"... why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say? Luke 6:46
It is not enough to believe in Jesus, we must also "do" what He says.
Jesus said He was the only way to eternal life and
Jesus said we must "stop sinning";...whatever else is contrary to sound teaching... 1 Tim. 1:5-11 we must stop being a part of.
Again for those who have short memories:
I saw the dead standing before God, and books were opened. And
another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead
were judged
according to their works,by the things which were written in the books.
They were judged, each one according to his works...
and anyone not found
written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Rev. 20:15-20Ezekiel 44:23
And they shall teach my people the difference
between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and
the clean.
Matthew 7:23
And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
In the process:
Troubles abound in this world, because we are still eating of the knowledge of the tree of good and evil-the way of get, instead of the Tree of Life which can be summed up in the way of give, and not the way of get. We do "not" choose to eat of The Tree of Life, and so we go our own way and also the way of greed and get, which is Satan's way. People from teenagers to world leaders do not follow their Bible, and "that is why" we have all this trouble in the world.
This trouble starts with you and I, and extends from your car mechanic and Insurance Company gouging you for all they can get, to your dry cleaner, to the least of the poorest of the house keepers pilfering your food, to your own children taking things and touching things that you (their god-creator) tell them not to, to the governments of Countries (Beasts Dan 7:17, Rev 17:12) taking over other countries to get their resources. It has been going on since before Roman times, and all of the above including children pilfering things they should not touch, to adults' wars, will continue to go on "to get", rather than to give: until Jesus returns and puts a stop to it all.
We could all have a happier life, daily, if we in our own little sphere, right up to our leaders, could just stop eating of the wrong tree.
It all happens over and over again daily in all that you and I do, because we are all eating from the wrong tree-daily.
If this were not bad enough:
The god of this world is a cruel god. He owns the world and broadcasts these emotions of get to babies and adults. He is the Prince of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2) and children and adults throughout the world do things his way. That is why we have continual war, corporate greed, daily murders, daily adulteries, daily fornication, violence, and theft in all our cities
Everyone is eating of the knowledge of the tree of good and evil, taking things that they have no right to take from others, including you and I who do not always:
Do unto others as we would have them do unto us. All peoples of the earth are deceived and following Satan's emotions, his days, his ways of doing things his way-
the way of get and self will, and saying it doesn't matter.But it does matter, because we, just like Eve, are eating of the knowledge of the tree of good "and" evil, instead of the Tree of Life.
People who live the way of get, ultimately will have unhappy lives, make others around them unhappy, and in the end will have to be cast into the Lake of Fire to die, so that these self-willed people who refuse to do things God's way, will "not" make themselves and others around them miserable for eternity, with thousands of different religions.
Jesus and The Father have a better way. They have set it out in your/my Operation Manual called the Bible. You and I were given/came with, an Operating Manual.
All we have to do
(when called (Joh 6:44) ((each in his own order 1Co. 15:23))), is apply it, so that you and I, and ultimately the whole world and universe, will function correctly without the chaos of thousands of different Christian denominations all teaching something different.Jesus and The Father have a better way (Doctrine), other than what is espoused by the thousands of differing mainstream denominations of Christianity. If everyone would only follow what is in the Bible, and not add or subtract from it, then there would be no religious strife in this world, and no murder, theft, lying, fornication, or adultery, or coveting (wanting or using something that you do not have the right to have).
This article is written as an "overview" and
an "Introduction" to those, and for those, who wish to find out, and be led to the "true" teachings of the "actual" 1st Century Doctrines for eternal salvation. This article will show you where to look in the Bible, now that you know from the above Scriptures that the Bible "specifically" tells you that you "must not" follow the additional teachings and additional days added to the Bible by men.===========================================================================================================================
I only ascribe to a Church that teaches the "original" 1st Century Doctrines, which now after my 33 year search (since 1975), happens to be
1stcenturychristian.com. If that organization ever changes and leaves the doctrine once delivered (Jude 3), I will then leave it, and continue my search till the end of my life if necessary. The following points are "why" I subscribe to "only" that organization even though it is a small remnant (Rev. 12:17) and only has scattered little congregations in USA and Europe and some smaller countries of the world:I had to be led to the truth by:
Using the analogy of trying to find an American Flag:
Find the truth by using the analogy of finding the correct Flag:
If you were from outer space, but had seen through your optics that the USA had 50 stars on their flag, and you intended to come to the earth in order to find the USA:
In order to find that USA again, by using the true flag of the USA:
You would have to find a location with a flag that had all 50 stars on it. If you found a flag in country (Congregation) that only had 1 star on it, or only 49 stars: That 49 starred flag would tell you that it is an imitation, and not the real thing. The same is true to find the true Congregation. You have to find the Congregation that has "all" the Doctrines of the 1st Century Church of Jesus, the 12 Apostles, and Paul, "without" any additions or subtractions; so that you are not under a curse (Gal. 1:8) following men (and Satan who inspired these men), instead of God.
We are now going to cut right to the chase right here '"now",
so that you do not have to spend precious time wading though paragraph after paragraph before you find out what the truth is.Everything stated here is what the Bible states, and not what men and their religions state, or have added to the Bible. Just blow the dust off your Bible and look up the Scriptures, or if you are on-line, then just click on the underlined Bible text, and "see" the truth for yourself. Once you have the truth in front of you, you will be astounded and amazed at what the Bible "really" states.
So fasten your seat belt, because you are in for a rough ride; and since you are upside down right now in your beliefs, we are going to let the Bible turn you right side up.
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Jesus was the example of how to overcome sin, through access to the Holy Spirit, by Jesus choosing to follow the "it is written" part of the Bible.
Satan took Jesus to a high tower and every time Jesus when tempted replied : It is written.....Matthew 4:1-10
The Temptation of Jesus
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit
into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
2 After fasting forty days and forty
nights, he was hungry.
3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of
God, tell these stones to become bread."
4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on
every word that comes from the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil took him to the holy
city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
6 "If you are the Son
of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
" 'He will
command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'
7 Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the
test.
8 Again, the devil took him to a very
high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour.
9 "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
10 Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is
written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.
Matt 4: 1-10 But Jesus said, "IT IS WRITTEN, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out from the mouth of God."
The Bible states: Man must live by "EVERY" word of the Bible, and that means the 10 Commandments are not done away, because the 10 Commandments not only came thundering out of the mouth of God, but were written in stone by the very finger of God.
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Jesus did not just live by His own ideas. Jesus lived by the will of the Father who sent Him.
Huuuuummmmm...Do we/you not say in our own prayers, and the prayer that we teach the children (the Lord's Prayer is excerpted from Matthew 6: 9-13 during the Sermon on the Mount. A similar prayer is found in Luke 11:2-4) : Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name "Thy will be done"?
Then don't be a hypocrite and don't just mouth it-
"do" it!! His will
is written in the Bible.His will is clearly stated and there is no way around it: The love of God is that we
"KEEP" His COMMANDMENTS and His commandments are not grievous 1 John 5:2. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me
1 John 2:3 And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
2 John 6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
Revelation 12:17 who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
That is His will
, because that way we can grow to be more like Him in character and deed.The Law is like a Mirror to show us when and where we need to change and clean up:
And the Scripture states that
you must be a doer and not just a hearer, deceiving yourself.James 1:23-25, "For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass (mirror): For he beholded himself, and goeth his way, and straightway
forgetteth what manner of man he was.The Law is like a mirror:
We are saved by Grace through Faith because Jesus will wash us off with His blood when we fall down in the mire of sin and miss the target/mark, through weakness or a moment of misjudgement.
But Jesus wants us to use the Law as a mirror so that we do not abuse His Sacrifice as cheap Grace.
Sin is not some ethereal thing. Sin is transgression of the law.
Transgression of the 10 Commandments causes all the religious wars in the World and causes all the other problems in the world.
It is the 10 "COMMANDMENTS", not the 10 suggestions.
READ and BELIEVE your own Bible. That is what the Bible states.
Sin is transgression of the Law.You are saved by Grace through faith
, but you have got to stop sinning.You must REPENT and be baptised (Act. 2:38) Not just believe and be baptised.
And Baptized means immersed, not sprinkled as the Chaldean Mystery Religions "sprinkled' their initiates.
And you must be over 18 years old before you can be baptized, because you must "choose" to REPENT and "THEN" be baptized.
Babies cannot even talk, let alone repent, before they are baptized (Act 2:38). More on "true" baptism later.
If you do not believe YOUR BIBLE then CROSS/scratch out THESE BIBLE WORDS: Sin is the transgression of the Law and the word Repent. Scratch those words OUT OF YOUR BIBLE.
If YOU do not believe your Bible that sin is transgression of the law, you have wasted all your time reading this far, and should go read a comic book instead, because you are not ready for this.
For the rest of us:
We are to live as Jesus lived, overcoming sin. The 10 Commandments Law is the mirror that shows us when we are covered in mud/sin (Jam. 1:23). But
modern religions want you to throw away your mirror, and tell you that you are just fine if you believe in the Lord Jesus just like the demons believe in the Lord Jesus. But the demons are not saved, and neither are you if you just believe! God demands character, not just words. God demands a life of overcoming to develop that character. Not a life of just sitting around saying I believe, and not overcoming the self.We are saved by Grace through faith, but will lose that Grace "if" we act as disobedient brats.
Remember the Scripture: Know ye not that the "un"righteous shall not inherit the Kingdom. Matthew 5:17 ("emphasis "mine ) If the unconvinced are still reading:
Please scratch this verse out of your Bible too, and while you are at it, since you are unconvinced then: scratch out: He that endures to the end will be saved and instead put: He that just believes like the Devils believe that Jesus is the Lord will be saved; and also change your Bible to: he that is "un"righteous will inherit the Kingdom and be saved.
It took the writer time to type this page for you. All the writer asks in return is that you, in return, take seconds to write or just copy & paste down 22 words.
Please write or copy & paste this down and put this in your wallet/purse, as 6 months from now it will help you to review your priorities . Also memorize the Scriptural words, but still write them down and put them in a plastic part of you wallet/purse:
"Know ye not that the unrighteous will 'not' inherit the Kingdom".
Why call me Lord, Lord and not "do" as I say?
Luke 6:46 ("emphasis" mine)For even the Devils believe.
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And what does God say about suppressing the truth and just how and where does Jesus speak to us, ("say") = speak directly to us today?
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power, and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse" (Rom. 1.18-20).
So blow the dust off your Bible, or download a free Bible, and read that sin is transgression of the Law. For the unconvinced that are still reading: Delete that verse from your on-line Bible.
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Why is it so important to follow the Law to develop character?The answer is because that is the only way we as human beings can be happy.
We have been subliminally taught by modern advertising on our TVs that it is things/products that will meet our needs and make us happy. Buy this or that and you will automatically be happy like the girl in the car ad, or the house ad, or the skin crème ad.
Advertising has wrongly moulded our psyche, our ideas, our ideals, our social confidence, and our socialization, to make us believe that things bring happiness. That happiness rests on having a bigger house, a newer car, and good looking skin.
One thing that you will never see/hear in advertising is:
"You're OK, you don't need anything".
Instead advertising is designed to instil discontent (that is why this writer always turns off the volume on the TV when the ads come on, and suggests that you do also, as you will be amazed how your very life will become more controlled and peaceful) you and I are bombarded from day 1 of our lives to our 4 score and 10 years (till 70+ years), with ads that make us salivate to want things like the proverbial Pavlovian trained dog. For 70+ plus years you will be taught, through advertising, (you will see over 1 million ads in your lifetime) and that is why most people have been conditioned by this Luciferian system (Rev. 12:9) (more to come later as time permits re: "The world today is a Luciferian system" ((so it doesn't matter who you vote for.))) to believe that the only way they can be happy is they have "newer" and more "things".
But I will shoot down that philosophy and methodology of advertising and state:
A newer house, a newer car, and newer non-dishpan hands will not bring you happiness.
Ask people what they really wanted when they are about to die and it is none of the above.
What people really want is inner fulfilment which can only come via
the following priorities:To be right with God.
To be right and happy with their family members.
To be right and happy in their daily job.
To be right and happy with their next door neighbours, and in their community.
To be right and happy with their next door Countries and not be at war coming home in a body bag.
That is what makes for happiness, and all of the above "only come about by
following God's 10 Commandment Law."Happiness is not BMWs, or the right beer, or the right perfume.
You need to be a visionary "if" you intend to be a Christian
.You need to see and "realize" that satisfaction to be happy for life is "NOT" related to the consumption of things.
Again:
Happiness is to be right with your God,
your family,
your job,
your neighbours,
your Government, and the
Governments/Countries around you.
To achieve all of the above requires
following "all" of the "Laws" of the Bible.That includes love to God in
"obeying" His "10" commandments, (not 9 or 7 but "all" 10 Commandments),so that we do not have 1000 different religions all teaching something different and going to war with one another, to "obeying" the commandment not to covet your neighbours goods, which means not to invade your neighbour and take his Oil.
The Law sets out a way of life to develop the character so that you do not turn into a slimball snake like Satan did, whether you are a husband in a family, or the President of Country, (a President is just the head of many families and a President must also learn the true secret that to be happy one must follow the 10 Commandments "exactly" as they were written).
You "have to"
follow the Law to develop character, anduse the law as a mirror to see if:
you are right with
God,
your family, and the
Countries around you
.If you throw out the Law and say it is nailed to the Cross, you are headed for disaster.
The Law teaches us how to live.
You break it at the peril of your own destruction and eternal damnation, because the Law was put in place to bring peace to the Universe.
Satan and his ministers are the lawless ones
(2Cor. 11:15). 2 Thessalonians 27 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false, 12 so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
If you do not believe in keeping the 10 Commandments of God, and instead are saying the 10 Commandments are done away, then you are no better than the lawless one Satan and Satan's followers.
John 8:44 NKJ
44 "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of
your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not
stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he
speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of
it.
You have to watch out if you say that the 10 Commandments are done away with, because you are risking adopting the "wrong" father.
Are you a lawless one?
And not a son of God, because your will is to do the will of your father the Devil and therefore you want to be "without" the 10 Commandments. You are following the lawless one if you are without the 10 Commandment Law.Remember that you are saved by Grace through Faith, but that Grace is given to you when you fall short (as we all do) when we miss the mark.
Grace is "not" given to those who are wilfully disobedient, who have no standards of Law to follow, to even know if they are sinning. It is so simple and not a burden at all when you realize that sin is transgression of the 10 Commandments and all you have to do is: Do your best to follow the 10 Commandments with a pure motive, and God will make up for your shortcomings.
But God will not apply the precious blood of His son to someone who is wilfully disobedient, and who has never learned the correct way of how to live.
God cannot give eternal life to someone who has not learned how to live properly, because such a person would make himself, and everyone else around him miserable for eternity, by living by his own rules/Laws. It is that simple.
Laws govern the physics of the Universe, and govern the behaviour of all the angels, the 24 elders, the 4 living creatures, the heavenly hosts, and man. Throw out the Law and you have chaos in the Universe.
To please God (a quote in part re President Kennedy):
Ask not what God can do for you.
Instead
ask what you can do for Him.The simple answer is: Obey.
Why is obey the answer?
Because God clearly and plainly TELLS US in the scriptures that "obey" IS the answer.
Here is the Scripture:
1 John 5:3
the love of God is that we keep His commandments, and they are not grievous to those who hold nothing back from Him.
The love of God is that we KEEP/OBEY His commandments
and His commandments are not grievous (1Jo. 5:3).For those of you who do "not" want to believe their Bible "exactly" as written, please, please stop here and stop wasting your time.
For the rest of us: This is what a first Century Christian is all about. Saved by Grace through Faith and then because you love God your Father, you obey everything that you find written in the Bible. It is that simple.
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How has God intended for us to become Converted?
The answer to how we become converted is through the call of God & and then by learning and showing obedience to God.
When we are called, we receive an earnest of God's Spirit as a begettal (Eph.1:13-14), and as a tool to overcome sin with. We then set about looking in the Bible for what sin is, we repent of sin, we then get baptized, and vow to live by "every" word of God. (The Bible commands that Man shall live by every word of God (Mat. 4:4), in order for man to be happy). None of the above can be achieved if you just sit around saying: I'm saved just because I believe Jesus is Lord, because even the Devils believe Jesus is Lord and just believing that Jesus is Lord and not "doing" what He says in the Bible is hypocrisy.
The just shall live by faith, and faith is active and not passive.
If you are just sitting around saying you will "not" follow the 10 Commandments you are deceiving yourself because faith is "pisteo" which is "Action", sustained by confidence. Faith is not just sitting around mouthing words. Faith is walking the walk and "not just talking" the talk.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sidebar interjection:
Did you know that there are 2 kinds of Faith?
1.) A dead faith
and2.) A living faith.
Faith without works is dead.
James 2:14-26 FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD
James 2:14 My brothers, what [is] the gain if anyone says he has faith, but he does not have works? Is the faith able to save him? (15) But if a brother or a sister is naked and may be lacking in daily food, (16) and any one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but does not give them the things the body needs, what gain [is it]? (17) So also
faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself. (18) But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith out of my works. (19) You believe that God is One. You do well; even the demons believe and shudder. (20) But are you willing to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? (21) Was not our father Abraham justified by works offering up his son Isaac on the altar? (22) You see that faith worked with his works; and out of the works the faith was perfected. (23) And the Scripture was fulfilled, saying, "And Abraham believed God, and it was counted for righteousness to him;" and he was called, Friend of God. (24) You see, then, that a man is justified out of works, and not out of faith only. (25) But in the same way Rahab the harlot was also justified out of works, having received the messengers, and sending them out by another way. (26) For as the body is dead apart from the spirit, so also faith is dead apart from works.Not following the 10 Commandments = no works = a dead faith = no faith.
A clearer Translation of James:
2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
24: Ye see then how that by works a man is justified (proven or qualified as being innocent;), and not by faith only."
That is "exactly" what the Bible states. It is up to you to believe and follow your Bible.
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We stated that we are saved by grace through faith, and then because we love God we "keep" His 10 Commandments:
Your works will not save you, but:
Did you know that: For "your works"
you will "receive" a reward from God
?Believe your Bible again: Here it is:
Matthew 16:27:
"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."
1 Corinthians 3:8:
"Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his OWN REWARD ACCORDING to his OWN LABOUR."
1 Corinthians 3:11:
"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12: Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13: Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14: If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
Your works will be tried (verse 13):
If any of your works remain, you'll get a reward (verse 14).
But
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Satan's ministers of light will also "not" tell you that you worship God in vain "if" you use man's traditions of Christmas and Easter to worship God.
(Matthew 15:9). Christ said to the Pharisees "In vain do you worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
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As Christians, we are to be fighting against sin, and overcoming sin (Rev.2:26). Not living in sin with Pagan days.
You are "not" to celebrate the Pagan days of
Christmas and Easter to the Lord God. Deuteronomy 12:30
30Be watchful that you are not ensnared into following them
after they have been destroyed before you and that you do not inquire after
their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? We will do
likewise.
31You shall not do so to the Lord your God, for every
abominable thing which the Lord hates they have done for their gods. For even
their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their
gods.
32Whatever I command you, be watchful to do it; you shall
not add to it or diminish it.
Yet all ministers say it is fine to celebrate
Christmas and Easter in honour of God. God states: It is not to be done. Who
will you believe? Your Bible or men?
Sin is a reality. Sin is something which we must face, and resist, and conquer, DAILY!
Sin is the transgression of the Law. 1 John 3:4
Here is what the Bible
states in "both" the Old AND New Testaments about keeping the
Law:
Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these
words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and
prayed before the God of heaven,
5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of
heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his
commandments:
6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine
eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before
thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess
the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I
and my father's house have sinned.
7 We have dealt very corruptly against
thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments,
which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Nehemiah 9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee:
therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the
dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest
them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy
mercies;
29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again
unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments,
but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;)
and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Psalms 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander
from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not
sin against thee.
Isaiah 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also
the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall
die.
9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son:
the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins
that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful
and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel 33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he
turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked
restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life,
without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None
of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done
that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Daniel 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and
said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them
that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
5 We have sinned, and
have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by
departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
6 Neither have we
hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings,
our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7 O Lord,
righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this
day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all
Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither
thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed
against thee.
8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to
our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9 To
the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled
against him;
10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk
in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea, all
Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey
thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written
in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will
I change their glory into shame.
Romans 2::13 For not the hearers of the law are just
before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
:16 In the
day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my
gospel.
Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to
persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law [NKJV: convicted by the
law] as transgressors.
1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Instead of listening to Satan's ministers and Satan's churches that are
saying the Commandments are done away with:
Instead believe your Bible and enter in by the narrow gate.
Romans 3:31 Paul says in Rom 3:31 "Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law." NSRV.
When we are converted, we receive God's Spirit as a begettal (Eph.1:13-14), and as a tool to overcome sin with. But what do we have to overcome is as Jesus said we should follow in His steps and overcome sin. Sin is not some etherial thing. Sin is transgression of the law. And we are to live as Jesus lived, overcoming sin. We are saved by grace through faith, but will lose that grace "if" we act as disobedient brats. Memorize the Scriptural words: "Know ye not that the unrighteous will 'not' inheirit the Kingdom".
But it is possible with the help of God's Spirit to not live as Spiritual brats.
God's Spirit is like power steering. "You" must turn the wheel, and "then" God's power cuts in to help you.
You must then GROW in the ways of Jesus (II Pet.3:18), letting His character become formed within you (Gal.4:19) and not be a spiritual brat.
Like the criminal you now are, you need to learn to go straight,
you need to live straight according to the Bible and not the days and ways of men, because "if" you want eternal life you must enter by the straight and narrow gate.
True spiritual birth is a "lifelong" process of OBEYING what is actually written in the Bible, and overcoming self will to do things God's Bible way, via the Bible days and ways, to develop character necessary to be a peaceful, obedient, spirit being.
You are "not" to follow the worlds Churches' ways, which are man's ways, and are not in the Bible, you spiritual brat.
The Berens "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so". Acts 17:10
Will you?
For it is only the overcomes who will inherit the Kingdom, not those who just say they believe in God.
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 1 Cor 6:9.
but only those who do the will of the Father, just as Jesus did the will of the Father and said: Not my will, but Thy will be done.
(To be continued as time permits).
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This page was put up by the writer (Lawrence A. Nowell) to answer others as to the hope that is within the writer.
Sincerely,
Lawrence A. Nowell
2 Corinthians 13:11
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Ps: Do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good AND evil. Eat "only" of the Tree of Life. You cannot eat of the wrong tree and expect to live.
If you wish a better way, which is God's "total" way, not man's mixture of good and evil,
if you wish to avoid the mixture of some of God's ways and some of man's ways, then avoid Satan's pagan days of Christmas and "Satan" Clause, and study out God's days instead. Click here for just an overview: http://1stcenturychristian.com/Calendar2006.html
Christmas was even once banned an a pagan feast, in England no less. And Easter which is "Ishtar" the goddess of sexual love has nothing to do with Jesus, just as bunnies and easter egg hunts have to do with Jesus being whipped more than any man was whipped, and then Crucified, and then speared through the heart. Pagan days that have been incorporated into the mainstream by men have no place in a Christians life. Men had no authority to change God's days to Satan's pagan days.
If instead you "do not" want to eat spiritual food from the wrong tree,
and instead you want to "learn" of God's days, which portray His better "actual "plan for mankind,
and if you only want to eat of original tree that has the restored truth of the 1st Century that has "not" been changed or added to by men:
Then study out the topics at:
http://1stcenturychristian.com/Doctrine.html
The Obedient Church of God
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= “God states: Church
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I will build My
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that will lead you to Hell], shall not prevail against OCG.
Herein these pages are:
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Doctrines” of Christ and Paul
as revealed and commanded forever “IN” the 1st Century “New”
Testament.
OCG still teaches the
same “ORIGINAL” “1st Century Doctrines and ways” of Christ and Paul
that were re-proclaimed by Mr.
Herbert W. Armstrong for 40 years from 1934 -1974,
(before the ungodly changes of
changing Pentecost to Sunday & allowing Divorce were made in 1974, by the Worldwide Church of God).
Not even an angel from
Heaven, (let alone other denominations), have the right to change, or add days,
or differing ways, to God’s “ORIGINAL”1st Century Doctrines.
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