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I offer you to join me in consideration of one of the MAIN doctrines of Christianity: LAWS of Jesus.

Before we start our study, let's ask God to bless His words to us and teach us how to apply them. Amen.

During our study remember that Jesus is a Lawgiver. Who is a Lawgiver?

God is declared to be the "lawgiver," מְחוֹקֵק (mechoqeq). But why? Because He has the power to rule and judge, to save and destroy. In Hebrew this word means also a military commander. In Judges 5:14 the word means "military commander".

But even Man is NOT denied the authority to judge! Christians should JUDGE Christians within the Church of God and in local Churches, rebuking and condemning sins of each other calling to repentance and the HOLY/godly life. Christians will judge the fallen angels. We all are called to make daily judgements to stick to the truth and to reject heresies. But HOW to know what is the TRUTH and what is NOT? What is in the Holy Bible that is TRUE. That should be implemented. What is NOT in the Bible this is not True.

The Jewish word LAWGIVER implies more than mere legislative function and it also connotes the idea of ruling.
Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us.


The meaning of the Jewish participle Lawgiver (mechoqeq) means:

(1) The symbol which expresses the lawmaker's authority, that is, the commander's staff and

(2) The person who possesses the authority (Deuteronomy 33:21).

Do Christians have authority to judge each other? Yes.
Do Christians have authority to be judges of the fallen angels? Yes.
Thanks to the God Jesus who made us kings and priests to teach each other, to build each other up, to train each other in righteousness and to teach other nations. Thousands we teach. May Lord make them STRONG believers who will bring GLORY to God by their lives and death. Amen.

JESUS is firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

The Son of God says to us:

And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end,

to him I will give power over the nations—

‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron (Like the SON of GOD);
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels.
 

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Brothers, read below one of my old messages to Muslims.



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Let’s consider what is the Sabbath in Israel and why God commanded us to observe it. Listen to a Jewish man:



Hey everyone ,,I was very excited today and was making plans and getting prepared to enter into Shabbat, into the FATHERS rest and I thought about you all. Today the FATHER has laid you on my heart to tell me that soon many will calling and that I really should focus more on getting my heart right and preparing for troubled times so that I can (we) can be a light to the world when things go bad, and I am absolutely sure this is on the way, it is almost unreal how the pieces are being set, and no I am not talking about this thing this weekend, but the FATHER is preparing us.
As I was going down the road today I saw someone outside washing the windows and for some reason I kinda went into a daydream and saw a time where all people would be out preparing today and getting ready to shut it all down and rest with MESSIAH and HIS FATHER,ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY...this made my heart jump for excitement
I want you all to know that I love you and on this day of rest I will be thinking and praying and talking to the FATHER about you, and I am going to thank MESSIAH for HIS blessing and SPIRIT and ask HIM to teach me how to be more like HIM everyday. Oh brothers and sisters I love this day!!
I have been looking forward to this all week and soon as it is over I look forward to it again, I love MESSIAH and I love HIS FATHER and I LOVE YOU.
I just wanted to say that as the sun is almost setting and I am about to cook for my Shabbat meal, this is not a post of question or anything I just wanted to tell you I love you and praise our wonderful beautiful FATHER in HEAVEN and HIS SON!!! AMEN




My sister said to this Jewish man:

I find that Christ is my rest, not Shabbat.



Brothers, what is the Shabbat and why Jews do not work during this day in Israel?

The Sabbath (or Shabbat, as it is called in Hebrew) is one of the least understood of all Jewish observances. People who do not observe Shabbat think of it as a day filled with stifling restrictions. But it is a precious gift from God. A gift which is a COMMAND. During this day Jews can set aside all of their weekday concerns and devote themselves to higher pursuits.

But Shabbat is also the most important ritual observance in Judaism. Yes, it became a ritual because people do not know the meaning of this day. It is the only observance instituted by God in the Ten Commandments. The word "Shabbat" comes from the root Shin-Bet-Tav, meaning to cease, to end, or to rest.

We all are commanded to remember Shabbat; but remembering means much more than merely not forgetting to observe Shabbat. It also means to remember the significance of Shabbat, both as a commemoration of creation by God and as a commemoration of our freedom from slavery in Egypt.

Brothers, Shabbat is one of the ten Holy commands of God given to Moses. But do you Muslims observe this day? No. Does it mean that you violate God’s laws? YES. Islam violates what God commanded. Islam is a religion which does not worship the God of Israel. This religion was created by angels/jinns. Why? Because Islam always contradicts to God’s words said before. Islam violates one of the God’s commands which reads: YOU SHALL NOT KILL. Because in over 60% of the Qura’an the Islamic allah calls Muslims to kill people. God commands to observe the Shabbat and Muslims do not do it. But why should even Muslims observe this day we will know with you at the end of my message.

In Deuteronomy 5:15, while Moses reiterates the Ten Commandments, he notes the second thing that we must remember on Shabbat: "remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord, your God brought you forth from there with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to observe the Sabbath day."

Now a question for you to ponder: Should Egyptians observe the Shabbat? Do they worship the same God of Jews?


During this day their fathers died in the sea when they were killed by God!

They and their pharaoh wanted to return Israelites to Egypt to be slaves!

But God made Jews FREE.

Egyptians wanted to keep them as slaves.

God severely punished Egyptians by killing their children and animals.

Should be this God worshiped by Egyptians?

All Muslims claim to worship this God.

Ok, Muslims, then you SHOULD observe the Shabbat!

If you do not do it, you are disobedient to God. You are sinning and finally by violation His laws you act against Him and the result of your lives will be the HELL FIRE. Remember it!



But again:
What did Jews have to do with resting on the seventh day?

It's all about freedom.

In ancient times, leisure was confined to certain classes, slaves did not get days off.

Thus, by resting on the Shabbat, we are reminded that we are FREE. We are FREE because God Jesus made us FREE of our sins and slavery of sins to live in a free and renewed life. That’s why we are His children adopted by God!

Observe the Sabbath day to sanctify it. Deuteronomy 5:12

Why some of works were forbidden on Shabbat?

The Torah prohibits "melachah" (Mem-Lamed-Alef-Kaf-Hei), which is usually translated as "work," but does not mean precisely the same thing as the English word. Melachah generally refers to the kind of work that is creative, or that exercises control or dominion over your environment.

But all of Shabbat restrictions can be violated if necessary to save a life.

So, what is the purpose of the Shabbat?

God said that we should be FREE of everything what separate us from Him. This day was a day of remembrance that NOTHING should separate us from God. We should be FREE. Thus, this day is just one of the symbols of God used to COMMAND us that we should be FREE through FAITH in Him if we need eternal life! If we are His people! His Israel/the Church of God founded by Him! And ONLY God Jesus made us FREE of our sins by accepting all our sins to His HOLY body on the Cross.

Those who follow rituals cannot satisfy God.

God COMMANDS you to be FREE!

You should be FREE of your slavery of sins!

You SHOULD abandon your sins.

Why?

Because God commands it!

Knowing that, we devote a day of a week to come closer to God to express our gratitude for His Salvation and Freedom through our FAITH in God Jesus- this is our Shabbat.

Ibn Allah/the Son of God took the sin of the world to lead us OUT OF the hell to His Kingdom!

He took our sins to His HOLY body to make us HOLY.

It is a day to worship God among brothers in a Church. That’s why our Shabbat day we commemorate on Sunday or on every day when we remember what God Jesus did for us and we express our gratitude to Him.

A ritual without worship of God Jesus is nothing.

If you do not work and rest by being a slave of your sins (like thousands of Jews do it in Israel) and if you are not worshiping the God Jesus, then you are NOT celebrating a FREEDOM but you are a slave and not free…..God COMMANDS you to be FREE! This Freedom is only possible through FAITH in His Son Jesus!

Summary: The Holy Scripture of our God always calls us to be holy and FREE of our sins. God does not only call us to be FREE, He commands that! All His words said through His prophets told us how to be reconciled with God and people. It's all about freedom. Should Egyptians and Arabs observe this day? Let’s say it so: God commands Egyptians to be FREE from their slavery of sins through their FAITH in Ibn Allah/Jesus! God commands them to respect God and value this freedom which is a GIFT from God. God decided to FORGET your sins, and you should forget them and TURN from them to the HOLY God of Israel. If you will decide to stay in Egypt, then you will NEVER get to the Kingdom of God! Leave your Egypt- slavery of sins- and go together with Jews to the Promised Land- the Kingdom of Heaven- the New Jerusalem! Brothers, remember, if you will disobey God and will not be FREE of your sins through your FAITH in God Jesus, then you will be put to DEATH during your Judgment Day because God’s righteousness and justice is going to JUDGE ALL CHRISTIANS and Muslims for your crimes/sins you have ever committed. The escape from God’s WRATH is ONLY ‘Ibn Allah/the Son of God!



Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the words which the LORD has commanded you to do:

Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you,

a Sabbath of rest to the LORD.

Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Exodus 35:1-3



Now it came to pass, in the morning watch,

that the LORD looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians.

And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty;

and the Egyptians said,

“Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

Exodus 14:24-25



Read the context in your Bibles.​
 
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Christians say: *WE* ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE LAW!!

Let me ask you: Does this mean that YOU as Christians DO NOT observe LAWS because you are under grace?

Do you know that some of you are fallen SHORT of the grace of God?!

Ok, If YOU are NOT under the LAW anymore then GO and make sex with anyone you want! Or better go and kill everyday! Or go and steel! Or go and divorce wives of your friends to sleep with them!



As you KNOW THOSE who who practice that do NOT inherit the Kingdom of God!

Why then God's laws are still applicable to you if you are NOT under the LAW anymore?!

God's laws are valid and not cancelled and we have to implement them. BUT we are NOT saved by application of the LAWS but by the blood of Jesus shed on the Cross for our sake.

Christians can NOT reconcile two concepts of Christianity: LAWS and GRACE. Like Salvation and RIGHTEOUSNESS. They think if they are "SAVED", they just can do whatever they want..sleeping with whomever they want...divorcing each other...Why not!? If laws are NOT applicable anymore?!!!! All laws are cancelled.

But that is NOT the Christianity that our God Jesus TEACHES us!!!!

Jesus explained to you that:

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. 2 Peter 3: 10.

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. ...Then I will declare to them , 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!'

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.


Luke 13:27
And he will answer, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.'

So, what does this mean that we are free from the Laws? That just MEANS that We are MADE FREE NOT By laws...but by FAITH in the Son of God to LIVE a HOLY life (turning from sins, dying daily for sins to live for God, abandoning lovers and sins of every kind, as God's Laws reveal these sins, every day to be HOLY and PREPARED to pass into the NEW World created for us). If I kill just again after my repentance, as always before my conversion..just ONE small killing then I am STILL in my sins..I am still a killer...I still need repentance. If I am a Christian and daily beat my children then I am still in my sins and I will die in my sin until I will STOP .....ABANDONING this sin. Christianity means a GODLY life. Unfortunately Churches today to NOT teach what God teaches us in the Bible. But when we OPEN up the Bible we see ONLY the HOLY LIFE..Open your eyes, Americans, God commands us to be FREE from sins DAILY!!!! Otherwise our religion like Islam is NOTHING..it is in VAIN!!!!!

Our God Jesus explains that to you, Christians:

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Ok, we also implement the laws of God, knowing their meaning to LEAVE a GODLY/Holy Life.

The Sabbath is one of the 10 HOLY laws of God to IMPLEMENT engraved by the finger of God.

Today Christians do not stone women and men for sexual immorality, as in the Old Testament God commanded to do that, to PURIFY the Jewish sons in Israel. But they decided to show mercy to them as the Lawgiver Jesus made that. Do you remember that even among His fore-mothers were prostitutes?! They do like their Lawgiver Jesus, they forgive them. But that does not mean that He allows them to commit such sins! No way! He kills them in hell for any sexual immorality, as He declared that in Revelation. All sexual immoral people men or women do NOT inherit the Kingdom of God. No matter who they are Christians or not. So, His Laws are applicable even for EVERYONE today as tomorrow and as in the past.

Jesus decided to HEAL people on the Sabbath and we do like Him we offer salvation to everyone even on the Sabbath but we OBSERVE the HOLY Day to enter the REST with the Father in His dwelling place.

Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

For we also received the good news, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. 3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. 4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.

Summary: Those who believe, will enter God's rest. Those who live in sins, will die in sins. Those who live in the GODLY life bringing GLORY by their life, observing/IMPLEMENTING the HOLY Laws of God, will LIVE FOREVER with God in His Presence. Amen.

Acts 16:13, Matthew 28:1, Luke 23:56- the true believers and followers of Jesus Christ kept the 7th day Sabbath as per the 4th commandment. The Sabbath day commandment is still active in Matthew 12:8; Matthew 24:20; Luke 23:56; Acts 16:13.

Christians, NOTE: "Therefore the Son of man (our God Jesus) is Lord (GOD) also of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:28)

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Ok, the Sabbath is NOT cancelled. It is valid and the God of the Sabbath is JESUS- our CREATOR- to remember and commemorate and to observe this HOLY Day. Because He created the universe and people and He commands to REMEMBER Him and to pay tribute to Him and to HONOR Him and to REST with Him in His Kingdom...and what is MORE important to OBEY Him.
 
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Let me answer that this way: Do Christians go to hell for sins and sexual immorality? Yes. God proclaimed that in Revelation.

Do Christians go to hell for stealing? Yes.

Do Christians go to hell for killing? Yes.

Do Christians go to hell for lie? Yes.

List the sins which lead to hell.

Or do you not know that wrongdoers

will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived:

Neither the sexually immoral

nor idolaters

nor adulterers

nor men who have sex with men

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous

will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived:

neither the sexually immoral,

nor idolaters,

nor adulterers,

nor men who practice homosexuality,

10 nor thieves,

nor the greedy,

nor drunkards,

nor revilers,

nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.



sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.



These are the LAWS of God in the Holy Bible. We have to implement them. What is a sin? Sin is any Violation of God's Laws. Ponder.
 
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It seems that Christians can eat any food and the food even offered to idols because in fact idols do not exist in reality.

But the Son of God does NOT think so...lol:

who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

Revelation 2



Christians should be transformed and changed DAILY dying for sins i.e. NOT doing sins to be ready and prepared to pass to the New World. Those who live in sins (sexual immorality or other sins) are in fact NOT born of God (they are sons of devil) as of 1 John 3.

Anyone who continues to live in him (God Jesus) will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.

No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

If anyone says, "I know Him," but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.


Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God's seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
 
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It seems here that Christians can any food and the food even offered to idols because in fact idols do not exist in reality.

But the Son of God does NOT think so...lol:

who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

Revelation 2



Christians should be transformed and changed DAILY dying for sins i.e. NOT doing sins to be ready and prepared to pass to the New World. Those who live in sins (sexual immorality or other sins) are in fact NOT born of God (they are sons of devil) as of 1 John 3.

Anyone who continues to live in him (God Jesus) will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.

No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

If anyone says, "I know Him," but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.


Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God's seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

I am Pentecostal Holiness and agree with the positions on Holiness. It seems, though, in this day and time, people are taking a lukewarm view on the positions of scripture. Many churches "what we believe" section these days are only a few lines. I have friends who think nothing of divorce and remarriage (and still continue in church as it is nobodies business and nothing wrong with it), which the scripture is very much frowns upon.
 
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I am Pentecostal Holiness and agree with the positions on Holiness. It seems, though, in this day and time, people are taking a lukewarm view on the positions of scripture. Many churches "what we believe" section these days are only a few lines. I have friends who think nothing of divorce and remarriage (and still continue in church as it is nobodies business and nothing wrong with it), which the scripture is very much frowns upon.

I will tell you even MORE: Those pastors who do NOT teach all what God said are GUILTY and He -Jesus- will JUDGE them. As for us, we are teachers as God gave us spiritual gifts, we are preachers, we are prophets explaining the prophecies of God to teach and build the Church up. If we do NOT do that we are GUILTY too. The sin of omission: if we know what is right and we do not do that, this is a sin too. That is why EVERYONE of us has to teach WHAT God said in the Bible...NOT what churches or fake preachers preach in our churches (heresies). What is NOT in the Bible is a heresy.
 
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I will tell you even MORE: Those pastors who do NOT teach all what God said are GUILTY and He -Jesus- will JUDGE them. As for us, we are teachers as God gave us spiritual gifts, we are preachers, we are prophets explaining the prophecies of God to teach and build the Church up. If we do NOT do that we are GUILTY too. The sin of omission: if we know what is right and we do not do that, this is a sin too. That is why EVERYONE of us has to teach WHAT God said in the Bible...NOT what churches or fake preachers preach in our churches (heresies). What is NOT in the Bible is a heresy.

I sometimes ask people, "Do you know why John the Baptist lost his head?"
 
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44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. - Matthew 24

I would say that if you continue in these things, that the Lord will make you ruler over a whole lot in the afterlife.
 
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I sometimes ask people, "Do you know why John the Baptist lost his head?"
You should be like him. This is an honor to be a martyr for God.
The other day I watched a movie of Mel Gibson about a seventh day Adventist called “Hacksaw Ridge' (A bloody World War II movie about Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist and the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor for his military service. ) Watch it. He belonged to a cult of Adventists. But he was a true believer just deceived by these heretics. Despite of their heresies, he was a godly man who saved in his life (a true story) MANY American soldiers because of his FAITH in God. Even if we are deceived by cults and false teachers in our churches but really believe in God, God will save us. What is IMPORTANT: not what our churches or people teach us but what is WRITTEN in the Holy Scripture...EVERY word of God even NOT taught by anyone except God on the pages on the HOLY Scripture.
 
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Do Christians have authority to judge each other? Yes.
Do Christians have authority to be judges of the fallen angels? Yes.
Hello sister! .. Could you please include scriptural support for these? Thank you.
 
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Hello brother,

I am Bahira Omar (a lady):
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 1 Corinthians 6:3

Bible Gateway passage: 1 Corinthians 6 - New King James Version

1 Corinthians 6

What is heresy? Second Peter 2:1 says, “There will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.” From this verse, we see that heresy is anything that denies the teaching of Jesus. In 1 Corinthians 11:19, Paul takes the church to task for having heresies among them—heresies that led to schisms in the body. These verses touch on both aspects of what constitutes heresy in the church: denying the doctrines God has given, and dividing the body He has created. Both of these are dangerous, destructive actions that are soundly rebuked by Scripture. See also 1 John 4:1-6; 1 Timothy 1:3-6; 2 Timothy 1:13-14; and Jude 1.

How does the Bible deal with heresy? Titus 3:10 says, “A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject” (KJV). Other translations say “divisive person,” “factious man,” and “person who stirs up division.” When a person in the church departs from biblical teaching, the correct response is to, first, try to correct him, but if he refuses to listen after two warnings, have nothing more to do with him. Excommunication is implied. The truth of Christ will unify believers (John 17:22-23), but heresy, by its very nature, cannot peacefully co-exist with the truth.

Of course, not every disagreement in the church is heresy. Having a different opinion is not wrong, but when the opinion is divisive or maintained in defiance of clear biblical teaching, it becomes heretical. The apostles themselves disagreed at times (see Acts 15:36-41), and Peter once had to be rebuked for divisive and legalistic behavior (Galatians 2:11-14). But, praise the Lord, through an attitude of humility and submission to the God of truth, the apostles worked through their disagreements and set an example for us.

How do we guard against heresy? Philippians 2:2-3 is a good starting point: “Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” As we submit ourselves to the authority of God’s Word and deal with one another in love and respect, divisions and heresies will be diminished.
 
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Judgment, Not Condemnation
By Greg Laurie, www.harvest.org

For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
—1 Peter 4:17

Sometimes I think Christians believe they are never to make any evaluations of others, that they are to just be loving toward everyone. While it is true that we should be loving, that also means speaking the truth. In fact, the Bible tells us to speak the truth in love (see Ephesians 4:15). So if I am having lunch with a friend who has spinach in his teeth, then as a friend, I will tell him that. A friend tells a friend the truth, even if it is uncomfortable or awkward.
Then there are bigger matters, like sin. Maybe you see some compromise, some weakness in your friend's life. So you say, "I love you, and because of that, I feel that I need to warn you." Your friend might get upset, because people don't like to be criticized. And the kneejerk response we often hear is, "Don't judge me! Who are you to judge me? Doesn't the Bible say, 'Judge not, that you be not judged'?"
Yet the Bible tells us that judgment begins with the house of God (see 1 Peter 4:17). It even tells us, "Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?" (1 Corinthians 6:2). When we make an evaluation of a person's life, we are, in effect, judging them—and there is nothing wrong with that. What we are to avoid, however, is condemnation. When Jesus said, "Judge not, that you be not judged" (Matthew 7:1), a better translation would be, "Condemn not, that you be not condemned."
Yes, we should make judgments. Yes, we should make evaluations. But we are not in the position to condemn. We are not the judge, jury, and executioner.
 
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Brother, let me say so: If I will not avoid sinning (killing) DELIBERATELY MAKING MY PART in the process of deliverance from sin, my hand will cut off the head of another man...another victim. lol You see?

To abandon sins/lovers in repentance I should make MY PART - ABANDONING it/abandoning lovers. Conviction makes change in my brain and life. God makes His part: God forgives ONLY if repentance means ABANDONING of sins.

Killed? Do not kill anymore. Jesus says.


Had sexual immorality? Do not practice that anymore.


If we STOP committing sins, we are forgiven. If we live in sins and sexual immorality being Christians we are pigs and swine and dogs lying in the mud pit of our sins and our God Jesus promised to vomit us. lol

 
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I came to you to teach you what your American churches do not teach. lol But American missionaries saved my family from hell. And I express gratitude to Americans ALWAYS.

Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the LORD' -- and you forgave the guilt of my sin (Psalm 32:5).

Our life is a CONSTANT process of SANCTIFICATION! We do not live in sins!!!! No. No Way! But we die to sins DAILY! SANCTIFICATION is when we should be refined like gold from alloys/sins.

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

but as he (GOD) who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct..

14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that I may somehow attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been perfected, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have laid hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead..Phil 3

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Matthew 5:48
Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.

Conformed or Transformed?
By Greg Laurie www.harvest.org

"Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do."
—Romans 12:2

A flock of wild geese was flying south for the winter when one goose looked down and noticed a group of domestic geese by a little pond near a farm. He noticed they had plenty of grain to eat. Life seemed relatively nice for them.
So he flew down and hung out with these geese until spring and enjoyed the food that was there. He decided that he would rejoin his flight of geese when they went north again.
When spring came, he heard them overhead and flew up to join them, but he had grown a bit fat from all of the seed. Flying was difficult, so he decided to spend one more season on the farm and then rejoin the geese on their next winter migration.
When the geese flew south the following fall, the goose flapped his wings a little, but he just kept eating his grain. He had simply lost interest.
That is what happens in the subtle process of the world influencing our lives. It is not necessarily dramatic, nor does it usually happen overnight. It is gradual, causing erosion in our lives as we begin to lower our standards. Soon, the things of God become less appealing, and the things of this world become more appealing. After a while, we have no interest in the things of God.
We have a choice: either we will be conformed to this world, or we will be transformed by the renewing of our minds. It is one or the other.
The only question is, which way will you go?
 
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I offer you to join me in consideration of one of the MAIN doctrines of Christianity: LAWS of Jesus.

Before we start our study, let's ask God to bless His words to us and teach us how to apply them. Amen.

During our study remember that Jesus is a Lawgiver. Who is a Lawgiver?

God is declared to be the "lawgiver," מְחוֹקֵק (mechoqeq). But why? Because He has the power to rule and judge, to save and destroy. In Hebrew this word means also a military commander. In Judges 5:14 the word means "military commander".

But even Man is NOT denied the authority to judge! Christians should JUDGE Christians within the Church of God and in local Churches, rebuking and condemning sins of each other calling to repentance and the HOLY/godly life. Christians will judge the fallen angels. We all are called to make daily judgements to stick to the truth and to reject heresies. But HOW to know what is the TRUTH and what is NOT? What is in the Holy Bible that is TRUE. That should be implemented. What is NOT in the Bible this is not True.

The Jewish word LAWGIVER implies more than mere legislative function and it also connotes the idea of ruling.
Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us.


The meaning of the Jewish participle Lawgiver (mechoqeq) means:

(1) The symbol which expresses the lawmaker's authority, that is, the commander's staff and

(2) The person who possesses the authority (Deuteronomy 33:21).

Do Christians have authority to judge each other? Yes.
Do Christians have authority to be judges of the fallen angels? Yes.
Thanks to the God Jesus who made us kings and priests to teach each other, to build each other up, to train each other in righteousness and to teach other nations. Thousands we teach. May Lord make them STRONG believers who will bring GLORY to God by their lives and death. Amen.

JESUS is firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

The Son of God says to us:

And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end,

to him I will give power over the nations—

‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron (Like the SON of GOD);
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels.

Judging others is risky business. You'll make no friends and you might even be asked to leave.
That is, IF one uses the Laws of Jesus to do so.

When the church talks about judging each other, they normally mean exposing infractions against church teachings. Examples of this would be finding out someone chews tobbacco and calling them out.
Or finding out someone drank too much wine or watched a rated R movie or dropped the F bomb and things like that. This is the judging I have seen in most groups.
I have been in groups where they "judged" me for working on the sabbath, for exposing arm skin and having hair a bit too long for a man.

But what if we judged other Christians using the "laws" the Jesus laid out in Matthew 5 & 6?

What if we expose others for:
1. Insulting Others By Calling Them Fools--Matthew 5:22
2. not loving their Enemies—Matthew 5:44
3. Giving publicly and not In Secret —Matthew 6:1–4
4. Praying publicly and not in secret -Matt 6: 5-6
5. Praying using the same words and phrases over and over --Matthew 5:7-8
6. Laying Up Treasures on Earth (that Sacrifices Treasures in Heaven)—Matthew 6:19–20
7. Being Angry with your brother--Matthew 5:21-22

These are just a few. But one point Jesus made to us is NOT to judge by a standard we ourselves cannnot meet. I am not sure what the psychological term for it is, but it is common for someone who is guilty of a habitual sin to go around blaming others for the very thing they do....in other words, judging them.
 
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First we repent. Only after repentance and remorse God forgives us. Transformation starts when the process of repentance WORKS.

Could it be that Satan is filling the world with something that smells like, looks like, maybe even feels like true Christianity, but renders one to be ineffective in much of their Christian life? Let me quote a revealing prophecy written by William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army. “The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be, religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, heaven without hell.” Are we there yet? Do you see any evidence of his words being fulfilled? Keep his words in mind as we struggle through this “dull of hearing” thing.

Now to Hebrews 6:“Therefore, leaving [building on] the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.3. And this will we do, if God permit.” Understand that the enemy has declared outright war on these principles and has twisted them in every possible way in order to render them ineffective. But, by knowing the enemy’s tactics and methods, and by inoculating ourselves with the doctrines of Christ, we will not be deceived and will save others as well as ourselves.

Now let’s review the fundamentals and touch on how they have been distorted. Satan has counterfeited every one of God’s doctrines and those unskilled in the word or have little love of the truth are frequently deceived.

The first pillar in Christ’s Doctrine is repentance. This was what John the Baptist preached, and it was the first thing Christ preached when He proclaimed that the time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand (Mk 1:14). And when the question was asked, “Men and brethren, what shall we do? Peter said to them, repent...” A major part of repentance is to admit to your helpless and sinful state. We read in Romans 10:10, “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” What is meant by, “works meet for repentance” (Acts 26:20), or “Godly sorrow” (2 Cor 7:9)? A complete surrender and abandonment of your will with total submission to God is not an option, but a prerequisite before the next pillar can even be approached. How can there be forgiveness without genuine, heartfelt repentance? Listen to what Jesus said: “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (lawlessness)” (Matthew 7:21-23). God will not accept a mongrelized worship. Good intentions are not good enough. Is forgiveness without repentance being taught today? “For Godly sorrow works repentance to salvation … but the sorrow of the world works death” (2 Corinthians 7:10).

The second pillar is faith in Christ. Is there evidence of Christianity without Christ today? Could faith in a false Christ save? To some, Jesus Christ has become just a name with little meaning. We hear of preachers that do not believe in the virgin birth, or that Jesus was really just a concept, a divine idea, or just a man that attained to a higher order. Some claim that He was Satan’s brother (but remember, Satan is a created being, but the Word always existed). Should we care what man says or what the Bible says? Peter said it, “Thou art Christ, the Son of the Living God.” And in Hebrews 11:6 we read: “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Has much of Christianity substituted a false Christ for the real Christ today? Can we worship the God of truth with religious lies? Who is the father of lies? Do we really understand the difference between the Melchisedec Priesthood and the Levitical Priesthood; and why a change in the law was required? Why is an earthly priesthood not required today? Study Hebrews chapter 7. Jesus said there would be many false Christs (Matt 24). Did He give us a sign whereby we can know the real Christ? Jesus did give us a sign; it was the sign of Jonah. He as much as said that if He is not in the grave for three days and three nights (Matt 12:44) then He is not the true Christ.

The next and very significant pillar is baptism. Satan has really tried to do a number on this one, so it must be very important. Some of the modern translations leave out the word baptism and substitute the word cleansing or washing. Some denominations sprinkle a little holy water on the person. Some even baptize for the dead, a classic example of building a doctrine on one scripture. Think about it, if the dead (or anyone) have not believed or repented what good is baptizing going to do them? The examples given in God’s word are that it is done by immersion after the individual makes a carefully considered decision. Jesus, Himself, chose to be baptized, and it was by immersion. That’s good enough for me, how about you?

Perfection: This is growing in grace and knowledge and OBEDIENCE/Implementation of God's laws and commands throughout our life. It is a sequential, step-by-step process. Our perfection comes through the grace of God and is ultimately reached at the resurrection. This is a summary, but only a summary, of the pillars of the doctrines of God’s church and we are “charged to teach no other doctrine” (1 Tim 1:3). But are we ready; how can we teach it if we haven’t sharpened our swords? Consider the mandate Paul gave to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:1-5: “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.2. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (That means stand up, speak out, and never give up).3. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.” (They don’t want to hear truth, they are lovers of pleasure more that lovers of God [2 Tim 3:4] taking pleasure in their own lusts they look for ministers who will reinforce their pernicious ways).4. “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (Fabricated doctrines based on lies).5. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.” We will not find the full doctrine of Christ in one verse or even one chapter or book, but it is made available to those who diligently search for it. Isaiah 28:9-10 tells us how to find it. 9 “Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the nursing.10. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.”

How can we even think to come to a correct conclusion of a matter unless we have considered every scriptural reference on the subject? God’s word does not contradict if correctly understood!

Therefore: Let’s keep in mind John’s warning: “Whosoever transgresses, and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” Since it is imperative not to transgress Christ’s Doctrines let us persevere in our- Studying to show ourselves approved unto God, workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15)

Praying for and developing a love for the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10-11),

Proving all things avoiding the doctrines of man (Mark 7:9) Searching the scriptures, all scriptures (2 Tim 3:16).
 
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