Hostilities

Hostilities [∞]

▸ ± Isa 43:10 Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. [{no … : or, nothing formed of God }]

These things which are taught in many churches are hostile to the promise of God.

Discussion

Loss of first love [∞] Discussion Before the end of the first century the church had started to deify Mary. When Israel met God on the mountain, they immediately formed a golden calf.
Judaisers [∞] Discussion The Hebrews believed they must accomplish works to please God. This is a subtle source of one side of Gnosticism. If the flesh is evil and the spirit good, some Gnostics thought they must perform works to redeem the flesh. The earliest contention concerned circumcision.
Nicolaitans [∞] Discussion Conquerors of the laity [∞] During the time of Eli, the high priest, his sons lorded their position over the people, even stealing the offerings from the pot. Though the priests were allowed to eat some sacrifices, they were taking that which was not theirs. Certainly pastors are allowed to get paid, as the priests were allowed to eat. But the position is of service, not of lordship. The pastor is not any more of a priest than the rest of the church, which is a nation of kings and priests. Control of scripture [∞] Initially, the first priests controlled access to the relatively rare copies of the scripture. When the Gutenberg press made copies available to all, they discouraged reading it by the myth that only trained experts, the priests, could properly read it. They narrowed it further by saying only a committee of priests could interpret it, and that papal declarations were infallible no matter how senseless they were. The Reformers said that all men could read the Bible for themselves and were responsible for interpreting it. So the Jesuit priest Loyola started to teach that Faith and Science were seperate realms. The Universities were set up to teach secular truth, while pushing divine truth to the side. Since people came up with their own interpretations, often contradictiong each other, small offshoots of the Reformation established their own popes who declared which doctrines were true. At the end of the 20th Century, there was so much confusion among denominations, that a group of theologians, scholars and pastors declared themselves to be the priests of Evangelicalism and produced the Chicago Statements as the standard of Biblical truth. Control of education [∞] The teachers of children are taught by those who control the universities. The main thing they learn is that God is a fairy tale you can believe if you want, but science is the real god. The seeds of rationalism planted by Loyola have borne fruit. Entertainment [∞] Diaries of early Jesuits contain the proud bragging of how they supported or overthrew governments by theater. The masses were easily brainwashed to do their will through the stage. Bob Jones Nicolaitans (conquerors of the laity) come in many flavors. The first shows up in John's letter when a self appointed leader of a church would not allow John to visit. The Greek philosophy and mythology was already being imposed on the church and John threatened that by proper Biblical exegesis (interpretation). Under the guise of protecting scripture, Nicolaitans created a canon and did not allow access to it for average people for 1200 years. Reformers did not remove them. High church denominations retained priesthoods with a distinction between clergy and laity. Baptists attempted to rid themselves of it by saying local churches were autonomous. Some baptist denominations now use particular seminary credentials as their priesthood vestment. Independent and COC churches re-established a form of it through 'dis-fellowshipping' and enforcing their own traditions. Evangelicals have their own psudo-formal establishment through self-appointed priests of the Chicago confessions. Even in a local church, an elder may become the lord rather than the servant. It is difficult for us sinners to avoid the temptations of establishing authority over one another. Recently a colorful, but ignorant King James Only priest would have burned me at the stake if there were such things as e-matches. When others displayed the self-refuting position of KJO she turned on me by quoting me out of context and completely reversing what I had said. The justification was to protect the others in the group from my heresies. If she had actually addressed what I had said, it would be fair game. But it was obviously a personal thing having been embarrassed by her KJO position. As much as I would love to start a new cult, I find it difficult when I teach not to follow men but to hear from God yourself in a way that is valid and reproducible; that is: in a scientific way. It kinda takes me out of the limelight. lol Some people find it dangerous to teach how to think for yourself and commune with God yourself. They are called 'Nicolaitans'.
Doctrine of Balaam [∞] Discussion Gnosticism Cabbalah
No proof for God
Moses wrote Genesis
Hebrews wrote their scripture in Assyrian
Hebrew evolved from other languages
No original texts
Synoptic problem [∞] Discussion The first three gospels contain much similar material leading 'scholars' to wonder about their interdependence. Some go so far to say it is a taint on the reliability of scripture when they differ. The standard answer is that if three people witness the same traffic accident, you will get three slightly different stories. Some speculate that the three derived content from a fourth document called 'Q'. Even with the speculation of Q, they are hard pressed to explain the source of new material, the farther away from the events. The traffic accident theory adds nothing to assist in the interpretation of scripture. It is an excuse to ignore differences as unimportant. This cast doubt on the reliability of scripture. The Q speculation is a direct challenge to Jesus who said that not a jot or tittle would disappear. If the Q document did exist, it certainly was not scripture. There is a solution suggested from scripture itself. Here is a summary. Can you find the scriptures that suggest it?     1. Two men were shown that all the scriptures spoke of Christ on the road to Emaus.     2. They returned to Jerusalem and told the disciples.     3. The disciples wished to reproduce the sermon on the road.     4. They studied the scriptures (OT) for that purpose.     5. They were given the Holy Spirit to remind them of what they were taught, and lead them in truth.     6. As they studied the OT, the Spirit correlated scripture with what Jesus did and said.     7. They taught what they learned in the Jewish church, not the Gentile church.     8. From time to time, they collected the teaching in the Jewish church, and threw it over the wall at the Greek church, which did not wish to learn Hebrew.     9. Mark was the first record, which was updated by Matthew and Luke. (and John)     10. Each revision added new things they discovered, and removed things that, though true, caused teaching problems in the church that was being Hellenized and has even less interest in Hebrew scriptures.     11. The differences between them can be reverse engineered to confirm the first century hermeneutic.
Problem of evil
Sacraments - dispensing of grace
Priesthood & Academia & Ordination
Boring milk [∞] Discussion ▸ ± Heb 5:12 - 6:2 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. [{is unskilful: Gr. hath no experience }] Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. [{of full age: or, perfect }] [{use: or, an habit, or, perfection }] Heb 6:1 ¶ Therefore leaving 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, [{principles … : or, word of the beginning of }] Heb 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Principles of the doctrine of Christ [∞] ▸ ± He 6:1-2 Milk of the gospel Discussion Repentance Faith Baptisms Laying on of hands Resurrection Eternal judgement
He was named Yeshua
Magic baby Jesus
Magic Jesus
Star of Bethlehem
The Logos
Scientific alternatives
Aereopagus effect