Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places in Christ: according as He
hath chosen us in Him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before Him in love: having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the
good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the
glory of His grace, wherein He hath made
us accepted in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:3-6
I spent the day at the Veteran hospital in Sacramento yesterday so I could not wrote my blog as usual. This meeting was a post op meeting to remove bandages and to give me a report as to what they had found, it was a fat tumor, a lipoma about the size of 10 inches by 7 inches and about 3 inches deep and it was taken to pathology for examination and now on to another pathology lab to make sure that there is no cancer. I will not have the results until Oct 2, so I wait. Well....wait I can do but there is more "fish to fry" and those fishes are those teaching a liberal Christianity. Many "Christians" were the badge of Christianity but are living and believing another gospel are are more about self-realization, a need to feel good, to be exhilarated, to euphoric enticements to feel godly. This is done is no many ways, music, eloquent speeches, going about doing rather than being what we are to be: holy and to recognize that as Authentic Christians we are adopted into the family of God through Jesus Christ and that decision made by God was made for all who believe on Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world. He chose you, the one who has repented of their sins, to have become believers in Jesus Christ that through Jesus Christ you may have all the blessings of God. Well, some say that you were personally chosen before the foundation of God so that you have been before the foundation of the world elected to have eternal life. Partly that is true, you have been elected to have all the blessings of God, not that you have been personally elected until you receive the free gift of faith and this comes by the word of God and you make a choice to believe on Jesus Christ. Now, that will of God for His children applies to you and you should become "holy." Well, the Greek word that we translate "should" is an infinitive in the present tense and is literally "for us to to be" and their, due to it being an infinitive, no time limit, but it is to be presently in our lives and to continue throughout our lives.
Too much additive to Christianity is a major problem within those Churches that have added doctrines and practices that are not warranted in Scripture. Jesus came, that is God came, so that Jesus Christ having the DNA of Mary, a human being, and that God was the Father, or the One who supplied the other DNA needed for Jesus to be alive and exist had God, not man's essence in Him making Jesus both man and God. This was necessary for Jesus to be the equal, the propitiation for our sins. He suffered as we do while He was on this earth, so we who are adopted, those who have received the Holy Spirit when be have chosen Him to be our Savior, means that our sufferings are also the sufferings of Jesus Christ who lives within us. When we sin we have sinned, not just against man, against ourselves, but we have sinned against God who lives within us. We need to repent, to return to what God has declared us to be: holy through Jesus Christ. We who are Authentic Christians, those who have Authentic Christian Faith, a faith that is of Scripture and not that of some man made doctrine that they are teaching; to deny ourselves and follow Jesus.
What do you need to add to Scripture? Why do you need all this teaching that is not warranted in Scripture? Why do you not inspect what is being taught to ensure that the teaching is of Scripture and not some twisting of Scripture to meet a person' theology? Can you just "pull up" your pants, get to work, to live as an Authentic Christian following the commands of Jesus, not man, but Jesus? Do you need more than the fact that you are adopted children of God, that you are in the family of God? Do you not realize that you have been chosen to have all the blessings of God and all you have to do is follow Jesus? So, then, read, study, pray, and just do what the Bible says to do, do not that which the Bible says not to do. You have all the power of God with you, at your disposal, so it would behoove a person to know God and the truth of God and this comes by the word of God, not be the word of man. Yes, some men teach the truth, but others teach another gospel. You have the responsibility to know the difference and this knowing does not come some supernatural way for God has given us the "game plan" to way to know: use it!
Come now, and let us reason together,
saith the LORD: though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be white as
snow; though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:18
Now is the time!
Richard L. Crumb
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