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Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 66 BUT GOD! (Rightly Dividing the Word of God) – Part 3 Matthew 6:33 and Various Other Scriptures It is good to see everyone back for our third half-hour this afternoon. Again, we like to welcome our television audience, and we just thank you for all your encouragement, your financial help, your prayers, and your constant reference to praying for Laura, our daughter. We just can’t thank you enough. I think nine out of ten letters are still making mention of their praying for her, and we appreciate that so much, as she does. We’re going to keep right on with where we’ve been. I’m going to take you, for our jump off verse, back to where we started in our last program, Matthew 10 verses 5 and 6. Now, this is at the beginning of the Lord’s earthly ministry to the Nation of Israel in fulfillment of the covenant promises. Consequently, it has to be confined to the Nation of Israel, because the covenant promises of Abraham, Isaac, David, and Moses had nothing to do with the Gentile world. It was all Jewish. Okay, here we go, we’re going to continue on. Matthew 10:5-6 "These twelve (The twelve disciples that everybody knows the names forwards and backwards.) Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, (Now, that means what it says.) saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6. But (There is another of the important ‘Buts’ in Scripture.) go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." All right, now just to show how the Twelve - especially Peter, James, and John who were the pillars of the Jerusalem church and of the Twelve - adhere to that, let’s jump all the way up to the book of Acts. Now, I’m going to show that they never betrayed that commandment. They did not go to the Gentile world, because they were commanded not to. I don’t care how much theologians think otherwise, I’ll stick with what the Book says. Here we have it so obvious in Acts chapter 2, the Pentecostal sermon by the Apostle Peter; this is to show you that he’s not including Gentiles in his speaking. Acts 2:22a "Ye men of Israel, hear these words;" Any Gentiles in "ye men of Israel"? No. Couldn’t be. All right, you come on down a little further in the same chapter, verse 36. Acts 2:36a "Therefore (after referring to all the references in the Psalms) let all the house of Israel…" Now, that flies in the face of "world-widers" and Herbert W. Armstrong who maintain that the Ten Tribes of the North were supposedly lost and ended up in Western Europe and Scandinavia and became the seed stock of the Caucasian peoples. What a lie! Because they’re all twelve here. Now, if they were lost, Peter couldn’t call it "the whole house of Israel," but he does. But Peter isn’t the first, Ezra and Nehemiah used the same language. So, even at the time of captivity none of the Ten Tribes were lost. Now, some of them went into captivity in Assyria. But they didn’t disappear as tribal units. They were all still evident when they went out to Babylon. The same way here. Acts 2:36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." All right, turn over to chapter 3. We’re just going to chase down these references that show there’s nothing of the Gentile world in here. This is still keeping true to the commandment "Go not into the way of the Gentile." Acts 3:1a "Now Peter and John went up together into the temple…" How many Gentiles got into the Temple? Well, none. They had a little area on the outside, but they couldn’t go into the Temple like a Jew could. All right, then come on over to chapter 4 verse 10, and I don’t have to change one word. It’s all so obvious. Acts 4:10-11 "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11. This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

" Now where was that reference? I think it’s Psalms 118 which refers to Christ as the stone rejected by the builders. It had nothing to do with Gentiles whatsoever. This is all tied to the Jewish promises. You can come all the way through the early chapters of Acts and it’s still all Peter and the eleven dealing with the Nation of Israel. Now of course, in chapter 9 we have what I call that great division again. Here is where we mark a straight cutting, or rightly dividing of Scripture. Now, instead of the Lord telling this man to go the Nation of Israel, or to go to anyone else, He designates the Gentiles. Acts chapter 9 verse 15, now of course, it’s going to come to Paul second hand, or Saul, because the Lord is directing it to a Jewish believer in Damascus named Ananias. Acts 9:15a "But the Lord said unto him, (to this Jew, Ananias) Go thy way: (Don’t argue with me. Because Ananias was scared to death of Saul of Tarsus. He thought he was going to take him back and kill him. So the Lord says…) Go thy way: for he (Saul) is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles,…" Now that’s clear language isn’t it? There’s no gobbledy-gook there. It’s just a plain statement that this man is now going to go the opposite direction that the Twelve went. We’re going to come back to Galatians in a little bit and pick up where we were in the last program. All right, now in chapter 10, and I think this is so interesting the way these things unfold. Chapter 10 is while Saul of Tarsus is out in his three year hiatus in the desert. Back here in Jerusalem God is going to deal again with Peter, but in a unique situation. Peter is in the house of one Simon a tanner. He’s going to reveal to him that He’s going to open the door as it was to the Gentile world, for the benefit of the Apostle Paul. Not for Peter’s benefit, for Paul’s benefit. All right, so here we have it in Acts chapter 10 after Paul has been converted on the road to Damascus. He’s out in the desert receiving all the revelation of the mysteries that he’s going to come back and start preaching to the Gentile world in a little while. But in the mean time, Peter is going to use the keys that the Lord promised to him. He used them for Israel at Pentecost, and I think here is where He used them for the Gentile world. Had it not been for this event, Peter would have never come to Paul’s defense at the Jerusalem counsel. Had Peter not come to Paul’s defense, I doubt that they would have even let him leave Jerusalem. But he did, because of this. All right, here we have the account with Cornelius, the Roman Centurion. But to show you that Peter is still a law-keeping Jew; he knows nothing of Paul’s Gospel of Grace, we come down to verse 11 of chapter 10: Acts 10:11-12 "And he saw (that is Peter) heaven opened (in his vision) and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12. Wherein (this great sheet) were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air." In other words, he had a mix of everything. Now, compare that to the kosher diet of a Jew. It was totally unbelievable. Here he has all these unclean things mixed in probably with the clean ones. Acts 10:13 "And there came a voice to him, (The Lord says…) Rise, Peter; kill, and eat." Well, it’s a picture, of course, of the whole scope of humanity. Now, look at Peter’s answer. Acts 10:14 "But Peter said, Not so, Lord; (Why?) for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.’" And why hadn’t he? He was a law-keeping Jew. Nobody had told Peter he was no longer under the Law. He’s a law-keeping Jew. This was horrific for him – to eat unclean animals! Well, it wasn’t any worse than to go to those unclean Romans, which is where God’s going to have him go. All right, so miraculously He gets Peter and six other Jews to go up the coast of the Mediterranean to Caesarea on the Sea. He goes to the house of Cornelius where God had miraculously brought the two entities together.

Now you want to remember, you know the account, how miraculously God dealt with Cornelius to send messengers down to Peter. Peter is now seeing the vision of the sheet. So, these things worked together to get Peter to the house of this Roman Centurion, Cornelius. All right, now again, for sake of time, we’re going to bring you down to verse 28 to show that this was contrary to Peter’s thinking. You’ve heard me say it a hundred times over the years, I think there were heel prints in the sand all the way from Joppa to Caesarea – "But Lord, I don’t want to go!" The Lord says, "You will, Peter." He gets there and he��s still adamant. Look what his argument is in verse 28. Acts 10:28 "And he said unto them, (The Gentiles in the house of Cornelius - all Romans.) Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto (or into the house) one of one of another nation; but God (See there’s another one! Oh, I love these. They’re all through Scripture! "But God." I could come back in a few weeks and use this one, but I’ll try not to.) but God hath shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean." How? By all the things that were in that sheet vision. Peter, you don’t call anything common or unclean anymore, because now the work of the cross is completed, and we’re going to take the Gospel to the entire world. Did Peter understand it? No. I don’t think he ever did. But nevertheless, he was obedient, somewhat, to what God wanted him to do. Now, what I’m trying to show here is that Peter and the eleven and all the other Jewish leadership are still aware that they’re to have nothing to do with the Gentile world. Nothing. But here he is by special dispensation, or whatever you want to call it, and look what he says: "It’s an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company or come unto one of another nation, but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean." All right, now come on over to chapter 11 and now we’ll see the reaction of the Jewish leadership down there in Jerusalem, the other eleven apostles, and the Jewish believers in the Jerusalem church. My, you would think they would have shouted "Hallelujah! God is going out to the whole world!" Are you kidding? Anything but. Acts 11:1 "And the apostles (all twelve of them) and brethren (the leadership of the Jerusalem church) that were in Judea (that’s Jerusalem) heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God." Were they exalting? No, it doesn’t say that, but look at the next verse. Acts 11:2 "And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, (from Caesarea) they that were of the circumcision (That is of the Jerusalem church -- praised him?) contended with him." They met him at the door. "Peter, what’s the matter with you? How could you?" They knew nothing of the special vision that poor old Peter had to suffer through. So, they of the circumcision contended with him. Acts 11:3 "Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them." You see the horror of all that? Peter, how could you, a good Jew, go into the house of these Romans? And that’s not the half of it, the word came back to us, I suppose from the other six Jews that went with him. You know there’s always some means of getting the gossip back before you get there. "You even ate with them!" I can prove from Homer’s writing that the favorite meat diet of the Romans was what? Pork. And Peter, a good Jew, eating pork? Well, that was the mentality, and it was as it should be. Okay, so everything concerning these Jewish leaderships was tying them to the nation of Israel, until God raised up the Apostle Paul with the admonition, "I’m going to send you to the Gentiles." All right, let’s come back to that chapter in Galatians where we left off in our last program and pick it up where it is so plainly stressed that Paul could have nothing to do with the Twelve, theologically speaking. Now of course, physically, there could still be a Jewish friendship,

but theologically Paul makes it so plain that God is keeping him totally separated from the Twelve. And this is what I want people to understand. This is rightly dividing the Scripture. Galatians 1 and we were probably down to about verse 15 in our other program, so we’ll move to 16. Galatians 1:15b-17a "…and called me by his grace, 16. To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; (or the Gentiles) immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: 17. Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them who were apostles before me;…" Now stop there a minute. I always like to look at Scripture logically, because even though it’s supernatural, it is still logical. It’s not clear out of sync. Now, if God is going to keep this apostle of the Gentiles separated from the Twelve, He’s going to have to make it as clear as clear can be that Paul is going to have nothing to do with the Twelve. And again, logically, if you were under this set of circumstances as Saul of Tarsus finds himself at the Damascus Road experience, where would be the first place to go to find out more about the Jesus of Nazareth that he had hated? Well, the Twelve! That’d be the logical place to go – back to Jerusalem and sit down at the feet of Peter, James, and John, and let them unload on him all the things they’d learned in those three years. But see, God is adamantly saying "No, Paul, you’re not going to have anything to do with the Twelve. I’m going to keep you separate from them." All right, now read on. Galatians 1:17b "…but I went into Arabia,…" You’ve heard me say it many, many times. Jerusalem was to the southwest from Damascus. Arabia is to the southeast. So, for all practical purposes, opposite directions, so that he stays further and further away from Jerusalem and the Twelve. Galatians 1:18a "Then after three years…" That’s why we feel that he spent most of those three years out in the desert. I think Mount Sinai, and then he went back to Damascus. Now, some people like to say he must have spent the three years in Damascus; at least it was civilized territory. But now wait a minute. Had he spent three years in Damascus, what would have been the evidence? What would he have had? Well, he’d have had a huge church. He would have had a huge church in Damascus, just like he did in Ephesus after eighteen months. But is there any sign of a Gentile church in Damascus? Not that I’ve ever been aware of. Not historically. Not archaeologically, nor scripturally. There was nothing that would indicate Paul spent any time at all in Damascus. That’s why I take the approach that he spent most of those three years out in the desert. And as you’ve heard me say it, even on the program, it probably took two and a half years to get Judaism out of his system so that God could fill him with the Gospel of Grace. Some of you know what that’s like. You’ve come out of a cultic background and you know how hard it is to walk away from it. Well, Judaism was no different. They were steeped in it. That’s why the whole Book of Hebrews is written, to show these Jews that yes, that was appropriate at that time, but now you’ve got to separate from it. Galatians 1:19-21 "But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother. 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. 21. Afterwards I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia;" That’s where his hometown of Tarsus was located, up there in southeast Turkey. All right, now then, we’re going to jump into chapter 2, because I’m showing the ‘But God’ here. Yes, the Twelve were sent to Israel. But God is sending this man to the Gentile world. All right, now to show you again how clearly the Holy Spirit led Paul to write of these things, we might as well start at verse 1. Now this is all repetition. I know this is back in past programs, but they are probably several years ago. He says: Galatians 2:1a "Then fourteen years after,…" That is after that conversion on the road to Damascus. Now, if that was in about 37 or 38 AD, that jumps us up to 51 or 52 AD.

There has been proof positive that this Jerusalem counsel was in that very timeframe, somewhere between 51 and 52 AD. The Twelve and Paul and Barnabas have this knock-down, drag-out meeting in Jerusalem. It’s to solve a problem that had stemmed from the Jerusalem church coming in behind Paul’s little Gentile congregations and telling them that they had to also practice circumcision and keep the Mosaic Law. In other words, they were trying to get Paul’s new converts to mix Law and Grace. No different than a lot of preachers today. They just cannot get off that kick of mixing Law and Grace. Well, this was the whole problem that’s going to be settled now in Galatians 2, and the parallel, of course, is Acts chapter 15. All right, verse 2, Paul writes by inspiration. Never forget this is God’s Word. This isn’t Paul and his own thinking. This is the Word of God coming through the pen of the Apostle. He says: Galatians 2:2a "And I went up (That is to Jerusalem.) by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles,…" And what is THAT Gospel? Well, let’s look at it again for sake of new listeners. We have them every day. So bear with me when I repeat and repeat and repeat. I Corinthians 15:1 - 4. This is what we’re talking about. This is Paul’s Gospel of salvation that we must believe in this Age of Grace! I know most of you know it. I know that. But for benefit of others, we’re going to repeat it. I Corinthians 15:1-2a "Moreover, brethren, (He’s writing to Gentile Believers.) I declare unto you the gospel (Not ‘a’ Gospel, ‘the’ Gospel.) which I preached unto you, and which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; (As believers. Not blown about with every wind of doctrine, even though the Corinthians were his most troublesome.) 2. By which also ye are saved,…" Now, how can you make it any plainer than that? Impossible. It’s by THIS Gospel that people are saved. No other. And then they tell us that there’s never been anything but one Gospel. I’ve shared this with the program more than once. I’ve confronted preachers who confront me and say, "There’s never been more than one." I said, "Oh, really? Adam and Eve were saved by believing in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, 4000 years before it happened?" And you know what their answer is? "Well, they must have." Isn’t that ridiculous? You mean Abraham was saved by believing in a death, burial, and resurrection? "Well, he must have." No, he wasn’t. It hadn’t even been dreamed of. They’d never heard of such a thing. Crucifixion, if I’m not mistaken, was an early Roman invention about 200-300 BC at the earliest. How could they believe in something that hadn’t even been invented, if you want to call it that. But anyway, here’s Paul’s Gospel of salvation. I Corinthians 15:3-4 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; (It was God’s Divine purpose that Christ should go to the cross. It wasn’t an accident of history. It was all preplanned long before Creation.) 4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures." That’s Paul’s Gospel, simple and yet profound. That’s what you must believe in your heart for your salvation! You’ve heard me say it over and over, no human being who has ever lived or who ever will, can comprehend all that Christ accomplished at that cross of Calvary. It’s just beyond us. We take what little bit we can comprehend by faith. We know that when we believe it God has promised eternal salvation. All right, back to Galatians, this is what Paul always refers to when he says, "My Gospel" or as he says in this verse 2: Galatians 2:2b "…that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, (That must mean the Twelve in a separate room by themselves.) lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain." Now, I can readily understand that. I think most of you can if you’ve ever tried to deal with corporate people.

If you really want to get something done, how far up the corporate ladder do you have to go? As far as possible. If you want to get something done, get as far up that corporate ladder as you can possibly get. If you can get the head man, that’s the place to go. That’s where Paul had gone. We found it out getting a man’s passport. He called only about a week before we were ready to leave. Now, you know it normally takes six weeks to get a passport. Well, the dear old gentleman was 85 years old. He had been in service for many years, and he had also had a top secret job with the federal government for many years, so he had everything going for him, but he didn’t have a passport and we only had a week to go. So, I told him to go ahead and plan on it, and I’d jump on it as much as I could. Well, the fellow who was helping us in Minnesota jumped on the senator that he knew, and I approached our senator from Oklahoma. And they jumped right on it, both those senators, and you know what they did? They delivered that guy’s passport to his front door the day before we had to leave. Well, where do you go? Just as high as you possibly can, if you want to get something done! All right, now what’s Paul doing? He’s going to the top. Who’s at the top of the Jerusalem church? The Twelve. That’s obvious. The Twelve were the kingpins of the Jerusalem church. So, Paul makes sure that those are the ones he’s going to deal with to stop this infiltrating of his Gentile churches. It’s obvious. All right, read on. Galatians 2:3-4 "But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4. And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, (or secretly brought in) who came in privately (or secretly) to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:" Now we’ve got to be careful. They weren’t trying to get Paul arrested and thrown into a Roman prison. They were trying to get Paul to a place where he would agree to come back under the Law. Now, that’s how subtle religionists can be!

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I cristiani sono tenuti a osservare il sabato?

I cristiani sono tenuti a osservare il sabato?

Questo è un argomento molto delicato, anzi so di non errare affermando che questo è davvero uno dei temi più importanti e di divisione tra le chiese Cristiane odierne! E' un articolo anzi uno studio che non ho mai voluto affrontare fino ad oggi dalla nascita di questo sito e di questa "Chiesa-Congregazione sulla terra". Vi chiedo prima di leggere di Chiedere a Dio di guidarvi.

"REWIND" un pò della mia storia ... prima di andare avanti Io sono nato Cattolico, ho studiato senza farne parte, più di 35 anni fà, per qualche mese con i "Testimoni di Geova" di cui non ho mai condiviso la loro "filosofia religiosa" anche se molte delle dottrine sono condivisibili, ma non il loro sistema "chiesa"... Sono stato parte della Chiesa Di Dio Universale vi sono entrato nel 1987 dopo la morte di Armstrong, (Herbert W. 1892-1986) il fondatore. Se cercate delle Biografie sulla Chiesa sappiate che sono state scritte da persone che hanno sempre avuto lo scopo di “distruggere” ogni Chiesa che non sia la loro quindi non troverete certo recensioni positive, ma pur sapendo che ci sono “cose buone” e cose “non Buone” evidenziano sempre queste ultime. Ho conosciuto W. Tkach (il suo successore) quando ero nella chiesa CDU, (venne a Roma nella Chiesa Locale e poi Milano) . Joseph W. Tkach sr. (1927-1995) Quando divenne il successore di Armstrong, mantenne per molti anni tutte le dottrine di base e fondative della Chiesa di Dio Universale. Quando io entrai nella Chiesa CDU, La chiesa aveva un forte impronta Ebraica, infatti osservavamo tutte le feste Ebraiche principali “Sabato, Tabernacoli, Pasqua, Azzimi etc..) le regole della “Decima” e altre “regole determinate dalla Chiesa”. Personalmente avevo passato un intero anno agli inizi ha studiare e confrontare “la verità Biblica” secondo I Testimoni di Geova, La Chiesa cattolica e La Chiesa CDU. Alla fine mi convinsi che la CDU aveva la “verità” ma al tempo io ero davvero alle “prime armi e molto ignorante”…. La cosa che mi spinse ad entrare nella chiesa non fu la Dottrina delle “Feste” ne la “promessa di salvezza” ma il fatto che non si faceva proselitismo è solo Dio che chiama e si sceglie i suoi appartenenti alla chiesa, il compito della chiesa è di "far conoscere il Vangelo che significa la buona notizia", inoltre il ricevere sempre Gratuitamente tutte le pubblicazioni della Chiesa con la filosofia “Gratuitamente avete ricevuto gratuitamente date”. Quando chiesi di “entrare nella chiesa” il ministro che venne a trovarmi fece molte visite e colloqui con me “praticamente” si accertò che fossi davvero “consapevole” di cosa significasse essere della CDU, Nelle altre confessioni “ti tiravano dentro” subito, anzi facevano pressing per farti essere dei loro, nella CDU invece sembrava che non ti volessero! I motivi per questo comportamento li compresi solo anni dopo e anche adesso sono parte della mia base “Cristiana”… MA TORNIAMO AL TEMA PRINCIPALE Ad un certo punto Tkach verso la fine della sua vita, si impegnò in diversi cambiamenti dottrinali in tema di anglo israelismo, feste cristiane (come Natale e Pasqua), sabbatarianismo, oltre a rivedere la struttura dei versamenti delle decime. Nella CDU il Sabato era parte della osservanza anzi un Segno distintivo “di Vera Chiesa di Dio”. La Chiesa abolì definitivamente il Sabato, tutte le feste e altro, ma fino a che Tkach padre fu in vita si continuo a osservare tutto. Tkach sr. morì nel 1995, il successore, suo figlio Joseph Tkach jr., continuò come nuovo Pastore Generale nell’opera di revisione delle dottrine della chiesa, iniziata dal padre e cambio cancellando di fatto tutta la Base della CDU voluta da Armstrong, la totale conversione è culminata nel 1996 con l’accoglimento della WCG nell’ambito della National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) (Associazione nazionale degli evangelici). Oggigiorno la WCG è presente in circa 90 paesi del mondo con 64.000 membri (sebbene prima degli scismi interni, nel 1986, erano arrivati ad essere circa 150.000) divisi in 860 congregazioni. Il sito ufficiale è www.wcg.org . Di fatto la CDU non era più la chiesa in cui ero entrato al tempo, rimaneva solo il nome, la Chiesa di Dio Universale è divenuta oggi una chiesa evangelica e segue quella dottrina! Io avevo al tempo e da anni dei dubbi sul molte dottrine della chiesa compreso il sabato e soprattutto sul Sistema di “gestione” delle comunità “Chiese locali” Ero profondamente convinto che si dovesse incentivare la creazione di una famiglia, favorendo la conoscenza e l’aggregazione dei membri della Chiesa lavorando nel creare Fratelli e Sorelle unite da Amore reciproco, che il Pastore della chiesa non aveva il ruolo di “Padre Padrone” e unico “illuminato da Dio”. Di fatto la chiesa quando io entrai era “Molto piena di amore e di fratellanza” ma era divenuta in pochi anni fatta di “fedeli” sotto tutela del ministro. Non si poteva parlare di “religione” e dottrina tra di noi ed era vietato farlo (solo il Pastore della chiesa era autorizzato a farlo), con persone nuove. Se un fratello era in difficoltà senza approvazione del pastore non si poteva fare nulla. Il SABATO era una specie di tortura, dove i DIVIETI erano la cosa più importante, Non si doveva vedere la Tv, non si doveva andare a fare compere, non si doveva fare alcun lavoro neanche dentro casa e neanche se fosse urgente, non si doveva …. E i divieti erano davvero tanti… il sabato potevi solo studiare la Bibbia, andare al servizio se c’era o farti una breve passeggiata! Io però avevo sempre in mente questa scrittura 23 In giorno di sabato Gesù passava per i campi di grano, e i discepoli, camminando, cominciarono a strappare le spighe. 24 I farisei gli dissero: «Vedi, perché essi fanno di sabato quel che non è permesso?». 25 Ma egli rispose loro: «Non avete mai letto che cosa fece Davide quando si trovò nel bisogno ed ebbe fame, lui e i suoi compagni? 26 Come entrò nella casa di Dio, sotto il sommo sacerdote Abiatàr, e mangiò i pani dell'offerta, che soltanto ai sacerdoti è lecito mangiare, e ne diede anche ai suoi compagni?». 27 E diceva loro: «Il sabato è stato fatto per l'uomo e non l'uomo per il sabato! 28 Perciò il Figlio dell'uomo è signore anche del sabato». Quindi che senso aveva quel Sabato Ebraico nella Chiesa Cristiana la CDU? Quel Sabato era non era fatto per l’uomo ma l’uomo ne era schiavo! La CDU era divenuta una chiesa dove nel tempo mi sono sentito soffocare, dove ho visto “tramandare” o “dare” ruoli di “potere” nella cerchia famigliare o tra amici “fedeli”… Dove si accedeva ai vari “uffici” non perchè Dio ti aveva dato un Dono ma solo se “Eri nella grazia del Pastore o potente al comando”… Non potevo assolutamente accettare questo e quindi sono andato via… Purtroppo le vari “chiese” che si sono formate dopo dalla separazione dalla CDU hanno tutte mantenuto queste brutte abitudini. Nessuna basa Tutto sul vero concetto di Cristo e cioè i suoi due comandamenti fondamentali Marco «Qual è il primo di tutti i comandamenti?». 29 Gesù rispose: «Il primo è: Ascolta, Israele. Il Signore Dio nostro è l'unico Signore; 30 amerai dunque il Signore Dio tuo con tutto il tuo cuore, con tutta la tua mente e con tutta la tua forza. 31 E il secondo è questo: Amerai il prossimo tuo come te stesso. Non c'è altro comandamento più importante di questi». 32 Allora lo scriba gli disse: «Hai detto bene, Maestro, e secondo verità che Egli è unico e non v'è altri all'infuori di lui; 33 amarlo con tutto il cuore, con tutta la mente e con tutta la forza e amare il prossimo come se stesso val più di tutti gli olocausti e i sacrifici». vorrei che adesso noti e rifletti con attenzione su questo passo “..amare il prossimo come se stesso val più di tutti gli olocausti e i sacrifici..” Cristo afferma una cosa fondamentale cioè val più di tutti gli olocausti e i sacrifici! Comprendi cosa significasse questa frase detta a uno uno degli scribi? Vi ho scritto quanto sopra per farvi comprendere che anche se questo "sito-chiesa" è nato da davvero poco tempo per mia iniziativa io sono "dentro alla chiesa di Dio Spirituale" da molti anni. Ma torniamo al argomento di questo studio cioè se i Cristiani devono o non devono osservare il sabato. La prima cosa è di domandarsi perché Dio ha istituito il Sabato! Adesso Ti chiedo di lasciare da parte ogni convinzione, ogni idea che hai su questo argomento, di rendere la lavagna bianca! Dio ci ha dato una mente in grado di ragionare, pensare, porsi domande, di cercare logicità nelle cose. Noi non siamo stati programmati per Obbedire “ciecamente” ma ogni cosa nella nostra mente può essere elaborata e verificata. Quindi è quello che faremo insieme, useremo la logica e la sapienza. Come “popolo di Dio” abbiamo tutti la Bibbia e la riconosciamo come la sua parola scritta per noi. Ma come è scritto quella parola può essere usata dai “Figli di Lucifero” per ingannare e perfino portare alla rovina gli “Eletti”! Quindi dobbiamo usare ogni dono che Dio ha messo nella nostra mente per comprendere la verità, non solo basarci su “versetti” presi da parti della parola e composti in modo da disegnare il quadro che vogliamo far vedere. Quello che succede e che i “predicatori” non cercano la verità ma solo di dimostrare che la loro idea sia la verità per fondare un loro seguito! Questo è senza possibilità di correzione da quando non ci sono più gli Apostoli. San Paolo fece numerose lettere per “riportare nella giusta via” le chiese che erano già al suo tempo preda di persone che volevano imporre una verità diversa. Quindi facciamo appello alla logica e alla scrittura insieme.

La Bibbia si apre con Genesi e la creazione della umanità, conosciamo tutti le vicende della umanità e secolo dopo secolo la narrazione delle loro vicende. Fino alla “schiavitù in Egitto” Per tutti questi secoli non si fa menzione della osservanza del sabato, ne di giorni particolari. L’umanità faceva sacrifici e preghiere a Dio quando voleva. Quindi è logico suppore che una festa tanto importante sarebbe stata “citata” e osservata da Subito? Che ne dovremmo trovare traccia o che gli uomini “chiamati” da Dio lo osservavano e lo insegnavano? E invece non c’è traccia se non Nel libro della Genesi dove leggiamo che Dio creò i cieli e la terra che Egli chiamò «giorni in sei periodi di tempo »: «Il settimo giorno, Iddio compì l’opera che aveva fatta, e si riposò il settimo giorno da tutta l’opera che aveva fatta. E Dio benedisse il settimo giorno e lo santificò» (Genesi 2:2–3). Notare che in molte traduzioni si parla di “tempo”. Alcuni hanno calcolato questo tempo come 1000 anni altri …. Il termine ebraico “yom”, comunemente tradotto “giorno”, sta ad indicare, nella stessa Bibbia, sia le classiche 24 ore che periodi di tempo più lunghi. Nel quarto capitolo della Genesi, ad esempio, leggiamo questo brano: 1 Adamo si unì a Eva sua moglie, la quale concepì e partorì Caino e disse: «Ho acquistato un uomo dal Signore». 2 Poi partorì ancora suo fratello Abele. Ora Abele era pastore di greggi e Caino lavoratore del suolo. 3 Dopo un certo tempo, Caino offrì frutti del suolo in sacrificio al Signore. Ebbene, quel termine (Genesi 4,3) che le Bibbie in volgare traducono in “tempo”, nell’originale in lingua ebraica è “yom” (giorno); lo stesso del primo capitolo (quando Dio creò tutte le cose). Perché, allora, in tal caso è stato tradotto in “tempo” anziché in “giorno”? Il perché si capisce dal contesto. Da quando Caino nacque, a quando egli fece la propria offerta a Dio, non potevano, per logica, essere passati solo alcuni giorni ma doveva esser trascorso un bel po’ di tempo (presumibilmente un bel po’ anni). Di esempi dello stesso genere se ne potrebbero fare anche altri. Sempre dal Libro della Genesi, al capitolo 40, leggiamo quanto segue: 4 Il comandante delle guardie assegnò loro Giuseppe, perché li servisse. Così essi restarono nel carcere per un certo tempo. Nel Libro di Giosuè, invece, al capitolo 24, è scritto che gli ebrei dimorarono per lungo tempo nel deserto. In entrambi i casi, la parola ebraica tradotta in “tempo” è, in realtà, “yom”. Sappiamo, pertanto, con certezza, che tale termine (yom) stesse ad indicare non solo singoli giorni della durata di 24 ore, bensì, anche periodi di tempo di durata indefinita. Ciò non deve affatto stupirci dato che l’ebraico biblico aveva un numero piuttosto ridotto di vocaboli, circa 8.000, di cui 1.700 usati (nella Bibbia) una sola volta. Poiché l’Antico Testamento contiene circa 590.000 parole, gli ebrei, nella stesura della Bibbia, dovettero farsi bastare il loro piccolo vocabolario usando gli stessi termini più e più volte e in vario modo. Aldilà che il termine “yom”, come già detto, era usato, anche, quale sinonimo di tempo indefinito, va fatta pure un’altra considerazione. Dio, essendo eterno, senz’altro non computa il tempo alla nostra maniera. E’ la stessa Bibbia a dircelo. Nel Salmo 89, che la tradizione attribuisce a Mosè, leggiamo: 4 Ai tuoi occhi, mille anni sono come il giorno di ieri che è passato, come un turno di veglia nella notte. San Pietro riprese lo stesso concetto nella sua seconda Lettera Apostolica, dicendo: 8 Una cosa però non dovete perdere di vista, carissimi: davanti al Signore un giorno è come mille anni e mille anni come un giorno solo. Quindi la domanda è quanto era lungo il giorno “santo” della Creazione? Nessuno su questa terra è in grado di provare che sia stato di 24 ore. Se questo fosse possibile, tramite la parola Biblica e qualcuno avesse la prova inconfutabile, allora tutti dovrebbero osservare il Sabato, ma invece ognuno “trova la sua verità”. Ma sappiamo con certezza che il Sabato di 24 ore è stato dato al popolo dell’esodo.

Ma perchè?

Quel popolo era il “POPOLO DI DIO” a quel tempo l’adorazione e i sacrifici erano la cosa normale in tutti i popoli, quindi ci doveva essere qualcosa che fosse un “segnale” un “segno” che rendesse quel popolo diverso. Va fatta, anche questa importante considerazione. Strutturando la Creazione in 7 giorni (sei di lavoro ed uno di riposo), Dio istituì la settimana ebraica (cioè quella composta, appunto, da sei giorni lavorativi e da uno di riposo da dedicare alla preghiera, a Dio e alla famiglia). Il diritto ad almeno un giorno di riposo settimanale lo dobbiamo, pertanto, alla Bibbia (e dunque a Dio); un diritto che la legge ebraica estendeva anche ai servi e agli schiavi. Tale diritto, non dimentichiamolo mai, non era presente presso nessun altro popolo dell'antichità! Bene andiamo avanti… Come al solito ho fatto ricerche sul web (non sono un professore di Religione ne un esperto teologo) ma ogni volta mi rivolgo al mio insegnante Gesù Cristo affinche mi conduca alla sapienza e mi faccia trovare la sua verità. Come ho sempre affermato la Verità è da Dio, la sapienza e da Dio e l'unico insegnate è Dio. Ma questo impone che Dio usi qualsiasi persona in questo mondo per insegnare e far conoscere la sua Verità. Di fatto vi sono Professori e Maestri che sono in grado di Studiare e scrivere la Verità religiosa, non sono in grado spesso di "Vedere" il quadro totale e ne possegono solo un "pezzetto", ma quel pezzetto e per me importante perche Cristo lo ha fatto scrivere affinche chi non ha "conoscenza ho non può accedere a studi" possa trovarlo e creare alla fine il "quadro completo"... Cercando ne web ho trovato questo articolo .... Vi ho apportato alcune correzioni ma senza stravolgerlo. CHE COSA DICONO LE SCRITTURE? Rispettoso delle posizioni altrui, devo però riconoscere e affermare che tutto quello che è sostenuto dalla Scrittura e, in materia di dottrina, tutto quello che è detto e confermato dal Nuovo Testamento. È stato ripetutamente sottolineato che non tutto quello che è insegnato nell’Antico Testamento è ancora valido, per questo Gesù è venuto, per perfezionare la legge antica. Egli ha sostituito l’antico patto con il nuovo, che ha inizio con la Sua morte e risurrezione: “… senza spargimento di sangue non c’è remissione” (Ebrei 9:22). Il nuovo patto inizia con il sacrificio di Cristo ed è promulgato con la Sua gloriosa risurrezione. Dio, infatti, “… in virtù del sangue del patto eterno ha tratto dai morti il gran Pastore delle pecore, Gesù nostro Signore” (Ebrei 13:20). Occorre, perciò, trovare nel Nuovo Testamento la conferma di tutto quello che riteniamo fedele all’insegnamento di Gesù e degli apostoli. LA PRATICA DELLA CHIESA DEL NUOVO TESTAMENTO Il periodo rappresentato dal libro degli Atti e dalle Epistole, deve essere il punto di riferimento dottrinale della Chiesa d’ogni tempo; il libro degli Atti, infatti, esprime praticamente la dottrina creduta dai cristiani dell’era apostolica e le epistole ne illustrano, invece, la formulazione dottrinale o teologica. Dobbiamo comprendere che al Tempo gli Ebrei non vivevano solo in "Israele" ma esistevano diverse comunità di Fede Ebraica che seguivano le regole e le leggi Ebraiche. Queste comunità conoscevano la legge "ebraica" e sopratutto la promessa del Messia. Cosa importante perchè predicare "di un messia" a persone che credevano in una moltitudine di Dei sarebbe stato incomprensibile, creare delle comunità (chiese) convertendo dei "gentili" che non avevano nessuna consocenza della legge Ebraica ne della loro storia una impresa destinata al fallimento. Paolo non avrebbe avuto "argomenti" per presentare Gesù Cristo come Salvatore e Messia! Le antiche comunità erano "miste" in molte famiglie ebree vi erano persone non ebree e di fede "pagana" In un primo tempo, il sabato e la domenica, o primo giorno della settimana, convissero nella chiesa dell’era apostolica, ed era inevitabile che fosse così, in quanto esistevano comunità cristiane di origine giudaica ed altre di origine pagana. Questa situazione era naturale, come gli ex giudei avevano come giorno di riposo il sabato, così gli ex pagani avevano per riposo il “giorno del sole”, cioè la domenica. Questo era il loro giorno festivo. Ecco perché, nel libro degli Atti, si parla spesso del sabato in relazione ai giudei e, soprattutto, alla predicazione di Paolo tra gli ebrei; invece si parla del “primo giorno della settimana” quando ci si riferisce alle comunità cristiane non giudaiche. In Giovanni 20:19, troviamo i discepoli radunati “la sera di quello stesso giorno, che era il primo della settimana” in trepidante attesa di notizie più precise intorno a Gesù, che qualcuno diceva risorto, quando, all’improvviso, il Signore stesso “venne e si presentò in mezzo a loro, e disse: ‘Pace a voi’” (v. 19). Read the full article

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cultvault · 2 years

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NEW PODCAST ALERT!! 🎙 Worldwide: The Unchosen Church shares first-hand accounts of growing up inside of a doomsday apocalyptic cult. It's a series about the costs and rewards of high-demand religious group, dispels many of the myths about what types of people join cults, and showcases the beauty, comedy, and tragedy of life inside Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God (WCG). Hosted and created by a former WCG member. Tricia Jenkins is a media professor who grew up as a second generation member of the Worldwide Church of God. She even attended the church's university in Big Sandy, Texas for her undergraduate degree. Having left the church in 1998, she is now the host of a podcast: Worldwide: The Unchosen Church, which takes an insiders' look at her doomsday apocalyptic cult and the costs and rewards of high demand religious groups. #cult #cults #wwcog #wwcg #worldwidechurchofgod #podcasthost #cultpodcast #newreligiousmovement #spiritualabuse #religioustrauma #religioustraumasyndrome #newpodcast https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce250p6IGN9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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dweemeister · 4 years

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New Orleans (1947)

The city of New Orleans is synonymous with a rich cultural tapestry shaped over centuries. Located on the banks of the Mississippi River, its economic and political influence waned with the spread of railroads and highways. Today, its influences are indigenous American, African, French, Spanish, Creole, Honduran, Vietnamese, and much more. But the city remains an inimitable cultural force. One of the city’s most significant contributions to the world is jazz – a musical genre that, even in the mid-twentieth century, attracted racially-coded disdain.

I must admit that I am instantly suspicious of any film that takes a city’s name as its title. Being not in a sniping mood as I write this sentence, I will not single any certain film out – for now. But to reduce a film title to a city’s name is to heighten expectations that the filmmaker will capture the so-called “soul” of a city (a nearly impossible task). Or perhaps they shall depict a man-made or natural disaster that takes place in that city (how often does a city’s name become shorthand for a mass shooting?). Enter Arthur Lubin’s New Orleans: a quasi-musical that does not have the courage to let the musical numbers guide it. The film stars Louis Armstrong (essentially playing himself) and Billie Holiday (not playing herself in her only credited role in a feature film), in addition to other jazz stalwarts at the time: Woody Herman, drummer Zutty Singleton, clarinetist Barney Bigard, trombonist Kid Ory, guitarist Bud Scott. New Orleans makes the mistake of not having Armstrong and Holiday be the main stars. Instead, the film has a half-baked, predictable romance. For a film title with such enormous implications, New Orleans’ concentration makes no sweeping statements about the eponymous city. Instead, it turns its gaze to jazz’s reputation among high-society white Americans.

It is 1917. The Storyville district of New Orleans is a den of prostitution, drinking, gambling, and – worst of all – jazz. Storyville’s residents are mostly black, but some of its welcome patrons are white. Nick Duquesne (Mexican actor Arturo de Córdova) runs a gambling joint frequented by Mrs. Rutledge Smith (Irene Rich) and classical music conductor/pianist Henry Ferber (Richard Hagerman). Irene avoids the jazz there (one of the regulars is Louis Armstrong and the aforementioned players), but her daughter, Miralee (Dorothy Patrick) – an operatic soprano who has arrived in New Orleans to make her professional classical music debut – is entranced by this radical music. Miralee is also entranced with Nick, against her mother’s wishes. Miralee is staying with her relative when she meets their maid, Endie (Billie Holiday), who surreptitiously plays the piano and sings jazz music when she gets the chance. As you might imagine, Endie’s employers disapprove. The film comes to a head as the U.S. military forcibly shuts down Storyville (evicting hundreds of black residents overnight), Nick leaves New Orleans, and Miralee must contend with her emotions just before she makes her classical music professional debut.

Billie Holiday’s fans might be troubled by the fact she is a maid here, given that she intentionally avoided physically demanding occupations in real life. Her reaction to this casting is unclear, as different reputable sources offer contradictory claims: that she abhorred being cast as a maid (Meg Greene’s Billie Holiday: A Biography), or that she relished the opportunity to be in a motion picture regardless of the role (an interview with music journalist Leonard Feather). So as tough as it may be to see her in a subservient role, Holiday appears to be enjoying herself – especially during the musical numbers she is a part of. She is clearly, other than Louis Armstrong, the most musically accomplished member of the cast. But when her character disappears from the film in the final third, New Orleans heaves due to the hackneyed romance between Nick and Miralee. To toss the one actor making this film worth watching for no sensible reason is a disastrous choice by screenwriters Elliot Paul (1941’s A Woman’s Face, 1945’s Rhapsody in Blue) and Dick Irving Hyland (1947’s Kilroy Was Here).

Even in a film independently released through United Artists (the one major Hollywood studio of Old Hollywood with the least executive interference), she and Armstrong cannot be the central stars. Considering Holiday’s musical talents, one wonders why she never starred in another film. Despite some digging, I could not find the answer. But if any black woman musician could have films centered around her, it would be Holiday. Her contemporaries, Lena Horne and Ethel Waters, could never overcome the terrible beliefs that audiences would not pay to see a film with a black actress in the lead role. But did Holiday – noting how Louis Armstrong also appeared in films – want to make more films? That may be an answer for someone else to uncover.

More than any film of its time that I can recall, New Orleans is overflowing with a disobedient musical energy. When considering musical genres innovated by African-Americans, there is an underground aspect to their initial spread that, at first, appears exclusive. Jazz, R&B, and hip hop have all gone through these motions: a tumultuous, secretive birth; a rebellious adolescence where critics decry the moral fabric of such music; and finally mainstreaming. Jazz in New Orleans lies somewhere within that adolescence. Its troubled reputation is the result of a mixture of musical and racial tensions. New Orleans’ affluent white community, on its surface, disdains jazz and prefers the import that is Western classical music – opinions they express vocally (as an amateur classically-trained musician who learned more about jazz later in life, I can’t stand the gatekeeping behavior exemplified in this film). So any time that jazz music is played in an unorthodox setting – the parlor of the Smith household, an orchestra hall – it feels defiant, dangerous.* These musical-racial dynamics persist in America to this day. To even see a film acknowledge that conflict, however ineloquently, is credit to the screenwriters and director Arthur Lubin understanding aspects about musical popular culture of this time.

But what is New Orleans and New Orleans without music? First sung by Holliday and reprised (one might even say appropriated in the negative sense) multiple times is, “(Do You Know What It Means to Miss) New Orleans”, with music by Louis Alter and lyrics by Edgar De Lange. Louis Armstrong is on his signature trumpet, a phalanx of great jazz instrumentalists play on the flanks, and Billie Holiday’s voice captures the timbre necessary in any song about longing.

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans And miss it each night and day? I know I’m not wrong, the feeling’s getting stronger The longer I stay away.

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It is a song representative of this film’s failed ambitions as an embodiment of New Orleans’ spirit. But it is also a brilliant showcase for some of the great jazz figures working at this time – including instrumental performances by Woody Herman and his orchestra and a virtuosic performance of “Honky Tonk Train Blues” by pianist Meade “Lux” Lewis. Nevertheless, New Orleans’ most soulful performances always revolve around Armstrong and Holiday singing Alter and De Lange’s original compositions. Other soundtrack highlights include “The Blues are Brewin’” and “Farewell to Storyville”. The former exemplifies Holiday’s timeless appeal, her singing voice’s unornamented pathos that elevates the simplest of lyrics. The latter is the most context-dependent song in the soundtrack and occurs as the U.S. military orders the closure of the speakeasies and gambling joints of Storyville – a swinging elegy without defeatism. New Orleans is at its most enjoyable during these musical numbers, and the film just feels lost whenever Armstrong and Holiday are not present or when any of the supposed leads open their mouths to speak.

That Lubin and the film’s producers do not trust the soundtrack to carry New Orleans indicates an ironic misgiving towards jazz music itself. United Artists’ refusal to reward Armstrong and Holiday star billing over de Córdova and Patrick is probably rooted to then-contemporary reality that movie theaters in the American South refused to show films with black leads. In addition, jazz music – like in this film – was not yet completely in the mainstream. If it appeared in a Hollywood film (and elements of jazz often appeared in mid-century American musicals), it almost always would be presented and popularized by a white performer. This development is not exclusive to jazz, let alone artistic medium. The filmmakers, in New Orleans’ final third, muddle their message through such appropriation. “Cultural appropriation” at its most basic definition is a neutral concept, but the developments in the film’s closing scenes – intentional or otherwise – extend this appropriation by presenting a white person’s presentation of jazz as more acceptable to a general audience than a black person’s.

For New Orleans, it remains obscure in terms of Hollywood musicals, African-American cinema, and within the esteemed United Artists filmography. In the present day, it serves best as an exhibition for some of the most acclaimed jazz musicians and performers working in the 1940s. To those fans of the numerous black jazz performers appearing in the film, New Orleans is a bittersweet reminder of what may have been.

My rating: 6.5/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. Half-points are always rounded down. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found in the “Ratings system” page on my blog (as of July 1, 2020, tumblr is not permitting certain posts with links to appear on tag pages, so I cannot provide the URL).

For more of my reviews tagged “My Movie Odyssey”, check out the tag of the same name on my blog.

* In one scene in an orchestral concert hall, jazz is played as an encore to a classical music concert. It says volumes that the audience is beside themselves and that all of the members of the orchestra (and Richard Hagerman, playing their conductor) are transfixed.

#New Orleans #Arthur Lubin #Arturo de Córdova #Dorothy Patrick #Louis Armstrong #Billie Holiday #Marjorie Lord #Irene Rich #John Alexander #Richard Hageman #Elliot Paul #Dick Irving Hyland #Herbert J. Biberman #Nat W. Finston #Woody Herman #Eddie DeLange #Louis Alter #TCM #My Movie Odyssey

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guyboulianne · 4 years

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Voici un nouveau message de Deryle Hope, rédacteur en chef adjoint de La Trompette : « Un nouveau désordre mondial »

Cher/Chère abonné(e),

Les livres d’histoire regorgent de récits sur la montée et la chute des empires et des nations. Dans l’histoire relativement récente, le XIXe siècle a été dominé par l’Empire britannique et la Pax Britannica (1815 – 1914), une période de paix relative en Europe et dans le monde.

Ensuite, les tensions économiques et militaires du XXe siècle ont annoncé des changements…

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Elijah: Where Are the True Prophets of God? is on Bill's Bible Basics Blog at https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/elijah-where-are-the-true-prophets-of-god/

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Mercy: Loving your enemies

On the 'Sermon on the Mount,' Jesus taught His followers to love their enemies. Can you do that? Why should you? How can you do that? Should you pray for your enemies and do good to them? Can you forgive someone who is not sorry? How can you show mercy to those who hate you? Is God really fair? Why did God allow Adolf Hitler? Will all reap what we sow according to the Apostle Paul? Can your physical and spiritual health be affected by the root of bitterness? Can a little leaven of bitterness hurt you a lot? Are Christians really supposed to control their thoughts? What are some health problems associated with being unwilling to forgive others? Could any of your enemies actually be above you in the Kingdom of God? Could your enemies actually be blinded by Satan and his demons? Did God call you because you were better than others? Have we all been enemies to God? Did Herbert W. Armstrong teach it was difficult to forgive those who intentionally want to cause us harm? What are some passages in the Bible about love, mercy, judgment, faith, and forgiveness? Are Christians actually supposed to strive to be perfect? Could your enemies, after the age to come, actually help make your eternity better? Dr. Thiel addresses those matters and more in this sermon.

A written article of related interest is available titled 'Mercy: Love Your Enemies'

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The Ten Commandments: Cause and Effect Is everything random? Why do things happen? Are there just two ways? Should Christians keep the ten commandments? A related sermon is also available: Cause and Effect: Two Trees, Two Ways.

Love and Who is My Brother? This is an article with 1/2 of the information from late CCOG deacon Richard Close. It talks about love, the ten commandments,and who are your brothers and sisters and neighbors. Here is a link a related sermon: Love Your Brother and Neighbor.

Beliefs of the Original Catholic Church: Could a remnant group have continuing apostolic succession? Did the original “catholic church” have doctrines held by the Continuing Church of God? Did Church of God leaders uses the term “catholic church” to ever describe the church they were part of? Here are links to related sermons: Original Catholic Church of God?, Original Catholic Doctrine: Creed, Liturgy, Baptism, Passover, What Type of Catholic was Polycarp of Smyrna?, Tradition, Holy Days, Salvation, Dress, & Celibacy, Early Heresies and Heretics, Doctrines: 3 Days, Abortion, Ecumenism, Meats, Tithes, Crosses, Destiny, and more, Saturday or Sunday?, The Godhead, Apostolic Laying on of Hands Succession, Church in the Wilderness Apostolic Succession List, Holy Mother Church and Heresies, and Lying Wonders and Original Beliefs. Here is a link to that book in the Spanish language: Creencias de la iglesia Católica original.

Hope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism The CCOG is NOT Protestant. This free online book explains how the real Church of God differs from mainstream/traditional Protestants. Several sermons related to the free book are also available: Protestant, Baptist, and CCOG History; The First Protestant, God’s Command, Grace, & Character; The New Testament, Martin Luther, and the Canon; Eucharist, Passover, and Easter; Views of Jews, Lost Tribes, Warfare, & Baptism; Scripture vs. Tradition, Sabbath vs. Sunday; Church Services, Sunday, Heaven, and God’s Plan; Seventh Day Baptists/Adventists/Messianics: Protestant or COG?; Millennial Kingdom of God and God’s Plan of Salvation; Crosses, Trees, Tithes, and Unclean Meats; The Godhead and the Trinity; Fleeing or Rapture?; and Ecumenism, Rome, and CCOG Differences.

Should You Keep God’s Holy Days or Demonic Holidays? This is a free pdf booklet explaining what the Bible and history shows about God’s Holy Days and popular holidays. Two related sermons would be Which Spring Days should Christians observe? and Fall Holy Days for Christians.

Faith for Those God has Called and Chosen What is faith? Can faith be increased? Are you saved by faith? What about works? Do Christians need to keep the Ten Commandments? What is the ‘faith chapter’? How do the just live by faith? Is faith one of the weightier matters of the law? How does faith come? Marque aquí para ver el pdf folleto: Fe para aquellos que Dios ha llamado y escogido. In German: Glaube für die von GottBerufenen und Auserwählten. In French: La Foi pour ceux que Dieu a Appelés et Choisis. Here is a link to a related sermon titled: Faith for the Called and Chosen.and here is a link to another sermon Faith and Courage. Here is a link to shorter version of the written article in Mandarin Chinese 一篇关于信仰的小文章. Here are links to the sermons Christian Faith and Increasing Faith.

Prayer: What Does the Bible Teach? This free booklet contains 28 biblically-based tips on improving the effectiveness of your prayers. This is a pdf. A related two part sermon is available: What Does the Bible Teach About Prayer? and What does the Bible Teach About Prayer (& Healing)?

Proof Jesus is the Messiah This free book has over 200 Hebrew prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus. Plus, His arrival was consistent with specific prophecies and even Jewish interpretations of prophecy. Here are links to seven related sermons: Proof Jesus is the Messiah, Prophecies of Jesus’ birth, timing, and death, Jesus’ prophesied divinity, 200+ OT prophecies Jesus filled; Plus prophecies He made, Why Don’t Jews Accept Jesus?, Daniel 9, Jews, and Jesus, and Facts and Atheists’ Delusions About Jesus

Is God’s Existence Logical? Is it really logical to believe in God? Yes! Would you like Christian answers to give atheists? This is a free online booklet that deal with improper theories and musings called science related to the origin of the origin of the universe, the origin of life, and evolution. Two animated videos of related interest are also available: Big Bang: Nothing or Creator?and A Lifegiver or Spontaneous Evolution?

The MYSTERY of GOD’s PLAN: Why Did God Create Anything? Why did God make you? This free online book helps answers some of the biggest questions that human have, including the biblical meaning of life. Here is a link to three related sermons: Mysteries of God’s Plan, Mysteries of Truth, Sin, Rest, Suffering, and God’s Plan, and The Mystery of YOU.

Universal OFFER of Salvation, Apokatastasis: Can God save the lost in an age to come? Hundreds of scriptures reveal God’s plan of salvation Will all get a fair chance at salvation? This free book is packed with scriptures showing that God does intend to offer salvation to all who ever lived–the elect in this age, and the rest in the age to come. Here is a link to a related sermon series: Universal Offer of Salvation 1: Apocatastasis, Universal Offer of Salvation 2: Jesus Desires All to be Saved, Mysteries of the Great White Throne Judgment (Universal Offer of Salvation part 3), Is God Fair, Will God Pardon the Ignorant?, Can God Save Your Relatives?, Babies, Limbo, Purgatory and God’s Plan, and ‘By the Mouth of All His Holy Prophets’. Christians: Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God, Biblical instructions on living as a Christian This is a scripture-filled booklet for those wishing to live as a real Christian. A related sermon is also available: Christians are Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God.

Is God Calling You? This booklet discusses topics including calling, election, and selection. If God is calling you, how will you respond? Here is a link to a related sermon: Could God be Calling You? A short animation is also available: Is God Calling You?Christians: Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God, Biblical instructions on living as a Christian This is a scripture-filled booklet for those wishing to live as a real Christian. A related sermon is also available: Christians are Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God.

The Ten Commandments: The Decalogue, Christianity, and the Beast This is a free pdf book explaining the what the Ten Commandments are, where they came from, how early professors of Christ viewed them, and how various ones, including the Beast of Revelation, will oppose them. A related sermon is titled: The Ten Commandments and the Beast of Revelation.

The Gospel of the Kingdom of God This free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. Here are links to three related sermons: The World’s False Gospel, The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments, and The Kingdom of God is the Solution.

Where is the True Christian Church Today? This free online pdf booklet answers that question and includes 18 proofs, clues, and signs to identify the true vs. false Christian church. Plus 7 proofs, clues, and signs to help identify Laodicean churches. A related sermon is also available: Where is the True Christian Church? Here is a link to the booklet in the Spanish language: ¿Dónde está la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy? Here is a link in the German language: WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE? Here is a link in the French language: Où est la vraie Église Chrétienne aujourd’hui?

Continuing History of the Church of God This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D. and Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries and Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries. The booklet is available in Spanish: Continuación de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios, German: Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes, and Ekegusii Omogano Bw’ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete.

CCOG.ORG Continuing Church of God The group striving to be most faithful amongst all real Christian groups to the word of God. There are links to literature is about 100 different languages there.

Congregations of the Continuing Church of God This is a listing of congregations and groups of the Continuing Church of God around the world.

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A Critical Review of the “TruthUnedited” YouTube Channel Which Teaches a Heretical Christian Doctrine

By Bible Researcher & Author Eli Kittim 🎓

What is the Truthunedited Platform❓

Although the practical side of this YouTube channel appears to have a semblance of Christianity, the theology is definitely Judaic❗️

This YouTube channel is called “Truthunedited” and it also has an affiliated website: Truthunedited.com. These platforms are apparently run by the host, Mr. Ron Charles. Unfortunately, I could not find anything about his qualifications. This is a very popular YouTube channel that has 604k subscribers.

Their website seems to advertise books by the Restored Church of God (RCG), an offshoot of the teachings and doctrines of Herbert W. Armstrong who was the leader of the Worldwide Church of God (WCG). The RCG is a cult which,

denies the Trinity, says that God is a

composition of two beings … that being

born again means being resurrected from

flesh to spirit, that the earth was re-

created, that people will not go to hell and

will be annihilated, that Christians do not go

to heaven, … that the Holy Spirit is a force.”

——- Wiki

I skimmed through some of the videos that he’s put forth and they seem quite disturbing. For example, one of the videos refers to Easter as a goddess, which is based on the discredited 19th century book “The Two Babylons” by Alexander Hislop. The actual word Easter in Greek is “Pascha” (Πάσχα), from the Jewish “Passover” (aka Pesach). So, in trying to discredit Easter as a pagan holiday, his argument is irrelevant to the original Hebrew festival because he’s arguing only from the English translation, the so-called Month of Ēostre', which is historically a so-called “Paschal month" that corresponds to April.

In another video (“What is the true name of our creator & messiah?”), Mr. Ron Charles differentiates between the creator and the messiah, even though Hebrews 1.2 & John 1.1-3 tell us explicitly that Jesus is in fact the creator! Mr. Charles admits that he is part of the Hebrew Roots movement——which is a Jewish religious movement that advocates adherence to the Torah and the Law of Moses——something that Paul criticized vehemently. More on that later. He writes: “I want to discuss why I prefer using the Hebrew name of our creator and the Hebrew name of our Messiah.” But the messiah **Is** the creator❗️Why distinguish between the creator and the messiah❓Well, because that is a Hebrew, not a Christian, position❗️

A Critical Review of the Truthunedited Video: “This is How a Believer Should Live in These Last Days”

While viewing this channel, I saw some other heretical videos as well but I would like to limit the discussion to one particular video which I listened to from start to finish, namely, a recent YouTube video entitled “This is How a Believer Should Live in These Last Days.”

The content of this video is quite shocking! As a case in point, what does the host mean by saying that he praises “Yah”? Is he a Hebrew convert? Because in the New Testament the name Yah is never mentioned, not even once! According to the New Testament, we must ONLY praise **Jesus**:

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is

no other name under heaven given to

mankind by which we must be saved.

——- Acts 4.12 NIV

Yet, in this entire video, Mr. Charles mentions the actual name of the God-incarnate-messiah “Jesus” only once, and that in passing, as a pejorative translation. And yet, the original Greek name of the Messiah is Iésous, the correct English translation of which is Jesus❗️

Moreover, Mr. Ron Charles keeps talking about his personal relationship with the Father. He never once mentions his personal relationship with the Son. As a matter of fact, when he refers to God’s Son, who’s coequal with the Father, he simply calls him by the vague term “messiah.” Mr. Charles claims to come from the Hebrew Roots Movement. But, as far as the Jews are concerned, the messiah is NOT Jesus. For example, a majority of the Jewish Chabad community believe that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the deceased seventh Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty, is the Jewish messiah. Is that who he’s referring to? Different religions have different messiahs. For instance, in Islam there is Imam Husayn and the Twelfth Imám (Shí’ih), and the Promised Qá’im in the Bábí Faith. There is also the Buddha Maitreya-Amitabha, the Shah Bahrám (Zoroastrianism), and the Avatar Kalki (Hinduism). These are different messiahs that are associated with different belief systems. To the Rastafari religion, it is Haile Selassie I from Ethiopia. So, which of these messiahs is he referring to? And if he’s a Christian, why doesn’t he mention the name of Jesus Christ, which is the name above all other names❓

He discusses the cultural deception that is going on and “the marketing of Satan,” but his misleading approach to Jesus Christ and the New Testament is equally dangerous and deceptive because it not only mixes Christianity with Judaism, but it also destroys the New Testament from within by radically changing its terminology, it’s theology, and even the name of it’s God❗️If we don’t even know who we are praying to, why bother to pray at all❓I don’t know enough about his soteriological views because I haven’t listened to any of his other videos, except one. I don’t know what salvation means to him. But given that he is part of the Hebrew Roots Movement, I suspect he thinks that we have to follow the laws of Moses, observe the sabbaths, etc. But Paul urges us to do the exact opposite (cf. Acts 16.31):

all are justified freely by his [God’s] grace

through the redemption that came by Christ

Jesus. ——- Rom 3.24

Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the

truth and the life. No one comes to the

Father except through me.’ ——- John 14.6

In the New Testament, is the Messiah’s Name Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic❓Is it Ἰησοῦς or Yeshua❓

In the video that we’re discussing, the host keeps repeating the name Yahusha. But who is Yahusha, anyway❓Can he show us where that name is mentioned in the Greek New Testament as Jesus’ name? Answer: nowhere❗️The host mentions the name of Jesus only once, in passing, by erroneously stating that his name is “Yahusha, who in English is translated to Jesus.” In order to confirm this translation, please give us chapter and verse in the New Testament where Yahusha is written as the name of Jesus. This so-called “evidence” doesn’t exist❗️The New Testament only mentions the name Ἰησοῦς, which in English is translated as Jesus, not Yahusha (see the original Greek New Testament: Matthew 1.16; 3.13, 15-16; 4.1, 7, 10, 17; 7.28; 8.4, 10, 13, 14, 18, 20, 22; 9.2, 4, etc.). And I’m only partially citing the gospel of Matthew. There are many more references. Besides, there are three more gospels, the book of Acts, the epistles, and the Book of Revelation. The name Iesous (Jesus) is mentioned nearly 1,000 times in the New Testament. The Greek text never once refers to Jesus as Yahusha or Yeshua❗️

If Jesus’ name was in fact the Hebrew Yeshua, why didn’t the New Testament transliterate it as Yeshua? By contrast, the name “Ἰησοῦς” is not annotated as a transliteration, even though Hebraic transliterations are typically explained in the New Testament one way or another. For example:

1) In Mark 11.9, hosanna (ὡσαννὰ) is

explained.

2) ελωι ελωι λεμα σαβαχθανι is explained in

Mark 15.34; Matthew 27.46.

3) Talitha cum is explained in Mark 5.41.

4) In John 20.16, "Rabbouni” is explained.

5) In Romans 8.15, Abba is explained.

6) In Matthew 1.23, the name “Immanuel” is

explained.

The Aramaisms that exist in the Greek New Testament are typically explained or defined. For example, in Matthew 27.46, we read:

Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? (which means

‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken

me?’).

By contrast, the name ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (Jesus) is *never* *ever* explained as an *aramaism,* nor defined as an Aramaic or Hebrew name. If what Mr. Charles says is true, why doesn’t the New Testament indicate that the name “Jesus” is the transliteration of Yeshua? You would think that a name as important as Jesus would necessitate such an explanation. The fact that there isn’t any indicates that the Greek name Iēsous is not a transliteration from the Late Biblical Hebrew Yēšūaʿ (Yeshūa):

The English name Jesus derives from the

Late Latin name Iesus, which transliterates

the Koine Greek name Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs.

——- Wiki

By contrast:

The name יֵשׁוּעַ, Yeshua ([is] transliterated in

the English Old Testament as Jeshua).

——- Wiki

Conflating the Hebrew name of Joshua with Jesus Christ is confusing for various reasons:

In Nehemiah 8:17 this name refers to

Joshua son of Nun, the successor of Moses,

as leader of the Israelites. ——- Wiki

According to the Book of Numbers verse

13:16, the name of Joshua, the son of Nun

was originally Hosheaʿ (הוֹשֵעַ), and the

name Yehoshuaʿ (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ) is usually spelled

the same but with a yod added at the

beginning. ——- Wiki

So what do we call the messiah of the New Testament? Joshua son of Nun, Hoshea, Yəhōšūaʿ, Yeshua, or whatever other Hebrew name we could think of❓

New Testament Misquotes and Hebrew Interpolations

Mr. Ron Charles, the host of this video, misquotes Paul as supposedly saying that “this is the Will of Elohim & Yahusha for you.” But Paul does not mention either Elohim or Yahusha in his letters. Why is he putting words in Paul’s mouth that Paul never said? This is misleading because he’s colouring the Greek New Testament with foreign elements from the Hebrew Roots movement. If he’s going to refer to the New Testament, it’s appropriate that he uses the original Greek words of the text. Hebrew is appropriate only for the Old Testament.

He further misquotes Ephesians 5.17. The text reads “Lord,” not master. Ephesians 5.17 uses the Greek term “kurios” to mean “Lord.” We are not talking about kung-fu, platonic philosophy, or Buddhism where there’s a master-disciple relationship. We’re talking about reverence to almighty God. The only appropriate translations are “Lord” or “God.” None of the credible Bible translations quote kurios as master. I’m not sure which Bible version he’s using. He also misquotes Romans 12.11, 19, and Philippians 3.1. The word is Κυρίῳ (Lord), not Yahuah! Furthermore, in Philippians 3.14, the words are God (θεοῦ, not Elohim), and Christ Jesus (Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, not Messiah Yahuah). In Philippians 3.20, the words are Lord Jesus Christ (κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν), not “master Yahusha the messiah.” This is a way of belittling the name of Jesus by not mentioning his name *properly* or *reverently* and not referring to him in a manner worthy of the name that is above all names. That name is actually Ἰησοῦs (i.e. Jesus) in the Greek New Testament. It is not a Hebrew name derived from the Old Testament or from Pharisaical Judaism❗️

Mr. Charles then misquotes James 1.27 and mentions a “Pure and undefiled religion before Elohim and the father.” And if the Father is not Elohim, then who is Elohim? In the New Testament, neither Jesus nor the Father is ever called Elohim. Mr. Ron Charles doesn’t seem to be familiar with textual criticism, the Greek New Testament, or with Christian theology❗️

He then misquotes 2 Corinthians 5.20 by using the vague term “messiah”——a term that means different things to different people——and also by mentioning Elohim who, once again, is never mentioned in the New Testament. Here is the phrase in the original Greek (2 Corinthians 5.20 SBLGNT):

ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ οὖν πρεσβεύομεν ὡς τοῦ

θεοῦ παρακαλοῦντος δι’ ἡμῶν · δεόμεθα

ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, καταλλάγητε τῷ θεῷ.

As you can see, the Greek words that Paul uses are Christ (Χριστοῦ) and God (θεῷ), not messiah or Elohim. That’s why Jesus is known as Jesus Christ, whom he never mentions, except once as a pejorative or pagan translation. Yet he claims that “we are representatives of the gospel.” But if he identifies with the New Testament, why is his theology derived from the Old Testament❓I also noticed that his relationship is not with the Son, but rather with the Father, because he keeps saying that he had some issues that the father had to help him work through.

What is more, he keeps praising this unknown and obscure messiah without once revealing what his true name is: the name that is above all other names, mind you. This New Testament name stands far above the other Old Testament names (such as Elohim and Yahweh) because we are not supposed to call on these names for salvation. So, which name do we call upon for salvation❓We are to call on the name of Jesus (Acts 4.12)❗️

Hebrew Roots Beliefs

In case you’re not familiar with the Hebrew Roots Movement, here are some of their beliefs:

Hebrew Roots followers believe that sin is

breaking the Torah (cf. 1 John 3:4), all of the

purity laws such as dietary restrictions and

sabbath keeping are in the Torah, thus it is

sinful to not keep the sabbath and to eat

forbidden animals, among other social and

religious observance laws. ——- Wiki

Unlike the New Testament that does away with the works of the law (legalism) in favor of grace, the Hebrew Roots followers believe in observing the Law of Moses and the Torah:

Old Testament/Torah Laws and the

teachings of the New Testament are to be

obeyed by both Jews and Gentiles in the

community of believers. (See Numbers

15:15–16 for the explanation). ——- Wiki

But these “Hebrew Roots” beliefs are the exact opposite of what the Greek New Testament teaches. In fact, this is precisely the charge that Paul brought against Judaizers in Galatians. Paul says in Galatians 2.16:

know that a person is not justified by the

works of the law, but by faith in Jesus

Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in

Christ Jesus that we may be justified by

faith in Christ and not by the works of the

law, because by the works of the law no one

will be justified.

In Galatians 2.21, Paul says:

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if

righteousness could be gained through the

law, Christ died for nothing!

In Galatians 3.11, Paul repeats the justification of faith teaching through grace:

Clearly no one who relies on the law is

justified before God, because ‘the righteous

will live by faith.’

It’s also found in many other places, including Romans 3.20:

Therefore no one will be declared righteous

in God’s sight by the works of the law.

It doesn’t get any clearer than that. We are not to observe the law. We are saved by faith in Jesus Christ alone❗️In fact, the entire New Testament can be summed up as the revelation of the person and work of Jesus Christ (Ιησούς Χριστός)❗️

Alas, even as he ends his video, Mr. Ron Charles keeps talking about Elohim, while repeating the ambiguous and enigmatic term “messiah” over and over again. He also keeps mentioning “Yah” nonstop. But who is “Yah” in the New Testament❓He is never mentioned❗️In fact, Mr. Charles ends the video by saying “praise yah.” Really❓Not Jesus❓And he is supposedly a Christian who identifies with the Gospel of the New Testament❓I don’t think so. This is clearly a heretical Jewish theology that radically deviates from, and corrupts the truths of, Christianity❗️

See my essay:

“Yahweh is Never Once Mentioned in the New Testament”

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