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It was Martin Luther himself who said:
Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides...
– Dr. Martin Luther's Saemmtliche Schriften, Letter No. 99, 1 Aug. 1521.
Those pious souls who do good to gain the Kingdom of Heaven not only will never succeed, but they must even be reckoned among the impious; and it is more important to guard them against good works than against sin.
– Wittenberg, VI, 160, quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, p. 122.
http://brotherofyeshua.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-ignorance-of-martin-luther-and.html
I remember one user from Quora said that Iran and Israel are natural allies, since Iran under Cyrus the Great saved the Israelis from Babylon and built them the second temple... Iran and Israel had good relations before the 1979 revolution.
Plus Iranians and Chinese converting to Christianity in record numbers...
I am indifferent to those "new converts", as they probably came to Christ not because of his teachings or deeds but because of the doctrines imposed by Pagan Rome and Martin Luther.
If you see an "opposition" that is attacked by some but honored by some others, it is most likely controlled opposition.
Whereas if an "opposition" is attacked by all sides, it is most likely a real deal.
That is my observation.
Didache 3:2
Be not prone to anger, for anger leads to murder. Be neither jealous, nor quarrelsome, nor of hot temper, for out of all these murders are engendered.
Didache 4:3-4
Do not initiate divisions, but rather bring peace to those who contend against one another. Judge righteously, and do not take social status into account when reproving for transgressions. Do not waver in your decisions.
Jeremiah 8:8
How can you say, "We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us"? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
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1 John 2:3-6
Now by this we know that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. The one who says “I have come to know Him” and yet does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person. But whoever obeys His word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him. The one who says he resides in Him ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
The corruptions began with Emperor Constantine, and will complete with the Jesuit Pope Francis.
They should nuke Washington. They funded Iran and Hamas.
This is the same challenge faced by Russia for the past year.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
It never changes.
We know that we possess the most forbidden knowledge, while most people around us have absolutely no idea of what is happening now. We have been awaken for quite some time. Over time I began to think: Are we taking truth for granted?
an invisible deity = the God of this World
book of rules = Church doctrines and traditions (which actually repudiate the teachings of Jesus)
face dire consequences = Hell as modern Christians understand it (which is different from pre-Nicene times)
different rules to appease each culture = Catholic and Orthodox
break off groups = In Catholicism - the Jesuits, and in the Protestant world - Calvinism, Evangelism, KJVO, etc.
All these would not have happened without Emperor Constantine interfering with the Christian faith.
1 billion = 1000 million
This is the scale we are using known as the short scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
Long scale on the other hand, is used by continental Europe.
Which one, the long scale or the short scale, do you think makes more sense?
(In the long scale, 1 billion = 1 million million)
World population is approx. 8 billion.
Two-thirds are 20+ years old.
1% of them is around 50 million.
50 million awakened.
This.
Building a house that can withstand the storm means we need to keep the commandments of Jesus. Faith over Works is gravely misunderstood by today's Christians, partly thanks to Martin Luther's interpretation of "faith" and "works".
What Apostle Paul meant by "works" is the ritual observance of the law in the manner of Pharisees and Sadducees. The Pharisees follow the oral law, whereas the Sadducees follow the written law. The oral law resembles today's church traditions, and the written law resembles the misinterpretations of the scripture.
I have a wild concept: What if we create customers union as opposed to trade unions? (Not to be confused with customs union.) As the name suggests, a customers union is an organization of customers, just like a trade union is an organization of workers. The objective of a customers union is to keep a business's service quality in check, and may be given powers such as vetoing pay raises when certain customers demand is not met.
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time you fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
— Matthew 7:3-5, Luke 6:41-42
Those who blindly follow the very written words of men will not understand the essence of the God’s word.
- NIV: "you need only to be still"
- NET: "and you can be still"
- ESV: "and you have only to be silent"
NET's footnote:
The imperfect tense needs to be interpreted in contrast to all that Yahweh will be doing. It may be given a potential imperfect nuance (as here), or it may be obligatory to follow the command to stand firm.
They ware used to be called Open Cities.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not brag, it is not puffed up. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
What is the most ridiculous school lunch you have even seen?