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Experience: (Jesus is LORD, Messiah) Husband of a beautiful wife (41-years and counting); Father of three-beautiful children and a handsome grandson Professional Experience: ---United States Marine Corps 1/1 - 0311 - NCO ---Retired 31-year veteran of the Houston Police Department (Uniformed Patrol/Motorcycle Officer/Commercial Helicopter Police Patrol Pilot ---Education: Master's Degree/University of Houston at Clear Lake

Must we believe Jesus is God?

A denier of Messiah’s deity stated: “God sent forth his Son made of a woman, made under the Law. I don’t ever recall hearing this preached in church.”

Christian response,

Jesus was first prophesied to enter the World from the virgin seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 to do battle with the Devil and destroy the works of the Devil as pictured in Genesis 3:21 and explained in 1 John 3:8b. No “man” could perform this task; therefore, God entered Time in flesh (Colossians 2) and fulfilled the Father’s Plan of defeating the Evil One with selfless love and thereby provide redemption for sinful mankind; sin that was first introduced by the Devil (John 8:44).

This Plan mandated absolute perfection in word, thought and deed; man is a sinner (Romans 3:23) therefore, the God-man via the hypostatic union, Jesus our Messiah, lived a sinless life and fought for and earned your redemption in His perfection (2 Corinthians 5:21). Messiah’s perfection was made possible by the union of God with the virgin seed of a woman, not the seed of Adam.

If you reject Jesus as God and Messiah over your life, His work on the Cross will not be imputed as atonement for your sins (John 8:24); the Father has set-forth the parameters and mandate by which you must be saved (John 3; John 8:24); that is, believe in the One He has sent (John 6:29)…Jesus is God (John 1; Hebrews 1; Colossians 1; Colossians 2:9); therefore, if you don’t see this, if you don’t understand this, you are not born again of the Spirit and if you’re absent the Spirit, you are not redeemed by the innocent blood of Messiah (Ephesians 1:13-14). The redeemed in Messiah KNOW that Jesus is God in flesh and they worship Him as same. It is this eternal Truth, Jesus is God and Messiah, that separates the Christian from every religion, cult, sect, on the face of the Earth.

Colossians 2:9-10 (NASB)

Question asked concerning evolution/creation/the human genome and purpose?

Question asked concerning evolution/creation the human genome and purpose?

Christian response, Jesus Christ, God, in conjunction with the Father and the Spirit, created the human genome on the Sixth-Day and formed mankind, a spiritual being, into His own image and imparted certain communicable attributes to human kind that are integral with/to God.

Mankind was created in response to a rebellion that had manifest in the Kingdom before the creation of Time and matter; mankind, created in God’s spiritual image, plays an intricate role in our God’s dealing with evil, the Evil One and the angels that followed him in the rebellion.

The ONLY reason God has endured the depravity of human kind for 6000-years is in response to His desire to demonstrate the horror of evil and the repercussions of disobedience while maintaining volitional love with His faithful angelic creation whom He loves beyond human understanding. In the beginning, God created them male and female and this mystery has not evolved but was “created” for cause with rapidity.

The Father’s Plan is summed-up in the appearance of the Son who destroyed the works of the Devil through selfless, sacrificial, love; life in eternity with Jesus Christ is granted to all who believe that Jesus is God who died to pay their sin-debt, a debt they could not pay themselves (John 3:16-18).

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

What makes Christianity unique?

What ETERNAL TRUTH separates Christianity and the Christian from every religion, cult, sect, in the World today?

Why is Christianity different, unique, among the religions of the World? Christianity recognizes, acknowledges, proclaims, the ETERNAL TRUTH that Jesus Christ is God, Creator, Messiah, Judge, having manifest in flesh within the realm of Time via the hypostatic union (Philippians 2:5-11). Christianity acknowledges that mankind is unable to earn salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16; 3:10), eternal life, but only by trusting-believing in Jesus as God who died to pay our sin-debt is mankind justified, forgiven of sin, before the Father (John 3:16-18; Romans 10:9-10). Jesus is the unique, only begotten, Son of God, coequal with the Father and the Spirit, eternal, everlasting (Hebrews 1); Jesus has and will dwell among mankind and it is Jesus that has made the Father known as the Father is Spirit (John 1:18; John 4:24; 6:46; Matthew 11:27).

Be warned,

Anyone who denies Jesus is God who entered Time in flesh to atone for the sins of the World will not enter the Kingdom of God (John 8:24) as the Holy Spirit testifies of this truism; if anyone is absent the Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14), they are not redeemed, they remain in their sin, they will NOT enter the Kingdom of God (John 3:5; John 8:24). Jesus is God and the redeemed know this, believe this, trust in this, because the redeemed are God’s children and the Spirit of Truth (John 16:13) has sealed them with the Covenant of Promise, forever (Ephesians 1:13; John 10:28-30).

Every Jew; every child of Jacob, take heed of this Truth lest you not be named among the remnant (Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27). Every Muslim – Islamist, Jehovah’s Witness, Mormon, Buddhist, Atheist, be warned, unless Jesus Christ is your God and you believe with a sincere heart that He alone has made atonement for your sin via the Crucifixion, you will NOT enter the Kingdom of God subsequent to the death of your body in Time (John 14:6; 3:16).

Life and its Purpose in Time?

Life and Purpose in Time? What is the purpose of life constrained by Time and physics?

The most relevant and all-consuming question in the life of a man or woman is: “Do you believe that Jesus Christ is God who died to pay your sin-debt, a debt to God the Father that you could not pay yourself?” How one responds to this question will determine whether or not their life within the Ream of Time is lived and ultimately culminates with purpose and glory or nihilism and futility. With all of our cares and concerns in this life, the only subject truly worthy of ultimate consideration is the primary reasoning for our existence in Time; that is, our relationship with the One who created us and created this Universe for cause with rapidity i.e. Jesus Christ our God.

What can a man give in exchange for his soul? .

Jesus is God, Creator, Messiah, Judge

Jesus is God, Creator, Messiah, Judge.

Jesus said the Father and He are ONE (John 10:28-30)…He who has seen Him (Jesus) has seen the Father (John 14:8-11). Jesus said that before Abraham was, I AM (John 8:58). Jesus pleaded with the Father to glorify Himself with the glory He shared with the Father before the World was (John 17:5). The Father calls Jesus “God” (Hebrews 1:8-9). Jesus is the Creator of all things (John 1; Colossians 1; Hebrews 1). Jesus said that unless you believe He is I AM, you will die in your sins (John 8:24). Unless you see, understand, believe, that Jesus is God who died to pay your sin-debt, you remain in your sin. It is the Holy Spirit that testifies of Messiah’s deity and if you’re absent the Spirit, you’re absent life and you have no relationship with the Father (Ephesians 1:13-14; John 6:63).

Colossians 2:9-10 (NASB)

Seeking Compromise: Calvinism v. Arminianism v. Molinism

Seeking compromise-cohesiveness-understanding between Calvinism, Arminianism and Molinism: “The question of Calvin or Armin can be understood if you realize God exists both inside and outside time. There are spiritual concepts that are impossible to describe or understand fully.”

Christian perspective,

It is important to realize that God does not pick winners and losers and that free will is paramount among both His angelic and human creation as God’s greatest desire is “relationship-intimacy” and in order for “relationship” to exist with purity and authenticity, the parties involved must possess the volition, the free will, to choose that relationship or reject it and the free will to choose love or hate, good or evil; otherwise, relationship is robotic and impotent, not genuine; robotism is NOT love nor is it God’s design.

Though God is omniscient, it is by His sovereign will that He permits each of us to choose our individual destiny and through His omnipotence, God works through and around our personal decisions in Time to bring His eschatological Plan for Time and Eternity to fruition. If God picked winners and losers, nihilism would define our existence and God’s reason for having created the angels and human kind for relationship would be futile and God would not be defined by His perfect love and compassion nor would Jesus Christ and His suffering have been necessary.

Muslim claims Jesus denied being God, a response…

Muslim suggests Jesus denied being God: “Jesus not good, “jesus said none is good, save one, that is, God. Luck [Luke]18,19”

Christian response,

Jesus asked the rich young ruler why he was calling Jesus “good teacher” (Luke 18:18) because no one is truly “good” but God. Jesus was not denying His deity but Jesus was asking the young man if he recognized that Jesus is God and believed this as this “belief” would have justified the young man for salvation and their conversation would not have needed to continue concerning the Law and the young man’s failure to keep the Law and ultimately the young man’s rejection of Jesus’ invitation to “follow me.” Far too often, Muslims and Jews use Messiah’s discourse with the rich young ruler to suggest that Jesus denied being God but just the opposite is true; Jesus is validating Himself as God and wanted the young man to confess this and believe this which would have fulfilled the young man’s quest for “eternal life.”

Muslim seeks to disparage the Gospels, a response…

Muslim seeking to disparage the Gospels asked: “How many Contradictions in Crucifixion between Matthew, luck [Luke], mark [Mark], John [?]”

Christian response,

They are not contradictions, they are witness statements from various vantage points, times, backgrounds, personal biases; if you’ve ever investigated a crime scene or taken witness statements, you’re aware of the fact that those statements are wholly contingent upon where the witness was, their visibility, their understanding of what was occurring; there are incredible variables that must be considered when listening to and certifying a witness statement.

Many seek to invalidate the Scriptures – Gospels because they are not a mirror image of one another but these are generally atheistic and/or apostate hypocrites seeking to justify their sin; truth is, subsequent to 31-years in law enforcement, I find the witness accounts in the Gospels compelling because they’re NOT mirror images but they’re true accounts of what the witnesses observed and how the Gospel writers interpreted and recorded those observations.

The Holy Spirit does not turn the authors of Scripture into robots but allows their humanity, their worldview, their life experiences, their personality, their biases and prejudices, to flow through the words while accurately recording EXACTLY what God the Father wants His created beings to know; therefore, TRUST HIM! Stop listening to men and sects and cults and religions with an agenda who have no interest in your soul or your eternal destiny. Read and study God’s words with confidence and assurance that the same God who created the Heavens and the Earth and our complex genome has provided you with the EXACT words He desires you have so that you can know Him personally; love Him intimately; live with Him eternally because He first loved you!

Questioning the Plan and Purpose of Jesus Christ, a Christian response…

Questioning the Plan and Purpose of Jesus Christ: “A God (John 1:1) killed by men (Matthew 26:3-4) – What’s the meaning of all this?”

Christian response, (I will be succinct and explain only the peripheral for the sake of time)

Our entire creation in Time is the result of a horrific war initiated by a rebellious, covetous, cherub angel in the Kingdom of God before the beginning of Time; in fact, our entire creation is the resultant of this rebellion as God the Father commissioned the Son, Jesus Christ, to create this Earth as a repository for the evil-sin that entered His Kingdom and immediately mandated extrication; therefore, that evil and its Initiator were placed upon this Earth and partially constrained by Time and physics to be dealt with apart from the Kingdom were nothing impure is permitted to exist (Rev. 21:27).

Transpiring all around us (spiritual and physical) is a cosmic war between good v. evil and the Son of God, Jesus Christ, entered Time specifically “to destroy the works of the Devil” (1 John 3:8b) via the Gospel (a battle strategy) that was ordained “before the beginning of Time” (2 Timothy 1:9-10). Elohim made a declaration of war in Genesis 3:15 between the Son of God born of the virgin seed and the Evil One we now know as the Serpent or the Devil or Satan. Elohim’s battle strategy to defeat Satan and sin was first pictured in Genesis 3:21 demonstrating the shedding of innocent blood in order that the sin of Adam and his wife, Eve, could be atoned for, covered by a robe of righteousness, taken from innocent blood and that robe (pictured as animal skins) placed over Adam and Eve to cover their shame and embarrassment; Elohim rejected the fig leaves that Adam and Eve sewed together to cover their shame and sin as our God pointed to the eternal truth that He Himself would be the sacrifice for sin and He Himself would provide mankind forgiveness of sin through selfless love and compassion and grace offered to everyone willing to believe that the Son, Jesus Christ, is God who died for them (John 3:15). Elohim thus declared that the works of man’s hands would never be sufficient to cover his own sin but God Himself would do the work of atonement (Ephesians 2:8-9; Matthew 26:28).

The prophecies established by Elohim in Genesis 3:15 and Genesis 3:21 were ultimately fulfilled by Jesus Christ 4000-years later on Mount Golgotha outside the gates of the Old City, Jerusalem, as the innocent blood of Jesus spilled into the sands below His cross and God the Father pointed to that blood and declared Messiah’s blood as the ONLY acceptable atonement for your sin and my sin as God the Father made His sinless Son to be sin for you and for me so that we could receive Messiah Jesus’ righteousness/perfection (robe of righteousness Gen. 3:21) over our lives and receive the perfection of Jesus to cover and forgive our sin, forever; thereby, being declared “not guilty” by the Father and receive justification for entrance into the Kingdom of God subsequent to the death of our body in Time (2 Corinthians 5:21). You and I are players, participants, in the war between our God and the Evil One and each of us is provided the opportunity to ally with God the Father by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and find eternal life in His Name – or – we can ally with the Evil One and reject the suffering of Jesus for our sin and ultimately suffer a fate similar to Satan’s in Hell as sin that has not been covered-forgiven by the blood of Messiah will NOT be permitted to enter the Kingdom of God (Revelation 21:27).

In conclusion,

The primary reason God the Father has gone to such great lengths to destroy Satan’s works through God’s own selfless love is due to God’s desire for intimacy and relationship with His created beings. God the Father ensured that volitional love with His angelic creation would be maintained and strengthened through the creation of matter, Time, human kind, as God has demonstrated His selfless love and compassion through the Cross while simultaneously demonstrating the horrors of sin, rebellion, and the necessity for obedience to God’s will in all things. Additionally, the horrors and unconscionable suffering caused by Satan and the fallen angels over the previous 6000-years of human history will act as a bulwark against any future rebellion in God’s Kingdom as individual free will for the occupants of that Kingdom will remain paramount so that relationship and intimacy with God can manifest with purity and authenticity, forever.