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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

Why read the Bible?

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Concerning those redeemed by faith in Jesus as their Messiah,

Reading Scripture with intent is like programming a computer’s hard drive…what you’re inputting into your mind and heart can be accessed by the indwelling Holy Spirit for use at the proper time, maybe many years down the road…but the information is stored and He is faithful to draw upon it when you need it. Reading the Scriptures, even if you don’t understand same at that time…is invaluable. Neglecting the Scriptures is like an operating system void information, it’s useless.

Without Torah where is law defining sin?

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Sin is defined by the spiritual law (Romans 2:14-15) that has been extant within human kind subsequent Day-6 and the spiritual law is the very same law that judged Satan of covetousness and under girded his extrication from the Kingdom. The spiritual law judged both the Adamic and Noahic generations of defilement and judgement in water LONG before Sinai and Moses.

Torah’s laws, Moses’ laws, are but a mere fraction of the comprehensive spiritual law that will be used to judge the unredeemed and that same law will be extant in the New Jerusalem as free will remains extant there as well; this, by necessity.

Torah will find relevance in the Millennial Kingdom as Jesus will receive the Kingdom denied Him at His First-Advent and a partial return to Law will manifest there as the Age of Grace will have concluded subsequent the “fullness of the Gentiles” having entered the Kingdom (Romans 11:25).

During this current “Age of Grace”…the New Covenant, as established in the blood of Messiah (Matthew 26:27-29), Torah is not in effect (Romans 6:14) but the redeemed in Jesus are under grace and their obedience is through the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14; Romans 7:6) whereby the Spirit produces divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23) through the redeemed and this fruit fulfills all law; both codified and spiritual (Galatians 5:23) and this fruit actually pleases the Father and proves one to be a disciple of Jesus (John 15:8).

True Repentance: before or after Salvation by faith?

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Topic of discussion: It is a distortion of the gospel to emphasize God’s grace heavily while ignoring the need for repentance.

True, actuated, “repentance” is not possible without grace and a relationship with the Father through faith in Jesus as Messiah, why? For one to truly repent and produce divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23) that validates true repentance, one must possess the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14) and allow His anointing to work in their life through obedience via daily Christian sanctification; therefore, one can and should profess a “desire” to repent in conjunction with their statement of faith in Jesus as Messiah, but true, actuated, faith validating, repentance will ONLY manifest subsequent salvation; this, through the production of divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23) and this fruit fulfills all law (Galatians 5:23); this fruit actually pleases the Father and proves one to be a disciple of Jesus (John 15:8).

Ignorant hater of Truth stated: [Christianity] “was founded in war you got that right. And you will always be involved in wars because your religions are cursed.”

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Our entire Creation is the resultant of a war initiated by a rebellious cherub in the Kingdom before Time began (Revelation 12; Ezekiel 28:11-15). This temporary Earth is a temporary repository for that Kingdom War as Elohim restores peace and order to the Heavenly Kingdom within the Spiritual Realm.

This is why the first main character introduced subsequent the creation of human kind is Satan (Genesis 3) and this is why a formal declaration of war between Satan and Messiah is proclaimed in Genesis 3:15 and this is why the battle strategy by which Messiah would defeat the works of Satan (death, Hell, the grave) is proclaimed in Genesis 3:21 via the shedding of innocent blood to provide human kind a gifted, imputed, robe of righteousness/covering for sin known as the Gospel of Jesus.

Messiah Jesus fulfilled these prophecies 4000-years later at Golgotha through the shedding of His innocent blood; in fact, the primary reason Messiah entered Time was “to destroy the works of Satan” (1 John 3:8b) via a Gospel that was ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-9).

You were born into this WAR for a purpose and you possess the free will to chose servitude to Jesus as His warrior for good or you can choose Satan as his warrior for evil…not choosing sides is siding with Satan. I sense your anger and hostility toward Christianity…please don’t the fool of Satan and die in Hell in rebellion to our Creator’s will for your life (John 6:29).

Cult Member advocating Baptism for salvation said: “Faith without deeds is dead.” What is the Truth?

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You said: “Faith without deeds is dead.” This is true, saving faith will naturally produce good fruit (Matthew 7; Galatians 5:16-23; John 15:8).

James teaches that those who are saved by legitimate faith, having received the indwelling Holy Spirit by “believing” in Jesus as Messiah (Ephesians 1:13-14), they will produce divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23; Romans 7; John 15:8) that validates their faith; note, this is concerning those who have been saved by faith, alone, in Jesus, alone (Romans 4:4-5); that is, having received the indwelling Holy Spirit as Guarantor and Seal of New Covenant promise (Ephesians 1:13-14); therefore, it is a theological imperative that you understand these deeds/works/obedience don’t precede salvation, these works are NOT “causative,” but they are reactionary; in other words, divine fruit that pleases the Father is only produced SUBSEQUENT salvation by faith in Jesus, alone, and that divine fruit is only possible via the anointing of the indwelling Holy Spirit who is ONLY given as a result of legitimate, saving, faith in Jesus (Ephesians 1:13-14; Galatians 5:16). James does NOT teach a works salvation (James 2:14-26); in fact, James teaches the futility of works as salvation in James 2:10..

Water does NOT wash away sin, sins are washed away only by grace (unmerited favor you cannot earn) through faith, belief, in Jesus as your Messiah as only the sinless “blood” of Jesus atones for sin and fulfills the atonement mandates of Leviticus 17:11 (1 Peter 1:18-19) not water or water baptism. Water baptism is an “act” or “work” of obedience that “follows” salvation by grace through faith as commanded in the Great Commission (Matthew 28).

You belong to a works cult and you have been deceived into believing that your act of entering water has washed away your sin, this is heresy as only the blood of Jesus washes away sin (Matthew 26:27-29). You have denied the sole-sufficiency of Jesus to atone for your sin apart from your works, your input, your own self-righteousness; therefore, you remain in your sin, you are on the “broad road” to the second death in Hell. Jesus warned you about this in Genesis 3:21 (Adam’s attempt to cover his shame with fig leaves) and in Matthew 7:21-23.

Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,
Innocent substitute. Replaced fig leave of human righteousness.

Creator Jesus?

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It is written that Jesus is Creator in John 1; Hebrews 1; Colossians 1.

Hebrews 1,

1God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2in these last days has spoken to us 👉in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, 👉through whom also He made the world.

10And,
👉“YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH,
👉AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

John 1,

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3👉All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him [b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind. 5And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.

14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15John *testified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who is coming after me has proved to be my superior, because He existed before me.’” 16For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.

Colossians 1,

The Preeminence of Christ

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 👉For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—👉all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

The Trinity: My Perspective

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I see the presence and validity of the Trinity throughout the Scriptures and my “God” is Elohim (Genesis 1:1). Elohim: a plural noun accompanied by a singular verb.

Elohim the Father – Administrator

Elohim the Son – Creator-Warrior-Messiah-Judge

Elohim the Holy Spirit – Logistics – The divine Logistical Overseer, the Dunamis, of all things eschatological.

These Three are ONE-Elohim and possess coequal deific attributes, a separate will, a unique personality, individual yet sometimes overlapping divine responsibilities within the Realm of Time and the Realm of the Spiritual. I can’t fully explain it, I can’t fully comprehend it…but there it is, the Trinity, for all to see who read with a mind and sincere heart seeking Truth.

Can a Christian follow Yeshua while ignoring Torah?

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Can a Christian follow Yeshua while ignoring the Torah?

If I never heard of Torah, as a Christian, my walk with my LORD would be unimpeded concerning the veracity/security of my salvation and New Covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12); with that said, the Torah provides the Christian invaluable historical and eschatological information concerning the who, what, where, when, why, how, of Elohim’s eschatological plan for Time and humanity, including the essential foundations of faith; therefore, it’s not that a Christian “follows” Torah and it’s rules, regulations, traditions, but that the Christian’s spiritual walk would be incomplete without Torah; therefore, a Christian’s fullness of joy and understanding would be lacking due the plethora of theological knowledge that would be absent void a study of Torah, theological truths that the Holy Spirit would not be able draw upon as tools to arbitrate the redeemed conscience/provide instruction; this, as the Holy Spirit walks the redeemed Christian in daily sanctification in preparation for service in the New Jerusalem.

What was the purpose of Jesus coming to the World?

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Question asked: “What was the purpose of JESUS coming to the world 🌎?”

Jesus entered Time in fulfillment of Genesis 3:15 in order that He, born of the seed of the woman, would “destroy the works of Satan” – (death, Hell, the grave) (1 John 3:8b) via a battle strategy that was ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8); that is, the Gospel which is first pictured for humanity in Genesis 3:21 where Elohim, Himself, would shed innocent blood to provide mankind a gifted, imputed, robe of righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21) while rejecting self-righteous works as righteousness exemplified by Adam as he attempted to cover his own shame and sin through the application of fig leaves (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Jesus successfully completed His divine mission at Golgotha 4000-years subsequent to Genesis 3:15 via the shedding of His innocent blood as atonement for sin (Leviticus 17:11; 1 Peter 1:18-19). In fact, our entire creation, the creation narrative, is the resultant of a Spiritual WAR that was initiated by an anointed cherub angel (Satan, Revelation 12; Ezekiel 28:11-15) before Time began. This Earth is simply a temporary repository for the war between good v. evil and the Earth will continue until such time Elohim restores holiness and peace to His Kingdom and accomplishes His eschatological will upon this Earth.

Innocent substitute. Replaced fig leave of human righteousness.

Mark 16:16: Water Baptism as an element of salvation & the Negative Inference Fallacy…

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Mark 16:9 to Mark 16:20 are bracketed [ ] in better translations with a margin note that these verses do NOT appear in early manuscripts. It is assumed that a Scribe seeking to provide a closing paragraph to Mark’s rather abrupt ending included these verses apart from the inspired Text.

Mark 16:16 does NOT teach that water baptism is an element of salvation but that “belief” in Messiah by faith is an element of salvation as clarified in part b of the Scripture. The Scripture says nothing about those who believe but are not baptized. Anyone seeking to use Mark 16:16 as textual support for the legalistic doctrine of water baptism as necessary for salvation is guilty of the Negative Inference Fallacy.

It is the one who believes, trusts, in Jesus as Messiah who is saved, not the one who works. The Church of Christ and its doctrinal stance on water as an element of salvation makes this religious organization a religious cult of works.