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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.

Skeptic asked: “When was trinity added to Paul made religion?”

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Skeptic asked: “When was trinity added to Paul made religion?”

The Trinity has been relevant since the Holy Spirit introduced same in Genesis 1:1 as a plural noun accompanied by a singular verb and the Holy Spirit then proceeds to introduce Himself as the Logistical Overseer of the creation narrative in Genesis 1:2.


If one is truly “born again” confirmed by the presence of the Holy Spirit within them as the Seal and Guarantor of New Covenant promise (Ephesians 1:13-14), the Trinity, the deity of Jesus, are rock solid doctrines that are undeniable.

Jesus, as He died upon the Cross, proclaimed: “It is finished”…what does this mean? John 19:30

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When Jesus uttered the dying proclamation: “It is finished“….Jesus was speaking of His primary purpose for having entered the Realm of Time; that is, to fulfill Genesis 3:15 and Genesis 3:21 which were a proclamation of Elohim’s war and the battle strategy concerning defeating the works of Satan (death, Hell, the grave). This is why Messiah entered Time.

“the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8b (NASB)

Innocent substitute. Replaced fig leave of human righteousness.

Catholicism: denying security of the believer…

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The Holy Spirit disagrees with you. I trust in the power of the Spirit to seal me, keep me…as my sin has been covered by the imputed, gifted, righteousness of Jesus earned for me at Golgotha (2 Corinthians 5:21). My righteousness (right standing) with the Father is NOT my own, but the righteousness of Jesus in me through faith…this is my divine Guarantee of salvation, not my efforts, but HIS, alone (Galatians 2:16; Romans 4:4-5).

If I lived as you in your rejection of eternal security, if I did not trust in the Spirit to Guarantee my salvation and my relationship with the Father, I could not experience peace and assurance as I would wonder daily…have I done anything that bars me from salvation? Have I been sufficiently “good” to keep my salvation…you see, your perverse doctrine manifests inevitably into a “works doctrine” which is repulsive to the Father (Isaiah 64:6). You trust in you to be saved and redeemed and secure. That’s but one reason Catholicism is a works cult…it denies the sufficiency of Jesus to save and keep us saved through the Spirit, alone.

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

How do we discern theologically false teaching and false doctrine?

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Theological question: How can we recognize false teaching today? Justify, please.

You won’t automatically recognize “false teaching” lest the Holy Spirit indwells you (Ephesians 1:13-14; John 14:16) and He, the indwelling Holy Spirit, discerns for you the words of deceit; therefore, unless you are born again by faith in Jesus as your Messiah, you have no realistic hope of discerning what is true and what is false with consistency.

In order for the Spirit to guide you in Truth, you must first take the initiative to input that Truth into your mind and your spirit through reading, study, reciting, listening, to the Scriptures and this allows the Spirit to bring to your memory, to the forefront of cognition, what our LORD has said, its context, its relevance in your life (2 Timothy 2:15).

Much like a modern day computer’s hard drive and stored data; lest you input the data of Scripture, the Holy Spirit has nothing from which to draw upon and provide you insight and discernment.

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

Torah written upon the heart in the New Covenant? Jeremiah 31:33

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Actually, the Torah is but a mere fragment of the comprehensive spiritual law (Romans 2:14-15), the spiritual law having been infused within human kind on Day-6 as a bulwark against unrestrained narcissism as the spiritual law is arbitrated by the human conscience. It is that same spiritual law that judged Satan of covetousness before the creation of Time and that same law judged the Adamic and Noahic generations of defilement with the demonic resulting in the extinction of all mankind save eight.

When Elohim speaks of writing His laws on the heart of mankind, He speaks of the New Covenant where the indwelling Holy Spirit, given to all who trust in Messiah Jesus as Savior; these who have trusted, believed in Jesus are granted the Gift of the Spirit to dwell within them (Ephesians 1:13-14) and it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who becomes the Arbiter of the redeemed, enlivened, conscience, the new man (2 Corinthians 5:17), and the Spirit walks the new man and new woman in daily sanctification producing divine fruit through them that fulfills all law (Galatians 5:23); both, codified and spiritual, and this divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23) actually pleases the Father and proves one to be a disciple of Jesus (John 15:8).

If Torah were written upon the heart void the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit to Arbitrate the redeemed conscience, Torah would be as impotent concerning righteousness with the Father as it was in the Old Covenant (Romans 8 ).

Hebrew Roots asked: “Why are those seeking to follow God’s laws called Judaizers?”

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Hebrew Roots asked: “Why are those seeking to follow God’s laws called Judaizers?”

It’s theologically acceptable and a beautiful endeavor to seek to honor Elohim’s laws as long as that “attempt” to obey Torah does not convolute the purity of faith, alone, in Jesus, alone. Problem is; concerning Hebrew Roots and many Messianic Judaism parishioners, they place one foot in Torah Law and one foot in the New Covenant and this perversion of Elohim’s will concerning the sufficiency of the Son to redeemed apart from works results in death in Hell for the compromised.

If you’re a Hebrew Roots or Messianic Christian, your salvation and your walk in the Spirit is rooted solely in faith in Jesus, alone. Your works, your efforts at obedience to days, letters, diets, traditions, feasts, play ZERO role in your salvation…as salvation is by grace (unmerited favor apart from human input or works) through faith, trusting, believing, in Jesus as Messiah…this is the KEY to unlocking the door to salvation.

If you seek to enter New Covenant relationship with the Father through faith in Jesus and add water baptism or Torah Law obedience or speaking in tongues or church attendance or Mass participation or receiving the Sacraments or paying your indulgences or praying the rosary or seeking to venerate Mary or walking door-to-door spreading the doctrines of your particular religion…you have nullified the sufficiency of Jesus’ blood to atone for your sin by faith, alone…you are a Judaizer…you are a CULT…you are a deceiver of Truth concerning the Gospel (Romans 4:4-5).

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,

Hebrew Roots’ – Error of Interpretation – Subtle Deception…

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Hebrew Roots, Works and Error of Interpretation…(See MEME below for information)

Jesus’ discourse with the “rich young ruler” (Matthew 19:16-24) is the anthesis of law keeping but is a lesson on faith in Messiah as a prerequisite to eternal life. The young man begins his discourse with Jesus by asking what he must “do” to inherit eternal life, Jesus responded with a question that would have ended the young man’s search for life. Jesus asked the young man why he was calling Jesus a “good Teacher” as there is no one good but God?

Had the young man recognized Jesus and acknowledged Him as God the Messiah, the young man’s faith would have saved Him and the subsequent discourse unnecessary. The young man’s lack of spiritual insight resulted in Jesus responding “keep the commandments,” to which the young man proudly proclaimed that he had kept the commandments…

From that point forward, Jesus proceeds to demonstrate to the young man that he had not kept the commandments by commanding him to “sell all that you have, give it to the poor, follow ME!” Had the young man trusted in Jesus sufficiently to obey his command and follow Jesus, the young man, like the majority of the disciples, would have found eternal life in Jesus by faith…but…

….the young man walked way sad and dejected as he loved his wealth more than God and thereby demonstrated that he had violated the two-greatest commandments, Love God with all your heart; love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:34).

Jesus demonstrates that commandment keeping is NOT the path to righteousness (a right standing) with the Father (Galatians 2:16).

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What is the “command of God” for all who live in the New Covenant?

28Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29 Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: 👉to believe in the One He has sent.”

The KEY to honoring the will of God, His commands, is to “believe” in the Son, Jesus our Messiah, receive the Holy Spirit, walk daily in Christian sanctification and produce divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23) by the anointing of the Spirit, divine fruit that pleases the Father and proves one to be a disciple of Jesus (John 15:8).

The key to New Covenant promise is faith in Jesus, alone (Romans 4:4-5)…this establishes New Covenant relationship and the receiving of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14); then, works of obedience that fulfills all law through the production of divine fruit, fruit that legitimizes one’s faith as true and honors the Father (John 15:8) and stands the test of authenticity concerning divine works at the BEMA Judgment of Messiah.

Islamist is Aghast at the KILLING in the Old Testament…

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Islamist inquiry: My question is, Why Jesus himself can not do this but ask you humans to do so? No deflection.

If one understands causation for the Genesis creation narrative, they acknowledge the truism that WAR is the reason for our existence in this temporary realm of Time and the primary focus of Jesus having entered Time was to complete the declaration of war proclaimed in Genesis 3:15 via the battle strategy, the Gospel, first pictured in Genesis 3:21; in fact, the primary reason Jesus entered the temporary Realm of Time was “to destroy the works of Satan” (1 John 3:8b).

An overwhelming majority of human kind is blind, blatantly ignorant, to the war that rages around them and through them via the Spiritual Realm. The Old Testament of Scripture graphically articulates the horrors of this Spiritual War having manifest partially within the physical Realm of Time…what you see and what horrifies some readers of Scripture is the DEATH and suffering that extends across the pages of Torah. This horror and suffering is expected when one knows and understand the battle before us.

Islam and Satan,

What I find rather comical is the fact that the Muslim, the Islamist, will take portions of the Old Testament documentation of this Spiritual War and attempt to blaspheme or disparage Elohim the Father, Elohim the Son, Elohim the Holy Spirit, for their tactics against our enemy, Satan, and his demons, when it is the Islamist that serves our enemy, Satan, who is Allah masquerading as an angel of light via the Arabic moon god and it is the Islamist that is Satan’s warriors within the Realm of Time. The false prophet Muhammad being a 7th-Century nomadic, demon possessed, child rapist, murdering, thief, who plagiarized the Torah to construct the Quran, Satan’s book of demonically rooted battle strategies.

Soon, Satan via Islam/Iran-Russia-China will come against Jerusalem, Israel in a limited nuclear war (the Book of Revelation) and this will trigger Messiah’s 2nd-Advent to Mount Olivette and the initiation of the Millennial Kingdom…this is simply a continuation of the spiritual war prophesied in Genesis 3:15 involving Satan v. Jesus…nothing new here…simply Elohim’s battle strategy to right the wrong initiated by an anointed cherub in the Kingdom of Elohim before the foundation of the World (Luke 10:18; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 12:3-9).