THAT MOMENT…

Maybe you haven’t had that moment yet when you realize almost everything you have been taught is NOT in the Bible.

NOWHERE IN 33,000 Bible verses DOES IT SAY…

– one must believe in order to be born again

– believing in Jesus is required to go to heaven

– that Jesus’ “coming” was beyond the lifetime of those disciples

– that the whole bible is “inspired” (says in Gk, every scripture inspired by God is profitable, not that every scripture is inspired and was talking about the OT not whole Bible)

– that there were three wise men that visited Jesus or that they visited him in a manger as a new born baby.

– that pastors should lead churches (pastor is only listed once in Eph 4 as an “office” but not in a description of any leader)

– that women who get a divorce are committing adultery if they remarry (Jesus spoke of men who “put away” spouses which means to kick them out with no support, would cause them to commit adultery if they married another)

– that church buildings are holy

– that holiness is something one arrives at (be holy meant live from the fact they were already holy)

– spare the rod and spoil the child. (that is a saying not a verse)

– that the earth is 6000 years old

– the word “trinity”… it took about 300 years for that to develop as a theology.

– hell is a real place. (The word hell in English and its meaning from the middle ages are imposed over numerous GK words that don’t mean a place where God forever torments sinners).

– that the gospel was to be preached to the whole planet (it was sent to their “world” ie Jews and Gentile converts within the Roman Empire by the end of the Old Covenant Age… lo I am with you (those disciples) always, even to the end of the age..(AD70)).

– that God killed Jesus on the cross, or punished Jesus in our place or hid his face from Jesus (Not even Isaiah 53… it is not “It pleased the Lord to bruise him” but more accurately ““And the Lord decreed/willed [the] cleansing [of] him of his wound.“)

– the words “spiritual warfare” (Paul said they wrestled against principalities and powers which were governmental leaders and religious systems entrenched with dark spiritual principles, but the bible never uses the phrase spiritual warfare as a method of fighting city wide or personal demons)

– that transgender people are in sin (Jesus actually said eunuchs were welcome in the kingdom, even those “born that way” and went on to say “if you can receive it” ie prejudice was present then too. AND what he said contradicted the book of Leviticus which means you cannot use the OT against LGBT.)

– that there is a future judgement (every verse points to an event in their near future, AD70, not our future)

– that the lion will lay down with the lamb

– that money is the root of all evil.

– that demons/devils cause a person to act against his will (the man with a Legion ran TO the feet of Jesus).

– that women can’t be pastors (there are actually women deacons and apostles in the NT)

– that the wages of sin is death (it says the wages of THE SIN (a noun) is THE death which is singular and speaks of the sin of Adam, not us).

and on and on it goes

I am not interested in crushing your faith, just suggesting you shouldn’t be dogmatic about it. What we can learn to do is value the beauty of the verses on love demonstrated in the life of Jesus which are unparalleled in other literature.
Chuck Crisco

THE ACTIVITY OF THE HOLY GHOST WITHIN YOU:

Genesis 37:10-11 NIV
When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?” [11] His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
[KEPT THE MATTER IN MIND]

Daniel 7:28 NIV
“This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”
[KEPT THE MATTER TO MYSELF]

Luke 2:19 NIV
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
[PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART]

Luke 2:51-52 NIV
Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. [52] And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
[TREASURED ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART]

WHEN THE HOLY GHOST IS ALL THAT THERE IS OF YOU.

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, [2] who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. [3] Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. [4] John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, [5] and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, [6] and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. [7] “Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen. [8] “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” [9] I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. [10] On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, [11] which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” [12] I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, [13] and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. [14] The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. [15] His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. [16] In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. [17] When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. [18] I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. [19] “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. [20] The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Revelation 1:1-20 NIV