What the Bible says about Jesus

The True Light "In him, (the Lord Jesus) was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world,…the world didn’t recognize him." John 1:4,9.
The Good Seed and the Weeds The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. Matthew 13:24,25.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Can The Elect Be Deceived?



 
A. Let’s clarify that Matt. 24:24 describes the time of the Great Tribulation after the Church is gone, so the”very elect” the Lord was referring to are Tribulation believers, not the Church.


But since you asked, I believe the history of the Church reveals a pretty dismal record of falling for the various false doctrines that come along.  Right from the beginning the heresy called Gnosticism threatened the Church’s very existence.  Then came the Roman Church with its post-millennial and a-millennial eschatology, its grace plus works plan of salvation, the sale of indulgences, purgatory, etc.  After that we had the mainline denominations who bought into the Documentary Hypothesis, the Theory of Evolution, and Modern Rationalism.  Now there’s Replacement Theology, Dominion Theology, the Prosperity Gospel, the Emerging Church and the heresy filled circuses we call revival. And don’t get me started on Christian TV.

I could go on and on but you get the idea. These were all introduced by the church’s leaders, the men entrusted with the care of the flock.  So I’d say large components of the Church have been and are being deceived on a pretty regular basis.

I think the Lord was saying that the purveyors of religion during Daniel’s 70th week will be so slick they’ll put all who came before them to shame, and if the Church was still on Earth, many of us would be deceived.  The reason it’s not possible is that we won’t be here.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Bread And Wine Or Flesh And Blood? - Gracethrufaith

 Q.   In your study on Revelation 2 & 3, specifically the section on the letter to the church at Thyatira, you have pointed out that Catholics (yes, I am Catholic) believe that the communion bread and wine are the actual and spiritual body and blood of Jesus. Is this not supported by scripture such as John 6:51-59?  What are your thoughts on this? 

A. In John 6:51-59 Jesus was speaking figuratively. He never intended that they eat His flesh or drink His blood in the literal sense, but that they symbolically “partake” of His death in order to gain life. He had made the transition from literal to figurative speech when He compared Himself to the manna their forefathers had eaten in the desert in verses 48-49. The manna had sustained their forefathers’ temporal lives, but He would sustain their eternal lives.  Keep reading


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