The Truth

I thank God for giving me ideas on what to write everyday. Today I am going to write about the faith of Adam and Eve. Why not? Faith is such an important subject that I owe much to all of my readers if I write nothing or only one or two sentences or paragraphs. Let me begin by quoting what Saul of Tarsus wrote in Ephesians 2:8-9. “ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works , lest anyone should boast “ According to Paul  we are saved by faith . I understand clearly what he said. But faith in whom? Faith in Jesus? Faith in God the Father? Faith in Saul of Tarsus? Or faith in the serpent? I am assuming Saul meant faith in Jesus . Let us go back to the story of Adam and Eve so we can understand better what faith is all about. Genesis 3:1-6, “ Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every t...

7. “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8. and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number [is] as the sand of the sea. 9. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.” Revelation 20:7-9. And who are they? They are those who do not do the will of Jesus’ Father . Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. “Matthew 7:21. Do we know the will of Jesus' Father? Do you know the will God of the Father? I don’t want to mislead any of my readers, none. I am writing to you what Jesus said. I am writing to you what God says through His Prophets. I am writing to you what makes good sense. Satan knows that he doesn’t have an unlimited...

  "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one title will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. “ Matthew 5:17-18. Readers, do you know why Jesus said these words? He wants us, His listeners, to believe not only in what He said but also to obey everything else that may be implied in what He said. And here comes Paul of Tarsus and he changes the law before all is fulfilled. Paul  doesn’t understand what all is fulfilled means in reference to the law . He knows nothing about the law, God's law.  The Ten Commandments are not the only law that God gave us. If they are, they have not been fulfilled yet. Millions of Christians are still not following the Ten Commandments. The prophecies of God’s prophets have not all occurred yet. All what the law says has not been fulfilled yet. But Satan is not patient to wait until the law...

  Readers, have you ever wondered why our faith starts with Jesus, the Son of God, and ends up in believing in Paul, a human being, a killer? I could not figure it out myself until I read this. Jesus said in John 5:45-47, "Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is [one] who accuses you Moses , in whom you trust. "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. "But if you do not believe his writings , how will you believe My words? "  Exodus 24:1-18,  24: 1 Now He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.  24: 2 "And Moses alone shall come near the LORD, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him." 24:  3 So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD has said we will do." ...

  Jesus said He and His Father are One. "I and [My] Father are one." John 10:30. The seed that was implanted in Jesus’ mother came from God the Father. The main difference between God the Father and Jesus was their physical characteristics. In addition, Jesus said, "For I have not spoken on My own [authority]; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.” John 12:49. Jesus makes no new law. Jesus changes no law. Jesus said that what He had told us came from His Father. Jesus takes no credit for Himself.  His Father’s commandments are Jesus’ Commandments, and Jesus’ Commands are His Father’s Commands. "I and [My] Father are one." John 10:30. As the Son of God Jesus will join His Father as a Judge and make the decision to determine who will go to heaven and who doesn’t.  Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven...

Why does one want to be a follower of Jesus? The obvious answer is to be rewarded when Jesus returns. Rewarded with heaven. But going to heaven is not easy. Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. “Matthew 7:21.  Doing the will of God the Father is not easy. It is never easy. Don’t you believe me? Look at Adam and Eve. God asked them not to eat a certain fruit. A serpent deceived them and they ate. They refused to do the work that they must do, and that is not to eat the fruit. The work is to obey God. As a result of disobedience to the  work that they must do, God evicted them and took eternal life away from them. Here comes Saul of Tarsus. He claims that Jesus has called him to be a follower of Jesus. A follower of Jesus? What does a follower of Jesus do? He must promote the interest of Jesus. He must teach the teachings of Jesus. He must share with others the teachings of...

  Readers, have you ever seen, heard, or read about a man, or woman, who dares to change God’s law during your lifetime other than Saul of Tarsus? I haven’t. And none of Jesus’ chosen disciples dares to change the law either. Why is that? Because they know that God’s commandments are holy . Paul knows that too. In Romans 7:12 Paul wrote, “ Therefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. ” But Paul doesn’t care, holy or unholy. Paul was an unholy murderer. He has a lot of innocent blood on his hands. How and why would he change God’s holy, just, and good commandments into his piece of unholy and untested law “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast“ came from his own heart. Ephesians 2:8-9. Paul says that we are saved by faith, not by work. Jesus however said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who do...