The Truth

When I was a child I heard the church’s Pastor say the Lord’s Prayer at the beginning, or at the end of his sermon. This is what I heard - based on my memory: (Version I) “Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom comes. Thy will be done in Heaven, as it is on earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen” (traditional version). The Newborn Christians’ version sounds something like this, based on what they believe: (Version II) “Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom comes. Thy will be done in heaven, and our will be done on earth. Give us this day our monthly bread. We do not ask you to forgive our sins since we can no longer sin by your grace. And since we can not sin, we believe that we do not owe anyone any apology. Our faith is s...

"Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 'The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you . But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.'" Matthew 23:1-3. Do readers understand what Jesus said in Matthew 23:1-3? He said that there is nothing wrong with the Torah. The problem is with the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. So, why do we abolished and abandon the Torah? To enrich ourselves so we can buy a new home? Is that why Christians abolished the Ten Commandments? Jesus said to the crowds and to His disciples that they must be careful and do everything that the teachers of the law and Pharisees say, but do not do what they do. Why? Because what they do is not the same as what they preach. Jesus said they are hypocrites . Here is a small example of what Jesus said about the Pharisees and the Scribes. You may read the whole chapter if you want to so you can know al...

Jesus said, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate , for many , I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able . When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, `Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, `I do not know you, where you are from,' then you will begin to say, `We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.' But He will say, `I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.” Luke 13:24-28. Jesus also 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. Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast...

  "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven , Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom comes; Your will be done On earth as [it is] in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” Matthew 6:9-13. Jesus also 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. Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'  "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” Matthew 7:21-23. I want to ask my readers, who is Jesus’ Father in heaven? In Matthew 6:9-13 Jesus taught us to pray and to address His Father as our Father in Heaven. In Matthew 7:21...

  Jesus said in Matthew 7:21-23, "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. Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” The Apostle John said, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. The Apostle Paul said, “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.” Ephesians 2:8-9. An Apostle of Jesus, James, said, “What [does it] profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, an...

John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Jesus said in John 7:7, "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.” The apostle John said, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Jesus, however, said, that the world hates Him! Who was right? Were Jesus and John talking about two different worlds? One world that took God six days and six nights to create, and one world that took God only seconds or minutes to bring into existence? I find it difficult to believe that God would love the “world” whom He had drowned in mud water not too long ago, which took Him only seconds or minutes to create. But I find it easy to believe that God so loved the “world” that took Him six days and six nights to create. And this is the reason why...

  I want to talk about a topic that most of us are already familiar with, and that is about cremation. And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ?" He said to him, "What is written in the law ? What is your reading [of it]?" So he answered and said, "`You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and `your neighbor as yourself.'" And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live." Luke 10:25-28. Jesus said there are two conditions that we must meet if we want to inherit eternal life.  "`You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and love `your neighbor as yourself.'"  I want my readers to understand that these are the least that we and the lawyer must do , and they are:  ...