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Official creed of the Free Will Baptist Church ... Gospel Ordinances. BAPTISM, or the immersion of believers in water, and the LORD'S SUPPER, are the ordinances to be perpetuated under the Gospel. FEET WASHING, an ordinance teaching humility, is of universal obligation, and is to be ministered to all true believers. Tithing. God commanded tithes and offerings in the Old Testament; Jesus Christ endorsed it in the Gospel (Matthew 23:23), and the apostle Paul said, "Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him" (I Corinthians 16:2a). The Christian Sabbath. The divine law requires that one day in seven be set apart from secular employments and amusements, for rest, worship, holy works, and activities, and for personal communion with God. Resurrection, Judgment, and Final Retribution. The Scriptures teach the resurrection of all men at the last day. Those who have done good will come forth to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation; then ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-freewill.htm

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Diocletian's destruction and Constantine's production of scripture God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Diocletian's destruction and Constantine's production of scripture Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page Diocletian's destruction and Constantine's production of scripture Introduction: 303 AD the Roman Emperor, Diocletian calls for the destruction of all the scriptures of the Christians. Obviously there must have been a set of books (a canon) so well defined and universally accepted, that even outsiders knew which books the Christians considered as scripture. The edict of Diocletian, therefore shows that long before the first extant "canon lists" came along, a canon already existed. It also forced the Christians to meditate on the subject of which books were most sacred and inspired. So with the solders knocking at the door and the Christian ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-diocletians-destruction-constantines-production-scripture.htm

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Official creed of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC ... revelation and very Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit. Christian believers today receive spiritual illumination to enable them to understand the Scriptures, 1 Cor. 2:12-14 but God does not grant new revelations which are contrary or additional to inspired biblical truth. Prov. 30:5,6 THE GODHEAD The Godhead exists eternally in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, having the same nature and attributes, and are worthy of the same homage, confidence, and obedience. Math. 3:16,17; 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14 THE FATHER The Father exists eternally as the Creator of heaven and earth, the Giver of the Law, to whom all things will be ... Isa. 1:24-27; 2:1-4; Zech. 14:3,4,9: Rom. 8:19-23; Rev. 22:3 THE FINAL JUDGMENT There will be a final judgment in which the unbelieving dead will be raised and judged at the great white throne, according to their works. Dan 7:9-10; John 12:48; Rom. 2:2,6,11,16; Rev. 14:9-11; 20:11-15 The beast and false prophet, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-PAOC.htm

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Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon The Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! The Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon Go to: "Canon of the Bible" ... entity." (The first edition of the New Testament, David Trobisch, p 44, 2000) b. "But this question, like most over which Christians disagree, is not the cutting edge of what Christianity is all about...there was division everywhere in the church on the books that might be called the 'fringe,' but there was very little disagreement over what was at the core of the matter...The division of opinion...was not over the core, but over the 'fringe.'" (The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon, Lee ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-earliest-evidence.htm

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Official creed of the Unity/Unitarian Church Unity Church Unity Beliefs Deity: Unity has abandoned the popular image that God is an elderly, superhuman male with a white flowing beard who lives in a remote place "up there". We do not believe that God is fickle, answering some prayers ... God is present throughout creation: in humans, plants, animals, the earth itself, etc. [And, all things are present in God, hence panENtheism... WM] Jesus Christ: Unity rejects the traditional Christian view that Jesus is a deity to be worshipped; we point out that at no time did Jesus tell his disciples to worship him. Rather, we look upon Jesus as a great healer, miracle worker, and mystic who had a direct access to God. We believe that his actions can be emulated by believers today. One's life is to be ... Both are states of mind and conditions, which people experience as a direct outworking of their thoughts, beliefs, words, and acts. If one's mental processes are out of harmony with the law of man's [sic] being, they result in trouble and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Unity.htm

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Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? The people of Israel, in their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, came at length to Sinai. There the people encamped round about the sacred mount as Moses went up unto God. The Lord spake ... Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:" (Exodus 19:3-5) The law or covenant was written on tables of stone by the finger of God Himself (Exodus 31:18). When Moses came down ... The copy which God made was placed in the ark of the covenant (Deuteronomy 10:5), and was not available to the people. The ten commandments are the very essence of the old/first covenant: Exodus 34:27-28: "Then the Lord said to Moses, ... It is just as wrong to use the Lord's name in a flippant manner today as it was then. 4. The fourth commandment, -"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" enjoined upon the Israelites the observance of seventh-day worship. They ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-10-commandments.htm

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Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page I. Written by an apostle vs. non-apostles: Tertullian, the "Father of Latin Theology" (ca. 160-225), witnesses to the authority of writings in the Western church. He stressed the criterion of apostolicity. For example, in his writing Against Marcion he clearly distinguishes gospels of apostolic origin and gospels written by disciples of apostles. He writes: "Of the apostles, therefore, John and Matthew first instill faith into us; whilst of apostolic men, Luke and Mark renew it afterwards."" Tertullian did not produce a list of what was in his Old Testament and New Testament, but it is significant that he refers to the two parts of the Christian Bible in a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-criteria-of-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Official creed of Church of God, International (Tyler, TX) Garner Ted Armstrong; Tyler, Texas Click to View Sunday worship because of Sunday Resurrection! Click to View SATURDAY Resurrection UNBIBLICAL! Click to View Sabbath Keepers refuted website Statement of Beliefs 1. GOD God is the eternal, all present, all ... The whole Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God containing His plan of salvation, and the record of His participation in history. The Bible is God's revelation of knowledge that man cannot discover for himself. It is the foundation of knowledge, and the guidebook of life. The Old and New Testaments comprise God's written Word, which forms the basis of Christianity as taught by the church and as practiced by the Christian. Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew ... Repentance is the act of acknowledging one's sins, and resolving to fully obey God. It begins when God opens one's mind to see himself in comparison with God and His law. True repentance is the first step toward reconciliation with God, and thereby toward ultimate salvation. Acts 2:38; ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CoG-Tyler.htm

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The early use of "nomina sacra" indicates a canon was recognized The substituting of shortened abbreviations for special words A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! "Nomina Sacra" The substituting of shortened abbreviations for ... This substitution of Mosaic Hebrew for Greek in the name of God is probably the very beginning point of "nomina sacra". Nomina sacra developed into the Christian era and became almost ridiculous because they would create substitutional abbreviations for ... For example, in the Shepherd of Hermas (included in Codex Sinaiticus), first leaf first column, I see three occurrences- qeou (of God) abbreviated as QU in line 30, pneuma (spirit) abbreviated as PNA in line 35, and anqrwpoV (man) abbreviated as ANOS in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-nomina-sacra.htm

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Rejected books, widely used in the first two centuries, but not ... Rejected books, widely used in the first two centuries, but not considered inspired or part of the New Testament Canon. A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Rejected books, widely used in the first two centuries, but not considered inspired or part of the New Testament Canon. Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page Rejected books, widely used in the first two ... The date of the book is difficult to know but may be as early as the first century. The book has been forever lost: "The Gospel according to the Hebrews" was a work of early Christian literature to which reference is frequently made by the church Fathers in the first five centuries, and of which some twenty ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-rejected-books.htm

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Why Pentecostals say, "knoweldge is of the Devil" (anti-intellectualis ... Click to View "these are ignorant and unlearned men" Pentecostals often quote the religious Jewish leaders statement in reference to the apostles in Jerusalem, "these are ignorant and unlearned men" (Acts 4:13) Yet God chose apostle Paul to write 2/3's of the New Testament. He used a man of high intellect and education. "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as you all are today." Acts 22:3 "although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: circumcised ... The more I told people what hell was like, the more they laughed, and when I gave an altar call, they came forward by the hundreds to get saved." "Then," I replied, "as to what you're preaching on, it's almost irrelevant what you're saying." He nodded. (An Evening with Rodney Howard-Browne, 1995 by the Christian Research ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-anti-intellectualism.htm

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10 False distinctions between the 10 Commandments and the ceremonial ... This man made distinction is most visibly present in passages like Col 1:14 and Eph 2:15. In these passages, they say that only the "Ceremonial law" was abolished leaving the "10 commandment" law still in force for Christians today. If this is true, then we most certainly would need to keep the 7th day Sabbath. But we will prove that the ten commandment law is clearly abolished and Christians do not keep that code ... Placed in the Ark (Deut 10:5) Placed on side of Ark (Deut 31:25) Written by God's finger (Ex 31:18, 32:16) Written by Moses' finger (Deut 31:9; Ex 24:4) Spoken by God (Ex 20:1,22) Spoken by Moses (Ex 24:3) God gave Moses gave The Law of God, God's law, The law (eternal) The Law of Moses, ... The Law of God contained animal sacrifices and ceremonial laws: Click to View "Law of God" commands animal sacrifices: Lk 2:23 written in the Law of the Lord, "Every first-born male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord", and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-2laws.htm

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Why I left the Pentecostal church ... It was not until October, 1987 when I met Louis Sharp in Little Rock, AR, that I really understood what "faithfulness" really means. As we began to study and learn... I began to realize that the Lord had work for me, as a Christian, to do. I then began to teach and preach the Gospel of Christ, it has now become my life. My desire ... B. Pentecostalism teaches that the "power of the Holy Spirit" fell first on the 120 gathered in the upper room. 1. The Bible teaches that only the 12 disciples received first the "Holy Spirit". (Acts 1:26-2:1) C. Pentecostalism believes that this power is received today because of the "New Revelation of God". in 1899. 1. The Bible teaches in no such thing. (2 Tim 3:16-17) ... 2. The scripture holds all that man needs to know for his salvation. There are no new revelations... D. Pentecostalism teaches that in 1914 .. another revelation was received .. revealing that being baptized in "Jesus Name" became tenets of faith. (Law) ... a formula! 1. That is not what ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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The Biblical pattern of counseling The Biblical pattern of counseling Click to View God is our councilor! The Father: Psalm 73:21-24 Jesus Christ: Isaiah 9:6 The Holy Spirit: John 14:16 The Bible: Psalm 119:24 Christians: Rom 15:14 Introduction: We have pioneered "The free, three session, Biblical counseling system". If you need help, go to that help. Every Christian is called to council but not all Christians are counselors. Psychiatrist's are needed today, not because they actually cure anyone who is mentally ill, but that they can prescribe drugs to control them so ... If you reject the "counsel of God", the world will drug you into submission as a form of "chemical house arrest". Lack of hope is one of the causes of mental illness and the very process Upon your first visit to a typical paid ... If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?" 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 C. Ordinary Christians make the best ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-counseling-therapy-bible-pattern.htm

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The Church organization and counsels did not give the world the ... The Roman Catholic Church did not give the world the Bible! A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! The Roman Catholic Church did not give the world the Bible! Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home ... within the churches of God." (Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament?, Fr. James Bernstein, Orthodox churchman, 1994, p 13) In other words, the New Testament canon is a recognition and acknowledgment of books that were authoritative from earlier periods on, not a creation of the fourth-century church. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 373, 2002) ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-church-did-not-give-world-bible.htm

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We have little solid historical evidence before 200 AD about ... Evidence before 200 AD about the canon A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Evidence before 200 AD about the canon Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page Evidence ... New Testaments." (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 372, 2002) Although historians universally admit there is sketchy information about the ... Peter among the bishops of Rome at all." (History of the Christian Church, Philip Schaff, v2, ch 4) "The actual order of the first three so-called bishops of Rome is a greatly disputed matter. The oldest tradition is that given by Irenaeus (Adv. Hoer. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-little-historical-evidence-200AD.htm

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Eph 2:15 proves the 10 commandments are abolished! which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. " (Ephesians 2:15-16) A. "Commandments contained in ordinances" refers specifically to the 10 commandments: Click to View The Ten texts where the 10 Commandments are called, Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees. To the shock and horror of Seventh-day Adventists, they will learn they have been lied to by their leaders and that the 10 ... Click to View Deut 5:1 The Ten commandments are called "My statures and all My ordinances" Click to View Ezekiel 20:19-21 The weekly Sabbath is called "My statures and all My ordinances" Click to View Mal 4:4 ... Click to View Ezek 20 calls the first and fourth commandment, "My statutes and My ordinances" Click to View Neh 8 uses interchangeably without distinction, the following terms: "the book of the law of Moses", ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-10-commandments-abolished-Ephesians-2-15.htm

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The canon of the Bible: What the apostolic fathers and apologists ... The books did the apostolic fathers and apologists quoted A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! The books did the apostolic fathers and apologists quoted Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page Introduction: Although the apostolic fathers and apologists were not ... Stanton also argues that 1 Apol. 61.4 and Dial. 88.7 show that, apart from the Synoptics, Justin also knew John's Gospel, because the former draws on John 3:3-5 and the latter on John l:19-20. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 380, 2002) The first author who clearly asserts that the church has no ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-apostolic-fathers-apologists.htm

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Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs 100 BC: 70 Weeks of Daniel of this genuine messianic prophecy common to all Jews in the first century, are just too detailed. 2. The document is divided up into 12 sections/chapters, one for each of the twelve sons of Jacob. 3. Chronologically the Testament of Levi discusses the 70 weeks of Daniel but it is very special and abstract. I. The Christian editorial additions to the original (100 BC) Testament of the ... Testament of Levi 16: "In perverseness ye will persecute righteous men1, and hate the godly; the words of the faithful will ye abhor, and the man who reneweth the law in the power of the Most High ... And all the people said, "His blood shall be on us and on our children!"" (Matthew 27:24-25) "Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying, "Certainly this man was ... And we took our sister from thence, and departed, and came to Bethel. 8. And there I saw a thing again even as the former, after we had passed seventy days. And I saw seven men in white raiment saying ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Testament-of-the-Twelve-Patriarchs-Chronology-Daniel9-70-weeks-490-years-Star-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-100BC.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... Both groups promote and believe things that are not found in the Bible. Both are "salvation by organization" religions whose leaders have exclusive direct channels to God. Jehovah's Witnesses have a "new light" or "brighter light" theology where God reveals through the Watchtower new things never before understood. But herein lay the hypocritical paradox for Jw's in regard to Trinity doctrine. How can Jw's reject "doctrinal development" of the first 3 centuries yet teach they have the ... At first the Christian faith was not Trinitarian in the a strictly ontological reference. It was not so in the apostolic and sub-apostolic ages, as reflected in apostolic the NT and other early Christian writings. Nor was it so even in the age of the ... There has been no lack of attempts to find the initial form of the doctrine of the Trinity in Plato, or in Hinduism, or in Parsiism. All such attempts may be regarded today as having floundered. It is another question, of course, whether or not the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches A translation was adopted by the Synod of 1975, and some editorial revisions were approved by the Synod of 1988. The English translation follows the first German edition of the catechism except in two ... The Canons of Dort Top of page The oldest of the doctrinal standards of the Christian Reformed Church is the Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, following the seventeenth-century Latin designation "Confessio Belgica." "Belgica" referred to the whole of the Netherlands, both north and south, which today is divided into the Netherlands and Belgium. The confession's chief ... To protest against this cruel oppression, and to prove to the persecutors that the adherents of the Reformed faith were not rebels, as was laid to their charge, but law-abiding citizens who professed ... The translation presented here is based on the French text of 1619 and was adopted by the Synod of 1985 of the Christian Reformed Church. ARTICLE 1: THE ONLY GOD We all believe in our hearts and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Egg" ... Insights MMPI-7 Quick Pick EDS-7.1 Sources of personal trauma: I have a Disease, I experienced Destitution. Non-Christian troubles: U.N.F.A.I.T.H F. U. L.: 1. Unhappiness, (reject the joy of heaven) 2. Narcissistic, (do not deny ... (unaware that God loves them) Self-disablement EDS-7.2 - Chemical imbalance EDS-7.3 Yes. The first chemical imbalance was caused by the recreational drugs which clearly caused brain damage. The second chemical imbalance was caused by the drugs prescribed by the psychiatrist for depression. Benefits EDS-7.4 Escape duty or life situation: EDS-7.4.4 Sympathy: EDS-7.4.5 Self-punishment for personal failures or to ease a guilty conscience: EDS-7.4.12 Monetary EDS-7.5 - Annoyance Scale EDS-7.6 Med Diagnostic Laws EDS-7.7 Law of ... Perhaps he blamed his parents for a long list of "parenting errors". Perhaps he just blamed everyone else, "If you had just done this... I would not be the way I am today!" This illustrates the Law of Misfortune Culpability ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-egg.htm

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Christians Should Be Different! ... I Cor. 10:23-33. 3. Will this activity place me under evil influences? I Cor. 6:19,20. 4. Will my doing this activity conflict with Christian duty? Christians must put God and His kingdom first. Matthew 6:33. 5. Will my doing this activity arouse in me indecent responses? Books, magazines, and movies that create indecent desires are contrary to Christianity. Paul instructed, "Whatsoever things are pure . . . think on these things." 6. Is this activity both legal and right? Christians should always respect the rights of others as well as to obey the law of the land. In matters of government, law and taxes the Christian ... But, compared to the many who claim to be the Lord's, these are few. Truly materialism is a great weakness among the Lord's people today. Christians are different because they live by the word of God. Thus, they are free of much of the envy, strife, and worry common to worldly people. Yet, even the best of Christianity misses the goal of being entirely like Christ. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-christians-different.htm

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Attending church for the wrong reasons! Jesus tried to teach them that the only reason they should follow him was not for bread, but because they believed He was the divine son of God. The end of this story is found in v66, "As a result of His words, many of Jesus disciples withdrew, and were not walking with him any more." 5000 left Jesus. Only about twelve remained. Today, if a minister caused a similar drop in church attendance, he would be fired on the spot. Yet Jesus deliberately repelled the 5000 because they were following Him for the wrong reasons. Unlike many religious leaders today, Jesus was interested in quality not numbers! ... It is the ultimate excuse! It works every time ... except on Jesus. One man actually used the death of his father as an excuse to put off becoming a Christian. Luke 9:59 says, "Jesus said to another, 'Follow Me,' but the man replied, `Permit me first to go and bury my father.' Then Jesus answered back, `Allow the (spiritually) dead to bury the (physically) dead; but as for you, go and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance-wrong-reasons.htm

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Is Jesus Christ, God's only true Son? With this question, Jesus confounded the Parisees of his own day and continues to confound his critics of today. Sooner or later everyone must answer the question: what do I think of Christ? One is morally obligated to take a position about Christ, because the Lord himself made such extraordinary, world-historical claims about himself. His claims set him apart from all other religious leaders. ... Only Christ claimed to be divine, to be one with the Father who sent him (John 10:30). Christ claimed to have a unique relationship with God. He did not permit the observation that he was only a son ... the divine first name, the name God told Moses in Exodus 3:14 to tell the Israelites just before the Exodus from Egypt. By using this title for himself, Jesus made what was to a Jew, the strongest possible claim to deity. It was no wonder that they took up stones to throw at him (verse 59). Later, when Christ was tried before Pilate, his Jewish prosecutors cried: "We have a law, and by that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-Christ-gods-only-son.htm

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Holy Spirit in the Old Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... The same thing is true in the church today. Christians themselves are the temple of God and therefore direct beneficiaries of God's providence (eyes), prayer any place they stand (ears), love of God anywhere the live (heart) and share the family name of God as "Christian" (name). g. A good example in the Old testament of a metaphoric indwelling that indicates fellowship with God is the Temple of Solomon. h. A good example in the New testament of a metaphoric indwelling that ... Your freewill choices of behavior determine if you represent God or the Devil, Holy Spirit or a harlot, governed by the Law of God or by sin, if you are a son of God or of Satan. f. A good example in the Old testament of a representative indwelling is Joshua ... to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;" (Isaiah 61:1) b. ""Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-Old-Testament.htm

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Mad-Doctors: William Battie: 1703-1776 AD In 1758 AD, William Battie, Mad Doctor at Bedlam and then St. Lukes asylum, was caustically hostile to Christianity and religion in general, like modern chemical psychiatry today. His A Treatise on Madness, never mentions the words: soul, spirit, God, Jesus. The only time Christianity is brought into the subject is his rather stupid suggestion that the laziness religious leaders causes madness because their "nerves" were out of shape due to lack of use the same ... C. William Battie: Modern Psychiatry's hero! Modern "Hero" Claim by psychiatrists Historical Truth Battie was the first teacher of psychiatry in history. While John Monro kept treatment as a secret family recipe, Battie took the opposite approach. There were others ... lamented." (A Treatise on Madness, William Battie, 1758 AD, p 90) "And, altho' blisters, caustics, and sharp purges quickned with white Hellebore [herb flower: purgative], and indeed all painful applications, not only evacuate and thereby relieve delirious pressure, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-mad-doctors-william-battie-1703-1776ad.htm

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The Old Testament Canon: The council of Jamnia: 90 AD The council of Jamnia (The Old Testament Canon) 90 AD A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! The council of Jamnia: 90 AD Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page The ... It is concluded that there is no real evidence for such a council nor for any binding canonical decisions at that time. Instead there appears to have existed a consensus on the content of the Old Testament in the first century AD which was already ... James Bernstein, Orthodox churchman, 1994, p 5, p ) b. "Indeed, it may not have been until the Council of Jamnia (c. A.D. 90), well into the Christian era, that the Jews defined their canon." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-council-of-jamnia.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX: 10 Archeological proofs the Septuagint Tanakh ... into the Greek text out of respect for the name of God: YHWH. Christians simply would never do this, proving the Greek minor prophets scroll was a Jewish Greek translation long before Christ was born. ... Joshua to Malachi) were fully translated into Greek by 150 BC: a. The eminent Jewish Septuagint scholar Emanuel Tov dates the pre-Christian era manuscript of the Greek translation of Isaiah (LXX) to 170 BC because it contains allusions to historical situations and events that point to the years 170-150 BCE. b. This is important because it proves the Greek copies of Isaiah we have today, really were translated by Jews not Christians, centuries before the birth of Christ. 3. Jewish Rabbi apologists fabricate a false Jewish history that first century Jewish synagogues DID NOT use the ... For what was originally expressed in Hebrew does not have exactly the same sense when translated into another language. Not only this book, but even the Law itself, the Prophecies, and the rest of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-entire-Tanakh-39-books-translated-complete-by-150BC.htm

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Miracle workers who couldn't heal themselves A.A. Allen - an acknowledged divine healer and exorcist DIED from alcohol & drug abuse. Aimee Semple McPherson - an acknowledge divine healer - died of a barbituate overdose. Why was she taking pills in the first place? Wasn't the "peace" of God enough for her? Jack Coe - an acknowledged divine healer DIED from disease. ... of Victory Broadcast, 7/9/1987) "God intends for His people to be united, and, that union won't be based on doctrine [the Bible]" (Copeland - Believer's Voice... - 12/88). Click to View The Pensacola News Journal. No medical proof of 'miraculous healings' Church does not keep records, Nov 20, 1997 By Kimberly Blair News Journal staff writer PENSACOLA -Night after night, revival leaders tell the crowds that healings are occurring and growing more powerful. "I know now that we could all get to the place where the dead are raised," evangelist Steve Hill said in a November 1996 article in "Ministries Today," a magazine for Christian leaders. "We 're seeing miraculous ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-miracles-fake-pentecostal.htm

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Col 2:14-16 clearly teaches that the sabbath was abolished and ... Click to View The Ten Commandments are called, Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees. To the shock and horror of Seventh-day Adventists, they will learn they have been lied to by their leaders and that the 10 commandments are the ... Only the blind and deceived could miss the simple truth in Col 2:16. A. One of the most stunning and irrefutable proofs that Col 2:16 must be the weekly Sabbath day, is the common "Year, Month, Week" pattern used in Col 2:16. When God wanted to refer to the whole system of Jewish holy days, rather than ... But as we can clearly see, there are at least 5 other places where the plural is used of the weekly Sabbath. The deception is even worse, given the fact that while most Seventh-day Adventist pastors know about these other passages, ... Sabbatarians continue to falsely argue: "The weekly Sabbath was not hostile to us!" However, 2 Cor 3:7 calls the entire ten commandment law, a "ministry of death". This effectively refutes their false argument! Col 2:14 2 Cor 3:7 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Col2-14-16.htm

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The canon of the Bible: A conservative, bible believing perspective ... The Canon of the Bible A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! A conservative, bible believing perspective! 1. 100AD: All 27 books of the New Testament were in ... I. Canon of the New Testament: 1. Bible books quoted by the Apostolic Fathers 2. Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon. 3. The New Testament first popularized the codex in 100AD for scripture, and was the first book ever produced from the ... quoted by Jesus and other New Testament writers 3. The Old Testament Canon: The council of Jamnia 4. List of books in the Christian Bible, Roman Catholic Bible, Greek Orthodox Bible III. Refuting the claims of Roman Catholics and Orthodox: 1. Questions ... ... https://www.bible.ca/canon.htm

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Hebrew: The World's Oldest Alphabet: English came from Hebrew invented the world's first alphabet shortly after they moved to Avaris also known as Tel el Dab'a. a. Remember that Joseph was a prophet, and God foresaw the need of His chosen people to have an alphabet for the Law of Moses God wrote down in 1446 BC at Mt. Sinai. Without an alphabet there would be no law of Moses. b. Nothing that happens in history occurs by chance because God is in complete control. c. While the Law Code of Hammurabi predates the Torah, it was written in cuneiform not an alphabet. d. The Law of God needed a standardized alphabet to communicate the Law at Mt. Sinai. e. It was invented by Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh and became fully standardized into what we know today as "Mosaic Hebrew" ... God looked ahead at the Babylonian Captivity and through Jeremiah prophesied the New Testament Law of Christ wherein the body of Christ, the church replaced the physical temple. b. Weekly meetings in thousands of synagogues, each equipped with its own "Christian ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Hebrew-worlds-oldest-alphabet-Douglas-Petrovich-original-first-Proto-Consonantal-Sinaitic-Canaanite-Pictograms-Photograms-Echograms-Avaris-Tel-el-Daba-1859-1842BC.htm

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Romans 8 Study The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... How can personal indwelling bears witness with our spirit? 3. 1 Jn 5:7-12 spiritual gifts witness that God has given us life a. Can those without witness of Spirit be sure of their eternal life? b. How can personal indwelling witness to us, God has given us life? 4. 1 Jn 3:24; 4:13 we know we abide in ... Because the gospel would have been preached to them by gifted men and by the Spirit given to us (the church) we would know. 4. How could the "ungifted" man in the church in Rome have assurance he would be resurrected? a. The same way we have assurance today: Knowledge that true miracles had taken place. b. For the first century Christian in Rome, he had others in church who performed ... B. Old Testament passages that refer to the battle of obeying sin vs. God: 1. Jer 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me 2. Jer 31:31/Heb 8:8ff I will put my law within them and on their heart I will write my law 3. Ezek 11:19 and I will give them one heart and shall put A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN THEM and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Romans-8-Study.htm

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Acceptance of the "disputed" NT books: Hebrews, 2 Peter, James ... God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Acceptance of the "disputed" NT books: Hebrews, 2 Peter, James, 2 John, 3 John, Revelation. The majority of New Testament ... included these books, but because the first and last pages of the book are damaged or missing, we cannot know for sure. "But this question, like most over which Christians disagree, is not the cutting edge of what Christianity is all about...there was division everywhere in the church on the books that might be called the 'fringe,' but there was very little disagreement over what was at the core of the matter...The division of opinion...was not over the core, but over the 'fringe.'" (The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon, Lee M. MacDonald, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-disputed-books.htm

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Early Christian faith on Trinity, deity of Christ, personality ... ... This is he who was from the beginning, who appeared as if new, and was found old . . . This is he who, being from everlasting, is today called the Son" (Letter to Diognetus 11). 170 AD Tatian the Syrian 170 AD ... Since the Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son by the unity and power of the Spirit, the Mind and Word of the Father is the Son of God. And if, in your exceedingly great wisdom, it occurs to you to inquire what is meant by `the Son,' I will tell you briefly: He is the first- begotten of the Father, not as having been produced, for from the ... The disposition of the stars, too, contains a type of the arrangement and order of the righteous and pious, and of those who keep the law and commandments of God. For the brilliant and bright stars are an imitation ... VI.-Abstain from the Poison of Heretics. "I therefore, yet not I, but the love of Jesus Christ, entreat you that ye use Christian nourishment only, and abstain from herbage of a different kind; I mean heresy. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-trinity.htm

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Is Divorce Really the Answer to my marriage problems? We are confident that Soviet leaders are taking fiendish delight in the knowledge that one marriage in every four in America, in some sections, one in three, ends in divorce, and with each divorce, our nation gains momentum on a collision course with ... It's our firm belief that both the spiritual and material welfare of our beloved country is wholly dependent upon faithful Christian homes and upon concerned and consecrated Christian families. Our nation was founded upon Christian principles. Let it ... The Bible uses to word fornication in warning against the sin. It also states unequivocally that fornication is the only ground that God accepts for divorce (Matthew 19:9), and that fornicators shall not inherit the Kingdom of God (Galatians ... It would be well for every married man and woman to read carefully the first five verses of the seventh Chapter of I Corinthians. A careful consideration of these matters would do much to save marriages that apparently are in danger of breaking up. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-divorce=answer.htm

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SUMMARY: PROOF that TRINITY is NOT of PAGAN origin! aspects of Christian faith originated with the Pagans! Moses did not borrow his creation and flood story from the pagans any more than Moses and Christians borrowed Trinitarian theology from the Pagans! Sabbatarians are guilty of the same thing when they quote the Catholics Authorities as proof that the Pope changed the sabbath to Sunday but reject the same Catholic authorities when they ALSO claim that Peter was the first Pope! The authorities anti-Trinitarians use to support their view that trinity is pagan origin doctrine is like quoting the devil! Selective quoting of the devil! Jehovah's Witnesses are willing to trust the devil SOME OF THE TIME! Anti-Trinitarians will quote from "Trinitarian modernists" (who deny inspiration, but believe in God as a Trinity) ... GILGAMESH: Following are the main characters from Gilgamesh, an epic of the Sumerian peoples. It is believed today that this epic was written at least 1300 years before Homer wrote the Iliad. Scholars are particularly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-not-pagan-reasons.htm

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Introduction of New Catholic doctrines not found in the Bible Infant baptism by immersion commanded of all infants (Council Of Mela, Austin was the principal director) 430 AD Exhalation of Virgin Mary: "Mother of God" first applied by the Council of Ephesus 502 AD Special dress code of the Clergy all the time. 500 AD The "Habit" of Nuns (Black gowns with white tunics) 519 AD Lent 526 AD Extreme Unction 593 AD The Doctrine of Purgatory popularized from the Apocrypha by Gregory the Great 600 AD First use of Latin in worship (Gregory I) Beginning of the Orthodox/Roman Catholic church as we know it today in its present organization. 607 AD Click to View First Pope: Boniface III is the first person to take the title of "universal Bishop" by decree of Emperor Phocas. 608 AD Pope Boniface IV. turns the Pantheon in Rome into a temple of Mary ad martyres: the pagan Olympus into a Christian heaven of gods. 670 AD Instrumental music: first organ by Pope Vitalian 709 AD Kissing of Pope Constantine's feet 753 AD Baptism by sprinkling for those on sick beds ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-new-doctrines.htm

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Is Divorce Really the Answer to my marriage problems? We are confident that Soviet leaders are taking fiendish delight in the knowledge that one marriage in every four in America, in some sections, one in three, ends in divorce, and with each divorce, our nation gains momentum on a collision course with ... It's our firm belief that both the spiritual and material welfare of our beloved country is wholly dependent upon faithful Christian homes and upon concerned and consecrated Christian families. Our nation was founded upon Christian principles. Let it ... The Bible uses to word fornication in warning against the sin. It also states unequivocally that fornication is the only ground that God accepts for divorce (Matthew 19:9), and that fornicators shall not inherit the Kingdom of God (Galatians ... It would be well for every married man and woman to read carefully the first five verses of the seventh Chapter of I Corinthians. A careful consideration of these matters would do much to save marriages that apparently are in danger of breaking up. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-divorce=answer.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed in expedient, optional tradition This is a grave error because the witness of history is such that each region had their own distinct set of the traditions, just as we see in the churches today! These kinds of optional expedients were practiced ... Although the Catholics and Orthodox fight over whose liturgy is the apostolic tradition, the truth is, no such uniform tradition ever existed. God deliberately left these liturgical choices up to each local church, otherwise the New Testament would resemble the legalistic system of worship seen in the Law of Moses. We are under the "law of liberty". B. How Expedient ... with a single Christian setting aside that time for personal Bible study, worship and prayer. Others wanted to join him and in time a decision was made that a formal time would be set for all members in the local church. Unfortunately this good practice of spending extra Bible study time together as a church, may become an unwritten law and seen on the same level of authority as the first day (Sunday) ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-3-expedient.htm

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The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons By Bruce M. Merger A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! The canon of the New Testament Early Lists of the Books of the New Testament Bruce M. Merger Go to: "Canon of ... book of the Gospel is that according to Luke. (3) Luke, the well-known physician, after the ascension of Christ, (4-5) when Paul had taken him with him as one zealous for the law,2 (6) composed it in his own name, according to [the general] belief.' ... the resurrection, (22) concerning life with his disciples, (23) and concerning his twofold coming; (24) the first in lowliness when he was despised, which has taken place, (25) the second glorious in royal power, (26) which is still in the future. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-councils-synods-canons.htm

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Greek Scroll Twelve minor prophets Nahal Hever 50 BC: Septuagint ... Septuagint Greek Scroll of 12 minor prophets discovered at Nahal Hever: 50 BC Proves the Old Testament Christians read today is the same that Jews Read in 50 BC. Proves the entire Tenakh was ... This proves that the Entire Old Testament (Tanakh) was translated into Greek before the Christian Era. The text reads essentially the same as the modern text we use (Masoretic) proving the Bible has not been lost, altered or corrupted over time. YHWH is written in Mosaic Hebrew as the name of God. What you read in the book you find in the ground! The Greek Septuagint Twelve Minor Prophets scroll ... Of special note is that all the scripture manuscripts were in Aramaic also known as "Square Hebrew". This is a different language and Mosaic Hebrew and modern Hebrew. Remember, in the first century ... implies that in his time there were already Greek translations for "the law itself, and the prophets, and the rest of the books," and so it seems that the LXX was largely completed by this early date. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-Septuagint-twelve-Greek-Minor-prophets-scroll-Nahal-Hever-Bar-Kochba-Cave-of-Horrors-letters-Dodekapropheton-Greek-8HevXIIgr-50BC.htm

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Searching for: The church you can read about in the Bible! Searching for ... the Bible Pattern! Click to View New Testament Christianity Click to View Self test: Are You Worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth, OR IN VAIN? Origin of Church: Click to View Defining the Church (Major study) Click to View When & Where Did ... The origin of man-made denominations. Click to View View part 2 with real player (25 minutes) Click to View part 3 Finding the New Testament church today. Learn how to become a member of the church of the Bible. Click to View View part 3 with real player (25 ... Click to View The historical development from local autonomous church government to centralized government 33-606AD. Click to View Directory of Churches mentioned in the Bible 33-100 AD Graphic "Mouse Rollover": Click on image at left! First Day Worship (Sunday) Click to View Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! Click to View Attending church for 24 wrong reasons. Also 12 excuses people use for not attending church. Click to View Is Sunday the "Christian Sabbath"? Click ... ... https://www.bible.ca/index-ntx.htm

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TV Game show! "Beat that Testimony" of sin! You can just almost visualize that TV games how host with his painted-on, $64,000 grin saying . . . "Please greet our first "Beat That Testimony", contestant with a great round of applause ... here ... SHE HAS SCORED A NEW RECORD HIGH OF 99.763!!! WOW!!! WHAT A GREAT TESTIMONY!! WHAT A STORY!! Sister Suzie, we love you, God bless you, and come back again soon!! Travel with me for a moment to another setting, to a hard core drug rehabilitation center with in a jail. These 100 or so guys are at least 90% all former gang leaders, street-fighters, ex-drug addicts, alcoholics, etc. Some had done pimping, ... I also want to thank God for delivering me from a life of prostitution, as well as from being into deviant sex, child pornography, kidnapping adultery, white slavery, five divorces, armed robbery ... THEM! PRAISE GOD! You see, I was raised by born-again, Bible-believing, blood-washed, Spirit filled Christian parents who led me to a saving, personal knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-beat-that-testimony-of-sin.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) White copied Patriarchs and Prophets from Adersheim's Bible History: Old Testament, vols. 1-4 by Walter Rea Click to View Order Walter Rea's book: "The White Lie" Chapter 5 Selected Exhibits Books Written by: Sources from Which She Drew: White, Ellen G. Edersheim, Alfred Patriarchs and ... 422 The Journey around Edom 433 The Conquest of Bashan 193 Journey of the Children of Israel in the Land of Edom Page in 1958 edition (White) Page in volume 3 (Edersheim) 438 Balaam 11 Character and History of Balaam 453 Apostasy at the Jordan 23 The End of Balaam 462 The Law Repeated 33 The Second Census of Israel 469 The Death of Moses 42 Death and Burial of Moses 481 Crossing the Jordan 53 The Miraculous Parting ... Page in volume 4 (Edersheim) 569 The Child Samuel 1 Birth of Samuel 575 Eli and His Sons 10 The Sin of Eli's Sons 581 The Ark Taken by the Philistines 16 Taking of the Ark 592 The Schools of the Prophets 26 Samuel's Administration 603 The First King of Israel 26 The Demand for a King ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-pp.htm

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Christians can eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods This paper will show that there is nothing sinful for Christians to eat genetically modified foods and will explore what the Bible says, and what the earliest post-biblical church said about it. In the twenty-first century, we are surrounded ... As a result, their prohibitions have been adopted by alleged Christians, who would urge abstinence on others in the name of the will and design of God. But what does God say? Fortunately, ancient Christian literature has much to relate on whether it is ethical to eat ... Matthew 15.11-18 is to the same effect. In Acts 10.10-16, when Peter in a vision refused to eat food Jewish law prohibited, the Lord told him three times: "What God has made clean, do not call common." Post biblical reflections. The church ... Some small sects allegedly kept kosher and others commanded vegetarianism, but their writings have not survived, so we today cannot assess whether the allegations of their proto-orthodox opponents about them were accurate or whether the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/s-christians-can-eat-genetically-modified-food.htm

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Indwelling of the Holy Spirit This notion of limiting the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" to the apostles ONLY was a false theology developed last century to refute modern day Pentecostals and Charismatics who claim to have miraculous power of the Holy Spirit like the first ... Once you have met the conditions of faith, repentance, confession and water baptism, you are born again and immediately God unconditionally begins to dwell in you as long as you continue to be obedience. If you are a blood-bought Christian God indwells ... The same thing is true in the church today. Christians themselves are the temple of God and therefore direct beneficiaries of God's providence (eyes), prayer any place they stand (ears), love of God anywhere the live (heart) and share the family ... Your freewill choices of behavior determine if you represent God or the Devil, Holy Spirit or a harlot, governed by the Law of God or by sin, if you are a son of God or of Satan. g. A good example in the Old testament of a conditional ... ... https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Indwelling.htm

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Christmas: Separating Bible truth from Myth IV. The Census of Quirinius in 3 BC not 6 AD: Lk 2:1-3 V. Jesus was born in a house not an Inn: Lk 2:7 VI. The archeology of the first century four room house in ancient Israel: VII. Where did the star lead the wise men (Magi): Bethlehem or ... TRUTH: December 25 was the birthday of Mithra, the pagan God of light. In 325 AD, Roman emperor Constantine re-assigned the meaning to the birthday of Jesus, the true God of light. The Christian meaning over MYTH #3: Mary wanted to spend the night at an inn, but ... Jesus may have been taken to Joseph's home in Nazareth and this is where the star led the wise men: "When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth." (Luke 2:39). ... They come to Jerusalem because the star indicated it was the king of the Jews and Jerusalem was the capital. c. They did not know where Jesus was born in Israel based upon the star, but had to consult religious leaders who quoted Micah 5:2. It ... ... https://www.bible.ca/D-Xmas-story.htm

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Sin was viewed as the cause (etiology) of mental illness Historically, the majority view of the cause of insanity and mental illness was sin, life choices, life situations, but not a bodily disease. Click to View Click to View In 1803, Christian Reil suggested that the ... - 1900 Historically, there were three groups of etiologies for insanity: 1. Those who believed sin directly caused insanity. 2. Those who believed sin indirectly caused insanity by first producing melancholy blood, which then caused insanity. 3. Those who believed insanity was a random bodily illness (like chemical psychiatrists today), were a small minority. ... THEN their Sins fly glaringly in their Faces, and are so infinitely great, that no Satisfaction can compensate; then they think of nothing but the fearful Wrath of God just ready to be pour'd out upon them; that ... In 1691 AD, Robert Boyle (inventor of Boyle's Law of the relationship between pressure and volume of gas), believed that the mind, not the body caused insanity. Boyle gave two case histories of hypochondria which ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-causes-etiology-historic-pre-1858ad.htm

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