Psalm 19

Psalm 19:1-14 (ASV)

The works and the Word of God.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament showeth his handiwork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech,
And night unto night showeth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language;
Their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens,
And his circuit unto the ends of it;
And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul:
The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart:
The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever:
The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
In keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can discern his errors?
Clear thou me from hidden faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me:
Then shall I be upright,
And I shall be clear from great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in thy sight,
O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

Verse 1-5, The atheist has all the evidence he needs, the heavens declare the glory of Jah. The stars, the sun and the moon show the craftmanship of the Father and Son. The work of the Father's hands go throughout all the earth. He placed everything in the firmament of space perfectly. He set these things in the firmament to be a tabernacle for the sun.

When the Sun of Righteousness, Jehovah Jesus Christ, comes out His Chamber (the Most holy place) it's as the light that shines from the sun. The Sun of Righteousness will bring healing in His wings for those that fear the name of Jehovah. The firmament is the tabernacle of the sun and as the brightness of the sun leaves the tabernacle of the firmament to shine it's light on the earth, the Son of God will leave His tabernacle in heaven to shine the glory of the Father upon the earth. This will be when the day of atonement (judgment hour) is over.

Verse 6, the eyes of Jehovah go throughout all the earth, the Father and Son are everywhere present by their representative the Holy Spirit. Nothing is hid from Jehovah's presence.

Verse 7, the law of Jehovah is perfect and restores the soul. Man's wisdom denigrates Jehovah's Royal Law and minimizes it's importance, however the word of the psalmist exalts the law of God and says it's "PERFECT". The testimony (commandments) of Jehovah is "SURE", they are unmovable, fixed, solid as a rock. Man can attempt to change them but Jah's word Stands "STILL".

The wisdom of man is foolishness and makes learned and wise men foolish. The law and the testimony of Jehovah make the simple wise.  The simple man who loves God's law confounds the learned philosopher of this age.

Verse 8, The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart. Truly those who are sons and daughters of God rejoice at the reading and hearing of Jehovah's precepts. His law is to bring gladness to our hearts. The unregenerated bristle at the hearing and reading of the law of Jehovah. We know we are in right communion with the Father when we are glad at the hearing of His law.

Verse 9, the fear of Jehovah is clean and it is the beginning of wisdom. When we fear God it shows we have a clean heart. This clean heart can only be given to us by the new birth experience. Even Jesus had the fear of His Father Jehovah (Isaiah 11).

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV)

13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

The fear of God leads one to keep His commandments.

Many people don't like to talk about the fear of God but the text here says that the fear of Jehovah is clean (pure). The  ordinances of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether.

Romans 3:4 (KJV)

4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Man in his arrogance has thought to change the law of God. This has most notably manifested itself in the Churches of Christendom. In Daniel 7:25, we read

"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."

Jehovah's law is eternal and stands upright. His law is a law of love (1 John 5:2). In fact according to verse 10, we are to desire the ordinances of Jehovah more than riches of gold and silver. We are to desire them more than position in this life. How many in Christendom today can say this about themselves? Most Christians make every excuse in the world to not keep Jehovah's commandments and statutes.

Verse 11, the law serves as a warning to us as keeping it brings blessings and not keeping it brings curses. There are rewards for those who keep the law of God. The ultimate reward is everlasting life and eating of the tree of life (Revelation 22:14).

Verse 12 and 13, our sins are blotted out in the most holy place as we go to the Father in the name of Jesus. Christ is our High Preist and mediator and blots out the record of our sins as He advocates for us to the Father. Christ can keep us from falling (Jude 24).

Verse 14 and 15, our prayer should be to have a pure heart before our God and to mediate on His law. Our words need to be edifying in order to be acceptable before Jah. Our words need to express God's love. A right spirit within us should be our desire, the heart of a child should be in us. Let's be like little children in our innocence and simplicity in the things of God. Lets think on lovely things.

Philippians 4:8 (KJV)

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Jehovah is our Rock and Redeemer, attributes also attributed to His Son Jehoshua as the Son's name means "The Salvation of Jehovah". The Father is the source of Salvation and the Son is the channel by which Salvation comes.

The Foundation of Christianity part 3

Verse 38, Jesus gives a stern rebuke to the Jews as he tells them that they do not have the Father's word abiding in them as they have rejected the very one that the Father sent. The same is still true today, those who reject Jesus have not the Father's word abiding in them. Rejecting the Son of God is antichrist.

Verse 39, the scriptures affirm Jesus as the "Christ" and if the Jews would have had the Father's Spirit in them, they would have discerned that Jesus was the fufillment of the prophesied Messiah.

Verse 40, in order to have eternal life we need to come to Jesus. There is no other way to the Father. Jesus is the only door and gate to the Father.

Verse 41, Jesus receives honour from the Father who is the one true God. He doesn't need validation from men including religious leaders.

Verse 42-43, Jesus tells the Jews that they don't have the love of God in them, this He knows because they rejected the very one sent by God. Jesus came in His Father's name "Jehovah" and was not received by the unbelieving Jews. Just like many religious people today who reject the Jesus (Son of God) of the bible the Jews rejected our Saviour. And just like the religious of today who accept another Jesus and false teachers who come in their own name due to their popularity, the Jews would accept others who came in their own name due to fame.

Verse 44, the Jews received honour from one another based on outward merits and positions of esteem. The same is true today as religious people are more impressed with outward merits and outward accomplishments and being esteemed by the world. Jesus plainly says that it is being honoured by Jehovah that matters and it is the only honour we should seek.

Acts 9:18-20 (KJV)

18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

This passage from Acts 9 follows Paul's heavenly vision of Jesus Christ. Post resurrection, very few have had the pleasure of direct visions of Christ. Paul is one of them.

In verse 18, we see that scales fell from Paul's eyes, previous to this Paul was not only temporarily physically blinded but he had been spiritually blinded as well as he persecuted "the way". Notice that once Paul received his sight he was baptized. Remember the requirement for baptismnis confession that Jesus is the Son of God (Acts 8:37, 1 John 4:15) and repentance from sins. Paul must have done both before being baptized.

Verse 19, Paul is strengthed and also fellowshiped with the disciples at Damascus. Paul was anointed for the ministry straight away and was anointed by Christ. Many men and women go to seminaries to learn more about the bible and yet they come out more confused. They end up complicating and making void the word of God. Seminaries are man's way of estimating someone being anointed. Jehovah's way is different. Remember, the Holy Spirit is our teacher not man. We can learn from man but ultimately it's the Holy Spirit that guides us into all truth. Only God and His Son can anoint someone to preach the gospel, seminaries are a tradition of man.

Verse 20, Paul's first sermon was preaching that Christ is the Son of God. This is the result of being anointed by Jesus to preach the gospel. The evidence of being anointed by Jesus is preaching that He is the Son of God. When men and women attend seminary and get their degrees they come out preaching another Jesus, a trinity or tri theistic Jesus who is one third of a trinity god. Why is this? Because they still have scales upon their eyes. They need a fresh revelation from Jesus Christ in order to know His true identity. Many will not have the scales removed because they trust in their religious education rather than the leading of the Holy Spirit. Paul said to follow his example as he follows Christ. Paul did not teach a trinity Jesus but he taught that Jesus is indeed the Son of God.

Entrance into the Kingdom of Jehovah necessitates a confession that Jesus is truly the Son of God. Unfortunately most denominations don't require this of potential converts and instead baptize them into a denomination and confessing that God is a trinity along with other man made requirements. Would the apostle Paul approve of modern Christendom's denial of Christ's literal Sonship? Would Paul approve of the false heretical teaching that Jesus Sonship is metaphorical? I can confidently say "No", Paul didn't preach that Jesus is the eternal Almighty God but rather that He is the Son of the eternal Almighty God.

Do you trust the words of Paul who had a direct revelation of Jesus or the words of men and women who have gained their education about Christ at spiritually dead seminaries?

I'll go with Paul and believe and preach that Jesus truly is the Son of God!!

Matthew 26:62-64 (KJV)

62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

63 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

The above passage gives us a clear picture of what the controversy was between the unbelieving Jews and Jesus.  This was the night before the trial before the Sanhedrin.

In verse 62, the high priest questions Jesus on what it was that he was accused of. There were witnesses that were accusing Jesus of something. What was that something? Verse 63 tells us!

Verse 63, the high priest then demands (adjures) an answer from Jesus regarding the accusations made against Him. Notice the words of the High Priest "I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of the living God."

First, I want to give a definition for the word "adjure", by knowing this it will help realize how binding Jesus statement is when He affirms the high priest's accusation against Him.

The greek word for "adjure" is "exorkizo" (strongs 1844) and means "to extract an oath, to force an oath, to adjure".

So the high priest was trying to extract an oath from Jesus.

How does Jesus respond to the high priest's attempt at forcing an oath out of Jesus? Jesus words below:

"Thou hast said"

The greek word for "said" is "epo" (strongs 2036) and means "say, speak, command, tell".

Jesus can't lie so clearly He affirmed the accusation made against Him that He is the Son of the living God. Jesus didn't fall into the trap of making an oath but rather simply said "Thou hast said". Jesus agreed with the accusation against Him. Today, many theologians and pastors are doing the same thing as the unbelieving Jews in rejecting the Sonship of Christ.

These men are either knowingly or unknowingly calling Jesus a liar as He confirmed that He is the Son of the living God. From this passage we see that the controversy during Jesus earthly life was whether He was the Christ and the Son of the living God or if he was a false teacher. Jesus being the living God was not even a point of contention as both Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders agreed that there was only one God (Mark 12:28-34).

John 10:29-36 (KJV)

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

30 I and my Father are one.

31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Verse 29, Jesus affirms that the Father gave him the sheep (followers of Jesus). Notice Jesus clear words right here that destroy the trinity doctrine: "My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all"

The greek word for "greater than" is "meizon" (strongs 3187) and means "larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age): - elder, greater(-est), more.

Jesus makes a clear declaration that the Father is oldest being in the universe and the most powerful (greater than all). Jesus includes Himself in this as He used the word "all".

The word for "all" in the greek is "pas" and means "all, any, every, the whole:-all (manner of, means), always, any (one)  as many as, every (one, way), daily, + ever, as many as, + no (thing), thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever."

When Jesus says the Father is greater (older and more powerful) than all, He means it and is in included in this statement.

Verse 30, Jesus tells the Jews that He and the Father are one. We know this verse speaks to the oneness of the Father and Son in every way except of course them being "one being". They are one is Spirit, purpose and unity. Even in our worship they are one as we are to honour the Son as we honour the Father.

Verse 31-33, This is where the Jews picked up stones as they believed Jesus was making himself God. Jesus responds  by telling them that He showed them good works from His Father. Remember, Jesus can do nothing without the Father as what He sees the Father do and say, He then does and says (John 5:30, John 5:19). Remember, Jesus is the Word of God not the Word of Himself. The Father was/is the source of what the Son says and does.

Verse 34-35, look at Jesus words here "Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?"

This reference by Jesus is from Psalms 82:6 which reads:
 "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High."

This  scripture is in refrence to the rulers and judges of Israel. The word for "gods" here in the Psalm is the Hebrew word "elohim" and means "gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God. occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess,-ly), (very), great, judges, mighty."

The word God/god either in the greek or Hebrew isn't always a refrence to the Almighty God. It can also be used for Human rulers as in the judges of Israel or even of false gods and even satan. It can be used for angels as well. Elohim can simply mean "Mighty One". The Father is the Almighty Elohim, so when it is used regarding others it is in respect to their position rather than an identity of being "Almighty God".

When Elohim is used for Jesus, it is in respect to His literal Sonship (John 20:28-31). There should be no objection to calling Jesus God/Elohim as even human magistrates were called elohim/gods. For human rulers elohim is an honorary title, for Jesus it's who He is as the literal Son of Jehovah God.

Jesus is telling the Jews if the scripture cannot be broken, meaning it stands, then it is acceptable to call those by whom the word of God came "gods". How much more can we call Jesus God, being that not only is the Word of God coming to the Jews through Him, but He is the Word of God and as we see in verse 36, Jesus is the Son of God.

Verse 36, Jesus clarifies His identity to the offended Jews as He says "Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?"

Look at the clear statement of Jesus, even though it is very appropriate to call Jesus God, He makes the clarification that He is the Son of God. So many in Christendom fail to qoute verse 36 when talking about this series of scriptures in John 10. The love qouting verse 33 but almost never qoute verse 36. This passage teaches that it is very appropriate to call Jesus God as His Godship is tied to His literal Sonship and the scripture cannot be broken.

When we call Jesus God it is not merely an honourary title nor is it a declaration that He is the Almighty living God, but rather that He truly is the Divine Son of God.

1 Corinthians 3:10-11 (KJV)

10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Paul tells the Corinthians that every man needs to take heed how they build the foundation of the Church. This means we are to make sure that we build the proper foundation and not a faulty one. Remember Peter's confession that Jesus is the Son of the living God? It was this confession that Jesus said was the rock (foundation) that the Church would be built upon. Also, Paul's first sermon after his Damascus road experience was that Jesus Christ is the Son of God (Acts 9).

In context, the above passage is in reference to laying upon the foundation (Christ) faulty or righteous works. These works will be tried in this judgment hour. Remember though, we need to have the proper foundation in order to support our works. In verse 11, Paul makes it clear that Christ is the foundation of the Church and that no other foundation can be laid. Many denominations say Christ is their foundation but we have to remember that it is Christ's identity that is the foundation of the Church. Peter made the beautiful confession, that Jesus affirmed, that Christ is the Son of the living God. Jesus identity is key in Him being the foundation of the Church.

While other denominations preach another Jesus, the true Church preaches that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the Jesus that is the foundation of the Church that will go through to the end (Matthew 16:13-20).

Luke 4:40-41 (KJV)

40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

Even the demons confessed the Sonship of Christ. Jesus silenced them and the scripture says they knew "that he was the Christ".

John 19:5-7 (KJV)

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

This passage is very key in determining whether Christ claimed a metaphorical Sonship or a literal Sonship. Remember,  the Jews believed they were sons of God in a metaphorical sense so for Jesus to claim a Sonship of God in a metaphorical sense would not have been unusual among the Jews. The Jews considered the claim of Christ's Sonship to be blasphemy (John 10:36). They clearly understood this to be a Divine Sonship as they were ready to stone Jesus for making himself God (John 10:33).

The Jews referred to their law for justification that Christ should be crucified due to His claim that He was the Son of God.

Mark 14:61-62 (KJV)

61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Jesus claimed that He was the Son of God not God Almighty himself as some denominations teach. How can he be the Son of himself? It was His Sonship that made Him Divine. It was also His claim of literal Sonship that raised ire of the Jews. The Jews looked at this claim of literal Sonship as a violation of their law due to their belief in One God knowing that the claim of being this One God's literal Son made the Son divine as well. Look at Jesus words in John 10:34-36:

 "Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Jesus staked His rightful claim to Divinity as men who were entrusted with the word of God could rightly be called "gods", how much more could Jesus be rightly called God? What Jesus God was being the literal Son of God. Men who bring the word of God could at most be called metaphorical gods however Jesus is not a god in a metaphorical sense but rather He is God in infinity (substance, nature, DNA).

The Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father, is truly God in infinity, but not in personality.” (Ellen White UL 367 )

 Ellen White made the clear distinction between God and Christ while affirming the Divinity of the only begotten Son. This statement above harmonizes with the bible. Jesus is Divine like the Father, yet is not God Almighty but rather the Son of God Almighty.

John 11:1-4 (KJV)

11 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Verse 4, Jesus makes the declaration that He is the Son of God and that He and God (His Father) will be glorified in the miracle that will raise Lazarus from the dead. Notice that Jesus makes the distinction between Himself and God and stating that He is God's Son. When Jesus is glorified, the Father receives this glory as well.

When we glorify Christ or when He is glorified through the ministry of the Church, the glory also goes the Father. Just as when a human son is given honour, his Father also is honored. What Father doesn't feel honoured when his Son is honored? This is rhetorical of course as we know Father's love to see honour and glory bestowed upon their sons.

When the Church does a great work in the name of Christ and glorifies Him in doing so, the Father also is glorified. The Father and Son are inseparable. We are to honour the Son as we honour the Father.

1 John 3:8 (KJV)

8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Here is another scripture affirming the Sonship of Christ. Pay attention to the way this is worded. John says:

"For this purpose the Son of God was manifested"

The verbiage here indicates that before Christ was manifested here on earth that He was already the Son of God. The were hints that God had a divine Son in the old testament but it was Jesus first advent that manifested him as being the Son of God. So from this passage we see that Jesus was the Son of God prior to being manifested here on earth.

1 John 4:7-15 (KJV)

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

This is one of the most beautiful passages in scripture as it talks about the love of Jehovah. While many Christians speak of God's love and tell others that God loves them, they often fail to explain why God loves us and what is the most powerful evidence of His love.

Because most denominations deny the literal Sonship of Christ they almost never give the most important evidence of Jehovah's love for us. In verse 9, the apostle John says that the love of God was manifested toward us because He sent us His only begotten Son that we might have everlasting life. This is powerful and the power of this verse is lost on many Christians and I truly believe it is the reason we see such a struggle in evangelism efforts here in the U.S. to win souls.

Because most professed Christians deny the literal Sonship of Christ they cannot properly convey the power of this verse. Most Christians believe the Sonship of Christ is a metaphor and thereby sap the power away from this verse. Ask yourself the question, "what would reveal to the sinner the love of God more fully, a real Son sacrificed by a real Father dying for their sins or a metaphorical Son sent by a role playing Father to die for their sins?"

The answer to this should be obvious, If I were to give up my very own son in order to save the life of another, that person would without doubt know that I love them. However, if I were to send one of my friends to sacrifice their life for another, then that person may perhaps know that I love them but wouldn't be 100 percent sure. In an age of coldness the sinner needs to know that there is a love out there for them that is unequivocally sure. This is what will move them to repentance.

By God sending His only begotten Son to die for our transgressions that we might live through him is the strongest evidence of God's love. The passage by sending another God but rather the only begotten Son. The phrae "only begotten" comes from the greek word "monogenes" (strongs 3439) and means "only born, i.e. sole: - only (begotten child)." The word monogenes comes from  "monos" and "ginomai". For this study we will only address the word "ginomai" as monos simply means "only, sole, single".

The word "begotten" comes from the Greek word "ginomai" (Strongs 1096) and means "to cause to be (generate), to come into being, to become, arise, be assembled, be brought to pass, come to pass.

Scripture is crystal clear that at some point Jesus came into being and was generated (begotten) from the Father. That is why He is called the only begotten Son of God. It is not just a title nor a role play but it is who Jesus is in identity. Scripture clearly teaches the preexistence of Christ so Jesus was begotten (generated) from the Father in ages of eternity (Micah 5:2).

Once we understand the truth of Christ literal Sonship then we can properly show the sinner the depth of Jehovah's love for them. This is something everyone can relate to as we are all either parents or children of parents.

Verse 10, again John shows the evidence of Jehovah's love for us. It wasn't our love for God that brought us to the cross but rather His love for us. His love was demonstrated toward us by sending His literal Son to be the mercyseat for our sins. This was as much a sacrifice for the Father as it was for Jesus. They both demonstrated their love for us by denying themselves in order to save man from death so that he would have eternal life. They both gave up something precious and risked eternal loss for the sake of the world and to see man healed and restored.

One of the results of denying the literal Sonship of Christ is that the Father's sacrifice has been made null and void. All the credit goes to Jesus because they say He is the Almighty God and He as God Almighty came down here and died for us. They reduce the Father to just having an advisory role in the plan of salvation. This is the lie of satan. The Father gave His precious Son up for our salvation. This must have been heart wrenching for Him to risk the loss of Hos dear Son. The Father gave up the very one that was in His bosom. He sacrificed His literal Son and if we have children we can relate to this in how heart wrenching it would be for us to do this.

The Father and Son both paid a heavy price for us and it was their love for us that they did this. Denying the literal Father-Son relationship reduces the Father's role significantly in the plan of salvation. The Father sent His true Son to reconcile us, He did not send a role playing Son. This must have hurt the Father's heart as He loves His dear Son. Don't believe Satan's lie that Jesus isn't a real Son and that Jehovah isn't a real Father.

Verses 11-12, we are told by John that if God loved us so much by giving us His only begotten Son then we ought to love one another. We have no excuse not to love one another when we have freely accepted Jehovah's free gift of grace and love, His Son Jesus Christ. We cannot accept the beautiful love of the Father and be selfish and not extend love to pur fellow brothers and sisters.

We are made in the image of the Father and Son, so when we look at each other we are seeing an image of God and Christ. Being that we have not visibly seen the Father and Son, we prove our love for them when we love one another who we do see. The bible gives us a big "if", only if we love one another does Jehovah dwell in us. How does the Father dwell in us? By His Holy Spirit! The Father and Son are both in the most holy place right now so they dwell in us by the agency of their Holy Spirit. The indwelling Jehovah. When the Father dwells in us His love is perfected in us. This is how we become perfect by His love dwelling in us not by outward forms and ordinances.

Verse 13 clearly says that Jehovah gives us of His Spirit so clearly the Holy Spirit is not another being but rather the actual Spirit of the Father. It's by having the Father's Spirit that we are able to love one another and it is by loving one another that proves that we dwell in Him and He dwells in us.

Verse 14-15, these two verses are a statement of faith by the beloved apostle John. John says that He and the other apostles have seen with their own eyes and testify (bear witness, bear record, give testimony, give a good report, greek word 3140 "martureo") that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Do you believe the clear word of God through Jesus beloved disciple John or do you believe the false Pastor's and theologians of Christendom who deny the literal Sonship of Christ? John is making the declaration of the Father-Son relationship and the Father sending His Son to the world.

In verse 15, John simplifies the basis of how one attains salvation and what the evidence of having God dwelling in someone is.

"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God."

There is no way around it, if you don't confess that Jesus is the Son of God, the Father doesn't dwell in you. This means you don't have the Holy Spirit in you. This is not talking some metaphorical Sonship but rather a true literal begotten Sonship. It is not confessing that Jesus is "God the Son" but rather "the Son of God".

Do you want to put your salvation in the hands of highly educated theologians and pastors or will you trust the inspired word's of scripture given to us in this passage by Jesus beloved disciple John?

Jesus truly is the Son of God!

1 John 5:18-21 (KJV)

18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Above is another powerful passage about the Sonship of Christ.

Verses 20, John says here that the Son of God came to give them an understanding of Him that is true. Notice that even after the ascension of Christ His identity is as the Son of God. Never once in scripture is Christ referred to as "God the Son". This is important because it's about Jesus true identity. Taking away the true Sonship of Christ is antichrist. Jesus being "the Son of God" is His very divine identity as a true Son begotten of the Father. Jesus Sonship is connected to His divinity. The term "God the Son" is simply a title that hides Christ identity as God’s only begotten Son.

How could Christ come to give us a perfect understanding of Him that is true? Because Christ is one with His Father in spirit and is the express image of Him in likeness and character. Obviously from this passage "him that is true" is the Father. Christ came to reveal the character of His Father. Jesus himself said that the Father is the one true God (John 17:3). The Father is the "Him that is true" in this verse. This is important to understand and remember.

As Christians we are in Him (The Father) that is true. Remember, Christ came to reconcile us back to the Father (Ephesians 2:16). Jesus even prayed that we would be one in Him and the Father (John 17:21). The blessing is that we have the Father dwelling in us if we confess that Jesus is His Son and by this confession we also dwell in the Father (1 John 4:15-16). We are also in the Son of "Him that is true" which of course is the Father.

"This is the true God and eternal life"

John 17:3 (KJV)

3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

The last sentence in verse 20 is a clear reference to the Father as it harmonizes with Jesus very own words in John 17:3. Jesus and John his beloved disciple both state that eternal life is in knowing that the Father is the one true God. Pastor's and theologians who contradict this by teaching that the one true God is a trinity are calling Jesus and his beloved disciple liars. This is dangerous ground to be on especially in the judgement hour. Look at the below warning in verse 21:

"Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen"

Any worship outside of the Father through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ is idolatry and any concept of the identity of the one true God as anything other than the Father is an idol. These are John's words. Men like Doug Batchelor, David Asserick, Jerry Moon and Angel Rodriguez who deny the literal Sonship of Christ will not be with you in the judgement. Do not take these men's words as authoritative, scripture alone is to be our guide. Jesus never taught that God is a trinity and He never said that His Sonship was metaphorical.

Let Jehovah be true and every man a liar! Repent from worshipping the strange god of Babylon (the triune god) and denying the literal Sonship of Christ and come to the sanctuary to have your sins washed away. Our Saviour Jehovah Jesus Christ is just and willing to forgive. The trinity is a idol and we need to keep ourselves from it. Let all Jehovah's people say Amen!!

1 John 5:1 (KJV)

5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

In the scripture above, we see that belief in Jesus as the Christ (anointed one of Jehovah) is born of God (born again). We cannot love God without loving Jesus. In this passage, God is called "Him that begat", the word begat comes from the Greek word "gennao" (Strongs 1080) which means "to procreate, to regenerate: - bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring."

Clearly from the above meaning of the word "begat", it means an actual procreation or bringing forth of the one being "begotten". We can say for certain that the Father procreated and brought forth in the begotten sense, meaning from His own substance, the Son. Of course it has to be the Son because in the next verse it says we are to love not only He who begat but also He that is begotten of Him.

The word "begotten" comes from the same Greek word that "begat" comes from which is "gennao" (Strongs 1080). Of course as the one begotten from Him who begat, the meaning of "Gennao" in application to Jesus means that He was "conceived, pro created in the begotten sense, generated and brought forth from Him that begat which is the Father.

There is no room for confusion here, the Father begat the Son. There are those who spiritualize this concept away, which are the traditional Nicene trinitarian's by saying Christ being begotten of the Father is an eternal generation of the Father communicating His Divine essence to the Son. They say Christ never had a beginning and therefore mysticize the Sonship of Christ.

The other end of the spectrum are the non Nicene trinitarian's which are really Tri Theists, who rationalize the concept of Christ being begotten from the Father and say that the Sonship of Christ is metaphorical and that it only applies to His earthly life. This is the rationalistic approach. It is actually an antichrist teaching which denies the Father and the Son (2 John 2:18-26).

Both approaches make of none effect the word of God. I would love to say that the literal Sonship of Christ isn't an important salvation issue and that believing in an metaphorical or mystical Sonship is okay but what does the beloved disciple John say:

1 John 2:18-26 (KJV)

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and THAT NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH.

22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

Verse 21 says it all, no matter if truth is wrapped up in a lie, it is not of the truth!! Eternal life is knowing the Father and the Son, not in knowing three gods or a three in one god!

The Foundation of Christianity part 2

Proverbs 8:22-31 (DNKJB)

22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

This passage offers a glimpse of the preexistence of Christ with His Father Jehovah prior to the creation of the heavens and earth.

Verse 22, the word "possessed" comes from the hebrew (strongs 7069) word "qanah" which means "to erect, i.e. create by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own: - attain, buy (-er), get, possess, purchase, recover, redeem.

"Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way"

The early Church as well as many of the reformers and the general Protestant churches believed this passage to be about Christ. Ellen White also believed this. With Christ speaking as wisdom, He states that Jehovah possessed (erected, created in the begotten sense, as noted in several passages in the newtestament) Him in the beginning of his way. This clearly teaches that Christ had a beginning as a personality. In the beginning the Word was with God (John 1:1-3, Genesis 1:1, Colossians 1:13-16, Revelation 3:14).

The bible clearly teaches the preexistence of Christ and that He was begotten of the Father in eternity past. What the bible does not specify is exactly how and when in eternity this took place. This is not for us to know, however we do have an example in the bible of one being coming out from another's substance and that is Eve coming out from Adam. It is interesting to note that Jehovah told His Son "Let us make man in our image" before creating Adam and Eve. Eve coming out from Adam's substance could have been a human example of Jesus being begotten from the Father's substance.

Verse 23, "I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was". The phrase "Set up" comes from the Hebrew word "nacak" (Hebrew Strongs 5258) which means "to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy to anoint a king: - cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).

Christ as wisdom says He was poured out from the times of eternity (everlasting), see Micah 5:2. What was Christ poured out from? Well from verse 22 and several new testament passages, we know that Christ was poured out from the Father. This confirms that Christ was begotten from the Father's substance and not just created out of nothing.

Verse 24-29, before there were the depths of waters, mountains, the earth in general, the heavens, the clouds, appointing of the foundations of the earth and sea boundaries etc. , Christ was brought forth. The phrase "brought forth" comes from the Hebrew word "chuwl" which means "to twist or whirl, to writhe in pain, bear, bring forth, form".

Christ was brought forth (formed) from the Father. The word "from" is important here as this denotes that Christ came from the Father's substance and was not created independent of it. Christ came out from and was formed by the Father.

Verse 30, the phrase "brought up" comes from the Hebrew word "amown (Hebrew Strongs 526) and means "skilled, i.e. an architect: - one brought up". This passage could also be rendered "Then I was by him as a master craftsman: and I was daily his delight".

Wisdom here is described as a skilled architect, a master craftsman. This indicates that this passage is about a person and not a mere attribute of the mind (wisdom).

Remember that Christ is called the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:24 (KJV)

24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

We see from the above passage that Christ is called the power and wisdom of God.

Here are some new testament passages regarding Christ coming forth, out from the Father.

John 16:27-28 (KJV)

27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

John 3:16 (KJV)

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Hebrews 1:3-5 (KJV)

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

Colossians 1:15 (KJV)

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

1 John 4:9 (KJV)

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

1 John 5:1 (KJV)

5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

It is clear from scripture that Jesus is the true literal preexistent divine Son of God.  If Jesus Christ is the foundation of Christianity, then His identity is central to that foundation. Today's Churches rarely teach and preach the Sonship of Christ. By doing this they are laying a foundation not built on truth but rather a foundation built on sand.

 1 John 5:5 (KJV)

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

Why do we even wonder why the denominations of Christendom are fallen and when I say "denominations" I include all of them without exception.  There is a solution though and there is hope. Of course, the solution to this problem will not be popular and it will require that these denominations pick up their cross and be reproached by the rest of Christendom.

So what is the solution?

The answer is simple and yet not understood by the mass of Churches throughout Christendom.

Come back to the apostolic belief that Jesus Christ is the literal Son of Jehovah God. It's the Christian that believes this that will overcome the world. The Churches who refuse to come back to this foundational truth will continue to apostasize and lead their flocks to take the mark of the beast.

1 John 1:1-3 (KJV)

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Verses 1, John is making a definitive  statement concerning the foundational truth of the Christian faith. He states that this foundational truth was heard, seen and handled by himself and the other apostles. They handled the Word of life which is Christ Jesus.

Verse 2, John the beloved disciple of Jesus again emphasizes that him and the apostles have seen and they bear witness of the life that was manifested to them. This life is Jesus and He is eternal life.

John also makes a refrence to Christ preexistence as he says "shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father". So Christ was with the Father prior to be manifested to the apostles. A clear statement of Christ preexistence.

Verse 3, John again makes a declaration of his and the apostles eyewitness account of Jesus. He also says they heard first hand the things Jesus taught. He is declaring this to the recepients of his letter which are fellow Christians. This declaration is a binding statement of faith. John is making this declaration so that these fellow Christians can bear witness in their spirits of what he is saying, so that they can have fellowship with John. Look at the next statement from John the beloved disciple of Jesus:

 "and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ."

This is huge, John is making it clear that he and the apostles fellowship was with two divine beings, the Father and the Son. There is nothing to indicate in this passage that John is describing a role playing relationship of Father-Son but a real one. John is telling his audience that if they want to have fellowship with him, that they need to bear witness to his declaration concerning Christ. What was his declaration concerning Christ? That he is the Word of life, that he is eternal life and that he was with the Father prior to his incarnation. John then offers the sweet hand of fellowship to his readers. John then makes a statement of faith that him and the apostles fellowship was/is with the Father and Son. No trinity, no tri theistic god but rather a real Father and real Son.

The first step for John's audience was to believe his testimony concerning Christ. The next step would be that they would have fellowship with John and the other believers. This fellowship with John would then mean they also have fellowship with the Father and Son as those are the two Divine beings John and other true Christians had fellowship with.

 1 John 1:4-7 (KJV)

4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Continuing in this passage of 1 John chapter 1 we see that John is telling his readers these things so that there joy may be full. The truth about the Father and Son relationship between Jesus and Jehovah should bring us joy. This joy is something a role playing Father-Son relationship can't fully bring. Verse 5 and 6 declare that if we have fellowship with the Father then we will walk in the light and not in darkness. If walk in the light then we will have fellowship with each other as brothers and sisters in Christ. If we walk in the light the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us. Notice how in verse 7 John says "the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Do you see how again John emphasizes Christ Sonship? The Sonship of Christ was a vitally important truth in John's eyes. He leaves no doubt as to Christ identity. He also leaves no doubt that this is not a metaphorical Sonship but rather a real one.

John 11:21-27 (KJV)

21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

Verse 21-22, Martha verbalizes her faith in Christ. She believed that if Jesus had been present, her brother would not have died. Even though her brother ended up dying she had faith that whatever Jesus asked the Father it would be granted to him. Martha's faith is an example for us as believers. She didn't doubt Christ even though her brother, whom she loved, died.

Verse 23-24, Jesus tells Martha that Lazarus will rise again. Martha knew that the resurrection of the faithful dead was at the last day and stated her confidence in that. A secret return (rapture) of Jesus prior to the end of all things was a foreign concept to Martha and the Jewish people. Martha shows her faith here by verbalizing her confidence of her brother's eventual resurrection even if it wasn't gonna happen at that specific time. This is an example to us that even if our requests aren't given to us when we desire, we are still to have faith in Christ without wavering.

Verse 25-27, Jesus speaks of his coming resurrection and declares that those who believe in him will live even though they are dead. Jesus is eternal life and those who confess that He is the Son of God have God dwelling in them (1 John 4:15). If we die in Christ, even though we fall asleep we will live again at the first resurrection. We truly won't die but only fall asleep temporarily.  Only those who believe in the resurrection of Christ and that eternal life can only be found in him will live, hence Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

Jesus asks Martha "Believest thou this?"

Look at Martha's response here, if only Christians could have the same faith as Martha. Martha responds "Yea Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world."

This is the same confession that Peter gave in Matthew 16:13-20. This is the same confession that Paul preached in the synagogues in Acts chapter 9 after his Damascus road experience.

Many Christians today lack the faith of Martha. How is this? Because their confession of Christ is not that He is the Son of God, but rather the second member of a trinity god denoting a metaphorical Sonship. Martha made it clear,  her belief in Christ was that he was the Son of God in identity not the eternal Almighty God or "God the Son". Martha and the Jews must have known that the coming Messiah was going to be God's Son as she stated "thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world."

The whole new testament affirms the literal Sonship of Christ and it is this knowledge of who Jesus is that is the foundation of the Christian Church. Will Martha, Peter, Paul and others be a witness against those who deny the literal Sonship of Christ? Don't risk it, but rather confess that Jesus is the Son of God!

John 5:17-44King James Version (KJV)

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

41 I receive not honour from men.

42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

The above passage is one of the most powerful there is in regards to the relationship between the Father and the Son.

Verse 17-18, After Jesus tells the Jews that both He and the Father work on the Sabbath to serve and heal man, the Jews were even more aroused to harm Jesus because not only had He violated the Sabbath in their opinion, but He had made himself eqaul with God by stating that God was His Father. This passage is very revealing in that the Jews had an understanding that the coming Messiah would be God's Son and this Sonship would make the Messiah equal with the Father. Remember, the Jews considered themselves son's of God so if Jesus claim of Sonship was only metaphorical they would not have been offended at His claim of Sonship. They properly understood Jesus claim of Sonship as literal hence the statement that they took this as making himself equal with God. The Jews who claimed an adopted Sonship didn't consider themselves eqaul with God.

How is Jesus eqaul with God when other scriptures state that He is subject to God?
Because Jesus is the literal Son of God. His nature (DNA) is fully Divine as much as the Father's nature is. Jesus is equal in divinity to the Father. However in position of headship and authority, Jesus is subject to the Father. A human father begets a human son. God begat a divine Son. God could only beget from his own substance another divine being. A human father will always (in ideal situations-providing health and life circumstances) have headship over his son no matter how old his son gets and no matter how successful his son gets. The son gives his Father this respect and preference. A human father doesn't consider his son less than him just because he is older and has headship over him. A human Father esteems his son eqaul to himself as his son is a part of himself in DNA.

It pleases a human father to esteem his son as eqaul to himself. This doesn't mean the father doesn't have authority or headship over his son it just means that the father knows his son is eqaul to him as a person. Apply this same understanding to God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. It pleases the Father to consider Jesus eqaul with himself as they are both made of the same divine substance. They could only be made of the same substance if they are a true Father and Son. It pleases Jesus to be subject to the Father in authority and headship just as it pleases a human son to give his father preference no matter how successful and old the son becomes.

Verses 19-20, Just as a human son learns from his father's example, Jesus learns from His Father. Jesus examples everything His Father does. Jesus explains his complete dependence on the Father. Jesus speaks of the Father's love for him and refers to himself as "the Son" denoting a real Sonship not a metaphorical one. Everything Jesus has done and still does he learned from the Father. Jesus is not an independent God as some doctrines teach but is dependent completely on the Father for everything.

Verse 21-23, Just as the Father raises the dead so does Jesus. The Father committed all judgment to the Son. We are to honour (revere, honour, value) the Son just as we honour the Father. Some denominations teach that we are not to worship Jesus and only worship the Father. This is absolutely false! The statement that "all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father" clearly teaches that we are to worship Jesus as we also worship the Father. We worship Jesus as the divine Son of God and we worship the Father as the Almighty God. Any worship we give the Son goes to the Father. We can even worship Jesus as our God because He is just that, our Jehovah and our God as Thomas confessed. Even the Father calls Jesus God. Of course, we know the relationship between Jesus and Jehovah and that the Father is the eternal Almighty God and Jesus is the Son of the eternal Almighty God. We should be able to call Jesus God without apology or explanation. We don't honour the Son any less than the Father. Jesus is not a lessor God as some denominations teach but Jesus is fully God and eqaul in divinity with the Father. Jesus was worshipped even as a baby. Angels worship him. What makes us think that we are exempt from worshipping Jesus? Only satan desires to have people think we can't worship Jesus.

If we fail to honour the Son just as equally as we honour the Father then ultimately we don't honour the Father. Jesus was sent by the Father to the earth. He didn't come independently.

Verse 24, Jesus states that those who hear his words and believe on the Father have everlasting life. Jesus didn't speak his own words but was given a commandment from the Father to speak. This shows the oneness of the Father and Son and that they are in complete unity with each other. You can't have one without the other.

Verse 25, the dead in Christ will hear His voice at the second advent. This shows that when we die we fall asleep and are in the grave awaiting the return of Jesus. Our souls do not fly away to heaven at death otherwise the statement, "The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live", makes no sense at all, how do the dead in Christ hear Jesus voice if they are already in heaven with him? This would mean they have split personalities, one in heaven as a disembodied soul and one in the grave as a dead soul.

Also, notice that when Jesus returns at His second advent he identifies himself as "the Son of God". Jesus is never called "God the Son" in the bible. This statement by Jesus also confirms that His identity as the "Son of God" is not a temporary identity that was for his earthly life, but that this is His permanent identity due to the truth that His Sonship is a literal one. Jesus was the Son of God before his incarnation, He was the Son of God during his earthly life and He is the Son of God now and He will be the Son of God when he returns for His saints and He will always be the Son of God.

Verse 26, the Father has life in himself, this is because He is self existent and fully divine and relies on nothing outside of himself but His own life and so gives all life to others. This same self existent life was given to His Son Jesus when he begat him in the ages of eternity. The Son of God possesses the same self existence of the divine nature as the Father. This was given to the Son from the Father when he was begotten from Him in the ages of eternity. The Father begat the Son in the fullness of the divine nature.

Verse 27, the Father has given the Son authority to execute all judgment. The Son having lived as a man in the flesh was tempted in all points like us and thereby can sympathize with our plight. However, the Son also overcame sin and was the spotless Lamb of God. This is why all judgment has been committed to him as he knows what we go through and our struggles so he is just and faithful to forgive. Jesus knows that if we abide in him just as he abode in the Father that we also can overcome sin. Just because Jesus sympathizes with our situation doesn't mean we will get a free pass to live in sin. He expects us to war against the flesh which can only be done by having his Spirit in us which is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27). When Jesus returns to tread the winepress of his Father's wrath it will be done in justice as the Son of God has experienced what humans have and knew their struggles but also knew they could have overcome. There will be no excuse!

Verse 28-29, again Jesus tells us that the righteous dead will hear His voice at His second advent. This statement here is a clear refutation that when we die we go right to heaven. How will the dead in Christ hear Jesus voice from the grave if they are already in heaven? The hope of early Christians was always the resurrection not going to heaven right away as disembodied souls. Jesus mentions the two resurrections, one to immortal life and one to damnation which is eternal destruction. These two resurrections are a thousand years apart as revealed in the book of the apocalypse (Revelation 20:4-10). There also will be a special resurrection prior to these two resurrections that will also bring forth those who have died under the three angels messages and those who pierced the Son of God.

Verse 30, Jesus tells the Jews that he has total reliance on the Father. Jesus has always sought the will of the Father and learns everything from Him whether by word or action. This is no triune god my friends, this is a real Father-Son relationship. Jesus and the Father are one in every way except of course in "being". Just as a human son, in an ideal relationship, learns everything from his father even up until the day his father passes on so the Son of God learns everything from His Father, the one true God.  Jesus words are God's thoughts made audible. Whatever Jesus executes in action is due to the will of the Father. Remember, Jesus abides in the Father and the Father in him. They are one in Spirit. The Revelation of Jesus Christ was given to him by the Father (Revelation 1:1). Remember also, the counsel of peace is between both the Father and Son (Zechariah 6:13). Trying to seperate the Father from the Son is unscriptural, what I mean by seperating them is making the Son as a lessor God. Also, trying to confound them into one being is false as is saying that the Son is co eqaul in authority with the Father.

The Son is equal with the Father in divinity however he is subject to the Father in authority. 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 makes it clear that the Father put all things under the Son however the Father himself is excepted from this. There is a perfect order with the Father and the Son as it is in an earthly Father-Son relationship. The Father and Son in heaven have a perfect theocratic order and they have a perfect love for each other and it pleases the Son to be subject to the Father and it pleases the Father that the Son is eqaul in divinity with Him. The Father sent His Son as the perfect representation of Himself. Only a true Son of God could perfectly represent the Father in heaven.

Verse 31-32, Jesus declares the truth of the Father's witness. Jesus said that he doesn't witness of himself. Jesus said that if he did witness of himself it wouldn't be true. Jesus knew the witness of himself was true, because it was the Father who bore witness of him.

John 17:3 (KJV)

3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

It was the only true God that bore witness of Jesus.

1 John 5:20 (KJV)

20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Again, it is the Father that is true. All truth comes from the source, which is the Father. When the Father bears witness of anything we know it's the truth because the Father is true and the source of all truth. We know Jesusis the true witness as His Father bore witness of him. Twice the Father audibly declared Jesus to be His Son. The Father is incapable of lying. Do we believe the one that is true or do we believe men, Pastor's and theologians who are very capable of lying?

Matthew 3:17 (KJV)

17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 17:4-6 (KJV)

4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

Here it is the declaration twice from the Father about Jesus Christ. This declaration is clearly in regards to Jesus being His Son. This is the witness of the Father in regards to Jesus.

Verse 33-36, John the Baptist bore witness of Jesus and it was the truth. However, Jesus didn't need the witness of John but John bore witness of Jesus that man might be saved. John was a shining light that pointed to a greater light which is the Son of God. The works that Jesus did were given to him by the Father. Remember, Jesus could fo nothing of himself. These works bore witness that Jesus is the Son of God and that he was sent by the Father.

Verse 37, the Father sent Jesus and bore witness of him. The Father's witness was that Jesus is His Son. According to Jesus, the Father has a shape. This contradicts the false trinity doctrine that teaches that the Father has no shape or body parts and is invisible even in heaven.  Jesus says that they have also not heard the Father's voice in addition to not seeing His shape. The "Jehovah" who appeared in the old testament was the preexistent Messiah. Remember, Jesus is the Word of God so when the Father spoke in the old testament it was through His Word Jehoshua.

Grace according to the Bible not Christendom!

Titus 2:11-15 (KJV)

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Verse 11 and 12, What a powerful message on the grace of God. Do you notice how it contradicts what the pulpit preachers teach about grace?

It was because of Jehovah's grace toward us that He sent His Son Jesus Christ to the world, in order to reconcile the world unto Himself. It was Jehovah's free gift to us. It is through the agency of the Holy Spirit that teaches us to deny ungodliness and the lusts of this world. The indwelling Jehovah (Holy Spirit) imparts to us the fruit of the Spirit which causes us to live righteously. The indwelling Jehovah is the Holy Spirit of the Father and Son.

The Holy Spirit in us is the Father and Son living inside us. Colossians 1:27 says Christ in us is the hope of glory. Jude 24 says that Christ is able to keep us from falling. It is by the grace of God and Christ which we can stand. Grace is that divine influence upon the heart that leads one to live a holy life. It is the divine benefit and favour given to us freely. Grace is not a license to keep sinning or to live a lukewarm life.

Grace comes from the Greek word "Charis" (Strongs 5485) and means "favour, thanks, holy influence upon souls to keep and strengthen them in Christian faith and knowledge, benefit, bounty, recompense, reward, merciful kindness, the exherting of God's influence to lead a Christian to increase in affection and the exercise of Christian virtues."

As you can see, nowwhere in the definition of "grace" is there a license to sin and an escape clause for one to keep sinning and trampling the Son of God underfoot. Also the very definition of grace is contrary to living a lukewarm life. If a believer truly has grace in his/her life he/she will exhibit Christians virtues. The false preachers of Christendom have misrepresented what God's grace is. Some of these false teachers fall into the Jude 4 category.

Jude 4 (KJV)

4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember that Jesus Christ in us can keep us from falling (sinning).

The grace of God does not cause us to sin so that we can come back repeatedly and ask for forgiveness, but rather the grace of God leads us to deny ungodliness and to live a holy life.

Verse 13, our hope is in the appearing of our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. He is our Jehovah Emmanuel, God with us. The Father is the original Jehovah and His Son Jesus Christ is also Jehovah, as He inherited the name that is above all names. Just as a natural son inherits his father's name, Jesus is every bit Jehovah that His Father is, because He received that name due to His birthright being the true literal of the Father. Jesus doesn't have the name Jehovah as some mere title but it is rightly His by divine inheritance. Jesus is our blessed hope.

Verse 14, Jesus poured himself out as an offering for our sakes (Isaiah 53:12). Jesus Hebrew name is Jehoshua which means "the Salvation of Jehovah". Jesus is the Father's means of Salvation for us. Jesus is our redeemer.

The word "redeem" comes from the Greek word "Iutroo" and means "to release on receipt of ransom, to liberate, to redeem, to deliver from evils of every kind, internal and external."

Jesus was our ransom sacrifice. He came to liberate us from iniquity which is lawlessness (transgression of Jehovah's law). He came to purify us and make unto Himself a peculiar people. Note, that only by being purified by the Son of God can we be His, a peculiar people. We are purified when we come to the cross and become born again confessing that Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 4:15). We then repent of our sins and sealing our faith by being baptized into Christ (John 3, Romans 6:3-6). Once we are born again, then we go to the most holy in the heavens sanctuary for forgiveness of sins as the cross forgives our past sins.

Christ is the focus of both ministry's, the ransom sacrifice at the cross and the work as the High Priest in the most holy place. Only by partaking in both aspects of Christ's ministry can we be purified. First, when we are born again then daily as we ask for forgiveness by going to the Most Holy place as Christ intercedes on our behalf to the Father. Christ doesn't intercede for us so that we can trample Him under foot and count his blood as a am unholy thing  (Hebrews 10:29).

Many use the ministry of Christ whether at the cross or the most holy place as a license or an excuse to sin. Christ work as  High Preist is not so we can live in sin or live lukewarm lives but rather it's to provide us with a merciful intercessor as our Messiah was tempted in all points like us and can sympathize with our human frailty. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that a much deeper and precious truth than Christ being our High Preist so that we can just live in sin and continually ask for forgiveness for living in sin?

He is our High Preist so that due to our human weakness, when we do sin, we have such a merciful Saviour that He is just and willing to forgive our sins. Remember the text says that Jesus came to redeem (to liberate, to deliver from all kinds of evil) from all iniquity not so that we can keep transgressing the law.

Many today scoff at the idea that we can keep the commandments of Jehovah. But does the bible teach?

Luke 1:5-6 (KJV)

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Do you see that? Both Zacharias and Elisabeth were righteous. What made them righteous? The text says they walked in all the commandments and ordinances of Jehovah and were blameless.

These two verses refute the false teaching that man/woman cannot keep the commandments of God. It also refutes the false teaching that Jesus came to die on the cross so that we can have a once and for all pass to sin and then use grace as a way of excusing it. Remember, sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4).

We are expected to wage war against the flesh by taking up the full armor of Jehovah (Ephesians 6). Only by walking in the commandments of Jehovah can we be purified as Christ's peculiar people.

The word "peculiar" is rendered in the  Greek "periousios" which means "that which is one's own, belonging to one's possession, a people selected by God from other nations for his own possession."

In order to be Christ's peculiar possession  called out from the world we must exhibit the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Remember, the fruit of the Holy Spirit demonstrates attributes that are contrary to sin. It is by the indwelling Jehovah (Holy Spirit) that we can live righteously the way Zacharias and Elisabeth did. What makes us a peculiar treasure unto Christ is by keeping His and His Father's commandments. This what seperates us from those in the world. If we use grace as a means of living in sin or as an excuse for it, then we are no different from the world hence we are not peculiar.

Notice the last part of verse 14 where it says "zealous of good works". Many in Christendom today do away with the importance of good works. However the bible teaches the exact opposite of many of the Churches of Christendom and speaks volumes about the importance of good works. In fact, man will be judged according to his works (2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 2:6,7).

Verse 15, according to Paul we are to speak these things  which in context of the chapter, has to do with right living (righteousness). We are to exhort the brethren to live righteously and rebuke with authority those who refuse to live righteously and follow the sound and sincere words of scripture. We are to let no man despise us when we follow the words of holy scripture and preach righteousness.

America, on the eve of destruction!

Never before has an election in this country captured the minds of the world like this 2016 election has. Many believe the future of the country is at stake and that picking the right candidate is key to getting this country either on the right path if your a conservative or a if your a liberal, a continued progressive betterment of the country.

If anything this election has proven one thing and that is that most Americans including professed Christians have their hope in an earthly saviour. Like the Israelites of old many professed Christians want their king, believing that a mere man or woman can fix the ill's of society and return the country to the glory of yesteryear.

The conservative right wing evangelicals have done their usual prostituting and polished up another republican candidate into being a "Christian" when the fruit of said candidate is obviously lacking in Godly attributes. Just like the Roman Christians in Constantine's day led by the heretic Athanasius, today's professed Churches of Christendom are desperate and lustful for worldly power. Donald Trump is a 2016 version of Constantine. No matter the fruit, polish it up and smack a "Christian" label on it.

On the other side of the spectrum, the liberals are scared to death of a Trump presidency feeling that it will put a dent in their progessive agenda to lead the country into free wheeling morals or lack thereof. Many professed Christians have even bought into the Hilary agenda fearing that in Trump there is a reincarnation of Hitler. Of course, they like the conservatives ignore the obvious lack of morals that their candidate displays.

The conservatives even feel that Trump is not part of the New World Order agenda and that he is a rogue. They apparently ignore is connections to Jesuits and their schools. Hilary's connection to Jesuits is clear, look at her Vice Presidential candidate, the same is true for Trump's Vice Presidential candidate. Do you see where all this leads? Confusion which is Babylon and Christians have fell for it. Much like the Advent movement in the mid 1800's, this election revealed where the hearts and hopes are of many professed Christians. Instead of their hope being in Jesus Christ our Jehovah and in the Heavenly Jerusalem they have shown that there hope is an earthly saviour and that there treasure is here in heaven. Many Christians during this election cycle have ignored Paul's counsel to Timothy:

2 Timothy 2:3-5 (KJV)

3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Unfortunately many Christians have declared where their citizenship is by getting themselves entangled in the confusion (Babel) of the political world.

Philippians 3:20 (NKJV)

20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Thankfully Christians will get a redo, because if this had been the mark of the beast crisis most would have failed. Knowing what the mark of the beast is will not be enough to refuse it. It's being dead to the world and being sold out for Jesus Christ that enable one to withdtand the severe pressure to resist taking the Papal mark. This election cycle revealed that most Christians still have not divorced themselves from the world and when push comes to shove they will hold on to their earthly treasure and support anyone who can facilitate that.

The year was 1999 likely in December of that year and many were talking about what the new millennium had in store. I was watching the Oprah Winfrey show and she was doing a special on the upcoming millennium. Oprah asked the audience to chime in on what they thought could make the country a better place in the new millennium and return it to prosperity financially and emotionally.  A Baptist pastor stood up from the audience and was given the microphone, what he said has been etched in my mind ever since. The Pastor that once you scramble eggs you can't put them back together. He said that this country has left out God and the bible and now that the only hope was the return of Jesus Christ. Oprah then said dismissively "that has too many biblical connotations. The Pastor then defiantly said "Well that is your problem if you think that has too many biblical connotations."

I will never forget that exchange and it has proven to be true, the country has fallen into moral degradation like never before. We also now sit at the cusp of financial disaster, a possible world war, a flood of homelessness and a severe drug problem. Sodomy has been licensed and celebrated and now transgendersism is also following in it's footsteps as being a protected and celebrated lifestyle. Many young people today are suffering from identity issues and are torn between their natural gender and the opposite gender.

Technology, while a valuable tool at times has, has had a devastating impact on people's social skills especially our young.   Most people are enamored with their telescreens whether the big box in the living room or the one in their hand. Even many older people have given their allegiance to the telescreens. Entertainment and Sports are the new idols today. Breads and circuses have people occupied thereby leaving little time for relationships especially the most important one with God and His Son Jesus Christ.

Racial division in this country is worse than it has been in a long time even affecting the Church. Suspicion of one's neighbors is also rampant. Terrorism in the homeland is now one of our daily fears. Personal freedoms are slowly evaporating.

The selection of Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump as presidential candidates are a reflection of the society that chose them as their representatives. America, don't be upset, Hilary and Donald are you! The selection of these two show how far this country has fallen in being able to discern good from evil. While candidates of the past were far from perfect their sins were usually under the table. With these two, much of their moral filth has been made public yet they retain immense popularity among their followers.

Christians who don't learn from this lesson of the 2016 election cycle and realize that we are not to entangle ourselves in the affairs of this life and put our hope in earthly saviour's, will be ripe to take the mark of the Papal beast.

My brethen, this country is on the eve of destruction. Where is your Hope?

Hebrews 11:13-16 (KJV)

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.