The prophesied ABOMINATION of Desolation - WHAT will it be??

Will it be THE FLAG OF MOHAMMAD OVER/IN THE THIRD TEMPLE???

(THIS may be one of the most important articles I have EVER written!! It is long, but you really, really should read it in its entirety. I think you will see some very ASTONISHING things!)

THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION: What will it be?

"...in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for THE OVERSPREADING of ABOMINATIONS he shall make it desolate," Daniel 9:27.

The Assyrian Man of Sin (Isaiah 14:24-27; Micah 5:1-9, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4) who is also called the King of the North in Daniel 11:35+, the Little Horn of Daniel 7-8, the Son of Perdition, and other names will stand in the Third Temple in Jerusalem and commit an ABOMINATION that will drive the Jews out, and leave the new temple DESOLATE for the remaining 42 months of the Great Tribulation.

WHAT EXACTLY WILL THAT ABOMINATION BE?

Look very, very carefully at the phrase:

KJV - "for the OVERSPREADING of ABOMINATIONS."

Now look at a variety of Bible translations of that phrase:

ASV - "on the WING of abomination"

CEV - "the "Horrible Thing" that causes abominations shall be put there."

DRB - "and there shall be IN THE TEMPLE the abomination."

ISV - "destructive people will cause the abomination."

RV - "upon the WING of abominations..."

YLT - "by the WING of abominations..."

NOW, consider this:

THE HEBREW WORD in the place of the KJV "overspreading" is "KANAPH"

In Hebrew, KANAPH means variously, "overspreading, wing, EDGE, EXTREMITY, FRINGE, FLAP, BORDER, FLYING, SKIRT"

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Is it POSSIBLE or CONCEIVABLE that a FLAG will fulfill this prophecy? Will the FLAG of MOHAMMAD, or an ISLAMIC FLAG fulfill this prophecy? Can a FLAG be what is indicated by these terms: "flap, flying, skirt, border, fringe." Listen to this ancient description of the FLAG OF MOHAMMAD. This comes from my article entitled, "THE GREEN HORSE of ISLAM" at 
"The Green Horse of Islam"

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"The Green Flag of the Prophet"

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In 1878, Littell's Living Age magazine published an article entitled, "The Green Flag of the Prophet" in which the author revealed the story of the banner belonging to Mohammad, founder of the Muslim religion. Mohammad's banner was green. It was written that Mohammad, gazing out upon a vast prospect of fields, said: "Nature is green, and green shall be my emblem, for it is everlasting and universal."

Mohammad's flag "is of green silk, with a large crescent on the top of the staff, from which is suspended a long plume of horsehair (said to have been the tail of the Prophet’s favorite Arab steed), while the broad folds of the flag exhibit the crescent and quotations from the Koran."

Brewer's Dictionary (1894) furnishes this description:

What purports to be the actual standard of Mahomet (Mohammed) is preserved in the Eyab Mosque of Constantinople (now Istanbul). [In modern times, Mohammad's relics were moved to the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul]. It is called the Sinjaqu 'sh sharif. It is made of four layers of silk, the top-most being green, embroidered with gold. In times of peace it is guarded in the hall of the 'noble vestment' as the dress worn by the prophet is styled. In the same hall are preserved the sacred teeth, the holy beard, the sacred stirrup, the sabre and bow of Mahomet."

You can visit the Chamber of Sacred Relics in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul today and see the golden casket containing Mohammed's Green Banner, "The Banner of the Prophet (Mahomet). Mohammed's memorabilia are kept in a shrine there. The golden casket contains the flag and other items. You can also see Mohammed's green-sheathed sword.

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It is said that if this green banner of Mohammed is ever raised above the Mosque in Istanbul, it is a sign to the entire Muslim world that it is time to go to war against Christians throughout the world.

"The raising of the green standard is a call which none may disobey, without sacrificing, as the Koran calls it, all hopes of Paradise.

It is a summons to an anti-Christian crusade, a challenge of every believer in the Prophet to arms; a war-signal in fact, which, like the fiery cross of Scotland, would flash its dread command through the domain of Islam. In the interests of humanity, however, we may hope that the "commander of the faithful" will never utter the dreadful word; for then indeed would the whole soul and strength of Christendom turn against the enemy of all civilized laws, human and divine.

The Prophet himself predicted that one day when his followers should number a hundred millions-which they do now, with twenty millions more added to it-his flag should fly against the advancing power of the northern races; and the Koran, or Mohammedan Bible, says that when its silken folds are flung forth "the earth will shake, the mountains melt into dust, the seas blaze up in fire, and the children’s hair grow white with anguish." (Littell's article - 1878).

In a September 2006 article, WorldNetDaily.com reported an influential Islamic preacher in Gaza, Sheik Abu Saqer declared "the day will come when the GREEN FLAG OF MUHAMMED will be raised upon the Vatican and all around the world."

This is in DIRECT CONFLICT with the TRUE ENSIGN, the flag of God, Jesus Christ. Six times, Isaiah called Messiah an ensign (a banner or flag). God "will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and ...they shall come with speed swiftly," (5:26). Jesus Christ is the true flag of God, and when He returns, His presence will be infinitely more significant than the flag of Mohammed. The "diaspora" (dispersed Jews) began immigrating to Israel around 1948. Jesus' return will signal worldwide "aliyah," the second and final immigration! At that time, Jesus will establish His global kingdom on earth, ruling from Jerusalem, Israel. All the scriptures attest to it.

"They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ENSIGN of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to RECOVER THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ENSIGN for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth," Isaiah 11:9-12.

NOW --- CONSIDER THIS:

Islamic prophecies say that in the last days, the FLAG OF MOHAMMAD will be flown as a SIGNAL to all of ISLAM that it is time for all Muslims to declare war on all Christians and Jews.

ISLAM NOW - NOW - NOW THREATENS to raise the Islamic flag over Jerusalem. I am not so concerned about the flag of Hezbollah being flown over Jerusalem. But I am seriously interested in the possibility that President Recept Tayyip Erdogan of TURKEY has the POWER TO TAKE THE FLAG OF MOHAMMAD from the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul to JERUSALEM HIMSELF!!!

If ERDOGAN takes the FLAG OF MOHAMMED to the TEMPLE MOUNT - you can believe me or not - the Great Tribulation will begin. If Erdogan raises Mohammed's flag in Jerusalem, IT WILL CALL ALL OF ISLAM TO WAR AGAINST JERUSALEM. Jesus warned the Jews in Judea (the West Bank) to FLEE IMMEDIATELY when this event takes place!

JESUS SAID:

"When ye therefore SHALL SEE THE ABOMINATION of desolation [the FLAG OF MOHAMMED???], spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

...For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened," Matthew 24:15-17, 21-22.

MUSLIMS are RIGHT NOW threatening to raise the Muslim flag over Jerusalem. But IF, and WHEN President Erdogan of Turkey (or some other similar leading Islamic leader) comes to Jerusalem (and I am purely speculating) and WALKS INTO THE THIRD TEMPLE WITH THE FLAG OF MOHAMMAD, THAT would easily - and DRAMATICALLY - qualify as the Abomination of Desolation.

I may be wrong, but I may be right. Better read your Bible, pray, and get right with God. Obey Acts 2:38.

Hezbollah threatens to fly flag over Jerusalem

What's WRONG with the 325 AD NICENE CREED?

THE DAMNABLE NICENE CREED OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - 325 AD.

The Council of Nicaea, held in 325 AD, was the keynote event of the Roman Catholic Church in which its first core doctrines were defined and set forth. The Nicene Creed is effectively the germ form of the doctrine of the non-existent TRINITY.

Here is the original TEXT of the Nicene Creed of 325 AD,
with my commentary on the Biblical error of each declaration in parenthesis.

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WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY,
MAKER OF ALL THINGS VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE.

(The above statement is without controversy.
It is true. There is ONE GOD – THE FATHER.)

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AND IN ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST,
THE SON OF GOD, BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER.

(This statement, standing alone, is perfectly true.)

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[THE ONLY BEGOTTEN; THAT IS,
OF THE ESSENCE OF THE FATHER,
GOD OF GOD,]
LIGHT OF LIGHT,
VERY GOD OF VERY GOD,

(This statement is WITHOUT any Biblical basis or support.
The scriptures DO NOT teach that the Son is "God of God," or "Light of Light," or "Very God of Very God."
Such claims erroneously establish a SEPARATE AND EQUAL ESSENCE to the Father.
Such is the erroneous basis for a co-equal, co-eternal son.

Nothing in the scriptures show Christ to be of SEPARATE AND EQUAL ESSENCE.
He is the INCARNATION of God's one and only essence.
The ESSENCE of Christ is not a SEPARATE divine essence.
Jesus Christ is a MAN born of a woman, and
the SOVEREIGN,  SINGULAR ESSENCE of the Father is embodied in Him -
NOT a SEPARATE, EQUAL divine essence.
The FATHER is IN the SON. THE SON is NOT “GOD OF GOD.”
"GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF."
Jesus Christ is the "FULLNESS" of God bodily - not 1/3 of God bodily [Colossians 2:9]).

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BEGOTTEN, NOT MADE,
BEING OF ONE SUBSTANCE WITH THE FATHER;

(This statement CONTRADICTS the preceding statement.
Is the Son, "GOD OF GOD" or simply "GOD?"
Is He the Father, or is He SEPARATE AND EQUAL TO the Father?
He CANNOT BE BOTH.
The first is true, not the latter.
Jesus Christ IS THE FATHER INCARNATE in flesh, in a man,
the only begotten (of a woman) son.
God did NOT beget a SEPARATE or EQUAL divine son.
God will not share His glory with another. Jesus was a man in whom God dwelled.
He was not a CO-EQUAL or CO-ETERNAL divinity.
God the Father begat a HUMAN son, and dwelled in Him.)

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BY WHOM ALL THINGS WERE MADE
[BOTH IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH];

(Jesus Christ created all things inasmuch as THE FATHER who is EMBODIED in Him IS THE CREATOR of all things. Jesus said, “When you have seen me, you have seen the Father." "I and my Father are ONE." - not two co-equal, co-eternal entities.

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WHO FOR US MEN, AND FOR OUR SALVATION
CAME DOWN AND WAS INCARNATE AND WAS MADE MAN;

(This is a GREAT HERESY. This spuriously-purported SEPARATE and EQUAL Son
DID NOT COME DOWN from Heaven to be made a man.
The ONE true God - the FATHER - conceived a child in Mary,
and when the child was born, the Father was embodied in Him.
The Son did not come down from Heaven - the FATHER did,
in the form of a man
God is INVISIBLE and BODILESS, but in the Son, the invisible God can now be seen.
Jesus Christ is "the image of the invisible God," Colossians 1:15.
He is NOT the image of the second person of the trinity.
He is the image of the Father.)

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HE SUFFERED, AND THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN,
ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN;
FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.

(This is a legitimate statement.)

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AND IN THE HOLY GHOST.

(The Holy Ghost is the FATHER.
Three times, the scriptures affirm that the SON was CONCEIVED of the HOLY GHOST.
Therefore, the HOLY GHOST is the FATHER!
The Father of Jesus is the Holy Ghost!
God is ONLY ONE SPIRIT.
The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Christ.
Jesus is the embodiment of the Holy Ghost.
When we receive/are baptized with the Holy Ghost,
we receive the Spirit of Christ.
God is only ONE Spirit, NOT THREE Spirits!)

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[BUT THOSE WHO SAY:
'THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HE WAS NOT;'
and 'HE WAS NOT BEFORE HE WAS MADE;'
and 'HE WAS MADE OUT OF NOTHING,'
or 'HE IS OF ANOTHER SUBSTANCE' or 'ESSENCE,'
or 'THE SON OF GOD IS CREATED,'
or 'CHANGEABLE,' or 'ALTERABLE'—
THEY ARE CONDEMNED
BY THE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH.]

(This statement  is the crowning indictment against the Roman Catholic Church.
In this statement, the Catholic [non]-church utterly denies the true teachings of the Deuteronomy 6:4 - “Hear O Israel, the LORD our GOD is ONE LORD.”

The ONE LORD of the Bible is GOD the FATHER/HOLY SPIRIT/HOLY GHOST.
God is ONE Spirit.
God is ONE LORD.
God is ONE person.
God is ONE entity.

Jesus Christ is a MAN born of a woman, IN WHOM God the Father dwells.

The SON is NOT EQUAL to the Father in essence.
Jesus explicitly said, "My FATHER is GREATER than I."
That does NOT describe two co-equal, co-eternal entities.
That utterly refutes the claims of the triunity of God.

Jesus also said,
“The SON of MAN can do NOTHING of Himself,” JOHN 5:19.

“THE FATHER WORKETH,” JOHN 5:17.)

THE SON OF MAN is not a miracle worker.
THE FATHER, who DWELLS IN THE SON does the miracles.

Therefore, this statement is TRUE!

"There was a time when he was not;"

because Jesus DID NOT EXIST before He was formed/conceived in Mary's womb.

And, this statement is also true!

"HE WAS NOT BEFORE HE WAS MADE;"

There was NO SON OF MAN or SON OF GOD prior to the virgin birth.

and

"THE SON OF GOD IS CREATED."

He most certainly was created! The Son of God was FORMED/CONCEIVED as a human in Mary's womb.
Jesus did not exist as the Son prior to that.
He only existed in the form of the BODILESS GOD, the FATHER.

FURTHERMORE, THE NICENE CREED
CONDEMNS ALL THOSE WHO DECLARE
WHAT I HAVE JUST DECLARED TO YOU.

The Roman Catholic "church" condemns the doctrine of the ONENESS OF GOD.

In subsequent creeds, the Catholic Church forcefully calls for the DEATH of all who hold to the doctrine of the ONENESS OF GOD.

But CONTRARY TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH,
the BIBLE CONDEMNS all who deny that God [the Father] is IN CHRIST.

John said in 1 John 2:22 and 4:3 that
"every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ [Jehovah Savior]
is come in the flesh is not of God; and that is the spirit of ANTICHRIST.")

Jesus said, "No man cometh unto the Father but by the Son."
Now that the FATHER is embodied in the SON, it is IMPOSSIBLE to approach the FATHER while in denial of the Son.

It is impossible to approach the FATHER while you are in denial that the SON is the EMBODIMENT of the FATHER.

Therefore:
THE NICENE CREED IS A DEMONIC DOCTRINE.
THE TRINITY DOCTRINE IS A DEMONIC DOCTRINE.
THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD – NOT THREE.
THERE ARE NOT THREE CO-EQUAL, CO-ETERNAL PERSONS IN THE GODHEAD.
THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD, AND JESUS IS LORD.

“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him [the son of man],
and given him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,” Philippians 2:8-11.

JESUS IS LORD.
JESUS IS THE FATHER incarnate in the SON.
GOD IS NOT A TRINITY. GOD IS ONE SPIRIT.
The Nicene Creed is a demonic doctrine.
The Roman Catholic Church is a FALSE, DEMONIC "church."

"I Have Made You Strong."

In November 2014, I was in Jerusalem. One night after dinner, I decided to walk from my hotel to the Wailing Wall under the Temple Mount and spend some time alone in prayer. I walked several blocks to the Jaffa Gate and proceeded down David Street through the old markets to the Jewish Quarter and on to the Western Wall plaza. I went to the wall and laid my hands on the wall and began to pray. I prayed with my understanding and I also prayed in the Spirit. It was an extraordinary, powerful, and emotional experience.

When I got back to my room at about 10:30, as I sat on the edge of my bed getting ready to turn off the lamp beside the bed, I suddenly heard the voice of God say to me, "I HAVE MADE YOU STRONG." It took me completely by surprise, and I literally shuddered. God spoke to me telepathically. I heard his voice in my head. In a million years, no one will convince me that was not the voice of God. He said, "I have made you strong."

It suddenly occured to me that I really had been on holy ground that night. The Western Wall is the nearest place to the site of the ancient Holy Place of Solomon's Temple where Jews and Christians are allowed to pray. For thousands of years, Jews and Christians have considered the Temple Mount the most sacred piece of real estate in the world. And it is indeed a holy place, set apart by Almighty God Himself.

But the thing that God spoke to me has lingered with me almost continuously in the three years since I heard those words. I think of them very often. "I have made you strong."

I have contemplated the meaning of those words. What does it mean when God says, "I have made you strong?"

Because of God's help, I AM strong.

I am strong spiritually.

I am strong mentally.

I am strong physically.

I am strong for God's glory and for God's sake.

But I don't think that is the real meaning. I believe there is so much more to it, because GOD'S STRENGTH IS SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH.

I think of Samson, who had supernatural strength. We have seen paintings of Samson that depicted him as a muscular hulk, but I don't believe that Samson's strength was in his muscles. The Bible shows that when he compromised his consecration with Delilah, he lost his strength. "He wist not that the LORD had departed." Samson was immediately captured, and his eyes were put out by his enemies. 

 

But in the end, Samson re-consecrated himself to God in prayer, and said, "Strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, Oh God!" And with that, Samson bowed himself and brought the house down - with SUPERNATURAL strength! DIVINE strength!

For more than 50 years, I have been a preacher. The stories of great trials and tribulations I have endured in those fifty years could fill several books. The tragedies, sorrows, difficulties, reversals, set-backs, losses, hurts, hardships, disasters, sicknesses, deaths, and more would have destroyed a weaker man. But God made me strong.

I remembered the first night after we returned home from the hospital after my wife's cancer surgery in 1997. They had removed a large portion of her digestive tract, and informed us that the cancer had already metastasized into other parts of her body. In the middle of the night, I woke up and looked at my wife sleeping in the dark. Suddenly it struck me that unless God miraculously healed her, my wife was going to die. I instantly began to panic. I don't remember ever having a panic attack before, but I can tell you that I had a full-blown panic attack that night. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't go back to sleep. I had to get up and walk around and try to shake it off, but for several hours, I could not shake off the panic that I felt. It seemed that I would die.

But God strengthened me. For the next six years, Dixie and I fought a valiant battle against cancer. We prayed. We fasted. We believed God. We did everything we knew to do to turn the tide against the cancer, in anticipation of her miracle. And God miraculously helped us cope with many, many very difficult situations through those years. Nevertheless, after six years and 3 days, Dixie passed away.

The night she passed away, it was almost 2 in the morning. I was left alone in the house with her corpse. I panicked again. I thought I would completely fall apart. I could not believe we had lost the battle. I never expected her to die. I called my sons and their wives, and they all came over, along with the sheriff and the coroner. But within hours, I was alone again. The next day, relatives and friends drove from long distances to be there for the funeral, and I was alone at home for the first time.

In an act of desperation, I sat down at my computer and wrote a pledge to myself. I determined that I would never allow Dixie's death to rob me of my faith in God. I vowed to myself that I would never be bitter, and that I would never stop preaching that God was a healer. I knew better. God IS a healer, and losing Dixie did not change that fact. I made several other vows to myself that were intended to make sure that my relationship with God would never falter.

After Dixie's death, I had several years of agonizing challenges. After spending my entire life in pastoral roles, I felt that I could not pastor any longer without Dixie. Too many pastoral responsibilities require the help of the pastor's wife, and I was at a terrible loss. I made a most difficult decision to resign the church I had pastored for almost 17 years, and give myself to writing, broadcasting, and evangelizing. That move separated me for the first time in my life from my two sons and their families. That was the most painful and agonizing experience of my life, even more devastating than Dixie's death. I experienced suffocating sorrows that led me again and again into extensive fasting and prayer vigils.

But over the next 10 years, I wrote 9 books, and built a very large worldwide following on the Internet. I preached in various churches around the country. I began guiding Holy Land tours and preaching prophecy conferences. I built a video studio and started preaching and teaching in front of cameras to a large YouTube audience.

Yet through all of those years, I felt very, very weak. I felt as though I was scarcely surviving. At any given moment, I felt like I was so very close to the edge, I could very easily have fallen off.

BUT... I did not fall off.

I continued on.

And now I know exactly why.

Because GOD MADE ME STRONG.

GOD MADE ME STRONG!

God gave me supernatural abilities to continue.

In spite of my own natural and personal weakness, God strengthened me. At a time when many men would have quit God, or quit church, or become bitter, or turned against everything they believed in, I did not. GOD MADE ME STRONG.

When I contemplate that, I realize that God's strength is everything, and my strength is nothing. Jesus said, "It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth [gives life]; the flesh PROFITETH NOTHING," John 6:63.

God told Zerubbabel that it is "not by MIGHT, nor by POWER, but by MY SPIRIT, SAITH THE LORD. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: ...Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you," Zechariah 4:6-9.

Just as God promised Zerubbabel that he would FINISH the task that he STARTED (restoring Jerusalem and the Holy Temple), God assures me (and you) that if we will remain faithful to HIM, we WILL finish the tasks that we have started in the name of God.

But we will NOT finish the task by our own MIGHT.

We have none.

We will NOT finish the task by our own POWER.

We have none.

We will finish the task BY HIS SPIRIT - saith the Lord.

By GOD'S SPIRIT we will finish what we have started.

By GOD'S SPIRIT, we will do the work we have to do.

By GOD'S SPIRIT, we will be strong, and He will help us.

Therefore, the Spirit of God - the Holy Ghost in me - is my only real strength. I CAN face whatever I have to face because BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, I have STRENGTH that GOD gave me.

The Prophet Daniel said, "The people that KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG, and do exploits," (11:32).

The Hebrew concordance defines STRONG as:

"to fasten upon, to seize, to be strong, courageous, obstinate, bind, restrain, conquer, fortify, harden, lay hold, play the man, wax mighty, mend, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, wax sore, strengthen self, be stout, wax strong, be sure, take hold, be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand."

According to the above definitions, I fasten upon my adversity, SEIZE it, and obstinately bind and restrain it. I conquer, fortify, harden, lay hold, play the man, wax mighty, mend, prevail, recover, repair, wax strong, act valiantly, and withstand all my foes. I have nothing but God to fear.

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but MIGHTY THROUGH GOD to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled," 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

Again and again, God says FEAR NOT, I will STRENGTHEN thee:

"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I WILL STRENGTHEN THEE; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee," Isaiah 41:10-14.

The Psalmist said, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth," Psalms 121:1-2.

My help cometh from the LORD.

My STRENGTH cometh from the LORD.

I overcame the things that caused me anxiety and fear because GOD MADE ME STRONG.

Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4). Therefore, I will not be defeated by the great burdens or trials of life, because God has made me strong.

"It is GOD that GIRDETH ME WITH STRENGTH, and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. FOR THOU HAS GIRDED ME WITH STRENGTH UNTO THE BATTLE: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me," Psalms 18:32-39.

"And he said unto me, 'My grace is sufficient for thee: for MY STRENGTH is made perfect in weakness.' Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me," 2 Corinthians 12:9.

"I HAVE MADE YOU STRONG."

An Evil Spouse

If you are living with an evil spouse, you must not be destroyed spiritually by him or her. If your spouse does not want to do the will of God, you must not allow his/her influence to keep you from doing the will of God. There is not one husband or wife in the world who is worth going to Hell for. Far more important that your vow to your spouse is your vow to God. You must never give your spouse more priority than God. Your relationship with God is infinitely more important than your relationship with your spouse.

In my fifty years of ministry, I have seen countless hundreds of people fall away from God because they were negatively influenced by their spouses. It can be a great, great struggle to remain faithful to God when a spouse is incessantly struggling to pull you the other way. An evil spouse's constant harassment can seem to be an insurmountable obstacle, but it must not be so. Regardless of how hostile an evil spouse becomes, a real Christian will utterly refuse to bend or bow to those things that grieve the Holy Ghost.

Every Pastor and every saint should offer as much encouragement as possible to any person who is living with an evil spouse. The Church should provide as much spiritual, moral, and even physical support to any believer who is struggling with an evil spouse.

The Prophet Daniel is a prime example of someone who absolutely refused to compromise with those who were determined to destroy him. It led to his being thrown into the lion's den, but God finally delivered him, and Daniel was greatly strengthened by that ordeal.

Not every believer will be delivered from their lion's den. Some will go to their graves having been persecuted to the bitter end. But God will reward the faithful. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give the a crown of life," Revelation 2:10. Regardless of the price you must pay to live for God and stand up for Truth, Righteousness and Holiness, it will be worth it all some day.

"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ," Philippians 3:8 KJV.

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you," 1 Peter 5:8-10 KJV.

"One of us is going to Hell."

"The wicked shall be
turned into Hell." Ps. 9:17

If you believe that God is THREE co-equal persons, not ONE LORD according to Deuteronomy 6:4...

AND if you do not believe that you must be baptized in Jesus' name for the remission of sins according to Acts 2:38...

AND if you do not believe that you must be baptized in the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues according to Romans 8:9...

AND if you do not believe that holy, separated living is essential as per Hebrews 12:14...

Then you and I will NOT spend eternity in the same place.

One of us is going to Hell.

If God is a Trinity, I am going to Hell, because I utterly despise the Trinity doctrine and believe that it is a damnable heresy.

If water baptism in the TITLES is necessary to salvation, then I am going to Hell, because I do not believe there is any salvation whatsoever in pronouncing titles. Salvation is only in the NAME of Jesus. "There is none other name under Heaven given among men, whereby we MUST be saved," (Acts 4:12) than the name of Jesus.

NO ONE in the New Testament was baptized in titles. Not ONE! EVERY single example recorded in the New Testament reveals that ALL the Apostles' converts were baptized in the NAME of the Lord Jesus. Those who refuse to be baptized in the name of Jesus are refusing an essential step in the New Birth of water and Spirit that JESUS HIMSELF taught in John 3:3-8.

If you can be born again without receiving the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues, then I will almost certainly go to Hell, since I steadfastly declare that NOBODY has the Spirit of Christ - the baptism of the Holy Ghost - without the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance. I mercilessly denounce those who claim otherwise, since their position is utterly contrary to the scriptures and therefore heretical. "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his," Romans 8:9.

And if you can be saved without living and practicing a holy separated life, then I will likely go to Hell, because I loudly condemn carnal, worldly lifestyles among professing Christians. If those people are actually saved without holiness, they are in contradiction of Hebrews 12:14 which says that without holiness, "NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD." I am a relentless opponent of those who preach, teach, and defend worldly, carnal, selfish lifestyles that are tainted by unholy and ungodly practices.

I personally quit - renounced and denounced - the Trinitarian religion because I did not believe I could be saved worshiping a false trinity - since God is NOT a trinity. The LORD our God is ONE Lord - not three. God was IN Christ, reconciling the world to Himself (not themselves). The Father is in the Son. God is in Christ. The Spirit is in the man Jesus. "I and my Father are ONE" Jesus said. "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father." I have both researched and written hundreds of well-substantiated pages of Biblical proofs of the Oneness of God.

I personally quit - renounced and denounced - the practice of baptizing people in TITLES only because I did not believe that I or my family would be saved without being baptized in the name of Jesus FOR THE REMISSION OF OUR SINS (Acts 2:38). There is not one shred of evidence in the scriptures that water baptism in the TITLES was ever practiced by the Early Church. That practice is contrary to ancient practice, and therefore saves no one. It never has, and never will.

I personally renounce and denounce all forms of non-Pentecostal "Christianity" because I do not believe that anyone is genuinely BORN AGAIN without doing the three things JESUS required in John 3:3-7 and PETER commanded in Acts 2:38:

1. Full repentance of their sins,

2. Water baptism in the name of Jesus for the REMISSION of sins as the WATER BIRTH, and

3. the Baptism of Holy Ghost speaking in other tongues as the SPIRIT birth.

The evidence shows that EVERY single writer in the New Testament spoke in tongues, and preached that everyone should be baptized in the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues. The 120 in the Upper Room spoke in tongues, as did the 3000 converts on the day of Pentecost, and another 5000 soon thereafter. The Ephesian Church spoke in tongues. The Corinthian Church spoke in tongues. In fact, there is NOT ONE CHURCH mentioned in the New Testament that was not commanded to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost with speaking in tongues.

And I renounce and denounce all ministries and "churches" that reject the historical biblical teachings on holiness and separation from the world. I utterly deny that holiness standards are "LEGALISM!" as its detractors maliciously insist. The Church is called to be holy because God is holy. Without holiness, NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD (Hebrews 12:14).

If I am wrong, I'm going to Hell, because I refuse to believe or teach otherwise.

One of us is going to Hell, because in the final analysis, we do NOT believe in the SAME GOD, the SAME GOSPEL, or the SAME PLAN OF SALVATION. I have studied this matter intensely and thoroughly for literally tens of thousands of hours, and I am gambling my ETERNAL SOUL that I am right.

If I really thought I was going to HELL for being a ONENESS, APOSTOLIC, ACTS 2:38, PENTECOSTAL, HOLINESS preacher, I would renounce and denounce it this very moment. But I never will.

Calvinism vs. Legalism - Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

PART 1 - Answering CALVINISM

Calvinism (the core doctrine of Baptist, Presbyterian, "Reformed," and multitudes of other Protestant and Ecumenical churches, formulated in the 16th Century by ex-Catholic John Calvin) stands (and falls) on five planks, known widely by the acronym TULIP.

T - Total Depravity of Man

U - Unconditional Election

L - Limited Atonement

I - Irresistible Grace

P - Perseverance of the Saints.

ALL FIVE of Calvinism's pillars are seriously flawed and unbiblical.

1. Total Depravity. No man is BORN depraved. We are NOT born with SIN IN US. SIN, by definition is the transgression of the law. An innocent baby has never transgressed the law, and is therefore NOT born in the total depravity of sin. Sin is an ACT, not a condition of your DNA.

2. Unconditional Election says that certain men are ordained before the foundation of the world to be saved, and others are foreordained to go to Hell, and there is absolutely nothing ANYBODY can do to be saved if you are not on the good list. Don't believe me? I'm telling you exactly what Unconditional Election stands for. Unconditional Election is believed SO STRONGLY by Calvinists, that they literally believe that even when Jesus said to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, it did NOT mean that anybody would be saved who was not already foreordained. Unconditional Election is ludicrous; preposterous.

The CORRECT VIEW on this matter is to understand that the only ELECTION of God is made when GOD SEES OUR CHOICE to do the will of God. There is a WILL OF GOD for the righteous, and a WILL OF GOD for the wicked. You and I are foreordained to follow either the path of the righteous, or the path of the wicked. But GOD DID NOT MAKE THAT CHOICE FOR US!! WE must make the choice whether or not TO MAKE OUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE. "WHOSOEVER WILL" may come to the waters of salvation and drink! Most Baptist Churches adhere very strictly to Calvinism and TULIP. Occasionally, you will see a "FREE WILL" Baptist Church, and that means that they do NOT agree with Unconditional Election. Calvinists do NOT believe that man has a free will, but is hostage to predestination.

3. Limited Atonement generally says that ATONEMENT is ONLY good for those who are Unconditionally Elected, as described above. Bah. Humbug. The grace of God is freely offered to every man living, no exceptions.

4. Irresistible Grace says, in effect, that if you are Unconditionally Elected, it is impossible that you will NOT be saved. God is going to save you whether you know it or not. The flip side of that Irresistible Grace nonsense is that you can't go to Hell even if you try (if you are Unconditionally Elected). What kind of idiot believes that? Millions and millions and millions of Calvinists around the world. This big, fat lie is the nuclear engine that drives Joel Osteen and Joseph Prince's "Grace Revolution." Joseph Prince even goes so far as to say that if you believe on Jesus, "thou shalt be saved, AND THY HOUSE!!" He elaborates, declaring that if YOU get saved, ALL YOUR FAMILY will be saved automatically - EVEN YOUR DEAD MOTHER will be saved. I personally heard him say it.

5. Perseverance (aka Final Perseverance) of the Saints, (aka "Eternal Security," or "Once-Saved, Always-Saved"). This false doctrine presumes to say that once you ever "accept the Lord as your personal Savior," it is impossible for you to ever go to Hell. They argue that no man can "pluck you out" of God's hand, never recognizing that anybody can JUMP OUT of God's hand by their sins. "Once-Saved/Always-Saved" is as damnable a lie as Satan ever concocted in the world. Eternal Security heresy is more addictive than heroin, and more destructive. Jesus said that if we don't bear fruit in the vine, he will "purge us." Every branch that does not abide faithfully in the vine will be CUT OFF. That means that YOU ONCE HAD LIFE in Christ, but GOD CUT YOU OFF. That is NOT Eternal Security. There will be MULTITUDES of sons of God in Hell, because they left their first love, and God removed their candlestick from the Church.

If you are within a mile of Calvinism, flee it like the Bubonic Plague. It is among the worst of all the world's heresies. 

You MUST be born again according to John 3:3-7 and Acts 2:38 by 
1. Repentance
2. Water baptism in the name of Jesus
3. Baptism of the Holy Ghost speaking in other tongues. 

You must be FAITHFUL to God until you die. If you backslide, you WILL be lost and you WILL go to Hell. 

You certainly don't need Calvinism to tell you its abominable lies.

In Part 2, I will show the purported antithesis to Calvinism, and that is "Legalism." Hardly anything in the Theological Lexicon has more ambiguity than the subject of LEGALISM. The brand of legalism is a death-knell to any professing Christian, and the charge is leveled by, more than anyone else in the world, Calvinists. Is legalism what Calvinists say it is??

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PART 2 - Answering LEGALISM

LEGALISM: It is not what you have been told.

"They are legalists!" "We don't want anything to do with legalists!!"

That charge is a sentence of death in today's religious environment. The legalist is a heretic. The legalist must be shunned. The legalist must be banned. The legalist is anathema; cursed! All of heaven and earth must pounce on the legalist and beat him to a pulp. The legalist must go to the guillotine. When he is dead, his body must be burned to ashes, and spread over Judas' Iscariot's field of blood.

"CURSE THE LEGALIST!!!" That is one of the strongest condemnations you can ever dread to suffer, and most of the time, the accusation comes from the Calvinist camp. If you are a legalist, you are a leper, an outcast, a wretched, noxious soul. A legalist is a social reject; a pathetic, warped, demented freak.

There is only one problem. Nobody really knows what a legalist is.

"Legalism" is perceived to be as deadly as HIV/Aids. Once you have been called a legalist, nobody wants to touch you. People stop calling you. They don't visit you anymore. You have become a dreaded, highly contagious pathogen that must be quarantined - exiled from society - until you die.

SO WHAT IS LEGALISM, and WHO IS A LEGALIST??

The first thing that usually comes to mind is the Pharisee. The Pharisee and the legalist are considered to be synonymous. Not that the Bible ever called the Pharisee a legalist. Somebody, somewhere, at some time decided that the Pharisee was a legalist. But whoever that phantom accuser was, he forgot to tell us exactly what a legalist is. Just a Pharisee.

And in the minds of most professing Christians, the Pharisee is a total enigma. What exactly is a Pharisee??

1. What did the Pharisees actually BELIEVE that made them legalists?

2. What did the Pharisees actually DO that made them legalists?

Of course, those questions uncertainly presume that the Pharisees were in fact legalists.

That presumption is that CHRISTIANS MUST NOT DO ANYTHING THAT IS LEGAL, or they become a Pharisee.

The false belief prevailing in modern Christianity is that...

"CHRISTIANS MUST NOT DO ANYTHING REQUIRED BY LAW."

If you do, you are a legalist.

Stop right there for a moment.

The historical Antinomians would have a frenzied, ecstatic seizure over that statement. Antinomians were the lawless ones. The word antinomian means "against the law." Antinomians defiantly insisted that Christians are not under the law. They are not obliged to keep any of God's commandments. 

Antinomianism is Calvinism on steroids. Antinomianism is the inevitable outgrowth of Calvinism and its total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints - every one of which is a heresy. 

If, as a Calvinist, you believe that you are chosen unconditionally and saved irresistibly, then the LAW has no possible effect on your destiny, whether you keep the law, or break every law in the book. The Calvinist believes that whether you are spotlessly clean or as vile as excrement, on Judgment Day you will be saved. 

That cannot possibly be true. Calvinists teach you that once you "accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior" you cannot be lost. They damn the law. No rules apply any more. You are home free as soon as you say a 10-word prayer. 

Calvinism is the pounding heartbeat behind the incessantly "Trust Jesus!" mantra. "Trust Jesus!" that you will be saved no matter how bad you are. "Trust Jesus!" that your sins will not keep you out of Heaven. "Trust Jesus!" that you are eternally secure; once-saved, always-saved. "Trust!" Sorry, Calvin, I don't trust you or your "trust Jesus" ruse.

Calvinism is a screaming lie born in the belly of Hell. Of course you can sin! Of course you can go to Hell! No confession on earth can exempt you from your godly responsibility to walk in TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS, and HOLINESS.  NO RELATIONSHIP with God is unconditional. God LOVED Jacob, but he HATED Esau! That is NOT unconditional love. Did God hate Esau because Esau was divinely predestinated to be hated, or did God hate Esau because Esau made a deadly choice to despise the blessing of God? I say, the later is the cause. God hated Esau because Esau dissed God.

God says, "...be thou FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, and I will give thee a crown of life," Revelation 2:10. What happens if you are NOT faithful?

"And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God," Luke 9:62 KJV. What happens if you look back? Remember Lot's wife.

NO SIN is going to enter in to the Kingdom of God. Therefore, if you commit sin, and fail to repent of it and quit doing it, you are going to go to Hell.

Calvinists, like the Devil, want you to believe that you can eat the forbidden fruit and you will not die. CALVINISTS were the first to level the false charge of "LEGALISM!!" against God-fearing, Commandment-keeping Christians. In the mind of the Calvinist, it is against the law to be observe the law. They tell us that we need no longer keep the Old Testament Laws, and IF WE DO, WE ARE LEGALISTS!!!! They "turn the GRACE of God into lasciviousness," Jude 1:4, and that is nothing less than a license to fulfill the lusts of the flesh without penalty. Again and again we are told, "the Old Testament is no longer relevant. We do not have to keep the law in the New Testament." It is literally a License to Sin.

Against the law? What laws are we talking about? Which LAWS are we no longer beholden to? Please tell me.

1. Thou shalt have no other gods?

2. Thou shalt make no graven images?

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain?

4. Keep the Sabbath?

5. Honor thy Father and thy Mother?

6. Thou shalt not kill?

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery?

8. Thou shalt not steal?

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness?

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's things?

So must we BREAK the law to be a Christian?

Am I a legalist because I have no other gods?

Am I a legalist because I do not have any idols, graven or molten?

Am I a legalist because I honor my parents, don't kill, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't lie, and don't covet other people's stuff?

Am I a legalist - an extremist, a Pharisee, a damned rule-keeper, because I don't commit incest, homosexuality, bestiality, or pedophilia? Those are Old Testament laws, too.

So what laws make me a legalist?

The keeping of WHAT LAWS make me a legalist?

MAN-MADE LAWS, you say?

OK, let's look at the "MAN-MADE" laws that instantly bring a diagnosis of terminal illness.

Holiness laws.

Holiness laws are considered to be the first symptoms of legalism.

At your very first hint of observing a holiness lifestyle, you become a legalist. You must wear an emblazoned "L" on your forehead.

Let's consider modesty. Modesty is considered legalistic. If you are too modest, you are a legalist. They say. They think.

If holiness people refuse to wear bikinis, speedos, g-strings, or any skimpy apparel that exposes buttocks, thighs, midriffs, bare shoulders, cleavage, or crotches, we are damned legalists.

We are damned legalists because we won't go out in public exposing ourselves. We are the scourge of modern Christianity. We are shunned like we have the bubonic plague.

We must not be legal. If we actually keep God's laws in these days of the "Grace Revolution," we are malodorous transgressors who must be exiled from the church, and banned from its pulpits.

Sexual correctness.

Sexual correctness is legalistic nowadays. It is anathema, cursed. If a man is too manly, or a woman too feminine, it is anathema. In this open-minded, liberated day, men are congratulated and lauded for expressing femininity, and women are praised, celebrated and ENCOURAGED to show masculinity. It is a sign of their self-expression, their sovereignty, their freedom from religion. If a person is rigidly heterosexual and monogamous, that is being too rigid. That is legalistic. If we make too much of gender identity, we are legalists. If a man condemns effeminacy, or if he ever (God-forbid) asserts authority over a woman, he is a macho, male chauvinist pig. But even worse, he is a legalist. If a woman is a stay-at-home mom, or a poor, mere housekeeping wife, she is deemed oppressed and subservient. If he or she actually believes what God told Eve in the Garden of Eden, "Unto the woman he said, ...and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and HE SHALL RULE OVER THEE," Genesis 3:16 KJV - he or she is a legalist.

Answer me. Am I a legalist for keeping the laws of God?

No. I am NOT a legalist for keeping the law.

Am I a legalist for preaching and teaching the law?

No. I am NOT a legalist for preaching and teaching the law.

Jesus said, "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven," Matthew 5:18-19 KJV

"And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord," Mark 12:29 KJV.

This gets DEEP really fast. JESUS said the first commandment is to HEAR: "The Lord our God is ONE LORD." If you don't obey this commandment, you are in big trouble already. If you believe that God is THREE LORDS, you are already out of order. Jesus Christ is the fullness of God bodily. Jesus is the IMAGE of the INVISIBLE God. If you see Jesus, you see the Father. "I and my Father are ONE." A Trinitarian cannot pass this law. A Trinitarian is already in disobedience to this law.(If the FATHER is the Lord, and the SON is the Lord, and the SPIRIT is the Lord, and they are three co-equal, co-eternal persons, then NECESSARILY, by the Trinitarian definition, there are three Lords. And that is HERESY.)

But there is so much more.

Jesus also said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments," John 14:15 KJV.

LEGALISM???? Not on your life. KEEPING COMMANDMENTS? Absolutely!!

"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him," John 14:21 KJV. JESUS measures your LOVE by your KEEPING COMMANDMENTS!!

Legalism??? No!!! Keeping Commandments??? You'd better believe it.

"If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love," John 15:10 KJV.

Jesus revealed to us that the REASON the FATHER loves the SON OF MAN is BECAUSE HE KEPT THE FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS.

Legalism??? No. Keeping Commandments?? Yes.

"Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen," Acts 1:2 KJV.

Jesus continued to make commandments until the day He was taken up into Heaven. Don't kid yourself. Jesus has LOTS and LOTS of commandments to keep, and OUR KEEPING them is the proof of our LOVE for Him.

That is NOT LEGALISM.

"Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God," 1 Corinthians 7:19 KJV.

All teachings in the Bible are to be obeyed, both Old Testament and New Testament, unless a particular teaching is SPECIFICALLY revoked in writing in the New Testament. There are indeed a few things that were revoked and changed in the New Testament. Old Testament dietary laws were changed in the New Testament, so that Paul specifically told us that we need not keep those old laws pertaining to the eating of meats. The need for circumcision ended in Jesus Christ, since the purpose of circumcision was to prove a man was the physical descendant of Abraham. Jesus' own circumcision was bodily proof that He descended from Abraham. But since Christ, physical circumcision is needless, but "the circumcision of the heart," (crucifying the flesh, and the lusts thereof) is a New Testament commandment. With a few explicitly defined exceptions, the Old Testament AND New Testament laws continue to stand today.

"If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord," 1 Corinthians 14:37 KJV.

The LAW was not abolished in the New Testament. ONLY the particular ORDINANCES of the Old Testament. We no longer conduct the ordinances and ceremonies of the Old Testament Tabernacle in the wilderness, nor of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. No brazen laver, no altar of incense, no menorah, no veil, no ark of the covenant. No ordinances. No ceremonies.

"Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances," Ephesians 2:15 KJV.

All the MORAL and SPIRITUAL LAWS are just as effective and required today as they ever were. Adultery is still a sin. Homosexuality is still a sin. Incest is still a sin. Murder is still a sin. All the moral laws of God are still sinful to disobey.

The ONLY LAWS that we need NOT observe are laws that are made by men.

"...the commandments and doctrines of men," Colossians 2:22 KJV.

"Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth," Titus 1:14 KJV.

Back to the Pharisees. The Pharisees in fact, were NOT legalists. They DISREGARDED God's laws and made up their own laws. 

Under the surface, the Pharisees subscribed to many of the ancient Babylonian mysteries that had been introduced to them through the teachings of King Solomon and Hiram of Lebanon. Over the centuries, they adopted Babylonian mysteries, that included such in-depth teachings as came to be known in the Gematria, the Talmud, and in modern times, Cabbalism. These MYSTICAL, MAN-MADE teachings were EXACTLY what Jesus was condemning when he accused them of "making the COMMANDMENT OF GOD of none effect BY YOUR TRADITION," Matthew 15:6. They regarded the TALMUD as authoritative, but the TORAH (God's Word) was NOT authoritative.

And their reliance on man-made commandments showed up in the silliest, most impertinent ways.

GOD'S LAW said "Honor thy Father and thy Mother." The Pharisees said that whatever kindness they did for their parents was a "gift." The Pharisees' law flew in the face of God's law. 

GOD'S LAW said nothing about washing hands before eating. But the Pharisees made it a great sin to fail to wash your hands. They made up crazy things like this. They "strained at gnats, and swallowed camels."

THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS teaching true Biblical commandments. 

When a holiness preacher teaches that it is a SIN for a woman to cut her hair, he is NOT teaching the commandments of MEN. He is teaching the WORD OF GOD from 1 Corinthians 11. I don't have time to deal with the subject here, but you can read all about it at this link. HAIR LENGTH ON MEN AND WOMEN That subject is NOT LEGALISM as erroneously defined by the Calvinists. It is the COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 

The same thing is true about modest and gender-specific clothes. MALE AND FEMALE: GOD'S GENDER-SPECIFIC COMMANDMENTS 

And it is also true about the wearing of JEWELRY. See ORNAMENTS OF JEWELRY.

These subjects are NOT MAN-MADE!!! They are GOD-MADE! They are commandments of God, and every Bible-believing person is obliged to KEEP those Commandments, regardless of how counter-cultural they are, or how offensive they are to the carnal, worldly professing "Christian."

It is NOT LEGALISM to preach these things. I am NOT A LEGALIST when I preach about HAIR, MODEST GENDER-SPECIFIC CLOTHING, JEWELRY, and other subjects. I am being FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH to the Gospel message as CLEARLY DELINEATED in the NEW TESTAMENT.

It is NOT LEGALISM to say that the wearing of jewelry is wrong, if the entire Bible supports that premise. It is NOT LEGALISM to say that the cutting of a woman's hair is wrong if the Bible clearly supports that premise. It is NOT LEGALISM to say that the wearing of immodest clothes is wrong when the Bible clearly supports that claim.

In the most accurate sense of the word, a LEGALIST is one who carefully keeps God's laws. And THAT IS GOOD!!

But a Pharisee is NOT a legalist in the purist definition of the word, because he does not keep God's laws. He keeps HIS OWN LAWS, and makes his OWN COMMANDMENTS that are CONTRARY to the commandments of God.

Man made laws are evil. But God's laws are good. If it's in the Bible, it's good. If it is CONSISTENT with the Bible, and if it AGREES with the Bible, it is good. If it is contrary to the Bible, or if it contradicts the Bible, it is bad.

IF IT IS NOT IN THE BIBLE, IT IS NOT A COMMANDMENT.

IF IT IS IN THE BIBLE, IT IS A COMMANDMENT.

And no matter how you slice it, God's commandments are for keeping.

In the most accurate sense of the word, a LEGALIST is one who carefully keeps God's laws. But a Pharisee is NOT a legalist, because he does not keep God's laws. He keeps HIS OWN LAWS.

Therefore, in a large majority of all cases, when Calvinists lower their guns and fire off charges of "LEGALISM!! LEGALISM!! LEGALISM!!" they really are making war against keeping the Commandments of GOD, and that is abominable. 

And unfortunately, the very same Calvinists who purport to hate "man-made" laws, are as guilty as sin for making their OWN man-made laws!

In that regard, most of modern "liberal" Christianity is Pharisaic, because they do NOT keep GOD'S LAWS, but instead practice and preach MAN MADE LAWS such as social services, good works such as digging wells in Africa, running soup kitchens, supporting orphanages, or running medical missions or disaster relief projects. THOSE ARE MAN-MADE ways to Heaven. They are NOT God's ways to Heaven. Calvinists, despite all their rhetoric, are among the world's best at performing good works to justify themselves. And they are among the worlds WORST at actually preaching the everlasting Gospel that Jesus and the Apostles preached: 

"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of WATER and of the SPIRIT, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 

Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit," John 3:3-8 KJV.

Peter preached the NEW BIRTH in Acts 2:38, providing the EXACT FORMULA for the New Birth:

"Then Peter said unto them, 

Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation," Acts 2:38-40 KJV.

You can't even PAY a Calvinist to preach Acts 2:38. Why? Because they say that is SALVATION BY WORKS! Well that is NOT salvation by WORKS. That is salvation by OBEDIENCE, and they don't like laws. Nevertheless, they love to show their good works. They would rather build a thousand water wells in Africa than to obey the Holy Ghost and speak in other tongues. They would rather support a thousand orphanages in India, than to dress holy, stop cutting their hair, and quit wearing jewelry ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD.

Jesus Christ did not come to build a social service organization. He came to preach the eternal Kingdom, and turn men from sin to righteousness, to be baptized with His baptism, and to be filled with His Spirit. He came to turn us from worldly, terrestrial things to heavenly, celestial things.

And the only way to get there is to follow His teachings from A-Z, including believing and teaching the Oneness of the Godhead, the New Birth, and the holy, consecrated life.

"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments," 1 John 2:3 KJV.

"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him," 1 John 2:4 KJV.

"And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight," 1 John 3:22 KJV.

"And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him," 1 John 3:24 KJV.

"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments," 1 John 5:2 KJV.

"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous," 1 John 5:3 KJV.

"And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it," 2 John 1:6 KJV.

Just before Jesus Christ returns to this earth, SATAN will make war with all the saints of God on earth.

"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ," Revelation 12:17 KJV.

Make note of the fact that they both 1. Have the TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST, and 2. KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS of God.

Stop screaming "Legalist! Legalist! Legalist!" and start obeying the laws of God - if you want to be saved.

"Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus," Revelation 14:12 KJV.

"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city," Revelation 22:14 KJV.

Jesus said, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it," Matthew 7: 21-27).

Keeping the LAW by itself will not save me. I must be born again according to John 3:3-7 and Acts 2:38. But after I have been born again, I must "walk in the Spirit." The Spirit and the Word are one. It is impossible to walk in the Spirit of God without walking in the WORD of God. And it is impossible to walk in the WORD of God without keeping God's commandments.

I am going to preach, teach and practice keeping the Commandments of God until Jesus comes. They alone won't save me, but they will definitely help keep me saved. And if I break them without repenting, I won't be saved.

"Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly," Psalms 119:165-167 KJV.

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