I stated on Facebook: “God bless us with the courage to give up all the myths that were being transmitted to us from one generation to another and all the idols that were petrified as "truth" but they are not”
A beloved friend replied to me:
"One must be careful with "new truths" if there is such a thing over the past two thousand years. There is nothing new under the sun."
Faith in our Lord Jesus is based in our relationship with Him alone and not as a sub product of somebody else faith and knowledge.
It is impossible to downsize Jesus to a simply personage of history. He is seated at the right hand of the Father, alive and well, today!
The Scriptures are inspired by God, all of them, but not all Scriptures are the Word of God. Jesus Christ Himself, He is the Word of God.
The Word was before the Scriptures. Abraham had no access to any written Scriptures, however He believed and followed the Word of God.
We study the Scriptures diligently because we think that in them we have eternal life. The truth is we don’t have eternal life in the Scriptures. We have eternal life only in Jesus and the very Scriptures only testify about Him. (John 5:39)
If I do need Martin Luther, Calvin, Zwingli and others to tell me what is the “truth” (a)I don't need the Holy Spirit who guides me to the Truth; (b)I don't need the Scriptures who testifies exclusively about Jesus and (c)I don't need even Jesus Himself.
Thank God Martin Luther didn't think that 1500 years had all “truths uncovered" so it would not be necessary for him to find "new truths", like salvation by faith, by grace, etc.
One who says the Scriptures is the only source of Faith and Truth should not contradict himself following the theological traditions of men, the tradition of the church and the confessions of faith.
Any theological truth is a system of conveniences. A uniformity of beliefs is meant to maintain a specific group bound as a denomination, a network or a religion cult.
I am not afraid of apostasy as the Holy Spirit is enough to guide me into Truth.
I am not afraid of finding that I have been in many instances so wrong in so many things that I used to carry dearly as Christian sacred truths.
The truth is that there are no truths. There are no old truths. There are no new truths. Jesus said: “I am the Truth.” Therefore the Truth is eternal and attempting to hold the Truth into the “Chronós” is a lost battle.
Theologians always failed as they attempted to crystallize the Truth.
"The Confessions of Faith are the reduction of God’s Word." (José Rego do Nascimento)
The creeds are enclosures of human attempt to “jail” the Word of God. Both are miserable human belief boxes. I have no confession of Faith neither I uphold any Creeds.
Jesus Christ is my Confession of Faith. Jesus Christ is my Creed.
Today as it has been before, Christian Denominations have proved so distant of the Word of God that as result they have been dividing and multiplying since The Protestant Reformation” .
And all of them were born because they found "new truths" in this unending frenzy that suits the desires of religion politicians who divide Christians not because of doctrinal issues but for personal interests. Calvin, Martin Luther and all others had their own.
I want to know nothing but the Truth, the Person of Jesus who lives in Me.
During these 2000 years since the apostles have died many heresies were introduced, and even today Christian denominations are full of heresies.
The main problem for preachers related to the Truth is that the sources of their study have been all along the books of theologians on their shelves, the books they read every day with all kinds of teachings, their own perceptions catalyzed by their experiences in their seminaries, churches and in the environment they have grown within and their own conveniences to maintain their "status quo".
Probably more than 80% of what we have as dearly as truth are second handed interpretations of somebody else and not what we ourselves have concluded as Truth ministered by the Holy Spirit as result of our own investigation of the Scriptures.
The main question is not whether we are going to find new truths after two thousand years after the apostles of Christ died.
Our life with Jesus is dependant upon if we humbly comes back to the Scriptures, if we will repent of our heresies and go back exclusively to the Word of God.
There is no such thing at all of finding new truths. There is just the Truth of the the Scriptures and hidden after thousands of years of apostasy.
The Truth, the Word! ““The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?
And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?
And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?
As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”, the Good news of the Kingdom, "The Lord Reigns!"
The main problem for preachers related to the Truth is that the sources of their study have been all along the books of theologians on their shelves, the books they read every day with all kinds of teachings, their own perceptions catalyzed by their experiences in their seminaries, churches and in the environment they have grown within and their own conveniences to maintain their "status quo".
Probably more than 80% of what we have as dearly as truth are second handed interpretations of somebody else and not what we ourselves have concluded as Truth ministered by the Holy Spirit as result of our own investigation of the Scriptures.
The main question is not whether we are going to find new truths after two thousand years after the apostles of Christ died.
Our life with Jesus is dependant upon if we humbly comes back to the Scriptures, if we will repent of our heresies and go back exclusively to the Word of God.
There is no such thing at all of finding new truths. There is just the Truth of the the Scriptures and hidden after thousands of years of apostasy.
The Truth, the Word! ““The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?
And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?
And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?
As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”, the Good news of the Kingdom, "The Lord Reigns!"
1 comment:
Great Word!!! This is the great battle in the end times, "departure from the faith!" The problem is that most Christians believe the faith is what has been handed to them from a church, Pastor or denomination when it is suppose to be Jesus Christ, the one true God (Jn. 17:3). Often the Word of God has become an idol that keeps men from coming to Christ (Jn. 5:39.40). It is so simple and yet religion makes it so difficult!
Be blessed,
Paul
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