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[quote author=BeClever post=42231547]This whole epic for this little post... Pls someone should hold me now because this could be madness coming upon me like laughter... Buhahahahahahahaahahahahahhahahahahahahahwhh ![]() irony |
tsdarkside:You are talking trash. jews are a singe ethinc and cultural people. all jews are not reconginzed by God as Abraham's seed. so many jews in the past and present are not genetically jews but culturaly and religeous jews. if you read your bible well you will understand that many people become jews(culturally and religeous jews) after God used Esther and mordecai to deliver the chideren of isreal from herman. note also that all isrealites are not jews but all true jews (genetically) are isrealities. after the seperation of isreal into two kingdom .the Northern kingdom known as isreal .with capital at Samaria. made up of 10tribes and the Southern kingdom known as Judea. made up of the Tribes of Judah,and Benjamin and later Levi. so you.see the tribe are racial alike not black and whites. the interpretation of scripture. The first is in Esther 8:17 it states the following, "And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them." |
Stop day dreaming igbos have to fullfill all the prophecies God made to Abraham for them to be proved as the lost tribe of isreal. I came across this article . whats your take on it? It's time for you to get your eyes in the Bible; time to read and just believe, as a child would do, the prophecies of the book of Genesis, and in so doing you will come to KNOW who Britain and the America ARE, and where you can find them mentioned over and over again in the books of the prophets of old. Genesis 12"1-3. Abraham is told God will make him a GREAT nation and people will be blessed by him. Genesis 15:5. Abraham's seed would be as numerous as the stars. The Jews have never in all history been as numerous as the stars. Genesis 17:3-6. Abraham's seed was to be exceedingly fruitful and NATIONS (PLURAL) and KINGS (plural) were to come from Abraham. Genesis 17:15-16. Sarah, Abraham's wife shall have NATIONS (plural) and KINGS (plural) of people come from her. The Jews can hardly fit this prophecy. Genesis 22:15-18. Abraham's seed were to be as many as the stars and like the sand on the sea shore, and posses the gates of their enemies. The Jews cannot in all their history have fulfilled this prophecy. There's not been enough of them, and what gates of enemies have the Jews possed? Genesis 25:29-43. Esau sells his BIRTHRIGHT -to Jacob, that which comes automatically by birth and nothing else, just because you are born means you have the birthright. Genesis 32:22-30. Jacob wrestles with God and lives. Genesis 35:9-11. Jacob has his name changed to "Israel" - he is now BOTH Jacob and Israel. NOTICE THE PROMISE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT NOW: "And God said unto him, I AM GOD ALMIGHTY: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY: a NATION and a COMPANY OF NATIONS shall be of thee, and KINGS (plural) shall come from thy loins." Out from the very seed of Jacob, by being born from him down through the generations of his descendants, would eventually arise a NATION and a COMPANY OF NATIONS! They would all be BROTHER peoples! Now ask yourself, in all of history WHERE has there been a NATION and a COMPANY of NATIONS? Never has there been in all history a people answering to this prophecy except in the last 200 years. It should not be hard to figure, easy as being a little child in understanding. It's so easy, MOST PhD guys and gals in theology CANNOT see it, their complicated brain cannot see such SIMPLE verses of the Bible. You are living in the time when THIS PROPHECY is being FULFILLED right before your eyes, in your lifetime. The NATION and COMPANY OF NATIONS - BROTHER PEOPLES, ARE THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!! There has never been a peoples that have literally come OUT OF EACH OTHER, as the USA nation CAME OUT OF the British Commonwealth of nations, and hence as brother peoples formed the NATION and COMPANY OF NATIONS, as promised would happen to the seed of Jacob!! Genesis 48:1-19. Joseph comes to his father with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. The BIRTHRIGHT WILL BE PASSED ON! But Joseph crosses his hands and lays his right hand on the head of Ephraim and his left hand on the head of Manasseh. Joseph objects but Jacob says this it the way it must be. Joseph says his name will be ON THEM - they will have the name "Israel" more than anyone else. Joseph wants Jacob to give the larger blessing to Manasseh as he was the firstborn. Jacob refuses and says, "I know it, my son, I know it: he shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations." How simple, a child can understand it, oh the wise and proud may not, but those who will become a child in understanding and belief, they can understand. The very seed of Manasseh and Ephraim have become a NATION and a MULTITUDE OF NATIONS, as BROTHER PEOPLES, they became the BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!! Genesis 49. The blessings on each of the sons of Jacob is given. The BIRTHRIGHT WAS JOSEPH'S (see 1 Chron.5:2). Note verses 22-26: "Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall .... Even by the God of the Father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breast, and of the womb ... they shall be on the head of Joseph and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren." These blessing were repeated for Joseph by MOSES in Deuteronomy 33:13-17. Read it friends! There it is! There you have it! Simple to read and simple to believe. This prophecy for Jacob/ Joseph/Ephraim/Manasseh HAS COME TO PASS. YOU ARE LIVING IN THE DAYS, RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES, THAT THIS PROMISE IS BEING FULFILLED IN THE BROTHER PEOPLES OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND THE USA. The British Commonwealth has become the GREATEST company of nations that history ever recorded. In its LONG history it has surely been GREATER than that of its brother, the USA, but the USA has become the GREATEST single nation to ever appear on this earth. Between the TWO BROTHER PEOPLES there has NEVER BEEN THE LIKE in all history - the most POWERFUL PEOPLES and the most PHYSICALLY WEALTHY peoples of all history. THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS JOSEPH, THEY ARE ISRAEL!! When you read in the Old Testament prophets the prophecies towards the HOUSE OF ISRAEL you are reading the future of the British Commonwealth and the United States. When you read the OT prophets concerning the HOUSE OF JUDAH you are reading the future of the JEWS, in the Holy Land and everywhere else. It does not matter HOW this all came about (but today even that can be known from such Websites as britam.org) - God KNOWS and it is He who brought it all to pass. If He can know the number of hairs on your head; if He can INSPIRE the Bible and have it PRESERVED; if He can raise Christ from the dead; if He can uphold the UNIVERSE with His power, then HE CAN GUIDE AND PROTECT AND SEE TO IT THAT THE VERY PHYSICAL SEED OF JOSEPH MOVED ALONG DOWN THROUGH THE AGES, TO BECOME IN THE LAST AGE, THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! AMERICA IS MENTIONED IN BIBLE PROPHECY - THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IS MENTIONED IN BIBLE PROPHECY - THEY ARE MENTIONED MORE TIMES THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVER LIVED ON THIS EARTH! NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY - as Paul Harvey would say |
theDEVILisHERE:So who are the real jews? |
Trump said another fantastically amazing thing,
telling the Blacks to stop whining about the
Oscars, telling them they have their own awards
on BET.
This is basically an endorsement of racial
segregation.
The thing is, most Blacks would hear this and be
like “yeh, yeh – he got a point der.”
Typical Blacks just want to live in their own
neighborhoods, have sex, sell drugs and kill one
another. SJW Blacks are rare, and mostly female.
The problem is that you can get Blacks to believe
anything, and they do naturally hate White
people, as all races naturally hate all other races
(except Whites, who are prone to
ethnomasochism). The Jews are able to get them
to do whatever they want them to do. this guy is on point. |
The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth. By John F Kennedy real sad |
gasperkoya:story for the gods. |
exposes
that lack. Only when love is motivating the
obedience does it become acceptable to God. Any
other work is man’s vain attempt to earn salvation
and to deny the efficacy of Christ’s atoning
sacrifice.
Ransomed for What?
A dramatic illustration of the law-grace doctrine is
seen in the story of the slave auctions in old New
Orleans long ago. Two planters were bidding for
an old Negro slave who kept shouting his
rebellion from the auction block. Finally, one of
the planters won the bid and took the slave in his
wagon back to the farm. Throughout the journey
the defiant black man declared that he would not
work for the new owner. When they arrived at the
plantation, the planter dropped the shackles from
the newly bought slave and said, “You are free to
go. You are no longer a slave. I bought you in
order to give you your liberty.”
According to the story, the old man fell at the feet
of the planter and said, “Master, I’ll serve you
forever.”
In like manner, we were all held in the bondage of
sin, condemnation, and death. Christ then paid
the price to secure our freedom from that
hopeless slavery. Lovingly He tells us that the
reason He made the sacrifice was to set us free.
What should our response be? Every ransomed
child of God should fall at His feet and say,
“Master, I love you for what you did for me. I’ll
serve you the rest of my life.”
Think it through for a moment. Jesus had to die
because the law had been broken. Sin demanded
death. If the law could have been abrogated, the
penalty of sin would have been set aside also.
“For where no law is, there is no
transgression” (Romans 4:15). So strong was the
authority of that unchangeable law that God
Himself could not abolish it—not even to save
His own Son from death.
The old, old story of the two brothers is almost a
perfect illustration of both law and grace in
operation. The older brother was a judge. His
younger brother was brought before him as a
transgressor of the law. From all the evidence it
was clear to all thathe was guilty. The court was
tense. Would the judge mete out justice in such a
case? The judge looked at his brother and sternly
declared him guilty. Then he stunned the court by
imposing the maximum fine. But immediately he
left the bench and threw his arms around his
brother and said, “I had to do it because you are
guilty. I know you cannot pay the fine, but I will
pay it for you.”
The point of the story is dramatic in its impact.
The brother was forgiven, but the penalty was not.
It had to be paid. But by paying the maximum
penalty, the judge not only did not abolish the
law, but he greatly magnified it. He demonstrated
that its binding claims could never be voided. In
the same sense, God would not and could not
abolish the law to save His beloved Son. It cost
something to uphold the law and pay the
maximum penalty. No one will ever know how
much it cost the Son of God. But how thankful we
should be that His love was as perfect as His
justice. In His own body He bore the penalty,
satisfied the law, and justified the transgressor.
Can’t you see that no greater demonstration could
have been made to prove the permanence of the
Ten Commandments? In the entire universe God
could not have displayed a more convincing and
irrefutable argument in favor of His law. Yet, in
the face of this tremendous exhibition, misguided
millions of poor, feeble men belittle the
government of God by belittling His law. They
seem not to understand that the law is only a
reflection of His holiness and righteousness. To
speak of its abolition is to border on treason
against the divine government of heaven.
Look into that holy law right now for a divine
revelation of what God wants your life to be.
Confess that you have no strength to live up to
that perfect standard. Then turn your eyes to the
only One who has kept that law perfectly and who
desires this very moment to enter your life with
enabling power. He will fulfill the righteousness
of the law—the just requirements of the law—in
you, so that you can say with Paul, “Christ liveth
in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by the faith ofthe Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). Sorry for the long article God's bless you as you read his word. |
His answer
is that the law is established and reinforced in the
life of a grace-saved Christian.
The truth of this is so simple and obvious that it
should require no repetition, but the devious
reasoning of those who try to avoid obedience
makes it necessary to press this point a bit
further. Have you ever been stopped by a
policeman for exceeding the speed limit? It is an
embarrassing experience, especially if you know
you are guilty. But suppose you really were
hurrying to meet a valid emergency, and you
pour out your convincing explanation to the
police-man as he writes your ticket. Slowly he
folds the ticket and tears it up. Then he says, “All
right, I’m going to pardon you this time, but …”
Now what do you think he means by that word
“but”? Surely he means, “but I don’t want to ever
catch you speeding again.” Does this pardon
(grace) open the way for you to disobey the law?
On the contrary, it adds compelling urgency to
your decision not to disobey the law again. Why,
then, should any true Christian try to rationalize
his way out of obeying the law of God? “If ye love
me,” Jesus said, “keep my commandments” ( John
14:15).
Obedience—The Test of Love
Someone may bring up the objection that after
the law has accomplished its purpose of pointing
the sinner to Christ for cleansing, it will no longer
be needed in the experience of the believer. Is
that true? No, indeed. The Christian will always
need the watchdog of the law to reveal any
deviation from the true path and to point him
back to the cleansing cross of Jesus. There will
never be a time when that mirror of correction
will not be needed in the progressive growth
experience of the Christian.
Law and grace do not work in competition with
each other but in perfect cooperation. The law
points out sin, and grace saves from sin. The law
is the will of God, and grace is the power to do
the will of God. We do not obey the law in order
to be saved but because we are saved. A beautiful
text which combines the two in their true
relationship is Revelation 14:12. “Here is the
patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
What a perfect description of faith and works!
And the combination is found in those who are
“saints.”
The works of obedience are the real test of love.
This is why they are so necessary in the
experience of a true believer. “Faith without works
is dead” ( James 2:20). No man ever won a fair
maiden’s heart by words alone. Had there been
no flowers, no acts of devotion, no gifts of love,
most men would still be searching for a
companion. 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” (Matthew 7:21).
Words and profession are not enough. The true
evidence is obedience. Today’s bumper stickers
reflect a shallow concept of love. They say, “Smile
if you love Jesus,” “Honk if you love Jesus”; but
what did the Master Himself say? He said, “If ye
love me, keep my commandments” ( John 14:15).
And that is exactly what most people don’t want
to do. If love makes no demands beyond a smile
or wave, then it is welcome; but if the lifestyle
must be disturbed, the majority will reject it.
Unfortunately, most people today are not looking
for truth. They are looking for a smooth, easy,
comfortable religion that will allow them to live
the way they please and still give assurance of
salvation. There is indeed no true religion that
can do that for them.
One of the strongest texts in the Bible on this
subject is found in 1 John 2:4. “He that saith, I
know him, and keepeth not his commandments,
is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” John could
write that with such assurance because it is one
of the most deeply established truths in the Bible.
Jesus spoke of those who said, “Lord, Lord,” but
did not do the will of the Father. Then He
described many who would seek entrance to the
kingdom claiming to be workers of miracles in
the name of Christ. But He would sorrowfully
have to say, “I never knew you: depart from
me” ( Matthew 7:21–23). You see, to know Christ
is to love Him, and to love Him is to obey Him.
The valid assumption of the Bible writers is very
clear and simple: If one is not obeying Christ, he
does not love Christ. And if he doesn’t love the
Master, then he doesn’t know Him. John assured
us, “And this is life eternal, that they might know
thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom
thou hast sent” ( John 17:3). Thus, we can see
how knowing and loving and obeying are all tied
closely together and are absolutely inseparable in
the life of God’s faithful people. The beloved John
summed it up in these words: “For this is the
love of God, that we keep his commandments:
and his commandments are not grievous” ( 1
John 5:3).
Is It Possible to Obey the Law?
Countless Christians have been taught that since
the law is spiritual and we are carnal, no human
being will ever be able in this life to meet the
requirements of the perfect law. Is this true? Has
it been given by God as a great idealistic,
impossible goal toward which converted souls
should struggle but never expect to attain? Is
there some hidden reservation or secret meaning
in the many commands to obey the ten great
rules God wrote on stone? Did God mean what He
said and say what He meant?
Many believe that only Christ could have obeyed
that law and only because He had special powers
that have not been made available to us. Certainly
it is true that Jesus is the only One who lived
without committing a single act of disobedience.
His reason for living that perfect, victorious life is
laid out in Romans 8:3, 4: “For what the law
could not do, in that it was weak through the
flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but
after the Spirit.”
Do not miss the point that Jesus came to
condemn sin by His perfect life in the flesh in
order that “the righteousness of the law” might be
fulfilled in us. What is that righteousness? The
Greek word dikaima is used here, which means,
literally, “the just requirement” of the law. This
can only mean that Christ won His perfect victory
in order to make the same victory available to us.
Having conquered the devil, showing that in the
flesh the law can be obeyed, Christ now offers to
come into our hearts and share the victory with
us. Only by His strength and indwelling power
can the requirements of the law be fulfilled by
anyone. Paul said, “I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me” ( Philippians 4:13)
.
Not one soul can ever keep one of those Ten
Commandments in human power alone, but all of
them may be kept through the enabling strength
of Jesus. He imputes His righteousness for
cleansing and imparts His righteousness for
victorious living. Christ came in a body of flesh
like our own and depended wholly upon His
Father in living His life to demonstrate the kind of
victory which is possible for every soul who will
likewise draw upon the Father’s grace.
Judged by the Law
Now, a final question about the subject of the
law: How many of the Ten Commandments does
one have to break in order to be guilty of sin?
James says, “For whosoever shall keep the whole
law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of
all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said
also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery,
yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of
the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall
be judged by the law of liberty” ( James 2:10–12).
Every individual will be judged at last by the
mighty moral code of God’s law. To break one is
to be guilty of sin. The Bible indicates that the Ten
Commandments are like a chain with ten links.
When one link is broken, the chain is broken. So
it is with the law. Those who stand in the
judgment will have to meet the acid test of the
Ten Commandments. If a practicing thief should
seek entrance into the kingdom, he would be
rejected. This is why Paul says thieves will not
inherit the heavenly city. Furthermore, the Bible
specifically declares that liars, adulterers,
idolaters, and covetous men will not be in the
kingdom. Why? Because the Ten Commandments
forbid those things, and men will be judged
finally by that law. Not one person will be
admitted into heaven who is willfully violating
any one of the Ten Commandments, because
breaking one is breaking all.
Someone might object that this is making works
the basis of entering the kingdom. No. It is really
making love the qualifying factor. Jesus said that
the greatest commandment of all is to love God
supremely. He also said, “If ye love me, keep my
commandments” (John 14:15). Those who
practice any known sin are really confessing that
they do not love God with all their heart, soul,
and mind. So it is the lack of love that shuts them
out—not the act of disobedience that |
God’s Law—A Mirror
At this point we must be very careful to designate
also what the law cannot do. Even though it
points out sin, it has no power to save from sin.
There is no justifying, cleansing grace in it. All the
works of all the laws would not be sufficient to
save a single soul. Why? For the simple reason
that we are saved by grace through faith, as a free
gift. “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall
no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is
the knowledge of sin” ( Romans 3:20).
Do not stumble over this crucial point. We
cannot earn forgiveness by working hard to obey.
No sinner can gain favor and acceptance with
God because he keeps the law. The law was not
made for the purpose of saving or justifying. It
was made to show us our need of cleansing and
to point us to the great source of cleansing, Jesus
Christ, our Lord. The Bible speaks of the law as a
mirror to show us what kind of persons we really
are. “For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a
doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural
face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and
goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what
manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into
the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the
work, this man shall be blessed in his
deed” ( James 1:23–25).
It is obvious to all that a mirror cannot remove a
spot from the face. Looking into the mirror all
day, and even rubbing it over the face, will not
provide any cleansing. Its work is to reveal the
spot and to point the dirty one to the sink for
actual cleansing. The law, in like manner, can
only condemn the sinner by giving him
knowledge of his condition and then pointing
him to the cross for true cleansing. “For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest
any man should boast” ( Ephesians 2:8, 9). Paul
further emphasizes this point in Galatians 2:16:
“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ … for
by the works of the law shall no flesh be
justified.”
Right here we must consider one of the most
fallacious propositions ever set forth relating to
the law. Countless sincere Christians have
accepted the idea that the Old Testament
encompasses the dispensation of works and that
the New Testament provides for a dispensation of
grace. Under this garbled plan people were saved
by works in the Old Testament and by grace in the
New Testament. This is simply not true. The Bible
holds forth only one beautiful, perfect plan for
anybody to be saved, and that is by grace through
faith. Heaven will not be divided between those
who got there by works and those who got there
by faith. Every single soul among the redeemed
will be a sinner saved by grace.
Those who entered into salvation in the Old
Testament were those who trusted the merits of
the blood of Jesus Christ, and they demonstrated
their faith by bringing a lamb and slaying it. They
looked forward in faith to the atoning death of
Jesus. We look back in faith to the same death
and are saved in exactly the same way. Be very
certain that the entire redeemed host throughout
eternity will be singing the same song of
deliverance, exalting the Lamb slain from the
foundations of the world.
The “New” Law of Christ
Some try to dispose of the Ten Commandments
on the basis of the “new” commandments of love
that Christ introduced. It is certainly true that
Jesus laid down two great laws of love as a
summary of all the law, but did He give the idea
that these were new in point of time? The fact is
that He was quoting directly from the Old
Testament when He gave those
newcommandments. “And thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy might” ( Deuteronomy 6:5).
“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself” ( Leviticus 19:18). Certainly, those
penetrating spiritual principles had been
forgotten by the legalists of Christ’s day, and they
were new to them in relation to their life and
practice. But they were not intended by Jesus to
take the place of the Ten Commandments.
When the lawyer asked Jesus which was the
greatest commandment in the law, he received
the answer: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind. This is the first and great
commandment. And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On
these two commandments hang all the law and
the prophets” ( Matthew 22:37–40).
Notice that these two love commandments simply
summed up “all the law and the prophets.” They
all hang upon these two principles of love. Christ
was saying that love is the fulfilling of the law just
as Paul repeated it later in Romans 13:10. If one
loves Christ supremely with heart, soul, and
mind, he will obey the first four commandments
that have to do with our duty to God. He will not
take God’s name in vain, worship other gods, etc.
If one loves his neighbor as himself, he will obey
the last six commandments that relate to our duty
to our fellow men. He will not be able to steal
from his neighbor, lie about him, etc. Love will
lead to obeying or fulfilling all the law.
Not Under the Law
Often we hear this argument in an effort to belittle
the law of God: “Well, since we are not under the
law but under grace, we do not need to keep the
Ten Commandments any longer.” Is this a valid
point? The Bible certainly does say that we are not
under the law, but does that imply that we are
free from the obligation to obey it? The text is
found in Romans 6:14, 15. “For sin shall not
have dominion over you: for ye are not under the
law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin,
because we are not under the law, but under
grace? God forbid.”
How easily we could prevent confusion if we
accepted exactly what the Bible says. Paul gives
his own explanation of his statement. After stating
that we are not under the law but under grace, he
asks, “What then?” This simply means, “How are
we to understand this?” Then notice his answer.
In anticipation that some will construe his words
to mean that you can break the law because you
are under grace, he says, “Shall we sin (break the
law) because we are not under the law but under
grace? God forbid.” In the strongest possible
language Paul states that being under grace does
not give a license to break the law. Yet this is
exactly what millions believe today, and they
totally ignore Paul’s specific warning.
If being under grace does not exempt us from
keeping the law, then what does Paul mean by
saying that Christians are not under the law? He
gives that answer in Romans 3:19. “Now we know
that what things soever the law saith, it saith to
them who are under the law: that every mouth
may be stopped, and all the world may become
guilty before God.” Here Paul equates being
under the law with “being guilty before God.” In
other words, those who are under the law are
guilty of breaking it and are under the
condemnation of it. This is why Christians are not
under it. They are not breaking it—not guilty and
condemned by it. Therefore, they are not under it,
but are under the power of grace instead. Later in
his argument, Paul points out that the power of
grace is greater than the power of sin. This is why
he states so emphatically, “For sin shall not have
dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace.” Grace overrules the authority of
sin, giving power to obey God’s law. This is the
effective reason that we are not under the law’s
guilt and condemnation and also why Paul states
that we will not continue to sin.
Suppose a murderer has been sentenced to death
in the electric chair. Waiting for the execution the
man would truly be under the law in every sense
of the word—under the guilt, under the
condemnation, under the sentence of death, etc.
Just before the execution date the governor
reviews the condemned man’s case and decides
to pardon him. In the light of extenuating
circumstances the governor exercises his
prerogative and sends a full pardon to the
prisoner. Now he is no longer under the law but
under grace. The law no longer condemns him.
He is considered totally justified as far as the
charges of the law are concerned. He is free to
walk out of the prison and no policeman can lay
hands upon him. But now that he is under grace
and no longer under the law, can we say that he
is free to break the law? Indeed not! In fact, that
pardoned man will be doubly obligated to obey
the law because he has found grace from the
governor. In gratitude and love he will be very
careful to honor the law of that state which
granted him grace. Is that what the Bible says
about pardoned sinners? “Do we then make void
the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law” ( Romans 3:31). Here is the
most explicit answer to the entire problem. Paul
asks if the law is nullified for us just because we
have had faith in Christ’s saving grace. |
Almost all of the great
denominations have officially placed themselves
on record as supporting the authority of that law.
Yet very subtle errors of interpretation have crept
into the modern church, leading to the present
state of confused loyalty toward the Ten
Commandments. How earnestly we need to look
at that law and study its relation to God’s grace
and to salvation itself. Itis so easy to accept the
popular clichés concerning law and grace without
searching out the biblical facts by which we will
finally be judged. We must find authoritative
scriptural answers to questions like these: In
what sense are Christians free from the law? What
does it mean to be under the law? Does God’s
grace nullify the Ten Commandments? Is a
Christian justified in breaking any of the Ten
Commandments because he is under grace?
These are the questions we shall address
ourselves to in this important study.
Condemned to Die
Let us push aside the rubbish of confusion that
has obscured the truth about how men are saved.
Multitudes have heard emotional discourses on
sin and salvation, but they still do not
understand the logic and reason that require a
blood sacrifice.
Can you imagine the horror of standing before a
judge and hearing the sentence of death
pronounced against you? Probably not. But you
have felt the driving guilt and fear when God’s
Word stabs you with this sentence: “The wages of
sin is death” ( Romans 6:23). Why fear and guilt?
Because “all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God” ( Romans 3:23).
The words are there and the meaning cannot be
mistaken. The word “all” might just as well be
spelled John Smith or Mary Jones or whatever
your name happens to be. The shocking fact is
that you are under the sentence of death! You
have been found guilty before the law, and there
is no court of appeal in the world that can reverse
the sentence and find you not guilty. The fact is
that you are guilty, just as guilty as sin. According
to 1 John 3:4, “sin is the transgression of the
law,” and you must plead guilty to breaking the
law. Whose law did you break? Paul answers
quickly, “I had not known sin, but by the law: for
I had not known lust, except the law had said,
Thou shalt not covet” (Ro-mans 7:7). There it is!
The great Ten-Commandment law is the one that
was broken, and it demands death for the
transgressor.
In desperation the sinner searches for a way to be
justified in the sight of that broken law. How can
the sentence of death be turned aside? Can man
atone for his sins by obeying the commandments
of God for the rest of his life? Back comes the
answer in language that no one can misinterpret:
“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no
flesh be justified in his sight” ( Romans 3:20).
Listen; there is a reason why works will not justify
a soul. If a man is found guilty of stealing and is
sentenced to ten years in jail, he may indeed
justify himself by works. By serving the time of
his sentence, the man may satisfy the claims of
the law. He is considered perfectly justified and
innocent because he has worked out his
deliverance by fulfilling the sentence. In the same
manner, a murderer may be justified by works if
he serves the fifty years of his sentence. But
suppose the sentence is death instead of fifty
years? Can the prisoner then justify himself by
works? Never! Even if he should work for one
hundred years at hard labor, the law would still
demanddeath. The truth is that “without shedding
of blood is no remission. … So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many” ( Hebrews 9:22–
28).
This is why works can never save the sinner. The
penalty for sin is not ten years in prison or fifty
years at hard labor. The sentence is death, and
the law cannot be satisfied except by the
shedding of blood. That unchangeable law with
its unrelenting death sentence could no more be
removed than the throne of God could be
toppled. The guilt of the past cannot be erased by
resolutions of good behavior in the future. The
sinner finally is forced to confess that he owes
something that he cannot pay. The law demands
death and he cannot satisfy it without forfeiting
his own life for eternity.
The Law Still Binding
Now we are brought to the question that has
created confusion for multitudes of Christians: If
the works of the law cannot save a person, is it
therefore necessary to keep the law? Apparently
this was a burning issue in the early church,
because Paul asked the same question in Romans
6:1. “Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound?” In other words, does grace give us a
license to disobey the law of God? His answer is:
“God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin,
live any longer therein?” (verse 2).
How interesting it is that Christians in this age of
relativism can invent their own definitions that
condone lawbreaking. The Bible says sin is
violating the Ten Commandments—the law which
has been described as irrelevant and old-
fashioned by many modern theologians. Don’t be
deceived. Every one of those great moral precepts
is just as timely and needful today as they were
when God wrote them on the imperishable tables
of stone. And nothing has ever happened to make
them less binding than they were when God gave
them. In fact, we are going to discover that Jesus
came to magnify the law and to open up its
spiritual application, making it more
comprehensive than the legalistic Pharisees ever
imagined. Under the distilling influence of
Christ’s perfect life of obedience, we can see the
spiritual details of law-keeping which are neither
recognized nor made possible apart from Him. |
KingRaoul:You are sick. |
are the socialist
states of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark more
prosperous and healthy than free market
America?
These socialist states have some of the most
productive labor markets in the world, lowest
unemployment rates, and (according to surveys
and indexes) rank among the happiest countries
to live.
If capitalism fosters entrepreneurial thinking and
increases prosperity why are some of the freest
markets on earth also the poorest and most
crime ridden (Haiti)?
If democracy is superior to dictatorship why was
Iraq more peaceful and stable under
a tyranny than it's new American restructured
democratic government? It took less than a
decade for the country to disintegrate after the fall
of it's autocrat.
The same thing could be said of Syria. The
weakening of the Assad family has plunged that
country into anarchy and violence.
If monarchy is really so bad how did the Western
world rise to preeminence under it's oversight?
No doubt there is a time for republicanism, a
time for socialism, a time for monarchy, a time
for capitalism. All of these concepts contain
fragments of truth which if applied at the right
moment will produce good results. But to place
our hopes in these man made ideologies is
to mislead ourselves. All human inventions will
fail. No system designed by man will work
universally.
For this reason, humanity must lay down it's
pride and accept the fundamental tools of
organization which God has lent it. Only in these
will mankind find stability and success.
If a nation upholds the morality of the Christian
religion will it need many laws?
If men lead in humility and courage will it ever be
corrupted?
If women nurture society and produce it's heirs
will it's future be in doubt?
If people are surrounded by their own kin how
much more trust will they have in one another?
How much more cooperation will be possible?
How much more generous will people be
towards their neighbors?
Who is man to direct his own steps? Is God's
organization not enough?
And if a country wants a republic why
should their elders not be the one's to vote?
If a man is qualified to lead the Church is he not
ideal candidate for enfranchisement?
In Titus 1 Paul gives Timothy the qualifications
for an Elder:
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might
put what remained into order, and appoint elders
in every town as I directed you— if anyone is
above reproach, the husband of one wife and
his children are believers and not open to the
charge of debauchery or insubordination. For
an overseer as God’s steward, must be above
reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-
tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy
for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-
controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined . He
must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught,
so that he may be able to give instruction in
sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who
contradict it.
Can someone think of better qualifications to
vote?
If all voters were elders people would trust their
leaders.
It should be men of good character who vote in
elections. Men who have children. Men whose
vote will effect those children.
These are the one's who have a stake in the
political future.
NOTES |
Today, politics is dominated by the fight between
ideologies.
Republicans are capitalists, Democrats are
socialists, the Soviet Union was communist,
America is democratic, Iran is theocratic, most
everyone is multiculturalist (in claim at least).
What is God?
God has revealed his will to humanity in two
ways. His revelation and created order.
What do these things tell mankind about God's
politics?
This author would contend that God
has revealed his political order for humanity in
three fundamental realities:
I. Religion
II. Gender
III. Race / Family / Ethnicity
I. Number one needs little explanation. If a nation
is to be pleasing to God it must worship him,
follow his moral code, and infuse his values
into its society. Most of the Old Testament deals
with one nation's struggle to remain godly.
Religion is innate to man. It shapes his
mind either limiting or expanding him. The spirit
of a society is in its religion, and that spirit can
be either life giving energy or a deadly cancer.
II. The proper view of the second element of
political organization is a lost art. God says men
are to lead in humility and courage, putting
others before themselves.
Women are to nurture and have children. The
suicidal birth rates of modern Europe and Japan
should be enough for humanity to realize that
fertility is a monumental political issue.
Demography is destiny.
If it's women don't give birth a nation cannot
survive, and it certainly cannot grow in power or
prosperity. The women's role is an existential
one.
The two genders compliment one another. They
cannot survive without the other. Neither can last
if the other does not fulfill it's duty.
III. Finally, race, ethnicity, and family form the
genetic reality of God's designed order.
Genesis 10 pays close attention to the
development of human families into vast political
ethnic groups.
Whether the Bible is describing Egypt, Israel, or
Babylon it begins with those people's common
ancestor. Their blood connection.
The Old Testament follows the course of one
man's family, the Nation of Israel, as they march
through history and struggle to maintain there
own political and religious liberty.
This nation (Israel) defines it's existence by blood
ancestry traced back to common family
members.
Race is nothing more than an extended family.
People are more closely related to a member of
their own race than they are to members of
another race.
Nowhere in the Bible is a multiethnic state ever
called a nation. Multiracialism is simply unheard
of.
God naturally organizes man into
nations. Clans of blood relatives. Acts 17:26 states: '[God] hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;' The word translated 'nation' in this verse is literally the word ethnos from which we derive our term ethnicity. In miniature, these nations are nuclear families, and nuclear families make up the smallest form of political organization God has created. In practice, these families expand into ever larger groups that form the core of broader political creations like the nation-state of Israel - a geopolitical organization formed by common blood and heritage. Nowhere in the Bible does God create or encourage the creation of any geopolitical entity besides the ethnic state. All of humanity is descended from 'one blood,' but so are cousins, and yet, they are expected to favor their immediate siblings and parents over one another. If it is morally impermissible for humanity to organize itself by race it is also impermissible for humanity to organize itself by family. Race is merely extended family. At the Tower of Babel, God forced humanity apart when they sought to avoid ethnic fragmentation and division. God intends different nations to form. It is his genetic design. Unity of humanity under anything but Christ is rebellion against God. The modern design, to form out of all races and religions a single common civilization united by corporatism and democracy, is a new Tower of Babel - an attempt to undermine God's created order and subvert the only unity he has chosen to establish. Science has confirmed God's intention to organize humanity by genetically distinct ethnic groups. Pierre L. van den Berghe, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at the University of Washington, summed up the genetic similarity principle when he wrote: 'The degree of cooperation between organisms can be expected to be a direct function of the proportion of the genes they share; conversely, the degree of conflict between them is an inverse function of the proportion of shared genes.' [1] This principle holds true across the animal kingdom. Even vegetation follows this rule. In one study, it was found that plants recognize and cooperate with their siblings: 'Susan Dudley, an evolutionary plant ecologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and her colleagues observed that when siblings are grown next to each other in the soil, they "play nice" and don't send out more roots to compete with one another. However, the moment one of the plants is thrown in with strangers, it begins competing with them by rapidly growing more roots to take up the water and mineral nutrients in the soil.' J. Phillip Rushton of the University of Western Ontario observed that, 'Genetically similar people tend to seek one another out, and to provide mutually supportive environments such as marriage, friendship, and social groups .' [2] This fact has clearly been demonstrated by numerous studies of infants and young children who almost always show definitive racial bias towards members of their own race. Research from the University of Delaware (and others) has shown that infants already prefer their own race by the age of 3 months. By 9 months, the researchers concluded that babies were already less capable of remembering the faces of other race individuals. Other studies have found that humans become more anxious just by interacting with members of another race. In particularly shocking research, it was discovered that White's don't empathize nearly as much with the pain of Blacks as they do with that of other Whites. When shown pictures of a Black hand being pricked with a needle their bodies didn't register nearly as much anxiety. This phenomenon is referred to as the 'empathy gap.' Ingrained biological tendencies to favor one's own genetic relatives produce social situations which make people less likely to create functional societies with members of other racial groups. After extensive study, Harvard researcher Robert Putnam observed: '...inhabitants of diverse communities tend to withdraw from collective life, distrust their neighbors, regardless of the color of their skin, to withdraw even from close friends, to expect the worst from their community and its leaders, to volunteer less, to give less to charity and work on community projects less, to agitate for social reform more, but have less faith that they can actually make a difference, and to huddle unhappily in from of the television.' Putnam's description of diverse communities certainly doesn't sound like a recipe for functional political organization. According to Putnam, racial diversity is so destructive that it causes members of the same race to become less likely to interact due to the mere presence of racially different people. Through his creation and revealed word God has made his political designs clear. No matter which corner of the globe one lives upon every society which accepts the three fold political organization God has designed (religion, gender, race/family) will be better off for it. In reverse, no society (regardless of who they are) will not collapse if they rebel against it. No atheistic society has ever survived, no society whose women would not reproduce has survived, and no multiracial society has ever survived. The more a community rebels against God's politics the more social decline will set in. During America's dramatic rise to power in the 1800s American law was founded upon Christian principals, American women had high birth rates, and the American people were united by common Anglo-Saxon blood. The farther America has drifted from Christianity, proper gender roles, and common racial unity the faster it has become decadent and dysfunctional. What of the ideological questions? What of the debate between socialism and capitalism? Of democracy and monarchy? These weak ideologies are human inventions. Systems whose track records are neutral or of little of consequence. All of them are certainly worth little time debating when compared to the religious, racial, and gender issues which dominate the underlying foundations of all political organization. Capitalist ideologues argue that socialism is economically degenerate, and that it results in laziness and dependence upon the government. But if this is always true why are the |
APC
All progressive Clowns party.
jokers |
God can not fail. The bible is clear about this kind of issues. God will only save you in diffcult situtions in which you have no control over. not in cheap gimmicks like this. remember thou shall not tempt the lord your God. which the pastor and many people do now. that does not make christanity false or that faith does not work. but faith has to be applied in the right sitution and in accordance to God's will. |
APC is all progressive crooks party. no agenda no vision no plan. for the record i don't support PDP or any party. i just hate deceit |
that's my white brothers bro. always innovating and creating wealth making live better while provide jobs. this timid Ones in Nigeria are only into politics and looting nothing more. |
silly post. wat happened to the billions of dollars oil money .wat have they done with it |
Ioannes:Lazy? nobody or country can be lazy and still have so much wealth like US and you say they are lazy.if mexicans and the Africans are hardworking while not stay back and create wealth. they are responsible for reducing wages for whites willingly to do those jobs. by offering cheaper labour. Nigerian did the same thing to Ghana.so while is everybody cursing trump |
plaetton:do not blame religeon. its just man inhumanity to man done in the disguise of religeon. i guess u are an Apethesist |
Guy drop her like is hot. i can not marry a lady that does not have crush or love for me.simple. |
gatiano:All trash and garbage |
@OP ur write up lacks sense. when you say religeon you keep emphasizing on christain religeon. but you forgot that even before the whiteman came to Africa .that Africa was religeous(worship idols, ) same thing with india , and most places in Asian. even native Americans were also religeous but in all this they were still poor.so modern religeon of christainity is not the problem but majority of the people having low IQ. even the bible encourages people to make wealth,work hard.be creative. the bible said a lazy man should not eat. stop confusing people IQ is the ultimate people with high IQ understand that religeon has it on role and effect so they don't mix religeon much with business. |
gatiano:i rather remain silent than making my self foolish by argue with u and your illogical stories |
donTbone:how will their economy derial. China and Japan are 99% indigenous but they are 2nd and 3third largest world economics.before the first Nigerian arrived in US .US was already successfull. ironically this same the Nigeria did it to Ghana.alis popular Ghana must go .during our oil boom. same with SouthAfrica and many African countries. when Oyibo people do it . it becomes racism. blacks and double standard |
@OP this post is more stupid than i thought. show me any sucessful nation that was not religeous. especially christainity. this cow failed to understand that athetism is also a form of religeon.at least they believe in some thing or every thing other than God made the earth. |
APCshit so why did he accept GEJ congralatory massege.stupid party with stupid idealogy |
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