I believe that Christianity is really the continuation of what Judaism was intended by God to be.
NIV John 5:39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me.
Old Testament (OT) covenants vs. New Testament (NT): “but I say unto you”….
This seems to imply that the OT is wrong or that God is inadequate to save by the same means and thus has changed the rules of salvation. If it were possible for God to change the rules of salvation then it was not necessary for Jesus to die on the Cross!!
I will now document for you that Jesus did not change anything.
KJV Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
All he did was to contradict the Pharisees and their traditions, which were in contradiction to the Bible.
Yesterday, after enjoying lunch with a Seventh-day Adventist teacher who has a passion for influencing young minds, he asked me to define the core difference between the church I pastor (Sabbath Grace Fellowship) and the typical Seventh-day Adventist church. When I finished my explanation, he shook his head and said, “That is profound! I had never seen it that way before. You need to write an article on this.”(more…)
The paper that follows thoughtfully addresses an issue that troubles many Seventh-day Adventists: “How are we to regard the writings of Ellen G. White?” As such, it tackles a thorny problem. As the author notes, he does regard her as a prophet. Prophets are generally regarded as persons who receive communication from God. Should the writings of a modern prophet be considered equal to the writings we know as scripture? For further consideration, refer to 1 Corinthians 14:29.
This is from a radio program, a true report of an incident in Michigan:
A guy buys a brand new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500 and has $560 monthly payments. He and a friend go duck hunting in winter, and of course all the lakes are frozen. These two guys go out on the lake with their guns, a dog, and of course the new vehicle.
They drive out onto the lake ice and get ready. Now, they want to make some kind of a natural landing area for the ducks, something for the decoys to float on.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life, how things were so hard for her. She didn’t know how she was going to make it, and she wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one of her problems was solved, a new one popped up.
Her mother took her into her kitchen, where she filled three pots with water. In the first pot, she placed some carrots, in the second one, she placed some eggs, and in the third pot, she placed some ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word, then in about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners.
She fished out the carrots and placed them into a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them into another bowl, then she ladled the coffee into yet another bowl. Turning to her complaining daughter, she asked, “Tell me, what do you see?”
I have recently been diagnosed with AAADD - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it goes…..
I decide to wash the car, start toward the garage and notice the mail on the table.
OK, I’m going to wash the car…
BUT FIRST I’m going to go through the mail. Lay car keys down on desk. After discarding the junk mail, I notice the trashcan is full. OK, I’ll just put the bills on my desk….
The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
As she manoeuvred her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window.
“I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room…. just wait.”
