Friday, June 22, 2012

Who has the truth? Who should we believe?


 The son of a slave woman became an orphan and never knew who his father was. He grew up hating their owner until he found out, from a «reliable source» that the owner had relations with his mother. Therefore he went to claim his rightful state. The owner denied the story, but told him, since he was thinking on the emancipation of the slaves, he could be a potential assistant on the business if he wanted, given his audacity. Nevertheless, instead of making a good deal with the owner, he killed him and under the shelter of the «reliable source», who was lying in order to get “a piece of the action” and/or a preferential position, he became the new owner. Not only did he keep the slaves as such and continue to subdue them, but he killed anyone who could discover the scheme including the «reliable source» since he was of no use to him, anymore. As the “New owner”, he raped a slave woman who gave him a son who later killed him too, to continue the tradition and so on. The «Owner» kept changing as long as the original LIE could be kept hidden in case of the appearance of any not known family member. Those slaves could never be free for the «new owners» always knew how to keep an alliance with the powerful law makers.

 We have to be certain of the choices we make regarding our lives in this world for whoever we believe in, and follow his line of thought, is whom we will share an eternity with. Some think this life is the only one and everything is concluded after it, as if we were bugs which are exterminated, and that is it. Reason for which people want to take advantage of the moment to enjoy ALL they can, justifying the means, not calculating the results which DO NOT excuse them, either.  If we are believers in God, we know that He has given us proof of what we must believe in order to be a part of HIS family. Those will be the ones to inherit EVERYTHING God determined man to have; which is what man turned down when he chose, on his free will, to try the lie of one that was under his ruling according to God’s assessment: the serpent. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our  image, according to Our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. (Genesis 1:26)

The serpent lied to the woman, and she lied to the man. And he did not rule by setting the condition to consult their Creator first, but followed the line of what the woman—under him—told him to do. He then excused himself with God by telling Him “The woman that You gave me fed me the fruit.” In other words: Who is to blame if you gave me something imperfect?  Isn’t it always our excuse for everything? And, that is the reason we have inherited the sinful life of our ancestors for which they were driven out of the garden, breaking up with the Creator. Nevertheless God has not forsaken us, ever, and leaves us clues to act correctly. He has given us His Scriptures which DO NOT say that we should honor a particular group or denomination. He did give us the free will and we failed Him. He gave us the intelligence and we are constantly failing because we are NOT using His source to find the truth. The Bible, which is The word of God, does not say anywhere, that a  MAN chosen by his equal or inferior would be the “Mediator” for the communication between men and God. Yet, it does say: For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. (I Timothy 2:5)  Yet, man is still choosing his “equal” or even less, to praise or kiss his hands or ring. This is NOT what the Scriptures says to do. Nor does it say, that we should kneel before images, on the contrary, it says God ordered: “You shall NOT make yourself an IDOL, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing loving kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Deuteronomy 5:8-10)

Let’s not tell God: “That is the doctrine of the Church You gave us”; the religions are of men who are sinners; whether they are concealed under a convenient cassock or not. We should go to the truth and make amendments to our institutions to reach The Kingdom of Heaven. If it was due to us we would not be saved and would be disappearing like a plague of insects. The sinners are the ones who destroy the churches, the ones who do not follow God’s word; no matter how many titles nor human votes they may have. If they do not do what they preach, they ARE NOT of God. Jesus told the people who did not believe he came from God: You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in Him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44)

We should not blindly trust men, especially those who do not conform to the commandments in the Scriptures.  They simply want to take the seat of the Only One who never sinned and went to death for saying the truth.

For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first; what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
(I Peter 4:17)









 

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