Thursday, December 26, 2013

Incarnation?


On Christmas Day from the Vatican in Rome to the Protestant world, it celebrates what is known as the "incarnation," meaning that at one time in history God became a human being.

The trinitarian teaching is that it was only the "man" part of Jesus who was conceived and then the "God" part of Jesus came along and merged with his "man" part in Mary's womb, but it was only the "man" part who was born. That scenario is just not the truth.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Flesh Does Not Mean "Sinful Nature."

People talk about “flesh” as though it is a separate entity from themselves.  “I was in the flesh today,” as someone might say because they hurt someone, whether verbally or physically, because they lost their temper.  

Flesh is nothing but an inanimate conglomerate of biological tissue, it has no moral quality.  If one lost their temper today it was the person who lost their temper, and cannot blame it on “flesh.”

Friday, December 13, 2013

Philippians 2:6

If Jesus was/is the form of God, then he certainly is not God.  Paul could have easily cut to the chase by saying "Jesus is God" to take away any doubt from the reader, but he does not, because he knows that Jesus the Messiah is not God.  

Phil. 2:6 is not talking about Jesus' "nature" (as the NIV translates it) or "substance" as God. In context, the passage has to do with rank or status, not substance.  When we try to make Jesus who he is not, this indoctrination of the trinity leads to nonsensical reasoning to make Jesus who he is not and to make the passages claim what it does not claim.  An example of this can be shown below:

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Setting Aside a Special Day to Remember Christ’s Birth.

Sad to say, every year around Christmas time (and Easter) it seems to be a time when a number of Christians break fellowship with one another over these issues, which ought not to be.  And to add to this, much misunderstanding, confusion, and hurt feelings often result when trying to explain to a family member, or even a Christian, that what they are doing dishonors God and is an abomination to Him.  There are many, if they celebrate Christmas, are accused of following the way of the heathens for Christmas is said to be a pagan holiday.