Doctrinal Statement
Worshiping God in Spirit AND in Truth
My God-given calling is to help people fall in love with God's Word so that they too may worship God in Spirit and in Truth and live in obedience to Him.
The Holy Bible – I have an Extremely High View of Inspiration
Every detail is in the Bible by design of the Holy Spirit.
God says what He means and means what He says.
The Holy Bible is inerrant and infallible in the (Antiochian) Textus Receptus.
The Bible is to be taken seriously and literally unless a passage is obviously figurative (words are used for example: something is like/as something else) although that does NOT always completely diminish a literal rendering.
The Holy Bible is the ONLY authenticated Word of God consistent with history, objective science, and itself.
All other writings outside the Old and New Testaments are rejected as writings of men.
There is no authority given to mankind that is higher than the Word of the Lord. It is the standard by which everything else is to be compared.
The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed, the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.
The Holy Spirit preempts every heresy that has ever come on the scene with His Holy Word.
Anything NOT Textus Receptus are perverted texts and are considered Alexandrian. Alexandrian texts are NOT what was historically was used by true Christians throughout history (except in modern perversities).
Alexandrian codices contradict each other and the Textus Receptus and are only a few manuscripts. This is in contrast with the Textus Receptus which has thousands of manuscripts and no contradictions.
Alexandrian codices are also NOT the oldest manuscripts as a 1st or 2nd generation piece of Matthew (the Jesus Papyrus) has been found that correlates with Textus Receptus not Alexandrian Codices.
All modern Bibles are developed from what they call “the most accurate” or “oldest texts” which are Alexandrian and in fact are perverted texts (no matter how old they are). The King James Version is the only Bible that totally used the Textus Receptus to translate into English (as of 03/06/2010).
Modern Bible translations are translated by arrogant translators who seek to make a name for themselves and the majority of them do not believe God's Word and one would be hard pressed to find one who was truly saved. The King James Bible primarily comes from the work of William Tyndale who burned at the stake at the hand of the Roman Church for his work without recanting. How many modern translators would be willing to do the same? The King James Version was translated by serious Christians who believed God's Word.
(for more information on this issue please see chick.com/information/bibleversions/)
God
God as revealed in the Bible is a Triune being that co-exists eternally as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as One God. Polytheism and oneness teachings are rejected as anti-Biblical heresies.
God does not change: the God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament.
God is omnipresent. That is to say He is all present, everywhere at once.
God is omniscient. That is He is all seeing. He knows all things He cannot learn and nothing surprises Him and nothing can be hidden from Him.
God is omnipotent. That is He is all powerful.
God is good, God is love, God is just, God is holy.
God is sovereign: He ultimately rules everything.
Sin
Is best described as any other will in the universe that is not God's will.
ALL human beings are sinners with the sole exception of Christ Jesus.
Any deviation from the laws as set forth by God in the Old and New Testaments is sin.
Sin is what separates man from God.
Mankind is totally depraved to sin.
Mankind prefers separation from God rather than a reconciliation to God.
Mankind being so perverse runs to hell as if it were heaven and runs from heaven as if it were hell.
Pride is the root of all other sins.
Christians will sin but should hate sin and especially despise to the uttermost practicing sin in their lives. To practice sin is like an athlete practicing to be better at his sport so as to win.
The closer one walks with the Lord the more one hates his sins this is a sign of spiritual maturity.
Man
Man is the only creature created in God's image therefore man is eternal (not infinite) and is a triune being: the soul, the body and the spirit.
Man is special to God and has purpose.
Man is NOT basically good man is basically evil. To think otherwise totally contradicts all of history, scripture and objective science.
All humans are not God's children. Natural humans are “sons of Adam and daughters of Eve.” Unregenerate man is unholy. The only way for humans to become children of God is to be born again.
All humans worship something there is no such thing as a true atheist, and therefore all humans are idolaters by nature (creating gods the way they think a god should be).
Satan
Satan is real and is not a cultural idea (it works to an enemy's advantage for people not to believe in they have an enemy).
Satan is evil and perverse.
Satan is a very powerful fallen angel.
He is a person (not a human) that has a character and personality.
Satan seeks the destruction of humans as they are created in the image of God whether they worship the him (Satan) or not.
Satan is a deceiver and manipulates the minds of men through their pride.
Satan is not currently tormented in hell. He wanders the earth as he is the god of this world.
There is no salvation for fallen angels/demons
There may be a difference between fallen angels and demons.
Damnation & the After Life
I must declare with great sadness there is a conscious eternal punishment of those who have rejected so great a salvation in Jesus' sacrifice.
Satan, his group of fallen angels and demons are destined to go to a place that God has made for them called the lake of fire.
Sheol (aka Paradise) or Hades is not the lake of fire, Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire.
Men prefer living this life apart from God and He will not force them to live with Him in the next life. He will send them to their place that they prefer which is separation from God and therefore separation from all that is good in a place of indescribable torment. If one knew the torment that hell contains the very thought would cause them to physically die.
There were two chambers in Sheol/Hades. There was the area known as Abraham's bosom and another area known as torment (Luke 16). But Jesus lead a train of captives out of Sheol/Hades into Heaven when He died.
I reject the doctrine of the annihilation of the wicked based on the fact that the antichrist and the false prophet are thrown into the Lake of Fire at the beginning of the 1000 years in Revelation 19:20 and they are still there at the end of the 1000 years in Revelation 20:10.
Idolatry
Any god created in an image of any creature or idea.
“I don't think God would allow anyone to go to hell” and such comments are idolatry. You have just created a god in your image of what you would do if you were a god.
Jesus
100% God: “Son of God”
100% Man: “Son of Man”
Messiah the King: “Son of David”
Jesus co-exists eternally with the Father and the Holy Spirit as the second Person of the Trinity.
Being God He is without sin, pure and Holy.
Being man He was tempted in all manner of sin as all mankind is tempted and yet without sin.
Jesus was born of a virgin.
Jesus' Death and Resurrection
Jesus who had no sin became sin for the whole world.
Jesus died in place of those who trust and believe He died for them.
Jesus' literally physically rose from the grave and is physically alive today.
Lucidly rejecting the literal physical resurrection of Jesus is the spirit of antichrist.
Salvation
Salvation from damnation is ONLY found in Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the only reconciliation between man and God.
It is only by the work of the Holy Spirit that man can come out of his depraved state to be saved.
Salvation is by unmerited favor alone, through actively trusting alone, in Jesus alone.
Works
Doing good works to help you get salvation is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
Good works apart from Salvation are like used menstrual cloths in God's sight (Isaiah 64:6).
Good works that are acceptable to God are those which come from being saved not trying to get saved.
Evangelism
Jesus commanded that we go and make disciples of the nations. He did not say that we go and get a bunch of people to call themselves Christians.
Discipleship comes from a serious study of God's Word, and a serious relationship with the Lord.
The ends DO NOT justify the means. What you win a convert by is what you win them to. Faith is trusting God will do what He promises to do (His word will not return to Him void).
The law of the Old Testament and the even higher standards of the New Testament is to be used to help people understand their spiritual problem so that they can see they desperately need a Savior.
Creation
All of creation is only around 7000 years old.
The entire universe was created in 6 literal days as a pattern for the entire age of man (2 Peter 3:8), the millennial kingdom and new heavens and the new earth.
The gap theory is rejected as man's attempt to marry paganism with God's Word (Pergamos).
All other positions on creation are considered un-biblical, un-objective and un-scientific but rather based on the mythology of humanists who don't want to be accountable to God.
Eschatology
The Day of the Lord is a general term that includes: the rapture (harpazo), the time of man/Satan's kingdom, the time of Jacob's trouble, the Second Coming of Christ, the 1000 year reign of Christ and the new heavens and the new earth.
The taking up of God's Church and the removal of the Holy Spirit will happen before the antichrist can come to power (Revelation chapters 4&5 come before chapter 6, see 2 Thessalonians 2) thus before the 70th week of Daniel.
The time of the tribulation is only 3.5 years but the seals open the first 3.5 years and the last seal opens the tribulation period.
7 years after the antichrist confirms the covenant with Israel, Israel will nationally repent of rejecting their Messiah and Jesus will return to the earth.
Believing in pre-antichrist rapture should spur Christians to live godly lives, evangelize and disciple.
The resurrection of believers is a literal physical resurrection. The body we have in this life will be literally resurrected but in a glorified state, thus what it was meant to be.
The Catholic Church (Thyatira), sleeping protestants (Sardis), and the entertained church (Laodicea) will become the whore of Babylon after all true Christians (mostly Philadelphia) are removed from the world in the harpazo (Revelation 2-3).
Fruits of the Spirit
The only important fruit of the Spirit that should be the priority of Christians is love toward God and love toward man.
All gifts outlined in God's Word are valid for today (though much of what is paraded as spiritual gifts is falsehood).
Gifts of the Spirit will never add to or contradict the Bible.
A Christian grows by worshiping God in Spirit and in truth: understanding God's Word and reading it daily, praying daily and being in fellowship with other Christians regularly.
Fellowship includes conversation with other believers that is focused on Jesus and with Jesus. Personal accountability with other believers to keep sin in check. Love, patience and self-denial toward other Christians.
Churches should not pattern themselves after pop-churches but should pattern themselves after the good things the Churches in Revelation 2-3 detail. On the flip side Churches need to remove the bad things that Revelation 2-3 detail with the remedies given by Christ Himself.
Judaism/Israel
According to the Bible there are only three groups of People in the world: the Jew, the Gentile and the Body of Christ (in Christ there is neither Jew nor Gentile).
Biblically there is no such thing as the 10 lost tribes of Israel. When Israel was divided as a nation those who worshiped YHWH moved to Judah (2 Chronicles 11:3, 14-17, 15:9, 19:4, 30:1, 5-6, 10-11, 21, 25-26, 35:17-18. James proves that during his time all 12 tribes were accounted for (James 1:1).
Without Judaism Christians have no heritage. This causes Christians to incorrectly interpret the Bible and the world they live in.
Judaism should be understood by Christians but not religiously practiced by Christians.
Christians should support and bless Israel.
Judaizers, those “Messianic Jews” who would seek to put others under bondage of the law and traditions are rejected as such (Hebrews 6).
The Church has NOT replaced Israel. Such doctrines are the basis for antisemitism and have historically lead to intense persecution for God's Jew (Romans 11:25).
Jews that die are lost apart from their Messiah.
God is not done with the Israel they are temporarily set aside while the Body of Christ (which they rejected 2000 years ago) is present.
The Holy Blessings
Baptism – to be done by believer's ONLY there is no case in scripture of infant baptism. Baptism is a way we publicly identify with Christ. I prefer to submerse when baptizing as baptism has its roots in the Judaic-Priests submerging in the temple requirements. Baptism is something done out of obedience to God but is not necessary for Salvation.
Communion – to be done by believers ONLY and by those believers who are not practicing sin. Personally I prefer unleavened bread (as leaven is a picture of sin and the bread is the picture of Christ's perfect body) and red wine mixed with warm water as was the custom of the Jewish Passover (red grape juice is acceptable).
Marriage - is a picture of Christ and His Church and is NEVER to be taken lightly. Marriage according to God's Will is to be defined as one man to one woman for a lifetime matrimony.
These holy blessings of God are to be understood and honored. True believers are to worship God in Spirit AND in truth.
The Divine Order
The Father is the head of Christ
Christ is the head of man
Man is the head of woman
Woman elders and pastors are a rebellion (1 Corinthians 11:3-16).
Pastors according to God's Will are to be honored and provided for by those who benefit spiritually from their work.
Other
According to God's inerrant Bible the Mary was a sinner who needed a savior, and later on had more children with Joseph.
According to God's inerrant Bible Peter NEVER went to Rome, was married, and was the apostle to the Jews. He never was a Pope and did not agree with the false teachings of Catholicism when you seriously study his writings.
The first Pope was Constantine around 313 AD.
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