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Yes we can pray to Jesus! Prayer is simply talking to Jesus Yes we can pray to Jesus! Prayer is simply talking to Jesus. Praying to Jesus The oldest surviving fragment of an early Christian liturgical prayer is probably "Our Lord, come" (Maranatha, I Corinthians 16:22; compare Revelation 22:20); it ... Jesus is God, so we can pray to God the son, and God the Father. Paul wrote of Jesus that "by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were ... I am satisfied that the majority, but not all of the evidence is that we direct our requests solely to the Father. Yet we still need to grapple with Jesus own words, Jn 14:14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it" (Jn 14:14 may be ... Christ is my Physician (Luke 5:31), but I can't talk to my Physician? Christ is the Bishop of my soul(1 Peter 2:25), but I can't talk to my Bishop? Christ is the Bridegroom of the church (His bride)(2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:22-33, but ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-praying-to-jesus.htm

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Official creed of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC ... It takes the Bible as its all-sufficient source of faith and practice, and subscribes to the historic creeds of the universal church. In common with historical, evangelical Christianity, it emphasizes Christ as Saviour and coming King. It also ... The Bible does not simply contain the Word of God, but is, in reality, the complete revelation and very Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit. Christian believers today receive spiritual illumination to enable them to understand the Scriptures, 1 ... The Father exists eternally as the Creator of heaven and earth, the Giver of the Law, to whom all things will be subjected, so that He may be in all. Gen. 1:1; 1 Cor. 15:28 THE SON The Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal and only begotten Son of the ... Acts 5:3,4 His personality is shown by the fact that He has personal characteristics and that individuals may relate to Him as a person. John 16:13-14 ANGELS CLASSIFICATION Angels were created as intelligent and powerful beings to do the will of God ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-PAOC.htm

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Origin of Ancient synagogues: Architectural prototype of the ... Ancient Synagogue Museum From Temple to Synagogue to Church The Jewish Synagogue was the prototype of the Christian church in worship and function God's Eternal plan: 605BC-33AD "Archeology is an incomplete and flawed science when its conclusions are ... the Hebrew Torah in the Greek Septuagint. In fact, by Philo 38 AD, Explicitly dated the origin of Synagogues to 262 BC in Egypt. By the time of Jesus, there were thousands of synagogues in the world and more than 400 in Jerusalem alone. ... But apparently in this period many Jews did not flinch from this labour. This series of new translations, which created an entirely new literary corpus, was an intellectual accomplishment of the first order. (The Septuagint as Christian scripture ... Acts 22:19. Of course, as time went on Christians were finally expelled out of the synagogues and met in homes or rented rooms. In 150 AD Justin Martyr documents the hostility between Christians and Jews. In 614 AD, the Aramaic Chronicles of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/welcome.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... ... pagan origin: p136 Lords Supper is of pagan origin" p146,147 The idea of "blood atonement for sins" is of pagan origin: p152,158 Jesus "Begotten of God" is of pagan origin: p169 Incarnate Logos of Jn 1:1 is of pagan origin, The "pre-existent angel" is a 4th ... in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p136) #29: Jewish Sabbath and the Sunday Lord's Day both of pagan origin: "In the early Christian Church there were no festivals, holy days, or Sabbaths" ... "I have, already mentioned that Sunday, too, was a pagan holy-day; and in this chapter I propose to discuss the origin of this custom of keeping one day in the week as a Sabbath, or "day of rest,' and' to show that the practice was forcefully opposed by Jesus Christ. ... of bible hating scholars who could no more accept that the Sabbath is of divine origin, as the earth was created in 6 literal 24 hour days.) So according to Sabbatarians logic, if Sunday originated with Mithraism, then the Sabbath originated with the Babylonians. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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The Jewish Synagogue Mikveh was the "Christian Maker" Baptistry ... The church was rebuilt around 400 AD, eventually being occupied by the Muslims only to be destroyed finally in 749 AD. 10. In Christian theology, salvation and forgiveness of sins is attained at the point of water baptism. There are five metaphors for water baptism: a. Cleansing and washing away of sins: Acts 2:38; 22:16 b. Putting on clothing of Salvation: Gal 3:26-27 c. New birth: Jn 3:3-5 d. Circumcision: Col 2:12 e. Re-enactment ceremony of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ: Rom 6:3-7; Col 2:12 f. The Nicene Creed of 325 AD, verifies that this is the first century tradition and explains why full immersion baptistries were built directly into all Byzantine churches. 11. The recently ... Titus destroyed Jerusalem, fulfilling Jesus prophecy of Matthew 24 in 70 AD. a. "Now this vast multitude is indeed collected out of remote places, but the entire nation was now shut up by fate as in a prison, and the Roman army encompassed the city when it was crowded with inhabitants. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Mikvah-Christian-Maker-Baptistry-wash-sins-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-copied-similarities-into-church.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... ... In AD 354, Philocalus wrote a Christian martyrology that dates the nativity of Jesus Christ on December 25, and cites an earlier work as backup. From this we can deduce that Christmas was celebrated on the present date as early as AD 335 in Rome. It may be that Christmas was set on this day to supplant the pagan feast, or it may simply be a coincidence. Hippolytus and Tertullian, two early church fathers who lived before the Nicene Council set up our present method of determining the date of Easter, used March 25 as the date of Easter. If this is also the origin of considering March 25 to be the date of His conception, then it is possible that December 25 was ... Chrysostom (in 386) states that the celebration of the birth of Christ 'according to the flesh' was not inaugurated at Antioch until ten years before that date. He intimates that this festival approved by himself, was opposed by many. An Armenian writer of the eleventh century states that the Christmas festival; invented in Rome ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm

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Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... ... The Wesleyan doctrine of perfectionism, logically leads to Pentecostalism. This is proven by the rumor that some of Wesley's converts spoke in tongues! The official creed of the Methodist church reads: "The Discipline is a record of ... Sometimes proponents of current charismatic activity claim that having spiritual gifts is a mark of Christian maturity. Nothing could be further from the truth. The church in Corinth had more in the way of spiritual gifts than any other as far as we have record. Yet it was a church plagued by ... Paul's illustration is to point out that just as he left behind childish ways when he grew from infancy to manhood, so also the infant church would no longer have spiritual gifts when revelation is complete. Jesus "gave gifts unto ... The ordinary prophets do receive partial, fleeting and somewhat obscure revelation. But Moses, the writer of the first five books of the Bible received revelation that was clearer and fuller, as opposed to the other which was "in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm

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Apostate church organization: 150-250AD: The rise of the single ... ... school-from them, I say, I borrowed it, and was able to go through it, and to find that most of it belonged to the right teaching of the Saviour, but some things were additions." (Introduction To The Gospel Of Peter, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol 10) Here we have Serapion, who is called "Bishop of Antioch". ... That episcopacy originated in this way, is the conclusion of not a few scholars, even in a Church which has made much of apostolic succession. Bishop Lightfoot says of the evidences in the case, ' They show that the episcopate was created out of the presbytery.'" (Henry C. Sheldon, History of the Christian Church, Vol 1, p 143) "The first bishops were generally bishops of ... Ignatios makes it clear that in a given local Church, there is one bishop, a council of presbyters, and the deacons: "All of you follow the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed the Father, and the presbytery as the Apostles; respect the deacons as the ordinance of God" (Smyrnaeans 8). It is commonly asserted by ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-150-250AD.htm

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Official creed and Baptismal vows of Seventh-day Adventist church Click to View Go to Seventh-day Adventist Official Baptismal Vows Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute the church's understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. Revision of these statements may be expected at a General Conference session when the church is led by the Holy Spirit to a ... Support is found in these Bible passages: Genesis 1:1: Revelation 4:11: 1Corinthians 15:28: John 3:16: 1John 4:8: 1Timothy 1:17: Exodus 34:6,7: John 14:9 #4 The Son God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the ... Through the agency of the Holy Spirit they point out sin and awaken a sense of need for a Savior. Salvation is all of grace and not of works, but its fruitage is obedience to the Commandments. This obedience develops Christian character and results in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-SDA.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... Therefore, we do not defend the Nicene creed or the Athanasius creed, but are content to simply prove the deity of the uncreated Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. But for Jw's the rejection of Catholic doctrinal ... First it is important to note that we do not defend anything but the concept of trinity as taught in the New Testament. We do not defend the developed Nicene concept of the trinity. The necessity to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, and it was, in particular, its faith in the ... At first the Christian faith was not Trinitarian in the a strictly ontological reference. It was not so in the apostolic and sub-apostolic ages, as reflected in apostolic the NT and other early Christian writings. Nor was it so ... mean very much, however, for generally speaking the New Testament is less intent upon setting forth certain doctrines than it is upon proclaiming the kingdom of God, a kingdom that dawns in and with the person of Jesus Christ. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion Notice "explicit doctrine". This refers to the creedal definition of the trinity of the Nicene era 325 AD. All theologians (except for Arians/Jw's and modernists) agree that the New Testament and the earliest Christians viewed Jesus as God. But we could just as easily say this: "Theologians agree that the Bible also does not contain any prohibition against blood transfusions." or better yet: "Theologians agree that the Bible also does not contain any organization larger than the local church! (are you listening Brooklyn?)" Jw's use this quote to create ... Full texts: "TRINITY. Trinitarian doctrine touches on virtually every aspect of Christian faith, theology, and piety, including Christology and pneumatology, theological epistemology (faith, revelation, theological ... Third, the filioque ("and from the Son") clause, inserted into the Western creed in the sixth century but denounced by the Orthodox church, remains a serious obstacle to reunion between East and West. Theologians should ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

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Seals, Bulla, Documents, Pottery & Antitypical New Testament ... The Bible is the most historically accurate book of history on earth. Read the Bible daily! New Testament antitypes of Pottery, Seals, Bulla, Scribes and papyrus documents: Introduction: This fascinating study of archeology explores New Testament antitypes of the most common everyday objects in ancient Israel and the first century church. Papyrus or animal skin documents ... Seals identified ownership: iv. Seals guaranteed security from tampering or changing the contract: v. Seals created secret time capsules. vi. Seals showed validation and approval of the object stamped: vii. ... II. Scribes: Each Christian is a scribe! Here is a sculpture in the Louvre of a seated Greek scribe from the 6th century BC found at Thebes in Greece. He is holding a writing instrument and parchment. Scribes have existed from the time of Noah down to the time of Jesus. A scribe was a language expert, fluent in reading and writing the native language. While Moses required all Jews to learn to read and write ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-seals-clay-bulla-scribes-inkwells-quills-papyrus-documents-scriptorium-antitype-assurance-salvation-Christ.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary ... image and after our likeness') implies that a revelation of the Triune God had been given to man when first created, inasmuch as he was to be given the divine fellowship, but that the consciousness was afterwards lost with ... Peter, in explaining the phenomenon of Pentecost, represents it as the activity of the Trinity. 'This Jesus ... being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath ... "TRINITY. The word Trinity is not found in the Bible, and, though used by Tertullian in the last decade of the 2nd century, it did not find a place formally in the theology of the Church till the 4th century. It is, however, the distinctive and all comprehensive doctrine of the Christian faith and gathers up into the seam ... God as Creator thought out the universe, expressed His thought in a Word, and made His Spirit its animating principle, thus indicating that the universe was not to have a separate existence apart from God or opposed to Him. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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The Canon of Marcion the heretic God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the ... First, Marcion's rejection of the Old Testament was indeed total, in that he regarded it as completely alien to the revelation of salvation brought by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament documents he accepted. But this was not because he did not believe that the God of the Old ... In the process he denied the validity of allegorical interpretation of the Old Testament, which he saw as a means of accommodating it to Christian belief; this too is picked up by Tertullian. In short, Marcion was not a major influence on ... The Orthodox church practices countless things the contradict the writings of Paul. Conclusion: When we study Marcion, it should be obvious that the vast majority of New Testament books were already recognized as part of the New Testament ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-canon-of-marcion.htm

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30-150AD: Church organization the same as in the Bible Blueprint ... ... with him, to the Church of God sojourning at Philippi: Mercy to you, and peace from God Almighty, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, be multiplied." (The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, introductory statement) 110 AD ... Notice that Jerome documents in 492 AD, that overseers and elders are the same office, and that local churches had more than one. In spite of the practice of the day in 492 AD, Jerome looks back, in same way we can today, and comments on what the ... Furthermore, the earliest fathers, with a true sense of the distinction between the apostolic and episcopal offices, do not reckon Peter among the bishops of Rome at all." (History of the Christian Church, Philip Schaff, v2, ch 4) "The actual order of the ... Upon the subjects discussed in this note see especially Salmon's articles, Clemens Romanus, and Linus, in the Dict. of Christ. Biog." (Philip Schaff, Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. I, footnote 14) "Lipsius [Justus Lipsius, 1600 AD], after a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-150AD.htm

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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... ... What we see in John 14,15,16 is the miraculous, what we do not see is the non-miraculous personal indwelling. The fact that Jesus says that the Holy Spirit "will be in you [miraculously]" (John 14:17) merely echoes numerous Old Testament ... The Gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 10:44-45) which simply cannot be anything BUT miraculous. 6. Stop overcomplicated a simple thing. The first century church was a miraculously "Spirit filled church". Every single Christian from AD 33 to 100 either personally ... The Holy Spirit personally, literally and physically locates Himself inside (indwells) the Christian. b. Personal indwelling advocates are found in both liberal and conservative churches: i. The majority view within most "conservative" local ... The nine gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in 1 Cor 12:7-14 2. Preachers and theologians have greatly complicated the simple nature of the miraculous function of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament: a. They have created entire collection of four ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-miraculous-Joel2-28-Promise-of-the-Father-Baptism-Acts2-38.htm

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Psychiatry is founded upon the "medical/chemical model" which ... Psychiatry is founded upon the "biological/chemical model" which is opposed to the "Moral/spiritual model" revealed in scripture. Psychiatry views man as wholly physical, just a bunch of chemicals and denies the both the existence of God and the spirit of man. Psychiatry openly mocks and ridicules God and Christians, calling Christian theology "foolish, misleading and obsolete". The Diagnostic and ... Now we are in trouble! What took them so long?" Just as it is impossible for a young earth creationist who believes in Jesus to get a Phd in geology so too it is impossible to get a Phd in psychiatry ... Humanism and Evolution Christianity Biological/chemical View Moral/spiritual View There is no God or creator. God created the world in 6 literal 24 hour days about 6000 years ago. The human mind is ... Morality is a relative thing determined by random chances and the joint consent of individuals. Morality is determined by God regardless of whether the majority agree to pass a law legalizing Gay ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-medical-chemical-biological-model-vs-moral-spiritual-view.htm

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Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) ... having been sent for the express purpose of revealing Christ Jesus to the members of the Church, that they may be comforted, instructed, and built up in their most holy faith, and to the world that sinners may be convicted of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. John 7:38+39; 14:16+17; 15:26; 16:13-15; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4 We believe that God exists in three persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that these three are eternal and are one. We also believe that God is the sole Creator of the universe. V. The Fall of Man We believe that man, originally created in the image and after the likeness of God, fell from his high and ... John 3:5-8; Gal.6:15; Eph.1:13; Tit.3:5; Jas. 1:18; 1 Pet.1:23; 1 John 5:1 We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, that He is God and has all the attributes of God. We also believe that He lives in all believers and that by His ministry every Christian is made to be part of God's eternal family, is marked off as truly God's possession, and is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm

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Inspiration claims of the Watchtower Bible Tract Society B. Jw's are eventually taught the Watchtower was prophesied by Jesus in Mt 24:45 Watchtower organization = "faithful & sensible slave whom God put in charge" Jehovah's Witnesses = "of his household" Watchtower magazine = "food at the proper time." Weekly Watchtower study: Every church worldwide studies same thing, at same time Informed Jw's believe that the Watchtower magazine claims inspiration by God in its teachings. C. Now you understand why they are always asking you to buy their Watchtower magazine when they come door to door. It is the Jw's creed book & primary Bible Quotes Where Jw's ... Hence, besides individually possessing God's Word, we need a theocratic organization. Yes, besides having God's spirit of illumination, a Christian needs Jehovah's theocratic organization in order to ... Then consult the record of the one religious organization that all Christendom's religious organizations and Jewry strenuously opposed during world War I and have opposed since Everybody knows that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-inspiration.htm

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RaPseudo-Ephraem does not teach the Rapture! Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent "new doctrines" in the history of the Church. The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930, which was made popular by Billy Graham in 1935. Prior to 1830, no church taught it in their creed, catechism or statement of faith. 6. Christians reject all these false notions of God illuminating man ... setting that persists even to the present day. 5. Pseudo-Ephraem is a forgery: There was a Christian named Ephrem or Ephraim who died in 373 AD. Pseudo-Ephraem is an 8th century or later ... Latin text of Pseudo-Ephraem quotes and relies upon the Pseudo-Methodius which also heavily documents the Islamic invasion that started in 622 AD. So here we have one pseudepigrapha ... will take place in the created order; For peoples will fall upon each other And nations will destroy one another, Evil will fortify itself on the earth And iniquity will increase throughout creation. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-pseudo-ephraem-latin-syraic-texts.htm

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Catholicism's SHOCKING attitude toward the Bible! If Christ had intended His religion to be propagated and preserved by means of a book, can any conceivable reason be urged why He should not have written one? Of His ability to do so there can, for the Christian, be no question." (Plain ... All of these are similar and reveal that men will be judged by the New Testament of Christ in the last day. In providing an eternal standard of judgment, Jesus could have easily given His own personal writings if that had been His will. ... We mention again that present day Catholic officials would like people to believe that the Catholic Church loves and respects the Bible as ordained of God. However, in reality the Catholic Church does not love and revere the Bible, but is opposed to it as the only authority in religion. ... Please notice the following quotations from Catholic sources: "The Bible does not pretend to be a formulary of belief, as in a creed or catechism. There is nowhere in the New Testament a clear, methodical statement of the teaching of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-attitude-towards.htm

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Sabbath Vs. 1st Day Debate: Samuele Bacchiocchi Allow me to briefly define the terms of my proposition. By "the New Testament" I mean specifically the time in which the New Testament era began. Jesus nailed the old law to the cross (Col. 2:14) and the New ... This is not to say that the church cannot come together at other times. This simply means that the church is commanded (either by direct command, example, or implication) to come together upon the first day of the week for worship. I do not believe Sunday was ever a "Christian Sabbath" as some denominational preachers have taught. I do not contend that God "changed" the ... Such an endeavor can only boost egos, while antagonizing participants and spectators. Biblical truths are not defined by majority vote of who won or lost a public debate, but by a painstaking study of the Word of God under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. My concern, John, is to engage you in a responsible analysis of those Biblical texts and historical documents that have been traditionally used to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi-lewis-debate.htm

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Official creed of the Presbyterian Church ... their thankfulness, strengthen their assurance, edify their brethren, adorn the profession of the gospel, stop the mouths of the adversaries, and glorify God, whose workmanship they are, created in Christ Jesus thereunto, that, having their fruit unto holiness, they may have the end, eternal life. [6.089] 3. Their ability to do good works is not at all of themselves, but wholly from the Spirit of Christ. ... Nevertheless, there shall be always a Church on earth, to worship God according to his will. [6.145] 6. The Lord Jesus Christ is the only head of the Church, and the claim of any man to be the vicar of Christ and the head of the Church is [PCUS without warrant in fact or in Scripture, even anti-Christian,] [UPCUSA unscriptural, without warrant in fact, and is] a usurpation dishonoring to the Lord Jesus Christ. Chapter XXVIII Of the Communion of the Saints [6.146] 1. All saints [PCUS being] [UPCUSA that are] united to Jesus Christ their head, by his Spirit and by faith, have ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-presby-west.htm

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Newman, John Henry: Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ... Whether we betake ourselves to the Antenicene writers or the Nicene, certain texts will meet us, which do not obviously refer to that doctrine, yet are put forward as palmary proofs of it. Such are, in respect of our Lord's divinity (Essay ... are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church." (Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, John Henry Newman, a cardinal by Pope Leo III in 1879, 1878, p351-353) Almost all of these things the Catholics borrowed not from the pagans, but the Jews! ... What we have a right to ask, if we are bound to act upon Vincent's rule in regard to the Trinitarian dogma, is a sufficient number of Antenicene statements, each distinctly anticipating the Athanasian Creed. 11) Now let us look at the ... Of course we believe that they imply it, or rather intend it. God forbid we should do otherwise! But nothing in the mere letter of those documents leads to that belief. To give a deeper meaning to their letter, we must interpret them by the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Newman.htm

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BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations We have not discussed them because most of them are not Bible translations, but one man's a commentary where in he translates the single Bible verse. These men are usually anti-trinitarians themselves, so the vast majority amount to self-quoting. Bibles frequently quoted by Jehovah's Witnesses: ... Lamsa, George M.: This is a translation made from Greek into Aramaic Hebrew, then translated a second time into English. Lamsa admits he was raised in the Nestorian church. Nestorius, who was condemned by the third Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431, taught that Jesus had two persons in one body, one human and one divine. Lamsa said: "the Eastern Christians believe in one God with three ... New English Bible & Revised English Bible: produced by liberal, modernistically minded theologians whose vital faith is troubling even to Jehovah's Witnesses. The fact that the word "Christian" is found 32 times in these Bibles, when in fact it is only found three times in the Greek is proof enough ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm

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Pseudo-Philo: 60 AD Creation in 5886 BC, Septuagint Chronology ... Augustine was wrong and the prevailing opinion that the Jews changed their Torah chronology was true. II. The majority view was that the Jews corrupted the Hebrew text: 1. Augustine outright rejected the ... Augustine chose poorly. The Jews did corrupt their own Bible for anti-Christian purposes in 160 AD just like Ezra had done in 458 BC for anti-Samaritan purposes by changing the location of Joshua's alter from Mt. Gerizim to Mt Ebal. c. Notice that in both cases, you had the entire collection of Hebrew manuscripts in the hands of a small number of men who created a single manuscript that would come to dominate the world, within a population who were Hebrew illiterate. 2. Augustine documents the view of his own churchmen that the Jews corrupted the Hebrew Text and that the ... Dei 15.13.1) d. "This hypothesis they adopt, that they may not cast a slight on the trustworthiness of versions which the Church has received into a position of high authority, and because they believe that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Augustine-of-Hippo-Chronology-Genesis5-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-Septuagint-Hebrew-400AD.htm

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The Amazing Telecomputer! ... Another option would be to have a booth at the county fair for $100 and obtain 100 enrollments in one week. Great, but when you consider that at least one Christian would need to occupy the booth at all times, with the total time amounting to 80-plus hours, we can ... Total enrollments phoned: 127 Enrollments "not interested": 36 Pranks: 5 Juvenile:15 Never received first lesson: 12 In Matthew 13:47-50 Jesus likens the kingdom of heaven to a fish net that is filled with all kinds of fish. The fishermen were to empty the net, fish by ... My summation of his research is that the total population falls into one of three categories: religiously committed those who attend church every week (30%) religiously uncommitted those who have strong ties to a church but aren't regular attendee's (65%) un-churched those who have no religious affiliation (5%). Bibby thoroughly documents that religious affiliation ties are very strong for the vast majority of the population. Just because someone doesn't ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-telecomputer.htm

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Zedekiah, Matteniah King of Judah 597-587 BC The Chronological ... After countless loving warnings from God to repent of idolatry and moral sins, Zedekiah was Israel's last chance before the temple of Solomon was destroyed on Monday 28th August 587 BC. Jesus vs. ... King Zedekiah: 597-587 BC (2 Kings 24:17-25:7; 2 Chronicles 36:10-13) How to use this outline in church sermons and classes: This monograph on Zedekiah is organized very simply. 1. One lesson can ... This is a chronological Bible study that reads bible chapters and sometimes entire books in the year the events took place. b. This is actually a commentary on all Bible materials by year, as opposed ... The recently published Cindy and David Sofer collection at the "Bible Lands Museum" in Jerusalem of 103 Cuneiform tables called the "Al Yahuda Archive" documents everyday life in these same colonies ... V. Chronological reading of Daniel during the time of Zedekiah: 597-587 BC See also: Book of Daniel: 1260 days. 42 months, 70 weeks and 490 years See also: Pre-Christian, Jewish-Messianic expectation ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Zedekiah-Matteniah-last-king-of-judah-seal-bulla-cave-597-587bc

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Neo-Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism ... ... There were some differences to the current movement, though, in that she insisted that her meetings be orderly. Manifestations interrupting the service were not permitted. She was highly regarded in many Christian circles, and strongly ... Branham taught that gifts of the Holy Spirit could be transmitted through the laying on of hands via a man who possessed such gifts. He believed in further revelation given by angels, dreams, visions, and prophecy. He strongly taught that Jesus ... Even though the majority of his teachings are totally in error and diametrically opposed to the plain teaching of Scripture, he is still held up as God's true prophet. William Branham's heretical theology: God's Word consists of the zodiac, Egyptian pyramids and scripture. Doctrine of trinity is considered demonic The claim that he was Elijah the prophet Millennium to begin in 1977. That he was the seventh angelic messenger to the Laodicean Church Age (Footprints, pg. 620).(Using the dispenational theory ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neo-montanism.htm

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Major errors of Pentecostalism They claim their teachings come by direct revelation knowledge from God and are not subject to human scrutiny. 6. WORLDLY/HUMANISTIC THEOLOGY- WOF presents a distorted vision of God and the Christian ... They see themselves as "God's Remnant" and/or His "overcomers." 10. POWER RELIGION - The majority of their teachings and conferences center around "power" and the "anointing." There is a stress on ... These happenings are frequently referred to using the imagery of flowing water. Chances are that the quality and genuineness varies considerably from stream to stream, from church to church, and from ... These are in no particular order. 1. IS THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE EXPENSE OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD? If the speaker almost exclusively speaks of God and the Spirit, yet ... Remember, when God created the universe it was GOOD (Genesis 1:4, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). It is not the physical which is evil, but its abuse. Similarly, it is not the spiritual which is good, but proper ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-pentecostal-errors.htm

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A Short History of the Watchtower Organization ... A skilled lawyer who had served as Russell's chief legal advisor, he combined legal prowess with what opponents undoubtedly saw as a Machiavellian approach to internal corporate politics. Thus he used a loophole in their appointment to unseat the majority of the Watch Tower directors without calling a membership vote. And he even had a subordinate summon the police ... During the 1970's changes took place at Watchtower headquarters in regard to presidential power. First it became accepted in theory that the Christian Church (which Jehovah's Witnesses see their organization as encompassing) should not be under one-man rule, but rather should be governed by a body similar to the twelve apostles. The 7-member board of directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania had previously been portrayed as fulfilling this role, but in 1971 an expanded Governing Body was created with a total of eleven members, including the seven Directors. The aim was to demonstrate that the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-history.htm

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Official creed of Awana Clubs International (A.W.A.N.A.) MAN We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature and became alienated from God. We believe that all men are morally corrupt, and of themselves utterly unable to remedy their lost condition. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans ... We believe that man is justified by grace through faith apart from works and that all true believers, once saved, are kept secure in Christ forever. (Acts 13:38-39; Romans 4:5, 6:23, 8:1, 38-39; John 10:27-29; Ephesians 2:8-9) THE CHURCH We believe that the true Church is composed of all persons who are regenerated by the Holy Spirit through saving faith in Jesus Christ; that they are united ... But both of which are an evidence of obedience and fellowship with the Lord. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38, 41, 8:12, 35-38; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29) THE CHRISTIAN LIFE We believe that a Christian should walk in holiness and not after the flesh, with the goal of being conformed to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Awana.htm

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"Scientology: From Science Fiction to Space-age Religion" Scientology is a powerful new religion whose teachings are inconsistent with the beliefs of orthodox Christian faith. Ours is an age of religious cacophony, as was the Roman Empire of Christ's time. ... One of the most intriguing and controversial items found in today's religious marketplace is The Church of Scientology. The church was founded by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) in California in ... continuance of many earlier forms of wisdom."[4] These include the Vedas, Taoism, Buddhism, Judaism, Gnosticism and early Greek civilization; and the teachings of Jesus, Nietzsche, and Freud. ... The Thetan is also considered to be the innate source of his own projected universe, which overlaps the created universes of other Thetans in a great community of souls. Thus is formed the world of ... All the examples in the book -- some 200 "real-life experiences" -- were just the result of his obsessions with abortions and unconscious states....In fact, the vast majority of those incidents were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-explained-simple-cri.htm

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Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church ... (The Early Church, Henry Chadwick, p 125-6) But if you read the full quote below, Chadwick is only commenting what he thought was going on in the mind of Constantine in at the time of his conversion in 311-312 AD. So Chadwick's personal view of Constantine at the time of his conversion in 311 AD is clear: Constantine knew the one true God was Jesus Christ, and knew that trust in Jesus would bring about military victory. Constantine clearly viewed Jesus as the deity in ... But again we say, nothing Chadwick writes anywhere, indicates Constantine was a "Christian by day and a pagan sun worshipper by night" at the time of the Nicene council in 325 AD, some 14 years after his conversion. Even Chadwick indicates the obvious, that Constantine's faith grew with time as seen in both words and actions. Encyclopedia Britannica fully documents the incredible extent that Constantine went to destroy paganism and idolatry in the same spirit of many of the righteous kings of the Old ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Chadwick.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 1:1 to the Father as in Eph 4:4. The use of "God" as a class of being in John 1:1, mirrors Gen 1:1 where "God" as a class of being created and made "man in our image". In fact, the only formal personal proper noun/name for God is "Jehovah", not "God". ... Jehovah's Witnesses (Arians), on the other hand, define the first "theos" [God] as a personal proper noun/name for the Father and the second exactly like we do, as a "class of being". The difference is that JW's define Jesus as a lessor class of being, and we, defining the two occurrences of God identically, as an equal class of being! Our position is irrefutably solid and the only consistent one. We do give honourable mention to the Modalists, (United Pentecostal church International, UPCI), ... There is no syntactical parallel to Acts 28:6 where there is a statement in indirect discourse; John 1:1 is direct....I am neither a Christian nor a Trinitarian." Kaufman: Dr. Paul L. Kaufman of Portland, Oregon: "The Jehovah's Witnesses people ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john1-1.htm

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Rapture Doctrine invented by John Darby in 1830 AD However Edwards ideas, which he admitted were brand new and never before taught, had no influence in the modern population of the false doctrine. That prize to goes to Darby. 3. Prior to 1830, no church taught it in their creed, catechism ... B. Rapture prophecy time charts: 1. All Rapturists need a complex and detailed time chart to graph out their sequence of events. Here are original documents that map out the end. The one pictured below is a general overview chart to give the basic idea. click to view 2. Rapture Summary Chart. Notice that the entire New Testament period is something that God had to think up on the fly when the Jews rejected Jesus as their king. So God had to think up the church age as a stop gap measure until God could try a second ... This means that they do not even need any Biblical passages to prove their new doctrine. They, as prophets, believe God has revealed it to them as a brand new Christian doctrine, that the first century Christians never believed, the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm

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Examples of Mental Illness in the Bible So psychiatrists are doctors of something they do not even believe in. "Psychiatry was first coined by Johann Christian Reil in 1808 AD who invented the famous "Klinkenkaten" as a treatment to cure the insane. As the keys were ... Psychiatry is atheistic, evolutionary, Darwinian humanism. e. Psychiatry is founded upon the "medical/chemical model" which is opposed to the Moral/spiritual Model. This is why it is appropriate to refer to Psychiatry as ... Psychologists reject the moral code of the Bible and replace it with their own person standard of what is right and wrong in the DSM-5, known as the "Bible of Psychiatry". b. Psychologists will often identify church attendance and Bible reading as the root cause of a person's problems. They even believe Jesus and Apostle ... Unaware they have a loving Father in heaven who created them and robbed of all hope in life, they commit suicide. g. The devil loves the mental health industry. 4. Not all Psychiatrists, Psychologists, social workers, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible.htm

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3 secret reasons why Seventh-day Adventists keep the sabbath One of these beliefs is that Ellen G. White was an inspired prophet! (there is no such thing as a prophet who was not inspired!) If you don't like this fact, look for another church! Don't believe it? Check it out for yourself: Official SDA Creed. Ellen G. White was a false prophet: Colossians 2:18 "Let no ... Jesus raised the cover of the ark, and I beheld the tables of stone on which the Ten Commandments were written. I was amazed as I saw the fourth commandment in the very center of the ten precepts with a soft halo of light encircling it. Said the angel, 'It is the only one of the ten which defines the living God who created the heavens and the earth and all things that are there-in."' (Pages 95 and 96.) Ellen G. White recorded under ... The Christian Connextion Church was part of the Christian Church (Stone/Campbell movement), but had their own ideas regarding the Trinity and the state of the dead. I had an old 1870s book which I can't find in my library right now that put ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-White-halo.htm

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Official creed of the Free Will Baptist Church Freewill Baptist Church Free Will Baptist Articles of Faith The Bible. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are our infallible rule of faith and practice. God. There is one living and true God, revealed in nature as ... He also performs special acts, not otherwise provided for, as the highest welfare of men requires. The Sinfulness of Man. Man was created innocent, but by disobedience fell into a state of sin and condemnation. His posterity, therefore, inherit a fallen nature ... FEET WASHING, an ordinance teaching humility, is of universal obligation, and is to be ministered to all true believers. Tithing. God commanded tithes and offerings in the Old Testament; Jesus Christ endorsed it in the Gospel (Matthew 23:23), and the apostle Paul said, "Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him" (I Corinthians 16:2a). The Christian Sabbath. The divine law requires that one day in seven be set apart ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-freewill.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed in expedient, optional tradition ... The origin of Wednesday night, mid-week bible study, may have started with a single Christian setting aside that time for personal Bible study, worship and prayer. Others wanted to join him and in time a decision was made that a formal time would be set for all members in the local church. Unfortunately this good practice of spending extra Bible study time together as a church, may become an unwritten law and seen on the same level of authority as the first day (Sunday) communion worship services. Most expedient traditions are merely good optional choices, but we must always separate what God requires from the freedom God gives us to chose expedients. C. Jesus showed that expedient ... So, contrary to scripture and tradition, they eventually outlawed Quartodeciman view with the Nicene creed. Hippolytus implies that the Quartodecimans keep all other "apostolic tradition", except for rejecting how to properly calculate Easter. Now the "Easter controversy" is an example of how man-made ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-3-expedient.htm

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creed and beliefs of Baha'i Faith: A brief history & notes on ... ... - Baha'u'llah 3. Obedience to the laws of God 4. Pray - one of three daily obligatory prayers 5. Noon day Prayer 6. I bear witness Oh my God that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. 7. I testify at this moment to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth 8. There is no other God ... Indeed the descendants of Isaac lost their inheritance as Christ had foretold. Within 50 years of this prophecy Jerusalem was destroyed and the people of Israel scattered. By the second century AD the Christian church was composed almost entirely of Gentiles. The people of Israel had failed to meet the terms of the covenant established ... Each of the Manifestations discussed in this compilation became the founder of an independent religion, thereby making Abraham the "Grandfounder" of five religions. Religion Founder Year Place Descendent of Judaism Moses 1400 BC Sinai Abraham & Sarah's son Isaac Christianity Jesus 30 AD Galilee Isaac - King David Islam Mohammad ... ... https://www.bible.ca/creed-bahai-beliefs.htm

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Study resources for the Old and New Testament Canon ... of the second century C.E. of the book of Psalms and also of all of the Writings, refer to the whole of the Writings in the time of Jesus? Were the "psalms" equal to the later designated Writings? ... Cairo Geniza. A careful reading of selected texts from this collection of recovered documents in Egypt indicates that several writings were deemed sacred among the Jews in Cairo in the eighth and ... Justin's use of NT writings to support Christian teaching and worship (Justin, Dial. 28.1; 65.2; 84.4; 100.1-8; 1 Apol. 66, 67). Writings that mention Marcion's limited collection of NT scriptures ... Matt. 15.3, which shows a Marcionite use of Matthew, and Hom. Jes. Nav. 7; and see also Princ.). Discussion of scripture, tradition, and authority in the church (Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.20, on ... Amphilochius, Iambi ad Seleucum 289-319 (ca. 396) from Asia Minor. n. Rufinus, Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 36 (ca. 400) from Rome/Italy. o. Pope Innocent, Letter to Exsuperius, Bishop of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-resource-list-macdonald.htm

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What Early Christians believed about BAPTISM ... Church to Himself glorious, not having stain or wrinkle' - of course after the laver - 'but that she may be holy and without reproach; thereafter, to wit, being 'without wrinkle' as a virgin, 'without stain' (of fornication) as a spouse, 'without disgrace' (of vileness), as having been 'utterly purified.'" (Tertullian, "On Modesty," 217 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4, pg. 94) 140-230 AD TERTULLIAN This is in agreement to the context of the words of John the Baptist when he prophesied of the baptism of fire. Referring to Jesus, John said, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but ... Fathers, vol. 8, pg. 132) 181 AD Theophilus of Antioch "Moreover, those things which were created from the waters were blessed by God, so that this might also be a sign that men would at a ... Council of Constantinople I "We believe . . . in one baptism for the remission of sins" (Nicene Creed). 382 AD Gregory of Nyssa "[In] the birth by water and the Spirit, [Jesus] himself led the way in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-baptism.htm

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282 BC: Birth of the Greek Septuagint LXX Steve Rudd 2017 Abstract: The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the entire Hebrew Old Testament by pre-Christian era Jews. The city of Alexandria was founded in 331 BC by the Alexander the Great, two years after he ... who said the translators were inspired and speaks of an annual memorial on Pharos Island during the time of Jesus for the translation event of 282 BC. This highlights how widely accepted the Septuagint was when the church was born in 33 AD; Josephus (75 AD) who says the Jews rejoiced when they were read the Greek Bible after ... we may find out the points in which the majority of them are in agreement, and so having obtained an accurate translation may place it in a conspicuous place in a manner worthy of the work itself and your purpose. ... ... In the time of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, the Levite and priest Esdras (Ezra) was inspired to a prophetic restoration of all the old documents. 150(1) Aristobulus, in volume one of his To Philometor, wrote: "Plato too was ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-birth-historical-accounts-origin-antiochus-II-Letter-of-Aristeas-Aristobulus-Philo-Josephus-Justin-Martyr-Irenaeus-Eusebius-Irenaeus-Augustine-282BC.htm

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High self esteem is atheistic paganism! Psychiatry promotes Self ... ... Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus," Philippians 2:3-5 The self-image, positive self-esteem movement has its origin in the "doctrines of demons", atheism, humanism and paganism. It is entirely anti-Christian! 1 Tim 4:1-4. The psychiatry industry believes low self esteem causes mental illness, when in fact the opposite is true. The psychiatry ... view of Self-Esteem, Jay Adams, p7) In 1670 AD, Richard Baxter, Church Minister, took the view that insanity and depression were caused by life circumstances, moral choices and sins of an individual. ... Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus," Philippians 2:3-5 "But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."" James 4:6 ... In one of the two cases of mental illness in the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar was struck with mental illness because of his pride! Low self esteem is a myth. The vast majority of people, especially mentally ill ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-self-esteem-vs-biblical-selflessness.htm

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Schools, Education and Literacy of Jews In Synagogues ... the multitude, stood Basil, statue-like, erect as Samuel among the prophets at Naioth, and quite indifferent to the interruption of the imperial approach." (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 2.8: St. ... The remaining 90% were civic "every day life" public and private documents including: Laws, codes, edicts, registers, official correspondence, census-returns, tax-assessments, petitions, ... C. The church is a school: 1. The same is true for the church. Every church is to be a school! a. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17) b. "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge ... Almost every major university today is correctly described as secular, atheist, liberal and anti-Christian, yet these institutions were started as Bible schools by various churches. b. Once a Bible ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Schools-ancient-Synagogue-Literacy-of-Jews-education-reading-writing-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-liturgy.htm

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The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ... Hebrew went extinct around 300 BC as a common working language of the Jews. At the time of Jesus, Aramaic was the native language but Greek was the working language of all Jews the world over. Weekly ... Augustine in 400 AD makes this timeless observation true of Jews in 100 BC and Christians today: "Nevertheless, the Church has adopted the Septuagint as if it were the only translation. Indeed, ... In 80 AD, Apostle John translated Aramaic into Greek for his readers. "Scripture cannot be Broken" even when it is translated! Introduction: 1. God understood when he created all the languages of men ... The Septuagint: A text of the Bible in the language of the common people (Greek) A Mikveh: Also known as "The Christian Maker", full immersion water baptism washed away sins in the name of Jesus and ... And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him." (Acts 8:26-38) Finally, the majority of New Testament quotations of Old ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm

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Rapture Refuted: Harold Campinng's numerology date setting end ... Introduction: 1. Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent "new doctrines" in the history of the Church. The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy ... That prize to goes to Darby. Prior to 1830, no church taught it in their creed, catechism or statement of faith. 2. Harold Camping owns 55 Radio stations with headquarters in Texas. He wrote a book ... Today there is no longer any question, May 21, 2011 is the day in which Jesus Christ will return. What proof is there for the date of May 21, 2011? The date May 21, 2011 was derived solely from ... Camping, although originally a Christian Reform church minister in 1958, has long abandoned the reform tradition in favor of his own mix of theology he invented because he believes the Holy Spirit ... In our chart, 101 scholars on the day and year Christ was crucified, the majority view, and the view of this author, is that Christ was crucified on Friday April 7, 30 AD. Of the 101 scholars, 53 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-harold-camping-2011-official-end-of-the-world-time-rapture-chart-numerology-date-setter-may-21-2011.htm

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Scientology is Neo-Gnosticism: Paying to learn secret knowledge ... A religion where you pay to learn secret knowledge that saves you!!! This article will contain material which was written by early Church Fathers to refute the Gnostics; Scientology critics will ... In his treatise "Against the Valentinians" (written c:a 207 a.D - Jeff Jacobsen's statement about "Valentinus writing c:a 300 a.D" is clearly a mistake) Tertullian, an early Christian apologist, ... and apparently raise the dignity of their mysteries in proportion to the craving for them which they have previously created. Compare this to the 'purification rundown' etc. in Narconon/RPF/Ethics. ... men before instructing them; although truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by first persuading." (Tertullian, Against the Valentinians, Chapter I, quoted in the Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. ... All in all it seems very foreign to Scientology to have any 'simplicity' in the 'Advanced Tech'. Of course it's obvious that Jesus Christ did not teach any 'Advanced Tech' to his disciples, who were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-gnostic-roots.htm

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Official Creed of: The Independent Fundamental Churches of America ... We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and that man is totally depraved, and of himself utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Genesis 1:26,27; Romans 3:22,23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3,12). 6. SALVATION We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for ... We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word; which clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh (Romans 13:13,14; Galatians 5:13; ... We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and afflicted (John 15:7; 1 John 5:14,15). 12. THE CHURCH a. We believe that the Church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-independant-fundamental-(IFCA).htm

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