Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.   For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. ( Jude 1:3-4) Not twenty years after the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, while there were still people alive that had seen Him and spoken with Him, some had even eaten with Him, false teachers were already forming within the local bodies denying the resurrection and the deity of Jesus Christ. Just as the Apostle Peter had to deal with false teachers in his second epistle ( 2Peter 2:1-3 ), Jude who identifies himself as the brother of James was   inspired to write to a church in an unknown location not concerning salvation...

Humble Your Denomination As I write this to you I feel a need to first explain the biblical meaning of  denomination, in order to give some clarity on The Apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth ( 1Cor 14:14-23 ).  We spoke about this on Friday when we addressed you’re going to church with members of your family while at your family reunion. I know that I am long winded but I think you being an intellect will give me some room to wiggle. Please note that this is written to you  ( This post is actual written in response to a letter given to me about how to serve God. ) not to everyone else. Not all teaching is for all people, theology confuses most Christians and most have no idea what they believe, and cannot explain the process of salvation if it meant their life, and it does. Therefore what I am writing is for  your knowledge only  that you may be given a starting point to study what you believe; not to give to others as a way to sh...

Should We Blindly Accept Whatever Comes from the Pulpit? The term Sola Scriptura is the doctrine that says the Holy Bible as we know it; in all its 66 books, Old and New Testaments, is the final, inerrant, authority on all subjects concerning God and His relation to creation. This does not mean that there are no other relevant sources for learning about God, and His relation to creation. ( 1 Corinthians 12:48, Ephesians 4:11 ) Sola Scriptura means if there is an occasion when an alternative source makes a statement which is contrary to what the Bible teaches than the Bible is always without question correct. It naturally goes to reason that the only way to know if an alternative source of learning about God and His relation to creation is in error in its teaching is through knowledge of the Bible. What this means is no matter how much dedication you put toward reading about God, the Holy Bible (Scripture) should make up the majority of that reading.  No matter how muc...

Doctrine of Devils An introduction to False Teachers and Prophets 1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,  2   by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,  3  men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.  4  For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;  5  for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer (1 Timothy 4:1-5) The above passage is talking about leaders within the church that have fallen because of their lust and now are teachers in their ways of perdition [1] .  False teachers which mingle...