More about my views.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Question 1, Who is God?
- Question 2, What do I believe?
- Question 3, Do I believe in the New Covenant?
- Question 4, What is my doctrine?
- Question 5, Do I believe in Tongues?
- Question 6, Do I believe in prophecy?
- Question 7, Do I believe I am suppose to keep the whole Law?
- Question 8, Is everyone in the World saved?
- Question 9, What is Pauline Christianity?
Answer 1: Who is God?
The God of Israel is the God of all creation.
Answer 2: What do I believe?
I believe all the commandments God Himself gave us are valid. I do not believe in the man-made rules of human religion.
Answer 3: Do I believe in the New Covenant?
Yes! Jesus is the Mediator of the New Covenant. Meaning He decides what it is. He told us that all the commands in the Law are valid. His blood is the New Covenant. (Matthew 26:28). His blood was shed for the forgiveness of sins. The definition of sin has not changed. Sin is transgression of the Law. (1 John 3:4)
Answer 4: What is my doctrine?
All messages in and out of scripture need to be subject to what God clearly said as he identified himself as the speaker and NOT the other way around.
Answer 5: Do I believe in Tongues?
I believe the gift exists, but I do not speak in Tongues. I do NOT believe in speaking in Tongues "by faith". Voluntarily babbling is not tongues. In the church this behavior is taught and then proclaimed to be Tongues. What we see from the Day of Pentecost in ( Acts 2:6 ) is a validated specific manifestation. It says “each one heard their own language being spoken.” I believe very few actually have the gift of Tongues.
Answer 6: Do I believe in prophecy?
Yes. Prophecy exists. I do NOT believe in this prophesying “by faith”. It is false and misleading. It is rarely disclosed that it is "by faith". In almost all instances those that do this are implying that they know that God is speaking through them. If those doing this were challenged, they would probably admit that they do not know, but only believe. This is a widely accepted corruption in the Church.
God declares his will around such practices in Jeremiah 23. You really need to read the whole chapter.
( Jeremiah 23:28-29)28 Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream (as opposed to claiming they know what the dream means. Check the context.), but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
( Jeremiah 23:36-38)36 But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God. 37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38 Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’
Answer 7: Do I believe I am supposed to keep the whole Law?
No. I carefully try to follow the commandments that apply to me. If God speaks, and then Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:17-19 that it stands, then it stands.
Answer 8: Is everyone in the World saved?
God is sovereign, but based on what we have in writing, nobody in the World is saved. Our default state is... The Wrath of God abides. John 3:36 says… He that believes in the son has everlasting life and he that believeth NOT the son shall NOT see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Answer 9: What is Pauline Christianity?
Pauline Christianity is an interpretation of Paul’s message that contradicts what God clearly said.