Did you know that the Roman Catholic Church has a different set of the Ten Commandments than the Holy Bible has? It is true. The normal person will never find this out unless they open their Bible and place it beside the Catholic book, "A Catechism for Adults". As you read through the following list of the Ten Commandments of the Roman Catholic Church, see if you can find where the difference is:
1. I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt not have strange gods before Me. (Exodus 20:2,3)
2. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain. (Exodus 20:7)
3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath Day. (Exodus 20:8)
4. Honor thy father and thy mother. (Exodus 20:12)
5. Thou shalt not kill. (Exodus 20:13)
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)
7. Thou shalt not steal. (Exodus 20:15)
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. (Exodus 20:16)
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. (Exodus 20:17)
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods. (Exodus 20:17)
If you look closely at the first two commandments above, you will see a rather large gap between Exodus 20:2 & 3 and Exodus 20:7. When you look in the Holy Bible, you will see that the Roman Catholic Church has "conveniently" left out, Exodus 20:4 & 5 which says, "You shall not make for yourself a carved image - any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God..."
Why would the Catholic Church make these changes? The Catholic Church has through the centuries practiced idolatry by making "carved images" of Mary and Jesus Christ, and instructing their followers to "bow down" to them. Unfortunately, unless the person who is a practicing Catholic really studies their Bible - they will never find this "false teaching" being taught by their church.
So, when I found this out, I still had a problem because even though they removed the 2nd Commandment, they were still able to have ten Commandments. How was this possible? Again, you must look at Exodus in your Bible and then look at their list of the Ten Commandments in order to find this error. Look closely at the 9th Commandment and the 10th Commandment above. You will find that the Roman Catholic Church has taken the 10th Commandment and divided it into two parts - thus creating their own "Ten Commandments".
For those of you who don't know what the correct list of the Ten Commandments is, here they are taken directly from the Holy Bible:
1. I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:2,3)
2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image - any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, is a jealous God. (Exodus 20:4,5)
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)
4. Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God, in it you shall do no work. (Exodus 20:8-11)
5. Honor your father and mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12)
6. You shall not murder. (Exodus 20:13)
7. You shall not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)
8. You shall not steal. (Exodus 20:15)
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (Exodus 20:16)
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
(Exodus 20:17)
One other thing to note is the 4th Commandment regarding the 7th day Sabbath Day. If you take some time to look back in history, you will find that again it was the Romans who moved the Lord's holy Sabbath Day from Saturday to Sunday.
The Roman Catholics will even take credit for this change today! In their book, "A Catechism for Adults" on page 115 under "Note #1" it states, "The Church (meaning the Roman Catholic Church) changed the Lord's Day from Saturday to Sunday because our Lord rose from the dead on Sunday and the Holy Spirit came down upon the Apostles on Pentecost Sunday." Unfortunately, they fail to see that Jesus Christ RESTED in the grave on HIS Sabbath Day! And, as soon as the Sabbath was over, HE AROSE!! As His followers, we are to also rest on HIS HOLY DAY - Saturday, the seventh day of the week. Jesus called Himself, "the Lord of the Sabbath". It belongs to Him (not the Roman Catholic Church or any other denomination), and therefore, we have no authority to move it to another day.
In closing, ALWAYS be diligent to study the accuracy of what your spiritual leaders are teaching you. As I have just shown above, it is easy for a person to be deceived and to believe false teachings unless that person stays in God's Word, the Bible, on a daily basis.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
The Creation: Six Days or Seven Days?
There is a very subtle thing going on in Christian circles today, that everyone seems to be missing. I first noticed this a couple years ago when I attended a conference on Creation here in Springfield, MO. It was put on by the Creation Museum in our area. All day long I listened to speakers from the museum talk about the SIX DAYS of creation, but no one mentioned the SEVENTH DAY of the creation story. Since my blog is about "God's People Doing Away with God's Law in the Last Days", the Holy Spirit began to warn me that there is something wrong somewhere in all of this.
Since then, I have listened to Christian pastors speak about the Creation story, and again it is most often about the SIX days God created, and not the SEVEN. I have even heard them say that after the SIXTH day, God was finished with His creating! What? What ever happened to God creating the SEVENTH day?
Christians really need to learn to think with their heads today, instead of their ears. We know that God "rested on the SEVENTH day". (Gen. 2:2) Well, if He had not CREATED the SEVENTH day, how could He have rested on a day that He never created? Hmm. So, that gets me back to wondering if something bigger is going on here?
In fact, the first part of the same verse listed above says, "And on the SEVENTH day, God ENDED His work which He had done..." Wait a minute! I just heard an evangelical minister on the radio last week say "God ended His work after the SIXTH day!" This evangelical minister just lied, not only to his home congregation, but also to hundreds of his radio listeners! Genesis 2:1 says, "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." NOTE: It does not say that God was finished creating the DAYS!! God had one more day to create, and that was HIS HOLY day, the SEVENTH day, the Sabbath.
Let's take a minute to think about God creating this special SEVENTH day, a day God Himself named the "Sabbath Day". God had just finished creating the SIXTH day, which included creating mankind - Adam and Eve. (Just as a side point, let me point out here, that Adam and Eve were not "Jewish".) So, logically, that means Adam and Eve were present with God when He created His SEVENTH day, Sabbath. God loved His special creation, whom He created in His own image, so much that He wanted a very special day to be set aside FOREVER so they could come out from among the world, stop working 24/7 (rest from all work), and spend time alone with Him. What a wonderful gift He gave to Himself and to mankind when He created the SEVENTH day!
The real question, though, lies underneath all of this. The real question is, "WHY?" WHY are preachers and ministers not wanting to include the SEVENTH day in the story of Creation? Well, if I was a detective, I would be drawn to the conclusion that they don't want to think about the SEVENTH day Sabbath - and, they really don't want their listeners to start thinking about it, either. So they've made the decision to deceive their listeners by just leaving out "a little bit" of the story!
If ministers got convicted of the truth about the SEVENTH day Sabbath, they would have to give up their churches which meet on Sunday. Remember, "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil." (I Tim. 6:10) Because they don't want to lose their jobs, most Sunday ministers will "do away with" the SEVENTH day Sabbath by not acknowledging it or by nullifying it as invalid for today's "New Testament" Christian.
The TRUTH is that God created SEVEN days - not SIX. Also, there is something extra special about this day compared to the other six days. This SEVENTH day of Creation is the ONLY day that God "blessed" and "sanctified" (made holy and set apart). (See Genesis 2:3) You will never read any where in the Bible where God called the FIRST day "blessed" or "holy". If you do any research on this subject, you will find that it was a Roman emperor who decided to call the FIRST day of the week, "Sunday", after their sun god. So, it definitely is not a "holy" day by God's Word, the Bible.
Again, I want to encourage you to keep your eyes and ears open to what is being said in these last days, in an attempt to take away from God's TRUTH revealed in His Word. Very silently, subtly, and slowly, God's Law is being eliminated - not so much by unbelievers, but by those who claim to be "followers of Christ"! Just be careful that you don't become like those "without understanding, who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not..." (Isa. 5:21)
Since then, I have listened to Christian pastors speak about the Creation story, and again it is most often about the SIX days God created, and not the SEVEN. I have even heard them say that after the SIXTH day, God was finished with His creating! What? What ever happened to God creating the SEVENTH day?
Christians really need to learn to think with their heads today, instead of their ears. We know that God "rested on the SEVENTH day". (Gen. 2:2) Well, if He had not CREATED the SEVENTH day, how could He have rested on a day that He never created? Hmm. So, that gets me back to wondering if something bigger is going on here?
In fact, the first part of the same verse listed above says, "And on the SEVENTH day, God ENDED His work which He had done..." Wait a minute! I just heard an evangelical minister on the radio last week say "God ended His work after the SIXTH day!" This evangelical minister just lied, not only to his home congregation, but also to hundreds of his radio listeners! Genesis 2:1 says, "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished." NOTE: It does not say that God was finished creating the DAYS!! God had one more day to create, and that was HIS HOLY day, the SEVENTH day, the Sabbath.
Let's take a minute to think about God creating this special SEVENTH day, a day God Himself named the "Sabbath Day". God had just finished creating the SIXTH day, which included creating mankind - Adam and Eve. (Just as a side point, let me point out here, that Adam and Eve were not "Jewish".) So, logically, that means Adam and Eve were present with God when He created His SEVENTH day, Sabbath. God loved His special creation, whom He created in His own image, so much that He wanted a very special day to be set aside FOREVER so they could come out from among the world, stop working 24/7 (rest from all work), and spend time alone with Him. What a wonderful gift He gave to Himself and to mankind when He created the SEVENTH day!
The real question, though, lies underneath all of this. The real question is, "WHY?" WHY are preachers and ministers not wanting to include the SEVENTH day in the story of Creation? Well, if I was a detective, I would be drawn to the conclusion that they don't want to think about the SEVENTH day Sabbath - and, they really don't want their listeners to start thinking about it, either. So they've made the decision to deceive their listeners by just leaving out "a little bit" of the story!
If ministers got convicted of the truth about the SEVENTH day Sabbath, they would have to give up their churches which meet on Sunday. Remember, "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil." (I Tim. 6:10) Because they don't want to lose their jobs, most Sunday ministers will "do away with" the SEVENTH day Sabbath by not acknowledging it or by nullifying it as invalid for today's "New Testament" Christian.
The TRUTH is that God created SEVEN days - not SIX. Also, there is something extra special about this day compared to the other six days. This SEVENTH day of Creation is the ONLY day that God "blessed" and "sanctified" (made holy and set apart). (See Genesis 2:3) You will never read any where in the Bible where God called the FIRST day "blessed" or "holy". If you do any research on this subject, you will find that it was a Roman emperor who decided to call the FIRST day of the week, "Sunday", after their sun god. So, it definitely is not a "holy" day by God's Word, the Bible.
Again, I want to encourage you to keep your eyes and ears open to what is being said in these last days, in an attempt to take away from God's TRUTH revealed in His Word. Very silently, subtly, and slowly, God's Law is being eliminated - not so much by unbelievers, but by those who claim to be "followers of Christ"! Just be careful that you don't become like those "without understanding, who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not..." (Isa. 5:21)
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Did Jesus Come to Fulfill the Law of God?
I received a comment this week from a reader making the following statement: "The law of God exists, but has been fulfilled." This person was referring to Matthew 5:17 which says, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law (destroy it) or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill." Most Christians have been taught that this means Christ has fulfilled the Law of God. (Past tense.) However, the very next verse will set this false teaching straight and show that Christ was referring to a future time.
Matthew 5:18 says, "For assuredly I (Jesus) say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." Is heaven and earth still here? Yes, they are. So what? Well, Jesus just said that if heaven and earth are still here - then He has not fulfilled the Law of God, yet. Jesus has not yet fulfilled the Law of God and the proof of that statement is in the fact that heaven and earth are still here!
The answer to the question in the title of this post is this: Yes - Jesus came to fulfill the Law of God! He just hasn't done it yet - contrary to what most of us have been taught through our preachers, Bible colleges, or even our own families. So, when is Jesus going to "fulfill" the Law of God? When He comes back again to set up the Kingdom of God here on earth. The Kingdom of God will also have His "Kingdom Law". How do I know that? Because the above verses in Matthew are part of the Beatitudes, which Jesus gave describing His "Kingdom Law".
Throughout the book of Matthew, Jesus gives parables (stories) about "a king" and "a kingdom". In these stories, He is talking about Himself, His Kingship and His Kingdom. When we put our trust in Jesus Christ - that He is Almighty God in the flesh, Who came to earth to become the sacrifice for our sins, and that He rose again and will be coming back for us - we become His children and citizens of His Kingdom. As a citizen of the U.S., I have laws I must obey. Likewise, the above verses are part of His discourse to the crowds about His "Kingdom Law". It has not been abolished, destroyed, or even fulfilled!
The Lawgiver and His Law cannot be separated. If you throw out one, you are throwing out the other as well. Law and Grace do go together, contrary to the false teaching in many of our churches. Isaiah 42:21 says, "He (Jesus, the Messiah) will exalt the law and make it honorable." Throughout the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), you see Jesus exalting His law and making it honorable. That is what the Pharisees were constantly fighting against - and it is what the false teachers of today are fighting against as well. (Just a hint: I think I know Who wins out in the end!)
Go out today and enjoy the heaven and the earth that God has so graciously bestowed on you, and remember His promise in Matthew 5:18.
Matthew 5:18 says, "For assuredly I (Jesus) say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." Is heaven and earth still here? Yes, they are. So what? Well, Jesus just said that if heaven and earth are still here - then He has not fulfilled the Law of God, yet. Jesus has not yet fulfilled the Law of God and the proof of that statement is in the fact that heaven and earth are still here!
The answer to the question in the title of this post is this: Yes - Jesus came to fulfill the Law of God! He just hasn't done it yet - contrary to what most of us have been taught through our preachers, Bible colleges, or even our own families. So, when is Jesus going to "fulfill" the Law of God? When He comes back again to set up the Kingdom of God here on earth. The Kingdom of God will also have His "Kingdom Law". How do I know that? Because the above verses in Matthew are part of the Beatitudes, which Jesus gave describing His "Kingdom Law".
Throughout the book of Matthew, Jesus gives parables (stories) about "a king" and "a kingdom". In these stories, He is talking about Himself, His Kingship and His Kingdom. When we put our trust in Jesus Christ - that He is Almighty God in the flesh, Who came to earth to become the sacrifice for our sins, and that He rose again and will be coming back for us - we become His children and citizens of His Kingdom. As a citizen of the U.S., I have laws I must obey. Likewise, the above verses are part of His discourse to the crowds about His "Kingdom Law". It has not been abolished, destroyed, or even fulfilled!
The Lawgiver and His Law cannot be separated. If you throw out one, you are throwing out the other as well. Law and Grace do go together, contrary to the false teaching in many of our churches. Isaiah 42:21 says, "He (Jesus, the Messiah) will exalt the law and make it honorable." Throughout the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), you see Jesus exalting His law and making it honorable. That is what the Pharisees were constantly fighting against - and it is what the false teachers of today are fighting against as well. (Just a hint: I think I know Who wins out in the end!)
Go out today and enjoy the heaven and the earth that God has so graciously bestowed on you, and remember His promise in Matthew 5:18.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Which Day is the Sabbath?
According to the Bible, God's Word, the Sabbath Day is the 7th day of the week, which is from sundown on Friday night to sundown on Saturday night. Jesus, (God the Creator, Colossians 1:15, 16), made the Sabbath Day at Creation for all mankind. (The Jewish people were not in existence yet. Genesis 2:2-3). This explains why the 4th Commandment begins with the word, "Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." This is also why Jesus said, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:27-28). In that statement, Jesus is clearly referring back to Creation and re-stating that the 7th day is His day, the true Lord's Day.
Genesis 2:3 says that "God blessed the 7th day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made." It was God Who "sanctified" the Sabbath Day, making it "holy and set apart". Because He rested from His work on that day, He commands that no work is to be done on it - either by us or by our causing other people to work on that day for us. (Exodus 20:8-11). Since God is our Father and we are His children, we are to follow in His footsteps.
The Sabbath is a day to be different from the other 6 days in our week. Many Christians think it doesn't matter which day of the week we worship God on. It's important that we remember that God never called the first day of the week (Sunday) "holy" or any of the other 5 days. The Sabbath Day, which is the 7th day of the week, is the only day which God called "holy" and by doing so, He consecrated it to Himself as a day for us to shut the world out so we can spend time in worship, fellowship, and relationship with Him.
Jesus said, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments." (John 14:15). Since the Sabbath Day is one of God's Ten Commandments, the first reason we are to honor the Sabbath Day is because of our love for Jesus Christ and the grace He has so richly poured out upon us for our salvation. Secondly, because of all that He's done for us, it should be our heart's desire to be obedient to His Word and to all of His commandments. As David the Psalmist said in Psalm 119:174, "Your law is my delight."
Genesis 2:3 says that "God blessed the 7th day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made." It was God Who "sanctified" the Sabbath Day, making it "holy and set apart". Because He rested from His work on that day, He commands that no work is to be done on it - either by us or by our causing other people to work on that day for us. (Exodus 20:8-11). Since God is our Father and we are His children, we are to follow in His footsteps.
The Sabbath is a day to be different from the other 6 days in our week. Many Christians think it doesn't matter which day of the week we worship God on. It's important that we remember that God never called the first day of the week (Sunday) "holy" or any of the other 5 days. The Sabbath Day, which is the 7th day of the week, is the only day which God called "holy" and by doing so, He consecrated it to Himself as a day for us to shut the world out so we can spend time in worship, fellowship, and relationship with Him.
Jesus said, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments." (John 14:15). Since the Sabbath Day is one of God's Ten Commandments, the first reason we are to honor the Sabbath Day is because of our love for Jesus Christ and the grace He has so richly poured out upon us for our salvation. Secondly, because of all that He's done for us, it should be our heart's desire to be obedient to His Word and to all of His commandments. As David the Psalmist said in Psalm 119:174, "Your law is my delight."
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
When is The Sabbath Day: The Illogical Thinking of Sunday Christians
I was just thinking the other day about the illogical thinking of so many "Sunday" Christians when they don't like being told by God in Exodus 20:10 that they are not to work on the 7th day of the week (Saturday) because it is a holy day to the Lord. Basically they are saying, "WE want to be able to work 7 days a week" (or have others work to serve them), and they call that "freedom from the law".
The Sunday Christian says: "I want the freedom (from God's law) to work 7 days a week or whatever day I choose to work."
But GOD SAYS working 7 days a week is bondage (slavery). That's why He pulled the Israelites out of Egypt. (By the way, this also shows God's GRACE and LOVE to mankind within His moral law.)
GOD SAYS: We are to only work 6 days a week, then we are to rest on the 7th day (Saturday) from our work. Why? Because God rested from His work of creation on the 7th day. (See Genesis 2:2-3). According to Colossians 1:16, Jesus Christ is God the Creator, and it was He Who rested from His work. So as His children, we are to follow in His footsteps.
The Sunday Christian says: "Honoring the 7th day Sabbath (Saturday), is bondage to God's law." They don't think about the fact that this is a wonderful gift God gave us out of His love and grace. God knows that mankind cannot work 24/7!! Yet, because God tells us we can work the first 6 days of the week but then we need to take off work on the 7th day (Saturday), the Sunday Christian accuses God of putting him/her under bondage! What kind of thinking is that?
On the other hand, if they are allowed to work 7 days a week, then the Sunday Christian thinks he/she is "free" and not under "bondage"!! Again, what kind of thinking is that?
My question is: Who in their right mind actually WANTS to work 7 days a week?? Answer: No one! But like a little two-year old who is told not to do something and turns around and disobeys his parent's command because he doesn't want to be told what to do - so the Sunday Christian will choose to work on the 7th day (Saturday) JUST BECAUSE HE/SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO (by Almighty God Himself)!
True freedom comes when we choose to obey what God tells us to do in His Word. Bondage and slavery come when we choose to disobey what God tells us to do in His Word.
God says in Deuteronomy 30:15-16: "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments...." The Sunday Christian will say this is Old Testament teaching; that we are not under the Old Testament but the New Testament. Well, let's see what Jesus said in John 14:15: "If you love Me, you will keep (obey) My commandments." The commandments Jesus was referring to were the 10 Commandments, and the 4th Commandment of those 10 says, "but the 7th day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work". (Ex. 20:10)
When is the Sabbath Day? It is the seventh day of the week, Saturday. It just can't get any clearer, understandable, or more logical than that.
The Sunday Christian says: "I want the freedom (from God's law) to work 7 days a week or whatever day I choose to work."
But GOD SAYS working 7 days a week is bondage (slavery). That's why He pulled the Israelites out of Egypt. (By the way, this also shows God's GRACE and LOVE to mankind within His moral law.)
GOD SAYS: We are to only work 6 days a week, then we are to rest on the 7th day (Saturday) from our work. Why? Because God rested from His work of creation on the 7th day. (See Genesis 2:2-3). According to Colossians 1:16, Jesus Christ is God the Creator, and it was He Who rested from His work. So as His children, we are to follow in His footsteps.
The Sunday Christian says: "Honoring the 7th day Sabbath (Saturday), is bondage to God's law." They don't think about the fact that this is a wonderful gift God gave us out of His love and grace. God knows that mankind cannot work 24/7!! Yet, because God tells us we can work the first 6 days of the week but then we need to take off work on the 7th day (Saturday), the Sunday Christian accuses God of putting him/her under bondage! What kind of thinking is that?
On the other hand, if they are allowed to work 7 days a week, then the Sunday Christian thinks he/she is "free" and not under "bondage"!! Again, what kind of thinking is that?
My question is: Who in their right mind actually WANTS to work 7 days a week?? Answer: No one! But like a little two-year old who is told not to do something and turns around and disobeys his parent's command because he doesn't want to be told what to do - so the Sunday Christian will choose to work on the 7th day (Saturday) JUST BECAUSE HE/SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO (by Almighty God Himself)!
True freedom comes when we choose to obey what God tells us to do in His Word. Bondage and slavery come when we choose to disobey what God tells us to do in His Word.
God says in Deuteronomy 30:15-16: "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments...." The Sunday Christian will say this is Old Testament teaching; that we are not under the Old Testament but the New Testament. Well, let's see what Jesus said in John 14:15: "If you love Me, you will keep (obey) My commandments." The commandments Jesus was referring to were the 10 Commandments, and the 4th Commandment of those 10 says, "but the 7th day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work". (Ex. 20:10)
When is the Sabbath Day? It is the seventh day of the week, Saturday. It just can't get any clearer, understandable, or more logical than that.
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