God the Father of all creation chooses us all to choose Him and not worldly idols of any kind, even putting family and others over self as one's highest goal.  He wants and commands us to follow Him, wait of Him, believe His promises, and Love Him with all you mind, heart, and spirit.  His spirit and our connection as humans to Him is written on our hearts.  Over the ages, His chosen people disappointed and failed Him.  He brought much destruction to all the tribes and many took the original scrolls and His /word is different directions to the point God sent His only son to die for the sins of all creation, and humans in particular.  As God-man, Christ fulfilled the Law perfectly, never sinned, was not merely a prophet, but took all the horrors and joys of death for ll of us.  He showed us that death is only to be feared by those who break His first commandment and follow idols or self-plans rather than His plans and will for them.  Many may follow Christian beliefs and actions and not recognize they are 'Christians" because God claimed them as His own and is knocking at the door to that person's heart unceasingly.  He desires most of ll that we know Him and choose to follow him above all others like his disciples did and took on suffering willingly, knowing of the joys that lay ahead.  Non-Christians do not have thst hope sadly..

Mariano Ruiz Espejo is the researcher here on RG who is very interested in these questions. According to my understanding you have to confess Jesus Christ as your savior and he defends you at the judgement day. Perhaps a child dead in the womb  could be considered saved without being conscious about it. Consult Mariano, he has a better answer. It is not the deeds but the mercy that saves us but faith without deeds is dead. 

Thank you for your answer. I also think that we must refrain from judging the events that occur in someone else's life because God alone can know the deep motivations of each of his actions. And where two or three people meet sincerely in the name of the general interest, Jesus is in the midst of them.

It may be asked that if for some reason the parent deserved the death of his child according to the truth of God, what is justice for the child who has not had time to live. Perhaps it should be remembered that the prophet Elijah returned as John the Baptist (Luke 1:17), and there is also this question: Where were you when I founded the earth? Say it, if you have intelligence (Job 38: 4)

In the world there is a total of about 30 000 disorders. It is not God that punish people, it is the devil. This misunderstanding is frequently prevailing. 

I believe that the word Christian appeared in Antioquía to call to followers of Jesus Christ in the first century. For this, any follower of Jesus could be called Christian. But among Christian people, the Catholic ones are the fidel body of Jesus because they have accepted completely to Jesus, believe in Him and act coherently with His word according to the testimony of the elected Apostles of Jesus and their successors the actual Bishops of the Catholic church. These conserve the integral deposit of the faith until our days.

So you mean that Lutherans are not complete Christians? I recommend your answer because you mean well and I like your way of thinking.

According to me one who follows Christ is a Christian. Not only have belief but he has to follow the principles of Christ.

Dear Béatrice,

Lutherans do not exist when the word Christian was used initially. I think that all separation of the vine of Jesus cannot give fruits according to his words. The unity in the body of Jesus is essential for the true Church.

Dear Mariano, 

I got a little grandson, I have to travel to see him. When I am driving I can think about your answer. Have a good and blessed day!

You might be interested in the notion of "anonymous christians" that was proposed by Karl Rahner, a Jesuit theologian.

Thank you Michael George

The idea that the phrase "In the name of Jesus" should refer to a concept and not to a physical person (for example in John 15:21) is found in John 17: 6-8, since he told that he has made known to us the name of God, and the only place where we find this name of God is John 14: 6-15

In honor of the holiday, here are six things you may not know about the role of Jesus — and his mother, Mary — in Islam:

1- Jesus, Mary, and the angel Gabriel are all in the Quran (as are Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and a bunch of other Bible characters).

2- Muslims believe that Jesus (called "Isa" in Arabic) was a prophet of God, was born to a virgin (Mary), and will return to Earth before the Day of Judgment to restore justice and to defeat al-Masih ad-Dajjal ("the false messiah"), also known as the Antichrist. All of which may sound pretty familiar to many Christians.

3- Mary (called "Maryam" in Arabic) has an entire chapter in the Quran named for her — the only chapter in the Quran named for a female figure. In fact, Mary is the only woman to be mentioned by name in the entire Quran: As noted in the new Study Quran, "other female figures are identified only by their relation to others, such as the wife of Adam and the mother of Moses, or by their title, such as the Queen of Sheba." Mary is mentioned more times in the Quran than in the entire New Testament.

4- Just as with all the other prophets, including Mohammed, Muslims recite, "Peace be upon him" every time we refer to Jesus.

The name "Jesus, son of Mary" written in Arabic calligraphy, followed by "peace be upon him."

5- Muslims believe that Jesus performed miracles: The Quran discusses several of Jesus's miracles, including giving sight to the blind, healing lepers, raising the dead, and breathing life into clay birds.

6- The story of Jesus's birth as told in the Quran is also the story of his first miracle, when he spoke as an infant in the cradle and declared himself to be a prophet of God.

 Here's the story:

And remember Mary in the Book, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern place. And she veiled herself from them. Then We [God] sent unto her Our Spirit [the angel Gabriel], and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man. She said, "I seek refuge from thee in the Compassionate [i.e., God], if you are reverent!" He said, "I am but a messenger of thy Lord, to bestow upon thee a pure boy."

She said, "How shall I have a boy when no man has touched me, nor have I been unchaste?" He said, "Thus shall it be. Thy Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me.’" And [it is thus] that We might make him a sign unto mankind, and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter decreed.

So she conceived him and withdrew with him to a place far off. And the pangs of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date palm. She said, "Would that I had died before this and was a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!" So he called out to her from below her, "Grieve not! Thy Lord has placed a rivulet beneath thee. And shake toward thyself the trunk of the date palm; fresh, ripe dates shall fall upon thee. So eat and drink and cool thine eye. And if thou seest any human being, say, ‘Verily I have vowed a fast unto the Compassionate, so I shall not speak this day to any man.’"

Then she came with him [the infant Jesus] unto her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary! Thou hast brought an amazing thing! O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not an evil man, nor was thy mother unchaste." Then she pointed to him [Jesus]. They said, "How shall we speak to one who is yet a child in the cradle?"

He [Jesus] said, "Truly I am a servant of God. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet. He has made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and has enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I live, and [has made me] dutiful toward my mother. And He has not made me domineering, wretched. Peace be upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am raised alive!"

That is Jesus son of Mary— a statement of the truth, which they doubt.

https://www.vox.com/2015/12/23/10660648/jesus-in-islam

Thank you Mohamed A. Hammad.

Indeed, I know practically nothing about Islam. several months ago, in a burst of curiosity, I was surprised to find that Jesus, and several other prophets who were before him in the Bible, were present in the Quran.

Dear Mohamed,

I am Christian but I know that Jesus for the Christian people is not the Jesus of Muslim people. Indeed there are contradictions about his life. A point is the Resurrection of Jesus which seems it was not accepted by Muslim people, or his preceding death in the crux. Christian people has four written concordant versions of the life of Jesus in the Gospels, but the Quran is discordant six centuries after by persons who were not witnesses of the life of Jesus.

Jesus accepted anonymous disciples: "Who is not against us, is to our favour".

John 13:34-35 -- A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

John 3:18 -- He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

We can also make the connection between Luke 5:32 "I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance" and Jonh 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me". 

Thus "Invoking the name of the Lord" must simply mean acting out of love for the rest of the world, for the general good. 

Consequently, to be born again (John 3:3 "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God") must only mean to realize that it is always necessary to act for the general good. And this is not automatic according to Romans 3:4 "God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written -- That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment".

God the Father of all creation chooses us all to choose Him and not worldly idols of any kind, even putting family and others over self as one's highest goal.  He wants and commands us to follow Him, wait of Him, believe His promises, and Love Him with all you mind, heart, and spirit.  His spirit and our connection as humans to Him is written on our hearts.  Over the ages, His chosen people disappointed and failed Him.  He brought much destruction to all the tribes and many took the original scrolls and His /word is different directions to the point God sent His only son to die for the sins of all creation, and humans in particular.  As God-man, Christ fulfilled the Law perfectly, never sinned, was not merely a prophet, but took all the horrors and joys of death for ll of us.  He showed us that death is only to be feared by those who break His first commandment and follow idols or self-plans rather than His plans and will for them.  Many may follow Christian beliefs and actions and not recognize they are 'Christians" because God claimed them as His own and is knocking at the door to that person's heart unceasingly.  He desires most of ll that we know Him and choose to follow him above all others like his disciples did and took on suffering willingly, knowing of the joys that lay ahead.  Non-Christians do not have thst hope sadly..

"1 Corinthians 13" teaches that deeds without love are in vain. In other words, it is impossible to invoke Christ without love. Thus it is God who calls.

If being Christian is to believe in Jesus, the most part of people is Christian. But doing what Jesus says there are less number of them.

There is calling oneself a Christian and acting and being a Christian. To be a disciple of Christ is take His name upon yourself and do all in his name. If you are doing it in your name for your own glory and reward, then it is not His will but your own. Many people do things for public popularity when that shouldn't be the motive or the goal. You should be humble in that even if know one knows that you did it, it makes you happy because that is what truly matters. To be a disciple of Christ may mean that the rest of the world will ridicule you for doing what he says because his judgment matters more than another's. You are important to him as an individual. You are his literal child by spirit just as you are your parent's literal child by body. You are asked to do much and required much but if you choose not to accept then that is a choice and a blessing to make that choice and They will love you no matter what. Just like the apostles and prophets of old, they game from a background of sinners and they were made whole and righteous through their deeds despite the prosecutions they endured. As a disciple, sometimes that is the price to pay but at least you are happy in knowing that it is not for nothing.

From your own ethics and behavior that matches the principles of a particular religion, You and I can know your religion

This means that I should have enough understanding and knowledge about many religions. 

A Christian will always know that he is a Christian, while other people will testify same about him. The Bible says that by their fruits we will know them.

Being a Christian is not about going to church or identify with a religion,  but behaving just like Christ, doing what Christ did and walking in His footsteps. Followers of Jesus Christ were first called Christians in Antioch because the people there saw the character of Christ in them (they were christlike). 

Luke 11:23 & Ephesians 1:4-5,22-23 & Galatians 5:6,14 :

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth... even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will... and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all... For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love... For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Question: Why did Jesus and his apostles ask a Christian to continually pray in the spirit for himself/herself and others (Ephesians 6:18 & Luke 11:2-4) when they did not commit the one sin unpardonable (1 John 5:16 & Luke 12:10 & 2 Peter 2:20-21)?

Answer: Because this will strengthen his/her own faith in the name of the only begotten son of God and give him the strength not to depart from the commandment that constitutes his faith.

It is also possible to reconcile between:

1 John 5:10-12 --> He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son. And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

And

Luke 10:25-28 --> And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 

In history there have been books excluded from Christian literature by majorities, and books disputed but retained by other majorities to constitute the new testament. Eusebius presented a summary of the state of discussions in his time, later Martin Luther expressed his reservations, and on 24 April 1870 'Vatican I' approved, among other things, the addition of verses 16:9-20 to the Gospel according to Mark (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon ; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilegomena).

In my analysis, with the aim of faithfully translating the evangelical truth as I understand it and which is summed up in the slogan "Love everyone and trust no one" that can be recognized in 'Luke 10:27-28' by remembering that God is only the notion of truth, I keep a new testament with a 21 books by removing only the second epistle of Peter to the list of writings contested according to Eusebius. So, the following six books are to be excluded from the 27 which constitute the New Testament today: Hebrews - James - Second John - Third John - Jude - Revelation of Jonh. However, among the four gospels, those of Luke and John are necessary and sufficient but the other two are acceptable despite some anecdotal verses in their contents.

I acknowledge that the Epistle to Hebrews is a falsification because of its misinterpretation of Psalms 110:1-4 which is stated in Hebrews 5:6 & 7:1-17. Indeed, the author compares Melchizedek to God by stating that he has neither father nor mother, neither beginning of days nor end of life, and stating that he is a priest continually (even today), and that he is a great man because Abraham gave him the tithe of booty and because it is unquestionably the inferior who is blessed by the superior. He adds also that those who perceive the tithe instituted by the law in the Old Testament (Numbers 18:21) are mortal men and he writes about Melchizedek: but there, it is the one of whom it is attested that he is alive.

I believe that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews did not understand the message of the gospels (Luke 9:46-48 & Luke 22:24-27), he did not understand that Jesus is the only priest alive (John 14:6), he did not understand that Jesus is comparable to God only because he never said a lie, he did not understand that Psalms 110:1-4 means that we must come closer to Jesus only by faith in him (faith in the notion of love of neighbor) in the same way that Melchizedek was a priest only by faith at a time when the law was not enunciated (Genesis 14:18-20).

And about the poverty of a Christian: Let not your heart be attached to material things (Luke 21:6), and it is enough to be born again to be entirely pure (John 13:10 & Luke 11:34-36) -- It is necessary to make the connection between John 20:22-23 and Luke 12:10 and 2 Peter 2:20-21 --

Your material property must be useful in your mission to participate in the general welfare (Luke 6:20 & Luke 12:20 & Luke 12:33 & 1 Timothy 6:17). To renounce all that I possess means to possess only to render service to everyone in general and to no one in particular (Luke 14:33). Works without love are of no use (Luke 11:39-41) and it is only the works of love which matter (Luke 7:47 & Luke 21:1-4). Love everyone and trust no one (Luke 12:51-59). 'Luke 19:10' is simply a confirmation of 'Luke 5:32'.

> (John 8:32,36)

Thanks for recommendation Barbara.

The only begotten Son of truth is love of the general interest:

And Jesus said, Who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter said, and they that were with him, Master, the multitudes press thee and crush thee. But Jesus said, Some one did touch me; for I perceived that power had gone forth from me. (Luke 8:45-46)

The one who follows the principles of Christ is a christian. And they are aware that they are christian because they glory the name of God Almighty.

Christ is not 'Jesus the man' but Christ is 'Jesus the only begotten Son', and Christ remains eternally (Jean 12:34). It is this message that the author of the Epistle First John wants to convey and his joy is perfect (1 John 1:4) because the transmission of this message is his way of confessing the Son.

In the gospels Jesus the man speaks of Jesus the Christ who is in him:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life... Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves (John 6:47,53)

Thus, a Christian does not confide in a man but in a concept. Jesus the man came to give testimony to the son's concept in order to convince a greater number of people.

No particular ritual is necessary to become a Christian or to remain a Christian, since it suffices simply to always act in order to serve the general interest, whatever our function in society (scientific, military, religious...). However, everyone is free to impose additional restrictions to himself/herself (Romans 14:1-7)

Peter defines the Christian faith by its characteristics (2 Peter 1:5-9), and he specifies that rituals such as baptism only allow certain consciousnesses to be strengthened by memories (1 Peter 3:21 & Luke 22:19), and he adds that some of Paul's recommendations (Ephesians 5:25-26 & 1 Timothy 5:22-23) are circumstantial (2 Peter 3:15-16). The sole purpose of Paul, Peter, and John's letters is to recall in various circumstances the only commandment that constitutes the Christian faith by witnessing their personal experiences (2 Peter 3:1-2).

Prayer only strengthens the faith of the one who prays, whatever the words recited (Romans 8:26)

According to Luke 16:16-17, even the Ten Commandments are parables:

- Exodus 20:13 and Luke 18:18-20 can be compared to Exodus 21:12-14 & Exodus 21:22-25 & Numbers 35:14-28 and Deuteronomy 19:11-13

- Exodus 20:8-11 can be compared to Luke 14:2-6 & Luke 6:1-5

Since the only begotten Son of God arrived in the world (seated at the right hand of his father), the only purpose of prayer is to strengthen the faith of the one who prays, so that he does not succumb to the temptation to search only his/her own interest or that of particular people without any indirect thought for the multitude in its actions, or the temptation to act unjustly towards anyone.

In Luke 16:17-18, Jesus recalls the rigorous definition of Exodus 20:14, and he does this so that his audience understands that it is a parable like Exodus 20:13 because all that is done in Christ is pure in the sight of God. We must make the connection between 'Genesis 19:5-9' and '2 Corinthians 3:14-17'.

Romans 10:9-10 is also a parable since there is no magic formula to recite or special rituals to practice to be saved. Believing in Jesus means eating his flesh and drinking his blood, that is, practicing his only commandment (Galatians 3:21-22)

Four years ago I did not know what 'Old Testament' and 'New Testament' mean, I did not know the meaning of the words 'Gospel' and 'Apostle', which had a comical connotation in my mind because I was convinced that the Bible could only be a collection of poems expressly conceived to console in different circumstances those who need to be comforted.

Today I am convinced that the Gospels according to Matthew and Mark contain falsifications introduced by antichrists (1 John 2:18-21) in order to enslave the multitude: since Christ is in the world, prayer or fasting serve only to strengthen the faith of the one who practices it, and the ritual of baptism is not indispensable to be saved.

I am also convinced that six books (Hebrews - James - Second John - Third John - Jude - Revelation of Jonh) must be completely erased from the present canon of the New Testament because they are also introduced to enslave the multitude by false recommendations cleverly placed in catchy speeches. It is not surprising that such people are trying to organize mistrust towards a clearly conforming text (Peter's second letter) in order to blur the leads and mislead those who can be.

If it had been possible to give a law (an assembly of clearly stated texts) that procures eternal life then God would have done it. But the Apostle Paul says that it is not possible because the heart must make different choices according to circumstances, and for this reason God predestined his only son before the foundation of the world. The only begotten son of 'truth' is 'the love of the general interest', and the Son sits at the right hand of his father since 'Jesus the man' left the world.

The gospel asks not to use cunning to trap a person in order to accuse him of one of the laws set forth by Moses. Indeed, what God wants is the circumcision of the heart and the ears. All the Ten commandments are not parables:

+ The first three and the last two concern thoughts that you should not have therefore they must be rigorously applied in all circumstances.

+ The four commandments focused on the actions (Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt do no work on the day of rest) Indicate the premeditations that you should not have, and they are parables because that all that is done in the name of the only begotten son of God is pure.

+ The fifth commandment asking to honor one's parents should not call into question the first three commandments.

1 John 4:12 & 1 John 5:11-12 & 2 Corinthians 3:17 -->

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us... And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life... Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 

"Consequently, a Christian becomes simply a person whose actions are always indirectly motivated by the general interest and not solely by self-interest" this statement is wrong. If you start with a wrong definition, your conclusions will be also wrong.

Dear Manuel Sánchez,

You are not completely wrong if you search for the definition of the word 'christian' in a dictionary.

But if one looks for this definition in the Bible, then by using a New Testament canon of 19 books [Luke - John - Acts - Paul(13) - Peter(2) - First John], we can ensure the certainty of this writing:

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?...For I, Yhwh, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed (Numbers 23:19 & Malachi 3:6)

Question:

How can I recognize a situation in which God is recommending me not to respect one of the four commandments of actions (Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt do no work on the day of rest) ?

Answer:

I know that my actions are pure (done in the name of the only begotten Son of God) when I am ready to expose them clearly and without any falsification before a court of men with the conviction of being recognized as being just. It is for this reason that it is written (John 20:23 & 1 John 1:5-7):

whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained... And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

Science aims to establish knowledge about the work of God, and experiment is then used to purify speculations, while the holy scriptures reveal the will of the creator. It is written that God knows in advance those who will have eternal life and his word must come where it is needed to convince those who must be through this procedure. This is why it is written (Micah 6:8):

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Yhwh require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

For a scientific research about Jesus, peace be upon him , we have to find an original text , that Jesus him self in his mother tongue said it !

Only in that case can we search about Jesus, peace of Allah be upon him !

Otherwise we are making illusions through words has been written in hands of unknown people translated by unknown people and after that interpreted through other unknown people !

The 4 Bibles are not the only Bibles we know, some of others are totally contrary to these 4 ! These 4 are very lately written without of direct chain cetation to Jesus , peace of Allah upon him !

We must remember that God is in control of His Word. Humans can distort it but there will be consequences.

God created the spirits of men in his image (John 10:34-36) but no element of creation (no material entity, being alive or being inert) is the creator.

Indeed, the New Testament is clear about this: no one has ever seen God (John 1:18 ; Acts 7:30 ; Romans 1:19-23 ; 2 Corinthians 13:13, 1 Timothy 6:13-16 ; 2 Peter 1:20-21; 1 John 4:12)

The one who is the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, is God the father (Isaiah 41:4 ; Isaiah 44:6 ; Colossians 1:12-20). It is not the only begotten Son of God (Revelation 1:8 ; Revelation 4:2-3 ; Revelation 21:5-6 ; Revelation 22:12-13).

Rommel - Are you saying in your last post that God did not send Christ to die for the sins of all mankind? Or are you saying that Christ in not God's only begotten Son? I could not disagree more if that is what you are saying ...

Dear Barbara,

My last message highlights why I think the book of the Apocalypse should be excluded from Christian literature. The author wrote that there is no difference between God the Father and God the Son. As a result he is an antichrist and he wants the reader not to understand the text of the Gospel according to John.

The author of the Epistle of Jude asks us to hate those who are against our opinions, to hate even the tunic soiled by their flesh (Jude 23). He is an antichrist because he moves away from the definition of the Christian faith (2 Peter 1:5-10), and the implications of this definition (Titus 3:1-3 & 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 & Luke 6:27-29).

The author of Epistles Second John and Third John asks not to greet a person who is winding toward us with a different speech, and he adds that he does not want to expose the very useful things he has to convey, and he prefers speak mouth to mouth so that his joy is perfect (2 John 10-12). His goal, therefore, is not to explain the message of the gospel to everyone by testifying of what he has lived with the man Jesus. He also suggests that faith consists in not sharing anything with the Gentiles (3 John 7-8), and yet it is not for us to know who will be called by God and when.

The author of the Epistle of James suggests that it is poverty in material things that conditions access to eternal life (James 1:9-11 & James 2:5-7), and this is completely false (1 Thimothy 6:17-19 & Luke 19:2-9). It should be noted that 'Luke 19:10' is simply a confirmation of 'Luke 5:32'. He also suggests that faith should be practiced in mourning and tears (James 4:9-10), yet the characteristics of faith imply that we must rejoice in hope and be patient in affliction (1 Peter 5:10). He also teaches that a sick person will obtain healing and forgiveness for his sins by calling on the elders of the church to pray and perform rituals (James 5:14-16), provided that trust of the sick person is total in this action of the elders of the church (James 1:6-7). This author is a true antichrist because it is written: Thou shalt have no other gods before me (Exodus 20:3 & Luke 16:16 ; this commandment simply indicates that one must beware of any kind of idolatry since in reality there is only one God who God is by his nature). And in any case, prayer only serves to strengthen the one who prays (John 14:13-15 & 1 John 5:14-15 & Romans 8:26-27). Indeed, 'Ephesians 6:18-20' or '1 John 5:16' are only recommendations that will strengthen the believer as will be understood after the explanations below.

The writer of Hebrews teaches that Melchizedek is a living priest who lives forever. He did not understand (John 14:6).

It should be noted that the apostles (Paul, Peter, John) do not use direct language in their letters, and the man Jesus has the same attitude in the Gospels, and Paul is the one who excels in recommendations of circumstances (2 Peter 3:15-16).

Indeed, can one think that the ritual of circumcision is not essential to have eternal life (Galatians 6:15), but that it is necessary to receive a liquid on the head in a ritual called baptism? the apostle Peter replies no (1 Peter 3:21).

The verses of the writings of the apostles and gospels are difficult to understand if they are to be considered as isolated recommendations, but their true meaning is manifested when one is interested in their harmony with all the other writings of the same author. I give examples.

A/ Gospel of John and First Epistle of John: we can make the link between John 10:14-16 and 1 John 5:16.

B/ Paul's letters: There are several equivalent definitions of the notion of eternal life. There is Romans 10:9-11 and there is Romans 13:9-10 and there is Galatians 3:27.

C/ The Gospel according to Luke: Jesus works on the day of rest by asking a clear question >(Luke 6:9), He asks to remember that even David stole (Luke 6:3-4), he does not need to ask to remember that David killed (1 Samuel 17:49), and that Moses asked to kill (Deuteronomy 19:11-13). One understands then that it is with mischief that he answers the rich man in Luke 18:18-20 since the man Jesus does not respect the ten commandments, and we also understand that he uses 'Luke 16:18' to signify to those who believe themselves to be irreproachable in the application of the law of Moses that they are not.

It is for this reason that Paul writes (Colossians 2:17 & Galatians 3:23-26):

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And Paul adds (1 Corinthians 3:2 & 2 Corinthians 3:15-17):

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Thus, no commandment describing an action to do or not to do (even the Apostle Paul's own recommendations) makes sense unless it is placed in a particular context. All is permitted to him who acts in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

One can think that even in 'Luke 20:41-43' the man Jesus expresses himself with mischief. Indeed, it is written that Christ will come from the seed of Judah (Genesis 49:8-10) and also from a virgin (Isaiah 7:14 & Micah 5:1-3). In addition, the writings specify the genealogy of Joseph but nothing is said about the genealogy of Mary (Luke 3:23). Thus, the notion of posterity according to God does not come from the links of the pulpit and the blood, but links of the spirit, as Paul wrote it:

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We understand then that the house of God (2 Samuel 7:10-16) is the body of Christ (that is, the church) and the cornerstone was the man Jesus. This is how the prophet wrote:

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Dear Barbara, I am not trying to establish the historicity of the Bible but the coherence of the teachings of the New Testament. And I know that I succeeded.

I think we should not seek the application of messianic prophecies by referring to 'Jesus the man' but rather by referring to 'Jesus the only begotten Son of God' whose body is the church.

The prophet wrote (Isaiah 7:14-15):

"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good"

The body of Christ is now nearly two thousand years old, but perhaps it is still the body of a child in the eyes of God since Peter writes (2 Peter 3:8 & 2 Peter 1:20-21):

 "But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day... knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit"

To this day, the body of Christ is that of a child to whom the apostle Paul gave the milk, and who feeds on cream and honey, and who can not reject the evil and choose the good . Indeed, the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament are still surrounded by falsifications.

According to the New Testament, God is the notion of truth and his hand are the laws of nature sought by scientists.

God wants all men to think like scientists (there must be no idolaters) and everyone to be convinced that the love of the general interest, and of all God's creation, is the way to go. And the Gospel teaches that the one who understands this message and believes in it has the Holy Spirit, and he is a member of the body of Christ (because Christ is not a man but a concept that is present in the world since the apostles received the Holy Spirit after the resurrection of the man Jesus), and everything is allowed to him when he acts with this logic in himself (John 17:2-3):

"even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life. And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, evenJesus Christ."

Any form of idolatry is incompatible with the righteousness of the heart (the righteousness of God) because idolatry inevitably leads to hatred (Luke 16:13). Whoever worshipes any idol, even if it is in secret, is at least guilty of hating its creator. The good news is that all sins are forgiven to him who accepts Christ. Even the existence of an extraterrestrial life can not call this logic into question since the creation narrative is a metaphor chosen by the Holy Spirit to summarize a complex process by using the language of men. What is certain is that the body of men is not in the image of God, it is the spirit.

The prophets who preceded the man Jesus did not know the exact nature of God and could confuse him with angels of heaven (which is the place of residence of abstract concepts). The hidden mystery of all time, and revealed by the Gospel and the teachings of the apostles, is the identity of God and that of the firstborn of his creation (Christ), and the fact that all men who practice the righteousness of the heart are members of the body of Christ (Colossians 1:12-16).

God knows beforehand all those are in his only begotten Son so it's not the prayers of some who will introduce others (Isaiah 43:5-7):

"Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth; every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made."

God wanted to practice the circumcision of the hearts of his chosen ones, and although he hid this reality from the drafters of the Old Testament, all the righteous of all nations have always been agreeable to him, as it is written (1 John 2:29):

" If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him."

However, there are people who need to be accompanied to reach the righteousness of the heart, as it is written (Romans 10:14):

"How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?"

Then God chose Abraham to bring forth a people through His flesh, through which He will lay down the laws that lead to the justice of the heart. But laws clearly stated in this way are a curse because they are necessarily imperfect in the sense that they can not fulfill the justice of the heart that is pleasing to God. For example, if a Jew is attacked on a day of rest to make war on him, then must he defend himself by disobeying the law, or must he obey the law and let himself be massacred so as not to have sin? Thus, righteous people in their hearts may be guilty according to the law, and conversely dishonest persons may use the letter of the law to do criminal acts, for example by letting a patient die rather than operate the day of rest.

Since the law itself is a curse simply because of its existence, the necessary end of the law is marked by the fact that it is used to justify (he claimed to be the son of God and he worked on the day of rest) the killing of the man Jesus who has always been irreproachable according to the justice of the heart and pleasing to God from his birth to his crucifixion. This injustice provoked by the law constitutes an act of jurisprudence that makes the law condemnable before God so that it can no longer be used to justify men (Paul however said that the gospel was also announced to the dead). But since it was God himself who had enunciated this cursed law, the punishment fell on his own son (who is not the son of a man), as it is written (Galatians 3:13-14):

"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."

This whole story therefore concerns the peoples who received the law, as it is written (Romans 3:19-20 & 1 Timothy 1:8-11):

"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin... But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine; according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust."

As soon as the law becomes condemnable before God, what remains is what was from the beginning, namely the righteousness of the heart, as it is written (Galatians 5:14 & Romans 13:8):

"For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself... Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law."

What has changed is that now men know what is meant by the righteousness of the heart that is pleasing to God, as it is written (Romans 15:8-12):

"For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers, and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written,

Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.

And again he saith,

Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

And again,

Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles;

And let all the peoples praise him.

And again, Isaiah saith,

There shall be the root of Jesse,

And he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope."

It is also written (Isaiah 49:6):

"yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth."

The justice of the heart is simply the ten commandments among which four (which describe actions to do or not to do) must be mixed with the notion of love. So if everyone is justified only by the justice of his heart, then in a certain sense everyone is Jewish, as it is written (Romans 2:28-29):

"For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."

It only remains to ask what is the advantage of those who have received the circumcision of the flesh. And the apostle Paul writes (Romans 3:1-2):

"What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God."

In conclusion, the Christian faith is thus summed up in a single commandment: You will always have the love of the general interest (it is a more explicit formulation of the statement 'You will love your neighbor as yourself').

God has performed all creation using Christ and all elect must subsist through Christ, as it is written (John 1:2-4 & Colossians 1:15-17):

"The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men... who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; and he is before all things, and in him all things consist."

Christ is the way of all God's elect but the man Jesus is not the way of all the elect, as it is written (John 14:6 & Luke 19:10 & Luke 5:32 & Isaiah 53:12):

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me... For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost... I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance... Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."

Christ is the holy commandment that was given by the man Jesus and taught by his apostles. The man Jesus is the cornerstone rejected by the builders, but the stumbling block is not the man Jesus, it is the Christ who has remained in the world since the man Jesus left. All who understand, apply, and keep the holy commandment are members of the body of Christ, as it is written (Ephesians 2:17-18):

"and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh: for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father."

And God dwells in the heart of every member of the body of Christ, as it is written (Ephesians 2:22):

" in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit."

For all these reasons it is written (John 1:17 & Isaiah 28:9-16):

"For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ... Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts? For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people; to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. Therefore shall the word of Yhwh be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. Wherefore hear the word of Yhwh, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: therefore thus saith the Lord Yhwh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste."

To be convinced that the man Jesus speaks with mischief in 'Luke 16:14-15' and 'Luke 16:18', suffice to note that the apostle Paul states in '1 Corinthians 7:10-11' that the Lord command two believers who are married to not separate, and to not remarry if they separate (but to seek reconciliation). However, he adds in '1 Corinthians 7:12-15' that if one of the spouses behaves like a non-believer and causes separation, then the other spouse is no longer bound (and therefore can marry again without offend the Lord).

Part of my understanding of the mystery of the Second Advent is in the "Objective of the Holy Scriptures and the Sacrifice of the Man Jesus" section.

Do not laugh after reading the "The Humor of the Holy Scriptures" section because it's not funny ...

Working Paper The Principle of the Second Trinity

I believe it is certainly possible for a Christian not to know that s/he is a Christian. This is especially true for a Christian who suffers from the form of obsessive-compulsive disorder termed religious scrupulosity. No matter how fervent this Christian's love for God is or how well this Christian lives, her/his brain will repeatedly send the false message that s/he is going to hell. Martin Luther famously struggled with this disease, wrongfully thinking that the devil was plaguing him. A Christian in this position should realize that their fear is due to a medical problem and not a spiritual problem, seeing a psychiatrist to learn how to manage the disorder.

Dear Kirk,

I do not know the private life and torments of Martin Luther, but indeed, a Christian disturbed in this way might not know he is a Christian.

Your question: Can it be stated that a Christian may not know that he is a Christian?

Simple answer: Absolutely!!!!! Many such examples (to numerous to mention here) just ask the warfighter as discussed in the power point discussion that i have attached.

Nice presentation, Al! Are you doing this research at Craig hospital in Denver?

I would like to add here the exchanges I had with Professor Hein Retter in the comments of my paper on the Principle of the Second Trinity:

Certainly, faith in Holy Scripture is fundamentally incompatible with the scientific process. But while it is not absurd for a scientist to try to support or refute supposed historical facts, it is also rational to look for internal coherence in a message with social implications, whoever the authors are.

The purpose of my document is not to establish the existence of God, but only to identify his identity (and the identity of his only begotten son) in the Christian religion that may be designated by its Holy Scriptures, knowing that the authenticity of all texts (available to us) has not always been unanimous.

It is in this context that I state that God is simply the notion of truth in all its complexity, and that his only begotten son who is alive (Acts 25:19 --> but had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive) is simply the notion of love of general interest in other words the explicit form of the holy command given by the man Jesus, and that each person possesses a soul which does not recognize itself by his/her quality of life but only by his/her interactions with the rest of the world (by the deep motivations of each of his/her actions).

Thus, all that is true is an achievement of God, and all that is false is an achievement of the Devil. When a person says a lie, it can be stated that it is a truth to say that this person lied, and it is a realization of God because it is true that this person spoke, and it is also a realization of the Devil because this person says a lie. Contrary to the truth that is everywhere present, the lie needs a notion of time to be manifested and all that is stable over time (not necessarily on a duration comparable to a human life) is stable only by the only begotten son of God. The Devil appears as the unstable part of the truth, and the notion of time seems to have been created for this instability to manifest itself.

This is how it is written about the nature of God:

« Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame » (1 Corinthians 15:34)

« Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice » (John 18:37)

« And Yhwh said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Yhwh… And Yhwh said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life » (Job 1:12 & Job 2:6)

« Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous » (Job 8:3-6)

«If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice. For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause. He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness. If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me? Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse. I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life. It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent » (Job 9:16-23)

« I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth? Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days, That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin, Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand? Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me » (Job 10:2-8)

« Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?» (Job 11:2-3)

« Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee » (Job 15:2-6)

« And it was so, that, after Yhwh had spoken these words unto Job, Yhwh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath » (Job 42:7)

Thus it is written, concerning the only begotten son of God, Christ:

« Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more » (2 Corinthians 5:16)

« For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual food; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ » (1 Corinthians 10:1-4)

« For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church » (Ephesians 5:31-32)

« Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him » (John 14:23)

When Christ and his father dwell in our heart, we possess a perfect notion of relative truth (which is not an absolute truth): we can justify ourselves before a tribunal of saints, having knowledge of all our deepest motivations, from what we seek the general interest in each of our actions without meditating any injustice against anyone.

Thus, all souls are eternal and the world was created using Christ and for Christ, the world being the court that separates souls that can stand in Christ from souls that cannot. This is how it is written:

« I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned » (John 15:1-6)

Finally, I wish to mention that the Christian faith can be recognized in three categories: there is faith in the correctness of the holy scriptures, there is faith in the well founded and the necessity of a life led by righteousness and justice, and in the middle there is the hope of the non-uselessness of a life ruled by righteousness, as it is written:

«But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love » (1 Corinthians 13:13)

I am an engineer that believes in God but I think it is a sin to try to "explain" God with human words. And that´s why (in my opinion) the religions have failed to bring in the human hearth the unconditional love for God and for all His creation.

It is important to keep in mind that the writings of the Tanakh, the Old Testament, contain recommendations and circumstantial claims.

Thus, it was at a time when sacrifices for sin were offered that certain limitations of scientific knowledge were emphasized, as it is written:

(Job 1:5)

(Job 39:1-2/4-5)

What is immutable is the holy commandment, as it is written:

(1 John 2:7)

(1 Peter 1:22-23)

It is the writings of the Gospels and Apostles that reveal to us the identity of God and that of his only begotten son, and since that time the Old Testament has been used only to instruct and convince about the coherence of the divine message.

The house of God cannot be built by the hand of man because such a house could purify the one who enters it without intending to observe the divine commandments, or such a house could be defiled by contact with corpses, as it is written:

(Haggai 2:11-13)

In fact, on the one hand, the Scriptures teach us that what is useful is the observance of the commandments, and that all who follow this rule are loved by God regardless of their genealogies, as it is written:

(Genesis 17:10-14)

(Isaiah 1:10-14)

(Isaiah 56:1-7)

> (Romans 2:25-29)

(Numbers 15:14-16)

On the other hand, since the man Jesus came into the world, a person can only be purified by observing the holy commandment (no ritual is necessary), as it is written:

(Luke 3:16)

(John 15:3)

(Galatians 2:11-16)

The house of God is the body of Christ. One becomes a member of the house of God (access to eternal life) only through understanding and acceptance of the holy commandment, and therefore a member of the body of Christ cannot be defiled by his interaction with the rest of the world.

Committing a sin means only not being sure of being approved by a court of saints having knowledge of our intimate motives and all antecedents. Thus, while He did not respect the Ten Commandments and would encourage men to imitate Him, the apostle writes about Christ, as it is written:

(1 John 3:5-7)

My last contribution was about the house of God and this one is about the application of the holy commandment.

It is written:

> (Genesis 27:5-13)

Rebekah counseled Jacob to use cunning to receive the blessing that Isaac intended for his eldest son, but she can be justified in a court of saints by recalling what the angel told her before the birth of the children, as it is written:

> (Romans 9:11-13)

> (Genesis 25:23-24)

Jacob used the cunning to receive the blessing that Isaac intended for his eldest son, but he can justify himself before a tribunal of the saints by recalling that Esau had previously sold him this birthright without having been forced by cunning, as it is written:

> (Genesis 25:27-34)

When the apostle Paul says that scriptures has shut everything up in sin, and that all that was written was for our instruction, as it is written:

> (Galatians 3:22-25)

> (Psalm 40:7-11)

It must be understood that Paul's purpose is to inform us that some of the actions that the prophets performed as prophets in the Old Testament are sins from the moment the law of Christ is the only one that remains for all. So it is not that Jacob sinned by his cunning, but in the same way that we no longer have to sacrifice animals to atone for our sins, in the same way it is no longer up to the parents to distribute blessings to their children, as it is written:

> (Luke 16:16-17)

> (Psalm 15)

> (Psalm 24:1-6)

> (Exodus 3:14-15)

Paul reveals the identity of God, informs us that the man Jesus died so that, by means of jurisprudence, eternal life is accessible to all those who confess the holy commandment, and Peter specifies that the writings of the apostles are only for the purpose of teaching us to apply this holy commandment in different circumstances, as it is written:

> (2 Corinthians 13:8)

> (2 Corinthians 5:21)

> (Romans 5:16-19) 

> (2 Peter 3:1-2)

So we can understand that Paul was able to discuss topics that are of lesser importance in modern society. Thus, there is reason to believe that the recommendations on the holding of women in religious assemblies are stated to facilitate the concentration of the minds of each on the real purpose of the meetings, by preventing undesirable effects that may be provoke by covetousness eyes, as it is written:

> (1 Corinthians 11:13-17)

Thus, committing a sin simply means transgressing the holy commandment, that is, not having the conviction of having done right, and the only objective of the devil is to look for any aspect of our life where he can take away this conviction, as it is written:

> (Romans 14:23)

> (1 Peter 5:8-10)

If they were able to perform miracles as mentioned in the book of Acts, we must not ignore that the apostles were not ordinary men like us, at least not after they were chosen (having been predestinated) to be the ministers of the gospel in all generations, testifying their experiences with Christ made man through their writings that have come down to us, as it is written:

(Galatians 1:15-16)

> (1 Corinthians 4:15)

> (1 Peter 5:1)

> (2 Peter 1:17-18)

(1 John 1:1-2)

Whether or not someone may be a Christian and not know it depends on how we define a Christian. Jesus told his disciples that there would be many who claimed to know him and call him "Lord" that he did not know. Likewise there would be many who claimed not to know him or call him "Lord" that he would claim as his followers Thus it seems to me that if we consider self-identification to be the criteria, then one must consider themselves to be a Christian in order to be one, However, if we rely of Jesus's recognition of one as a follower of Christ Jesus, then it would be obvious that it is possible to be a Christian without knowing it.

@William Mayor

This irreproachable mathematical logic, which is applied to a few quantitatively insignificant verses (Matthew 7:21-23 & 25:34-46), can only be considered sufficient if we can establish the underlying character of this teaching in the entirety of the New Testament and even the entire Bible. And it is this process that I use to identify falsifications in a collection of books whose authenticity of sources has not always been unanimous:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_would_I_want_to_become_a_Jew_or_a_Christian