The Good Of The Father (Something For Everyone) # 2192

 

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God, for many false prophets have come out into the world 

First Epistle of John 4: 1, Concordant New Testament Translation 

What do food carts and religion have in common?  Do you even know?  Well, here in Portland, the food cart scene is pretty widespread.  No matter what you're looking for, you can usually find it somewhere.  The other day a friend of mine recommended a local sushi cart which he often visits.  Now, personally, having fish bait for lunch isn't really my thing, but I might just try it sometime.  So, what does all of this have to do with mainstream religion?  Well, it turns out more than you think.  Because just like in the food cart scene, with religion there is definitely something for everyone.  Don't like how your pastor is portraying God, find another church that suits your theological needs.  A simple google search of local churches will often bring up a multitude of houses of worship for one to choose from.  There is, indeed, something for everyone.  It has been nearly 15 years since I last stepped into a church service, so I think that I'd need to do my research if I were to even consider a church to attend.  Which pastor speaks to my belief of my life within the Father?  Which one holds true to the apostle Paul's words of having Christ within me {Paul to the Galatians 2:20}?  Now, if I really wanted a challenge, I could do some research into which pastors adhere to the truth that I have indeed died to sin beside Christ Jesus {Paul to the Romans 6:8}.  However, something tells me that I might have a difficult time finding a pastor who speaks to this truth.  If there is indeed one out there, he might not be a practicing pastor for too long.  So, it seems that when it comes to the multitude of churches within our communities, there is indeed something for every belief, except that which I believe in my heart.  But instead of feeling discriminated against, I will continue to see and know God as He truly is, and not how some pulpit pounder describes Him.  These might seem like blasphemous words to someone entrenched within the church religious theology, but I have a different knowledge of the Father, a knowing which many pastors refuse to speak to.  

The other day I was talking with a friend who for all intents and purposes agrees with the pastor of his church and his teachings.  I get it, I've been there myself.  But I opened up the conversation with him about, as the apostle John tells us, of "Testing the spirits" {First Epistle of John 4:1}.  Testing the spirits to see if they are of God.  Is that message given by your favorite pastor really a message which is speaking of the truth we have in the Father?  I would say no.  Yet we're still called to test the spirits, to listen and consider the words of our church leaders, or anyone speaking of the Lord for that matter, to determine if this message is indeed from the Father.  Now, if you're like my friend, you might do very little in the way of testing the spirits or considering the words spoken by your pastor.  Because those within the church are big into proclaiming that the pastor is indeed Gods messenger given unto us for teaching purposes.  Now, there is a bit of truth in this, for God can speak to His children through anyone He chooses.  But will you know recognize His voice when He does?  In my own experience, the truth of the Father was not revealed to me until after I had stepped away from the church.  Even then, God used the words of a good friend to introduce Himself to me.  To reveal to me a God which I had never known before.  Think this sounds a bit too crazy?  Well, consider the revelation which the man Saul received on that road to Damascus {Acts of the Apostles 9:1-5}.  Saul was a man who followed the edicts of his church lock, stock and barrel.  In fact, on that day he was to Damascus in order to seek out and persecute followers of Jesus and the early church.  But God had other plans for Saul.  God chose that day to reveal Himself unto this man who had spent so much time persecuting His Son Jesus {Acts of the Apostles 9:4}.  Indeed, Paul himself speaks to the truth that "When it delights God" that God would "Unveil His Son in me" {Paul to the Galatians 1:15-16}.  God chose this day to show Saul who He truly was.  I assure you that the God which was revealed unto Saul that day was NOT the God which he had spent so many years studying in the synagogues of his faith.  It is in this way that the Father has revealed Himself to me as well.  I bounced from one church to another, never knowing the relationship I shared with Him.  The truth is, we will never find God within the confines of organized religion.  While the church might offer something for everyone, it is God Who will reveal Himself within us.  

For the era will be when they will not tolerate sound teaching, but, their hearing being tickled, they will heap up for themselves teachers in accord with their own desires 

Paul to Timothy (2) 4:3, Concordant New Testament Translation 

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (A God Who Hates) # 2191

 

He who is not loving knew not God, for God is love 

First Epistle of John 4:8, Concordant New Testament Translation

I shared a video of outspoken Christian scholar Martin Zender to a friend the other day.  The video in question spoke to the love of the Lord, and how Gods desire is that all of His creation would be saved.  Unfortunately, this didn't end well.  My friend, who is a regular church attendee, dismissed this video in part because it did not speak to the punishment of the wicked among us.  I get it.  To be honest, I am usually pretty careful to whom I send these videos to for that very reason.  There are times that I get tired of hearing the criticism of my beliefs.  Of hearing how God is a vengeful and hateful God instead of His true character of love and grace.  But, this is where the mainstream church has brought us.  They've spent thousands of years corrupting not only Gods true intentions, but the minds of His children as well.  Indeed, I question a religious belief which claims to accept the existence of a God of love while at the same time claiming that this same God will send His creation into eternal punishment.  Is this an act of love?  I think not.  Yet this continues to be the misguided belief of many within the mainstream church religious system.  I know the system all too well, for I was once a part of it myself.  Yes, I once condemned those who behaved badly as deserving of the damnation of an eternity in hell.  Of course, I also lived in fear that if I didn't act according to the desires of God that I myself would be condemned as well.  This is what I was taught to believe.  So it is that I can cut my friend a bit of slack here, because I'm well aware of the preaching he endures each and every week from the pulpits of the church.  This is the churches idea of who God is.  A loving, graceful God who will condemn you to eternal punishment if you don't do what He tells you.  Again I ask, is this the personification of the love of the Father?  I would say no, as I now know the truth which speaks to love being the Fathers one true character {First Epistle of John 4:8}.  

When I speak to love being the true character of God to someone who attends church every week, I get a mixed response.  Yes, God is love and is merciful...but.  But what about those who openly defy His laws?  What about those who know about Him but continue in their wrong behaviors?  These area just a few of the objections those within the church will find to justify their own version of who God is.  Forget the truth that one day ALL will bow before the Lord Jesus {Paul to the Philippians 2:10-11}.  Does this sound like a God who will banish His children into the eternal punishment of hell?  Here's a deeper question, if indeed God is love, is there even a hell awaiting us?  Or, is the threat of hell simply something the church has used for generations to get the people to fall in line?  Is that threat of hell something the church has used to keep their pews full?  I believe that this is entirely possible, knowing that those within the Christian religious system have already misled us.  In the film Come Sunday, bishop Carlton Pearson is removed from his church for daring to speak the blasphemy that there is no hell.  I have a few Christian friends who refuse to watch this movie because they feel that it goes against the teachings of the church.  Well, they're right about that.  But I believe that Carlton Pearson was onto something.  I believe that he received the revelation of the Father which revealed to him the truth of His love for His children.  This is also the same revelation of the Father which I myself have received.  This is also the same revelation which converted the apostle Paul on that road to Damascus {Acts of the Apostles 9:1-5}.  Is it beyond the Lords capacity to reveal Himself unto His children?  I'd say no to that.  I also believe that, as in Paul's case, that He will reveal Himself unto others that they will speak His truth into the world.  This is why I do what I do, to speak to the God of love.  

For thus God loves the world, so that He gives His only-begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him should not be perishing, but may be having life eonian.  For God does not dispatch His Son into the world that He should be judging the world, but that the world may be saved through Him 

Johns Account 3: 16-17, Concordant New Testament Translation

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (How I See Jesus) # 2190

 In that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you

Johns Account 14: 20, Concordant New Testament Translation

The other day I had someone ask me about Jesus.  Well, not entirely about Him, but how it is that I saw Him.  See, he has heard me speak of Jesus on more than one occasion, so I guess that he was curious as to how I viewed Him in my life.  We've had a few discussions over church and faith issues, so I pretty much knew where it is that he stands in his beliefs.  But, he wanted to know where I stood, so I told him.  Contrary to his church ideology which preaches that Jesus is separated from the Lords creation, I explained that the Father had revealed to me the truth of the Lord Jesus in my life.  Much like Jesus was revealed unto the man Saul on that road to Damascus {Acts of the Apostles 9:1-5}, the Father has revealed to me my life within His love.  My friend was a bit confused over this explanation of my faith.  A sinful man within God?  How is that possible?  I quickly reminded him that anything, anything is possible with God {Matthews Account 19:26}.  I have always wondered if Jesus spoke these words we find within the book of Matthew because He knew that there would be those who would not understand His message.  His own apostles wondered, "Who, consequently, can be saved?" {Matthews Account 19:25}.  Who indeed.  Because my friend has been seeing Jesus through the lens of organized religion, and not that of the His Father in heaven.  Yes, this is that very same lens which distorted my own view of Jesus for so many years.  I grew up drinking the same church religious kool aid which condemned me despite the truth that Jesus has given Himself that I would be free {Paul to the Corinthians (2) 5:21}.  This is the same religious system which acknowledges the sacrifice of Christ Jesus yet refuses to abide by its benefits.  The truth which speaks that we have never been separated from the Father Who created us {Genesis 1:27}.  The truth, as Paul speaks in his evangel, that it is Christ Jesus who we now live for {Paul to the Galatians 2:20}.  In fact, it is these words of Paul which first introduced me to the truth of my own life within the Father.

In many ways, my conversation with my friend opened the door to share with another how it is that they can experience the same revelation of Christ within them as I have.  Despite speaking against the organized church propaganda which has been preached for thousands of years, there are still those who, like my friend, seem willing to hear the message of my own experience.  I don't condemn and warn of the pitfalls of their sin, but remind them that it is through Christ Jesus that they have been made free {Paul to the Romans 6:10-11}.  That they no longer live a life defined by sin {Paul to the Romans 6:2}.  This has indeed been one of the lies spoken by those within the church, and the effects of it have devastated so many lives.  Every day, I see those who, like my friend, live a life of fear of losing their "Reward" of an eternity in heaven.  That their sin, which has angered God enough to turn His back on them {Isaiah 59:2}, would someday cause Him to discard those He professes to love into hell.  This is the same fear I grew up with.  I remember praying often that God would forgive me and accept me into His presence.  Never in my life did I realize that I already lived within His love.  That's not what the church taught me to believe.  I would only break the bonds of the lie spoken by the church through the revelation given to me by God.  That I didn't need to fear that He would stop loving me {First Epistle of John 4:8}.  That I had no need to fear an eternity apart from Him {Paul to the Corinthians (1) 15:22}.  Through my own experiences, I can empathize with the struggles my friend is having in his faith.  While I can never flip the narrative spoken by those within the church, I can continue to speak the revelation which the Father has given unto me.  My prayer is that my words will lead to others experiencing the same love of the Father that I have.  

For sin shall not be lording it over you, for you are not under the law, but under grace 

Paul to the Romans 6: 14, Concordant New Testament Translation 

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (The Atonement Lie) # 2189

 

Who Himself carries up our sins in His body on the pole, that, coming away from sins, we should be living for righteousness, by Whose welt you were healed

Peter to the Dispersion (1) 2: 24, Concordant New Testament Translation 

When I look at the word atonement, I think of one thing, guilt.  That I must atone for something I have done.  Ironically, this is a major part of the teaching and preachings of the church.  That man has sinned and that he will one or another make atonement for those sins, most likely through suffering an eternity in hell.  This is what I was taught growing up in the church.  I had a discussion gym friend the other day on this very issue.  He was annoyed at how many times he has been told to pray for the Lords forgiveness for his sin.  "Hasn't Jesus bled and died for my forgiveness already?"  The truth is he's spot on, Jesus has indeed already died to sin {Paul to the Romans 6:10}.  The apostle Peter, in his dispersion, speaks to the truth that Christ Jesus "Carries up our sins in his body on the pole" {Peter to the Dispersion (1) 2:24}.  That's right, Jesus BECAME that sin which we once carried on the cross.  Not only that, but the apostle Paul speaks to the truth that we ourselves perished with Jesus on that cross {Paul to the Galatians 2:20, Paul to the Romans 6:6}.  That our old sin nature which we once carried with us is no more.  We've died to that.  So, tell me, what is it that we still need to atone for?  What sin is there that remains which Christ Jesus Himself has not suffered and died for?  It is for this reason that I speak to the church teaching of atonement for sin as a bold faced lie.  This falls in line with the same lie spoken by the church which proclaims that it is our sin which has separated us from God.  How is it that we could ever be separated from He Who created us in His likeness {Genesis 1:27}?  Yet this is the lie which continues to be preached from the pulpits of the church.  Some might, and indeed have, asked me why it is that I hammer this point so often in my posts.  Well, those within the church have been speaking to this lie for thousands of years, so I guess I'm trying to make up for lost time by speaking the truth which we have in the Fathers love.  Every day I run across people who have been fed the lie for so many years that they've come to believe it as being true.  That God has distanced Himself from His beloved children.  I get it.  I was once fed that same lie as well.  

The thing about speaking a lie is that if it is spoken often enough, it becomes seen as the truth eventually.  This is what has happened to the teachings of the church.  What has been lost in all of this is the truth which we have in the grace and forgiveness of God.  Paul has spoken to the truth that we do not live under the condemnation of the law, but within the grace of the Father {Paul to the Romans 6:14}.  If we indeed still needed to atone for sin, wouldn't Paul have mentioned this?  But Paul takes this further when he speaks to the truth of our death with Christ Jesus to sin.  That "We, who died to sin, how shall we still be living in it?" {Paul to the Romans 6:2}.  Knowing this truth, what is it that we still need to atone for?  This is the question I asked of my friend.  I can understand his frustration, as I said, I've been there.  I've sat alone in prayer many times, asking God why He still condemned me if Jesus had forgiven me.  I know in my heart that there are still many believers out there who utter this same prayer every day.  My prayer is that they will receive the same revelation of the truth which He has given unto me.  It's this truth which I continue to speak to in these posts I write.  Yes, there continue to be those who are critical of my belief in the truth, but the truth has yet to be revealed to them.  This is the same revelation which was revealed unto the man Saul on that road to Damascus {Acts of the Apostles 9:1-5}.  This is the truth which I speak, the truth of my life not separated, but within the love of the Father.  The truth which Jesus Himself speaks to, of our life lived within the Father {Johns Account 14:20}.  I believe that this is the truth spoken by Jesus which will set us free {Johns Account 8:31-32}.  

Jesus, then, said to the Jews who believed Him, "If ever you should be remaining in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will be making you free" 

Johns Account 8: 31-32, Concordant New Testament Translation 

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (Finding Jesus) # 2188

 

With Christ have I been crucified, yet I am living; no longer I, but living in me is Christ.  Now that which I am now living in flesh, I am living in faith that is of the Son of God, Who loves me, and gives Himself up for me

Paul to the Galatians 2: 20, Concordant New Testament Translation

I heard a discussion question from a podcast of a good friend the other day.  That question asked, have you found Jesus?  At times, I have joined in these podcasts as time allows, and we seem to have a good following.  However, if I were to join in, I probably would have answered that question pretty quickly.  Because I have indeed found Jesus.  I found Jesus after many years of toiling within the theology of the mainstream church and its traditions and rules.  in fact, I truly believe that God waited until I was removed from the church before He revealed unto me just where I might find His Son.  My first glimpse into where I would find Jesus came from a passage from the apostle Paul in Galatians.  Paul points out that it is Christ Jesus who now lives within him {Paul to the Galatians 2:20}.  Jesus within sinful man?  I can imagine the discussion that I would have with some church people on this idea of where to find Jesus.  In fact, I have had a few heated discussions with those within the church who think that they know where to find Him.  They await the coming once again of the Lord Jesus.  They see Him as separated from the Lords children, watching over His creation while seated beside the Father in heaven.  This is what the separation theology of the church teaches us.  That the sin of mankind has separated us from the presence of God.  These are the words spoken by the prophet Isaiah in the Old Testament as a warning to mankind {Isaiah 59:2}.  Those within the church often point to this scripture as proof of the lie which they preach.  I call this separation theology a lie because it speaks to a false teaching not only of who it is that we are in the Father, but that we must somehow "Find" Jesus.  Jesus has made it perfectly clear that we do not choose Him, but that He has chosen us {Johns Account 15:16}.  So, we might be on a quest to find Him, but He has already chosen us to abide within Him.  That's exactly where I was not so many years ago.  This is where many believers are today in their lives.  Looking for someone they already have.  This is what Paul was speaking to in Galatians.  Paul understood that his life was not walking in the flesh of his body, but within the love of the Father.  THAT'S where you will find Jesus. 

I believe that the reason that so many believers continue in their search for Jesus in their lives is a two-fold issue.  On the one hand, we have been led astray by the teachings and preachings coming from the pulpits of the church.  On the other, many have not been led to the revelation of the Father as to the truth of their life within His love.  Again, Jesus speaks to this truth in the scriptures {Johns Account 14:20}.  I believe in my heart that it is the revelation of the Father which led me to know the truth of my life within He and His Son.  Jesus within the Father, we in Him, and He in us.  This is also the same revelation which the man Saul received on that road to Damascus {Acts of the Apostles 9:1-6}.  Paul is also quick to point out that it was only by the Lords timing that he was led to an understanding of his life in Christ Jesus {Galatians 1:15-16}.  Paul was not led to this truth through the scriptures, as the passages of what we today know as the New Testament had yet to be published.  The scriptures which Saul adhered to were those of the early Jewish Torah, the teachings of the law.  It is through these teachings that Saul came to view the early followers of Jesus as dealing in blasphemy.  In fact, on that day he was headed to Damascus in order to bring these blasphemers back to Jerusalem to answer for their beliefs.  But God had other plans for him.  So it is that Jesus was revealed unto this persecutor of Jesus.  This is the same revelation of the truth which the Father has given me.  I need not look for Jesus, because I already know where He is.  He is in the same place He's always been, within me.  

Not you choose Me, but I choose you, and I appoint you, that you may be going away and bringing forth much fruit, and your fruit may be remaining, that anything whichsoever you should be requesting the Father in My name, He will be giving it to you

Johns Account 15: 16, Concordant New Testament Translation

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (Till Flesh Do Us part) # 2187

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh 

Genesis 2: 24, New King James Translation 

If there is one thing that I am very familiar with, it's the breakup of marriages and families due to the following of the flesh instead of the spirit which brought them together in the first place.  My own father distanced himself from his family for the pleasure of following his fleshly desires.  I know a man in my gym rat community who continues in his pursuit of his fleshly desires despite the fact that he has a wife at home.  What is it about marriage that makes some people desire to seek the flesh of someone they are not joined to?  That's right, because when we take that vow to enter into a marriage relationship, we agree that we will indeed become one flesh with that person whom we are marrying.  In fact, the words "One flesh" have become deeply ingrained into our wedding vows for quite some time, for good reason.  For they serve as a reminder of just what it is that God has intended for His children.  This isn't just a religious issue, but speaks to who we are within the love of the Father Who created us in His likeness {Genesis 1:27}.  Unfortunately, many have come to see marriage as a disposable relationship.  If we find out down the road that we made a mistake in our decision to marry, we can simply abolish that union in the stroke of a pen.  But does divorce also dissolve the truth that we are one flesh with the person we married?  Some might argue that it does, that divorce is the final act.  But how does God view divorce?  Jesus was firm on this, that "Whoever should be dismissing his wife and should be marrying another, is committing adultery, and he who marries her who has been dismissed, is committing adultery."  These are the words spoken by Jesus Himself.  If anyone wonders how it is that God views divorce, simply look at the words spoken by the Son.  However, over time man has watered down how God sees divorce until it has become almost a right to dismiss a husband or wife for the simplest of reasons.  More often than not, as in the case of my own father, it is our own desires for the flesh which lead us into down that dark road. 

Jesus has spoken to those who questioned Him about the morals of divorce that, "Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, permits you to dismiss your wives.  Yet from the beginning it has not come to be thus" {Mathews Account 19:8}.  So it is that it is NOT God Who has spoken that dismissing a husband or wife is tolerated, but because of the hardness of the hearts of man.  This is the result of our following the flesh and not the spirit.  When I speak of the consequences on families brought about by divorce, I know what I'm talking about!  It is because of the actions of my father that I grew up vowing not to be like that man.  Have I made mistakes, yes.  Have I lived the life which my own father did, no.  But one thing which I do have which my dad lacked is knowing the truth of who I am in the Lord.  I'm not guided by the flesh, but by the spirit of the Father in Whom I dwell.  But how is it that we can explain the alarming rate of divorce among Christian believers?  The same cause applies in this case, those who follow the flesh and not the desires of the Father.  Some time ago, I asked a dear friend of mine, who has been married to his wife for over fifty years, how was he able to endure the years without considering divorce?  His response brought joy to my heart, in his mind, divorce "Was out of the question," Amen!  I trust this man to be following the spirit and not the flesh.  That he indeed cherishes that he shares one flesh with his wife.  Unfortunately, this is not the predominant attitude among marriage relationships today (2.4 divorces per 1,000 people).  Again, I would not base this upon a lack of commitment, but on not knowing who we are within the love of the Father.  We only need to seek the words spoken by Jesus to determine that.  For Jesus has spoken that we live within the love of the Father {Johns Account 14:20}.  Jesus in the Father, we in Him and He within us.  That's how this works.  That is how we can proclaim one flesh with our partner.  This becomes more difficult when one follows their own flesh and not the one flesh of what the Father has brought together. 

Husbands, be loving your wives according as Christ also loves the ecclesia, and gives Himself up for it's sake 

Paul to the Ephesians 5: 25, Concordant New Testament Translation 

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (The Gospel Of Gloom) # 2186

 

Religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky watching everything you do, every minute of every day.  And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he doesn't want you to do.  And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever until the end of time.  But he loves you.  He loves you, and he needs money.  He always needs money.  He's all-powerful, all-knowing, all-perfect and all-wise, somehow he just can't handle money 

~George Carlin~ 

I recently made a pretty important decision in my life.  A decision which I should have made long ago.  I've decided that I wasn't going to give too much credence to those individuals in my life who have grown accustomed to, shall we say, bringing negativity into my daily life.  Now, many people would say that it's not that much of a big deal, but I disagree.  Simply because of the fact that a few of those individuals that I have chosen to distance myself from are those who confess to being a Christian believer.  Think I'm off base?  Think I've gone too far?  Well, trust me when I say that I have struggled with this decision for some time, it wasn't an easy one for me.  I mean, believers are supposed to uplift each other, right?  That's what we will hear preached from the pulpits of the church.  But I've often noticed that the very preaching and teaching of those within the church can be seen as negative in nature.  But wait, how is it that the good news can be seen as negative?  Well, it depends on the translation of those who speak it.  I've had more than a few people who have questioned my use of the quote from comedian George Carlin which I often use as a precursor to my page.  But whether Carlin knew it at the time of not, he was delivering a scathing rebuke of the mainstream church we know today.  Of how congregations who have been advised to love one another instead turn to the negativity of warnings of sin and hell.  One of the individuals I have decided to distance myself from is among that crowd.  Any opportunity to discuss Jesus often turns into a condemnation of whatever sins I'm carrying with me {Paul to the Romans 3:23}.  The stark warnings of what awaits me if I refuse to repent.  Does this sound like the good news of the forgiveness we have in Jesus to you?  In my opinion, it's simply a gospel of gloom spoken by those within the church.  

A dear friend of mine recently spoke to me that the early reformers of the church never changed the doctrine of how the church views sin, only that it was forgiven by God directly, a process known as "Solo Gratia."  What Luther, Calvin and other early reformers of the church did was to exaggerate the sinfulness of man to a high degree.  Listen to any church pastor and you will hear phrases such as "Wretched sinner am I' and "sinner saved by grace."  This has been the gospel of gloom spoken by the church for thousands of years, and I want NO part of it.  My first question to anyone espousing this teaching is always, what about Jesus?  For it is Jesus Who has given Himself willingly for not only the forgiveness of sin, but that sin within us would be put to death entirely {Paul to the Romans 6:6-11}.  Yes, it is we who have perished on that cross with Jesus {Paul to the Galatians 2:20, Paul to the Romans 6:6}.  Therefore, we no longer are tagged with that monicker of sin.  That ship has sailed.  "For sin shall not be lording it over you, for you are not under the law, but under grace" {Paul to the Romans 6:14}.  In fact, for those who continue to proclaim the gospel of gloom that we continue to live in sin, Paul already has the answer for that lie.  "We, who died to sin, how shall we still be living in it?" {Paul to the Romans 6:2}.  Yet there are those entrenched within the false doctrine of the church who will say that I'm simply quoting verses to support my own narrative.  Well, if you read yesterday's page, you will see that it is the mainstream church which has created that false narrative, not me.  That narrative was born from the Nicene creed in the year 325.  The original intent of this council was to create a consistent theology among the various Christian churches, a narrative if you will.  This is the gospel of gloom which has been preached from the pulpits for thousands of years.  The theology which ignores the good news which we have through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus.  Well, I choose the good news over the bad.  

For sin shall not be lording it over you, for you are not under law, but under grace 

Paul to the Romans 6: 14, Concordant New Testament Translation 

~Scott~