THE TRUE BIBLICAL SAINTS WERE NOT THE CANONIZED SAINTS

ALL THE TRUE BIBLICAL SAINTS WERE THE PEOPLE SANCTIFIED IN THE LORD JESUS CALLED BY HIM IN HOLINESS (1COR.1:2; 1PET.1:15-16)

September 16,2017, 10:10 pm

The LORD JESUS CHRIST alone has the exclusive authority to reveal the identity of all true saints, by His infallible words (1Cor.1:2; 1Pet. 1:15-16), never can be found in the entire written Holy Scriptures, that anyone who had been canonized by a man who erroneously asserts that he is “Vicarious Cristos” (a person who deceptively claimed as the representative of the LORD JESUS on earth), can declare a deceased person as saint by canonization process.

All the canonized saints of the Roman Catholic pope were not the true Biblical saints, because all the Biblical saints were not declared saints by canonization process of the pope. They were the devoted followers of the LORD JESUS whom He called to be saints by following Him to be holy (1Cor.1:2; IPet.1:15-16). All His Biblical saints even in these last days are not members of any religious organization founded by fallible human kind, they are members of the one spiritual body of the LORD JESUS (Rom,12:4-5: 1 Cor. 12:12).

The peculiar identities of the true saints of the LORD JESUS have different contrast; compared to the canonized saints of the church of Rome. Their spiritual identity cannot be found in extremely religious persons in sect organizations established by fallible persons. They have fear of the LORD, as their learned wisdom (Prov.1:7); they revered much the LORD JESUS in His inherent holiness, therefore He is their ardent inspiration to be holy, for He who called them is holy (1Pet.1:15-16). Born again in their spiritually transformed soul (John 3:3-7 ; 2 Cor.5:17) they renounced all destructive sinfulness by having repentant heart, and willingly, subjected themselves to follow (Jn. 10:27-28) the absolute authority of the LORD JESUS, whom they received In His fullness (John 1:12,16). In following Him as the LORD of all; (Acts 10:36) to Him alone that they heartily do all things, for the LORD JESUS, not for any fellow creatures in their willful services for the glory of Him (Col. 3:23-24).

They are not obstinate idolaters of human made images, such as- sculptured, molten images and abominable portraiture of artist’ religious art works derived from human models (Ps.115: Acts 17:29); because all these dumb idols are the object of worship, adoration, and devotion, of them that belong to pagan people. In the book of Psalms it is written; “ Not to us O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your loving kindness, because of Your truth. Why should the nation say, “Where now is their God”? But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases, Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands, They have mouths but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see; They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell; They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk; They cannot make a sound with their throat.” (Ps. 115: 1-7)

The saints of the LORD JESUS have willing heart to follow His commandments in the book of (Exo. 20: 3-6).“You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them, for I the LORD your God, am a jealous God; visiting the iniquity of the fathers, on the children, on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing loving kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep my commandments” (Ex. 20:3-6).

No one else can intentionally obliterate the three mandatory written commandments from Exodus chapter 20 verses 3-6, because the giver of these commandments, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, had given for all in this world stern warning: “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you” (Deut. 4:2).NASB

The church of Rome did not include in their teachings the three mandatory command from verses 3-6 of Exodus chapter 20; to continue their sinful justification, adoration, glorification of their canonized saints, and counterfeit portraiture of false Christ and false image of Mary, portrayed in sculptured art works of their commissioned artist, including portrait painters of the Renaissance years of 14th to 16th century. They acknowledge honor to their canonized dead saints by their traditional feast with worldly celebration. The LORD JESUS said:"Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written; " THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME, BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN" Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."( Mark 7:6-8).

In the church of Rome, their members pray to their canonized saints, and many of them have incessant devotion to Mary, which they erroneously considered as mother of God. Mary was just a channel of miraculous conception; when the LORD JESUS marvelously incarnated in the flesh (Is.7:14; 9:6; Jn.1:14).

She was a saint, for certain reason that she was among the sheep called of the LORD JESUS as His sanctified follower (Jn. 10:27). Mary explicitly acknowledged “that her soul exalts the LORD, and her spirit rejoiced in God her Savior” which is the LORD JESUS CHRIST (Luke 1:46-47).     

Perpetual incessant devotion to Mary, would consequentially be condemnable sin of idolatry (Rev.21:8). The LORD JESUS alone; will forever remain the central focus of worship, adoration, devotion, faith, hope, love and prayer, whereto we must render our works, allegiance, duty, obedience and all things that He kindly gave for all of us (Col. 3:23-24).

We will have wide scope of knowledge of the truth; that no one else in the New Testament books; had considered Mary, as the focus of prayer, for any petition of everyone, even though she was among sanctified saints, who became faithful followers of the LORD JESUS. In the entire book of the New Testament, no one else prayed to Mary, neither to fellow saints which were the followers of the LORD JESUS. The early church at Corinth, “they which were sanctified in CHRIST JESUS called to be saints, in every place, call on the name of the LORD JESUS, not to Mary. (1Cor. 1:2). In all of the epistles; never that Mary was mentioned as the object of worship, neither their certain focus of prayer, because all the faithful followers of the LORD JESUS in their generation were not idolaters, compared to the church of Rome in these last days.

Praying to any dead canonized saints and Biblical saints, is a sin of necromancy, (Is.8:19) moreover, consulting a medium or spiritists who whisper and mutter is diabolic wickedness agains God. “When they say to you “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?(Is.8:19)NASB

All the Biblical Mary were dead thousand years ago; and Mary who was the channel of the marvelous incarnation of the LORD JESUS never can be considered mother of God, because she was just acknowledged as mother of JESUS for certain reason of personal distinction from other women, namely Mary Magdalene (Jn.20:1); Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus (Luke 10:38-3); Mary the wife of Cleophas (Jn.19:25) ; and Mary the mother of John Mark (Jn.12:3).

No one else in the world has prerogative to make anyone a saint, the LORD JESUS alone who in Himself have inherent holiness, without any sin; can sanctify, acknowledge and call as saint, anyone who followed Him to be holy in likewise manner (1Pet.1:15-16).

Many credulous people were victims of the devil’s doctrines (1Tim.2:4); which deceptively, had been the erroneous belief of them, that it is right to have adoration to any canonized saints of the Roman church, (1 Tim. 1:1-3) because they refuse to learn knowledge of the truth from the infallible doctrine of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Whereas, He desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim.2:4).

“But the Spirit explicitly says that in latter times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth” (1Tim.4:1-3).

The Roman church enforced their mandatory prohibition of marriage for all their priest and nuns, a principle which is contrary to the given freewill of the LORD JESUS, for all without impediment to be married just to a single partner. (1Pet. 2:16). Enforcement of celibacy of the church of Rome never can be in accordance to the written Holy Scriptures.

The Apostle Paul himself wrote for our edification; “Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband” (1 Cor.7:2). All the Biblical bishops can have one wife, for it is a sacred relationship for the glory of the LORD JESUS. Therefore, being married just with one wife, is one of the significant characteristics of a Biblical bishop. As it is written: “ This is a true saying, if a man desires the office of a bishop he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous”. One who ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; ( For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of GOD?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.” (1 Tim.3:1-7; Titus 1:6-9).

In the “Seven Sacraments” of the church of Rome, “Matrimony” is one of the seven; which is required for all of them, and we knew well that matrimony pertain to a state of being married, but ironically, their enforced prohibition of marriage within the hierarchical order, is contradictory, a compulsive deprivation of freewill to be married, which is the devil’s entrapment for them to commit fornication by keeping it secret activities.

Now that the church of Rome had disregarded the real significance of matrimony, in their seven sacraments, it is also ironical and absurdity, that they solemnized marriage for the members of their church.

The church of Rome had many canonized saints, but some of them after canonized as their saints, were later on disqualified, is it not ridiculous? Their Saint Barbara and their Saint Christopher, among others were disqualified. Comparatively different; all the saints of the LORD JESUS CHRIST were sanctified for the truth by Him, not by human being (Jn.17:17-19). Therefore, the truth set them free (Jn.8:31-32) from the devastating destruction of sin and therefore the result of their obedience of faith (Rom.1:5) to the LORD JESUS CHRIST. They that come to Him to remain in holiness are His saints (1Pet. 1:15-16) which the Father gave to Him, which will certainly not be cast out (Jn.6:37). Included among all sanctified called to be saints of the LORD JESUS CHRIST are His faithful followers; all of them that repented, had been born again (Jn.3:3-7); living for the LORD JESUS with purity in heart (Matt.5:8).With unfeigned will to remain; totally, absolutely, and exclusively ALL FOR JESUS forever, until the glorious, marvelous, and the most awaited coming of Him. They remain blameless in their spirit, soul and body (1 Thess. 5:23), all these people are His saints for certain reason that they pursue holiness; as He who called them is Holy, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, (1 Pet,1:15-16). In the original Greek Holy Scriptures, holy is “Hagios,” that precisely mean; physically pure, morally blameless, consecrated of the LORD JESUS, holy, saint.

Now, we should not be credulous people like many in the church of Rome; believing whatever the pope teach them, knowingly, that the pope is among all created fallible human being that had committed sin (Rom.3:23). To the LORD JESUS that all of us must believe, for all His words that had been written, because He is inherently infallible who never committed any sin (1Pet.2:22).

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THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN BORN AGAIN AND RELIGIOUS PERSON

THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN BORN AGAIN AND RELIGIOUS PERSON

The enlightening instruction of the LORD JESUS has given us grateful knowledge of discernment to wisely know the contrasting difference of born again, or born of God (1Pet. 1:23;4:23) and religiousness (James 1:26). Described herewith are Biblical informative characteristics of born again adherents of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

To accurately understand the reality of born again existence of a spiritual man, we must learn more from the enlightening explanation of the LORD JESUS Himself (John 3:3-7) 

The LORD JESUS explained to Nicodemus, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?” JESUS answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Moreover, He said, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again”(John 3:3,5-7). K.J.V. The LORD JESUS made it clear for our enlightenment that there is a reality of two distinct birth for anyone who irrevocably departed from sin and willingly, faithfully, and sincerely devoted his /her all in life to follow Him (Matt.16:24); the first is birth in the flesh from the mother’s womb; and second is the spiritual birth by the unwavering will to follow the LORD JESUS.

“Then JESUS said to His disciples “ If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me”(Matt. 16:24).

When we diligently follow the instructive words of the LORD JESUS, we become spiritual persons because He said; “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh propiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).K.J.V.

The Apostle Peter explained well what he has learned from the LORD JESUS, “For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is through the living and enduring word of God”(1Pet. 1:23).

When anyone has been remarkably transformed by actively following the teachings of the LORD JESUS, that individual person become sanctified in the truth for Him alone, (Jn.17:17) and as His adopted son/daughter by receiving Him in His fullness  (Jn.1:12,16;). Consequently, that person by that process of learning from the LORD JESUS, has received Him in His fullness and arrived at the blessed reality by the given right as son, and daughter of the LORD JESUS, which has been transformed from sinfulness to holiness (2Cor.5:17; Rom. 8:1; 1Pet.1:15-16).

 “ But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become    children of God even to those who believed in His name” (John 1:12). “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things  passed away; behold new things have come.”( 2 Cor.5:17) N.A.S.B.

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”(Rom. 8:1).

All true born again willingly comply to be holy, for being called of the LORD JESUS to be holy for Himself and for His glory (1Pet.1:15-16).

In enthusiastic adherence to the LORD JESUS, a born again, by the mandatory command of the LORD to be departed from sectarian religious organization established by man (2Cor. 6:17-18). All true born again knew by their knowledge of discernment that all sect established by man, have spurious doctrines from deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons against the pure and infallible doctrines of the LORD JESUS (1Tim. 4:1).

But the Spirit explicitly says that in latter times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron”(1Tim.4:1-2).

All sectarian churches established by man have spurious doctrines conceptualized by human principles and erroneous understanding of the Holy Scriptures (2Pet. 3:15-16).

“And regard the patience of our LORD as Salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, and also in all his letters, speaking to them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures to their own destruction” (2 Pet. 3:15-16).

All true born again are in the spiritual exclusively one body of the LORD JESUS (1Cor.12:12) they are not members of any religious sect organization in the world. They renounce all works of wickedness, such as works of fleshly desires motivated by immorality (Rom.1:29-32; Gal.5:19-21).

As they had been transformed, by having renewed mind, they don’t conform to worldly aspiration, but have decided to do things that are pleasing to the LORD JESUS (1Cor. 10:31; Col.3:23-24; 2Tim.2:4).

All true born again are not comparatively the same with those who are peddlers of the word of God, preaching the word on market place, on street, in a traveling bus, within few minutes time, with much expectation to gather money from commuters, and from the crowd, (2Cor.2:17). The Apostle Paul wrote these words against them, “For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.” (2Cor.2:17) N.A.S.B. They are the identified sect of the “Fourth Watchers” at these present generation, they justified their deeds by distorting the precise interpretation of the Holy Scriptures (2Pet. 3:15-16).

All true born again adherents of the LORD JESUS have decisive will; to resist conformity to any world system, organized religion, which is diametrically against the will, doctrine, statutes, and principles of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (Rom. 1:1-2; 16:17-18).

With regards to all true born again, these written words from the epistle of Apostle Peter, had given peculiar identification for them exclusively for the glory of the LORD JESUS; “But you are a CHOSEN RACE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, (not the priest of the Roman Catholic church) A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD’S OWN POSSESION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1Pet. 2:9).

THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

In the written original Greek text of the New Testament, religious is “threskos” it denote ceremonious in worship (as demonstrative) i.e. pious:-religious.

James, the Apostle of the LORD JESUS wrote about the distinction of a religious person and the pure religion in the sight of God. According to him, “anyone who thinks himself to be religious and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of God and Father is to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world”(James 1:26-27).

It must be understood that a religious person who does not speak for the truth, deceives himself, and without will to restrain his tongue in telling lies. The Apostle James did edifying explanation that “the tongue is a restless evil and full of deadly poison, and no one can tame the tongue”(James 3:8). The reason why he wrote admonition not to let many among the brethren become teachers, because the accountability when a teacher speak against the truth will incur a stricter judgment (James 3:1); “For we can do nothing against the truth but only for the truth”(2Cor. 13:8). N.A.S.B

Moreover, the Apostle James emphatically said, “For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man able to bridle the whole body as well” (James 3:2).

“And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell” (James 3:6).N.A.S.B.

We know that in many nations, emergence of sectarian churches had multiplied exceedingly, and their heresy against the infallible teaching of the LORD JESUS spread out to many people, to those without longing to scrutinize the false doctrinal statements that proceed out of their deceitful tongue. Therefore, almost all of them are religious in showing, and piously expressing, their devotion to false gods and they enthusiastically follow false teachers.

The Apostle Paul admonished the people of Athens and said “Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, to “AN UNKNOWN GOD” Therefore what you worship in ignorance this I proclaim to you” (Acts 17:22-23). 
Atheist and agnostics don't believe in God and they are not religious people,they are the enemies of God (Ps.14:1).

In many religious church organizations established by man, their members are religious in following their church leaders rather than following the LORD JESUS. The Roman Catholics are followers of the pope, and they falsely claimed that they are Christians. The I.N.C Iglesia Ni Cristo, also asserts that they are Christians, but they reject the veracity of the Godhood of the LORD JESUS in their religiousness. So much are the sect of Jehovah's Witness in their religiousness, but they don't accept the equality of the Godhood of the LORD JESUS with the Godhood of God the Father.

In these latter days the prophesied disclosure of the LORD JESUS that “many false prophets will arise and will mislead many" happen everywhere now (Matt.24:11).They are extremely religious; by observing the system, erroneous doctrines, and false belief that their leaders inculcated in their gullible mind.

 The Apostle Paul himself was a former member of the sect of the religious Pharisees (Acts 26:4-5); he was a terrible persecutor of the faithful followers of the LORD JESUS before he was converted as His devoted adherent (Acts 9:1-2; 26:9-11). The LORD JESUS marvelously appeared to him at Damascus by a brilliant light that blinded his eyes, and when he recognized the LORD JESUS, that was the time he became a true follower of the LORD, after JESUS restored his sight (Acts 9:15-19). Formerly he was a religious fanatic, a destroyer of the LORD’S adherents.

In this present generation, multitude of people in the sect of Roman Catholic church, Islam, Mormon, Jehovah’s Witness, United Pentecostal, Dating Daan, Seventh Day Adventist, Fourth Watchers, Baptist, etc.. are religious in their church principles, but not the same with born again, which in their commitment are totally, absolutely, and exclusively ALL FOR JESUS, as willed of God the Father (John 3:35) given of the Father to His Son. They are detached from sectarian religious organization, and remain in the LORD JESUS (2Cor. 6:14-18).

Religious people devote their adherence to their church traditions, and leaders, almost all of them disregard the great importance of the written word of God, the Bible. The LORD JESUS said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written "THESE PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME, BUT IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME TEACHING AS DOCTRINE THE PRECEPTS OF MEN Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men,"

In the Roman Catholic church, their members extremely love the pope, instead of obeying the first commandment, “To love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength,” only second is to love fellow human kind (Mark 12:29-31). They must consider what had been written by Apostle Paul, “If. any man love not the LORD JESUS CHRIST, let him be Anathema “accursed” Maranatha LORD come (1Cor.16:22) K.J.V

All true born again will never take anything in this world in exchange for the paramount glory, excellence, majesty, and fullness of incomparable magnificent characteristics of the LORD JESUS CHRIST as the “ALMIGHTY GOD (El Shadai in Hebrew); (Gen.17:1; 2 Cor. 6:18; Rev. 1:8); AND THE MOST HIGH (El Elyon in Hebrew)” (Gen.14:20; Ps.91:1-2); and above all (John 3:31).

Now, these laid down distinction between born again children of God, and religious person, can be quite comprehended by anyone who possessed Biblical insight by the directive guidance of the “Helper” from the LORD JESUS which is the Holy Spirit (John 14:26; 16:7).

“No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. By these the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious; anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.” (1John 3:9).

All born of God will have eternal life extension when the LORD JESUS’ first stage of His second coming happen, there will be splendid resurrection of all who remain faithful to the LORD JESUS until death (1Cor. 15:51-54; 1Thess. 4:14-18).

But all religious people that remain against the LORD JESUS, all who did not sincerely repent, will be “in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death” (Rev. 21:8).

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THE BIBLICAL PUNISHMENT OF DEATH IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL BUT MANDATORY FOR OBSTINATE SINNERS

THE BIBLICAL PUNISHMENT OF DEATH IS NOT A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE, IT IS MANDATORY FOR ALL OBSTINATE SINNERS

INTRODUCTION

The LORD JESUS SAID, “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished ”(Matt.5:18).

“But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that Law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever is contrary to sound teaching” (1Tim. 1:8-9).

The punishment of death for all unrepentant sinners will be for ever, without end (Rev. 21:8) “ But for the cowardly, and unbelieving and abominable and murderers, and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE

In the Old Testament not God the Father, neither God the Holy Spirit render judgment, with punishment of death, He is the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Among the Trinity, He alone is the personal appearing God; the one who directly speak to His chosen people of Israel, and to His servants the prophets (Gen.17:1;18:1; Is.44:24;45:12;Jer.1:4-5; Ezek.6:1; Dan. Chapter 12; Hos.1:1).

In the New Testament, the LORD JESUS revealed for our understanding, “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father” (Jn.6:46).And the Father who sent Me, He testified of Me, you have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form”(Jn.5:37).

Therefore it is a comprehensive given knowledge of the LORD JESUS that He is the exclusive person among the three of them; who speaks for whatever words the Father want Him to tell to all the angels in heaven; and all created human kind here on earth (Jn. 12:49-50) and the one who render judgment for all guilty of sin and wickedness (Jn.5:22).

God the Father gave commandment to the LORD JESUS what to say and what to speak, the reason He explained, why He does not speak

on His own initiative (Jn.12:49-50) “For I did not speak on my own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, just as the Father has told Me.”

THE LORD JESUS RENDERED PUNISMENT OF DEATH FOR ALL THE SINFUL WICKED PEOPLE IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, BUT HE PRESERVED THE FAMILY OF NOAH.

“Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God and the earth was filled with violence. God looked on the earth and behold it was corrupt for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth”. Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth”(Gen.6:11-13). .NASB

“The foolish shall not stand in thy sight; thou hatest all workers of iniquity”(Psalms 5:5).KJV

It was a rendered judgment of death for all the wicked people in those days; by devastating flood, but with loving grace of preservation for the family of Noah, because of their commitment of unwavering obedience to the LORD JESUS. With animals in the ark which they constructed by the command of the LORD, they were safely preserved. The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days (Gen.7:24).

THE NON CONFORMIST TO THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH IS THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT HAD PERNICIOUSLY PERSECUTED AND FEROCIOUSLY PUT TO DEATH MANY FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS OF THE LORD JESUS

The Roman Catholic church erroneously condemned the LORD’S punishment of death “as a heinous crime of murder.” They don’t rightly discern the explicit difference of murder with magnitude of contrast to the punishment of death. His mandated punishment of death for wicked people had been executed by Him in many ways. He can utilized sword (Deut.32:41-42); famine; and pestilence for His execution of righteous judgment, even of death (2 Chron.20:9) for all defiant and adamant people, those who obstinately commit sin against Him without any sincere repentance.

We can find by research from published books; and internet,  the indubitably recorded documents of events of the “Roman Catholic church Inquisition” approximately from 1200 years to  the early years of 19th century, against many accused as heretics, those who renounced their being Catholic, when they had been enlightened by the infallible teachings of the LORD JESUS. The true heretics are those who turned away from following the infallible teachings of JESUS (1Tim.4:1-2) and had chosen erroneous teaching not conformed to the teachings of the LORD. Not those who were brutally persecuted to death by the church of Rome were heretics; they were miserably victims of atrocities, and suppression of their freewill.

Alberto Rivera was a former priest in Rome; he became born again follower of the LORD JESUS; Spanish in his nationality, who without fear exposed the brutality of leaders of the Roman Catholic Church by their “Inquisition.” The other one, - Charles Chiniquy, a French, and 50 years former priest in Rome, at the Vatican, the same with Alberto, he became enthusiastic follower of the LORD JESUS. “These two had disclosed “many tyrannically murdered people by burning at the stake perpetrated by high ranking leaders of the Roman Catholic church, because their victims renounced their allegiance to them”. They had published their testimonies that many were brutally tortured within many years that passed, when they perniciously utilized “Inquisition.”Their Inquisition was murderous intention against those people who departed away from their church. They were deprived of freewill to choose and believe that which is certainly true, with regards to the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Their "Inquisition" was harsh investigation for those who turn away from their church; that resulted in unlawful killing of their victims by burning at the stake. It is not the same with the Biblical Law of Punishment of Death (Gen. 7:23; 19:24-26; Ex.32:26-28; Num. 16: 23-25; Rev.21:8).It was a murderous false indictment against those who departed from their church. Now the Roman Catholic church persistently equated punishment of death with murder, which in the recorded history in the past centuries were perpetrated by them; when their savage crackdown with murderous persecutions by their "Inquisition" that happened within many centuries against many dissenting Catholics during the dark years of their infliction of horrendous persecution to them that had known knowledge of the truth from the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Certainly it is a condemnable sin to the LORD JESUS; their diabolic persecution to those who learned more that all the truth is in JESUS in those days, (Eph.4:21). The LORD JESUS Himself revealed it in the book of (Revelation chapter 18:24) perpetrated by the “ Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Of The Abominations Of The Earth”(Rev.17:5). The Apostle John saw these revelation of the LORD JESUS “that the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of JESUS. When I saw her, I wonderd greatly.(Rev.17:6).

The LORD JESUS explained well that Babylon is the great and strong city that will be utterly destroyed in His prophecy in His book of Revelation, (Rev.18:10). The original text of the New Testament Bible in Geek word i.e. Babylon “denote - as a type of tyranny.” Figuratively, it is “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH”(Rev. 17:5). This Babylon “became the dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit” (Rev.18:2). It was December 24,2016, a statement of pope Francis within his message which was published in a Tagalog tabloid Newspaper said, “that some of the priest in Rome were pushed by the devil- itinulak na ng demonyo.”

THE REMARKABLE IMPORTANCE OF HUMILITY AND SINCERE REPENTANCE

“Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us” (2Chron.20:9).

The LORD will hear just the earnest plea of those who sincerely repent and stop committing sin (Jonah 3:1-10;Luke 23:42-43).

God the Father gave all the judgment to the LORD JESUS in the entire realm of the Old and New Testament and in the great white throne of judgment (Jn.5:22; Rev.20:11).

When He righteously rendered punishment of death for all perpetual sinners; for those without willingness to humbly repent, and without determination to stop doing sin, there is no consideration of the LORD for them to establish human rights; It is because He loved righteousness, and hated iniquity (Heb.1:9). There is no Biblical consideration for the world’s advocacy of human rights for perpetual and adamant sinners. Advocator of human rights never can be the right intervening judge whenever any person has been put to death by the implemented Law for any doer of crime.

The LORD JESUS said, “I tell you no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish”(Luke 13:3).

When the LORD’S wrath was kindled against the people of Israel, to those who sinned by their worshiped to the golden calf image, He told Moses that He will destroy them, Moses earnestly plead to the LORD for His mercy to them (Ex.32:11-14). So the LORD restrained His rendering of destruction for the guilty for a while. But when Moses saw the wickedness of those who had committed sin against the LORD JESUS, with intense anger to all those who participated in their idolatrous worship to the golden calf; he suddenly threw the stone tablets of the ten Commandments to the golden calf and destroyed it “ by fire and ground it to powder, and scattered it to the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink it.” (Ex.32.19-20). Then he commanded those who were for the LORD, to come to him, and all the sons of Levi gathered together to him. “He said to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, every man of you put his sword upon his thigh and go back and fort from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.”So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day”(Ex. 32:26-28). It is the punishment of death rendered to them by the LORD JESUS through the sword. Can the Roman Catholic church equated it as “Extra Judicial Killing ? The will of the LORD JESUS can never be questionable.

DEATH PENALTY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

The LORD JESUS Himself had willingly accepted death penalty, even He is holy and without any blemish of sin. He compassionately, and painstakingly received the punishment of death; in behalf of all sinners in the entire world he had created. Because He is the great Redeemer and the one and only SALVATION of all (Titus 2:14; Acts 4:12; Heb.5:9). Two condemned thieves were with Him; when the execution of death penalty was rendered to the three of them, by being nailed on the wooden cross which was the device for capital punishment in those days. The original New Testament written Holy Scriptures was written in Greek words, and the word “stauros” is cross in English; with literal and figurative meaning. In the literal sense the wooden cross denote - as a device for capital punishment of criminals; in the figurative sense, it is the painstaking sacrifice of the LORD JESUS by His accomplished redemption of all sinners (Jn.19:17) bound to perish in hell and lake of fire (Col. 1:20; Titus 2:14, Heb.10:10). In the truthfulness of the gospel, the one who carried the wooden cross was Simon of Cyrene. “ As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross”(Matt.27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:2 ). Not the LORD JESUS CRIST.

The most important consideration that all the people in the world must comprehensively understand, is the great sacrifice of the LORD JESUS; that He offered His own body and His own blood, without any blemish of sin, that died by death punishment ( Is. 53:5; Luke 23:46) for all our sins. He did accepted that certainly legal punishment of death, though He is magnificently Holy. The legality of punishment of death clearly revealed that it is for condemned sinners like the two condemned thieves; and all of us that had sinned (Rom.3:23), But all of us must gratefully, and lovingly acknowledge the great redemption that the LORD JESUS had accomplished by Himself and took that punishment of death; as His sacrificial redemptive great love and concern for all of us. He did it once for all (Heb.10:10), that by His required sincere repentance; by departing away from all sinfulness; and by irrevocable submission to His will, we may not be condemned to the eternal punishment of second death in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone (Rev.21:8).

One of the thief that was crucified for death penalty, had humbly repented by his acknowledgement of guilt; with sincere repentance, and earnest longing to be with the LORD JESUS in His kingdom, the LORD mercifully and lovingly told him-“ Truly I say to you today, you shall be with Me in Paradise”(Luke 23:43).

The Roman Catholic insist that death penalty is a manner of killing or murderous cruel punishment. Therefore if that is their erroneous understanding of death penalty which they frequently equated with murder, the LORD JESUS did not died by punishment of death but murdered? If He was just murdered, no redemption for all sinners was accomplished by Him, because never in all real sense that murder is legal. It is mandated in the Ten “Commandments that thou shall not murder”(Ex.20:13). Moreover, the punishment of death or death penalty is a legal process whereas the LORD JESUS had willfully accepted to be the recipient of that verdict for all sinners in the world.

Now the pernicious and tyrannical implemented “Inquisition” that was recorded in many documentary published books; with records of atrocities; whereas many had been victims in many years that passed. It can never be justified judgment of the church of Rome as extermination of their falsely accused people in their church as heretics that they burned at the stake alive, in the presence of numerous crowd. Many diabolic torture perpetrated by them were disclosed by the two former priest in Rome, Alberto Rivera of Spain, and Charles Chiniquy of France.

In this present generation the Roman Catholic church leaders sternly refused conformity to the implementation of death penalty. They always insist that it is against human rights; so they want to defend sin and wickedness to prevail against righteousness which the LORD JESUS want to be the indestructible integrity of all. It is best for all created human kind in this world, and for all Roman Catholics to have sincere repentance, so that by following the LORD JESUS to have faith, hope, and irrevocable love for Him, our spirit soul and body be kept blameless at His second coming (1 Thess. 5:23).

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Posted by, Eugene Fernandez, 

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