Post by Les Brewer on Sept 21, 2012 12:01:43 GMT
John Wolf
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the pastor's desk....
Good morning to my friends and family.Blessed be the name of the Lord!
John 1:14,"And the Word became flesh,and dwelt among us,and we beheld His glory,the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,full of grace and truth."
The "only begotten"of the Father.No one else is like my Jesus,there will never be anyone else like my Jesus.The Greek word used in the original language of the New Testament,for "only begotten" is the word "monogenes".What does this word mean?
If you have a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible,with a Greek/Hebrew dictionary,you are more than welcome to look it up also,to confirm my findings.The word means:The only one of His kind;the only child.
Jesus Christ is the only Child of His kind,that the heavenly Father has ever had,He is also the only Child that the Father will ever have,in the sense of begetting.Jesus was not created as the cults so defiantly teach.Creating and begetting are two totally different concepts in Scripture,with two totally different words to define them.
In Luke's gospel at chapter one verses 26-35,the angel Gabriel announced the coming of the Messiah through the virgin,thereby fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah in chapter seven of his book,which see.The angel also announced twice that He (Jesus) would be called the Son of God and the Son of the Highest.Placing Jesus on an equal footing with His Father.
The reason should be obvious to those open to the truth of this event.God had to bring His only begotten into the world,into human flesh.This is what the word "monogenes" denotes.God the Father was literally Jesus Christ's Father.Jesus is God wrapped in human flesh.The apostle John said it like this in the very first chapter of his gospel,"In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God (Divine),and in verse 14 he stated that "the Word (Deity),became flesh and dwelt among us." God became a man and made His dwelling among men."And being found in appearance as a man,He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death,even death on a cross." (Phil.2:8).
The mind controlling cults deny the Deity of Christ altogether,or they teach that all of mankind is Divine in nature,and just needs to become aware of this "great truth".This is where the rubber meets the road,so to speak.This one Greek word,"monogenes",forever puts to rest this argument.There was and is only one,"only begotten" of the Father.It forever destroys the false teachings of the Watchtower,which teaches that Jesus was a god,among many gods,but not the true God.And also the teachings of Mormonism,which says,"As man is now,God once was;and as God is now,man may become! (Lorenzo Snow,former LDS president,1814-1901).
My beloved friends and family,if you are approached by any one of these two cults,please be very careful how you respond to their teachings.I can not stress enough how important it is for every true Christian to become so well versed in the infallible word's of Scripture,so as not to be deceived by these false teachers.
Christ is Divine,He is the only begotten Son of the Living God.Anyone who comes to you teaching contrary to this,is of the spirit of Antichrist (I John 4:1-6).A good rule of thumb to follow that has helped me throughout the years is this:If a person or group does not get right who Jesus Christ is and what He has done for us,then it matters little else what they do get right.Jesus Himself said,"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins;for if you do not believe that I am He,you will die in your sins." (John 8:24)............God manifested in the flesh,is Jesus Christ,according to Paul in I Timothy 3:16...........May God bless each and everyone of you today........I love you all in Christ Jesus............pastor,John.
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the pastor's desk....
Good morning to my friends and family.Blessed be the name of the Lord!
John 1:14,"And the Word became flesh,and dwelt among us,and we beheld His glory,the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,full of grace and truth."
The "only begotten"of the Father.No one else is like my Jesus,there will never be anyone else like my Jesus.The Greek word used in the original language of the New Testament,for "only begotten" is the word "monogenes".What does this word mean?
If you have a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible,with a Greek/Hebrew dictionary,you are more than welcome to look it up also,to confirm my findings.The word means:The only one of His kind;the only child.
Jesus Christ is the only Child of His kind,that the heavenly Father has ever had,He is also the only Child that the Father will ever have,in the sense of begetting.Jesus was not created as the cults so defiantly teach.Creating and begetting are two totally different concepts in Scripture,with two totally different words to define them.
In Luke's gospel at chapter one verses 26-35,the angel Gabriel announced the coming of the Messiah through the virgin,thereby fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah in chapter seven of his book,which see.The angel also announced twice that He (Jesus) would be called the Son of God and the Son of the Highest.Placing Jesus on an equal footing with His Father.
The reason should be obvious to those open to the truth of this event.God had to bring His only begotten into the world,into human flesh.This is what the word "monogenes" denotes.God the Father was literally Jesus Christ's Father.Jesus is God wrapped in human flesh.The apostle John said it like this in the very first chapter of his gospel,"In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God (Divine),and in verse 14 he stated that "the Word (Deity),became flesh and dwelt among us." God became a man and made His dwelling among men."And being found in appearance as a man,He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death,even death on a cross." (Phil.2:8).
The mind controlling cults deny the Deity of Christ altogether,or they teach that all of mankind is Divine in nature,and just needs to become aware of this "great truth".This is where the rubber meets the road,so to speak.This one Greek word,"monogenes",forever puts to rest this argument.There was and is only one,"only begotten" of the Father.It forever destroys the false teachings of the Watchtower,which teaches that Jesus was a god,among many gods,but not the true God.And also the teachings of Mormonism,which says,"As man is now,God once was;and as God is now,man may become! (Lorenzo Snow,former LDS president,1814-1901).
My beloved friends and family,if you are approached by any one of these two cults,please be very careful how you respond to their teachings.I can not stress enough how important it is for every true Christian to become so well versed in the infallible word's of Scripture,so as not to be deceived by these false teachers.
Christ is Divine,He is the only begotten Son of the Living God.Anyone who comes to you teaching contrary to this,is of the spirit of Antichrist (I John 4:1-6).A good rule of thumb to follow that has helped me throughout the years is this:If a person or group does not get right who Jesus Christ is and what He has done for us,then it matters little else what they do get right.Jesus Himself said,"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins;for if you do not believe that I am He,you will die in your sins." (John 8:24)............God manifested in the flesh,is Jesus Christ,according to Paul in I Timothy 3:16...........May God bless each and everyone of you today........I love you all in Christ Jesus............pastor,John.
