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THEOLOGY=MYTHOLOGY=REJECTS HOLY SCRIPTURE

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Nor in houses built by human hands! The Baptist claim that the Church was built before Jesus died to nnable His Last Wioll and Testament; Before He took His blood into the Heavenly kingdom, before He returned in the STATE of Holy Spirit in the upper room and qualified the Apostles and later to Paul.

Baptists fell into Instrumental Music mockery of Jesus about the same time as the Disciples and Christian Churches.  The SPIRITUS prophesied to be the leader of the locusts or his musical worship team

The BEAST from the EARTH exerciseth all the POWER of the first BEAST before him,
        and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein
        to WORSHIP the first BEAST, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev. 13:12


Revelation 13 12 kai tēn exousian tou prōtou thēriou pasan poiei enōpion autou. kai poiei tēn gēn kai tous en autē katoikountas hina proskunēsousin to thērion to prōton, hou etherapeuthē plēgē tou thanatou autou


MANY BAPTISTS PLACE THEMSELVES UNDER THE ADAM OR DUST PEOPLE

1Cor. 15:45 And so it is written,
        The first man Adam was made a living soul;
        the last Adam was made a quickening SPIRIT.

Terra natives of the soil, aborigines [dust], autochthones" The Earth as goddess used by feminists:  Personified, Terra, the Earh, as a goddess; “usu. called Tellus, Magna Mater, Ceres, Cybele, etcThe INFERNAL regions, Prop. 3, 5

Those calling Paul a Liar claims that Adam SEARVED the EARTH as mother!
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Mater, i. e. Cybele, the mother of all the gods: “matris magnae sacerdos,Cic. Sest. 26; cf. absol.: matris quate cymbala circum, Verg. G. 4, 64; id. A. 9, 108  Of the earth, as the mother of all: “

săcerdos  
Dianae Ephesiae,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 73: “maximus (Syracusanorum),
the priestesses of the Bona Dea),
Cic. Sest. 30,

Thuc. 3.104 There had also in old time been great concourse in Delos, both of Ionians and of the islanders round about. For they then came to see the games, with their wives and children, as the Ionians do now the games at EPHESUS. [4] There were likewise matches set of bodily exercise and of music; and the cities did severally set forth dances. Which things to have been so, is principally declared by Homer in these verses of his hymn to Apollo:

But thou, Apollon, takest most delight
In Delos. There assemble in thy sight
The long-coat Ions, with their children dear
And venerable bedfellows; and there
In matches set of buffets, song, and dance,
Both show thee pastime and thy name advance.
I am not aware of any Theologian able to detect the CENI in the Never Musical passages.

Ode or song defines an enchantment or sorcery. Easily proven because no one even sings the Holy Scripture.
Psallo is NEVER the word defining musical melody.  Psallo speaks of plucking strings--including pubic hair.

Jesus SPOKE what God put into His MOUTH: that is always the definition of SPIRIT.
YOU cannot LEARN with boys and girls making fools of themselves--rearely musical.
The SPIRIT in Ephesians is the WORD of Christ in Galatians.

John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man [not God the father]
        ascend up where he was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the WORDS that I SPEAK unto you,
        they are
SPIRIT, and they are LIFE

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WORSHIP OF GOD IS IN THE PLACE OF THE SPIRIT; THE FLESH IS SACRIFICED SO THAT THE TEACHING OF THE WORD IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT MALE OR FEMALE THINKING THAT "TRUTH BEGAN WITH THEM.

WORSHIP BY THE HANDS OF MEN EXCLUDES ALL OF THE FOR-HIRE PERFORMING ROLES.
 

Thera^p-euō   II.   do service to the gods, athanatous, theous th., Hes.Op.135, Hdt.2.37, X.Mem.1.4.13, etc.; daimonaPi.P.3.109; Dionuson, Mousas, E.Ba.82 (lyr.), IT1105(lyr.); th. Phoibou [
Apollon”] naous serve them, Id.Ion111 (anap.): abs., worship, Lys.6.51; do service or honour to one's parents, E.Ion183 (lyr.), Pl.R.467a, Men.91a; serve, wait upon a master, Id.Euthphr.13d, cf. Ar.Eq.59, 1261, etc.; th. tas thēkas reverence men's graves, Pl.R.469a.
APOLLYON- Phoebus , i, m., = Phoibos (the radiant), I. a poetical appellation of Apollon as the god of light: “quae mihi Phoebus Apollon, Val. Fl. 1, 228: “Circe,” [CHURCH AS WORSHIP CENTER] daughter of Sol, Petr. 135.—

Phoebus , i, m., = Phoibos (the radiant), I.a poetical appellation of Apollo as the god of light: “quae mihi Phoebus Apollo, Val. Fl. 1, 228: “Circe,daughter of Sol, Petr. 135.—
B. Phoe-bēus , a, um, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean: “carmina,Lucr. 2, 504: “lampas,the sun, Verg. A. 4, 6: “virgo,Daphne, Ov. P. 2, 2, 82: “laurus,id. Tr. 4, 2, 51: “Rhodos,where the worship of Apollo prevailed, id. M. 7, 365: “lyra,id. H. 16, 180: “sortes,oracle, id. M. 3, 130: “tripodes,id. A. A. 3, 789: “Phoebeā morbos pellere arte,id. F. 3, 827.—
Female Worship Leater C. Phoebas , ădis, f., a PRIESTESS of Apollo; hence the inspired one, the PROPHETESS Ov. Am. 2, 8, 12; id. Tr. 2, 400; Luc. 5, 128; 165.

Satan on the other hand, is also a fallen angel and is called a serpent, devil, and dragon; and is known to mankind by certain names such as: Lucifer, Beelzebub, Abaddon, and Apollyon;

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ACU Werntz: We believe salvation is received by grace ALONE, through faith ALONE, in Christ ALONE.

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Chapter 1. The Ephesians Christians   were already saved.
Chapter 2  shows FROM WHAT they were saved.

Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; [ALREADY SAVED]
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this WORLD (Kosmos ecumenical, the kingdom of the Devil],
        according to the prince of the power of the air,
       
the spirit that now worketh in the children of
DISOBEDIENCE

be disobedient, [apistousin, reject Believeth Not]
Kosmos , esp. of women; “hieros k metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, Id.9.9 (pl.), Arist.Rh.1408a14, Po.1457b2, 1458a33; hadumelē k. keladein to sing sweet songs of praise, Pi.O.11 (10).13 (
Hēdu^-melēs , Dor. had- , Aeol. ad- , es, A. sweet-singing, “khelidoiAnacr.67, cf. Sapph.122(Comp.), Pi.N.2.25; sweet-sounding, “xoanaS.Fr.238, etc.: poet. fem., “hēdumeleia surigxNonn.D.29.287.

Poikilos many spoted or woven, embroidered

2. of Art, p. humnos a song of changeful strain or full of diverse art, Pi.O.6.87, id N.4.14, Schema
3. intricate, complex, heiligmoi  CROOKED RACE
c.  of persons and things, subtle, artful, wily
4.changeable, unstable
Sullogismos, reasoning, putting together of observed facts inferences,
        Eristikos  or eager for strife as opposed to
        Epagogue induction

Aoide spell, incantation, ochees for holding capftive, okeiasis 
helig-mos WOMEN A.winding, convolution, of the Labyrinth
   ana-strophē , disorder, confusion, ANTI a. logouOCCUPATION

organon , to, (ergon, erdō) A.instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing a thing,
3. musical instrument, Simon.31, f.l. in A.Fr.57.1 ; ho men di' organōn ekēlei anthrōpous, of Marsyas, met' ōdēs kai tinōn organōn

Instrumental Music as Religious Sorcery

DEUTERONOMY 18 THE ABOMINATION OF THOSE NATION


Ephesians 2:8 shows them how to KEEP Safe.

Spirit or wind puts WORDS into their MOUTHS.   Jesus returned in the STATE of Holy Spirit and He "poured out what you SEE and Hear."

Mark 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the ELEVEN as they sat at meat,
        and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart,
        because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them,
        Go ye nto all the world , and preach the GOSPEL [not gibberish] to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth [pisteuo] AND is baptized shall be saved; [what takes To Be Saved. PERIOD]
        but he that believeth not shall be DAMNED.

Believeth NOT marks the Apistos ,. Pass., not to be trusted, and so:1. of persons and their acts, not trusty, faithless untrustworthy, Disobedient, disloyal
The mark of THEOLOGY which REPUDIATES the WORD of God.
1John 5:10 He that believeth [pisteuo] on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:
        he that believeth not God HATH MADE HIM A LIAR
        because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son
DON'T WORRY: INSTRUMENTAL SOUNDS ARE JUST THE SIGN THAT JESUS HAS BEEN THERE AND GONE FOREVER. AMOS 8; REVELATION 18. THE LAMPSTAND HAS BEEN REMOVED.  Instruments intend to Make the Lambs Dumb before the slaughter.

Apollon, Apollyon are Abaddon (The SERVICE of the Jacob-Cursed and God-Abandoned Levites) was brought from Egypt. He and the LOCUSTS or MUSES were unleashed from the Smokey Pit leading up to the year 2000.
MARK OF DAMNED in Mark 16:16: They set up Worship Centers for those who will no worship meaning TO FALL ON YOUR FACE.
 
Tithēmi   2. set up in a temple, dedicate,agalmataOd.12.347; “tasde . . theois aspidas ethēkeE.Ph.576; so perh. Il.6.92 (
      agalma  2. pleasing gift, esp. for the gods, “a. theōnOd.8.509, of a bull adorned for sacrifice, ib.3.438; of a tripod, Hdt.5.60, al.; generally, = anathēma, IG1.37312a, etc.; “Kharēs eimi . . a. tou Apollōnos
            Kharē    occupy the position appropriate to another of its own hairesis,
                      STEAL other' congregations-universities             
            molp-ē , , (melpō) rhythmic movement with song, orkhēstus, clang, flutes sing to the lyre or harp,

Myles Werntz and ACUL Faith ALONE is the saving and efficacious use of the Word of God, according to Rom. 10 [:9]: "If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

IN EPHESIANS 1 the people are already SAVED when they obeyed the Word and submitted. The first verses says FROM WHAT we are saved and remain SAFE by Grace (which teaches) and Faith [which obeys]

Romans 10:8 But what saith it?
........... The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:
........... that is, the WORD of faith, which we preach;

But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
........... that thou
mayest DO IT  Deut 30:14

CYCLE ONE:

Romans 10:9 That if thou
        shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
        shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
..      Thou shalt be saved.

Rom. 10:12  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek:
        for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

Rom. 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Rom. 10:14 How then shall they call on him
        in whom they have not believed?
         and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
        and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Acts 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized AND WASH AWAY THEY SINS
        CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD.

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
        but according to his mercy he saved us,
        by the WASHING [loutron] of regeneration, and RENEWING of the Holy Ghost;

Our UNholy spirit becomes A holy spirit when it is RENEWED.

g3824. paliggenesia, pal-ing-ghen-es-ee´-ah; from 3825 and 1078; (spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act), i.e. (figuratively) spiritual renovation; 
Anakainōseōs pneumatos hagiou
2. of persons, holy, pure, Ar.Av.522 (NO ONE GETS A GOD NAMED THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THEIR BODY]

Deuteronomy 7.6  For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Rom. 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written,
      
  How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
        and bring glad tidings of good things!
Rom. 10:16 But they have not all OBEYED the gospel.
        For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath BELIEVED our report?
Rom. 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

THE GOSPEL IS THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OR CHURCH OF CHRIST: BAPTISM IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENLIST.

Furthermore, "Christ is the end of the law that everyone who has faith may be justified" [Rom. 10: 41. Again, in Rom. l [:17], "He through faith is righteous shall live."(4)

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Scott defined "the gift of the holy spirit" as OUR spirit which is A holy spirit after "our sins have been washed away." Peter calls this A good conscience.

Speaking of the instrumental-trinitarian idolatry at Mount Sinai
Rom. 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

Rom 10:8 But what saith it?
        The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth,
        and in thy heart: that is,
        the word of FAITH[rhema or spoken LOGOS: the Regulative Principle]
        which we PREACH;

Rom 10:9 That if thou
        shalt CONFESS with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
        and shalt BELIEVE in thine heart
        that God hath RAISED him from the DEAD,
        thou shalt be saved.


RECYCLE ONE
Rom 10:10 For with the heart
        man believeth unto righteousness; and
        with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Faith makes a God fearing person have the right standing: not ceremonially impure
But, Confession is unto salvation.  Faith only would not save you says this verse.

RECYCLE TWO
belief, call upon the name, must believe, must hear, preachers must be sent:
Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith,
        Whosoever BELIEVETH on him
        shall NOT be ASHAMED.

Now, NOT ASHAMED is not the opposite of BEING SAVED (by faith only).

Rom 10:12 For there is NO DIFFERENCE between the Jew and the Greek:
Rom 10:13 for the SAME Lord over all is rich unto all THAT CALL UPON HIM.
        For whosoever shall CALL upon the NAME of the Lord shall be saved.

Peter preached this in Acts 2: God calls us and we call upon the name of the Lord to be saved. When they asked what must WE DO to be saved, Peter commanded them to repent AND be baptized FOR or in order to the remission of sins.

WHAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD
Example One. Acts 2:38 baptism is into the NAME or calling upon the name.
Example Two. Acts 22:16 Baptism washes away sins because it CALLS upon the Name.
Example Three: 1 Pe 3:21 Baptism saves because it ASKS for A good conscience or A holy spirit.  
How then shall they call on him in whom
        They have not BELIEVED? and

how shall they believe in him of whom they have not HEARD? and
how shall they hear without a PREACHER (Kerusso Herald)? Rom 10:14

SEEMS THAT CALVIN IS CORRECT: NO ONE HEARS THE SPIRIT OR BELIEVES WITHOUT HEARING THE WORD.

Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach (Go and herald),
        except they be SENT? as it is written,
        How beautiful are the FEET of them that
        reach the gospel of peace, and BRING glad tidings of good things

NOW NOTICE THAT HE THAT OBEY THE GOSPEL IS THE ONE WHO HATH BELIEVED.  Preachers are only those SENT.

But they have

        not all OBEYED the GOSPEL. For Esaias saith, Lord,
        who hath BELIEVED our report? Rom 10:16

So then FAITH cometh by HEARING, and hearing by the WORD of God
. Rom 10:17
        But I say, Have they not heard?
        Yes verily, their sound WENT INTO all the earth,
        and their words unto the ends of the world. Rom 10:18
But I say, Did not Israel know?
        First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people,
        and by a foolish nation I will anger you. Rom 10:19
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not;
        I was MADE MANIFEST unto them that asked not after me. Rom 10:20
        But to Israel he saith,
        All day long I have stretched forth my HANDS
        unto a DISOBEDIENT and GAINSAYING people. Rom 10:21

You are an APISTOS or believeth not which means treacherous if you do not believe that
He that believeth and is baptized SHALL BE saved.

NO ONE SELLING THEIR OWN WORDS CAN UNDERSTAND THAT JUSTIFICATION OR RIGHTEOUSNESS DOES NOT MAKE YOU A STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST,.
Rom. 5:9 Much more then,
        being now justified by his blood,
        we shall be saved from wrath through him.

When Peter hesitated to preach to the Gentiles, he was informed that no PERSON or even SWINE was impure afterJesus died. A righteous person such as Cornelius was a god-fearer and lived in harmony with the Jewish laws.  However, a person might be the best lawyer in the world. However, that would not give him STANDING to appear to the JUSTICE  people and PLEAD or CALL ON THEM to Acquit his client.  The Jews believed that a Gentile did not have standing or RIGHTEOUSNESS to be baptized unless they became a Jew and was Circumcised.

Baptism asks for the remission of sins based on a good conscience that Jesus promised remission of sins when one obeyed and was baptized.


ACU Werntz:
We believe salvation is received by grace ALONE, through faith
ALONE, in Christ alone.
Good works and OBEDIENCE  are results of salvation, not requirements for salvation.

A Disciple "continues in Christ's WORD."  You have committed the Eve Falicy when you add ALONE.

In Ephesians 1 the people ARE saved by the same steps.  Ephesians 2 begins with WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN SAVED from.  We are KEPT save by Grace (which teaches) through Faith (obedience0

No one is added to the Church by Christ without baptism.
No one is free from sin without baptism
No one receives A holy spirit when their UN holy spirit is washed.

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
        but according to his mercy he saved us,
        by the washing [loutron baptism] of REgeneration,  [born of water]
        and renewing OF [not BY] the Holy Ghost;  [born of spirit]

That packs three blasphemies into one sentence.

Rom. 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom. 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us
        as were baptized into Jesus Christ
        were baptized into his death?

You cannot connect with the blood of Christ without being buried as type or TUPOS meaning a pattern intended to be imitated.

Rom. 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
        that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
        even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Rom. 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,
        we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Rom. 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him,
        that the body of sin might be destroyed,
        that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom. 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Rom. 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to OBEY,
         his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death,
        or of obedience unto righteousness?

WERNTZ AND ACU: OBEDIENCE  are results of salvation

Rom. 6:17 But God be thanked,
        that ye were the servants of sin,
        BUT ye have obeyed from the heart
        that form [TUPOS] of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom. 6:18 Being. THEN made free from sin,
        ye BECAME the servants of righteousness.

Rom. 10:16 But they have not all OBEYED the gospel.
        For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath BELIEVED our report?

"believeth not shall be damned" identifies those OF the World who RESIST TO THE FIRES having to submit to Christ as the only one to CONFESS you to the Father."

2Th. 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
        and that OBEY NOT the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Pet. 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must
        begin at the house of God:  [Only those baptized were ADDED to the Church]
        and if it first begin at us,
        what shall the end be of them that OBEY not the gospel of God?

1Tim. 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest
         to behave thyself in the HOUSE of God,
         which is the CHURCH  of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.


ACU Werntz Due to the greatness, sufficiency, and perfection of Christ’s sacrifice,
        all those who have truly RECEIVED Christ as Savior
        are eternally secure in salvation,

Jesus exists in the STATE of Holy Spirit: He is still Head Master of His Church which is a SCHOOL OF HIS WORD in the Apostles and prophets.

ACU Werntz
kept by God’s power, secured and sealed in Christ forever (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 24).

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:
        he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
        and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me;
        and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

HERE IS THE MARK OF THE LOST SPIRITS JESUS CAME TO RESCUE

Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly RECEIVED HIS WORD were BAPTIZED:
        and the same day there were ADDED unto them about three thousand souls.

THAT'S WHY BAPTISTS AND ACU ARE OF THE WORLD AND NOT FROM ABOVE.

HERE IS WHY BAPTISTS AND ACU CANNOT BE BAPTIZED. John called them VIPERS to be burned.

Rick Atchley on the board speaks for ACU


http://www.pineycom.com/Rick.Atchley.Law.of.Silence.html

Hermes (new Hermeneutic) was the perverse LOGOS or intercessor between men and their gods.  The Greeks used LOGOS to show what was OUTLAWED for civil society.

Logos  computation, reckoning 2. statement of a theory, argument, ouk emeu alla tou l. akousantas prob. in Heraclit.50; logon ēde noēma amphis alētheiēs discourse and reflection on reality,
IV. inward debate of the soul, reflection, deliberation
Regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe,

Opposite to epithumia
 A. desire, yearning, longing after a thing, desire of or for it, Theaomai :--gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder3. view as spectators
Opposite Pathos  A. that which happens to a person or thing, incident, accident,  Moralizing Rhetoric
Opposite Poiein to excite passion, Arist.Rh.1418a12; V. Rhet., emotional style or treatment,
Opposite Enthousi-astikos , ē, on, A. inspired,phusisPl.Ti.71e; esp. by music,
Prose
 OPPOSITE -poiêsis, Id.R.390a;
OPPOSITE -poiêtikê, D.H.Comp.6; OPPOSITE poiêmata, onomatopoeic word
OPPOSITE  emmetra Modus   2. The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode: Mūsĭcus a, um, adj., = mousikos.
X. the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government,

Theologians are doomed to call God a liar or INCOMPETENT.  If God had wanted any kind of music in the tuneful sense He was INTELLIGIBLE But denied by C. Leonard Allen.

mousikos kai melōn poētēs
2. generally, votary of the Muses,  The Muses were the LOCUSTS unleashed with Apollon their "musical worship leaders." The Greek and Latin literature identifies them as dirty adulteresses

http://www.piney.com/DocHesTheog.html
[25] the Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis: “Shepherds of the wilderness,
        wretched things of shame, mere bellies,
        we know how to speak many false things as though they were true;
        but we know, when we will, to utter true things.”
            ...and they bade me sing of the race of the blessed gods that are eternally,
                but ever to sing of themselves both first and last.
pharma^kon 3. enchanted potion, philtre: hence, charm, spell, Od.4.220 sq., Ar.Pl.302, [Circe, Church, Corinth mother of harlots]  Theoc.2.15

The singers [Muses], instrument players and craftsmen as sorcerers in Revelation 18.


John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will,
        but the will of him that sent me.
John 6:39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me,
        that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,
        but should raise it up again at the last day.

These are the ones that the Father Gives to the Son

John 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me,
        that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth
[pisteuo COMPLY] ON him,
        may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

THE SPIRITUAL FOOD IS THE WORD

John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man
        ascend up where he was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the WORDS that I SPEAK unto you,
        they are
SPIRIT, and they are life.

John 6:45 It is written in the prophets,
        And they shall be ALL taught of God.
        EVERY MAN therefore that hath heard,
                and hath learned of the Father,
                cometh unto me.

THE MARK OF THOSE WHO OBEY THE PRE-ORDAINED PATTERN (Isaiah 1)

Mark 16:16 He that believeth [pisteuo] AND is baptized shall be saved; [what takes To Be Saved. PERIOD]
        but he that believeth not shall be DAMNED.

Believeth NOT marks the Apistos ,. Pass., not to be trusted, and so:1. of persons and their acts, not trusty, faithless untrustworthy, 2. disobedient, disloyal, S.Fr. 627:
1Cor. 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life,
        set them to judge who are least esteemed in the CHURCH.
1Cor. 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you?
         no, not one that shall be able to judge between his BRETHREN?
1Cor. 6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the UNBELIEVERS.
571. apistos, ap´-is-tos; from 1 (as a negative particle) and 4103; (actively) disbelieving, i.e. without Christian faith (specially, a heathen); (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing): — that believeth not, faithless, incredible thing, infidel, unbeliever(-ing).
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly RECEIVED HIS WORD were baptized:
        and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
        And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.


IF YOU PUT YOUR FAITH IN JOHN THE BAPTISTS YOU CANNOT READ and need to submit and be baptized THAT your since be forgiven, that your UNholy spirit become holy and you are WASHED WITH WATER INTO THE WORD

Rev. 1:5 And from Jesus Christ,
        who is the faithful witness,
        and the first begotten of the dead,
        and the prince of the kings of the earth.
        Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,


The Church of Christ Prophesied and defined Inclusively and Exclusively in the Prophets

The Name of The Church: Church of Christ  Never denied in history

Col. 1:18 And he is the head of the BODY, the CHURCH: who is the beginning,
        the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
 

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All of the Co-Inspiring Theologians I have reviewed and quote Holy Scripture condemne them, USE their sudden New Revelation to Lie, condemn. ridicule with a dozen RACA words to first TRIBULATE your happy congregation before they totally control your property.  J.W.Mcgarvey was one of the first to challenge Instrumental Worship. He was told that he was divisive and invited him to GET OVER IT OR GET OUT.

Holy Scripture: "Prophets and other prophecies CONCERNING ME" defined the only material Jesus put into His Last Will and Testament. Jesus had to die to put the WILL into effect.  Jesus ordained and empowered Apostles to record "a Memory" of their own Eye-- and Ear-- witness of God working with the MAN Jesus.

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Theological hermeneutics, then,
         is where ecclesially-formed, [Church formed means Preacher-formed]

believing readers co-create meaning with the text
                (1) within liturgical life of the church,
                (2) in the confidence of the sacramental function of Scripture, 
                (3) the transformative presence of the Holy Spirit.

Baptist school of Theology shut down because there can't be many Baptists who REPUDIATE their own group and Substitute Myths and Sorcery (spiritual formation) for the ABSOLUTELY CLEAR School of Christ from the Prophets, Apostles and recorded "for our memory." The concept of Synagogue or Ekklesia is that it reads and puts into practice only which is handed down by a superior authority.

John 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you:
        but he that sent me is true;
        and I SPEAK to the world those things which I have HEARD of him.
John 8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them,
        When ye have lifted up the Son of man,
        then shall ye know that I am he,
        and that I do nothing of myself;
                but as my Father hath TAUGHT me,
                I SPEAK these things.

GOD as masculine never taught Jesus to SING any of His Words.

John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me:
        the Father hath not left me alone;
         for I DO always those things that PLEASE him.
John 8:30 As he spake these WORDS, many believed on him.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
        IF ye continue in my WORD, THEN are ye my DISCIPLES indeed


REFUSING TO OBEY THE COMMAND TO "TEACH THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING" PROVES THAT THEOLOGIANS ARE NOT AND CANNOT BE CHRISTIANS--STRONG DELUSIONS HURT FOREVER.

BETRAYING AUNT SALLY'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT and fabricating songs and sermons would mark anyone as beyond redemption.  WHAT SHALL HAPPEN TO THOSE who BETRAY the Last Will and Testament of Jesus the Christ?

I NEVER THINK THAT QUOTING HOLY SCRIPTURE TO THOSE WHO DEBUNK IT AND CLAIM A BETTER "HERMENEUTIC" TO UNDERSTAND OR REPENT. Of the religious craftsmen such as speakers, singers or instrument players, Jesus has John say that these are the MARKS of those BEING CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

IT IS A LIE TO SAY THAT ALEXANDER CAMPBELL OR JOHN SMYTH ENDORSED THE "BAPTIST CHURCH."

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Nature of theology  The concept of theology that is applicable as a science in all RELIGIONS and that is therefore neutral is difficult to distill and determine.  The problem lies in the fact that, whereas theology as a concept had its origins in the TRADITION  of the ancient Greeks, it obtained its content and method only within Christianity.

The Greek philosopher Plato, with whom the concept emerges for the first time, associated with the term theologyPOLEMICAL INTENTION—as did his pupil Aristotle.

Any replacement of Holy Scripture for "theology" uses it to Attact and Afflict peaceable Churches of Christ.  The well documented and personal experience is that A spirit gave them to Infiltrate and Confiscate the property and members who refuse to "Get over it or get out."

"a polemical essay synonyms: critical, hostile, bitter, polemic, virulent, vitriolic, venomous, waspish, corrosive, biting, caustic, trenchant, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, acid, sharp, keen, tart, pungent, stinging, astringent, incisive, devastating, piercing, acidulous, mordacious

RHETORIC was also a refined way to dispute TRUTH to win a point.

For Plato, theology described the mythical,
        which he allowed may have a temporary pedagogical significance that is beneficial
               to the state but is to be cleansed from all offensive and abstruse elements
               with the help of political legislation.

For instance, any presumed need by God, any example would be to explain and define the Last Will and Testament. Only the vilest heir would tamper with their mother's will.

Theolog-os A.one who discourses of the gods, of poets such as Hesiod and Orpheus [one of the sects silenced in Rome] Arist.Metaph.1000a9, cosmologists
        “theologoi kai poiētai[poet, singers you make yourself] write, p. dithurambon, epea,
            Hdt.1.23, 4.14; “p. theogoniēn HellēsiId.2.53; p. Phaidran, Saturous,
            Ar.Th.153, 157; p. kōmōdian, tragōdian, etc., Pl.Smp.223d; “palinōdian

Plat. Euthyph. 3b Ethyphro
I understand, Socrates; it is because you say the divine monitor keeps coming to you. So he has brought the indictment against you for making innovations in religion, and he is going into court to slander you, knowing that slanders on such subjects are readily accepted by the people. Why, they even laugh at me and say I am crazy

LECTIO-DIVINA replacing the LECTIONS of God or ORACLES of God.       
of diviners and prophets, “th. kai mantiesPhilol.14; hoi Delphōn th
b. represent in poetry,
        
manties   Sibulla:— diviner, seer, prophet, of APOLLON                  

khrēsmolog-os (parox.), on, Of Miriam and the Levites
A.uttering oracles,kh. anēr soothsayer, diviner, Hdt.1.62, 8.96; of Musaeus, S.Fr.1116.
Corrupting the Word is "selling your utterences at retail" used of prostitutes.

Aristotle, P:olitics: -[1339b] I
And the same argument applies also if music is to be employed for refined enjoyment and entertainment; why need people learn to perform themselves instead of enjoying music played by others? And we may consider the conception that we have about the gods: Zeus does not sing and harp to the poets himself.

But professional musicians we speak of as vulgar people,
and indeed we think it
not MANLY  to perform music,
except when
drunk or for fun.

Musaeus says, 'Song is man's sweetest joy,' and that is why people with good reason introduce it at parties and entertainments, for its exhilarating effect, so that for this reason also one might suppose that the younger men ought to be educated in music

Oracle] and the rhetoricians of the Roman cult of emperor worship) testified to and proclaimed that which they viewed as divine

theologians” (e.g., the 8th-century-bce Greek poets Hesiod and Homer, the CULTIC servants of the oracle at Delphi, [Apollo-Apollyon's Oracle] and the rhetoricians of the Roman cult of emperor worship) testified to and proclaimed that which they viewed as divine.
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-Helius II. as pr. n., Helios, the sun-god, -Od.8.271
2.
Hēliou astēr, of the planet Saturn     -Pl.Epin.987c
identified with APOLLON, Carm.Pop.12, E.Fr.781.11; with Dionysus,

Crafty counsellor is: 
-Angkulo-mêtês
(Boeot. ankoulomeitas Corinn.Supp.1.13), o, mêtis 
A.
crooked of counsel, epith. of Kronos. Il.2.205 , Od.21.415, al., Hes.Th.18, etc.; of Prometheus, ib. 546, Op.48.

-Prophetes A. one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man, Dios p. interpreter, expounder of the will of Zeus, of Tiresias, Pi.N.1.60; Bakkhou p., perh. of Orpheus, E.Rh.972; [Dionusou p., of the Bacchae, Id.Ba.551 (lyr.); Nēreōs p., of Glaucus, Id.Or.364; esp. of the Delphic APOLLON, “Dios p. esti Loxias patrosA.Eu.19; of the minister and interpreter at Delphi, Hdt.8.36,37; at the Ptoön, ib. 135, IG7.4135.13 (ii B.C.); cf. prophētis.
        3.
interpreter, expounder of the utterances of the mantis (q.v.), Pl.Ti.72a: hence, of Poets, “Pieridōn p.Pi.Pae.6.6; “Mousan p.B.8.3, cf. Pl.Phdr.262d.

For it is through the Muses and far-shooting [Apollo]
that there are singers
and harpers upon the earth;
but princes are of Zeus
, and happy is he whom the Muses love:
sweet flows speech
from his mouth.

Strab. 1.2

The great mass of women and common people, cannot be induced by mere force of reason to devote themselves to piety, virtue, and honesty;
        superstition must therefore be employed,
        and even this is insufficient without the aid of the marvellous and the terrible.

For what are the thunderbolts, the ægis, the trident, the torches, the dragons, the barbed thyrses, the arms of the gods, and all the paraphernalia of antique THEOLOGY, but FABLES  employed by the founders of states, as bugbears to frighten timorous minds.

Such was mythology; and when our ancestors found it capable of subserving the purposes of social and political life, and even contributing to the knowledge of truth


THEOLOGY MEANS MYTHS OR WHAT ONE COMPOSES THINKING THAT THEY SPEAK FOR A GOD.THE Greek MYTHOS is the opposite of LOGOS defined as God's Regulative Principle outlawing personal opinions, singing, playing aninstrument acting or PAY TO PLAY.

MORE LATER:

Worship means to FALL ON YOUR FACE in Reverence and Godly fear. Hebrews 12 Because GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.

God never commanded a DAY of Worship: SABBATH means REST from even "ministers of God."

No one in Holy Scripture is said to worsip by group singing with or without an instruments. That was widely documented as a sign of extreme effeminancy as a religious practice. "Religion" was always bound at the lips with sexual and homosexuality.

Women AND MEN are to LEARN in Silence: That defines the one-piece pattern for Synagogue or Ekklesia because mostly women believed that truth originated with them (1 Cor 14)

Both SABBATH and the Greek PAUO absolutely stops any of the acts or actors picking the pockets of widows and honest wage earning.

The Ekklesia is defined in SCRIPTURE as A School for Disciples-Students of Chriist.

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Theology is AntiChrist and Blasphemy: the study of Apollon or Apollyon the leader of the Locusts or his musical worship team. They were known as unclean adulteresses and Jesus has John call them SORCERERS after the Original Babylon Mother of harlot.

Myles Werntz Abilene Christian University Baptist Studies Center. Neither the present Theology of ACU or that of the Baptists Dogma is not, by their use of historical theology, remotely connected to the Assembly of Believers denied--in many passages--the apostate authority of anything beyond the gender-masculine SPEAK or READ that which is written for our learning. The study of historical authority is NOT valid when it is imposed on to Divide-and- Conquor the Biblical and Historical Assembly as Synagogue or Ekklesia.

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Myles Werntz:  How you were baptized, and by whom, does not matter.
        Nor does it matter if you remember it,
        or if you lived a reprobate life afterwards and then repent.
You only do this once, because this is entering
        Into the warmth of God's HOUSE,
        whatever the door looked like.

CONTRADICTS THE HOLY SPIRIT OR GOD'S BREATH DEFINING THE GOSPEL.
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM IS THE CHURCH OF CHRIST WHICH HE PURCHASED.

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Believeth Greek: pist-euo  trust, put faith in, rely on a person, thing, or statement
        2. comply, hôs ouch hupeixôn oude pisteusôn legeis; [625]
            Are you resolved not to yield or believe

but he that believeth not shall be damned.

OPPOSITE to apisteô

Apistos , on,  I. Pass., not to be trusted, and so:
1. of persons and their acts, not trusty, faithlessby untrustworthy, groundless confidence, shifty, unreliable, you do not believe
what you say yourself, Unbelieving 1 Cor 6:6

Example:
1Cor. 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you?
        no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
1Cor. 6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother,
        and that before the unbelievers.


2. Disobedient, disloyal, Anarchia Lawless, treacherous
Nor am I ashamed to act in defiant opposition to the rulers of the city
[1475]  Lady Athena, whoever hears the words of the gods and does not obey, is not thinking rightly


Rom. 10:16 But they have not all OBEYED the gospel.
        For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath BELIEVED our report?
2Th. 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
        and that OBEY not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Pet. 4:17 For the time is come
        that judgment must begin at the house of God:
        and if it first begin at us,
        what shall the end be of them that OBEY NOT the gospel of God?

ACU knows this is not true. Myles Werntz Knows this is not true. God knows this is not true.
Baptists and many at ACU believed that you are Saved by Faith alone.
If you are found suitable to grace the doors of a Baptist Church you must be baptized to JOIN the church.

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        the method of SUBVERTING the 'hierarchial" views of Jesus and Paul. The end-time subversion is the beginninng-time version which is

"There should be room in the Christian fellowship for those who differ on whether more than one cup in communion is acceptable, whether the communion bread is to be pinched or snapped, whether one can eat in the church building, whether funds can be used from the church treasury to support orphan homes,

whether the Lord's Supper must be taken every Sunday, or whether instrumental music is used in worship.

There should be room in the Christian fellowship for those who believe that Christ is the son of God, but who differ on eschatological theories such as premillennialism, ecclesiological matters such as congregational organization, or soteriological matters such as whether baptism is 'for' or 'because of' the remission of sins.


ACU Werntz: We believe salvation is received by grace ALONE, through faith ALONE, in Christ ALONE.

That calls the Prophecy of Baptism (Isaiah 1), the Example of Jesus whom god SANCTIFIED and Sent and direct commands through the Holy Spirit liars.

(12) That the CHURCH OF CHRIST is a company of the faithful; baptised after confession of sin and of faith, endowed with the power of Christ.

(13) That the CHURCH OF CHRIST has power delegated to themselves of announcing the word, administering the sacraments, appointing ministers, disclaiming them, and also excommunicating; but the last appeal is to the brethren of body of the church.

(14) That baptism is the external sign of the remission of sins, of dying and of being made alive, and therefore does not belong to infants    SHORT CONFESSION OF FAITH IN XX ARTICLES BY JOHN SMYTH

1Pet. 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us
        (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
        but the answer of [request for] a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:


Southwestern Baptist Theological Like faith, repentance for Smyth is a highly personal experience, which infants cannot yet experience. And like faith, repentance is an internal reality with external expression. ‘[R]epentance is knowledg of sinne by the Law, sorrow for sinne by the gospel, mortification of sin & new obedience.’26 Smyth’s axiom—
        that baptism is the personal confession of one’s sins, also called repentance, and the personal confession of one’s faith in God for justification

Matt. 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
        him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.


—was retained by the early General Baptists. According to the confession of Thomas Helwys’s group (which returned to England), ‘the CHURCH OF CHRIST is a company off faithful people separated from the world by the word & Spirit off GOD being kint vnto the LORD, & one vnto another, by Baptisme. Vpon their owne confession of the faith and sinnes.’27

1729 Goat Yard Declaration of Faith A Declaration of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ at Horsely-down, under the Pastoral Care of Mr. John Gill, &c.

XI. We believe that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of Christ, to be continued until his second coming; and that the former is absolutely requisite to the latter; that is to say, that those only are to be admitted into the communion of the church, and to participate of all ordinances in it, who upon profession of their faith, have been baptized by immersion, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

BUT: "Only Scriptural Baptist churches can make a legitimate claim to an unbroken succession back to the time of Christ and the apostles. Christ only built one kind of church and that church is described in detail in the New Testament.

The only churches meeting the requirements of that description today are true Baptist churches.

Baptist churches have existed in every age since their founding by Christ, though they have not always been known by that name. We do not deny that there are those in other so-called "churches" that have been born again by the grace of God. We do deny, however, that these man-made organizations are true churches of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Acts 2:37   When the people heard this,
        they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles,
        “Brothers, what shall we do?”

Contrary to the ACU agenda Peter really INTENDED to say, "Nothing: just believe." Latter day prophets CLAIM that the text is the LETTER and only trained theologians can determine the SPIRIT.  WITHOUT EXCEPTING, this spirit tells them to REPUDIATE the historic Church of Christ whose PATTERN is defined for the Church in the Wilderness.

Acts 2:38   Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you,
        in the name of Jesus Christ FOR [Eis never BECAUSE] the forgiveness of your sins.
        And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 
Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and TURN to God,
       SO THAT your sins may be wiped out,
        THAT  Times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

BAPTISM SAVES says Peter because that is the ONLY way to request A holy spirit (ours) or A good conscience. Only after baptism as BOWING IN SUBMISSION will Jesus accept you into HIS School.


Acts 2:39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—
        for all WHOM THE LORD OUR GOD WILL CALL

PROOF THAT MYLES WERNTZ AND ACU HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED--BY CONFESSION

Acts 3:18 But those things,
        which God before had shewed by the MOUTH of all his PROPHETS,
        that Christ should suffer, he hath SO FULFILLED
1Pet. 1:10  Of which salvation the prophets
        have enquired and searched diligently,
        who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1Pet. 1:11 Searching what,
        or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
        which was in them did signify,
        when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ,
        and the glory that should follow.
1Pet. 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves,
        but unto us they did minister the things,
        which are now reported unto you by them
        that have PREACHED the gospel unto you
        with the Holy SPIRIT sent down from heaven;
        which things the angels desire to look into.


THE PROPHETS SPOKE BY THE BREATH OF GOD: THEY DEFINED THE FUTURE CHURCH OF CHRIST BOTH INCLUSIVELY.
Is. 1:16 Wash you, make you clean;
            put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Lavo   strengthened in louō, loutron; CREDO
believe me, confide in my words, upon my word, emoi pithou, an expression of confirmation
peithō , 2. peithesthai tini listen to one, obey him b. with Adj. neut., sēmantori panta pithesthai obey him in all things, Od. 17.21 ; ha tin' ou peisesthai oiō wherein I think some will not obey,
   Greek Faith or Pistis meaning to COMPLY or you deny Jesus promise to save.

Is. 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:
        though your sins be as scarlet,
                they shall be as white as snow;
        though they be red like crimson,
                 they shall be as wool.
Is. 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient,
            ye shall eat the good of the land:
Is. 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel,
        ye shall be devoured with the sword:
        for the MOUTH of the LORD hath spoken it
Acts 3:19 Repent [SORROW] ye therefore, and be CONVERTED,
        THAT your sins may be blotted out,   [dēlĕo        
         when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:


Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying,
        Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly RECEIVED his word WERE BAPTIZED :
        and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

Acts 2:47NIV praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.
        And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

God's HOUSE is the Church of Christ: A house, by definition, has only LAITY and no SCRIBES (writers of songs or sermons) and no PHARISEES Jesus defined as HYPOCRITES meaning speakers, singers or instrument players.

God's HOUSE is for REST and SCHOOL of what Jesus commanded to be taught.

Baptism  SAVES because it REQUESTS A holy spirit or A good conscience or consciousness without which you cannot READ the WORD nor HEAR the WORD when it is PREACHED by being READ ONLY.

A new desire to see the churches purified of all but the elect was an ecclesiastical reflection of this more intense piety.

Led by Edwards, many Congregational and Presbyterian churches repudiated the Half-Way Covenant. The fellowship of the faithful on earth, so this reasoning ran, should reflect the purity of God's grace as closely as possible.

"In fact, the Great Awakening did nearly as much to promote controversy (sectarianism) as it did to stimulate revival. In the middle colonies, Presbyterians divided over the revival and its effects....

Its immediate impact was to divide the Puritan churches into four more or less distinct groups. Historian C. C. Goen has painstakingly identified 321 separations of one kind or another by these New Lights.... The Baptists were the greatest benificiaries of the Great Awakening."Eerdmans' Handbook to Christianity in America, p. 115-115)
Myles Werntz: whatever the door looked like

John 10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3 To him the porter openeth;
        and the sheep hear his voice:
        and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
John 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep,
         he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him:
        for they know his voice.
John 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him:
        for they know not the voice of strangers.
John 10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them:
        but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again,
        Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in,
        he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pastur
e.

Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by FAITH in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 For [enim what i mean is] as many of you
        as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.


NO LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN "THEOLOGY" GIVES ONE NO ABILITY TO READ BLACK TEXT.

Matt. 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate:
      for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
      that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matt. 7:14 Because strait is the gate,
       and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
       and few there be that find it.
Matt. 7:15 Beware of false prophets,
        which come to you in sheep’s clothing,
         but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

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Ezek. 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,
        to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Lupus "makes people dumb" as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.— of treacherous or unnatural love, Poet. ap. Pl.Phdr.241d; lukou bion zēn, i. e. live by rapine, Prov. ap. Plb.16.24.4; ek lukou stomatos, of getting a thing Lukos VI. nickname of paiderastai, AP12.250 (Strat.), cf. Pl.Phdr. 241d

PAGAN GRACE:

Kunikos II.Kunikos, ho, Cynic, as the followers of the philosopher Antisthenes were called, from the gymnasium

The Levites were musicians under the Worship of the Starry host.

-Charizesthai erastais Pederasty musicians, odes, Mousa paidikee, which are mere play for him. A nomos for cinaedi by a Sybarite Hemitheon is mentioned by Lucian adv. ind. 23 (cf. Pseudo-Lucian 3).

-Eros ,  Alex.Aet.3.12 , AP9.39 (Musicius) : in Ep. and Lyr. usu. eros (q. v.) : (heramai, era):--love, mostly of the sexual passion, tinos love for one, S.Tr.433 ; paidon E. Ion67

IV. name of the klēros Aphroditēs, Cat.Cod.Astr.1.168 ; = third klēros, Paul.Al.K.3 ; one of the topoi, Vett.Val.69.16.

 THE CHURCH IS A WAY THAT IS CALLED HERESY OR A SECT.

hodopoi-ētikos , ē, on,
A.finding a way, practical, Zeno Stoic. 1.20 ; “methodos estin hexis ho. meta logouPhlp.in Ph.6.28, Eustr.in EN7.13 ; epistēmē, e.g. iatrikē, Phlp. in Cat.141.21.
methodos  2. mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system
II. pursuit of knowledge, investigation, have a plan or system,

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.


SIZE of the Little Flock

mikros
, petty, trivial, slight, of persons, of small accountArist.Ph.197a30; but to para mikros sōzesthai to be only just saved, Id.Rh.1371b11,

Opposite megas 2. generally, vast, high, ouranos, oros, purgos (theōn b. ho m., of Zeus [Father or KAIROS, demon son], Pi.O. 7.34) 3. of sounds, great, loud, Opposite. “oligos  opp. mikros  Mētēr m., of Cybele, “Mētēr theōn m.
mega eipein
  to speak big, and so provoke divine wrath,

Polus  Number, many, Intensity, much, mighty,  p. humenaios a loud song, if she flow with full stream, the many, i.e. the greater number

cithari-zo , a-re, v n., = kitharizô, to play on or strike the cithara, Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Vulg. Apoc. 14, 2.

Alalētos alalē  II.a loud noise, aulōn  Alala (halal) war cry, make dumb

Pind. O. 7 That man is prosperous, who is encompassed by good reports. Grace, which causes life to flourish, looks with favor now on one man, now on another, with both the sweet-singing lyre and the full-voiced notes of flutes. And now, with the music of flute and lyre alike I have come to land with Diagoras, singing the sea-child of Aphrodite and bride of Helios

The triple-godesses as "trinity" included the three Graces: they were blue-eyed blond prostitute singers.

THAT WAY
HODOS
3 .  method, system, hodōmethodically, systematically ,Pl.R.533b, Stoic.2.39, etc. ; so “kath' hodonPl.R.435a ; “tēn dia tou stoikheiou ho. ekhōn egraphenId.Tht.208b (cf. “diexodon208a). 4.  of the Christian Faith and its followers, Act.Ap.9.2, 22.4, 24.14.

Plat. Theaet. 208b Socrates Yes, but with his opinion he has rational explanation; for he wrote with the method in terms of letters in his mind, and we agreed that that was rational explanation.

There is, then, my friend, a combination of right opinion with rational [logon] explanation, which cannot as yet properly be called knowledge?

THE ONLY PURPOSE
Method-os , , (meta, hodos)  Pattern II. pursuit of knowledge, investigation, Pl.Sph.218d, 235c, al.; m. poieisthai to pursue one's inquiry, ib.243d; “en prōtē m.Arist.Pol.1289a26: hence, treatise, Dam.Pr.451.
2. mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system, Pl.Phdr.270c, Arist.EN1129a6, Pol.1252a18, etc.; “ dialektikē m.Pl.R.533c,

THE ONLY ONES INVITED OR ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE SECT OF THE WAY OUTSIDE THE ECUMENICAL

Matt. 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matt. 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:and ye shall find rest unto your souls

Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my WORDS,
        of him shall the Son of man be ashamed,
        when he shall come in his own glory,
        and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.

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With the exception of a tiny fraction of "churches"--which I don't know of--the prophesied c. AD 2000 assault against God and Scriipture has replaced the SKHOLE or SYNAGOGUE with "Worship Centers" with -- they think -- are professional grade musical and theatrical performers.  Rubel Shelly along with the locals said it most vocally that the only purpose of "church" is to WORSHIP or a pagan-like "naval" to funnel up PRAISE.

Ana-pausis  A.repose, rest, relaxation
REST FROM: ALL forms of music which upset the rest and which is for sale

REST FROM: ka^koō , A.maltreat, distress, in Hom. always of persons physically, injure, paralyse, “tas arkhas tōn neurōn

REST FROM: Leitourg-ia  III. public service of the gods, “hai pros tous theous l.Arist.Pol.1330a13; “hai tōn theōn therapeiai kai l.D.S.1.21,  A.D.), etc.; the service or ministry of priests, LXX Nu.8.25, Ev.Luc.1.23.
THE SINGLE PURPOSE FOR THE ASSEMBLY of DISCIPLES-STUDENTS
skholē , skholēn agein to be at leisure, enjoy ease, keep quiet, amphi heauton for one's own business, a work for leisure, i.e. requiring attention, 2. a group to whom lectures were given, school, esp. of students, study, attend lectures, devote oneself to a master,

Sabbath never meant "day of worship" but REST. That was the time when teacher and disciples had a REST day and they could REST, READ, and REHEARSE or memorize THE WORD.

Dem.44, Plu.Per.35, Alex.7, etc.; s. ekhein to keep a school, Arr.Epict. 3.21.11; skholēs hēgeisthai to be master of it,  , 
3. Lat. schola, = skholastērion,
THE METHOD IS DIALOG: NOT PREACHING OPPOSITE LECTIO-DIVINA

dialegō , A.pick out, hold converse with, c. dat. pers., “moi tauta philos dielexato thumosIl.11.407   write in prose, opp.poiein,

in Philosophy, practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion,ouk erizein alla d.Pl.R.454a, cf. 511c, Tht.167e, etc.  discourse, reasoning  write in prose, opp.poiein, what you
2. create, bring into existence, compose, write, p. dithurambon, epea, Hdt.1.23, 4.14; “p. theogoniēn HellēsiId.2.53; p. Phaidran, Saturous, Ar.Th.153, 157; p. kōmōdian, tragōdian, etc., Pl.Smp.223d; “palinōdian

The synagogue is connected to syllogism: the ekklesia are collected to READ or HEAR the WORD (only) and come to a collected or conclusion.

Christian Lectio contrary to the Lectio-Divina of the Feminists ruling over the effeminate training doctors of the law to take away the key to knowledge. it is called witchcraft or sorcery.

lectĭo , ōnis, f. lego. I. A gathering, collecting.
A. In gen. (post-Aug. and rare): “lectio lapidum,Col. 2, 2, 12: “florum,Arn. 5, 173.—*
B. In partic., a picking out, selecting: “judicum,Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16. —
II. A reading, perusal; a reading out, reading aloud.
that which is read, reading, text, “juris lectiones,passages of the laws

BURN NOTICE:

John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:
        but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true,
        and no unrighteousness is in him.
John 8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth
.



NO. JESUS WAS NOT A LIAR NEEDING INTERPRETATION.


John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
        He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold,
        but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
         I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:9 I am the door:
        by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved,
        and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the WAY, the truth, and the life:
        no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

THE WAY OR ROAD IS THE PATTERN FOR ENTERING INTO CHRIST

Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by FAITH in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 For [enim: what I mean is that]
        as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
        have put on Christ

CLICK: Washing (baptism) of REgeneration and REnewing OUR own Spirit or mind.


While people lie about the sectaranizing of Churches of Christ over some things not connected with being a SCHOOL OF THE WORD, it is a fact that there are still about 146 Baptists Denominations which do not fellowship one another. 

When you speak of an assembly you CONFESS Jesus as the CHRIST:

By using the words for any gathering as EKKLESIA Baptists teach that the Church was BAPTIST because it is named before Pentecost. In FACT, the only translation as CHURCH is just one where:

Matt. 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God

God the Father revealed this CONFESSION to Peter.

Matt. 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this ROCK I WILL BUILD MY church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
g3618. oikodomeo, oy-kod-om-eh´-o; from the same as 3619; to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm: — (be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.
The eunuch had an Isaiah Scroll: when he understood that Jesus was made to be the promise Christ or Messiah, he wanted to be baptized.

Acts 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:
        and the eunuch said, See, here is water;
        what doth hinder me to be baptized?

If you believe that Jesus is God in the flesh you are hindered from being baptized. Why worry, if the message of God's Holy Spirit is replaced by "theologians."  Theologians always accuse the Almighty with being ignorance: why would baptism be prophesied as necessary, obeyed Jesus:

Of the ancient and modern Pharisees who say that Jesus even MADE himself god and therefore BLAPHEMED and cannot be baptized:
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the
        Father hath SANCTIFIED [as in Acts 2:38], 
        and sent into the world,
        Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Jesus was born IN THE FLESH over 30 before He OBEYED the prophetic command and was baptized. That was not because He was a sinner, but God permits no one to HEAR His Voice or even READ His Word which is Spirit and Life who refuses to obey.

Acts 8:37 And Philip said,
        If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
        And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Faith that Jesus is the SON OF GOD is said to JUSTIFY. That simply means that faith in Jesus as the Christ. Faith in God declares that no person or even swine are CEREMONIALLY IMPURE. Faith is what gives one the POWER to be baptized or "Washed with water, Into the WORD or into the School of Christ."
Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, [Church of Christ]
        which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
        and to the spirits of JUST men made PERFECT,

Baptism to SAVE YOURSELVES is in the context of Acts 2:38.
Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
        saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation

Only fools would say that they can do nothing to SEPARATE themselves from a Crooked Race, A Race of Vipers or the Powers of Darkness.
Col. 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
        and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Baptists are correct, anyone could ASSEMBLE before Pentecost, but the KINGDOM began on the day of Pentecost.
Matt. 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
After Jesus was Baptized to be SANCTIFIED and declared to be the Son of God,
Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison,
        Jesus came into Galilee,
        preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,


Mark 1:15 And saying,
        The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:
        repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Mark 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
        That there be some of them that stand here,
        which shall not taste of death,
        till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Matt. 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, s
        hall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
        but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matt. 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you,
        Except ye be converted,
        and become as little children,  [with A new, holy spirit]
        ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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Abilene Christian University Myles Werntz: 

How you were baptized, and by whom, does not matter.
        Nor does it matter if you remember it,
        or if you lived a reprobate life afterwards and then repent.
You only do this once, because this is entering into the warmth of God's HOUSE,
        whatever the door looked like.

Jesus said that a DISCIPLE is made by being BAPTIZED and teaching what Jesus commanded to be taught from the Apostles and Prophets.

Acts 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Acts 19:3 And he said unto them,
        Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
Acts 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance,
        saying unto the people, that they should believe on him
        which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Acts 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 


THE GREAT ISAIAH SCROLL AS A DEAD SEA SCROLL INFORMED THE EUNUCH.

15. from your hands treading my courtyard. (13) Do not continue to bring empty gifts, Incense is an abomination
16. to me, new moon and sabbaths, calling of reading meetings, I am not able to endure even the sacred assembly. (14) Your new moons and seasonal feasts
17. my soul hates, they are a burden to me, I am tired of bearing them. (15) And when you spread your hands I will hide my eyes
18. from you, also when you multiply prayer I will not listen, your hands are full of blood. [+and your fingers+] [Aramaic]
19. [+of iniquity+] (16) Wash and make yourselves clean and turn away the evil of your habitual practices from before my eyes, stop doing evil. (17) Learn

Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Rachac (h7364) raw-khats'; a prim. root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing): - bathe (self), wash (self).

Le.14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

20. to do well, pursue judgement, bless the oppressed, judge the orphan, contend for the widow. (PP)
21. Please come and let us reason together says YHWH, if your sins are like scarlet they shall be white as snow
22. if they be as red as crimson they shall be as wool.
        (19) If you are obedient and you give heed then of the good of the Land [{you shall eat.}]
23. (20) But if you refuse and you rebel
        you will be devoured by the sword because the mouth of YHWH has said it

JESUS CALLED HOLY SCRIPTURE THE PROPHETS AND OTHER PROPHECIES "CONCERNING ME."
SPIRIT is figurative or a parable to HIDE from the Wise or SOPHIST: speakers, singers, instrument players, actors and PAY FOR PLAY. The prophets defined a true Place of Rest both inclusively and exclusively to EXCLUDE "worship in houses" or any "works of human hands" which is defined as any self-exhibition in song or sermon. Assuredly, worship beyond "falling on your face" or "silence in reverence and godly fear" is the LEGALISTIC of those who SELF-SPEAK.  Jesus called those who DO the sons of the Devil.

Is. 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man,
        saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel:

 
        only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Isaiah 4: 2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, 
        and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely 
        for them that are escaped [remnant] of Israel.
Isaiah 4:3 And it shall come to pass,
        that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem,
        shall be called holy, [sacred (ceremonially or morally)]
        even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Is. 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion,
        and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof
        by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Is. 4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion,
        and upon her assemblies, [h4774 Miqra] a cloud and smoke by day,
        and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Is. 4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat,
        and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.


UmbrācŭlumI. any thing that furnishes shade).Lit., a shady place, bower, arbor,Verg. E. 9, 42.— B. Transf., a school: “in solem et pulverem, ut e Theophrasti doctissimi hominis umbraculis,Cic. Brut. 9, 37: “ex umbraculis eruditorum in solem atque in pulverem,id. Leg. 3, 6, 14.—II.  A sunshade, parasol, umbrella, Ov. F. 2, 311; id. A. A. 2, 209; Mart. 14, 28, 1;
pulverem  2. In gen., a scene of action, field (cf. arena): “doctrinam ex umbraculis eruditorum in solem atque pulverem produxit,” i. e. before the public, Cic. Leg. 3, 6, 14; cf. Hor. C. 1, 8, 4: “educenda dictio est in agmen,

eruditorum
I.to polish, educate, instruct, teach
to have cultivated, brought to perfection,

Theophrasti   A   philosopher
doctissimi  didaskō;  b, instruct, inform, show, tell, pueros elementa adolescentes humanissimi et   If you went to a school of music you would not pay a teacher who did not know music
hŏmo  A good moral man.


Jesus was sent for the ELECT or a tiny remnant of Jews and Gentiles whom He would CALL. Jesus was sent to seek and translate the spirits of lost "spirits" into a Covert,

Mark 16:15
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
        and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth [COMPLIES] and is baptized shall be saved;
         but he that believeth not [WILL NOT COMPLY] shall be damned.

Who has believed. Believers will not call the chief corner stone a god people

1Pet. 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
        Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
        and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded
con-fundo  unā multa to mingle, unite, join, of intellectual confusion, to disturb, disconcert, confound, to throw in great numbers oratio confusa, perturbata, clamorb. A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet
multus  the many, the common mass, The mass, the multitude, OPPOSITE pauciores, = hoi oligoi, [few, rare] Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.— g). The greater number, the majority: troublesome, tedious, among the herd of orators,
1Pet. 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe [pist-euō comply]
                he is precious:
        but unto them which be DISOBEDIENT, [apistousin, reject Believeth Not]
               the stone which the builders disallowed, [oikodom-eōEcumenical]
               the same is made the head of the corner,
1Pet. 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
        even to them which stumble at the word,  [Hear]
        being disobedient:                                      [apeith-eō : disobedient, refuse compliance,]
        whereunto also they were APPOINTED.    

To believe not is to be disobedient: To be DAMNED is the Mark of the Beast (a new style of music or satyric--cappellla-drama. This is never the CAUSE but the RESULT of God abandoning you to Lying Wonders which are any acts of rhetoric, singing, playing, acting.. Apollon is the leader and the SPIRITUS who is guiding the Graces (Khares) and Muses.

This why people are repulsed and flee from anyone claiming money for performing music and claiming that it is for God: these are strong delusions and the Little Flock (Mikros) WILL by definition FLEE.
APPOINTED: [pōno appoint, ordain set up in a temple, dedicate, “agalmata khōras a., of an ode, generally, = anathēma   Kharēs eimi . . a. tou Apollōnos”]
When God MARKED these actors as sorcerers in Revelation 18 it was proof that the LAMPSTAND had been removed and the next PERFORMANCE will CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. The Viper race would be baptized with the Spirit OF Judgment (separating chaff from grain by the wind or Spirit) and the Spirit OF BURNING.

Those who did not stumble: Note that the Lost Spirits cannot-will not repudiate or minimize baptism.  Those of the WORLD for whom Jesus does not even pray are ORDAINED because they are OF the World: a race of VIPERS which hates water..
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
        and the same day there were added unto them
        about three thousand souls.

Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
        And the Lord added to the church daily such as
        should [were being] be saved.


Myles Werntz:  How you were baptized, and by whom, does not matter.
        Nor does it matter if you remember it,
        or if you lived a reprobate life afterwards and then repent.
You only do this once, because this is entering into the warmth of God's HOUSE,
        whatever the door looked like.

1Tim. 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest
        know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,
        which is the CHURCH OF the living God, the pillar and ground of THE TRUTH
4769.  stulos, stoo´-los; from στύω stuo (to stiffen; properly akin to the base of 2476); a post (“style”), i.e. (figuratively) support: — pillar.
1477. ἑ hedraioma, hed-rah´-yo-mah; from a derivative of 1476; a support, i.e. (figuratively) basis: — ground.

Eph. 3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Eph. 3:4 Whereby, when ye READ, ye may UNDERSTAND my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Theologians call that a Lie: you need THEM to do what God, His SPIRIT, Jesus, the Apostles and their recordedd "memory" could not do.

Eph. 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,
        which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,
        who created [
ktizō purchased] all things by Jesus Christ:
Eph. 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places
        might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Eph. 3:11 According to the eternal purpose
        which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Eph. 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

1Tim. 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
        that in the latter times some shall depart from THE FAITH
        giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;


1Tim. 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy;  [rhetoric, singing, playing instruments]
            having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
1Tim. 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things,
         thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ,
        nourished up in the WORDS of faith and of good DOCTRINE, whereunto thou hast attained.
1Tim. 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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spīrĭtus
spiritum Phoebus [APOLLON] mihi, Phoebus artem Carminis dedit, poetic spirit or inspiration, Hor. C. 4, 6, 29; cf.: “mihi Spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit,id. ib. 2, 16, 38: “qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,Prop. 3, 17

2. Pass., wandering, roaming, fickle, “poikilon pragm' esti kai planon

Poikilos i^, ē, on, 2. of Art, p. humnos a song of changeful strain or full of diverse art, Pi.O.6.87; “poikilon kitharizōnId.N.4.14; “dedaidalmenoi pseudesi poikilois muthoiId.O.1.29; of style, “lexis poiētikōtera kai p.Isoc.15.47 (Comp.); “skhēmatismoiD.H.Is.3.

daemoniorum
Ex. 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
1Cor. 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play

Deuteronomy 32[17] They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, To gods that they didn't know, To new [gods] that came up of late, Which your fathers didn't dread.

1Tim. 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
1Tim. 4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
1Tim. 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
1Tim. 4:11 These things command and teach.
1Tim. 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1Tim. 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.


MYLES IS SPEAKING OF A TEST OF WORKS TO ENTER INTO THE BAPTIST INSTITUTION. Jesus declared HIMSELF as the DOOR and Miles blasphemes.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent,
        and be BAPTIZED every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
        FOR the remission of sins,
        and ye shall receive the GIFT of the Holy Ghost. [yours]
g4151. PNEUMA,  i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by ANALOGY or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition,

Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;
         but the GIFT of God is eternal life
        through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be CONVERTED,
        THAT your sins may be blotted out,
        when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
g403. ANAPSUXIS an-aps´-ook-sis; from 404; properly, a recovery of breath, i.e. (figuratively) revival: — revival.
g404 anapsucho to Cool off Refresh
SPEAKING OF BAPTISM IS IMITATING THE TUPOS OR PATTERN OF THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS:

Rom. 6:17 But God be thanked,
        that ye WERE the servants of sin,
        BUT ye have OBEYED from the heart
        that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom. 6:18 Being THEN made FREE from sin,
        ye became the servants of righteousness.
Myles Werntz and all baptists CONTRADICT the Holy Spirit of CHRIST:
 
How you were baptized, and by whom, does not matter.
        Nor does it matter if you remember it,
        or if you lived a reprobate life afterwards and then repent.
You only do this once, because this is entering into the warmth of God's HOUSE,
        whatever the door looked like.

        Col. 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father,
                which hath made us MEET to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
        Col. 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
                and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

The House of of God consists of the LAOS and outlaws Priests, Levites, Scribes, Pharisees or anyone beyond the Vocational Elder who READS.  The House of God is the Church of Christ or the Church of the Firstborn.    

NO ONE CAN BE MADE FIT FOR SALVATION BY REFUTING THE DIRECT COMMANDS FOR BAPTISM

   Col. 1:14 In whom we have redemption THROUGH HIS BLOOD
                even the FORGIVENESS of sins:

This kingdom does not come with visible-audible RELIGIOUS OBSERVATION.  Myles Werntz cannot translate rescued SPIRITS into a heavenly kingdom.
Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,  [Church of Christ]
        which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
        and to the SPIRITS of just men made PERFECT


Col. 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church:
        who is the beginning,
        the firstborn from the dead;
        that in all things HE might have the preeminence.


Col. 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Col. 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,
        in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
HOW IS THE BODY OF SINS PUT OF OR FORGIVEN?
Col. 2:12 Buried with him in BAPTISM,
        wherein also ye are risen with him through
        the faith of the operation of God,
        who hath raised him from the dead.
THOSE WHO MOCK GOD BY MOCKING BAPTISM ARE STILL DEAD IN THEIR SINS: They cannot deliver the Free Water of the Word and therefore have to IMPROVISE by words from their father.
Col. 2:13  And you, being dead
        in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
        hath he QUICKENED together with him,
        having forgiven you all trespasses;
In a sense he is correct: no one HAS to be baptized.  To receive the WORD, Logos or Regulative Principle is IMPOSSIBLE for a merchant Theologian. Their very occupation proves that they have not and perhaps cannot RECEIVE the WORD which is to MARK the sons of the Devil whom, Jesus said, can be detected because they speak on THEIR own.  Here is the SEAL of lost spirits IN the world but not OF this world.

Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his WORD were baptized:
        AND the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

The WORD or LOGOS is God's Regulative Principle: it outlaws any personal words, rhetoric, singing, playing instruments, acting or PAY FOR PLAY. The GENDER STRAIGHT will be identified by SPEAK or READ "that which is written." Sing or Play is historically the mark of the ANTILOGOS and condones WOLVES or pederasty.

Neither Myles Werntz or anyone at ACU know how to be ADDED TO THE CHURCH

Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
        And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Acts 2:47 They praised God. They were respected by all the people.
        Every day the Lord added to their group those who were being saved.

Jesus Christ added to His Church only those who could RECEIVE His word being SEALED by their understanding the CODE and wanting to be baptized.  Contrary to Myles Werntz and the ACU-Baptist theology who believe that they can get a Phd is Scripture just believe in Scripture. Anyone diligently seeking from Historical Theologians (who never support him, by definition, cannot be a CHRISTIAN.

FAITH IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY AN ACTIVE VERB
Heb. 11:4 By faith Abel OFFERED unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
        by which he obtained witness that he was righteous,
        God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Heb. 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death;
        and was not found, because God had translated him:
        for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
        for he that cometh to God
        must believe that he is,
        and that he is a rewarder of them
        that diligently seek him.
Heb. 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet,
        moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house;
        by the which he condemned the world,
        and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

1Pet. 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient,
        when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
        while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is,
        eight souls were saved by water.
1Pet. 3:21 The like figure  [a pattern intended to be imitated]
        whereunto even baptism doth also now save us
        (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
        but the answer [Request for] of a good conscience toward God,)
        by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Jesus pledge to give one A holy spirit or A good conscience if they RECEIVED HIS WORD and were BAPTIZED.
1Pet. 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God;
        angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
JESUS SAID HE WAS FROM ABOVE: THE CLERGY WERE FROM BENEATH MEANING FROM TARTARUS. They are Earth Born or, like Adam, ABORIGINES but do not have a RECREATED SPIRIT.  There is no place to HOLD the Word or Spirit (John 6:63): by rejecting BAPTISM they can get voted into the Baptist Church but HAVE NO LIGHT IN THEM marked by performing rhetoric, music, acting, and PAY FOR PLAY, but they cannot be accepted by Jesus the ONLY TEACHER of those To whom HE WILL reveale God's WORD which is SPIRIT and LIFE.

From Isaiah 1 onward Baptism is the only INSTRUMENTAL MEANS for entering into CHRIST to become HIS DISCIPLE.
John 1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
        Make STRAIGHT the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him,
        I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE:
        no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

JESUS DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE A COMMON PRACTICE AS THE ONLY WAY TO BE ENROLLED AS A DISCIPLE IN HIS SCHOOL OF HIS WORD. EVERYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T BECOME AN APPRENTICE OF A MASTER TENTMAKER JUST BY BELIEVING IN TENTMAKERS.

Paul very often uses forms of parallelism: He restates the first statement wiith an explanation so that no one can get confused.
Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith IN Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 (What I mean to say is) as many of you as have been  BAPTIZED into Christ have put on Christ.

[27] quicumque enim in Christo baptizati estis Christum induistis

Enim why because, for, for instance, namely, that is to say, I mean, in fact I. To corroborate a preceding assertion, yes indeed, yes truly, of a truth, to be sure, certainly, indeed: A. To prove or show the grounds of a preceding assertion

ĕt-ĕnim , I. conj., subjoins a corroborative clause, or one which contains the reason of a preceding statement, for, truly, and indeed, because that, since (not freq. till class. times,

Heb. 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Washing (baptism) of REgeneration and REnewing OUR own Spirit or mind.

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pist-euō  is not believing that you have been accepted to the MASTER'S school. Faith means to COMPLY. 
THE CROOKED OR VIPEROUS ROAD OF RELIGIOUS MERCHANTS IS REPLACED BY THE STRAIGHT BUT EXTREMELY NARROW ROAD THAT LEADS TO SALVATION
2116.euthuno, yoo-thoo´-no; from 2117; to straighten (level); technically, to steer: — governor, make straight.

g3598. hodos, hod-os´; apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means: — journey,
(high-)way.
Theologians can SPEAK ON THEIR OWN and be famous: Jesus said that those who speak the WORD will be hated and not able to sell any of God's Word.

Acts2:38 Then Peter said unto them,
        Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
        for the remission of sins,  [Your sins from your spirit]
        and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. [Your spirit will be A holy spirit]
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children,
        and to all that are afar off,
        even as many as the Lord our God shall call. [Invite}

Proving that the gift of A holy or pure spirit is SALVATION

Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
        saying, SAVE yourselves FROM this untoward generation. [Crooked Race, unstable, serpentine]
EPHESIANS 2:8 shows how those ALREADY SAVED (Ephesiand1) my keep themselves SAFE from this Generation. Baptist theologians are not permitted to ask "SAFE from WHAT."

Ephesians.2.8.by.Grace.Are.You.Saved.Through.Faith.html

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient,
        deceived, serving divers [[poikilos]] lusts and pleasures,
        living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; [ALREADY SAVED]
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
        according to the prince of the power of the air,
       
the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Kosmos , esp. of women; “hieros k metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, Id.9.9 (pl.), Arist.Rh.1408a14, Po.1457b2, 1458a33; hadumelē k. keladein to sing sweet songs of praise, Pi.O.11 (10).13 (
Hēdu^-melēs , Dor. had- , Aeol. ad- , es, A. sweet-singing, “khelidoiAnacr.67, cf. Sapph.122(Comp.), Pi.N.2.25; sweet-sounding, “xoanaS.Fr.238, etc.: poet. fem., “hēdumeleia surigxNonn.D.29.287.

Poikilos many spoted or woven, embroidered

2. of Art, p. humnos a song of changeful strain or full of diverse art, Pi.O.6.87, id N.4.14, Schema
3. intricate, complex, heiligmoi  CROOKED RACE
c.  of persons and things, subtle, artful, wily
4.changeable, unstable
Sullogismos, reasoning, putting together of observed facts inferences,
        Eristikos  or eager for strife as opposed to
        Epagogue induction

Aoide spell, incantation, ochees for holding capftive, okeiasis 
helig-mos WOMEN A.winding, convolution, of the Labyrinth
   ana-strophē , disorder, confusion, ANTI a. logou” OCCUPATION

organon , to, (ergon, erdō) A.instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing a thing,
3. musical instrument, Simon.31, f.l. in A.Fr.57.1 ; ho men di' organōn ekēlei anthrōpous, of Marsyas, met' ōdēs kai tinōn organōn

Instrumental Music as Religious Sorcery

DEUTERONOMY 18 THE ABOMINATION OF THOSE NATION


WHY MYLES WERNTZ AND ACU ARE PROPHESIED (REV 18) AND AT THE EXACT TIME.

Rather than being THE sin, the use of INSTRUMENTAL SOUNDS were always sold as the Voice of A God, In Revelation the speakers, singers, instrument players or any religious craftsmen announced that GOD HAD BEEN THERE, GONE AND WOULD NOT RETURN (AMOS 8).  INSTRUMENTS always marked LUSTED AFTER FRUITS and are connected with BURNING.  ALL religious staff were identified as SORCERERS and were being CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

God's Holy Fire Cukrowski, Hamilton, ACU

Luke 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I if it be already kindled?
Luke 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with;
        and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?
         I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luke 12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided,
        three against two, and two against three.
Incentor, o-ris, m. [id.] , one who sets the TUNE or begins to sing, a PRECENTER, singer (post-class.).

I. Lit.: carminis, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 32 : [1] incentore [2] canam [3] Phoebo [APPOLYN] [4] Musisque [5] magistris, Avien. Perieg. 895 ; Isid. 6, 9, 13.--

II. Trop., an [A] inciter, exciter: [B] igneus [C] turbarum, Amm. 15, 1, 2 : civilis belli, Oros. 5, 19 : rebellionis [renewal of war] totius, id. 6, 11 . Flamen Hislop

Incensor I. one who kindles or sets fire to, II. Trop., an inciter, instigator: turbarum,

Plato, Euthydemus
[289d] On what proof do you rely? I asked.

I think you give sufficient proof, I said, that this art of the speech-writers cannot be that whose acquisition would make one happy. And yet I fancied that somewhere about this point would appear the knowledge which we have been seeking all this while.

[289e] For not only do these speech-writers themselves, when I am in their company, impress me as prodigiously clever, Cleinias, but their art itself seems so exalted as to be almost inspired. However, this is not surprising; for it is a part of the SORCERER'S art, epōdōn tekhnēs
Latin 289e:
kai mentoi ouden thaumaston: esti gar tēs tōn epōdōn tekhnēs morion mikrō te ekeinēs hupodeestera.

Thaumaston Is a Lying wonder which claims that your rituals are ordained by God.

-epōdē
, Ion. and poet. epa^oidē , , A.song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, LADEN BURDEN
ou pros iatrou sophou thrēnein epōdas pros tomōnti pēmati
of the Magi, Hdt.1.132
  oute pharmaka..oud' au epōdaiPl.R. 426b ; thusiai kai e. ib.364b ;
charm for or against..,toutōn epōdas ouk epoiēsen patērA.Eu.649.

epōd-os , on, (epadō
A.singing to or over, using songs or charms to heal wounds, “epōdoi muthoi

b.
Subst., enchanter,e. kai goēsE.Hipp. 1038 (but “goēs e.Ba.234): c. gen., a charm for or against,ethusen hautou paida epōdon Thrēkiōn aēmatōnA.Ag.1418 ; e. tōn toioutōn one to charm away such fears, Pl.Phd.78a.
c. c. dat., assisting, profitable, 2. Pass., sung to music,phōnaiPlu.2.622d ; fit for singing,poiētikēn e. parekhein
2. epōdos, ho, verse or passage returning at intervals, in Alcaics and Sapphics, D.H.Comp.19 ; chorus, BURDED, refrain,

Pl.Lg.903b    Athenian
Let us persuade the young man by our discourse that all things are ordered systematically by Him who cares for the World—all with a view to the preservation and excellence of the Whole, whereof also each part, so far as it can, does and suffers what is proper to it. To each of these parts, down to the smallest fraction, rulers of their action and passion are appointed to bring about fulfillment even to the uttermost

Plat. Euthyd. 290a and only slightly inferior to that. The sorcerer's art is the charming of snakes and tarantulas and scorpions and other beasts and diseases, while the other is just the charming and soothing of juries, assemblies [Ekklesia or church], crowds, and so forth. Or does it strike you differently? I asked.

No, it appears to me, he replied, to be as you say.

kēl-ēsis , eōs, , *A.  bewitching, charming, ekheōn, nosōn, Pl.Euthd. 290a: enchantment by eloquence, dikastōn k. te kai paramuthia ibid.; by music and sweet sounds, Id.R.601b, Stoic.3.97.
Plat. Rep. 601b whether he speak in rhythm, meter [melos] and harmony [rhuthmon about cobbling or generalship or anything whatever.
        So mighty is the spell1 that these adornments naturally exercise;
        though when they are stripped bare of their musical coloring [metron] and taken by themselves,2
        I think you know what sort of a showing these sayings of the poets make.
For you, I believe, have observed them.” “I have,” he said.
        “Do they not,” said I, “resemble the faces of adolescents,
        young but not really beautiful, when the bloom of youth abandons them?3
        “By all means,” he said. “Come, then,” said I, “consider this point:
        he creator of the phantom, the imitator, we say, knows nothing of the reality but only the appearance.

hōraios , fruits ripe for plucking or rippe for death.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
        and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,
        and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
 
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WORSHIP COLLECTIVELY WITH PROFESSIONAL CLERGY LEADING. Literal worship means to FALL ON YOUR FACE.  Jesus said that worship is in the PLACE of a perfect human SPIRIT as it READS or SPEAK the Apostles' Doctrine.  Any self-speak in song or sermon is DOING rather than SPEAKING and is the Synagogue of Satan.

Eph. 2:20 And are built upon [EDUCATED] the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
    Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;


1Tim. 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1Tim. 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know
        how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,
        which is the church of the living God,
        the pillar and ground of THE TRUTH
John 1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
        Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him,
        I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE:
        no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

g3598. hodos, hod-os´; apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means: — journey, (high-)way.

John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the FLESH profiteth nothing:
        the WORDS that I speak unto you,
        they are
SPIRIT, and they are life.
ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND MYLES WERNTZ ARE NOT AND CANNOT WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.

Acts.17.25.God.Not.Worshipped.Mens.Hands

Royce Money  Not long ago, Hardin-Simmons administrators and its board decided they could not afford to continue their Logsdon School of Theology, and it would close.

Baptist Dogma is not related to the Historic Church of Christ: in this enlightened age, there is no need for Baptist Dogma

The Kingdom of Christ and the Church of Christ are identical

Matt. 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee,
        teaching in their synagogues,
        and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
        and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of
        me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation;
        of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed,
        when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Mark 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
        That there be some of them that stand here,
        which shall not taste of death,
        till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Mark 10:15 Verily I say unto you,
        Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God
        as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
        Except a man be BORN AGAIN he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him,
        How can a MAN be born when he is OLD?
        can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
        Except a MAN be born of water and of the SPIRIT,
        he cannot enter into the KINGDOM of God.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
        and that which is born of the Spirit is SPIRIT.

Henry Alford: "There can be no doubt, on any honest interpretation of the words, that 'born of water' refers to the token or outward sign of baptism 'born of spirit' to the thing signified, or inward grace of the Holy Spirit.

All attempts to get rid of these two plain facts have sprung from doctrinal prejudices, by which the views of expositors have been warped. Such we have in Calvin." (Alford's Greek Testament, Vol. 1, p. 714).

W. Robertson Nicoll: "To remove as far as possible the difficulty of Nicodemas as to the how (how, dp) of the new birth our Lord declares that the two great factors in it are 'water' and 'spirit.'" (Expositors Greek Testament, Vol. I, p. 713).

Marvin R. Vincent: "The exposition of this much controverted passage does not fall within the scope of this work. We may observe,

1. That Jesus here lays down the preliminary conditions of entrance into His kingdom, expanding and explaining His statement in ver. 3.

2. That this condition is here stated as complete, including two distinct factors, water and the Spirit.
    Nicodemus was a MAN who has already been born of Amniotic Fluid.
    The text says BORN AGAIN and not BORN FROM ABOVE.

3. That the former of these two factors is not to be merged in the latter; that the spiritual element is not to exclude or obliterate the external and ritual element.

We are not to understand with Calvin, the Holy Spirit as the purifying water in the spiritual sense: 'water which is the Spirit.'

4. That water points definitely to the rite of baptism, and with a twofold reference to the past and to the future." (Word Studies In The New Testament, Vol. 2, p. 91).

B. F. Westcott: "It can, then, scarcely be questioned that as Nicodemus heard the words, water carried with it a reference to John's baptism, which was a divinely appointed rite (i.33),

gathering up into itself and investing with a new importance all the lustral baptisms of the Jews." (The Gospel According To John, p. 50).

A. T. Robertson: "We are puzzled by the placing of 'water' here before 'Spirit' as a necessity to entering the Kingdom of God. But Nicodemas was troubled about 'Spirit.' He was thinking only of the physical birth.

On the whole it is probable that by 'water' Jesus refers to baptism. John the Baptist preached repentance and practiced the baptism of those who confessed their sins." (Minor Characters In The New Testament, p. 6).

H. A. W. Meyer: "water, inasmuch as the man is baptized therewith (1 John v. 7, 8; Eph. v. 26) for the forgiveness of sins (Acts ii. 33, xxii.16; 2 Cor. vi. 11), and spirit, inasmuch as the Holy Ghost is given to the person baptized in order to his spiritual renewal and sanctification" (Critical And Exegetical Hand-Book To The Gospel Of John, p. 123).


Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
        and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth [COMPLIES] and is baptized shall be saved;
         but he that believeth not [WILL NOT COMPLY] shall be damned.

Who has believed
. Believers will not call the chief corner stone a god people

1Pet. 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile,
        and hypocrisies, [rhetoric, singing, playing instruments]
        and envies, and all evil speakings,
1Pet. 2:2 As newborn BABES,
        desire the sincere milk of the word,
        that ye may grow thereby:

1Pet. 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
1Pet. 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.


1Pet. 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1Pet. 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
        Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
        and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded
con-fundo  unā multa to mingle, unite, join, of intellectual confusion, to disturb, disconcert, confound, to throw in great numbers oratio confusa, perturbata, clamorb. A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet
multus  the many, the common mass, The mass, the multitude, OPPOSITE pauciores, = hoi oligoi, [few, rare] Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.— g). The greater number, the majority: troublesome, tedious, among the herd of orators,

1Pet. 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe [pist-euō comply]
                he is precious:
        but unto them which be disobedient, [apistousin, reject Believeth Not]
               the stone which the builders disallowed, [oikodom-eōEcumenical]
               the same is made the head of the corner,
1Pet. 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
        even to them which stumble at the word,  [Hear]
        being disobedient:                                      [apeith-eō : disobedient, refuse compliance,]
        whereunto also they were appointed.    


To believe not is to be disobedient: To be DAMNED is the Mark of the Beast (a new style of music or satyric--cappellla-drama. This is never the CAUSE but the RESULT of God abandoning you to Lying Wonders which are any acts of rhetoric, singing, playing, acting.. Apollon is the leader and the SPIRITUS who is guiding the Graces (Khares) and Muses.

This why people are repulsed and flee from anyone claiming money for performing music and claiming that it is for God: these are strong delusions and the Little Flock (Mikros) WILL by definition FLEE.
APPOINTED: [pōno appoint, ordain set up in a temple, dedicate, “agalmata khōras a., of an ode, generally, = anathēma   Kharēs eimi . . a. tou Apollōnos”]
When God MARKED these actors as sorcerers in Revelation 18 it was proof that the LAMPSTAND had been removed and the next PERFORMANCE will CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. The Viper race would be baptized with the Spirit OF Judgment (separating chaff from grain by the wind or Spirit) and the Spirit OF BURNING.

Those who did not stumble: Note that the Lost Spirits cannot-will not repudiate or minimize baptism.  Those of the WORLD for whom Jesus does not even pray are ORDAINED because they are OF the World: a race of VIPERS which hates water..
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
        and the same day there were added unto them
        about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
        And the Lord added to the church daily such as
        should [were being] be saved.

KENNETH SUBLETT

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