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View Poll Results: Is it true that Christianity coincides with the teachings of Christ ?
Yes, it is, but not all Christians follow the Bible, so the world is so sad. 6 60.00%
No, this is not true. Christ taught freedom, but the Bible into slavery and bless slavery. 4 40.00%
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Old 03-31-2013, 06:18 AM
 
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It is a known fact, that different churches and religious affiliations interpret the life and teachings of Jesus Christ differently. This is the result of the deficiency and inconsistency of information about events that happened thousands of years ago. This is the main cause of perpetual disputes and disagreements within the Christian church. The four Gospels in the New Testament, as time has shown, are unable to cope with this problem. This is a challenge but it can be resolved.
Records of the life of Jesus other than the Gospels are in the Vatican archives and for many centuries they’ve been insistently kept from the public. One has the impression that someone is intentionally trying to conceal the truth from the people.
The Vatican could put an end to this once and for all by allowing secular and religious scholars to access and evaluate their archives.

Today, additional accounts of the life and times of Jesus Christ have been discovered as recently as the past few decades. These priceless documents, which miraculously survived have enabled the restoration of the True Teachings of Jesus Christ, without waiting for the Vatican to make its x-files public.

The work of contemporary scholars has today succeeded, for the first time ever, in piecing together and sequencing in natural order the most authentic statements and purest ideas of Christ. His words resonate with the clarity of divine genius and are made easy to understand.

The True Teachings of Jesus Christ restored according to the Holy Scriptures and surviving Holy Traditions.

1. The least faithful of you are those, who pray more than others and think that for that reason there will be more bestowed on them than on others. For they don't acknowledge what they believe in, as if beggars, fit for nothing other than praying for fulfillment of their desires. What are you pestering God for? Or do you think He was wrong providing you with what you have, and you want to teach Him how to put this wrong right? Hence your God is unwise. Why do you call Him God then, why do you trust in Him and what for do you worship Him? You don't really know what you are bending your knees to. And little is genuine faith in you.
I tell you, having little faith is worse than being faithless. For by denying God you will turn to God. For wherever you go on land you will eventually face the ocean. But if your faith is weak, you're not going anywhere but merely wobbling.

2. Who do you listen to and who do you worship when you come to the house of God? And who are the most revered people in it? Is it Pharisees? Or high priests? All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers (John 10:8) and worse. For it is neither your bread, nor your gold they plunder, but the very life of yours. They draw near to God with their mouth, and honor him with their lips; but their heart is far from Him. (Matthew 15:7-8) For they are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness. (Matthew 23:27)

For they shut the Kingdom of Heaven against men, for they themselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, they suffer not to enter. (Matthew 23:13) And love to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men. But you don't call them 'Rabbi'. (Matthew 23:6-8) They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a pit. (Matthew 15:14) For centuries they hide the keys to of knowledge (Thomas 44) and substitute them with half-truth, which they dress up as the Truth and therefore it is even more dangerous and fearful than lies.

3. God is not far from each one of us, but you ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man. (Acts 17:27-29) For then you worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator. (Romans 1:25) The Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands. (Acts 7:48-49) Neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything. (Acts 17:25) Heaven is his throne and the earth a footstool for his feet. (Acts 7:48-49)

Keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and it will be opened to you, and your Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him. (Luke 11:9-13)

But it is not fake treasures, not the worldly goods you should be asking the Heavenly Father for, just as sinners do, but the only one thing: so that He would make the ways to His Kingdom straight, so that you could see the Almighty during your mortal life. For if you don't see God in your life, you will not see Him afterwards either.

4. I desire to give you faith in the very existence of the Kingdom of Heaven, where everything dwells in eternal joy and bliss, so that this faith would emblaze you with abiding desire to find it and have it.

Believing tastes as sweet as an unripe carrot but experiencing tastes like honey. .

Thus, not only to believe, but to test yourselves as to the Faith, to discover it and behold it - this is what I plead for. And after you have experienced something, believing in it is not necessary. And if your faith would be a mere cripple's crutch, it would be of no use. Whereas I give this crutch to a disabled not for him to limp his whole earthly life with it, but for him to recover, hence beholding the Holy Spirit and entering God's kingdom during his mortal life. For God's kingdom is here and now, but you have no knowledge of how to enter it. And the heavens I'm speaking of are inward and outward of you, and God's kingdom is in these heavens and no other. And you needn't look hard to find them, and neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for the Kingdom of Heaven is within you. (Luke 17:21)

And you have no idea of the treasure that lies within you. Yet I marvel at how this great wealth has come to dwell in this poverty. (Thomas 29)

There are some, who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power. (Mark 9:1)

5. First you must come to know yourselves. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known by God and you will realize that you are the sons of the living Father. (Thomas 3) And it is through you, as well as all His other creatures, that He shows himself but man is His prime creation. Then why are holding God back? Reveal Him to the world and honor yourselves and your Creator.

When you will know yourself, then you will discover your true self, and all the secrets hidden from you will come out into the open. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you, who are that poverty. (Thomas 3)

If you don't understand the beginning, it is impossible to understand the end too. Likewise, it is impossible to know what is around you, if you don't know what is within you; then there's no one, who's knowing, who's capable of acknowledging the secrets of the Heavenly Father.

And do not separate Heaven from earth, for it is the continuation of earth; just as do not separate yourselves from earth, for you are the continuation of it, and the earth - continuation of yourselves. That is why I tell you: you are the beginning and the end of all. And when you see this - you will see the Kingdom of Heaven.

6. Everything that lives and everything that seems lifeless are both invisibly bound, and every single thing is a part of the whole!

Woe betide those, who create borders on earth and divide men. For there are no borders in Heaven and there shall be none on earth. Truly I tell you: this division is a source of enmity and discord, be it border division, languages division or division of faith - all the same! And if a man is divided on the inside, this very enmity and darkness will be inside of him and he will not be at peace.

7. Don't be afraid to deviate when searching for your way, only the strongest ones are equal to this. God loves those, who left the flock, more than others, for it is only them, who are to find the sacred path.

It is not the cattle's fault that they are kept in a fold, for their keeper made the fold for them. Men, though, to his shame, made a kind of thing, which no living creature is capable of making: he built up a prison with his own hands and trapped himself inside.

And woe is that his children are born inside this prison. They grow up and know no other life than the one of their parents. And they cannot see it, because their eyes got blind from the gloom of confinement. And they don't see anyone, who's living a different life, and thus they consider their life is the only way of existence possible. For if the eyes have never seen light, how would you determine that you are in darkness?

8. Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven. (Matthew 6:19-20) And if you possess true strength, then all the earthly desires and passions will leave your soul, which has hitherto blazed phrenetic and delirious, and all false knowledge and misjudgment will leave as well.

A man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things he possesses. (Luke 12:15) You are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed (Luke 10:41-42) - so that the Word of God just as a seed would take root in you and bear fruit.
Truly I tell you: whoever believes that the All itself is deficient, is completely deficient himself. (Thomas 67)

9. And do not justify yourselves with the fulfillment of the Law: it is given for those, who have little faith because His Word finds no place in them, (John 8:37) to insure them from transgressions, (Galatians 3:19) till they behold the true understanding. The commandments are given to those, who by hearing will hear, and will in no way understand; seeing they will see, and will in no way perceive. (Matthew 13:14) For the making of the law can not make alive and does not bring grace and doesn’t make you a saint. Only true faith is capable of that, acting with love. (Galatians 3:21)

THE ONLY COMMANDMENT I GIVE YOU IS LOVE!

On this commandment hang all the laws and the prophets. (Matthew 22:37-40) And all the other commandments are its children, and this - the mother. And if the mother is in you, then all her children are in you. And there's no need knowing them by the names - when they dwell within you, they are the very essence of you.

10. I tell you: you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37) So don't be god-fearing, but god-loving. For God loved you before so you love God with a pure love that has no fear. For perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment. He who fears, is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18-19)

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39) For if you do not love your neighbor, but say that you love God - you are lying!

11. Even if you are the first saint on Earth and live according to the laws of God, and speak the language of angels and have all knowledge and all faith but no love and if you are hiding anger towards even an insignificant worm than you are just a sounding brass and there is no benefit to your soul.

All the good deeds are the outer light of a man, but it doesn't brighten the way to the Kingdom of Heaven. But there is light within a man of light, and it lights up the whole world. If it does not shine, it's darkness. (Thomas 24)

And even if you dole out all your goods to feed the poor, and if you give your body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits you nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:3)

12. You are the children of love, born by love, is it not you who shall become love?! And being the Love means being equal to God, being God himself!

FOR LOVE IS GOD!

And there is no other way into the Kingdom of Heaven: with men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. (Matthew 19:23-26) To you, whom I address the Word of God, I call Gods, the same is said in the Holy Scriptures. Truly you are all Gods but your eyes are closed and you are not yet awake to get your glory.

And if Love is in you, then God will also be in you and you will be in God. Perfect Love and the Holy Spirit come together for they are one. If Love is in you, then the Holy Spirit is also in you. If the Holy Spirit is in you, your Love is Perfect.

Be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves. (Thomas 39) Light that will guide you, you will find within yourselves.

And even if the Gospel pages would be lost - you will be able to recover them from your heart.

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Old 03-31-2013, 07:28 AM
 
Location: california
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I believe that God intended to be our teacher from the beginning, weighing the evidence Genisis to revelations.
When men pretend to speculate over some instruction the ignorant soak it up like a spunge, because it is flavored in human reasoning.
God warned the prophets not to teach another's message, not in fear of correctness but instruction is spicific .
Whom it was to come from was spicific.
Jesus provided the Holy Spirit to teach in His place on a personal level . It is not something that other men can userp, though through out history they continue to try.
Being born or rather being borne of the Spirit, Supported by the Spirit one is under the tutelage of God . One does not own this position . it is a realtionship one must continiously yield to in love for God, not just love in general.
David said ," Delight your self in the lord and he will give you the desires of your heart ."
This is not a superficial "feeling " Loving God quite literally is obeying Him. Which can only be done if one knows His voice and is obedient to Him.
When a person is obsorbed in wanting to please God ,and not another person knows it ,he is on the right track. The moment he braggs that issue his motovation becomes questionable.
God sees in secrit, what you know, and think, and your motivation.
When a person becomes transparent before God in devotion ,he naturally desires those things God instructs him ,not assumptions to things directed to others in the past.
Knowledge of the scriptures is nothing by comparison ,Satan knows the scriptures. Matthew 5;
The question is, do you Love God, or the accolade men pay you for your controbution?
Is it done under His instruction ?
It is human (fallen ) nature to act as a lawyer looking for loupe holes and wording in language .
God knows this , when he instructed Moses to strike the rock and water came out ,it was obedience , but on the second trip around God instructed him to speak to the rock, but Moses struck the rock in stead . What was the price Moses Paid for that disobedience?
He was denied access to the promised land.
John 15; is all about being connected ,not to one another but to Jesus , and not as a leach but as a productive limb.
Productivity can only come from obedience in a realtionship ,not academics.

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Old 03-31-2013, 03:00 PM
 
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Jesus Holy Spirit will not cross the tolerances of doctrines of men , so if men will not listen to Jesus and His understanding then they will only get what they receive from Heaven ..... Jesus said His converts must be like little children who are lead by God in their beliefs , so if they ignore God Spirit and hold to their traditions , then that is all they will have......Biggest problem is the spirit of antichrist hold the authority of divisions and strife , and differences in doctrine could be a big thing with proud men ...
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Old 03-31-2013, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Somewhere out there
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Default Wowsers! Bang! Pop! Shazaym!

Holy Proselytizing, Batman! the OP's purely proselytizin' don'yah think? No question posited, no philsophical wonderment, an' no such thing as alternative viewpoints, huh?

"Just lots and LOTS and LOTS!!! of thet-thar PROSELYTIZERATIN'!!(a veritable wall of post that puts the rifleman's past tall musings tah shame, furshur!)

So..may I have permission to decimate it all? OK: here goes (feel free to disagree, but also to provide proofs if'n yah cayn!)

It's all just so much pernicious and prevaricatious BUNKSTERISM!

There! So easy! And succinct too!

Yrs Trly:
The Rifleman intro - YouTube

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Old 03-31-2013, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Log home in the Appalachians
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I do not believe that there are any true teachings of your Jesus, after all he never wrote anything down and everything written about him is either second or third hand hearsay at best.

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Old 03-31-2013, 04:59 PM
 
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You needed a 3rd option - "neither"
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Old 03-31-2013, 05:40 PM
 
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Not a thing Jesus(as) taught was written down. Just the opinions of what Greece and Rome wanted the people to believe he taught.

Jesus(as) taught the Injil (Gospel of Jesus) but after Jesus(as) was lifted up to Heaven the Greeks chose to worship Jesus(as) and ignore the Injil, so it was not preserved. Instead the Greeks began to teach that which supported the belief they desired to teach about Jesus(as)

The Teachings of Jesus(as) ended when Christianity began.
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Old 04-01-2013, 07:43 AM
 
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I said 'Yes', because Christianity qua Christianity, (and if I claim that what individual atheists do, say or think does not discredit the rationale of atheism qua atheism then Christianity deserves the same consideration) does its very best to match up to the example of Christ in the Bible. I am of course, taking a broad view and passing over 'Christian' organizations that preach Hate, espouse violence and who groan under the weight of riches that make H.M Lizzie II look like a street -sleeper.
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Old 04-01-2013, 12:06 PM
 
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I voted "no" on this, but am not in total agreement with the commentary associated in the poll for the "no" figure. IMO, there is more of a middle area here, where reality of Christianity is not in being a fundamental biblist, nor is it in total rejection of the bible either.
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