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"Word" explained:
A
Welcome Message
Behold the Man! Life's true issue...
The real "issues of
life" are not about "an individuals rights;
(whose right, whose wrong, civil, women's,
gay's rights, etc.) The "real issue" is
understanding God, His word and His
son Jesus Christ! Right from the
start; from the "get-go," a person must
realize one important fact! Contrary
to what one has been taught, or believe, one
must understand, Christianity is NOT A
DEMOCRACY, NOR is it a REPUBLIC!
Christians, as citizens of the Kingdom of
God, we have NO individual rights!
All our "rights" is what are given to use by
our sovereign. Christianity is a
Kingdom, ruled by a King!!!
In truth,
Christianity it is a Theocracy. As such, all
people who abide in this kingdom, cannot "do
as they please," but rather they must "do as
they are commanded!" Paul states, very
clearly, "Now then we are
ambassadors for Christ, as though God did
beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's
stead, be ye reconciled to God." (2
Corinthians 5:120, KJV)
Too much biblical
illiteracy...
I am designing this site to be an an online
Bible Study. After having spent the
majority of my fifty-nine years, either
"being raised as a "preacher's kid" or
as a Minster of the Gospel myself, I have
arrived at the conclusion that a very real
problem exists in the majority of all of our
churches today. The problem? The
lack of "true Biblical Knowledge," or, in
other words, the vast existence of gross
"Bible illiteracy," not only amongst the
local laity, but also the national clergy
alike.
The majority of
most people view the Bible as just another popular book.
Unfortunately, people fail to realize that the
Bible can only be understood "spiritually." It
is not a "casual read." Although it contains bits
of historical information and some biographical
information for a few people, it is not either a
biography or a history book. The Bible is a book
for the human soul!
A Moslem knows the
Koran, a Jew knows the Torah, but a majority of
Christians have very little "working knowledge" of the
Word of God. The first two writings might
affect "outward" change," but only the Bible can affect
an "inward" Change!
Alas, most Christians
do not understand this, and are trying hard to to
affect change, but any change has had only external
results, not internal. God tells us , "My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea
4:6, KJV) We are
destroyed both physically and spiritually.
We are Christ's Ambassadors.
An
ambassador, according to Webster, "An
ambassador is the official
representative of one state to another," and
as such he has no will of his own but can
speak only what he is told to speak.
Jesus Christ,
"Believest thou not that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me? the words that I speak
unto you I speak not of myself: but the
Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the
works." (John 14:10, KJV)
As a Christian then, it no longer
is an
issue of what I "believe," but rather
an
issue of "what I believe in light of God's
word." Jesus says, in
John 14:15, "If ye
love me, keep my commandments."
(KJV) He then goes on to say, "
If ye keep my
commandments , ye shall abide in my love;
even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide
in his love." (,John 15:10, KJV)
Therefore as a
Christian, it is not necessarily what "you as an
individual believe," but rather "What does God have to
say..." Christians are supposed to be "the light
of the world; "the salt of the earth." But if we
are living like every other "Tom, Dick /
or Harry,"
what light is there for the world to see? What seasoning
are we providing? The Apostle Paul reminds us, "it
is no longer I who lives, but Christ Who lives within
me."
With
these studies, I
try and offer insight, explanation and in some instances
"revelation knowledge" into the word of God.
My teaching is not "too deep to understand."
As a student of God's word, realize this; "the Bible is NOT a book of history, philosophy,
psychology or even science. No, it is a book concerned with just one
thing. That one thing; "God's quest to regain
access to a man's soul." And we will soon discover this quest
leads directly to Jesus Christ....
"Jesus saith unto him, I am
the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father , but by me. (John 14:6, KJV)
Rev. O. Olen Rainey,
Jr.
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