I am not exactly mister gregarious; live mostly as a hermit, most of the time. From time to time, however, I enjoy a good conversation. I can’t seem to find as many good conversationalists around the truck stop anymore.

As of late I have had the misfortune of running into Seventh Day Adventists.  I can be having a perfectly good conversation with one until they find out that I am Catholic. Once they find out my faith; any good conversation we were having, on a range of topics, is out the window.

I can’t help but to believe that the Seventh Day Adventists are a cult and it’s members under some kind of mind control. I say this because they can’t seem to stop themselves once they have gone on the attack. The real funny part is that these folks are often having something less than Christian conversations up to that point.

One Seventh Day Adventist actually followed me across the parking lot hurling insults. When we parted,he yelled over his shoulder, all the way to his truck, “There is only one God.” We had been friends only minutes before.  I have left these conversations completely dumbfounded at how someone perfectly friendly one moment can become so hostile the next.

There are several pseudo Christian sects, that I have came into contact with, that makes the claim that Jesus Christ isn’t God. The very puzzling part is that they claim to be the “True Christians”, and to be “Bible believing.” They also insist on the King James Version of the scriptures, which they can hardly understand.

I say then, lets see what the Bible has to say on the matter. You can start with the Old Testament prophecies of Christ.

Therefore the Lord will give you this sign, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. Is. 7:14

Immanuel literally means; With us is God.  Let’s look at another verse of scripture from Isaiah.

For a child is born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. Is. 9:5

Now, many of the pseudo Christian sects also make the claim that they never have to believe the Old Testament, except when it suits them to do so, of course.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be, What came to be through him was life and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. Jn 1:1-5

The Incarnation, that God took flesh, has always been a teaching of Christianity. The pseudo Christian sects love to quote St. Paul, out of context usually. But St Paul confirms what St John tells us when he says;

For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power. Col 2:9

Jesus even says of himself;

The Father [that is God] and I are one. Jn 10:30

I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Rev. 22:13

Now, was Jesus, and the Apostles, simply confused as to who Jesus is?

Well no, the Jewish leaders, in that day, understood exactly what was being said. That is why they wanted him crucified; for blasphemy.

The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.” Jn. 10:33

For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God. Jn. 5-17

Jesus said to them. “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.” So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area. Jn. 8:58-59

I would like to note here that I AM is the name Moses was given from the burning bush.

Jesus worked miracles, and did things that only God can do. He healed the sick, raised the dead, walked on water, and forgave sins.

I often hear the pseudo Christians charge “Jesus never said to worship me.” Funny then, that he accepted worship without correcting the worshipper. If St. Thomas was committing blasphemy, by calling our Lord God, then Jesus should have corrected him.

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jn. 20:27-28

St. Paul calls our Lord, Jesus, God;

…as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ. Ti. 2:13

St. Paul also tells us;

Therefore I tell you that nobody speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be accursed.”  And no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.” 1Cor. 12:3

St. Paul isn’t merely bestowing a royal title on Jesus. In the ancient world the word Lord was put in the place of God’s name, to avoid misusing the name of God. What St. Paul is saying is that Jesus is God. I remember during the Hippie Jesus movement that people would greet one another with “Jesus is Lord,” without really knowing what they were saying.

I will stand with St. John, when he says;

Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist. No one who denies the Son has the Father, But whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.       1 Jn. 2:22-23

I invite you, "The True Christians,” and you the “Bible Believing” Christians to believe your Bibles. Stop using them for a cudgel to beat others over the head with.

August 30, 2009
Categories: Religion . Tags: antichrists, Catholic Teaching, Devinity of Christ, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Orthodox Christianity, scriptures, Seventh Day Adventists . Author: skylla2012

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