And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Mark 7:9
There is nothing new under the sun. Cancel culture has been around for thousands of years.
And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others. Mark 7:13
For [you seem willing to allow it] if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted. You tolerate all this beautifully [welcoming the deception]. II Corinthians 11:4
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. II John 1:9-10
Note: There are no examples of a solo pastor/bishop in the New Testament. Concerning hierarchy, Jesus plainly stated "It shall not be so among you." and "All ye are brethren." Jesus named himself amongst the brethren. The apostles ordained elders(plural) in every city(singular) and Jesus was the true head of each assembly, not in name only, but functioned as such.
Paul writes to the elders at Ephesus "For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among YOU, not sparing the flock. Also of your OWN SELVES shall men arise, speaking PERVERSE things, to draw away disciples after THEM. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three YEARS I ceased not to warn every one night AND day with tears. Acts 20:29-31Please prayerfully consider the seeds of truth scattered on this page by consciously removing all, denominal lens, asking the Father of Our Lord to open your eyes to behold wondrous words. Take a moment to approach the scriptures as though you need to see them afresh and anew or as though you have never seen them before. Approach the Word with all of the awe and reverence you can muster, knowing that you are personally responsible to let no man deceive you.
Jesus was "declared to be the Son of God with power"...Romans 4:1
And Saul... straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the...
...And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the...
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 14:23
“Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.”
"Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God..." Acts 2:22
Whosoever shall confess that JESUS is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him and he in God." I John 4:15"
Peter's revelation and confession was also the confession of CHRIST, the Chief Apostle. It was the confession of all of His apostles. They all believed and preached the same thing which, is what "confess" means, "to speak the same thing" which is what true Christians do. I Corinthians 1:10
Paul, beloved apostle who bore in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus, upon conversion, "straightway...preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God."
This is the message the devil tempted Jesus with saying "If thou be the Son of God..."
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son and in the Father." I John 2:23-24
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him...
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is CHRIST; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of CHRIST is GOD. I Corinthians 11:3
Then cometh THE END, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is *excepted, which did *put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, *then shall the Son also himself be *subject unto *Him that *put all things under him, that *GOD may be all in all. I Cor 15:24-28
No man hath seen GOD at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him....I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you...And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. John 1:18; 16:12-14; 17:3
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." Hebrews Chapter 1
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. John 20:17
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. John 15:23
JESUS isn't just the shell of GOD. He is as the scriptures declare, the only *begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." God really did beget a real Son, not a cyborg, automaton or flesh puppet but -a true Son with and mind and a will all His own!JESUS didn't want to die! "And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
EDIT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... the reason OPs have to explain this away is because they truly deny that Jesus is God's Son. They hold a gnostic belief that essentially says one must "get the revelation" that Jesus is actually not the Son, but the Father. They go so far in denying the only begotten Son of God to say that it was simply/only flesh praying to Spirit.“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of GOD is greater: for this is the witness of GOD which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth 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. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the NAME of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the NAME of the Son of God. I John 5:9-13”
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3:17 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. Luke 9:35
The first all of the commandments as taught by JESUS is "Hear O Israel, The LORD Our GOD, the LORD is ONE..." Mark 12 That One, true GOD of Israel, the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
That same GOD, the only wise GOD, so loved the world that He literally blood sacrificed His only Son, whose blood alone can atone for sin, not just our sins, but the sins of the whole world."
Abraham already had his only son, Isaac bound and would have slayed Him had God not provided a substitute sacrifice. Yet there was no substitute for God's only begotten Son -the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his NAME shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
JESUS said, I am come in my Father's NAME, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. John 5:43
"...But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his NAME. John 20:30-31
Rome denies that God truly had a Son, Islam denies the Son, the nation state of Israel denies the Son and most of what is known as "Christendom" unknowingly denies the Son! The devil deceives the whole world.
..All the world wondered after the beast. JESUS warned, "Let no man deceive you." You are personally responsible to not be deceived and to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling through searching the scriptures and proving all things.
