The Purpose of Christianity, Review

Before moving on to the next point I'm taking this program to review what I've been teaching for the past several months. That's pretty good I think, distilling 18 months of teaching into 28 minutes. Here's the outline of that 18 months of teaching:

1. Before Jesus came Satan was the king of the world. The world, mankind were under his dominion. The Bible sometimes calls Satan's kingdom the reign of death or the power of darkness.

2. Jesus came with the good news that the time was fulfilled, the reign of God, the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of heaven was here, another King was taking over.

3. This message, the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, was Jesus main message. It is what he preached, what he told his disciples to preach, what he said he had been sent to preach, what he told his disciples they were to preach in all the world, it was the message that the apostle Paul preached.

4. Jesus meant by the Kingdom of God, (Which is better translated, the Reign of God.) God's will being done upon the earth. Where things are the way God wants them to be. Where God's delivering power rescued people from the reign of Satan. The sick were healed. The captives were set free. The poor, for once, got some good news. So much of Christian theology seems dedicated to explaining God's absence in the world. his failure to act on our behalf. Jesus came with the message that the reign of God was now here.

5. As the result of his death and resurrection Jesus became the King of this world.

6. Jesus is now reigning until he overthrows all those supernatural powers which oppose the reign of God.

7. Jesus does this reigning through the Church.

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My Hope is Built on Nothing Less"by Edward Mote, 1797-18741. My hope is built on nothing lessThan Jesus' blood and riethgousness;I dare not trust the sweetest frame,But wholly lean on Jesus' name.On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand.2. When darkness veils His lovely face,I rest on His unchanging grace;In every high and stormy galeMy anchor holds within the veil.On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand.3. His oath, His covenant, and bloodSupport me in the whelming flood;When every earthly prop gives way,He then is all my Hope and Stay.On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand.4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,Oh, may I then in Him be found,Clothed in His riethgousness alone,Faultless to stand before the throne!On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand.We want to sing, too, you guys!! :)

[Balaji]

to Philip in John 14:9 when Philip asked Jesus to show them the Father.Do you not believe Jesus is both God and man? If so, then what is the prleobm? In the last chapter of Revelation, Jesus said he is the root and the offspring of David.I can send you more if you are interested. E-mail me.The Trinity is a doctrine of confusion. The Bible does not say God in three persons, not one single time.The Catholic and Orthodox churches are not Apostolic because they do not do what the Apostles said.

[Astri]

In Philippians 2:5-8; he “emptied himself” of his helevnay glory and spirit nature and “took a slave’s form” in submitting to the transferal of his life to the earthly, material, human plane. The assignment before him represented a tremendous responsibility; so very much was involved. By remaining faithful he would prove false Satan’s claim, recorded in the case of Job, that under privation, suffering, and test, God’s servants would deny Him. (Job 1:6-12; 2:2-6) As the firstborn Son, Jesus, of all God’s creatures, could give the most conclusive answer to that charge and the finest evidence in favor of his Father’s side in the larger issue of the rightfulness of Jehovah’s universal sovereignty. Thereby he would prove to be “the Amen .a0.a0.a0, the faithful and true witness.” (Re 3:14) If he failed, he would reproach his Father’s name as none other could.In selecting his only-begotten Son, Jehovah, of course, was not ‘laying his hands hastily upon him,’ with the risk of being ‘a sharer in possible sins,’ for Jesus was no novice likely to get “puffed up with pride and fall into the judgment passed upon the Devil.” (Compare 1Ti 5:22; 3:6.) Jehovah ‘fully knew’ his Son from his intimate association with him during countless ages past (Mt 11:27) and could therefore assign him to fulfill the unerring prophecies of His Word.

[Prince]

Hey John,Great review. Like Carissa I read Spong on my way to aehitsm. In fact his book The Sins of Scripture really helped me to leave religion behind. I'm sure his writings have had the same effect on others which makes me wonder if he didn't know or suspect that would be the result for at least some of his readers. I can only assume that he didn't follow where he has directed his readers because he's had a six decade love affair with Jesus that he can't give up.Sounds like I probably don't need to read his last installment.I just listened to the interview with Jeff Sharlet which was awesome. I can see why you had questions about his book. I am going to have to read that one.Keep up the good work! Maybe I'll see you in Montreal, eh!Glen

[Monica]

The truth of the scripture goes benyod and is more than any attempt to limit the scripture to historical fact. The truth of the scripture goes benyod and is more than any attempt to limit the ancient languages of the scripture to an arbitrary single “literal” definition or to an arbitrary single “literal” translation. Either attempt would be unfaithful and disrespectful, even abusive, toward the scripture. The truth of the scripture is more than factuality, physicality, requirements and restrictions, legally acceptable objective evidence, peer-reviewed repeatable scientific experiments, statistical analysis or mathematical proofs. The foundational and eternal truth of the scripture always involves “the more” – that which is benyod life, benyod the universe, benyod physicality, benyod factuality, benyod objective evidence and benyod provable theorems. The foundational and eternal truth of the scripture always recognizes “the more” as a perceivable presence and a knowable consciousness that is grace-full and loving and relational and even dialogical. The universal foundational and eternal message of all ancient scripture is that it is possible to live in synchronous harmony with “the more” by living The Way.