Salvation by Grace Through Faith

Ephesians: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8

For more on Ephesians Chapter Two

For every pagan superstition bringing evil practices God shows how the same concepts have a holy, unique meaning. For instance, Jesus fooled the Jewish clergy with parables by which He, as the Spirit of God, had hidden truth to keep the retailers from taking credit for prophecy. The Babylonians believed that mankind was made as a labor saving device out of mud and the blood of an evil god. Therefore, man is naturally evil and can only be saved by making music up and down the steps of the Towers of Babylon with the promise that they might meet gods ascending and descending. Of course, the "church" was at the top where the agent of God collected the money. The clergy consisted of priests, soothsayers, singers, musicians and male and female prostitutes to help the collection plates. God, on the other hand, created mankind to SERVE them and hop to save EVERY SINGLE ONE. By mankind's free will they fell from God's Grace but not because God PRESELECTED embryo's not an inch long to burn in hell to PROVE that He is in charge.

Calvin and Augustine invented ORIGINAL SIN and predestination where God CONTROLS every step--good or evil--until He finally burns them.

Zwingli "invented" the dogma of FAITH ONLY in the year 1525. He CLAIMED that no one before him understood the Bible. Luther admits that Zwingli invented FAITH ONLY. Although Luther and Calvin used the term SOLA FIDE Luther meant that FAITH ONLY must trust in the BIBLE ONLY because Christianity is based on God in Christ giving an inspired message. Because the Bible taught BAPTISM as the only way that sins were remitted Luther insisted that FAITH ONLY meant that salvation was by BAPTISM ONLY because that is where Christ placed it.

Baptists adopted the idea of Zwingli because it, like Nimrod and his musical team at the towers of Babel, could regenerate souls through external means without obeying God.

The 100% American religions which developed in the witches brew of the Great Awakenings produced about 431 new "official" denominations: most of these were forms of the Baptist religion. Because it is based on EXPERIENCE and not faith which obeys, Harold Bloom identifies the Baptists an American Gnosticism.

Their CREDO is this:

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8

Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:9

Engedi and David Lipscomb College (now LU) have many professors and board memblers who now promote the Purpose Driven Cult idea that God causes us to make each step. That does not prevent them from "infiltrating and diverting" and stealing the church houses of widows. The scam is to hire preachers and recent graduates from colleges like ACU who claims to be training people as Prophets, Chanellers and Facilitators to go into conservative churches and MAKE THE NEEDED CHANGES.

One of those is Calvinism in the concept that God directs every step in the life, death and destiny of individuals. Of course, the ones who DECIDE what steps you should take are the inner circle of leadership. Their interpretation is that God in Christ was a liar by preaching baptism, that church COUNCILS define doctrine which the Holy Spirit was too busy to define in the Bible. Of course, the new dogmas give them right to your bank account but you do not have access to the inner counsels.

Rubel Shell and John York from LU claim that the early disciples "worked out their salvation" which means to write the "scriptures for their culture." Now tha tour culture has changed WE the community or commune must work out OUR salvation in the sense of getting a NEW RATION of Scripture. You, as an individual CANNOT and WILL NOT read, interpret and speak the new truth OUTSIDE of the commune. And they get the cultic message and shut their mouths.

Abe Goolsby from Engedi writes:

In chapter 2, Paul brings these transcendental concepts to home by showing what all of this means for us, which is truly good news. We learn that each of us who believes was once in a state of spiritual death (vs. 1); that in such a state we were objects of God's wrath (vs. 3); but that God in His mercy made us alive through the riches of His grace and (vs. 4 and 5). The very essence of Biblical teaching is found in verses 8-10 where Paul asserts that our salvation, every aspect of it, is the work of God from beginning to end and not due to anything inherent within us.

The result is to denounce baptism as having any place in the scheme of redemption prophesied, commanded by Jesus, practiced by the Apostles and by church history until the year 1525.

However, God warned through Paul that when you minimize the Truth of God He sends strong delusions through strong DELUDERS who prop up a form of sorcery or witchcraft in order to "see Godliness as a means of financial gain." That is, they see it as OCCUPATION and not MINISTRY. The only way to keep the scam going is to teach a form of reading the Bible which is DELUDED and CANNOT see that the "trees" are part of a "forest." Because this is a short version, we will not coment on most of the passages. However, it should be worthy of note that we point out to those WITH EYES AND EARS that Paul prefaced "grace through faith" or "faith in grace" with versions of BAPTISM.

While "god manipulators" get tangled into what saves and what does not save: what I HAVE to do and what part of the direct command of Jesus I DO NOT have to obey, the purpose of Jesus was to MAKE DISCIPLES so that the twos and threes can rest fro ritual anxiety and learn of me. Back up a bit to chapter One:

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:14

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Ephesians 1:15

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; Ephesians 1:16

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: Ephesians 1:17

The "seven spirits" which would rest upon the BRANCH would all relate to the gifts of supernatural knowledge. A holy spirit is required to be able to discern the Word of God:

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38

And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you-- not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience-- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet 3:21

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb.10:22

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Ephesians 1:18

Photizo (g5461) fo-tid'-zo; from 5457; to shed rays, i.e. to shine or (trans.) to brighten up (lit. or fig.): - enlighten, illuminate, (bring to, give) light, make to see.

Ephesians Chapter Two:

AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Ephesians 2:1

To be QUICKENED is to be REGENERATED. "Salvation by FAITH in GRACE" is naked nonesense. Quicened TOGETHER happens ONLY when we are CRUCIFIED with Jesus, entombed with Jesus, regenerated with Jesus and are resurrected with Jesus. Romans 6 has the same PAUL saying that this happens at BAPTISM:

Suzoopoieo (g4806) sood-zo-op-oy- eh'-o; from 4862 and 2227; to reanimate conjointly with (fig.): - quicken together with.

To REANIMATE means to REGENERATE and that is the meaning of the Greek word BAPTISMA.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Ephesians 2:2

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. Ephesians 2:3

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Ephesians 2:4

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, ( by grace ye are saved;) Ephesians 2:5

But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Gal 3:25

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3: 26

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal 3: 27

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal 3: 28

And if ye be Christs, then are ye Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise. Gal 3: 29

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

Calvinists such as Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Cult, board members and "professors" at "LU" and many churches which are being stolen from their members, the "scholars" are either Biblical blind or evil. Please examine the following table to show that Paul is saying that baptism is the "showing act" of how God saves by grace through faith:

THE COLOSSIANS PROOF OF BAPTISM

THE ROMANS PROOF OF BAPTISM

And in Romans 6, one DEAD TO SIN has a regenerated, holy, sanctified human spirit:

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Ro.6:17

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Rom 6:18

How could they believe in the heart and obey FROM the heart (the spirit or the mind of mankind) if God FORCES people to believe and repent and REPUDIATE baptism?

Jesus (only) performed the PROTOTYPE Gospel. Paul said that humans obey the FORM of that gospel.

Tupos (g5179) too'-pos; from 5180; a die (as struck), i.e. (by impl.) a stamp or scar; by anal. a shape, i.e. a statue, (fig.) style or resemblance; spec. a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning): - en- (ex-) ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print.

Look at verse 7 again:

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

He hath raised us up out of the water as the FORM of the PROTOTYPE Gospel. Elsewhere Paul identifies this as BAPTISM. As a result of baptism God ADDS us to His church or kingdom. As well:

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Col 1:12

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Col 1:13

Skotos (g4655) skot'-os; from the base of 4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (lit. or fig.): - darkness.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Col 1:14

Aphesis (g859) af'-es-is; from 863; freedom; (fig.) pardon: - deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Ac.2:38

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Mt.26:28

GRACE caused Jesus to shed His blood. FAITH in that shed blood does not REMIT SINS. One who "believes" which obeys is one who confesses that "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God."

The belief which obeys is also a faith which BELIEVES the promise of Jesus that "he that believes and is baptized shall be saved."

There are many passages which show that "if you believe" then you "may be baptized."

The idea of BELIEVETH NOT is one who, like the Pharisees, "rejects the counsel of God" by repudiating baptism. The defition of believeth not does not mean that one just doesn't believe that Jesus is God in Christ but one who believeth not the command to be baptized is defined as treacherous an an infide.

The Great Commission had Jesus sending the Apostles as Evangelists into all the WORLD (including Gentiles) without any limit to the commission.

They were to MAKE DISCIPLES by BAPTIZING and continuing TEACHING of what Christ taught them. Disciples are STUDENTS and only disciples are identified as Christians. Therefore, Christians or believers are always identified as baptized believers.

God has raised us up and Paul identifies that as at baptism. Baptism is to go into all the world as a SHOWING ACT of how grace and kindness

BAPTISM AS A PERPETUAL ILLUSTRATION OF HOW GOD SAVES BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:7

Showing is something one does like the Lord's Supper: we meet with Jesus to "grieve out" a hymn and TEACH or SHOW FORTH the Death of Christ. If we repudiate Baptism we would repudiate the Lord's supper and therefore repudiate the value of DEATH and SHED BLOOD.

Endeiknumi )g1731) en-dike'-noo-mee; from 1722 and 1166; to indicate (by word or act): - do, show (forth).

Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) Ro.2:15

Endeicis (g1732) en'-dike-sis; from 1731; indication (abstr.): - declare, evident token, proof.

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Ro.3:25

[All sins are in the past. A baptized believer must repent and pray when he sins]

Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. 2Co.8:24

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. Ph.1:28

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8

Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:9

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

When we are baptized we are REQUESTING that God do the work of "sprinkling" our heart or regenerating our spirit so that it is A holy spirit or A lear conscience:

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet 3:21

The only way to get INTO Christ or into His body is through Baptism which makes us children BY FAITH.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3: 26

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal 3: 27

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; Ephesians 2:11

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col 2:11

Buried with him in BAPTISM, wherein also ye are RISEN with him through the faith of the OPERATION of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col.2:12

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Col 2:13

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: Ephesians 2:12

But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13

The only way we contact the "blood" is at baptism where we are crucified with Christ, buried with Christ and regenerated with Christ.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Ephesians 2:14

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; Ephesians 2:15

At the death of Christ the middle wall of partition was torn down. This allowed individual believers to come boldly before the throneof Grace. Furthermore, ALL distinctions were torn down between Jew and Gentile. ALL were considered under sin whether they personally crucified Jesus or not. The gospel was to be preached to all. Therefore, there is no Baptist Jewish New Covenant and a Gentile New Covenant. The result of this false understanding that "believer's baptism" is practiced which is a pagan baptism.

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: Ephesians 2:16

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off (Gentiles), and to them that were nigh. Ephesians 2:17

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Ephesians 2:18

The Zwinglian gospel is ANOTHER GOSPEL unknown for 1825 years.

This is the SPIRIT OF Oneness or unity. The Holy Spirit is God or the Mind of Christ. Jesus said that His words were SPIRIT and TRUTH because they were spoken by the SPIRIT FATHER Who dwelled fully in tht SON.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Ephesians 2:19

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; Ephesians 2:20

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: Ephesians 2:21

In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. Ephesians 2:22

The MARK of one who has been baptized INTO Christ is that they are totally aware that God "is not worshipped in houses builty by human hands." They simply cannot tolerate CARNAL rituals such as preaching (one of the first heresies), performance singing or singing self-composed "scripture."

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ 1 Pet 2:5

Pneumatikos (g4152) pnyoo-mat-ik-os'; from 4151; non-carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concr.), or divinely supernatural, regenerate, religious: - spiritual. Comp. 5591.

Psuchikos (g5591) psoo-khee-kos'; from 5590; sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from 4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from 5446, which is the lower or bestial nature): - natural, sensual.

G5446 speaks of:

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: Rom1:26

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. Rom 1:27

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2 Pet 2:12

This is a THEME: it applies to the PLAY at Mount Sinai. They engaged in musical idolatry of the Egyptian triad represented by Apis the bull. It was musical, charismatic and therefore sexual and perverted sexuality.

Modern charismatic or musical worship normally involves women singers who were always "the harem of the gods."

The command of Jesus was that God in Christ ONLY SEEKS those who can worship in the NEW PLACE of the human spirit as it GIVES HEED (Paul's unique worship word) to the Word or the Spirit of Truth. Therefore, this is a MARK of one who has not been baptized INTO CHRIST or in connection with His DEATH or "sacrifice" of His own human nature.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. John 4:23

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. John 4:25

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. John 4:26

Tell does not mean GREEK PAGAN RITUALISTIC WORSHIP but tell is:

Anagello (g312) an-ang-el'-lo; from 303 and the base of 32; to announce (in detail): - declare, rehearse, report, show, speak, tell.

Jesus said as clear as God can make it

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

Peter noted that:

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 1 Pet 2:6

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:

but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 1 Pet 2:7

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 1 Pet 2:8

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

See these passages in tabular form

When Israel's elders "fired God" and requested a king like the nations God understood that this means so that they could worship like the nation. The system was of the GOYIM primarily a Babylonian system. This was similar to the Greek Pagan systems. The same people are not truth speakers but:

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Mt.23:13

Woe unto you, lawyers for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. Lu.11:52

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brothers way. Ro.14:13

Why did Jesus waste His time warning by humans who can CAUSE a fall if it is IMPOSSIBLE to fall?

Tertullian wrote of Apollo (Abaddon, Apollyon) to accomplished the WASHINGS by devious means.

But Venus (Lucifer, ZOE) and Bacchus (Dionysus) are close allies. These two evil spirits are in sworn confederacy with each other, as the patrons of drunkenness and LUST. So the theatre of Venus is as well the house of Bacchus: for they properly gave the name of Liberalia also to other theatrical amusements-which besides being consecrated to Bacchus (as were the Dionysia of the Greeks), were instituted by him; and, without doubt,

the performances of the theatre have the common patronage of these two deities.

That immodesty of gesture and attire which so specially and peculiarly characterizes the stage are consecrated to them-the one deity wanton by her sex, the other by his drapery;

while its services of voice, and song, and lute, and pipe, belong to Apollos, and Muses, and Minervas, and Mercuries.

In a passage of Pindar, Apollo is called the dancer; (and there is a Greek line extant which represents Jupiter himself in the very act of dancing).

The Gymnopedite was instituted by Lycurgus, and washar invented (Lacedemon) by the Spartans as an early excitation to the courage of their children,

and in order to lead them on insensibly to the exercise of an armed dance (Pyrrhic).

The choir of the children regulated their motions by those of the men, and all danced at the same time,

singing hymns in praise of Apollo. The festival was sacred to Apollo for the poetry, and to Bacchus for the dance.

Plato wrote:

Socrates: With reference, then, to his acts of delivering and his washings, as being the physician of such diseases, he might properly be called Apoluon (apalouôn, the washer), and with reference to soothsaying and truth and simplicity--for the two are identical--he might most properly be called by the name the Thessalians use; for all Thessalians call the god Aplun. And because he is always by his archery controller of darts (bolôn) he is ever darting (aei ballôn).

The word MELODY or Psallo used to justify MUSIC in the church is a warfare word. The only "musical" connection is that of "twanging a bow string but ONLY with the fingers." People, therefore SHOT OUT hymns. That is why there can be not doubt that when Paul said sing and make melody in the HEART he was speaking of a mental "grinding around" what was SPOKEN to make an effect on the soul.

And with reference to music we have to understand that alpha often signifies "together," and here it denotes moving together in the heavens about the poles, as we call them, and harmony in song, [405d] which is called concord; for, as the ingenious musicians and astronomers tell us, all these things move together by a kind of

And this god directs the harmony, making them all move together, among both gods and men; and so, just as we call the homokeleuthon (him who accompanies),

and homokoitin (bedfellow), by changing the homo to alpha, akolouthon and akoitin, so also we called him Apollo who was Homopolo, [405e] and the second lambda was inserted, because without it the name sounded of disaster (apolô, apolôla, etc.).

The idea is that Abaddon PURIFIES people by music and charismatic "moving together." His "muses" in Revelation 18 are the resurrected LOCUSTS or musical performers.

It is the fulfillment of prophecy that the MUSICAL practices of Abaddon go along with the view that it is APOLLO or Abaddon or Apollyon who is the end-time god. However, Apollo as seen in the rise of musical "seeker centers" is the patternism of the harlot church.

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