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Re: What Did Jesus Say About Himself?
• John 15:1 . . I am the true vine
A religion that incorporates father confessors resembles the true vine; but a
setup like that, though structured like the true vine is, nevertheless, an
impersonation of the real McCoy.
Still speaking to the branches of the true vine; Jesus says:
• John 15:3 . . Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you.
The Greek word translated "clean" doesn't indicate sinless perfection.
Katharos (kath-ar-os') speaks of hygiene, i.e. bathed, washed, purified,
purged, and/or sanitized; which is accomplished by means of the genuine
father confessor.
• 1 John 1:9 . . If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Sill speaking to the branches of the true vine; Jesus says:
• John 15:4a . . Abide in me, and I in you.
The abiding about which Jesus spoke is all the same as fellowship, which is
intimately associated with the hygiene instructed by 1 John 1:9
• 1 John 1:3-7 . .That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you,
that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with
the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto
you, that your joy may be full.
. . .This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we
have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin.
Sill speaking to the branches of the true vine; Jesus says:
• John 15:4b-6 . . As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in
the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. If a man abide not in
me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and
cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
In a nutshell; when a branch fails to keep itself cleaned up, then it dries up;
i.e. it becomes yard debris which in that day ranchers disposed by means of
a bonfire. Needless to say; a yard-debris Christian has pretty much
permanently lost their fellowship with God while down here on the earth.
NOTE: "Fellowship" is translated from the Greek word koinonia (koy-nohn
ee'-ah) which isn't redemption. It's more like association and/or partnership
in a common endeavor. And seeing as how it's futile to prune dead wood,
then I think it's safe to assume that yard-debris Christians have lost that
benefit too.
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Re: What Did Jesus Say About Himself?
• John 15:1 . . I am the true vine
A religion that incorporates father confessors resembles the true vine; but a
setup like that, though structured like the true vine is, nevertheless, an
impersonation of the real McCoy.
Still speaking to the branches of the true vine; Jesus says:
• John 15:3 . . Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you.
The Greek word translated "clean" doesn't indicate sinless perfection.
Katharos (kath-ar-os') speaks of hygiene, i.e. bathed, washed, purified,
purged, and/or sanitized; which is accomplished by means of the genuine
father confessor.
• 1 John 1:9 . . If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Sill speaking to the branches of the true vine; Jesus says:
• John 15:4a . . Abide in me, and I in you.
The abiding about which Jesus spoke is all the same as fellowship, which is
intimately associated with the hygiene instructed by 1 John 1:9
• 1 John 1:3-7 . .That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you,
that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with
the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto
you, that your joy may be full.
. . .This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we
have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin.
Sill speaking to the branches of the true vine; Jesus says:
• John 15:4b-6 . . As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in
the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. If a man abide not in
me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and
cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
In a nutshell; when a branch fails to keep itself cleaned up, then it dries up;
i.e. it becomes yard debris which in that day ranchers disposed by means of
a bonfire. Needless to say; a yard-debris Christian has pretty much
permanently lost their fellowship with God while down here on the earth.
NOTE: "Fellowship" is translated from the Greek word koinonia (koy-nohn
ee'-ah) which isn't redemption. It's more like association and/or partnership
in a common endeavor. And seeing as how it's futile to prune dead wood,
then I think it's safe to assume that yard-debris Christians have lost that
benefit too.
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