Vance. The following is from Dr. Vance's excellent recently updated and revised work entitled, . It is extensively footnoted. Vance's e- mail. address is: vancepub@vancepublications. ![]() Brandon West, Contributor Waking Times. In this article we will explore how the true teachings of Jesus can be summed up by three little words: you are God. JPY (Japanese Yen) - Latest News, Analysis and Forex. Antagonists In The Church Pdf Merge SoftwareThe. controversy over Calvinism among the Baptists calls for special attention. Not. only has this debate raged among the Baptists for hundreds of years, the greatest. Calvinism today are not the Presbyterian or Reformed but the Baptists. Some Calvinistic Baptists get downright. Calvinism and the Baptists by Dr. The following is from Dr. Vance's excellent recently updated and revised work entitled, "The. Top of page Background to the Human Genome Project The Human Genome Project arose from two key insights that emerged in the early 1980s: that the ability to take. A houseboat (different from boathouse, which is a shed for storing boats) is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home. Calvinists. Joseph Wilson, the former. Calvinistic Baptist newspaper, went on record as saying: We are Sovereign Grace Landmark. Missionary Baptists. That's how we advertise ourselves. Call us this. and you will get no argument. We are not ashamed of this. We are glad to wear. All of the arguments thus far encountered. Calvinism are continued by the Baptists. The glowing statements about Calvinism that present. Christianity are repeated with a vengeance. The doctrines of Calvinism. Christian world, viz: ritualism, or sacramental salvation, on the one hand. There is no such thing as. Christ and him crucified, unless you preach what now- a- days is called. Calvinism. 1. 11. Milburn Cockrell, the editor of another. Antagonists In The Church Pdf Merge FilesCalvinistic Baptist newspaper, maintains that nothing proves the state of apostasy. Baptist Churches are in more than . We grant that a church may be weak on sovereign grace and yet retain. New Testament Baptist Church.? And furthermore, who decides when the line has been crossed? The. first is that when a Calvinist uses the term, he never limits it to the supposed. James Arminius, for according to Calvinists, Arminianism is anything. Calvinism. And secondly, the arbitrary division of men into either. Calvinist or Arminian is the strength of the Calvinistic system, for if there. Calvinist you have to. Arminian. Roy Mason (1. In truth Arminianism is paganism and popery under the banner. Christianity. It will culminate in the worship of a man in the person of. Antichrist. 1. 15. Adam and his wife were the. If they are. Baptists, they are not Calvinists, and they are not Arminians. Because of their insistence that. Calvinism is the Gospel, the Calvinistic Baptists have made some rash statements. But some. Sovereign Gracers tread lightly on this matter, for they admit that they were. Keener says Calvinism. Refusing to. call yourself an Arminian does not change the fact that, that is what you are. This is no more evident than when a Baptist. Bible- believer. To those Baptists who accept the. Bible as the final authority instead of the philosophical speculations and theological. Calvinism or Arminianism the Calvinist reserves the most scorn. In answer to those who say . It actually does not have an adequate Scripture- basis. Curtis Pugh maintains that Biblicist pastors . Any attempt to be just a Bible- believing. Baptist and you are labeled with the moniker of . A corollary to the Calvinist/Arminian. Baptists, is the former division. Baptists into two groups (where have we heard this before?) termed . Good implies. that we should identify with the Particular Baptists because they were the . In this country, as related by the Baptist. David Benedict (1. Western Pennsylvania called the . The History of the English Baptists. And I know that there are. English. Baptists, who desire not to go under the name either of Generals. Particulars, nor indeed can justly be ranked under either of. And of this same time period, a more. Baptist historian relates of a fund established in 1. Like their fellow Calvinists, the. Sovereign Grace Baptists also use the historical argument when attempting to. Naturally, they start with the Bible and. Mason begins by contending that . Because the Presbyterian and Reformed. Calvinistic, they have never appealed to individual men. Calvinists as have the Baptists. From the Baptist authors. Calvinistic Baptists in history. There are also books on the. The stated thesis of one writer is that ? What is implied in. Baptist preachers, theologians. Calvinistic- -Calvinism must be true. Besides the aforementioned. Spurgeon, the roll call of Calvinistic Baptists reads as follows: Isaac Backus (1. W. Johnson. (1. 78. Abraham Booth (1. Adoniram. Judson (1. James P. Boyce (1. Benjamin. Keach (1. John Brine (1. 70. William Kiffin. (1. John A. Broadus (1. Hanserd. Knollys (1. John Bunyan (1. 62. John Leland. (1. 75. William Carey (1. Basil. Manly Sr. Carroll (1. Basil. Manly Jr. Dagg (1. Jesse Mercer. (1. Edwin C. Dargan (1. J. Pink (1. 88. 6- 1. John Clarke (1. 60. Luther Rice. (1. 78. J. Gambrell (1. 84. John. Rippon (1. 75. John Gano (1. 72. John C. Ryland. (1. John Gill (1. 69. John Skepp. (c. Graves (1. A. Strong. (1. 83. Robert Hall (1. 72. John Spilsbery. (1. Alva Hovey (1. 82. H. Boyce. Taylor (1. R. Howell (1. 80. J. But if the Calvinism. Indeed, some of these Calvinists. So what exactly is the historic Baptist. Of these men there are three that. John Gill, Charles Spurgeon. Arthur W. At the age of twenty- one, he was. Goat's Yard Passage, Fair Street. Horselydown, in the London borough of Southwark. Here he remained. Besides his commentary on the whole Bible, he is noted. Body of Divinity and his numerous polemical writings on baptism and. Calvinism. Most of Gill's works have been reprinted by The Baptist Standard. Bearer. 1. 71 As was mentioned previously, Spurgeon is the one whom. Baptists and Pedo- Baptists appeal to as an example of a Calvinist who had. What is not generally known, however, is that Spurgeon. John Gill, albeit a few years later. Like his predecessor. Spurgeon assumed the pastorate at a young age and remained until his death. The extent of Spurgeon's Calvinism is continually debated. He is best known for his books that grew out. Studies in the Scriptures, the most. The Sovereignty of God, first published in 1. Pink's Calvinism upset some Calvinists so bad that an attempt was made to tone. The Banner of Truth Trust, by issuing, in 1. Their. professed Calvinism is especially valuable to Calvinists because it is used. Calvinism is not incompatible with missionary work. Judson and. Rice were American Congregationalists who later became Baptists: the former. Burma and the latter raising funds in the United States. But whatever. their profession, they proved by their actions on behalf of foreign. He authored. Inquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion. Heathen, and because of his proficiency in acquiring languages. Scriptures in other languages. It is because of this disparity that John Ryland supposedly retorted. Carey at his appeal for the use of means in mission work: . When God pleases to convert the heathen, he will do it without your aid. Thus. their actions prove that it is only in spite of their Calvinism that these men. Because the designations Regular. Separate, as well as Particular and General. Baptists, most Calvinistic Baptists have some. Calvinists. Since the Baptist aversion. Calvin precludes them from using his name, one can find prefixes. The reason that the Sovereign Grace. Baptists use the aforementioned term is to distinguish themselves from the stricter. Primitive Baptists- -the ones who practice their Calvinism. These Baptists are. Calvinism, so it isn't hard to recognize most of. However, some Baptists are hard to pin down. You will find Baptists with. Calvinistic leanings in the various Baptist associations and fellowships, as. There has of late even been. Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention. Upon inquiry, most of these men will affirm their Calvinism; however, this is. Some of these men are what might be called . This is not to imply that these men disdain. They are woefully inconsistent; they never resolutely. One Calvinist has rather accurately termed these men. So as was mentioned at the beginning of this section, the fact. Baptist says he is not a Calvinist means nothing. It often takes diligent. Baptist church, school, or preacher. Calvinistic. Occasionally, however, a group of Sovereign Grace Baptists do. The concerted attempt of the Calvinistic. Baptists to equate Calvinism with Baptist orthodoxy is not shared by their Presbyterian. Reformed . The title. Reformed theologian Louis Berkhof. Reformed Dogmatics to Systematic Theology. There are two doctrines that are. Reformed Faith: Covenant theology and Calvinism. The first is. abhorrent to all Baptists and the second is treasured by the Sovereign Grace. Baptists. This antinomy of the Baptists is one reason for this work, for as. Calvinism is not only wrong. Reformed doctrine. That Reformed theology is to be. Covenant theology there is no doubt. The relationship. Sproul even avows that . James Kennedy relates why he is a Presbyterian. When Loraine Boettner. The. Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, he. Calvinistic system. Reformed doctrine just like the Catholic Mass is a Catholic doctrine. Calvinism. is therefore distinctly a Reformed doctrine, the Baptists notwithstanding. Although Kenneth Good maintains that. Baptists can be Calvinists (his book Are Baptists Calvinists?) without. Reformed (his book Are Baptists Reformed?), those of the Reformed. It is our contention that. Reformed Baptist is really an impossibility. The Baptist who defends free. Baptist who. is consistent. The Baptist who defends dispensationalism, in whatever form it. Baptist who consistently maintains his position. The Baptist. on the other hand, who maintains the doctrines of grace and repudiates dispensationalsim. I do not deny that he may, in his theology. Calvinist. I do not deny that he may truly repudiate dispensationalism. A Calvinistic. Baptist should be a misnomer, because, in the words of the Dutch Reformed Herman. Hanko: . Nettles, By His Grace and for. His Glory (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1. Tom Ross, Abandoned. Truth: The Doctrines of Grace (Xenia: Providence Baptist Church, 1. Keener. Grace Not Calvinism (Lawton: The Watchman Press, 1. Mell. The Biblical Doctrine of Calvinism (Cape Coral: Christian Gospel. Foundation, 1. 98. Spurgeon, Sovereign. Grace Sermons, p. Milburn Cockrell. Introduction to Tom Ross, Abandoned Truth: The Doctrines of Grace. Milburn Cockrell. Cockrell, Introduction. Tom Ross, p. Good, Calvinists. You Are God: The True Teachings of Jesus : Waking Times. Brandon West, Contributor. Waking Times. In this article we will explore how the true teachings of Jesus can be summed up by three little words: you are God. Some missionaries came to my house the other day and I was given the opportunity to come face to face with the religious mind, to discover their relationship to God, and to remember my own (non- voluntary) experience with religion. In such a short time though it was, it was absolutely clear that the foundational flaw of religion based off of the bible as it is primarily taught today (and in general, for the past 2. God. But that is a contradiction because the bible, specifically the teachings of Jesus as I will clearly illustrate, teach that you are god, and that we are all God. So, I have taken it upon myself to convince those missionaries, and you, that you are not only equal to God, but that you are God. Now if you think it is blasphemy to believe that you are God, not only does that contradict what the bible says, but that is a major preconception you have been imbued with that will restrict you from ever experiencing directly that you are god, which in essence is what a spiritual awakening really is: an experience that you are intimately connected with God, that you are love, that you are loved, that you are unlimited, and that you are God, because that creative consciousness is within you. According to a recent study done by Cambridge, around 8. God. That is 6. 1. God. That is not a trivial number. Yet out of these 6. God more than just a belief? For what percentage of that 8. God a tangible force that they connect to on a daily basis by allowing the bonds of their ego to dissolve, and then channeling that force into all that they do, and all that they are? If those people could center themselves in the awareness that they are God- consciousness instead of just believing in the existence of such a magnificent force, then we could change the world in a matter of months. It is only when we continue to live separate from this infinite consciousness which is our original nature, that we are powerless and that we perpetuate all suffering and negativity on this planet. None of the major spiritual teachers throughout history were religious. Jesus wasn’t a Christian, Buddha was not Buddhist, and Lao Tzu was not a Taoist (and I am not even sure I would call Taoism a religion, simply because there is no dogma taught at all, just observation, alignment, and harmony with nature and the cosmos). All of these spiritual masters did not practice religion, they mastered themselves in solitude by looking within and meditating, and as a result they discovered that they were infinite and connected with the universal consciousness. Only later did we call this consciousness God. That is what the core of all their teachings are about: that we are all spiritual beings, and that we are equal to god, and by practicing such things as forgiveness, kindness, honesty, and introspection we can become the Gods that we already are and create a peaceful heaven here on Earth. Because Christianity is the worlds largest religion (practiced by an estimated 2. Jesus. He said three things which I want to draw your attention to specifically, and I will discuss each quote in an effort to show you that you are God, and that if you practice a bible/Jesus orientated religion, then it is actually in alignment with the truth of the teaching to believe that you are God. God Is Love“He who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” (1 John 4: 1. Jesus says quite clearly here that God is love. He is not loving, he is not like love, he literally is love. But really, what is love? Moreover, what is human emotion? All human emotion is energy. What we have labeled as various emotions is merely our endeavor to classify and label different vibrations of energy that we feel so that we can talk about it with others. When you are feeling really low energy, you say you are depressed. When you are feeling very malevolent energy, you say you are angry, hateful, or maybe evil. But according to Jesus, what would you say when you are feeling the highest energy possible? You would say you are love, or, that you are God. Interestingly enough I came to an understanding of my spiritual nature through a study of physics, specifically Nassim Haramein’s unified field theory. Physicists have discovered that the entire universe is pure energy, and that nothing is solid. In the words of Einstein,“Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter.”All that we are is energy, and that energy has no boundaries. It is infinite, it is the invisible force that permeates all space, and it is the force that connects all things because it is all things. Everything in the universe is connected by energy, and that energy is consciousness, and that infinite consciousness is the source of creation which we have labelled as God. When you oscillate with the vibration of love, you are resonating with the highest energy of creation which by necessity must be that universal and infinite consciousness, and thus you don’t just align with that energy, or channel it through you, you expand and become that energy. This is a fact of physics. This is what Jesus meant when he said that God is love. He didn’t mean that Gods love was something outside of you or separate from you, he said clearly that when you are in love, you abide God, and God in you, and thus, you are God when you are love. There is no separation. When you become love, you become God. You Are God“Is it not written in your Law, “I have said . I am not sure how this is explained away in the major religions that use the bible, but Jesus is clearly telling each and every one of us, resounding to the world from two thousand years ago, that we are indeed God; that you are God. He knew and he discovered within himself that he was not only connected to the creative force of the universe, the unified field, or the matrix of all matter as physicist Max Planck called it, but he realized that he was that creative force, and that all of creation was in a literal sense God. Every person without exception is God. Every animal, every tree, and every star. It is only from the ego that we perceive separateness because we ourselves have become separated and disconnected from our internal connecting link with spirit that resides within each and every one of us. We do not need to seek a priest to know God, we only have to seek our true nature and our inner truth and we will know that we are God. If everything in the universe is formless energy, and we are all connected by that energy, and if we are made up of that energy, and if that energy is the force we call God . Most science (except for Nassim Haramein’s work) has not made that link between spirituality and science, but there are others such as Einstein and Max Planck who did. Einstein said himself, “I want to know God’s thoughts; the rest are details.” Calling that energy . In other words, God is within you. I know, as well as anyone else who has ever seriously meditated knows, that when you go deep enough within yourself you will discover that you are infinite universal consciousness which some call God. This is not egotistical. In fact, it is quite the opposite of ego, because when you go deep enough within yourself you also expand in consciousness and you become aware of yourself as an infinite and eternal spiritual entity, and your ego simply cannot exist in an environment like that. Your ego is defined by your possessions, your body, your achievements, and your memories and so on, but when you meditate, you discover that you are something transcendent of all of that. Truly great spiritual teachers never practiced religion, they practiced love, and sought universal truth. They practiced deep meditative introspection and discovered knowledge of the universe and the secrets of the soul within them. And as a result of this they discovered the path to enlightenment and god- realization. This is what Jesus was trying to teach us, when he said with exasperation, “Is it not written in your laws that I said “You are Gods”?”Imagine what he must have felt like, being able to see clearly that God is within every single creature, and that every human is the embodiment of God and made in “his own image” in terms of pure consciousness, but then every time he tried to tell them and prove to them with acts that defied reason (miracles), all the people either bowed at his feet, or hung him on the cross . One chose to revere him, the other to eliminate him, but neither chose to listen to him. They did not believe him when he said you are gods, and thus they chose to misinterpret what he was saying as some sort of metaphor, but it was not, and it is not today. We all have divinity within us, but it is not our personal identity, the ego, it is above the ego and it is called pure conscious awareness. When are we going to understand this truth that he tried to teach us? When are we going to understand that when Jesus said, . Our true nature is not form, it is pure energy which is consciousness. We are God- consciousness who has incarnated into this level of reality, but we have become so identified with material form that we forgot our original nature. All you have to do to experience this truth for yourself and discover that you are God, is follow the advice of Jesus from this article, and look within yourself. Be still, and know that you are God. About the Author. Brandon West is the creator of Project Global Awakening. A website dedicated to the research of a variety of scientific and spiritual disciplines, and applying that knowledge to help you live an inspired life and change the world. Follow Project Global Awakening on Facebook, and Twitter. This article is offered under Creative Commons license.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
August 2017
Categories |