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       His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: meshak Date: May 5, 2023, 7:05 pm
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       what is the most important mission for His followers' duty?
       what do They want from His servants the most?
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       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: Bradley D. Stockham Date: May 6, 2023, 11:39 am
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       To live the Word and Spread the Word!
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       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: meshak Date: May 6, 2023, 5:46 pm
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       [quote author=Bradley D. Stockham
       link=topic=1545.msg33899#msg33899 date=1683391188]
       To live the Word and Spread the Word!
       [/quote]
       thank you Brad.
       Yes,
       First of all, Jesus says the most important commandment is God
       is one.
       But we failed to spread that God is one.
       We changed to god is triune.
       Now the world believes that god is a triune god.
       So we need to correct this as much as we can.
       We need to warn the churches and the world that worshipping a
       false god will not save us.
       Satan is pushing a false god.
       thank you for your input. :D
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       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: meshak Date: May 7, 2023, 5:42 pm
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       I believe most believers, especially leaders of the churches
       know that the triune god is a false god yet it has been treated
       like an elephant in the room.
       The term false god is a taboo word in the Christian world.
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       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: meshak Date: May 7, 2023, 5:47 pm
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       If you claim that the Triun god is a false god, you will be
       named judgemental.
       this is the reality of the Christian world.
       Good is evil and evil is good.
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       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: TrevorL Date: May 8, 2023, 2:03 am
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       Greetings meshak,[quote author=meshak
       link=topic=1545.msg33893#msg33893 date=1683331515]what is the
       most important mission for His followers' duty? [/quote]Your use
       of the word "mission" seems to indicate that we must do
       something, accomplish something. This reminds me of what Jesus
       stated:
       John 6:28–29 (KJV): 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we
       do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and
       said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him
       whom he hath sent.
       This indicates that our duty, our important mission is to
       believe on Jesus. We must determine what believing on Jesus
       represents. Perhaps we should start near the beginning of his
       ministry where he gives a summary of his teaching in Matthew
       chapters 5-7. The beginning of this is interesting:
       Matthew 5:1–5, 6 .... (KJV): 1 And seeing the multitudes, he
       went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came
       unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3
       Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
       heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
       comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the
       earth. 6 ....
       There appears to be some process of sifting here, in that
       despite the multitudes, it was a certain class of people that
       wanted to draw near to Jesus and listen more closely to what
       Jesus was about to teach. And here at the start is a list of
       characteristics which define the characteristics that Jesus
       desires in his disciples and the blessings that would come upon
       them. So to believe on Jesus includes all that Jesus represents,
       and also all that Jesus teaches.
       We would need to discuss all of his teaching as revealed in
       Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but we could mention another
       important part of his teaching towards the end of his ministry
       and the whole setting is relevant:
       Mark 12:28–33 (KJV): 28 And one of the scribes came, and having
       heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had
       answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of
       all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the
       commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
       30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
       with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
       strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is
       like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
       There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the
       scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:
       for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to
       love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and
       with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
       neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and
       sacrifices.
       All of the above leads into the next question: [quote]what do
       They want from His servants the most? [/quote]I like the three
       stages of the involvement of the Samaritans with believing on
       Jesus. We are introduced to this in the incident of the
       Samaritan woman in John 4 and how that she believed but also
       many of the Samaritans from her city also believed:
       John 4:25–26 (KJV): 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that
       Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will
       tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto
       thee am he.
       John 4:39–42 (KJV): 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city
       believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He
       told me all that ever I did. 40 So when the Samaritans were come
       unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and
       he abode there two days. 41 And many more believed because of
       his own word; 42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not
       because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know
       that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
       Towards the end of his ministry he sought to visit one of the
       cities of Samaria, and they refused to receive Jesus:
       Luke 9:51–56 (KJV): 51 And it came to pass, when the time was
       come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face
       to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face: and
       they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make
       ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, because his face
       was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his
       disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou
       that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them,
       even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said,
       Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of
       man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And
       they went to another village.
       But later Philip preached in some of the cities of Samaria, and
       the result was that they affectionately believed on Jesus,
       accepting the things of the Kingdom of God and Name of Jesus and
       were baptised in water, identifying with the death and
       resurrection of Jesus.
       Acts 8:5–6,12 (KJV): 5 Then Philip went down to the city of
       Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with
       one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake,
       hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 12 But when they
       believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of
       God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men
       and women.
       Kind regards
       Trevor
       #Post#: 33930--------------------------------------------------
       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: meshak Date: May 8, 2023, 6:42 pm
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       [quote author=TrevorL link=topic=1545.msg33926#msg33926
       date=1683529383]
       Greetings meshak,Your use of the word "mission" seems to
       indicate that we must do something, accomplish something. This
       reminds me of what Jesus stated:
       John 6:28–29 (KJV): 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we
       do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and
       said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him
       whom he hath sent.
       This indicates that our duty, our important mission is to
       believe on Jesus. We must determine what believing on Jesus
       represents. Perhaps we should start near the beginning of his
       ministry where he gives a summary of his teaching in Matthew
       chapters 5-7. The beginning of this is interesting:
       Matthew 5:1–5, 6 .... (KJV): 1 And seeing the multitudes, he
       went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came
       unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3
       Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
       heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
       comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the
       earth. 6 ....
       There appears to be some process of sifting here, in that
       despite the multitudes, it was a certain class of people that
       wanted to draw near to Jesus and listen more closely to what
       Jesus was about to teach. And here at the start is a list of
       characteristics which define the characteristics that Jesus
       desires in his disciples and the blessings that would come upon
       them. So to believe on Jesus includes all that Jesus represents,
       and also all that Jesus teaches.
       We would need to discuss all of his teaching as revealed in
       Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but we could mention another
       important part of his teaching towards the end of his ministry
       and the whole setting is relevant:
       Mark 12:28–33 (KJV): 28 And one of the scribes came, and having
       heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had
       answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of
       all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the
       commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
       30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
       with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
       strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is
       like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
       There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the
       scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:
       for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to
       love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and
       with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
       neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and
       sacrifices.
       All of the above leads into the next question: I like the three
       stages of the involvement of the Samaritans with believing on
       Jesus. We are introduced to this in the incident of the
       Samaritan woman in John 4 and how that she believed but also
       many of the Samaritans from her city also believed:
       John 4:25–26 (KJV): 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that
       Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will
       tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto
       thee am he.
       John 4:39–42 (KJV): 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city
       believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He
       told me all that ever I did. 40 So when the Samaritans were come
       unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and
       he abode there two days. 41 And many more believed because of
       his own word; 42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not
       because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know
       that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
       Towards the end of his ministry he sought to visit one of the
       cities of Samaria, and they refused to receive Jesus:
       Luke 9:51–56 (KJV): 51 And it came to pass, when the time was
       come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face
       to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face: and
       they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make
       ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, because his face
       was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his
       disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou
       that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them,
       even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said,
       Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of
       man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And
       they went to another village.
       But later Philip preached in some of the cities of Samaria, and
       the result was that they affectionately believed on Jesus,
       accepting the things of the Kingdom of God and Name of Jesus and
       were baptised in water, identifying with the death and
       resurrection of Jesus.
       Acts 8:5–6,12 (KJV): 5 Then Philip went down to the city of
       Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with
       one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake,
       hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 12 But when they
       believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of
       God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men
       and women.
       Kind regards
       Trevor
       [/quote]
       Our mission for God and Jesus is to spread God's kingdom and how
       to obtain it.
       Jesus made it clear that the most important commandment is God
       is one.
       If we don't make it clear or don't know what we are doing as
       God's people, our knowledge of everything else is meaningless.
       You have been dismissing this elementary principle over and
       over.
       It seems that your comments are the same as usual, nothing new,
       friend.
       God is not trinun god.  God is one.
       My claims are mostly what most of the churches dismiss, meaning
       we are neglecting to do our duty as God's people.
       That's why I claim it is bogus and corrupt.
       #Post#: 33933--------------------------------------------------
       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: TrevorL Date: May 9, 2023, 12:01 am
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       Greetings again meshak,[quote author=meshak
       link=topic=1545.msg33930#msg33930 date=1683589369]Our mission
       for God and Jesus is to spread God's kingdom and how to obtain
       it.[/quote] Yes, this is what I have stated when I quoted Acts
       8:5-6,12. The Samaritans affectionately believed Philip
       preaching Christ, comprising the Gospel of the Kingdom and Name
       and were motivated to identify with the death and resurrection
       of Jesus by being baptised in water.
       [quote]Jesus made it clear that the most important commandment
       is God is one.[/quote]This is true in a sense, but "God is One"
       is a statement, not a commandment. The commandment part is: To
       "Hear" and the outcome of this "And thou shalt love the Lord thy
       God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
       mind, and with all thy strength".
       [quote]If we don't make it clear or don't know what we are doing
       as God's people, our knowledge of everything else is
       meaningless. You have been dismissing this elementary principle
       over and over. It seems that your comments are the same as
       usual, nothing new, friend. God is not trinun god.  God is one.
       [/quote]I do not dismiss this at all, and I have started a
       thread "The Yahweh Name" explaining my understanding on this
       subject.
       I was looking at our Statement of Faith. The first item is the
       Inspiration of all of the Scriptures, but you reject the
       teachings of Paul. We the have 30 statements of "Truth to be
       Received" and then 36 "Doctrines to be Rejected" and then 53
       items in "The Commandments of Christ". There is a few items in
       the first two sections that cover your favourite subject, but we
       require our baptismal candidates to agree with ALL of these
       three categories.
       After baptism we need to grow spiritually, and this morning I
       read the following article which I found very instructive and
       encouraging in our daily walk towards His Kingdom:
       "Christ as an Example
       CHRIST, as our example, asks us to do for our brethren what he
       did for his brethren; and to dispose ourselves towards our
       Father; and to exemplify in our pilgrimage the like spirit to
       that which characterised him in the days of his flesh.
       Jesus Christ was rich, but he impoverished himself to enrich his
       brethren, and that to the extent that he had not for himself
       where to lay his head.
       Jesus loved his brethren to the extent of laying down his life
       for them. The apostle exhorts to the same mind in us.—(1 John
       3:16).
       Jesus Christ’s meat and drink was to do the will of his Father
       in heaven. This is a healthful diet for all.
       Jesus Christ was not resentful and provoking, but kind, even to
       the unthankful and evil.
       Christ’s activities were not consumed in any humanly contrived
       channels of usefulness; but exhausted rather upon precious
       interests of the truth and the brethren. “The zeal of thine
       house hath eaten me up.”
       Jesus did not seek to become popular with the brethren or
       public, by withholding wholesome but unpalatable words, or by
       talking only about politics; but where needful he sent the
       withering shafts of merited rebuke into the very vitals of his
       auditory, and laid bare, as by the stroke of a sword, the hidden
       recesses of hypocrisy, iniquity, and
       self-righteousness.—(Matthew 16:1–6; 23.)
       Our Lord Jesus Christ was not a fashionable man; neither was he
       a popular man, except with the poor and needy: true, he went
       when bidden to the feasts of the rich, but he never allowed
       their hospitality to interfere with his wholesome criticism upon
       their narrow sympathies, and punctilious observance of small
       things, but uniform neglect of the weightier matters of the
       law.—(Luke 15:1; Matthew 14:7. 12; Luke 16:15)
       Much of the weight, or “authority,” as they called it, which
       attached to the words of Christ, was due to the fact that he
       exemplified in himself the things he enjoined upon others: and
       also that his speech was pure, and his love was pure, and his
       very denunciations were pure, and devoid of malevolent spirit,
       and unmixed by personal irritation, on the one hand, or fleshly
       preference on the other.
       A lesson for disciples is to be noted in the fact, that the
       teachings of Jesus were wholly of a practical character: he said
       little indeed, if anything, which had not a practical side to
       it. Take away the benevolent things which Christ did and the
       useful things which he said, and there would be very little left
       to read about him in the New Testament.
       The life of Christ, as an example, may be summed up in the very
       few but well-spoken words of Luke: “He went about doing good.”
       Go thou, brother, and thou, sister, and do likewise.—(Acts
       10:38.)
       The example of Christ is a living body of divinity, from whence
       flow healing vigour and spiritual blessing to the touch of
       faith. Mere statistical instruction is like the dry bones which
       Ezekiel saw in the valley of vision."
       F.R.Shuttleworth 1875
       Kind regards
       Trevor
       #Post#: 33935--------------------------------------------------
       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: meshak Date: May 9, 2023, 5:32 pm
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       [quote author=TrevorL link=topic=1545.msg33933#msg33933
       date=1683608463]
       Greetings again meshak, Yes, this is what I have stated when I
       quoted Acts 8:5-6,12. The Samaritans affectionately believed
       Philip preaching Christ, comprising the Gospel of the Kingdom
       and Name and were motivated to identify with the death and
       resurrection of Jesus by being baptised in water.This is true in
       a sense, but "God is One" is a statement, not a commandment. The
       commandment part is: To "Hear" and the outcome of this "And thou
       shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
       soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength".I do not
       dismiss this at all, and I have started a thread "The Yahweh
       Name" explaining my understanding on this subject.
       I was looking at our Statement of Faith. The first item is the
       Inspiration of all of the Scriptures, but you reject the
       teachings of Paul. We the have 30 statements of "Truth to be
       Received" and then 36 "Doctrines to be Rejected" and then 53
       items in "The Commandments of Christ". There is a few items in
       the first two sections that cover your favourite subject, but we
       require our baptismal candidates to agree with ALL of these
       three categories.
       After baptism we need to grow spiritually, and this morning I
       read the following article which I found very instructive and
       encouraging in our daily walk towards His Kingdom:
       "Christ as an Example
       CHRIST, as our example, asks us to do for our brethren what he
       did for his brethren; and to dispose ourselves towards our
       Father; and to exemplify in our pilgrimage the like spirit to
       that which characterised him in the days of his flesh.
       Jesus Christ was rich, but he impoverished himself to enrich his
       brethren, and that to the extent that he had not for himself
       where to lay his head.
       Jesus loved his brethren to the extent of laying down his life
       for them. The apostle exhorts to the same mind in us.—(1 John
       3:16).
       Jesus Christ’s meat and drink was to do the will of his Father
       in heaven. This is a healthful diet for all.
       Jesus Christ was not resentful and provoking, but kind, even to
       the unthankful and evil.
       Christ’s activities were not consumed in any humanly contrived
       channels of usefulness; but exhausted rather upon precious
       interests of the truth and the brethren. “The zeal of thine
       house hath eaten me up.”
       Jesus did not seek to become popular with the brethren or
       public, by withholding wholesome but unpalatable words, or by
       talking only about politics; but where needful he sent the
       withering shafts of merited rebuke into the very vitals of his
       auditory, and laid bare, as by the stroke of a sword, the hidden
       recesses of hypocrisy, iniquity, and
       self-righteousness.—(Matthew 16:1–6; 23.)
       Our Lord Jesus Christ was not a fashionable man; neither was he
       a popular man, except with the poor and needy: true, he went
       when bidden to the feasts of the rich, but he never allowed
       their hospitality to interfere with his wholesome criticism upon
       their narrow sympathies, and punctilious observance of small
       things, but uniform neglect of the weightier matters of the
       law.—(Luke 15:1; Matthew 14:7. 12; Luke 16:15)
       Much of the weight, or “authority,” as they called it, which
       attached to the words of Christ, was due to the fact that he
       exemplified in himself the things he enjoined upon others: and
       also that his speech was pure, and his love was pure, and his
       very denunciations were pure, and devoid of malevolent spirit,
       and unmixed by personal irritation, on the one hand, or fleshly
       preference on the other.
       A lesson for disciples is to be noted in the fact, that the
       teachings of Jesus were wholly of a practical character: he said
       little indeed, if anything, which had not a practical side to
       it. Take away the benevolent things which Christ did and the
       useful things which he said, and there would be very little left
       to read about him in the New Testament.
       The life of Christ, as an example, may be summed up in the very
       few but well-spoken words of Luke: “He went about doing good.”
       Go thou, brother, and thou, sister, and do likewise.—(Acts
       10:38.)
       The example of Christ is a living body of divinity, from whence
       flow healing vigour and spiritual blessing to the touch of
       faith. Mere statistical instruction is like the dry bones which
       Ezekiel saw in the valley of vision."
       F.R.Shuttleworth 1875
       Kind regards
       Trevor
       [/quote]
       what is your point on all these?
       I am only focussing on one thing which I know clearly from the
       Bible what it says.
       You are making a humongous mess out of a simple claim of mine.
       #Post#: 33939--------------------------------------------------
       Re: His followers' duty for God and Jesus
       By: meshak Date: May 10, 2023, 7:46 pm
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       The purpose of this thread is that I would like to inform the
       world that Jesus' God is one God and His Father is His God, not
       a triune God.
       Christian world succeeded to spread that God is Triune.
       And I know it angers God and Jesus to claim God is triune.
       Believing in God is one is the beginning of Christian life.
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