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%%% LET NO ONE DESPISE YOUR YOUTH %%% Being a today is not easy. (based on my lil bro behavior) The worlds woos, tugs, and pulls from every direction. Yet, God's desire for our young people is that no one would have opportunity to despise or criticize them, but would respect them because of their godly lifestyles. He calls our teens to be an example, not only to their peers but to the whole church, by their words, their faith, and their conduct. " That's a tall Order! " A good question might be....who are their examples??? |
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It's all in the Good Book. - mrmilktoast --------------------------------------------------------------------- titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. The King James Version (Authorized) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. The King James Version (Authorized) ------------------------------------------ Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 12. Let no man despise thy youth--Act so as to be respected in spite of thy youth (1 Corinthians 16:11, titus 2:15); compare "youthful" as to Timothy (2 Timothy 2:22). He was but a mere youth when he joined Paul (Acts 16:1-3). Eleven years had elapsed since then to the time subsequent to Paul's first imprisonment. He was, therefore, still young; especially in comparison with Paul, whose place he was filling; also in relation to elderly presbyters whom he should "entreat as a father" (1 Timothy 5:1), and generally in respect to his duties in rebuking, exhorting, and ordaining (1 Timothy 3:1), which ordinarily accord best with an elderly person (1 Timothy 5:19). be thou an example--Greek, "become a pattern" (titus 2  ); the true way of making men not to despise (slight, or disregard) thy youth.in word--in all that thou sayest in public and private. conversation--that is, "behavior" the Old English sense of the word. in charity . . . faith--the two cardinal principles of the Christian (Galatians 5:6). The oldest manuscripts omit, "in spirit." in purity--simplicity of holy motive followed out in consistency of holy action [ALFORD] (1 Timothy 5:22, 2 Corinthians 6:6, 3:17, 4:8, 1 Peter 1:22).
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"Let no man despise thy youth" is not a reference to youth in general, but specifically to Timothy's young years. Timothy was stepping into a job, in which it is especially difficult for a young person to be able to command attention and respect. That line of scripture is NOT to be taken as license for young people to misbehave. The Bible is there for everyone to read for guidance, even if elders don't set a proper example for the youth, themselves. - mrmilktoast ------------------------------------ Romans 1: 16 - 25 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; F6 for God hath shewed it unto them. 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so F7 that they are without excuse: 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. FOOTNOTES: F6: in them: or, to them F7: so...: or, that they may be The King James Version (Authorized)
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John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament Romans Chapter 1 The thesis of the epistle then is in verse 17, that which proved its need in verse 18. From verse 19 to the end of verse 20 in chapter 3, the condition of men, Jews and Gentiles, to whom this truth applies, is given in detail, in order to shew in what way this wrath was deserved, and all were shut up in sin (v. 19 and 21 of this chapter giving the leading principles of the evil as regards the Gentiles). From verse 21 to 31 of chapter 3, the answer in grace by the righteousness of God, through the blood of Christ, is briefly but powerfully declared. For we first get the answer by Christ's blood to the old state, and then the introduction, by death and life through Christ, into the new. The apostle begins with the Gentiles-"all ungodliness" of men. I say the Gentiles (it is evident that if a Jew falls into it, this guilt attaches to him; but the condition described, as far as chapter 2:17, is that of Gentiles); afterwards that of the Jews, to chapter 3:20. Chapter 1:18 is the thesis of the whole argument from verse 19 to chapter 3:20, this part of the epistle shewing the ground of that wrath. The Gentiles are without excuse on two accounts. First, that which may be known of God has been manifested by creation-His power and His Godhead. This proof has existed since the creation of the world. Secondly, that, having the knowledge of God as Noah had it, they had not glorified Him as God, but in the vanity of their imaginations, reasoning upon their own thoughts on this subject and the ideas it produced in their own minds, they became fools while professing themselves to be wise, and fell into idolatry, and that of the grossest kind. Now God has judged this. If they would not retain a just thought of the glory of God, they should not even retain a just idea of the natural honour of man. They should dishonour themselves as they had dishonoured God. It is the exact description, in a few strong and energetic words, of the whole pagan mythology. They had not discernment, moral taste, to retain God in their knowledge: God gave them up to a spirit void of discernment, to boast themselves in depraved tastes, in things unbecoming nature itself. The natural conscience knew that God judged such things to be worthy of death according to the just exigencies of His nature. Nevertheless they not only did them, but they took pleasure in those who did them, when their own lusts did not carry them away. And this left no excuse for those who judged the evil (and there were such), for they committed it while judging it. Man then by judging condemned himself doubly: for by judging he shewed that he knew it to be evil, and yet he did it. But the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things: they who acquired credit by judging them should not escape it.
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12/30/2006 12:24 am |
whooaaaa....are you a pastor?? or what??? well..i know that ..but how will you relate it in todays youth?..co'z youth of today..are not like paul ..or mostly don't have any idea how apostles live before...that's why..they are looking for someone who could be their right examples....their paul of today
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Timothy IS the example for the youth of today, and the King James Version, is the Book for them to read. Happy New Year to you as well. I hope you had a nice Christmas.
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12/30/2006 7:43 pm |
Timothy IS the example for the youth of today, and the King James Version, is the Book for them to read. Happy New Year to you as well. I hope you had a nice Christmas. ...for i know..they should look for him as well...to all the peeps that sorrounds them....happy new year !!!...I really do have a nice christmas..thanks...gbu!!!
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well..i just hope that all the youth knows Timothy... ...for i know..they should look for him as well...to all the peeps that sorrounds them....happy new year !!!...I really do have a nice christmas..thanks...gbu!!!Maybe you could start, by convincing your little brother to read the Good Book. Then HE might be the one to set a good example. Daniel, of "The Book of Daniel," in The Bible, was also a young man, and one of God's greatest prophets. Fascinating reading, at that!
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1/1/2007 6:46 pm |
yeah..i guess so..well..for that matter..my lil bro..have already found his way to the good book... I am proud to say that his been tagged as one of the best student in their rel. ed class...I really do appreciate your recommendations..but how about the other's?..I We both know most of the youth today are not facinated to read the good book...they always says that...they better see it to the person so that they could understand more ..reading a good book is just merely a redaing..it needs a better understanding and explaining to do.....happy new year!!
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It's a sign of the times. Your brother is the good exception. - mrmilktoast 2 Thessalonians 2: 3 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away *(from the faith) first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; * amplification mine, - mrmilktoast 2 Thessalonians 2 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, F4 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth F5 that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. FOOTNOTES: F4: unto him: or, around him F5: withholdeth: or, holdeth The King James Version (Authorized)
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John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 In answering this error, and in guarding them from the wily efforts of seducers, he puts everything in its place here by appealing to precious truths of which he had already spoken. Their gathering together unto Christ in the air was a demonstration of the impossibility of the day of the Lord being already come. Moreover with regard to this last he presents two considerations: first, the day could not be already come, since Christians were not yet gathered to the Lord, and they were to come with Him; second, the wicked one who has then to be judged had not yet appeared, so that the judgment could not be executed. The apostle had already instructed the Thessalonians with regard to this wicked one, when at Thessalonica; and in the former epistle he had taught them concerning the rapture of the church. In order that the Lord should come in judgment, iniquity must have reached its height, and open opposition to God have been manifested. But the truth had another and more precious side: the saints were to be in the same position as Christ, to be gathered together unto Him, before He could manifest Himself in glory to those outside. But these truths require a more connected examination. Their gathering together unto Christ before the manifestation was a truth known to the Thessalonians; it is not revealed here, it is used as an argument. The Lord Jesus was coming, but it was impossible that He should be without His church in the glory. The King would indeed punish His rebellious subjects; but, before doing so, He would bring to Himself those who had been faithful to Him amid the unfaithful, in order to bring them back with Him and publicly to honour them in the midst of the rebels. But the apostle here speaks only of the rapture itself, and he adjures them only by that truth not to allow themselves to be shaken in mind as though the day were come. What an assured truth must this have been to Christians, since the apostle could appeal to it as to a known point, on which the heart could rest! The relationship of the church to Christ, its being necessarily in the same position with Him rendered the idea that the day was already come a mere folly. In the second place, the already known fact is asserted, that the apostacy must previously take place, and then the man of sin be revealed. Solemn truth! Everything takes its place. The forms and the name of Christianity have long been maintained; true Christians have been disowned; but now there should be a public renunciation of the faith-an apostacy. True Christians should have their true place in heaven. But, besides this, there should be a person who would fully realise in sin the character of man without God. He is the man of sin. He does his own will-it is but Adam fully developed; and incited by the enemy, he opposes himself to God (it is open enmity against God), and he exalts himself above all that bears the name of God; he assumes the place of God in His temple. So that there is apostacy, that is, the open renunciation of Christianity in general, and an individual who concentrates in his own person (as to the principles of iniquity) the opposition that is made against God. ----------------------------------------------------------- 2 Timothy 3 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate F6 concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. FOOTNOTES: F6: reprobate: or, of no judgment The King James Version (Authorized) ------------------------------------------ 1 Timothy 4 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; The King James Version (Authorized) --------------------------------------------------- 2 Timothy 1 1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. The King James Version (Authorized)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary Phygellus fugitive, a Christian of Asia, who "turned away" from Paul during his second imprisonment at Rome (2 Timothy 1:15). Nothing more is known of him. Hermogenes Mercury-born, at one time Paul's fellow-labourer in Asia Minor, who, however, afterwards abandoned him, along with one Phygellus, probably on account of the perils by which they were beset (2 Timothy 1:15).
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Romans 1: 18-20 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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Everyone has a conscience; despite what anti-Christian, culturally Marxist, thus - hypocritically - over paid, psychotherapists might claim about so-called, "sociopaths".
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"Relative moralism", or "situational ethics" is diametrically opposed to the absolute Truth of The Bible.
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What follows is a "deconstruction" of the destruction of absolute Truth. Reasonable Christians might well question the authors conclusions, but generally the article illustrates how modern thought has evolved an opposing view to The Bible. It's no wonder that educated young people have such a difficult time in beliving in The Bible, or even bothering to read it. They are being constantly brainwashed into ignoring their better conscience. - mrmilktoast The End of History–Messiah Conspiracy CHAPTER 13–Philosophical Sabotage of our Bible Resulted in Holocaust “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” The New Testament, from the apostle Paul’s letter to the residents of Colosse, written for all Christians under the inspiration of God, Colossians 2:8 NASB “Our dialectical philosophy abolishes all the notions of absolute and definitive truth.”1 Friedrich Engels’ eulogy for Karl Marx “We do not want any other God but Germany itself.”2 Adolf Hitler, the German Führer “God manifested himself not in Jesus Christ but in Adolf Hitler. Christ is a false prophet, for he was a Jew and Judaism is the source of all woes.”3 Dr. Joseph Paul Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda director 13 PHILOSOPHICAL SABOTAGE OF OUR BIBLE RESULTED IN HOLOCAUST In light of Engels’ comment, we should keep in mind what Jesus said to certain Jews who had come to believe in Him: “...‘If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free’ ” (John 8:31-32 NAS  .After the world was released from Roman Catholic domination by the Reformation, we ask who sabotaged the unconditional acceptance the Bible was beginning to enjoy and why? I believe these questions can be answered by studying a select group of men who have literally changed the course of modern history with their philosophic ideas. As we discuss these men, you will see how each one, building upon the foundations of his predecessor, developed concepts which have led to socialism, communism, secular humanism, and existentialism. All of these movements have mushroomed in our day and fuel the fires of atheism. I believe the men we are about to study subverted the message of the Old and New Testaments just as the dominance of Roman Catholicism, which kept the Bible out of the hands of the people for over 1000 years, began to wane. Why were so many people prevented from receiving the truths of the Bible after it was freed from the chains of Catholic rule? We think you will find a very good case as to why in the written philosophies of Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Marx,4 Darwin and Freud! HAL DECKS ALL SIX, WHILE DUNPHY FANTASIZES AND WISHES FOR US TO BECOME A "ROTTING CORPSE" Hal Lindsey, the famous author who writes prolifically on the subject of Bible prophecy, says of these six men: “Satan took their concepts and wired the underlying frame of reference for our present historical, educational, philosophical, sociological, psychological, religious, economic, and political outlook. You and I and our children have been ingeniously conditioned to think in terms that are contrary to biblical principles and truths in all of these areas–and without our even realizing it.”5 In the post-Reformation era, once Catholicism’s governmental rule dissolved and we were freed from the grip of the Catholic Church, true believers began to emerge and freely teach their biblical faith. However, these men of philosophy laid the groundwork for godless liberalism and secular humanism. They attempted, with some degree of success, to undermine the basic fundamental beliefs in absolute truth, freedom and redemption, so cherished by Bible believing, born-again Christians, and the silent majority of our society. There is no doubt that the philosophies we are about to briefly wade through were constructed as a deliberate and well organized challenge to the biblical beliefs of Western society. Read what John Dunphy had to say: “I am convinced that the battle for humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as the proselytizers of a new faith...these teachers must embody the same selfless dedication as the most rabid fundamentalist preachers, for they will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to convey humanist values in whatever subject they teach....The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new, the rotting corpse of Christianity, together with all its adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism....”6 PHILOSOPHER I: KANT BORN 1772, DIED 1804 Immanuel Kant was a German who never travelled farther than sixty-nine miles from his birthplace in Prussia. Prior to Kant, classical philosophy was based on absolute standards. In other words, if one and one are two, they cannot become three. Philosophical values were absolute. Kant questioned absolutes and consequently, drastically altered philosophy by proposing the idea that: “...no one can know anything except by experience. He believed that individual freedom lies in obedience to the ‘moral law that speaks within us.’ ”7 The World Book Encyclopedia notes of Kant: “The central problem of his chief work, the Critique of Pure Reason (1781), is the nature and limits of human knowledge.”8 Kant was obsessed with the limits of human knowledge because of David Hume’s erroneous idea that there are no absolutes. Our reference points out: “Hume asked how we can possibly know that all bodies gravitate....”9 Interestingly enough, the greatest of all scientists, Sir Isaac Newton, who went on to be with Jesus when Kant was only three years old, had already proven in several scientific formulas and calculations that all bodies do indeed gravitate toward one another. This is the basic law of gravity, and we believe it applies to all of creation, including the Bible’s absolutes regarding God’s diagnosis of man’s dilemma–sin. Without Newton’s formulas, we would never have landed a man on the moon. Fortunately, science did not take Kant as the last word. We agree with the encyclopedia’s closing words, which point out: “...some philosophers regarded this refusal to claim absolute knowledge as too serious a limitation on a system of philosophy.”10 Kant’s objection to absolute values led to a further modification of philosophy, which was introduced by a second philosopher. PHILOSOPHER II: HEGEL BORN 1770, DIED 1831 Georg Wilhelm Hegel, another German who became known as the “philosophical dictator of Germany,” pressed the ideas of Kant11* forward.12 Hegel taught that a thought (thesis) turned against another thought (antithesis) would in turn result in a new fact he called “synthesis.” Hegel taught that the state need not keep moral laws and agreements and that all was relative–no absolutes. Absolutes are facts and truths which we use to reason and discover the logic of cause and effect. The biblical writer, Hal Lindsey, rightly commented: “When Hegel introduced the philosophical basis for relative thinking and rejected absolutes, he literally altered the future course of the world....As Hegel did away with cause-and-effect logic, there was no need for ultimate truth. With the elimination of an ultimate cause or truth, man could plunge headlong away from any necessity of believing in a Creator-God.”13 Later, Hegel’s “philosophy of relative thinking” found its way into the majority of American and European universities. The educational standard became the smarter you get, the closer you come to realizing that there is no god or absolutes, or, everything is relative. Hegel’s philosophy was studied and followed by Adolf Hitler and Karl Marx.14 PHILOSOPHER III: KIERKEGAARD BORN 1813, DIED 1855 Sorën Kierkegaard of Denmark is known as the “father of contemporary existentialism.” Few laymen may know that Kierkegaard was a very despondent and depressed man; yet with books titled Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death, one does not have to guess. In his book, Fear and Trembling, you will find that he resents the idea “that a light shines upon the Christian world whereas a darkness broods over paganism.”15 To remedy this, he advocated the rejuvenating effect of “the eternal youth of the Greek race”; clearly a call to pagan worship and an expression of contempt for the Christian faith. Kierkegaard greatly influenced the theology of his time. You do not have to wonder where liberal theology got its boost. There are people such as Jesse Jackson16 and Jimmy Carter calling themselves “Christians” and teaching Sunday school, without having the slightest idea of what it’s all about! Liberal Protestant Christians deny the literal and fundamental understanding of the Scriptures. Fundamental writer Hal Lindsey says of Kierkegaard: “His writings are a denial of the basic tenets of the Christian faith and show a disdain for those who do not agree with his intellectual pursuits. He was the first man to launch a system of thought in which despair[17] was the underlying current....Kierkegaard was one of the foremost proponents of the philosophy which has swept the intellectual world right down to our time. He introduced the tenets of Kant and Hegel into the theology of the Christian faith....This was the beginning of ‘existential thought.’ ”18 COMMUNIST PHILOSOPHER IV: MARX BORN 1818, DIED 1883 Karl Marx, a German Jew who did not care much for Jews,19 collaborated with his only lifelong friend, Friedrich Engels, and decided to pit the working class (proletariat) against the property-owning class he called the bourgeoisie. In the revolution he envisioned, he hoped to abolish private property and the Christian faith, which he maintained was the “opiate of the masses.” Hal Lindsey notes: “Marx became involved at the University of Berlin with a left-wing group which followed the philosophy of Hegel. Their main thrust at that time was to throw out[20] Christianity.”21 Marx used Hegel’s philosophy of change–thesis, antithesis, synthesis–to legitimize his brand of revolutionary change. In the Marx version, the rich were the thesis, the working poor and middle class were the antithesis and their clash was expected to produce a new state, “communism,” which was the synthesis. We can see this design quite clearly in Marx’s whole philosophical plan of operation. Marx thought that all evil could be traced to “the evil” of private property (you need not wonder if he had any–he did not). Almost everything he owned was pawned. He did not even take care of his own family, allowing his children to starve.22 Marx and his friend Engels, influenced by Rabbi Moses Hess, argued that if the abolition of private property and the “oppressing force” of religion could be destroyed, the world would live in peace under a “classless society.” In this society, property, or as Marx called it, “means of production,” would be owned by the government. In reality, as we know, the communist elite owned the property and used it to control the people. This is a religion within itself. Our fundamental friend, Hal, accurately relates to us: “It is time for the world to realize that Communism is not just another political philosophy, but a religion–a religion which promises utopia to its devotees. The state is worshipped in place of God. Communism deals with such basic issues as: What is man? What is man’s most basic problem? How can man be delivered from his problem? What is man’s destiny? In all these points Communism gives answers which are diametrically opposed to God’s truth.”23 NATURALIST PHILOSOPHER V: DARWIN BORN 1809, DIED 1882 Charles Darwin is one of the most misunderstood philosophers of our time. He had no scientific degrees or credentials and never proved to any degree that evolution was responsible for our existence. What he did do was unscientifically steal24 a philosophy, which he dubbed “natural selection.” He then called it “my theory” and claimed that it explained the beginning of our existence (see our Vol. II, chapter 5, “Darwinian Evolution: Fact, Fraud or Fiction?”, which details what really transpired in his hidden fiasco). Is it any coincidence that the philosophies of Hegel and Marx were so beautifully justified by the philosophy of Darwin’s theory? Darwin’s entire unproved model of natural selection, which describes how one species struggles to survive over another, producing a “mutation” which is better able to survive, is based on Hegel’s thesis/antithesis produces a synthesis formula. Marx asked Darwin if he could dedicate his book, Das Kapital, to Darwin, himself!25 Lindsey says of this issue: “Conflict! Hegel and Marx would be happy–a scientist using their theories of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis....Hegel introduced the philosophical basis for man to see no necessity for a Creator-God. Darwin introduced what seemed to be a scientific basis for not believing in a Creator-God....The impact of this thought bomb is that since man had no special beginning, he has no special purpose or destiny.”26 PSYCHOanalYTICAL PHILOSOPHER VI: FREUD BORN 1856, DIED 1939 Sigmund Freud is known as “the founder of psychoanalysis.” Though few realize it, Freud was a man greatly influenced by Darwin’s train of thought. It was clear that after Darwin introduced this “scientific proof” of evolution, it would only be a moment until all of our lives were changed permanently regarding our conception of God and human freedom, when the social application of all of these philosophic scratches were seemingly justified by Freud. Freud, an atheist, believed that: “The human race is motivated chiefly by pleasure....”27 Dr. A. A. Brill, in his book, The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud, documents that Freud was: “...‘very attracted to Darwin’s theories because they offered the prospect of an extraordinary advance of human knowledge.’ ”28 Hal Lindsey comments: “What did Freud believe?....Man is repressed by society in the fulfillment of his unconscious drive for gratification of his erotic desires; this repression makes him unhappy. The consequence of the conflict between our pleasure-seeking instincts and the repression exerted by our society is neurosis.”29 In our friend’s opinion, Boris Sokoloff rightly notes: “ ‘Freud’s doctrines, and particularly his ethics, are the product of his concept of the human race. There is no purpose in man’s existence. There is no goal in mankind’s presence on earth. There is no God...and if this is so, all is permitted.’ ”30 This includes the loss of human freedom of worship, freedom of life, and freedom to vote, accompanied by the government being permitted to impose communism, using terror, murder and even genocide. It was Lenin who picked up on these philosophies and made the philosophical writings of Marx a reality. He also referred to religion as the “opiate of the masses.” As an atheist, he used terror, murder and secret police to overpower the people and bring himself to rule in Russia. Lenin said: “ ‘...we will destroy the entire bourgeoisie [property owner of middle-class or higher, even a farmer with a crop], grind it to a powder....I will be merciless with all counter-revolutionaries.’ ”31 As you read this, it may remind you of at least one communist country that resulted from the philosophies32 which fed Lenin. China, with over one billion people held captive, unable to legally learn of God through the Bible,33 is just one result of these philosophies. THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE REAL MIND BEHIND THE EVIL OF HITLER Adolf Hitler, the man responsible for attempting the greatest Jewish genocide in the history of humanity, was influenced by the same philosophers. Few people realize that most of Hitler’s anti-Semitic ideas concerning the Hebrew race, which were adopted by the Nazi party, were taken from a book on race and history entitled Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, by Houston Steward Chamberlain. He was, by his own admission, demon-possessed. This little-known figure was an Englishman who became a German citizen. Chamberlain was well-versed in all the philosophies we have covered. He wrote about Kant and dabbled in the occult. It would be this book, translated into English in 1911, which would become championed by the Nazis and used to aggravate anti-Semitism worldwide. R. L. Hymers, author of Holocaust II, says that this book dealt with: “...a fantastic race theory. He [Chamberlain] believed the Western nations were being weakened by oriental peoples breeding with the ‘pure’ Nordic races. He held that the Jews were the worst group of orientals.”34 Hitler thoroughly adopted Chamberlain’s ideas about the Jewish people. These evil, horrifyingly perverted views about the Jews were probably responsible for much, if not all, of his wicked hatred against the people who gave this world the Holy Bible, both Old and New Testaments, through their ancestors, the Hebrew prophets and apostles! HITLER’S PHILOSOPHICAL PROPHET SWEATS WITH OCCULT FEVER Hal Lindsey, quoting William Shirer’s book, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, documents details about Chamberlain, his book and its influence on the one who murdered the people of God:35 “Here is Shirer’s description of Chamberlain, the man who inspired Hitler and his insane reign of terror and power: ‘Hypersensitive and neurotic and subject to frequent nervous breakdowns, Chamberlain was given to seeing demons who, by his own account, drove him on relentlessly to seek new fields of study and to get on with his prodigious writings. One vision after another forced him to change from...philosophy, to biography, to history. Once, in 1898, when he was returning from Italy, the presence of a demon became so forceful that he got off the train at Gardone, shut himself up in a hotel room for eight days and, abandoning some work on music that he had contemplated, wrote feverishly on a biological thesis until he had the germ of the theme that would dominate all of his later works: race and history. ‘Since he felt himself goaded on by demons, his books...were written in the grip of a terrible fever, a veritable trance...he says in his autobiography, Lebenswege, he was often unable to recognize them as his own work....His racial theories and his burning sense of the destiny of the Germans and Germany were taken over by the Nazis, who acclaimed him as one of their prophets. During the Hitler regime books, pamphlets and articles poured from the presses extolling the ‘spiritual founder’ [Chamberlain] of National Socialist Germany.’ ”36 OCCULT BOOKS, HITLER’S FAVORITE– THE JEWS BECOME THE TARGET Hitler, the greatest German racist who ever lived, believed the German people who produced him were the “master race.” Thus anyone surpassing them in any way was to be destroyed. The Jews, of course, became a prime target, since their intellect just might be a little higher than that of the Germans. The Jews, with their rich heritage (which included the very oracles of God)37 and brilliant intellect, had to be detected and destroyed. Hitler wanted no competition with his “master race.” Hitler idolized paganism and believed in using the occult to realize his ends. He created a Genealogical Research Society endowed with the task of finding “every Jew,” no matter how diluted their origin. People who had only one great, great grandparent, who were one-sixteenth Jewish, who did not even know they had Jewish blood coursing through their veins, found themselves arrested and led off to the death camps. R. L. Hymers documents Hitler’s fascination with the occult: “This emphasis on magic revealed Hitler’s interest in the occult and black magic. He even directed the Nazis to create an occult research bureau, which was named the ‘Bureau of Ancestral Heritage,’ referring to the fact that its purpose was to research and publicize the ancient occult practices of Germany.”38 Joseph Carr noted that Hitler idolized the “Bavarian mountain tribesmen,” who were pagans.39 Carr goes on to quote the authority Kubizek on Hitler’s obsession with the occult. Carr notes: “Included among Hitler’s private books were numerous volumes on...the occult and magic symbols. Kubizek reports in his own book that he once found Adolf in a great state of excitement over a book on witchcraft....Hitler was also fascinated with tales of Germanic and nordic mythology, especially the mythical heroes of gigantic proportions and pagan gods from the era before Christian missionaries ‘corrupted’ the Germanic tribesmen....Kubizek also tells us that books on the occult were among Hitler’s favorite reading matter. This interest was confirmed decades later when U.S. Army historians catalogued Hitler’s personal library and found numerous occultic volumes heavily annotated in Hitler’s fancy handwriting.”40 hitler followed the advice of his occult astrologers over that of his generals Few know that astrology is a form of the occult and that Hitler used it extensively. In the video documentary, The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler: Black Fox, the narrator documents: “April, 1940, Hitler invades Denmark and Norway. Defenseless Denmark capitulates in four hours. Norway fights back hard, aided by a desperate expedition of British troops, but Norway is secured by the Nazis in twelve weeks. Hitler had ordered the North Sea action against the advice of his army staff. Now, flushed with victory, certain of weakness of the West, Hitler is, more than ever, convinced of his own military genius. May, 1940, again, against the advice of his cautious generals, but with the advice of his astrologers, Hitler orders attack. Through neutral Belgium and Holland, as in 1914, a German war machine slashes its way. The Maginot fortifications are bypassed. The Dutch, Belgium, French and British armies are smashed. At the Channel port of Dunkirk, the Allied survivors are driven into the sea. What the German armies of the first World War could not do in four years of battle, Hitler’s legions accomplish in six weeks.”41 WHERE DOES THE OCCULT LEAD? TO THE ATTEMPTED DESTRUCTION OF GOD’S PEOPLE! There is no doubt that Hitler’s great interest in the occult encouraged his belief that Jews and Christians were to be destroyed as inferior races and faiths. Few realize that Hitler wanted to secretly kill all true Evangelical Christians, because he rightly understood that their faith was derived from biblical Judaism. R. L. Hymers, in his book Holocaust II, documents: “A cleavage developed in the German churches. Catholics and Protestants were divided into both camps; there were some of each on both sides. The first group accepted Hitler’s ideas, rejecting historic Christianity. The second group led by Bonhoeffer and others, became known as the ‘Confessing Church,’ for they confessed Christ, rather than Hitler, as their Lord and Leader. Dr. Barth observed: Since the autumn of the previous year (1936), the State Party and Secret Police of the Third Reich have embarked upon a new attack...on the Evangelical Church....”42 HITLER HATED TRUE CHRISTIANS, WHOSE FAITH IS DERIVED FROM BIBLICAL JUDAISM In Hymers’ little-known evidence, he goes on to cite a Nazi war song which clearly mentions the destruction of Jews, Christians, ministers and churches. He says: “A ‘fighting song’ of the young Nazi anti-church disciples of Hitler contained these words: The old Jewish shame at last swept away....German men, German women, beat the black band to a jelly. Hang them on the gallows...Ravens have been waiting. Plunge the knives into the minister’s body. We’ll be ready for any massacre. Hoist the Hohenzollerns high on the lamp-post! Hurl the hand grenades into the churches.”43 We have always found it odd that some people have classified Hitler as a “Christian,” when in fact he hated true Christians, perhaps as much as he hated Jews! Hymers, in his “Religion of the Nazis” section, excellently illustrated Hitler’s hatred of Christianity because it is, in essence, part of the Jewish faith. Hymers, citing his quote from H. G. Baynes’ book, Germany Possessed, says: “Adolf Hitler hated Christianity. He was bent on its destruction, saying, Christianity is a hoax, a gangrene to be cut out. Germans have for too long been held in the bondage of a Jewish derived faith.”44 The World Book Encyclopedia says: “...Hitler....hated Christianity, which he said was a religion for weaklings.”45 We might well point out that those whom Hitler’s twisted mind perceived as weaklings were, in fact, infinitely braver than all; for they, due to their faith, risked their lives and in some cases, lost them, in order to save Jews from the Holocaust. The Jewish scholar, Sholem Asch, speaking for an increasing number of Jews, said: “...Christianity also distinguished itself, in the particular of rescuing Jewish children, by the highest degree of self-sacrifice. It may be stated without exaggeration that almost the entire remnant of Israel which was found in the liberated countries–no matter how small its number–has the Christians to thank for its preservation, Christians who, by performing this action, placed their own lives in danger.”46 THOUSANDS OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS MURDERED BECAUSE THEIR FAITH LED THEM TO COURAGEOUSLY RESCUE THE JEWISH PEOPLE It is a matter of public record that Hitler endorsed those who said that the Christian faith and National Socialism do not mix. Hence, Hitler was not a Christian, as opposed to what some misguided persons have thought and taught. He was a neo-paganist. Thousands of Evangelical Christians were put to death by Hitler for helping the Jewish people escape his grasp. In a 1995 article, Elwood McQuaid told this story: “Considering the devastating attacks on the Bible and biblically orthodox Christianity brought by liberal theologians and their secular-humanist counterparts, it is little wonder that many nominally religious Germans were less than incensed at events taking place about them....the Nazis intended to destroy Christianity in Germany. Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler, encouraged by Hitler, promoted a return to the old paganism of the early tribal Germanic gods and a brand of neo-paganism created by Nazi fanatics. In 1941, Bormann stated publicly that ‘National Socialism and Christianity are irreconcilable’....The Pastor’s Emergency League, made up largely of younger men, responded forcefully to what they regarded as the heathen theology of the German Church. ‘We refuse,’ they affirmed, ‘to earn the reproach of being dumb dogs. We owe it to our congregations and to the Church to resist the falsification of the Gospel. We emphatically recognize the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments as the unique test of our faith and life.’ Such commitment to biblical principles spawned acts of courageous opposition to the persecution of the Jewish people and other atrocities brought about by the Nazis, such as state approved euthanasia....By the end of 1935, 700 Confessional Church pastors were arrested by the Gestapo. Hundreds more were forced to join them in the concentration camps in 1936. In 1937, 807 more pastors and leading laymen were picked up as subversives. Before the reign was over, thousands of evangelicals attested to the quality of their faith by choosing death over capitulation or life behind the barbed wire of the Nazi concentration camps. These people–mostly unknown and unheralded–march in the ranks of Righteous Gentiles who could not endure forsaking their Savior of His Jewish brethren.”47 LET’S HELP SAVE OUR JEWISH FRIENDS BY NOT LETTING HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF–KEEP THE ANTI-GOD LIBERALS OUT OF OFFICE It is clear to us that a country full of prophecy-loving, born-again Christians anticipating the new State of Israel would have never been able to mount the Holocaust against God’s people, the Jews! If there had been a fair number of people with the mind-set of Bonhoeffer, Hitler would have failed before he began.48 It took a state stripped of prayer, the Bible, and laden with Hitler’s godless philosophy of secularism underpinned by evolution, to very nearly wipe the Jew from the face of the earth! If efforts to secularize and demoralize America continue unchallenged, this author does not put another Holocaust out of the realm of possibility. Though I pray night and day that this never occurs, if the same breeding grounds are again laid down by our bleeding heart political liberals, as were previously laid down in Nazi Germany, we may again bear the same bitter fruit that was borne in Germany half a century ago. We should learn from the past that the mistakes of pagan philosophies and liberal politics can destroy a nation practically overnight. We should learn this lesson so that we may prevent history from repeating itself! All believers in Jesus who love Israel owe it to themselves, God, and especially their Jewish friends, to fight anything that cheapens life for as long as possible. This includes godless liberalism, abortion, legal attempts to ban prayer from schools under the guise of “separation of church and state,” and anything else that threatens religious freedom! Most believe that the protest for our right to pray in the public schools is a twentieth century Christian issue. Let us not forget that the famed seventeenth century Dutch Jewish philosopher Baruch de Spinoza set down his epochal convictions regarding the right of free worship and free speech in his book The Political Tractate.49 1 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, p. 84. 2 Führer, Rise of a Madman. Videotape MP 1203: Matjack Productions, Inc. 3 Ibid. 4 “Lenin had said ‘Marxism is materialism. As such, it is ruthless toward religion.’ Marx had written ‘Man is for man the supreme being.’ Now, men are different and think differently. Which type of man is for man the supreme being? Surely, the Marxian type. When Marx was still young he made a poem: ‘My will is to build to myself a throne, Its peak should be cold and gigantic. Its bulwark should be superhuman fright. And dark pain should be its marshall.’ FREDERICK ENGLES, the co-founder of modern Socialism, wrote about him after their first meeting ‘He rages unceasingly, with his evil fist clinched, as if ten thousands of devils would have got him.’ (Quoted from ‘Genius and richness’ by ROLV HEUEL, Berthelman’s Publishing House, in German).” Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, “The God of Marxism,” Jesus to the Communist World, Inc., “The Voice of the Martyrs,” 1967-1977, Oct. 1967. Glendale, CA: Jesus to the Communist World, Inc., used by permission. 5 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, pp. 84-85. 6 Johanna Michaelsen, Like Lambs to the Slaughter. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, © 1989, pp. 30-31. Michaelsen’s source was John Dunphy’s award-winning essay published in the January 1983 edition of The Humanist. 7 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, p. 86. 8 The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1970 Edition, © 1957, p. 200, used by permission. 9 Ibid. 10 Ibid. 11 *Kant and Hume greatly contributed to the foundations of modern racism. In Kant’s work, Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, he wrote: “Mr. Hume challenges anyone to cite a simple example in which a Negro has shown talents, and asserts that among the hundreds of thousands of blacks who are transported elsewhere from their countries, although many of them have been set free, still not a single one was ever found who presented anything great in art or science or any other praiseworthy quality; even among the whites some continually rise aloft from the lowest rabble, and through superior gifts earn respect in the world. So fundamental is the difference between the two races of men, and it appears to be as great in regard to mental capacities as in color. Kant, at one point wrote: “this fellow was quite black from head to foot, a clear proof that what he said was stupid.” Why are such “philosophers” still credit-worthy and respected within academic circles? Good question. Few realize that the French Abbé of the time, Henri Grégoire, who wrote the essay, “How to Make the Jews Happy and Useful in France” fought for the rights of blacks and Jews–why? He was a jansenist millenarian Christian who believed all are created co-equal by God to enjoy the coming millennial kingdom. Racism would have been eliminated before our time if the academics had valued the Christian thought and view over secular anti-Bible philosophies. 12 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, p. 86. 13 Ibid, pp.86-87. 14 Ibid, p. 87. 15 Ibid, p. 88. 16 See our Vol. II, chapter 27, “The Differences Between Pro-Israel Evangelicals and Indifferent Liberals,” which contains information and documentation of the anti-Christian/anti-Jewish actions of Jesse Jackson and a liberal (in our opinion and observation) Kierkegaardian “Christian” Jimmy Carter telling a respectable Bible believing minister, Dr. Falwell, to “Go to Hell”, [Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Sept. 12, 1986). 17 The World Book Encyclopedia, in its column on Kierkegaard, mentions: “When Kierkegaard was 22, he learned that his father, as a poor youth, had once cursed God and that his father had seduced his mother before marrying her. These revelations disturbed Kierkegaard....” The World Book Encyclopedia, 1970 Edition, p. 244. The World Book also informs us of Kierkegaard’s narrow and intolerant view: “Kierkegaard regarded those who offered rational proofs for religion as having ‘betrayed religion with a Judas kiss’....[He felt that] people who were officially Christian...did not possess the unconditional faith demanded by Christianity.” Ibid. [ ] mine. Certainly, all who believe in Jesus fundamentally are Christian, whether K. likes it or not. The Scriptures teach that Jesus is sufficient to save us within Himself, if we believe in His atonement and resurrection (Rom. 10:9). 18 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, pp. 87-88. 19 See our section in chapter 19, “Russia is Crushed in Gog,” which deals with the anti-Semitic writings of Marx. 20 The World Book Encyclopedia pointed out that Marx predicted a revolution in England which never occurred. He was driven out of France (1854) and exiled from Germany in 1849. Isn’t it something that this unwanted criminal’s writings became the seed for the murder of millions when his theories were put into action by Lenin and those following him? 21 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, p. 89. 22 For details, see J. Edgar Hoover, Masters of Deceit. 23 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, p. 91. 24 See Henry M. Morris, Ph.D., The Troubled Waters of Evolution, San Diego, CA: Creation Life Publishers © 1974, pp. 54-57. 25 See page 781 for an illustration of this handwritten request by Darwin himself. 26 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth , p. 92. Bold mine. 27 Ibid, p. 93. 28 Ibid, p. 92. Lindsey’s source was Dr. A.A. Brill, The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud. New York: Random House Publishers, © 1938. 29 Ibid, p. 93. 30 Ibid. 31 Ibid, p. 95. [ ] mine. 32 The word philosophy originated from two anglicized Greek words; philo, meaning “love of” and sophy, meaning “wisdom.” These “philosophies” mentioned above do not do justice to the name of philosophy. There has been more heartache, torture and brutal murder as a result of these philosophies and those who followed them than from any other single thing in this planet’s history. Fifty-five million Chinese were exterminated because they did not agree with communism. This is just one case in point! If you tried to count to fifty-five million, you would probably die long before you had finished. Just think, these were innocent people just like you. 33 In China, a strict new law was enacted in 1994 making it illegal to proselytize (convert to Christianity). The 700 Club documented this on their 1994 news update. However, this is really nothing new. Prior to 1994, from the foundation of the communist state, Chinese Christians were hunted down and brutally put to death. 34 Dr. R.L. Hymers, Holocaust II. Van Nuys, CA: Bible Voice, Inc., © 1978, p. 30, used by permission. [ ] mine. For extensive information on The Protocols of The Elders of Zion and Chamberlain, see Philip Moore What If Hitler Won the War?, Appendix 5, “The Philosophical Basis for German Anti-Semitism Uncovered and Examined”. 35 Since there are many liberal “Christian” theologians who would deny that the Jews are and were chosen by the Lord for His special dealings with mankind, while still claiming to believe the Bible, we list two biblical passages–one from the Old Testament and one from the New–which state that God chose the Jew: Deuteronomy 7:6-10 and Romans 11:1-26. 36 Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson, Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, pp. 96-97. [ ] mine. 37 The New Testament tells us of the Jews: “...unto them were committed the oracles of God” (Rom. 3:2 KJV). 38 Dr. R. L. Hymers, Holocaust II, p. 29. 39 Joseph Carr, The Twisted Cross. Shreveport, LA: Huntington House, Inc., © 1985, p. 18, used by permission. 40 Ibid, pp. 31, 93. 41 Louis Clyde Stoumen, The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler: Black Fox. W. Long Beach, NJ: White Star, © 1962, used by permission. Videotape documentary available through White Star, 121 Hwy 36, West Long Beach, NJ, USA 07764. Tel. (201) 229-2343. 42 Dr. R. L. Hymers, Holocaust II, p. 90. 43 Ibid, pp. 54-55. Hymers’ source was Peter Viereck, The Roots of the Nazi Mind. New York: Capricorn Books, © 1965, p. 259. 44 Ibid, p. 28. 45 The World Book Encyclopedia, 1970 Edition, p. 236. 46 Arthur W. Kac, The Messiahship of Jesus, p. 18. 47 Elwood McQuaid, “Holocaust: A Christian Atrocity?”, Israel My Glory, © Apr./May 1995, pp. 6-7, used by permission. Available through Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, Inc., POB 908 Bellmawr, NJ, USA 08031. 48 Bonhoeffer was one of the true believers who, unfortunately, was in the greatest of minorities. The 700 Club, hosted by Pat Robertson, documented: “...though the Jewish people bore the brunt of hideous torture and systematic death, true Christians opposed to Hitler’s demonically inspired genocide often met similar fates. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one such man, a modern martyr whose crucible experience at the hands of the Nazis created a new understanding of the cost of discipleship....at an early age, Dietrich Bonhoeffer announced that he intended to study theology and enter the ministry....He felt an immediate enmity towards the Nazis....Bonhoeffer soon became involved in a network of underground seminaries, formed a guard theology study against the taint of Nazi ideology....the Gestapo closed in and terminated the secret schools as Hitler’s forces whipped the German people into a war-thirsty frenzy. The hysteria and pageantry of Nazism supplanted the nation’s spiritual life, with Hitler obtaining a near demonic glorification....Throughout the terrible first years of World War II, Bonhoeffer worked secretly against the Nazis....he was implicated in the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler and, in 1943, was arrested and held in a Berlin military prison. It was while incarcerated that Dietrich Bonhoeffer distilled the theological obstructions that had directed his personal Christian walk. During the next twelve months, he poured forth a lifetime of work, outlining a new concept of Christian service....On April the 9th, 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was brought to a Nazi extermination camp at Flossenburg. There, he was condemned to die by hanging just one month before the final collapse of the Third Reich. A prison doctor who witnessed the execution later described the death scene: ‘Through the half-open door in one room of the huts, I saw Professor Bonhoeffer before taking off his prison garb, kneeling on the floor praying fervently to his God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed, so devout and so certain that God heard his prayer. At the place of execution, he again said a short prayer and then climbed the steps to the gallows, brave and composed. His death ensued after a few seconds. In the almost fifty years that I have worked as a doctor, I have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of God.’ [Pat Robertson commented] ‘What an incredible human being. Yeah....I was in Dachau. It was one of the most moving experiences when I went there, of course, way after–just recently. And...there was...a barracks or a couple of barracks dedicated to evangelical pastors who refused to submit to Nazism, and they went into the gas chambers along with the Jews. And...that’s awful to overlook.... that...these people were standing for freedom, as...well as others.’ ” Pat Robertson, The 700 Club, Sept. 12, 1994. 49 Professor Popkin has noted that Spinoza “... made Christ the spirit that provided the basis for moral-religious life....Spinoza never joined any Christian group, though he spent the rest of his life with Christians, mainly Millenarian ones.” Popkin Jewish Christians, p. 66 50 Photo courtesy of State of Israel Government Press Office, photography department.
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milktoast bro..I appreciate your effort for all the researched..all i need to know is a simple understanding of every individual in this site on how they can contribute in our community ..on their own knowledge...on their own ways...who they really are...what they are..and most importantly..what's really within their hearts..without jeopardizing their trueself
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Mark 4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. The King James Version (Authorized)
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You see Shanelyn, you reject the faith which I present to you, just as Paul had been rejected in Asia, and had cautioned that others would also do to Timothy. - mrmilktoast 2 Timothy 1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. The King James Version (Authorized) 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. The King James Version (Authorized)
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Not that I'm all that much of an example, myself. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: The King James Version (Authorized) It can't get any more simpler, or easier than, that.
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You see Shanelyn, you reject the faith which I present to you, just as Paul had been rejected in Asia, and had cautioned that others would also do to Timothy. - mrmilktoast 2 Timothy 1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. The King James Version (Authorized) 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. The King James Version (Authorized) ...co'z everyone of us..has it's own understanding..that's individual differences..if Paul was rejected in Asia before...that was b4..but u must not neglect the fact..that through decades..St.Paul since his canonication his been one of the most remembered St. esp. in catholic church...i know that co'z i even pray the novena of st.Paul itself
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You started this thread with a quote from Timothy, of which you continue to express misunderstanding. Christianity is based upon free will, but salvation is based upon choosing Truth. Saint Paul of Ovada is NOT to be confused with the Apostle, Paul, and Catholic novenas are NOT in the Bible.
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Mother Teresa is in Heaven; not because of the tremendous good works, which indeed, she most certainly did do, but because of her acceptance of the Gift of Pardon for her sins, paid in full on her behalf, by Jesus on The Cross. Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. The King James Version (Authorized)
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John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. The King James Version (Authorized)
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1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; The King James Version (Authorized)
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Jeremiah 44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. The King James Version (Authorized)
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