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Truth On The Web
An E-zine For The Church Of God
Issue Date: 08/12/06
Informing and edifying the people of God on topics of interest such as
the United Nations, the NWO, the ecumenical movement, the feminizing of
God, the apostate church(es), notable quotations, historical events and
other relevant and sometimes irrelevant subjects which otherwise
"eclipse" the truth. Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the LORD,
Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of
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Free To Preach
First Amendment .... for everybody ... including Christians! Ron McRae
of World Wide Street Preachers Fellowship (Harrisburg, PA) was arrested
in 2005 for “defiant trespass” while preaching on a public sidewalk
across the street from a public homosexual parade called “Pride-Fest
2005.” McRae was additionally charged with violating a city noise
ordinance for using a megaphone to preach to the 'loud and proud'
paraders and any onlookers.
The Alliance Defense Fund represented McRae and another arrested
preacher in a suit against the city. The ADF said that the Christians'
constitutional rights had been violated. U.S.
Middle District Court Judge William Caldwell agreed.
The attorney on behalf of ADF, Randy Wenger,
said: “Christian speech shouldn’t be treated differently than any other
kind of speech in a public forum. The city has now agreed not to misuse
noise ordinances and trespass statutes to silence Christian speech on
public rights-of-way. Doing so violates the constitutionally
guaranteed rights found in the First Amendment.”
The street preachers were able to witness
publicly during the 2006 "gay pride" event and there were no arrests of
the Christian faction this year.
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National State Militia?
Second Ammendment ....
A proposed National Defense law would allow the president to take
control of the National Guard in any state during emergencies without
gubernatorial consent. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2007
would overshadow and trump state governor's control of the National
Guard. Twenty-four members of the National Governors Association wrote
to the members of the US House Armed Services Committee to sound an
alarm. In the letter, they told the committee members, "The nation's
governors feel very strongly about protecting our constitutional
responsibility to take care of our citizens, and do not want that
responsibility shifted to federal officials."
Most Americans today believe that the National Guard is the Militia
reserved to the states in the State Constitutions and the Constitution
of the United States of America. The National Guard did not exist from
the beginnings of the Republic until 1903 when it was instituted and
created by Congress as the Act of January 21 , 1903.
In 1982 the Senate Judiciary Committee Sub-committee on the
Constitution stated in Senate Document 2807
: "That the National Guard is not the 'Militia' referred to in the
Second Amendment is even clearer today. Congress had organized the
National Guard under its power to 'raise and support armies' and not
its power to 'Provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the
militia.' The modern National Guard was specifically intended to avoid
status as the constitutional militia, a distinction recognized by 10
U.S.C. 311(a). Title 32 U.S.C. in July 1918 completely altered
the definition of the militia and its service, who controls it and what
it is. The difference between the National Guard and Regular Army was
swept away, and became a personnel pay folder classification only, thus
nationalizing the entire National Guard into the Regular Standing
Armies of the United States."
Now it makes sense why all the arms, munitions, armament and equipment
of the National Guard is owned and controlled by the federal
government, not by "the people" as clearly stipulated in the last
phrase of the Second Amendment. Amendment II - Right to Bear Arms.
Ratified 12/15/1791: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the
security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
Arms, shall not be infringed."
On The Net: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-2507
and http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-5122
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Propaganda bibles
The U.K. Daily Mirror scooped a story about the discovery of an
old Nazi bible called "Deutsch mit Gott" or "Germans with God" in a
Hamburg church. Apparently, Adolf Hitler ordered the rewrite of the
Christian bible utilizing a theological think tank he created in 1939
to produce the work. In 1941, around 100,000 of the WWII Third Reich
bibles were distributed to Germany's churches. The book is a rare find
as most, if not all, other copies were destroyed by Christians who were
offended by the altering pen of the Nazi scribes.
An Adolf Hitler’s version of the Ten Commandments in the German Book of
Faith became Twelve Commandments including some to support Arayan race
bigotry, submission to the Fuehrer, and Socialism.
1. Honor God and believe in him wholeheartedly
2. Seek out the peace of God
3. Avoid all hypocrisy
4. Holy is your health and life
5. Holy is your well-being and honor
6. Holy is your truth and fidelity
7. Honor your father and mother – your children are your aid and your
example
8. Keep the blood pure and your honor holy
9. Maintain and multiply the heritage of your forefathers
10. Be ready to help and forgive
11. Honor your Fuehrer and master
12. Joyously serve the people with work and sacrifice.
The work saw the eradication of so-called 'Jewish' words, including
Zion, Hosanna, Moses, Hallelujah, Jehovah and even Jerusalem, which
became "the eternal city of God" or "Eternity – the Divine city of
light." Most representations of compassion were also erased. Hitler, in
a memorandum to the institute in Eisenach , said: "The book will have
to serve the fight against the immortal Jewish enemy." Walter Grundmann, the
anti-Semitic director appointed by Hitler wrote in 1941: "The Bible
must become Jew-free and the German people must see that the Jews are
the mortal enemy who threaten their very existence."
It is good that most of these pieces of garbage were destroyed or lost
... as those who wrote them.
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Historic Happenings
August 06
0258 - Sixtus II ends his
reign as Catholic Pope (he was beheaded in his bishop's chair while
holding services in the catacombs)
0523 - Hormisdas dies ending his reign as Catholic Pope . This Pope was
married and had a son who would grow up to also be a Pope (Silverius)
0655 - Death of Pope St. Martin I. He was imprisoned and then banished
by Emperor Constans II who rejected the doctrine of Christ's two wills
0768 - Constantine dies ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1221 - Dominic, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)dies
1774 - English religious leader Ann Lee (1736-1784) and a small band of
'charismatic' followers first arrived in America. Her sect called
itself the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming, but
to the rest of the world her followers came to be known as the
"Shakers."
1762 - The Jesuit order is evicted from Paris
1806 - 'Holy' Roman Empire ends
1950 - Debilius of Germany demands that people be allowed to live by
their convictions. A Lutheran, he was standing up for the Jehovah's
Witnesses.
1978 - Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80
1990 - UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba & Yemen)
to place economic sanctions against Iraq
August 07
0117 - Death of Marcus
Trajan, 65, Roman emperor from A.D. 98-117. His attitude toward
Christianity gradually changed from toleration to persecution. It was
during Trajan's rule that Apostolic Father Ignatius of Antioch was
martyred
0768 - Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1316 - John XXII is elected pope
1409 - The Council of Pisa closed. Convened to end the Great Schism
(1378-1417) caused by two rival popes, the Council in fact elected a
third pope, Alexander V (afterwards regarded as an antipope)
1560 - Ratification of the Scots Confession by the Scottish Parliament
marked the triumph of the Reformation in Scotland, under the leadership
of John Knox. (In 1647, the Scots Confession was superseded by the
Westminster Confession)
1814 - Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits under the advice of Cardinal
Annibal della Genga( who would be the next Pope Leo XII). This Pope
Pius VII was anything but pious and he condemned Bible Societies as "a
most abominable invention that destroyed the very foundations of
religion."
1949 - The Vatican announces that bones believed to be the apostle
Peter's have been found. See our article The Two Peters at http://www.truthontheweb.org/sipeter.htm
August 08
0870 - Kings Charles the Bare
& Louis the German divide Lutherans
1518 - German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'The Lord will
provide with the trial a way out.'
1585 - Pope Sixtus excommunicates Henri IV
1910 - The Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments in the Vatican issued
the decree "Quam singulari," which recommended that children be
permitted to receive [un]'Holy Communion' as soon as they reached the
"age of discretion" (i.e., about age 7)
1945 - Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter
1945 - USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea
1979 - Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents
August 09
0117 - Marcus Ulpius Trajanus
(Trajan), emperor of Rome (98-117)
0378 - Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
1048 - Damasius II, [Poppo], Pope (1047-48), dies
1378 - Cardinals declare Pope Urbanus VI (ArchBishop Bartolomeo
Prignano) lawless (anti-Christian/devil). He was alleged to be an
ill-tempered drunkard. the cardinals fled town and elected a new
anti-pope Robert of Geneva ( Pope Clement VII)
1960 - The Church of the Lutheran Confession adopted its constitution
at a convention held at Watertown, South Dakota. The denomination was
formally organized the following January (1961) at Sleepy Eye,
Minnesota
1973 - Southern Presbyterians sever ties with the US Presbyterian
church as too liberal
August 10
0070 - "2nd Temple" of Jews
is set aflame by troops of Titus, on the same day of the Jewish
calendar as Solomon's temple was destroyed centuries earlier
0654 - Eugene I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0843 - Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German
&Charles the Bare divide France
1461 - Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges an Inquistion in Spain
1742 - English revivalist George Whitefield
observed in a letter: 'It is a very uncommon thing to be rooted and grounded in the
love of Jesus. I find persons may have the idea, but are far from
having the real.
August 11
0117 - Hadrian learns of
death of emperor Trajan
1492 - Rodrigo de Borgia (proud papa of Cesare and Lucretia) becomes
Pope Alexander VI. Rodrigo was reported by one chronicler as having
murdered his first man at age twelve for uttering 'indecent words'. He
had numerous mistresses and so many illegitimate offspring that writers
of the time said the could not count them. He was afflicted with
syphillis. He bought the votes of the College of Cardinals to become
the pope. Giovanni De' Medici (later to become Pope Leo X) said of
Alexander VI's election, "We are now in
the clutches of perhaps the most savage wolf the world has ever seen." Alexander continued his ways indulging in women and selling
cardinal positions until his death by poisoning in 1503
1712 - In Switzerland, the Treaty of Aargau was signed which ended the
Swiss war and guaranteed Protestant superiority over catholic cantons
1914 - Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
1930 - In Toledo, Ohio, three Lutheran synods merged to form the
American Lutheran Church. (In 1960 the ALC merged with two other
branches of Evangelical Lutheranism, and in 1988 joined with a third
Lutheran group to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ELCA.)
1968 - Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'We live in an abnormal world and all kinds of things do
exist, but this does not make them right.'
August 12
0003 - Venus-Jupiter in
conjunction -- alleged "Star of Bethlehem" but the word "star" in the
bible often refers to angelic beings and the dating is incongruous with
this event
1071 - Battle at Manzikert Armenia, Venetian Byzantine brings islam to
Europe
1553 - Pope Julius III orders confiscation & burning of Jewish
Talmud
1658 - 1st US police corps forms (New Amsterdam)
1898 - Hawaii formally annexed to US
1978 - China & Japan sign peace treaty
1993 - Pope John Paul II begins visit of US - very few Popes have ever
tread upon American Soil
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Taste My Jesus
The following tale is repeated on many websites
- some post it as an urban legend. Regardless of the veracity of such
statements the point made by the modern parable is true
nonetheless. Psalms 34:8 O
taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth
in him.
At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what
is called "Baptist Day." On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be
eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every Baptist Day the
school would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the
theological education center.
One year they invited theologian Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr.Tillich
spoke for two and one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of
Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after
book. He concluded that since there was 'no such thing' as the
historical resurrection, the religious tradition of the church was
groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a
relationship with a risen Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead
in any literal sense.
He then asked if there were any questions. After about 30
seconds, an old, dark skinned preacher with a head of short-cropped,
woolly white hair stood up in the back of the auditorium. "Docta
Tillich, I got one question," he said, as all eyes turned toward
him. He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and
began eating it. "Docta Tillich" . . . CRUNCH, MUNCH. "My
question is a simple question." CRUNCH, MUNCH . . ."Now, I ain't
never read them books you read . . . CRUNCH, MUNCH, and I can't recite
the Scriptures in the original Greek. I don't know nothin about Niebuhr
and Heidegger." . . . CRUNCH, MUNCH . . . He finished the apple.
"All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate - was it bitter or sweet?"
Dr. Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly
fashion, "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted
your apple." The white-haired preacher dropped the core of
his apple into his crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and
said calmly,"Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The
auditorium erupted with applause and cheers. Dr. Tillich thanked
his audience and promptly left the platform.
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Label Me - I'll Label You
Some may call us "Legalist" - if you mean we
believe in keeping the law - then this is true. If you mean we think we
achieve salvation by the law - then you are mistaken about our beliefs.
Webster's modern Collegiate Dictionary says a "legalist" is:
1 : an advocate or adherent of moral legalism
2 : one that views things from a legal standpoint ; especially :
one that places primary emphasis on legal principles or on the formal
structure of governmental institutions
I guess being called a legalist is better than being called an
'illegalist', eh? The word "legalist" cannot be found in Webster's 1828
dictionary but another more interesting word is there.
The American dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828)
defines the word “antinomian”:
ANTINO'MIAN, a. Gr. against, and
law. Against law; pertaining to the Antinomians.
ANTINO'MIAN, n. One of a sect who
maintain, that, under the gospel dispensation, the law is of no use or
obligation; or who hold doctrines which supersede the necessity of good
works and a virtuous life. This
sect originated with John Agricola about the year 1538.
antinomist
AN'TINOMIST, n. One who pays no regard to the law, or to good works.
[TOTW Note: 1538 ..... Ironically, this is also the time period
of the Protestant Reformation (1529) and the inauguration of a new
calendar ordered by Pope Gregory (1582).] We believe that we should
obey God and not break his commandments. We also believe that we are
saved by grace alone through our faith in trusting in the atoning blood
of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Revelation
14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that
keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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TOTW's TOTW : Truth
On The Web's Thought Of The Week
Did you pray today? If you did you are wiser than most whom neglect
such an important part of our relationship with The Father. When we
pray we: give thanks, ask for forgiveness, pray for gifts, petition for
healings, appeal for blessings, and tell God all our problems. In all
this ... are we yet communicating with God? Communication is a two-way
street, my Christian friend. Did you take the time to listen to
your Heavenly Father (the wisest, most loving being in the Universe)?
John 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God.
Job 37:2 Hear attentively the noise of
his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
European theologian and Christian philososher, Soren Kierkegaard said,
"A man prayed ... and at first he thought that prayer was talking ...
but he became more and more quiet .... until he learned .... that
prayer is listening." What did Kierkegaard mean by a statement like
that?
Maybe Ol' Soren read the scriptures enough to hear what it was saying
to him.
Proverbs 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest
be wise in thy latter end.
Matthew 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
We should take time to listen to God.
Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a
man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels
James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to
hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
We should listen and take heed.
Proverbs 4:1-2 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and
attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye
not my law.
Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word
of God, and keep it.
God speaks to us through the scriptures and through His spirit which He
gives to those who obey Him.
Proverbs 8:32-35 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for
blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and
refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my
gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth
life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Proverbs 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and
apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
The Preacher said it best in the book of Ecclesiastes
5:1-3 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be
more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they
consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not
thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in
heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. For a
dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is
known by multitude of words.
God wants to speak to you. Its like that tv commercial with the cell
phone but its not some man walking further away asking you you can
still hear him. Its God - coming
closer as you draw close to Him - saying, "Can you hear me now?"
[James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye
double minded.]
Revelation 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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