Topics: Forgiveness, God, Blood of Jesus, Matthew 6:15, Forgive Others, Conditional Forgiveness, Old Testament Forgiveness, New Testament Forgiveness, Matthew 5-7, Sermon on the Mount, Subheading Added by Publisher, The Word Sermon Isn’t in the Bible, Greek Rhetoric, Deceitful Argument, Sophists and Philosophers Gave Sermons, Augustine and Chrystostom, Sermons interwoven into Liturgy by Constantine, Sermons Set Aside for Eucharist, Sermons Put Back in Place as Best Part of Service by Reformers, Martin Luther Said you Can’t Know God Unless You Hear Sermons, Faith Comes by Hearing Is Not a Sermon, Many Sermons Don’t Mention Jesus or the Gospel, Cut Off Your Hand, Pluck Out Your Eye, Sell Everything, Don’t Ask For Returns On Your Loans, Don’t Pray in Public, Anger the Same as Murder, Call Someone a Fool and Go to Hell, Leave Your Sacrifice at the Altar, Go Be Reconciled, If They Have Something Against You, Annual Forgiveness at Temple, Day of Atonement, Never Forgave Others to be Forgiven, Obey Commandments in Law to be Blessed, Deuteronomy 8, Health and Wealth, Without Shedding of Blood There Is No Forgiveness, Hebrews 9:22, Christ Would Have to Be Sacrificed Repeatedly, Hebrews 9:26, He Appeared Once For All to Put Away Sin Through Sacrifice of Himself, The Blood of Bulls and Goats Could Never Take Away Sin, Hebrews 10:4, Propitiation of Sin Rather Than Atonement, Satisfying Sacrifice, 1 John 2:2, 1 John 4:10, We Don’t Forgive to Be Forgiven But Because We Have Been Forgiven Past Tense, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, Repent of Your sins, Acts 2:39, Acts 3:19, Two Different Greek Words of Repent With Only One English Translation, “Repent!”, Metanoeo and Metanoia, Change of Belief and Change of Behaviors, Unbelievers Committing Repentance According to the Law in the Gospels, Frontier Revivalists, 18th 19th and Early 20th Century, Traveling Superstar Salesman, No Body Life, Just Save the Souls of the Lost, One-Night Stands of Salvation and Then Gone to Next City, Tay Up Numbers of How Many Came Forward and Were Saved, Altar Call Which Showed Repentance Not Biblical, Lorenzo Dow Created Altar Call, So Popular It Was Interwoven Into the Church Services, Only Forgiven Until You Sin Again, Jews Never Repented of Sins to Be Forgiven, Only Blood Forgives, NLT Not Accurate about Repenting “of” sins, Jews Went to the Temple for Forgiveness, They Repented of Sins to Be Blessed With Health and Wealth Not to be Forgiven, Trade of System, Easier For a Camel to Go Through Eye of Needle than for a Rich Man to Enter the Kingdom of God, Jesus Blew Their Minds about Wealth and Health According to the Law, Confess Sins to Be Forgiven, 1 John 1:9, Proof-Texting From the Devil, Matthew 4, Jump From the Temple and Angels Will Catch You, Jesus Corrected Devil’s Proof-Texting With Proper Context and We Can Too, 1 John 1:9 Is About Sin Deniers Not Christians Repeatedly Confessing for Forgiveness, John Was a Jew Who Received Forgiveness Annually, Before the Cross The Jews Didn’t Confess to be Forgiven, The Agreed they Broke the Commandment and then Recommitted to Not Do it Again, If You Forget One Sin You’d Go to Hell, What If you Tongue Gets Cut Out, Voice-box No Longer Works, James 5:16, Confess to be Healed In Your Mind, Not About Confessing Secret Sins to Receive Physical Healing, Children’s Hospitals, Bonus Lie is God Will Forgive You If You Ask, Ask For Forgiveness Not in the Bible, The Truth About God’s Forgiveness Is He Doesn’t Forgive Like People Forgive, People Forgive Through Changes Behavior and Apologies, God Only Forgives By Blood, It’s Good to Mature and Even Say Sorry But He’s Not Repeatedly Forgiving You, Jesus Would Have to Die Repeatedly Each Time, By One Offering t

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Topics: Catholic, Catholicism, Catholic Church, Roman Catholic, Pray to Saints, Constantine, Mother Mary, 1 Kings 2, Access Through King Through Mother, Asking Mary to Ask Jesus, Asking Dead Saints to Pray for Them, Closer to God than Humans, We Are Just as Close, One With God, 1 Corinthians 6:17, No Difference in Asking the Dead for Prayer, Necromancy, Galatians 5:20, Not a Deed of the Spirit, 1 Timothy 2:1 is About People Who Are Alive, Pagan Tribes Pray to Dead Ancestors, Hebrews 11 Isn’t People Who Pray for Us, Obsessing over the Saints Doesn’t Make Much of Jesus, Nobody Comes to the Father Except Through Me, John 14:6, Categorizing Sins, Venial and Mortal, Every Sin is Mortal, Romans 6:23, Romans 1 Gossip to Murder, Romans 14:23 Anything That’s Not of Faith is Sin, Every Sin Equals Death, Jesus Died, Romans 6:9-10, Jesus Died Once, Christ Suffered Once for Sins to Make Your Righteous and Bring You to God, 1 Peter 3:18, Top-Down Authority System, After John Died Authority System Established Through Ignatius of Antioch, Matthew 20:25-26, You Will Not Lord Over One Another With Authority, It Will Not Be Like This Among you, If you Want to be Great You Must Serve, Even Christ Did Not Come to Be Served but to Serve, The Word Bishop Established with Power, Don’t Do Anything Without Bishop Present, Regard the Bishop the Same as the Lord, It is UnLawful to Perform Baptisms Without the Bishop Present, John Calvin Echoed Ignatius of Antioch with the Word Pastor, Bishop Not in the Bible, 1 Timothy 3:1, Episcopon, Overseer, If Anyone Aspires to be and Overseer it is a Noble Task, This is Not an Office, Office is Not in Original Text of 1 Timothy 3:1, No Offices in the Body of Christ, Roman Imperialism Superimposed onto the Body of Christ, Hebrews 7:23 is Office of the Levites for Temple Work, Death Prevented Them From Continuing, Mature Christians, Honorable to Oversee Christians but No Authority, Similar to Sponsor in AA, No Authority or Control, Christian Classes, Clergy and Laity Distinction, One Body With Many Members and Only Christ is the Head, 1 Corinthians 11-14, Nobody is in Charge, Gave Priests Their Own Church, Priests not In Charge of Anything on This Side of The Cross, 1 Peter 2:9, Members of a Royal Priesthood, Before the Cross Priests Didn’t Have any Power or their Own Church, Covenant-Mixture Theologian Cyprian of Carthage, Christian Temples, You Cannot Go to What You Are, Nothing in the Bible Describes Church Today, Mass Created by Gregory the Great in 6th Century, Constantine Erected Countless Church Buildings to Make Christians Valid, Cathedra is Bishop’s Throne, Cathedral is House of the Bishop’s Throne, Modeled After Romand Basilicas, Official if Built On Top of Saints or Body Part of Saint in the Altar Table, Cologne Took Over 600 Years to Build and God Still Doesn’t Live there, Acts 7:48, Acts 17:24, You Are the Temple of God, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19, If You Leave Catholic Church You Won’t be Saved, Original Church, How Cults Work, Unbiblical Because of Hebrews 7:25, He is Able to Save Completely Because He Always Lives, Catholic is Not in the Bible, Roman Catholic, Romans Didn’t Start Jesus’ Church they Killed Him, The Original Church is the Ecclesia, The Living Organism, The Called Out Ones, Those Who House God Almighty in their Very Being And Express Him, The Body of Christ

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Topics: Catholic, Catholicism, Eucharist, Communion, Trapped in Catholicism, Pagan Christianity, A Church Building Every Half Mile, Bitter and Angry Apologists, Are Catholics Christians, Denominations Don’t Determine Salvation, Neither Catholic Nor Protestant, The New Creation in Christ, Literally Consume Jesus, Body and Blood, Paganism and Magic, Originated in Rome Influenced By Many Greek Gods, The Word Catholic Means Universal, John 6, Eat My Flesh Drink My Blood, Comparing Himself to Manna, Manna Sent From Heaven for Life and So Was Jesus, The Flesh Counts For Nothing, Life is In His Words, Acts 1, He Literally Ascended, Ritual of Man Officiating Began with Church Fathers, Flour and Water From Factory, Wine From Factory, Eucharist Not in the Bible, Repeatedly Crucifying Jesus, Romans 6, Death No Longer Has Mastery Over Him, The Life He Lives He Lives Forever, Sacrificed Once For Sins, Hebrews 10:10, Hebrews 1:3, Eucharist Ignored Finality of the Cross, It Is Finished, John 19:30, Communion Not a Sacrament but a Full Meal, The Love Feast, The Agape, 1 Corinthians 11, Feast to Love Others and Remember What Jesus Has Done, Not Remember Our Sins, Hebrews 7:25, He Always Lives, Authority to Forgive Sins, John 20, If You Forgive Anyone’s Sins, Disciples Were Not Priests, Fishermen Tax Collector and Treasurer, Disciples Were Jewish and Went to the Temple for Forgiveness Where the Priests Were, They Knew Blood Forgives, They Weren’t Forgiving and Shedding Animal Blood at That Same Time, Hebrews 9:22, Without Shedding of Blood No Forgiveness, Old Covenant Still in Effect, Same Message I Tell People, Your Sins Have Been Forgiven For His Name’s Sake, Forgiveness Through Confession, 1 John 1:9, Surrounding Context of 1 John, Jesus Didn’t Come in the Flesh, Sin Not a Real Thing, We Touched Him, If We Say We Have No Sin, Confess Means to Agree With, All Means All, John was a Jew Who Received Forgiveness Only by Blood, Jesus Isn’t repeatedly Dying Each Confession, What About Sins You Forget About, Peter Was Original Pope, Apostolic Succession, Cyprian of Carthage, Pope Means Father, Call No Man Father, Matthew 23, Pontifex Maximus, Peter Was a Fisherman, We Are All Members of a Royal Priesthood, Matthew 16, Peter is the Rock, The Gospel is the Rock, Peter Denied Jesus, Jesus Called Peter Satan, Peter Cursed the Girl Out, Peter Tried to Stop the Crucifixion, Peter Wouldn’t Eat with the Gentiles, Galatians 2, Acts 5, Ananias and Sapphire, Lying About Money Is Sin, Peter Not the Original Pope or Rock, Church Fathers, Tradition of Men, Jesus and Paul Warned Against Tradition, Call No Man Father, Paul Referred to As Father in Philippians 2 and 1 Corinthians 4, Disciples and Apostles Were Not Church Fathers, No Such Thing as Church Fathers, Old Doesn’t Equal Truth, Judaism is 3500 Years Old, Islam is 1400 Years Old, Church Father’s Struggled With Error, All Scripture is God-Breathed, Letters Left Out of Canon for a Reason

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Topics: Mark of the Beast, MOB, Revelation 13:16-17, History of Being Wrong About the Mark, Marked on Hand or Forehead, Palm Payment Program, Bitcoin, Barcode, Credit Cards, Social Security Numbers, Papal Insignia, Hobby Lobby Founder, Fear Sells, Bondage to Man-Made Church System, Try Harder, Do More, Obey Pastor, Be Careful, Don’t Rob God, Fear Sells Religion, Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear, What Makes Us Believe We’ve Figured it Out, How to Read Revelation, Not Like Other Biblical Letters, This Is a Vision, Don’t Be Afraid, Fear Is Red Flag Being Taught in Error, God Doesn’t Want Us To Figure Out Revelation, Beginning and End Bookends, Middle is Overt Symbolism, Rest and Don’t Live Neurotic Lives, Revelation 13, Chapters Not Added Until 13th Century, Read it Fearlessly as a Vision, What the Mark Is Not, Overview of What it Hasn’t Been, Not Administered by Antichrist or Lawless One, 1 John, 2 John, 2 Thessalonians 2, Anyone Antichrist is Anti-Christ, Anti-Gospel, Lawless One Was Individual Teaching the Law of Moses Causing Believers to Fall Away in Their Belief, 1 John 2 John 2 Thess Say Nothing About Mark of the Beast, Who Gives It to You Is a Horned Dragon, What Gives Us the Right to Say What Is and Isn’t Literal, Remember to Read Fearless and Symbolically, Revelation 14, 144,000 Marked by God, Only 144,000 Will Be Saved, Being Marked Traced Back to the Old Testament, Deuteronomy 6:8, Ezekiel 9:4, Marked by Law of Moses, Symbolically and Literally, John Was Jew Aware of Deuteronomy 6 and Ezekiel 9, Old Covenant Still in Effect, Old Testament Mark of the Beast Proof-Texting Is a Red Flag, Ignoring What Christ Accomplished at the Cross and Resurrection, Can’t Buy or Sell Without the Mark, Fire Fall in Front of You, What Bible do You Have, Revelation 12, Woman Clothed in the Sun and Standing on the Moon, But that Part Isn’t Literal, Mark Is Literal but Horned Dragon and 144,000 Isn’t, Can’t Buy or Sell is Literal but Fire Falling in Front of You and Woman Clothed in Sun Standing on Moon Isn’t, Fear Based Teaching Charts and Graphs, Fund Religious Fear-Based System, Blood of Jesus, Teaching Built on Error Which Ignores Jesus, Marked by the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ, Ephesians 1:13, Stamped, Sealed Up Forever With Him, You’re Safe, Don’t be Afraid

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Topics: Rapture, Revelation, Not All Christians Are Raptured, Put in Work, Repented of Sins, Endured to the End, What Happens When Christ Returns, End of Time, Best Works Like Filthy Rags, Isaiah 64:6, Depart From Me Workers, Matthew 7, If It’s Based on Grace Cannot Be Based on Works, No Longer Grace, Romans 11:6, Gospel of Grace, Acts 20:24, One Unrepentant Sin Would Separate You From God, Everyone Will Die With at Least One Unrepentant Sin, Enduring to the End to Be Raptured is Proof-texting, 1 Thessalonians 4, Matthew 24, Luke 21, Sinning Less and Doing More Good Things Isn’t Good Enough, Be Perfect Like God, Matthew 5:48, Christ Who Endured to the End, Hebrews 12, Cut Short for the Sake of the Elect, The Elect is Believers, Two Judgments, Bema Seat, Great White Throne, Revelation 20, Eyes Have Not Seen Ears Have Not Heard, 1 Corinthians 2:9, Those Who Love Him, Poured His Love into Us, Romans 5:5, Incorruptible Love, Ephesians 6:24, Grace Explodes in Heaven, No Rewards Ceremony, Gold Silver and Bronze Metals, Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25, Parable of the Vineyard Workers, Matthew 20, I No Longer Call You Servants but Friends, John 15:15, Seated in Christ, Ephesians 2, Looking for Signs of His Return, Saved From the Wrath of God, 1 Thessalonians 5:1, Romans 5:9, Two Separate Wraths, Wrath Over Sin is Satisfied, Coming Wrath for This Planet, New Neighborhood, God Lavished His Love on Us, Children of God, 1 John 3:1, Two-Faced Father, Revelation Easy to Decipher, Prophecies Easy to Figure Out, No Part of Revelation Speaks of a Rapture, Revelation 7, Great Tribulation, Revelation 13, 42 Months, Mark of the Beast, Buy and Sell, Horned Dragon, Revelation 20, Thousand Year Reign, Revelation 22, Charts and Graphs, Coming soon, Reward is With Me, Repay Each Person According to What They’ve Done, Reward of Inheritance, Colossians 3, Read Revelation Fearlessly, New Covenant Prophecy Written Symbolically, Don’t Try to Predict the Return of Jesus, Everyone Is Not Saved, Coast Guard Offers Saving, Inclusionism, Universalism, Ministry of Reconciliation, 2 Corinthians 5, Be Reconciled, We Plead with You, Not Holding Sins Against You, Competent Ministers of the New Covenant, 2 Corinthians 3, When He Comes Back it Will Be Awesome

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Topics: Rapture, Caught up, Harpazo, Matthew 24, Luke 21, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Destruction of the Temple, AD70, Signs to Lookout For, One Taken One Left, Sun Moon Stars Darkened, Abomination of Desolation, Isaiah 13, Ezekiel 32, Downfall of Babylon, Downfall of Pharaoh, Downfall of Overseeing System, The Sky is Falling, Left on Earth, Years of Tribulation, Post Mid Pre, Dates and Times You Don’t Need to Know, 1 Thessalonians 5:1, Like a Thief in the Night, Great Trouble and Suffering, Tribulation Never Event or Time Period, Obsessed With End of Time, Daniel’s Prophecy, Jacob’s Trouble, Jeremiah 30, Old Testament Prophets Not Speaking About Eschatology, Jacob Renamed Israel, Wrestled With God in Genesis 32, 1 Corinthians 15, If Christ Did Not Raise From The Dead, Those Who Have Fallen Asleep, Resurrected Like Jesus, New Physical Body, Not All Will Fall Asleep, Not All Will Die if Alive When Christ Returns, Same Reference of 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4

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Topics: Rapture, Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13, Luke 17, End Times, Dead in Christ Rise First, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Caught Up, Harpazo, Random Letters Pieced Together, Proof-Texting, Matthew 4, Devil Proof-Texted the Torah, Fear-Based Eschatology, Those Who Have Fallen Asleep, They Will Return With Jesus, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15, Dead Will Come From Their Graves, Those Who Have Believed Will Come Back to Life, Idleness, Live Quietly, Work With Your Hands, Return of Jesus, 1 Thessalonians 5, Dates and Times You Don’t Need to Know, Thief in the Night, But You are Children of the Light You are Not in Darkness, Destruction of Temple, Jerusalem Surrounded by Armies, Flee for the Mountains, Head for the Hills, Don’t go to the City, This Generation Will Not Pass Away, Lawlessness Will Increase, Abomination of Desolation, Pregnant and Nursing Women, Sun Moon and Stars Darkened, Two Men in the Field, Two Women at the Mill, Son of Man Coming in the Clouds, Acts 1, AD70, Over a Million Jews Were Killed, Proof-texting Antichrist and Lawless One, Final Judgment, Sheep From Goats, Christians Judged According to What Christ Has Done, Unbelievers Judged According to What They Have Done, Cremation, Left Behind

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Topics: Antichrist, Lawless One, End of Time, Eschatology, Colossians 2:8, Tradition of men, Political Figure, Nero, AD70, 2 Thessalonians, 1 John, 2 John, Proof-texting, Protestant Scholastics, John Darby, Anyone Against Jesus, Establish Himself in Temple, Man Riding on Horseback Added Verses to Bible, Temple is Gone, Return of Jesus, Lawless one Taught the Law, Delighted in Unrighteousness, 1 Timothy 1:7, 1 Timothy 1:9, Delighted in the Law, Psalm 1:2-3, Romans 7:22, Nobody Declared Righteous Through the Law, Romans, 3:20, Be Perfect Like God, Matthew 5:48, Matthew 5-7, In Accordance With How Satan Works, False Signs and Wonders, Children of the Devil, John 8, If God Were Your Father You Would Love Me, Lawless One Did Not Love Jesus, Did Not Obey the Gospel, Workers of Lawlessness, Depart From Me I Never Knew You, Matthew 7:21-23, Appear as Angels of Light, Masquerading Like Satan, Thorn in Paul’s Flesh, Lawless One is Specific Individual, Every Letter Paul Lamented About Judaizers Except Philemon, Left Behind Books Series

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