Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?

Today it's not necessary for us to wait for the Prophet or The Man of GOD to come and give us a word from THE LORD. Because we have The Bible and everything we need to know is in THE WORD OF GOD... But not only do we have the WORD, we also have THE HOLY SPIRIT to lead, guide and teach us all things. But Father Abraham was the first GENTILE converted into a Son of GOD. Abraham was given the responsibility to TEACH his family THE WAYS OF GOD.. "And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;  Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, ((( and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.)))   Gen. 18:17-19  This responsibility to teach the Nations was passed down to the Descends of Abraham who became known as JEW'S or ISRAEL. Looking at the lives of our Jewish brothers and sisters with all the advantages given then, they still could not PLEASE GOD. And neither can we PLEASE HIM WITHOUT CHRIST JESUS. The same as we're lead by the Holy Spirit. JESUS came wrapped in A Body to lead and guiled Israel to THE TRUTH. The further we move from father Abraham, the further away we move from the TRUTH. Matthew writes " And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to JESUS in the temple; and he healed them.  And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that JESUS did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; ((( they were sore displeased,)))  And said unto JESUS, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?   Matt. 21:12-16 The next morning JESUS returned to the Temple. And was meet by the Chief Priests, the Scribes and the Elders of the people. The so called Church leaders are the same today. If through you The FATHER EXPOSES THEIR INCONSISTENCY. They become just like the Priests, Scribes and Elders of the people. And they ask the same question of you that was asked of JESUS. WHO GAVE YOU AUTHORITY TO CLEAN THE TEMPLE?  "And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: Matt. 21:24-31

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