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#9 “THE ‘ORIGINALS’ ”
The Lost Lottery ticket
Many, many years
ago, a Mr James won the lottery, produced his ticket and had
forty million put into his bank account.
However, a
complaint was laid by another fellow called Mr Pope, who claimed he had
the
winning ticket.
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#8 “THE
‘ORIGINALS’ ”
Winner
winner … Chicken dinner!
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When
critics level this attack on
those who believe the authority of the King James Bible with its
infallibility,
inerrancy and inspiration, what they really mean is that … we have
stopped
listening to their authority!
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“THE
TURKEY TREE TAX”
Dear
Reader, have you heard about “T. T. T. T.”?
A
little history …
The
Bible is nothing but a history book … full of facts and figures … a
future
history book … it’s called prophecy.
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#6
“THE ‘ORIGINALS’ ”
Q: What do
the Baptists have in common with the
Mormons?
A: “The
Bible is the word of God as far as it is
translated correctly.”
(The 8th
tenet of the Mormon Church)
“Shock!
Horror! Wheeze! Gasp!” you may be saying.
But hang
on Dear Reader, but that’s true isn’t it!
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#5
“THE ‘ORIGINALS’ ”
UNBELIEF
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#4 “THE THREE ‘ORIGINALS’
THEORIES”
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Dear
Reader,
I know a certain man, who for many years, has
pondered on the following question …
“Why do
mad dogs bite?”
After never ending years of fruitless research, he
moved onto the next question …
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“THE
ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS”
Dear Reader, it is with a giant yawn, that I write the
following …
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“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD” (Acts 2:22)
Miracle #40 – “THE
WITHERED FIG TREE AT BETHANY”
Matthew
21:17-20; Mark 11:11-14,15-18,19-21
Shock!
Horror! Gasp! Wheeze! There is a contradiction in the King James Bible!
Sorry
Folks! False alarm!
There
are not two accounts … just one account … and they both
agree with each other … when you
line
them up correctly as follows …
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“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD” (Acts 2:22)
Miracle
#39 – “153
FISH CAUGHT – the 2nd catch of fish”
John
21:1-4,5-8,9-12,13-14
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“JESUS CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle #38 – “MALCUS’ EAR CUT OFF”
Matt
26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:50-51;
John 18:10
These
four gospel accounts tell the same
story … with John adding the two names.
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“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle #37 –
“BLIND BARTIMAEUS”
Mark
10:46-49,50-52
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“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#36 – “TWO BLIND MEN REBUKED
AT JERICHO”
Matt
20:29-32,33-34
Column #1
In
these four cases of blindness,
there are twelve similarities …
can you find them?
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD” (Acts 2:22)
Miracle #35 – “BLIND
MAN AT JERICHO”
Luke 18:35-38,39-42,43
A Calvin free zone
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“JESUS CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD
(Acts 2:22)”
Miracle #34 – “TEN
LEPERS”
Luke 17:11-14,15-18,19
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“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#33 – “MAN
WITH DROPSY ON SABBATH”Luke 14:2-5,6
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“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#32 –
“RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS’” John 11:1-45
Dear
Reader, there are many wonderful lessons from
this miracle, and the following are only a few:
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#31 –
“BOWED WOMAN WITH AN INFIRMITY ”Luke 13:10-13,14-17
THE TEXT with
commentary:
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The latest self-help book on the
market is called “EMBRACING
YOUR LIMITATIONS”.
And of course, it is simply another
attempt by the world to rename sin … and should be called “EMBRACING
YOUR SINS”.
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#30 – “MAN WITH A DUMB DEVIL”
Luke
11:14-17,18-21,22-25,26
Similar,
but a different miracle to #19 “DUMB
MAN WITH A DEVIL”
(Matthew
9:32-34)
Why
does Luke give a fuller description than Matthew?
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD”
(Acts
2:22) Miracle #29 – “MAN BORN BLIND FROM BIRTH”
John
9:1-41
the
long game, clay, outward appearances, a riddle
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#27 –“LUNATIC
DUMB SON FALLS INTO
FIRE AND WATER”
Matt
17:14-17,18-21;
Mark 9:14-17,18-21,22-25,26-29;
Luke 9:37-40,41-43
Unbelief,
Christian
train-wrecks
The
key to understanding this miracle is about unbelief.
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#26 – “BETHSAIDA BLIND MAN – TREES WALKING”
Mark
8:22-25,26
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Symbolism,
numerology, manna,
changing roles
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#24 – “A DEAF MAN’S TONGUE LOOSENED”
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#23 – “DOGS AND CRUMBS”
The
Syrophoenician
woman has a daughter with a devil
Matthew
15:22-25,26-28; Mark 7:25-28,29-30
Among
many others, this miracle raises four
points as follows:
1.
Calvinism
2.
Jealousy
3.
Racism
4.
Gordian Knots
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#22 – “THE DISCIPLES TRANSLATED”
John
6:16-19,20-21
Positive
thinking, weather control, translation,
the meaning of time
THE
SCENE:
It’s
after 3 am. The disciples, strenuously rowing across
the Galilee Sea, see Christ walking
up to the ship.
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“JESUS CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#21 – “JESUS
WALKS ON WATER”
Matt
14:24-27,28-31,32-33;
Mark 6:47-50,51-52; John 6:16-19,20-21
Dear
Reader, among many others, there
are three lessons from this miracle:
1. Death bed conversions and distractions
2. De-materialisation
3. Two or three witnesses
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#20 – “FEEDING THE 5,000 … 5 LOAVES AND 2 FISHES”
Matt
14:13-16,17-20,21;
Mark 6:33-36,37-40,41-44;
Luke 9:11-14,15-17; John 6:2-5,6-9,10-13
Now
Dear Reader, you will have noticed
there was a stack of food left … because Christ was not a
Calvinist! If
he had been, there would have been only enough food for the 5,000 …
with none
left over!
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#19 – “DUMB MAN WITH A DEVIL”
(Matthew 9:32-34)
Miracle
#29 – “DUMB
MAN WITH A DEVIL”
(Luke
11:14-17,18-21,22)
Same miracle … but two different events with the
same lesson
Why
does Luke give a fuller description than Matthew?
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“JESUS
CHRIST -
A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#1 - Water into Wine (John 2:1-4,5-8,9-11)
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#2 – John
4:46-49,50-53,54
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“JESUS CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED
OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle #3 – Unclean devil in
man
in synagogue (Luke 4:33-36,37)
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD
(Acts 2:22)”
Miracle #4 – Peter’s
mother in law (Matt
8:14-15 Mark 1:29-31
Luke 4:38-39)
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Miracle
#5 – “PETER’S FIRST CATCH OF FISH” (Luke 5:1-4,5-8,9-11)
“…we
have toiled
all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word
I will
let down the net.” (Luke 5:5)
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#6 – CHRIST HEALS THE LEPER
(Matthew
8:2-4; Mark 1:40-43,44-45; Luke 5:12-14)
The
most feared disease in the Old Testament
was leprosy, starting with Miriam (Numbers 12:10). It was
incurable
except for a visit to the priest where animal blood was shed (Leviticus
13:1-59)
POINTS
TO CONSIDER:
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#7 – “PALSIED MAN
THROUGH THE ROOF”
(Matthew 9:1-4,5-8; Mark 2:1-4,5-8,9-12;
Luke 5:17-20,21-24,25-26)
The
creator Christ brings amazement,
glory and fear in some and in others …
not!
A
LITTLE HISTORY:
In
the Old Testament, the Ten Commandments, generally speaking, addressed
the outward
sins of Israel … stealing, lying, honouring Mum and Dad and so on …
and
were told to love their neighbour as themselves (Leviticus 19:18). The
law is
found in the two commandments of love the Lord thy God and your
neighbour as
yourself (Matthew 22:36-39,40).
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#8 – “A
38
YEAR IMPOTENT MAN AT BETHESDA POOL”
(John
5:1-4,5-8,9-12,13-16)
A
‘re-enactment’ of the healing for the great
impotent and helpless multitude of
Israel … languishing 38 years in the desert
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Matthew
12:9-12,13; Mark 3:1-4,5; Luke
6:6-9,10
Dear
Reader, as we work through Christ’s 40 specific miracles … and he must have done thousands (John 21:25) …
Christ
was leading Israel to bring to mind, ‘parallel’ and similar miracles
from the
Old Testament, that occurred centuries earlier.
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“THE
WHOLE WORLD MAY BELIEVE AND BE SAVED …
and
ISRAEL BE BROUGHT TO JEALOUSY!”
The
following two points sum up the Centurion’s servant miracle by Christ …
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#11 – “THE WIDOW’S
DEAD SON AT NAIN”
Luke
7:11-14,15-17
CHRIST
(GOD) VISITS HIS PEOPLE … WITH POWER
OVER DEATH
Israel
has a history of people being raised from the
dead, with a few examples as follows …
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In
this case, Christ’s
miracle of healing the dumb and blind man with a devil, causes the
scribes and
the Pharisees to accuse Jesus Christ of blasphemy. Little did
they know
that the blind and dumb man before them represented themselves …
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#13 – “JESUS STILLS THE STORM”
Matt
8:23-26,27; Mark 4:35-39,39-41;
Luke 8:22-25
Dear
Reader, have you heard the phrase about the
Bible? It goes like this …
“The
new is in the old concealed, old is in the new
revealed.” That
is,
things in the Old Testament are types, prophecies and foreshadows
of the
real things in the New Testament … but even today, we who are
Christians, also see through a glass darkly but then face to face
(1 Corinthians 13:12).
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#14 – “MAN WITH A LEGION OF DEVILS AT GADARENES”
Mark
5:1-4,5-8,9-12,13-16,17-19; Luke 8:26-29,30-33,34-37,38-39
Dear
Reader, this miracle raises a series of
points:
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#15 – “TWO MEN DEVILS AT GERGESENES & SWINE HERD”
Matt
8:28-31,32-34
This
Gergesenes miracle takes place hot on the
heels of the Gadarenes man (Mark 5:1-4,5-8,9-12,13-16,17-19) and is a double reminder
that
in the mouth of two witnesses every word shall be established
(2 Corinthians 13:1; Matthew 18:16).
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#16 – “THE WOMAN
WITH THE ISSUE OF
BLOOD”
Matt
9:20-22; Mark 5:25-28,29-32,33-34; Luke 8:43-46,47-48
Dear
Reader, Christ must have performed thousands of
miracles while on earth (John 21:25), however only thirty nine of
them
are specifically mentioned in the Bible … each of them
revealing a different
aspect of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each with a particular purpose.
This
miracle reveals the virtue of Christ … the divine
power given to heal … to be partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:3-4) … and in this case the physical.
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“JESUS CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD
(Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#17 – “JAIRUS
RULER WITH 12 YEAR OLD DYING DAUGHTER”
This
miracle asks the question as to why Christ speaks
in Aramaic and not Hebrew …
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“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle
#18 – “TWO BLIND MEN”
(Matt
9:27-30,31)
A
five verse miracle of Israel’s history
If
a
Jew could see the hidden meaning behind this miracle, he would have to
be
astounded.
Here
is Israel’s PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE all laid
out … that
of their being found helpless, following Christ,
then finding
salvation.
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“WHAT
IS MYSTICSM?”
Mysticism is the practice of religious ecstasies (religious
experiences during alternate states of consciousness), together with whatever
ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic may be related to them.
The term mystic is used for an initiate of a secret cult or mystery
religion.
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“DEAR
READER, DO HAVE CATHOLIC GUILT?”
“Catholic
Guilt is knowing right from wrong,
and having that self-conscious emotion involving guilty feelings,
resulting
from a failure to do something that should have been done.
As always
the King James Bible has the answer … this
is simply the condition of having an
unpurged conscience.
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“THE
MEANING OF LIGHT”
“This then
is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5)
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“WHY
THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION
IS NOT
EVEN A VERSION!”
A
CONVERSATION:
God:
“Right! Who’s next?”
Christian
in heaven:
“Me Lord.”
God:
“Mmmmm! Let see. I’m checking your file … didn’t you read 2Corinthians
5:11?”
Christian
in heaven:
“Yes, but I didn’t think
it applied to me?”
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“A MARTIAN VISITS THE EARTH”
I remember watching a TV
programme many years ago
where a little Martian creature popped out of his space capsule and
started
talking to some earthlings standing nearby.
He said “Th thr ts-dy w
sld pst th wrng spc mtr
nt rth pls ssst s”
Everyone scratched their
heads and looked puzzled.
Someone said “We are
earthlings, we would like to
help you. What did you say?”
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“I HAVE
DIFFICULTY MAKING FRIENDS”
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COLOSSIANS
The Gnostic heresy
“Christ is all sufficient”
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“If he
hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought,
put that
on mine account;”
(Philemon 1:18)
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“QUESTIONS
FOR THE ‘ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS’ BELIEVERS”
The
person who believes that the King James Bible,
is unreliable and has errors, CANNOT answer these questions.
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“THIRTEEN
QUESTIONS FOR BIBLE CRITICS”
“All Bibles are not the same unless you are mentally
disturbed.”
The
person who believes that the King James Bible,
is unreliable and has errors, CANNOT answer these questions.
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What is the
Jesuit Oath?
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“THE HISTORY OF THE WORD ‘SOVEREIGN’
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“I GET EASILY
UPSET”
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“A CAMEL
THROUGH A NEEDLE’S EYE”
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PHILIPPIANS
The servant mind of Christ
“Let this mind be in you, which was
also in Christ Jesus:
…. and took upon him the form of a servant …” (Philippians 2:5, 7)
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“IS THE
WORD “’SHEWBREAD’ OR ‘SHOWBREAD’?”
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“IS TOTAL
DEPRAVITY
A TOTALLY DEPRAVED DOCTRINE?”
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“Are
Tongues for Today?”
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“I’M A CHRISTIAN AND I HAVE AN INFERIORITY
COMPLEX”
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GALATIANS
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“QUESTIONS?”
Dear Reader, people have questions, and furthermore,
have their own opinions!
CLICK HERE to find yours.
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Great Britain was founded by God Almighty to bring
to the world, his word … the perfect, inerrant, infallible
and inspired scriptures known as The King James Bible, The
Authorized Bible, The Holy Bible.
Great Britain, as any student of history knows,
was, and is still today, inhabited by every European race, indeed the whole
world…
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AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR
CHRISTIANS
Did you know there are
five crowns for faithful believers?
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Did You
Know …
… that the following words
are not in the Bible –
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“ALLAH
HAD NO SON”
The
history of how the crescent moon
and
Allah came into existence.
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KING JAMES BIBLE 4a (KJB-4a)
“I CAN'T
UNDERSTAND
THE KING JAMES BIBLE”
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“HOLY
GHOST or HOLY SPIRIT”?
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“THE GREAT
TRIBULATION”
or “GREAT TRIBULATION”?
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THE KING JAMES
BIBLE 2d (STB-702d)
“THE FALLING
AWAY” or “A FALLING AWAY”?
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“DID THE
SUN AND THE MOON ACTUALLY STAND STILL?”
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DEAR
MUSLIM FRIEND …
“WHO
IS HAGAR?”
We
find out by reading Galatians
chapters 3 and 4
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“A RED INDIAN LOVE STORY ON FORGIVENESS”
This is based on a true story.
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“WHY
WOULD GOD BECOME A MAN?”
The
answer is very simple … the Bible says God is love. God has always
taken pity
on man.
“THE HISTORY OF ISLAM”
All Muslims
have a ‘sacred’ mission – that is to bring the entire world under
Allah’s
dominion.
Any opposition is dealt with violently and to the death, if necessary.
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“THE
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES”
The
activities of the 14 Apostles
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“WHY
DIDN’T THE JEWS
BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST?”
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“WHY
WOULD GOD BECOME A MAN?”
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“A
LOVE STORY”
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“666 … WHO IS THIS MAN?”
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“THE
ATHANASIAN CREED”
A
comprehensive
and forensic explanation that Jesus Christ,
indeed
the Holy Ghost, are God
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“HOW
TO EXPLAIN TO A MUSLIM THERE ARE NOT THREE GODS”
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“PROPHECIES
OF JESUS
CHRIST
PROVE THE BIBLE IS TRUE”
The Bible is simply a history book … it
tells the future
history before it happens. This is called prophecy. No other book
has ever
done this.
The
following chart shows the prophecies of the Old
Testament concerning Jesus Christ and his fulfillment in the New
Testament …
the odds of this happening by chance are impossible.
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The
texts with authority for the
Muslim are the Koran and the Hadiths.
There
are six different sets of
authentic Hadiths ; the Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn
Majah
and Sunnan Nasa’I.
The
following is not intended to
offend Muslims, but to show the teachings and examples of Muhammad.
Many
Muslims may have little real knowledge of what their god Allah and
their
prophet has said on this topic.
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“THE BOOK OF MORMON”
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“WHY
IS THE SKY
BLUE?”
“WHY DO MEN WEAR BLUE?”
“WHY DO WOMEN WEAR PINK?”
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“THE
TRUE MEANING OF THE COLOURS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL FLAG”
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“NINE BIBLE REASONS THAT PROVE
JESUS CHRIST IS GOD”
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“NINE  BIBLE REASONS THAT PROVE JESUS CHRIST IS
GOD”
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NOAH'S
FLOOD - LOCAL OR WORLDWIDE?
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“CONTRADICTIONS
IN THE QU’RAN”
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“
CONTRADICTIONS IN THE QU’RAN”
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“MAGIC,
SORCERY, DIVINATION, CASTING
SPELLS AND LOTS, AMULETS etc …
ARE
FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM”
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MUSLIMS
SAY
“HASN’T
YOUR CHRISTIAN BIBLE HAS BEEN CORRUPTED?”
but
the
Qu’ran says the opposite … “THE BIBLE IS NOT CORRUPT!”
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“HOW CAN A
SON BE EQUAL TO
THE FATHER?”
QUESTION:
How can the scriptures call little baby Jesus as the Father?
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“MUSLIM ANCESTRY”
Arabs and Muslims come from Ishmael’s
descendants + his daughters marrying Esau +
Esau’s descendants + descendants from
Moab and Ammon +
descendants from the 12 Dukes …
and these five groups intermarrying
with each other in one genetic soup …
see the following diagram. They find it impossible
to trace back their lineage.
The following are some scriptures
for the above:
Abraham with Hagar
give birth to Ishmael ...
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Who is the Bride of Christ?
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“WHAT IS
SIMUL IUSTUS ET PECCATOR?”
“simultaneously
just yet sinful”
translated
in full means
“A
criminal, indeed, a law breaker, can, simultaneously,
that is, at the same time, be declared right before the law, with the
penalty
of his crime paid for, but still remain
a sinner”
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THE LATEST
5TH COLUMN IN CHRISTIAN
CHURCHES …
“THE
DOCTRINES OF GRACE aka GRACIE”
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“CAN AN
UNSAVED MAN BELIEVE HE WILL KILL HIMSELF JUMPING
FROM A 100 STOREY BUILDING?”
Questions
for the D.O.G.S
aka the Doctrines of
Grace
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“THE DOCTRINES
OF GRACE (D.O.G.S
aka CALVINISM)
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S”
I fell off
my chair when I first watched the two
idiots, Larry and Richard, in a boat, with a dead Bernie propped up
between
them, motoring by some onlookers on the shore, pretending that Bernie
was not
dead, by attaching one end of a rope to the dead Bernie’s wrist, and
manipulating
it into up and down waving movements,
by means of a
pulley.
How can
this apply to Calvinism?
Simple …
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“THE ONLY
THING YOU’LL EVER NEED TO REFUTE A
CALVINIST
aka ‘THE
DOCTRINES OF GRACE’
(DOG) BELIEVER”
Yes, Dear
Reader, watch TD and all his
friends …. Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible
Grace and
Perseverance of the Saints … disappear over the precipice …
like
one of
those trucks you see on TV,
with all the baddies inside.
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ACCURATE BIBLE
KNOWLEDGE!
AN
OPEN INVITATION …
We at Australian
Bible Ministries are aware that our readers may have questions concerning the
Bible.
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I like scrolls
They represent ANCIENT AND LONG STANDING TRUTHS
15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from THE ANCIENT PATHS, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; Jeremiah 18:15
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