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And I saw thrones; And they sat upon them, and they were given the power to judge; And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and did not worship the beast, nor his image, and received not the mark in their foreheads, nor in their hands; And lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Revelation 20: 4

NAUM 1: 11

From the city of Nineveh came the man of evil intent, who plotth evil against God the LORD.

The Islamic religion perfectly fulfills what John says about the Antichrist (the leader who denies the Father and the Son) and the antichrists (the followers of the false religion - the Muslims - who deny the Father and the Son). Moreover, they are the ones who kill by decapitation those who say otherwise. John said that the martyrs of the end times were beheaded (Revelation 20: 4), and the Koran orders Christians to be killed by decapitation, and is, in fact, what they do:

"And when your Lord revealed to the angels, I am with you; Firmness, then, to the faithful! I will soon infuse terror into the hearts of unbelievers; Decapitate them and cut off their fingers! "(Quran 8:12)

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The numbers of Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world

By the end of the century, Muslims will outdo Christians as the largest religious group on the planet, research shows

By Gabriela Ruic

Access_time6 Mar 2017, 06h00 São Paulo -

Islam is the fastest growing religion on the planet. By the end of this century, if the pace of growth continues, Muslims will outnumber Christians as the largest religious group.

This is shown by a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, a research center based in the United States and dedicated to the study of several issues of regional and global impact. The study is part of a larger review on the subject, published in 2015 but updated last week.

According to the survey, Islam grows at a faster rate than other religions because of the combination of two factors: fertility rate, which is the estimate of the number of children a woman has until the end of her fertile period, and the fact Of this religious group being is "younger" than others.

Globally, Muslim women have about 3.1 children versus 2.3 women of other religions. In addition, followers of Islam are up to seven years younger than other groups. In 2010, the average age of a Muslim person was 23 years.

Muslims in the world

The analysis conducted by the research center brought interesting data. There are now 1.6 billion people in the world who designate themselves as Muslims. Although common sense considers that most followers of this religion are in North Africa or the Middle East, only 20% of them are in those places.

The majority of Muslims (62%) are in the Asia-Pacific region. The largest Muslim country is Indonesia. At least in the current day: in 2050, the study estimates, the country with the largest Islamic community in the world will be India, which today has as its largest religious group the Hindu.

Muslims in the US (and in Europe)

Today, on American soil, this group corresponds to 1% of Americans and 63% of these people were immigrants. By 2050, however, it is expected that Islam will become the second largest religion in the United States, accounting for 2.1% of the country's population. Already in Europe, the projection of the analysis for that same year estimates that 10% of the population of Europe will identify itself like Muslim.

Muslims x Extremism

The survey also evaluated the perception that believers of Islam have of the action of terrorist groups and religious extremism in general.

In Lebanon, for example, 100% of respondents said they saw organizations like the Islamic State with disapproval. In Jordan, the percentage was 94%. Only in Nigeria, which is home to the extremist group Boko Haram, is there a considerable number of people in favor of these groups (14%).

Most Muslims surveyed by the poll said they still condemn suicide attacks and any other forms of violence against civilians "in the name of Islam." In the United States, 86% of respondents consider these acts as unjustifiable.

In Muslim-majority countries, there is still concern about the threats posed by Islamic extremism. In Nigeria, 68% of respondents expressed this way. In Lebanon, this percentage was 67%.

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A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE BIBLICAL ANTICHRIST x MAHDI ISLAMIC SALVADOR OF THEM THAT WILL COME ACCORDING TO THE CELOR:

Surprising similarities that exist between the biblical narrative of the Last Days and the Islamic narrative of the same period:

· Bible: The Antichrist is an incomparable political, military and religious leader

Which will appear in the Last Days.

· Islam: The Mahdi is an incomparable political, military and religious leader to emerge in the Last Days.

· Bible: The False Prophet is a prominent secondary figure who

Will come in the Last Days and support the Antichrist.

· Islam: The Muslim Jesus is a prominent secondary figure who

Will emerge in the Last Days and support the Mahdi.

· Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet together will have a mighty army that will do great damage to Earth in an effort to subdue every nation and rule the world.

· Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will have a powerful army that

Will try to control every nation on Earth and dominate the world.

· Bible: The False Prophet is described essentially as a dragon in lambskin.

· Islam: The Muslim Jesus literally comes bringing the name of who the world knows as "The Lamb of God, Jesus Christ". In addition the Muslim Jesus comes to kill all those who do not submit to Islam. ANTICHRIST - The Messiah Expected by Islam 174

· Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet establish a New Order

World.

· Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus establish a New Order

World.

· Bible: Antichrist is said to change the times.

· Islam: It is quite certain that if the Mahdi established Islam throughout the earth, he would discontinue the use of the Sabbath and Sunday as the weekend or days of rest and use the Friday, the holy day of Islam. In addition, it would probably eliminate the Gregorian calendar (A.D.) and replace it with the Islamic calendar (A.H.) as it is used in every Islamic country.

· Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will both be powerful leaders

Who will try to establish a universal world religion.

· Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will institute Islam as the only

Religion of the Earth.

· Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will execute anyone who

Not to submit to their world religion.

· Islam: Likewise, the Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will perform

Anyone who does not submit to Islam.

· Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will specifically use the

Decapitation as the primary means of execution for nonconformists.

· Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will use the Islamic practice of

Decapitation for the executions.ANTICHRIST - The Messiah Expected by Islam 175

· Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will have a specific agenda of

Kill as many Jews as possible.

· Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will kill the maximum of Jews

Possible until only a few remain hiding behind

Rocks and trees.

· Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will attack to conquer and surround Jerusalem.

· Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will attack to reconquer and surround Jerusalem to Islam.

· Bible: The Antichrist will settle in the Jewish Temple as his

Place of authority.

· Islam: The Mahdi will establish the Islamic Caliphate from Jerusalem.

· Bible: The False Prophet is said to do many miracles to deceive as many as possible to support the Antichrist.

· Islam: The mahdi itself is said to control the climate and the plantations.

Your face is told to shine. We can also assume that a

Jesus is seen as having been empowered by Allah to do

Miracles when he was here on Earth for the first time, he will

Most likely to continue to do so when returning.

· Bible: Antichrist is described riding a white horse in the book

Of Revelation.

· Islam: The Mahdi is depicted riding a white horse (ironically

From the same verse). ANTICHRIST - The Messiah Expected by Islam 176

· Bible: The Antichrist is said to make a peace treaty with Israel for seven years.

· Islam: The Mahdi is said to make a peace treaty through a Jew (specifically a Levite) for exactly seven years.

· Bible: Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, will return to defend the Jews in Israel from a military attack by a vast coalition of nations led by the Antichrist and the False Prophet.

· Islam: Dajjal, the Islamic Antichrist, will gain a large number of

Jewish followers, will claim to be Jesus Christ and will fight against the Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus.

· Bible: The spirit of the antichrist specifically denies the most specific and central doctrines of Christianity, namely: the trinity, the incarnation and the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross.

· Islam: Islam doctrinally and spiritually specifically denies the most specific and central doctrines of Christianity, namely: the trinity, the incarnation and the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross.

· Bible: The primary warning of Jesus and the apostle Paul was to warn Christians of the abundance of lies and deceit in the Last Days.

· Islam: Islam is perhaps the only religion on earth that practices deception as one of its tools to aid in its own ancestry. It is actually a specific doctrine that allows and even encourages to use the lie to achieve the desired end.

· Bible: The specific nations portrayed in the Bible as being part of the last empire of the Antichrist are all Islamic nations. ANTICHRIST - The Messiah Expected by Islam 177

· Islam: All Muslims are commanded to give their allegiance to the Mahdi as the last Caliph and Imam (leader) of Islam.

· Bible: Through the Bible and History we learned that the last empire of the Antichrist will be a revived version of the Empire that succeeded the Roman Empire.

· Islam: The Empire that succeeded the Roman / Byzantine Empire was the Ottoman Islamic Empire.

· Bible: When Antichrist arises, there will already be some kind of system that will be ready to receive you as a Savior and to be faithful to Him.

· Islam is already the second largest religion and, by the current rates of growth, will become the largest religion in a few decades. Islam is awaiting the coming of the Mahdi with a universal anticipation.

The Islamic religion perfectly fulfills what John says about the Antichrist (the leader who denies the Father and the Son) and the antichrists (the followers of the false religion - the Muslims - who deny the Father and the Son). Moreover, they are the ones who kill by decapitation those who say otherwise. John said that the martyrs of the end times were beheaded (Revelation 20: 4), and the Koran orders Christians to be killed by decapitation, and is, in fact, what they do:

"And when your Lord revealed to the angels, I am with you; Firmness, then, to the faithful! I will soon infuse terror into the hearts of unbelievers; Decapitate them and cut off their fingers! "(Quran 8:12)

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SOME VERSES ABOUT THE ANTICHRIST:

Who is the liar, but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist: he who denies the Father and the Son. 1 John 2:22

Do not let anyone fool you in any way. Before that day will come apostasy, and then the man of sin will be revealed, the son of perdition. He opposes and exalts above all that which is called God or is an object of worship, even going as far as to sit in the sanctuary of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

2 Thessalonians 2: 3-4

For there will appear false Christs and false prophets who will perform great signs and wonders, if possible, to deceive even the elect.

Matthew 24:24

But every spirit that does not confess Jesus does not come from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, about which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

1 John 4: 3

In fact, many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ came in the body. Such is the deceiver and antichrist. 2 John 1: 7

Then the wicked will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the manifestation of his coming. The coming of this wicked one is according to the action of Satan, with all power, with signs and with deceptive wonders. He will make use of every form of deceit of unrighteousness to those who are perishing, because they have rejected the love of truth that could save them.

2 Thessalonians 2: 8-10

Little children, this is the last hour, and just as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, now many antichrists have come forth. So we know this is the last hour. They came out of our midst, but in reality they were not ours, for if they were ours, they would have stayed with us; The fact that they left showed that none of them belonged to us.

1 John 2: 18-19

The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words and was given authority to act for forty-two months. She opened her mouth to blaspheme God and to curse his name and his tabernacle, those who dwell in the heavens. He was given power to war against the saints and to overcome them. And there was given him authority over every tribe, people, tongue, and nation. All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast, all those who have not had their names written in the book of the life of the Lamb slain from the creation of the world.

Revelation 13: 5-8

He also obliged all, small and great, rich and poor, free and slaves, to receive a certain mark on the right hand or forehead, so that no one could buy or sell, except who had the mark, which is the name of the beast or The number of your name.

Revelation 13: 16-17

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to war against him that sat on the horse, and against his host. But the beast was taken, and with it the false prophet who had performed miraculous signs in her name, with whom he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and worshiped the image of it. The two were cast alive in the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Revelation 19: 19-20

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THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND THE RETURN OF JESUS

You & I have learned wrong!

• The Church will experience the great tribulation;

• And the Rapture & the Return of Jesus will be in one event.

MATTHEW 24: 15-44

The Sermon Continues: The Great Tribulation

(Mark 13: 14-23 Lk 21: 20-24)

15 And when ye shall see that the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, is in the holy place; Who reads, answer;

16 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

17 And let him that is upon the roof come not down to take anything out of his house;

18 And let him that is in the field go not back again to fetch his garments.

19 But woe unto the pregnant women and to those who give suck in those days!

20 And pray, that your flight may not be in the winter or the Sabbath;

21 For then shall be great affliction, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall there be.

22 And if those days were not abbreviated, no flesh would be saved; But for the sake of the elect shall those days be shortened.

23 And if any man say unto you, Behold, the Christ is here, or there, give him no credit;

24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall do great signs and wonders, and if possible they shall deceive the very elect.

25 Behold, I have told you this.

26 If therefore they say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness, come not. Behold, he is in the house; Do not believe.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and is toward the west, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

28 For where the corpse is, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

The sermon goes on. The coming of the Son of Man

(Mark 13: 24-27 Lk 21: 25-28)

29 And immediately after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

30 Then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in heaven; And all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a loud trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

(RAPTURE)

(Mark 13: 28-37 Lk 21: 29-36)

32 And learn this parable of the fig tree: When the branches thereof are tender, and leaves spring forth, ye know that the summer is nigh.

33 Likewise, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

The sermon continues: Exhortation to vigilance

36 But of that day and hour no man knoweth, neither the angels of heaven, but only my Father.

37 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days before the flood they ate, and drank, and married, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

39 And they did not perceive it, until the flood came, and brought them all, so will also the coming of the Son of man.

40 And two being in the field, one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 And two shall be grinding in the mill, and one shall be taken, and another shall be left.

42 Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord shall come.

43 But consider this: if the householder knew what watch the thief was to come in the night, he would watch and not let his house be destroyed.

44 Therefore be ye also mindful; For the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

MARK 13: 14-37

The prophetic sermon continues. The Great Tribulation

(Mt 24: 15-28 Lk 21: 20-24)

14 Now when ye shall see the abomination of the desolation, which was preached by Daniel the prophet, where he ought not to be (he that readeth, understand), then let them which are in Judaea flee into the mountains.

15 And let him that is on the roof go not down to the house, nor go in to take any thing out of his house;

16 And let him that is in the field not turn back to take his clothes.

17 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give birth in those days!

18 Pray, therefore, that your flight may not be in the winter.

19 For in those days shall there be such a affliction, which was not from the beginning of creation, which God created until now, nor ever shall be.

20 And if the Lord did not abbreviate those days, no flesh would be saved; But for the elect's sake he chose, he shortened those days.

21 And then if any man say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; Or: There it is; Do not believe.

22 For false Christs and false prophets will rise and do signs and wonders to deceive, if it be possible, even the elect.

23 But see ye; Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

The prophetic sermon continues. The coming of the Son of Man

(Mt 24: 29-45 Lk 21: 25-44), (Mt 24: 29-31 Lk 21: 25-28)

24 Now in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light.

25 And the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces that are in the heavens will be shaken.

26 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

27 And he shall send forth his angels, and shall gather his elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the uttermost part of heaven.

(Mt 24: 32-44 Lk 21: 29-36)

28 And learn the parable of the fig tree: When the branch thereof is tender, and the leaves spring forth, ye know that the summer is near.

29 So you also, when you see these things happen, know that it is near at hand.

30 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be.

31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

The prophetic sermon continues. Surveillance

32 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, neither the angels which are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

33 Behold, watch and pray; Because you do not know when the time will come.

34 It is as if a man departing from the earth forsaken his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

35 Watch ye therefore, because ye know not when the master of the house cometh; If at evening, if at midnight, if at the cock crowing, if in the morning,

36 That he come suddenly, and find him not sleeping.

37 And the things which I tell you, I say unto all: Watch.

Luke 21: 20-33

The prophetic sermon continues: the great tribulation

(Mt 24: 15-28 Mk 13: 14-23)

20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is come.

21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; Let them which are in the midst of the city go out; And those in the fields do not enter it.

22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give birth in those days! For there shall be a great straitness in the earth, and wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all nations; And Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled.

The prophetic sermon continues: the return of the Son of Man

(Mt 24: 29-31 Mark 13: 24-27)

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; And in the earth anguish of the nations, in perplexity by the roaring of the sea and the waves.

26 Men fainting from terror, in expectation of things to come to the world; For the virtues of heaven shall be shaken.

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption is at hand.

(Mt 24: 32-44 Mark 13: 28-37)

29 And he spake unto them a parable, Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

30 When they have already burst, you know for yourselves, seeing them, that summer is near.

31 So you also, when you see these things happen, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.

32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away until all things be fulfilled.

33 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

II THESSALONIANS 2: 1-17

The coming of Christ will be preceded by manifestations of the Antichrist

1 Now, brethren, we beseech you, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our meeting with him,

(ROLLING AND RETURNING OF JESUS ​​IN ONE EVENT)

2 That ye be not easily moved out of your mind, neither be dismayed, either by spirit, or by word, or epistle, as of us, as though the day of Christ were near.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means; Because it will not be so unless apostasy comes first, and the man of sin, the son of perdition,

4 Who opposeth, and riseth up against all that is called God, or worshipeth; So that he will sit, as God, in the temple of God, wanting to look like God.

5 Do you not remember that these things were saying to you while I was yet with you?

6 And now ye know that which hinder him, that he may be made manifest in his own time.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness worketh; There is only one who now resists until the middle is taken away;

8 And then shall the wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall melt by the breath of his mouth, and he shall utterly destroy for the splendor of his coming;

9 To him whose coming is according to the efficacy of Satan, with all power, and signs and wonders of lying,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they received not the love of the truth to be saved.

11 And therefore God will send them the work of error, that they may believe a lie;

12 So that all who did not believe the truth might be judged, but had pleasure in iniquity.

13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved of the LORD, because God hath chosen you from the beginning to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit, and faith of the truth;

14 To him who called you by our gospel, that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Now, brethren, stand fast and keep the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our epistle.

16 And our Lord Jesus Christ himself and our God and Father, who loved us, and in grace gave us eternal consolation and good hope,

17 Comfort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and deed.

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WHY DO YOU STOP EVANGELICAL CHURCHES?

GALATIANS 1: 6-12

The inconstancy of the Galatians - Paul vindicates the divine authority of his apostleship and doctrine

6 I marvel that you passed so quickly from him who called you to the grace of Christ into another gospel;

7 Which is no other, but there are some who trouble you and want to disrupt the gospel of Christ.

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which I have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

9 So now, as I told you, now I tell you again. If any man preach any other gospel unto you than ye have received, let him be accursed.

10 Why do I persuade men or God now? Or do I try to please men? If he were still pleasing men, he would not be a servant of Christ.

11 But I make it known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not after men.

12 For I received him not, neither did I learn of any man, but the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Historical Roots of Prosperity Theology

Brazilian evangelicalism presents appreciable and worrying characteristics. Among the latter is the taste for novelties. Leaders and believers feel that in order to maintain an interest in God's things, a new teaching, a new emphasis or experience must arise from time to time. Generally such innovations have their origin in the United States. Like other countries, Brazil is an importer and consumer of North American material and cultural goods. This is also true in the religious area. A movement of American origin that has had enormous receptivity in the Brazilian evangelical milieu since the 80s is called the theology of prosperity. It is also known as "positive confession," "word of faith," "movement of faith," and "gospel of health and prosperity." The history of the origins of this teaching reveals questionable aspects that should serve as a warning to those who are fascinated with it.

Contrary to many people's beliefs, the basic ideas of positive confession did not emerge in Pentecostalism, but in some syncretic sects of New England in the early 20th century. However, because of some affinities with the Pentecostal worldview, such as belief in Prophecies, revelations, and visions, it was in Pentecostal and charismatic circles that positive confession was most welcomed in both the United States and Brazil. The story of his two great paladins will elucidate the roots of this popular theology and show why it is damaging to the integrity of the gospel.

Essek W. Kenyon, the pioneer

Although Prosperity theology considered Kenneth Hagin the father of this movement, careful research by several scholars, such as D. R. McConnell, conclusively demonstrated that the true originator of positive confession was Essek William Kenyon (1867-1948). This Methodist-born evangelist was born in Saratoga County, New York, and became a teenager. In 1892 he moved to Boston, where he studied at Emerson College, known to be a center of the so-called "transcendental" or "metaphysical" movement, which gave birth to various sects of dubious orientation.

One of the influences received and acknowledged by Kenyon at the time was that of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science.

Kenyon initiated the Bethel Bible Institute, which he directed until 1923. He then moved to California, where he made numerous evangelistic campaigns. He preached several times at the celebrated Angelus Temple in Los Angeles by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He pastored independent Baptist churches in Pasadena and Seattle and pioneered radio evangelism with his "Church of the Air." The recorded transcripts of his programs served as the basis for many of his writings. He coined many popular expressions of the faith movement, such as "What I confess, I possess." Before his death in 1948, he commissioned his daughter Ruth to continue his ministry and publish his writings.

What were the beliefs of such metaphysical groups? They taught that the true reality is beyond the physical realm. The sphere of the spirit is not only superior to the physical world, but it controls every aspect of it. Moreover, the human mind can control the spiritual sphere. Therefore, the human being has the innate ability to control the material world through its influence on the spiritual, especially in regard to the cure of diseases. Kenyon believed that these ideas were not only compatible with Christianity but could enhance traditional Christian spirituality. By right use of the mind, the believer could claim the full benefits of salvation.

Kenneth Hagin, the publisher

The great promoter of the teachings of Kenyon, to the point of being considered the father of the movement of the faith, was Kenneth Erwin Hagin (1917-2003). He was born In McKinney, Texas, with a serious heart problem. He had a difficult childhood, especially after the age of six, when his father abandoned his family. Just before he was 16, his health worsened and he was confined to a bed. He had some remarkable experiences. After three visits to hell and to heaven, he was converted to Christ. Reflecting on Mark 11: 23-24, he came to the conclusion that it was necessary to believe, verbally declare the faith and act as if he had already received the blessing ("believe in your heart, decree with your mouth and it will be yours"). Shortly afterwards, he obtained a cure for his illness. In 1934, Hagin began his ministry as a Baptist preacher and three years later joined the Pentecostals. He received the baptism with the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues. In the same year he was licensed as pastor of the Assemblies of God and pastored several churches in Texas. In 1949, he began to engage with independent preachers of divine healing and in 1962 he founded his own ministry. Finally, in 1966 made the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the headquarters of its activities. Over the years, Faith Radio Seminary, Rhema Correspondence Bible School, Rhema Bible Training Center, and Word of Faith magazine have reached an immense number of people. Other resources used were cassette tapes and more than one hundred books and pamphlets. Hagin, claimed to have received the divine anointing to be a teacher and prophet. In his fascination with the supernatural, he claimed to have had eight visions of Jesus Christ in the 1950s, as well as several other out-of-body experiences. According to him, his teachings were transmitted to him directly by God himself through special revelations. However, it was later proved that he was greatly inspired by Kenyon, to the point of copying, almost word for word, entire books of this predecessor. In a Master's thesis at Oral Roberts University, D. McConnell demonstrated that much of what Hagin claimed to have received from God was nothing more than plagiarism of Kenyon's writings. Hagin's rather suspicious explanation is that the Holy Spirit had revealed the same things to both of them. Reflections in Brazil Hagin's teachings influenced a large number of American preachers, starting with Kenneth Copeland, his presumptive heir. Other followers were Benny Hinn, Frederick Price, John Avanzini, Robert Tilton, Marilyn Hickey, Charles Capps, Hobart Freeman, Jerry Savelle and Paul (David) Yonggi Cho, among others. In 1979, Doyle Harrison, Hagin's son-in-law, founded the International Convention of Churches and Ministers of the Faith, a virtual denomination. In the 1980s, the teachings of positive confession and the gospel of prosperity came to Brazil. One of the first to spread it was Rex Humbard. Marilyn Hickey, John Avanzini and Benny Hinn participated in conferences promoted by the Association of Business Men of the Full Gospel (Adhonep). Other visitors were Robert Tilton and Dave Robertson. Among the first manifestations of the movement were the Church of the Word of Life and the Seminary of the Word of Life (Guarulhos), the Rema Community (Morro Grande) and the Verbo Vivo Church (Belo Horizonte). Some leaders who embraced this theology were Jorge Tadeu, of the Maná Churches (Portugal); Cássio Colombo ("Uncle Cassio"), of the Cristo Salva Ministry, in São Paulo; The "apostle" Miguel Ângelo da Silva Ferreira, from Cristo Vive Evangelical Church in Rio de Janeiro, and R. R. Soares, responsible for the publication of most of Hagin's books in Brazil. Perhaps the most outstanding figure of the earliest times was Pastor Valnice Milhomens, leader of the Word Ministry of Faith, who knew the teachings of positive confession in South Africa. Brazilian churches were impacted by an avalanche of books, tapes, and Positive confession. Ricardo Gondim noted in 1993: "With extremely simple books, [Hagin] has been able to influence the course of the church in Brazil more than any other religious leader in recent times." Conclusion In addition to presenting questionable teachings on the faith, prayer, and priorities of the Christian life, and relativizing the importance of the Scriptures through new revelations, the theology of prosperity, through the writings of its exponents, presents other worrying emphases in its Understanding of God, of Jesus Christ, of the human being and of salvation. Since the 1980s, various American Pentecostal denominations have officially positioned themselves against the excesses of this movement (Assemblies of God, Foursquare Gospel and Church of God). Authors such as Charles Farah, Gordon Fee, D. R. McConnell and Hank Hanegraaff, all sympathizers of the charismatic movement, wrote works contesting positive confession and its implications. They pointed out how, although this theology seems to be an exciting way of looking at the Bible, it departs at crucial points in the historical Christian faith. In Brazil, three significant works published in 1993 - "The Gospel of Prosperity "By Alan B. Pieratt; "The Gospel of the New Age", by Ricardo Gondim; And "Supercrentes," by Paulo Romeiro - solemnly warned the evangelical churches to these dangers. Sadly, various groups, especially those with greater visibility in the media, are increasingly committed to this theology unknown to much of church history. By defending and legitimizing the values ​​of secular society (wealth, power, and success), and by offering people what they aspire to, not what they really need in God's eyes, such churches grow impressively but miss great opportunity to Have a salutary and transformative impact on Brazilian society. SOURCE: Produced by: Alderi Souza de Matos holds a Ph.D. in church history from Boston University and an official historian of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil. He is author of The Christian Walk in History and "The Presbyterian Pioneers of Brazil". Asdm@mackenzie.com.brThe True Worship to God - Paulo Juniorhttps: //youtu.be/WqGbDBoiMaEO that belongs or does not belong to a Christian cult? What does the Bible tell us? CAN WE DO WHAT WE WANT? Not at all. The Bible indicates that in our worship of God, Christians should do only those things that God positively requires of us, whether by commandment or inference. Several lines of biblical evidence support this position: • Only God has the right to determine how he should be worshiped (Lev 10: 1-3, Jn 4: 20-26, 1 Cor 14) • The second commandment forbids not only worshiping others beyond The only true God, but also to worship the true God in a way that he did not command (Exodus 20: 2-6). Given that: faith is an affirmative response to the revelation of God. Since: everything that does not come from faith is sin (Rom 14:23). Therefore: God will not accept any worship other than an affirmative response to his revelation. • Since: The New Testament requires Christians to meet regularly (Heb. 10.25). Since: Christians should not be required to submit to rules and practices invented by man (Colossians 2: 16-23). Therefore, any church that effectively requires assembled Christians to participate in a practice that God did not prescribe expressly is unjustly constraining the conscience of these Christians. In other words, because the conscience of these Christians must remain free of human requirements, no church has the right to corporately worship God in a way that it has not affirmed. • How, then, do we decide what belongs to a Christian worship? We examine the Bible to find out what God said Christians should do when they come together. So we do all the things that God tells us to do, and nothing more. What does the New Testament Say What Churches Should Do When Gathering The New Testament says that when churches come together they should read the Bible, Preach the Bible, pray in the light of the Bible, sing the Bible, and see the Bible.1. Read the Bible: Paul said to Timothy: "Be devoted to the public reading of Scripture" (1 Timothy 4:13, NIV). The churches should read the Scripture aloud during their meetings.2. Preaching the Bible: Paul said to Timothy, "Preach the word" (2 Timothy 4: 2). Paul himself declared "all the design of God" to the church in Ephesus (Acts 20:27). Church meetings today should be centered on sermons that take the main point of a Scripture passage, make it the main point of the sermon, and apply it to the life of today. Praying in the light of the Bible: Paul urges prayers to be made in the assembled church (1 Tim. 2: 3, 14-15). The content of these prayers should be biblical in order to edify all those present (1 Cor. 14:12, 26). This does not mean that prayers in a church service should be dry and formal, but that they should be biblically rich. Sing the Bible: Paul said to the church in Colossus: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ... with prayers and hymns and spiritual songs with thanksgiving in your heart" (Col 3:16) . This does not mean that churches should sing only Psalms or just the words of the Bible, but it means that churches should sing songs that are soaked with the language and theology of the Bible. See the Bible: We say "see the Bible" because the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper are, to use Augustine's expression, "visible words." In baptism and the Lord's Supper we see, smell, touch and taste the Word. Christian churches should celebrate baptism and the Lord's Supper during their public worship meetings (1 Cor. 11: 17-34). -pertence-to-a-worship-Christian-the-bible-tells-us / 

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THE GOSPEL EXPIRE

The Character & Attributes of God

Can we conceptualize God? Can we explain what God is in perfection? Although some think so, we can not dissect God as one does to a corpse and explain all the details if His Person. The finite can not comprehend the Infinite. This is what Paul declared in Romans 11: 33-36, "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and how inscrutable are his ways! Who then knew the mind of the Lord? Or who was your counselor? Or who first gave it to him to be restored to him? For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him, therefore, eternal glory. Amen!".

However, within our inability, finitude and ignorance God himself shows us a particle of who He is. Through his attributes - or that which he allows us to know - we can have an idea of ​​His Great Person.

Why is it important to know the attributes of God? I want to give four simple reasons:

(1) Knowing the attributes of God we will know a little who He is, His character, thought and will;

(2) Knowing God as He is, we can honor Him as he deserves, by giving him a biblical worship;

(3) We will be more prepared to make an apology for our faith and to be immune when the heretical distortions arising in the present century;

(4) We can help so many who are incurring grave error by embracing the most diverse heresies and distortions about the Person of God.

What is an attribute? ATTRIBUTE: (from Latin 'attribution') Property inherent to the subject without which it can not exist or be conceived. In philosophy, Aristotle distinguished between attribute and accident. Descartes regarded attributes as fundamental properties of substance. Spinoza understood that extension and thought are attributes of the single substance. According to the French materialists of the 18th century, they are attributes of matter to extension and movement; Some (Diderot, Robinet) also included thought.

In theology, Berkhof, for example, says that: "God's attributes can be defined as the perfections that are predicatives of the Divine Being in Scripture, or that are visibly exercised by him in His works of creation, providence, and redemption." Although he prefers the term "virtue" or "perfections" rather than attributes, he thinks that "attribute" can convey the notion of adding something to the Divine Being. (Berkhof, 1994: 54)

There are, among the theologians, various positions regarding the number of attributes of God. Some speak of natural attributes and moral attributes, others of absolute and relative attributes, others of immanent or intransitive attributes, and emanating or transitive attributes. The most common is between communicable and incommunicable attributes. We will not follow any pre-established pattern, we will deal generally with the attributes of God, in the end I will be indicating some books that may help in a more in-depth study on the subject.

Let us now look at a summary of the various attributes listed in Scripture:

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD OWNS PROPERLY

1 - SINGULARITY AND SIMPLICITY: God is not composed of parts, because all composition implies imperfection. The compound necessarily depends on the constituent elements. God is therefore perfectly simple. One attribute is not more important than another; They all constitute the Being of God. God is unique in the sense of singularity as well as of simplicity. Singularity: God is unique, numerically one; There is one God. Simplicity: God is not divided into parts, for He is not composed; However its attributes are emphasized at different times. Being infinitely simple, God is infinitely one and indivisible. But it is also absolutely unique. To suppose two or more equally perfect Gods would be absurd. Two Gods would be identical and then would be confused, or would be different and then could not both be infinitely perfect. 1Re 8.60; Dt 6.4; Mc 12.29, 32; 1Co 8.6; 1Tm 2.5; Jn 17: 3; Eph 4.6.

2 - INFINITY AND IMENSITY: God is infinite, that is, without limit in his being, because it is the being by itself, the being that exists by its own essence. Nothing exists beyond and above God, that nothing depends and to which everything is subordinate. He "dwelleth in inaccessible light" (1 Tim. 6:16), a God of "unfathomable judgments" and whose ways are "inscrutable" (Rom. 11.33). God is infinite, unlimited, unlimited. "Am I only a God, says the Lord, and not from afar? Would anyone hide in hiding so that I do not see him? Saith the Lord; Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? Saith the Lord "(Jer 23: 23-24). "Whither shall I depart from thy Spirit? Where will I flee from your face? If I ascend to heaven, there you are; If I make my bed in the deepest abyss, there you are also; If I take the wings of the dawn and stand at the ends of the seas, there will my hand still guide me, and your right hand will hold me. " 139.7-10

3 - ETERNITY: Being infinite, God has no beginning and no end. Only imperfect beings have limited duration. God, being infinitely perfect, is eternal. There is no past, no future, no present. Eternity is an attribute related to the immutability of God in the aspect that time can not add or take something from Him, can not increase or decrease His knowledge. But he perceives events in time and acts in time. "Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation. Before the mountains were born and formed the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, you are God. " Sl 90.2

4 - INTELLIGENCE: Being everything, in God, infinite, his intelligence and his science are also infinite. To know, He does not need to reason. Everything sees and knows. "... who first gave it to him to be restored to him?"

5 - WILL: The divine will has no limits and is free from all obstacles. God just wants to do. He acts with absolute independence and without contradiction. "All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed for nothing; And according to his will he worketh with the host of heaven, and with the inhabitants of the land; There is no one to hold his hand, nor to say to him, What doest thou? "

6 - WISDOM: The infinitely perfect intelligence of God generates the absolute wisdom that makes Him employ the most effective means for the most worthy ends. God governs everything with intelligence, security and order.

7 - KINDNESS: God is infinite and perfect love. God is good in himself; Absolutely nothing can be added or improved because it is not incomplete or defective. He is the sumo good to his creatures; The source of all good. His goodness manifests itself to all his creatures, for it is perfection that leads him to treat all his creatures kindly and generously. This attribute of God implies that He is the definitive parameter of what is good, and everything He is and does is worthy of approval. Gn 1.31; 145.9, 15-16; Sl 100.5; Sl 106.1; Lk 18: 18-19; Rm 12.2; Tg 1.17; 1Jo 1.5; 14.17.

8 - JUSTICE: Being in an infinite degree, intelligent, wise and good, God is just. Having absolute holiness that is the order of love, He acts with infinitely perfect justice. Therefore punish evil and reward good. God always acts according to what is right, and that He Himself is the definitive parameter of what is just. Deut. 32: 4 "He is the Rock; His works are perfect, because all his ways are just; God is faithful and without iniquity; Righteous and upright is he. " Other references: Ed 9.15; Ne 9.8; 119.137; 145.17; Jr 12.1; Lm 2.29; 3.4; Rev 16.5; Dt 32.4; Rm 3.25-26; Job 40.2,8; Rm 9.20,21.

9 - SELF-EXISTENCE: This is a characteristic of God alone. "The God who made the world and all that is in him, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands. Nor is it served by human hands, as if by any means necessary; For He himself is the one who gives life, breath, and all things "(Acts 17: 24-25). God is self-sufficient. He does not need anything or anyone to be who he is or do what he did and does. God is absolutely independent of everything outside Himself, even for the continuity and perpetuity of His Being. God is the cause of all things without being caused.

10 - IMMUTABILITY OR INALTERABILITY: Every change constitutes progress or decay. Only imperfect beings change and become. Being necessarily perfect, God is immutable, that is, remains identical with itself, without any change or variation. (Rev. 22:13, Is 44: 6). It is the same God, unique and true. He is not only; He is what he is, always. Nothing changes in Him. (Hebrews 1: 10-12). "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, in whom there can be no variation, or shadow of change." Tg 1.17. "For I the Lord do not change." Ml 3.6

11 - ONIPRESENCE: God has no size or spatial dimensions and is present at every point in space with his whole being; But he acts differently in different places. God is not everywhere in the same sense; That is, the manifestation of Him is greater in the heavens his dwelling, but its manifestation in hell happens in a punitive way, for example. God has no spatial dimensions, He is our closest environment. Its center is everywhere; Your circumference is nowhere. "Am I only God at hand, saith the Lord, and not even God afar off? Would someone hide in hiding so I do not see him? Says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? Saith the Lord. " Jr. 23: 23-24, and still. 139.7-10

12 - Prescience: If we look at the aspect in which the word "foreknowledge" in the Bible is employed, not in the sense of predicting events or actions of people, but rather that it is related to God's prior knowledge of people. The foreknowledge of God is not causative, but God knows beforehand what it will be because He has decreed what is to be. So we conclude that God knows the people He Himself has chosen. Rm 8.28-29; 1Pe 1.2.

The word "foreknowledge" in Greek: "prognosis", does not mean just "to know before". When this term is used in relation to God it often means "to look with love". "You have rebelled against the LORD from the day that I have known you." Dt 9.24. "Of all the families of the earth, only to you I knew (I chose); Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. " Am 3.2 (emphasis ours). "Knowing" means loving. "Then I will tell you explicitly: I never knew you. Depart from me, ye that work iniquity. " Mt 7.23. (Jn 10.14, 1Co 8.3, 2Tm 2.19; Rom 8: 29-30; 11.22).

13 - SOVEREIGNTY OR SUPREMACY: God the supreme creator of the universe can not and will never be influenced by any human attitude or event of his creation. God controls everything and has dominion eternally over the will of men, of heavenly beings and over all the rest of his creation. "Thine is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for thine is all that is in heaven and in earth; Thine is, O Lord, the kingdom, and Thou hast exalted himself as the chief over all. " 1Cr 29.11 As well expressed A. W. Pink:

● God is sovereign in the exercise of His power - Ex 17.16; 1Ch 29.11-12; Dn 2.22-21.

● God is sovereign in the delegation of His power to others - Deut. 8:18; Ps 29.11; Dn 2.23.

● God is sovereign in the exercise of His mercy - John 5: 1-9.

● God is sovereign in the exercise of His grace - Rom. 9.19-24; Rm 11.5-6; Eph 2.4-10.

God is sovereign in the realm of nations - 2Ch 20: 6; H, 10.16; Rev 19.6; Pv 21.1; Dn 4.35.

14 - HOLINESS: The holiness of God traces the pattern that his people must imitate. "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy." Lev 19.2 The biblical God is both holy and loving, in inseparable unity in every person of Triunity. God's holiness is central to his being, and is especially prominent in the Old Testament (Lv 11.44, 19.2, Js 24.19, 1Sm 6.20, Ps 22.3, Is 57.15). The holiness of God indicates that he is absolutely pure and perfect, without any sin or evil; His own being is the radiance and the outpouring of purity, truth, justice, righteousness, goodness, and all moral perfection.

15. IRA: God strongly hates sin, and this is associated with God's holiness and righteousness. He opposes everything that goes against his moral character. "Remember and do not forget much that you provoked the wrath of the Lord your God in the wilderness; From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you rebelled against the LORD; For in Horeb ye have provoked the Lord to wrath, that the wrath of the Lord was kindled against you to destroy you "(Deuteronomy 9: 7-8). An example of divine wrath lies in the execution of the flood in the days of Noah (Gen 6 -8)

16 - ONIPOTENCE: This is clearly expressed in the question: "Is anything too difficult for God?" After God had promised Abraham and Sarah a son in old age - Gen 18.14, and repeated again with his promise to restore and Liberate Jerusalem from its imminent destruction by the Babylonian army - Jer 32.27. In both cases the divine promise was fulfilled to the letter. The New Testament also contains a similar testimony regarding the omnipotence of God. He reveals himself as the God for whom "nothing is impossible." (Gn 17.1; 18.14; Ps 24.8; 33.9; 89.13; 115.3; Hb 1.3; Eph 3: 20,21; Ps 24.8; Ps 32.27; 2Co 6.18; Ap 1,8: Lc 1.37; Mt 19.26; Tg 1:13, 17).

17 - UNISCIENCE: This perfection is closely linked to its omnipresence (Psalm 139: 1-12). The practical implications are similar and disturbing, but they bring safety at the same time: God sees and therefore knows everything. This is especially pertinent to the judgment, being symbolically expressed by the "opening of the books" (Rev. 20:12).

18 - LOVE: "God is love" (1 John 4: 8) is the best-known biblical definition of God. In human contexts, however, love includes a considerable variety of attitudes and deeds. In relation to God, it is a very specific idea. "In this is love ... wherein ... He sent forth his Son as the propitiation for our sins" (1 John 4.10; "In this was manifested the love of God ... in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world" 1Jo 4.9. The term agapê here has comparatively little use outside the New Testament. The common Greek word, Eros, speaks of a love associated with a worthy person, while agape is love for the unworthy, for someone who has lost all right to the devotion of the beloved. God's love, agape, is chiefly expressed in the redemption of sinners and in everything that is connected with it.

19 - MERCY: It is the exercise of God's love for the afflicted and the distressed. The basic difference between grace and mercy is that it sees sinful men guilty and condemned, granting forgiveness, while it sees them miserable and needy, acting affectionately towards them, that is, granting relief. It is helpful to say that mercy is an extension of God's grace. (2Si 24.14, Mt 9.27, 2Co 1.3, Hb 4.16, 2.17, Tg 5.11). "And after all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt, yet you, O our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have left us this remnant ..." Ed 9.13.

20 - PATIENCE: It is the power of control that God exercises over himself, acting complacently towards the ungodly, holding for a time the punishment he deserves. This attribute, although it benefits the creature, concerns God, for it is the power that he controls his wrath, delaying judgment, continuing to offer salvation and grace for long periods. Nm 1.3; S, 86.15; Rm 2.4; 9.22; 1Pe 3.20; 2Pe 3.9; Tg 1.19; Jn 4.21; Sl 103.8-9. What would be the "Pedros" if God were not patient?

IMPLICATIONS OF THE ATTRIBUTES STUDY

What good is it for us to know about the attributes of God? In what would our life change everything we have studied so far about the person of God? In addition to the reasons I mentioned in the introduction, it is imperative these days that God's attributes are connected with the way we serve Him. If I do not know God how can I worship him? Love him? Serve it? Pray? Otherwise, let's see:

If God is SINGULAR, then I can not associate with any other god;

If God is INFINITE, then He is greater than my own life;

If God is ETERNAL, then we can trust Him at any time;

If God is INTELLIGENT, then I can trust your decisions about me;

If God has WILL, then I must discover His will for my life;

If God is WISE, then I need Him in my ignorance;

If God is GOOD, then in His hands I will be safe;

If God is FAITHFUL then I will give to Him the injustices that I have suffered;

If God is SELF-EXISTING, He does not need me, but I need Him;

If God is IMUTABLE, then my faith can rest His Being;

If God is ONIPRESENT, then I do not need to make pilgrimages to "holy" places to meet Him;

If God has Prescience, then I know that He loved me before the foundation of the world;

If God is SOVEREIGN, then nothing can catch him by surprise, even the worst calamities;

If God is HOLY, then I must seek holiness, for He says to me, "Be holy";

If God breaks, then I must understand that I can not sin against Him;

If God is ONIPOTENT, then why do I care about my problems more than I should?

If God is ONISCIENT, then I can not deceive Him at any time;

If God is LOVE, then I can believe in his forgiveness;

If God is MERCY, then I know that although there is hell, it is not for me;

If God is a PATIENT then you know the best time to act.

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

A. W. PINK, God is Sovereign. Editora Fiel.

A. W. PINK, The Attributes of God. Editora Fiel.

CHARLES HODGE, Systematic Theology. Publisher Hagnos.

COLIN BROWN, (Org.) International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. New life. (2 volumes).

E. H. BANCROFT, Elementary Theology. Editora Batista Regular.

HERMANN BAVINCK, Systematic Theology. Socep.

LEWIS SPERRY CHAFER, Systematic Theology: Volumes 1, 2 and 3. Regular Baptist Press.

LOUIS BERKHOF, Systematic Theology. Editora Luz para o Caminho.

MILLARD J. ERICKSON, Introduction to Systematic Theology. New life.

MYER PERLMAN, Knowing the Doctrines of the Bible. Editora Vida.

WAYNE GRUDEM, Systematic Theology. New life.

WAYNE H. HOUSE, Christian Theology in Pictures. Editora Vida.

SOME QUESTIONS & ANSWERS THAT CAN SATISFY YOUR DOUBTS ...

1. How is the character of God in a single word?

"He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is love." I John 4: 8.

2. What are some of God's attributes?

"The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works." Ps. 145: 17.

3. Does Christ have these same attributes?

"By His knowledge My servant [Christ] the righteous will justify many." Isaiah 53:11. "Thou shalt not suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption." Acts 2:27.

4. In proclaiming His name to Moses, how did the Lord define His character?

"And the Lord went down in a cloud, and stood by him: and he proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed before him, and cried out, Jehovah, the Lord, a merciful God, and a godly man; Great in mercy and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, which he hath not offended the guilty. " Ex. 34: 5-7.

5. What is said of the tender compassion of God?

"But You, Lord, are a God full of compassion, and pious, suffering, and great in kindness and truth." Ps. 86:15.

6. What is said of God's faithfulness in keeping His promises?

"Thou shalt know that the Lord thy God is God, the faithful God, that keepeth covenant and mercy unto a thousand generations unto them that love him, and keep his commandments." Deut. 7: 9.

7. What is affirmed of the strength and wisdom of God?

"Behold, God is great, and despiseth no man: he is great in the power of the understanding." Job 36: 5.

8. What treasures are hidden in Christ?

"In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Col. 2: 3.

9. In what language is the righteousness of God described?

"He is the Rock, whose work is perfect, for all his ways are judgment: God is truth, and in him is no injustice: just and upright is." Deut. 32: 4.

10. In what words is His impartiality proclaimed?

"For the Lord your God is the God of the gods and the Lord of lords, the great and mighty God, who does not accept a person and does not accept a reward." Deut. 10:17.

"And Peter opened his mouth and said, I acknowledge for truth that God is no respecter of persons, but that it is acceptable to him who in any nation fears him and doeseth what is just." Acts 10:34, 35.

11. For how good is God?

"The Lord is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works." Ps. 145: 9.

12. Why did Christ command us to love our enemies?

"But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven; His sun shall rise on the evil and on the good, and the rain shall come down upon the just and upon the unjust. " S. Mat. 5:44, 45.

13. How perfect, said Christ, should they be His followers?

"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." S. Mat. 5:48

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