Twice the son of hell…?

June 22, 2008 by A Watchman · 4 Comments 

Jesus said that some people proselyte and make their converts “twice the son of hell”, do you think this is true today?

Matthew 23:15
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. Read more

Who Were The Notzrim

July 29, 2008 by A Watchman · Leave a Comment 

The Notzrim, also Nasaraioi/Nasoraean (Gk:Νασαραίοι), from Hebrew נֹצְרִים or נוצרים “sentry” or “watchmen” (those who “keep safe” the original teachings), are a sect that began as a Gnostic movement during the reign of the Hasmonean queen Alexandra Helene Salome among Hellenized supporters of Rome in Judea. Read more

Yehoshua – Yeshua The Nazarene

July 29, 2008 by A Watchman · Leave a Comment 

Yeshua the Nazarene

Matthew made a very interesting statement near the beginning of his Gospel. Referring to Yeshua, he wrote, “And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene” (Matthew 2:23).

Two questions immediately come to mind in reading that verse from Matthew’s account of the Gospel.

1. To which prophets was Matthew referring?

2. What does a “Nazarene” have to do with living in Nazareth? Read more

The Problem with Paul – Part 1

July 30, 2008 by A Watchman · 4 Comments 

I will never forget the beginning of my relationship with our heavenly Father. It was like I had begun a Quest. A quest to know Him and to be pleasing in His sight. Read more

Is Jesus God?

August 4, 2008 by A Watchman · 13 Comments 

Is Jesus God? Is His name YHVH? Should we worship the Messiah?

You will note in the following verses that there are to be no other gods besides YHVH and there are to be no images of any type to which one expresses divine adoration. Read more

Do I Need To Go To Church To Be A Christian…?

October 19, 2008 by A Watchman · 14 Comments 

I don’t know if you are anything like me… But when I go to church I come away wondering what God truly thinks of it. I mean… I thought church was supposed to be a place where the focus was on Christ. Instead I find that preachers are more interested in trying to make people feel Read more

Early Christian Writings – Lost Books Of The Bible

October 24, 2008 by A Watchman · 2 Comments 

Early Christian Writings And Sacred Texts – Information About The Lost (Banned) Books Of The Bible

In the process of determining the Biblical canon, a large number of works were excluded from the New Testament. These New Testament Apocrypha are generally not accepted by Christians, though the Ethiopian Orthodox Church recognizes Jubilees, Book of Enoch, the Shepherd of Hermas, 1 Clement, Acts of Paul, and some uniquely Ethiopian books. Read more

The Lords Tithe – Should A Christian Pay Tithes To The Church? – Part 1

December 8, 2008 by A Watchman · 30 Comments 

Millions of churches all over the world are demanding that members of their congregation pay a tithe (1 tenth or 10%) of their income to the church.

Preachers boldly preach from the book of Malachi Chapter 3:
8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Read more

The Lords Tithe – Should A Christian Pay Tithes To The Church? – Part 2

December 8, 2008 by A Watchman · 11 Comments 

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Nehemiah 13:10-22
10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 11Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. Read more

The Lords Tithe – Should A Christian Pay Tithes To The Church? – Part 3

December 10, 2008 by A Watchman · 6 Comments 

 
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Contrary To What The Preachers Tell You… Melchizedek Tithed To Abram – Not the other way around.

Genesis 14:17-20
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh–the same is the King’s Vale.
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.
19 And he blessed him, and said: ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;
20 and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.’ And he gave him a tenth of all. Read more

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