Reminder - Read ChurchMouse - Linked on the Left (But Not Leftist) Column

 I thought I improved on his ChurchMouse graphic, but he must have decided otherwise.

He is always worth reading for the British Christian conservative perspective.

He has told me that I send a lot of readers his way.

Then they are blessed by his contributions.

 

Breaking News - The King James Version Is on the Delivery Trucks, Some Have Arrived. Not Mine! The First To Order Will Be Last.

 Engagement photo - Christina had back surgery while in college. She found the doctor and had the surgery, which was much rougher in those days. She wore a body cast until her back healed.

We had quite a rain, and more is coming. The new roses are putting out their leaves and the daffodils keep blooming. 

The King James Version: Apostolic Texts, Precise Translation versus Fraudulent Texts and Heretical Translations is now in print and a few ordered copies are just starting to arrive. 

As you might have guessed, the second part of the new version is far more revealing about the fraud involved in Tischendorf's Codex Sinaiticus and the Vatican's modestly named Codex Vaticanus. A handful of fraudulent New Testament texts (with those two as stars) were promoted by Westcott and Hort in the secretive and dishonest ten years leading to the KJV Revision. 

The Majority Text has 5,000+ witnesses that agree with each other about 99% of the time. Fallible humans - even those with computers, gimlet-eyed friends, and spell-checker - make mistakes. 

According to Burdon, Sinaiticus and Vaticanus disagree 40% of the time. Moreover, they have honest origin and no descendants. You, like, phonies, forgeries, expensive tricks.

When I get my KJV, I will stop the printing and Kindles of The Bible Book.

Pastor Herman Otten was brave enough to challenge Concordia St. Louis on their Seminexy favoritism toward the bad, heretical NT texts. I doubt whether Cub Editor Hale has the guts to suggest that St. Louis and Ft. Wayne are no more toxic than the ELCA seminaries and the Vatican itself.

 A Calvinist - Woods - wrote this explanatory note, as if that makes OJ and SJ less repulsive a rejection of the Chief Article of Christianity.

PS - I will let you know when Hale publishes a review of The King James Version. He gets each new book but has not recovered from his trampling of The Path To Justification.

Rev. Andy Stanley - A Favorite Theologian in WELS - Another Bible Butcher. “The Christian faith doesn’t rise and fall on the accuracy of 66 ancient documents. It rises and falls on the identity of a single individual: Jesus of Nazareth.”

 Andy Stanley proudly posed with Ski.

 Ski, Bishop Katie, and WELS pastors worshiped with Stanley at a conference.

Christian Post ^ | 03/21/2022 | Mark Creech

Posted on 3/21/2022, 10:37:27 PM by SeekAndFind

The recent now-deleted tweet by Andy Stanley, son of famed pastor emeritus Charles Stanley of the First Baptist Church, Atlanta, reads:

“The Christian faith doesn’t rise and fall on the accuracy of 66 ancient documents. It rises and falls on the identity of a single individual: Jesus of Nazareth.”

Stanley’s tweet was taken from a sermon he preached on March 6 at Browns Bridge Church in Cumming, Georgia.

When first reading the tweet on social media, I was saddened and sickened. This kind of statement was all too familiar to me. I had often heard it made by the moderates and liberals who were in control of the Southern Baptist Convention back in the '80s. I had defended the faith against this kind of approach to the Scriptures in the Baptist Associations where I had served — a time when my support for the Bible as divine and totally without error was in the minority and marginalized.

This kind of doctrinal error is what conservatives worked and sacrificed to save the Southern Baptist Convention from and succeeded. Moreover, other denominations that embraced what Stanley was teaching ended up on the trash heap of spiritual impotence or blatant apostasy.

It was, therefore, quite painful for me to hear a prominent preacher with the considerable influence of Stanley, one who has affirmed his own belief in inerrancy, declare something so contrary to that affirmation.

A Babtist pastor refused to believe Stanley said this, asked for it in writing, and then dismissed it.

 WELS Fox Valley Churches sponsored Ski's 
special message to kids.

 Ski's statistics in  a very wealthy suburb, Round Rock in Texas.

Big Storm Rolling Through

 Joe Pye Weed is still dormant.

We had a little rain before, just when we needed it. Then this storm moved in from the West, fairly weak all day. Now it is booming overhead like the finale of a July 4th celebration. 

I clipped the older blooms on the daffodils, to let the bulb grow better and not let them try to build a seed from the flower. They will produce new bulbs until they have to be dug up and separated to let even more grow.

I figure the earthworms are just as happy about this long rain - thunderous then dripping - as I am. They were doing Olympic jumps out of the bag, tiny threads ready to turn into patriarchs and matriarchs. They handle both roles. 

Roses love being rained on. They are much more demanding of water than most people think. 

The Military Gardening Group had a long discussion on how to deal with the tiny Japanese beetles (unlike the more popular June bugs). I have found no natural solutions, though many natural solutions are sold.

I am looking forward to the unusual daffodils blooming. I will post photographs.

Summing Up Some Nutritional Stories

 Hardened Dairy Queen managers let their toddler enjoy some DQ during a photo op. It was the beginning of his tragic addiction to ice cream too. DQ is a gateway drug!

Several of us have been discussing nutrition, especially since I send out Joel Fuhrman books that I find for 3 or 4 dollars (hardback!).

Here are some of my conclusions -

1. Most of the special tablets aiming a curing or improving something are very expensive versions of a single ingredient in vegetables, fruit, and nuts. 
2. One multi-vitamin a day is good and inexpensive, because we may not get all those ingredients on a regular basis.
3. The get-fat group includes desserts, milk, butter, cheese,  eggs, and meat. They are also relatively expensive. 
4. The alternative is to fill up on leafy greens and beans, which are very high in nutrition, quite inexpensive, and delicious when the get-fat foods are downgraded to minor roles (but typically dominate in the Standard American Diet).
5. The named diet plans - Keto, Mediterranean, Opti-fast, Scarsdale, high protein - are expensive and unbalanced, leading to drastic reduction in weight and awesome gains afterwards.
6. Fish is very expensive for getting Omega 3 oil when it is found (without toxins) in nuts and flax seed. If anyone has belched fish oil...it is a warning against its dubious origins.
7. Desserts are ready-made, so good at quelling hunger pangs, but quick for weight gains - in fats and sugars used - both quick to make their mark on the waist.

 An award for making donuts! His name has been removed to protect his family from potential lawsuits.

 

Seriously, there are many long-term diseases we can address with the simple foods our parents and grandparents grew up on.

Oculi, The Third Sunday in Lent, 2022.

Oculi Sunday, The Third Sunday in Lent, 2022

Pastor Gregory L. Jackson

Bethany Lutheran Church, 10 AM Central Standard Time

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The Hymn #175      When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
The Confession of Sins
The Absolution
The Introit p. 16

Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord: 

for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Turn Thee unto me and have mercy upon me: 

for I am desolate and afflicted.

Psalm. Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul: 

O my God, I trust in Thee; let me not be ashamed.

The Gloria Patri
The Kyrie p. 17
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Salutation and Collect p. 19

We beseech Thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of Thy humble servants and stretch forth

the right hand of Thy majesty to be our defense 

against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ, 

Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth, etc.

The Epistle and Gradual             Ephesians 5:1-9
The Gospel                                 Luke 11:14-28
Glory be to Thee, O Lord!
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed p. 22
The Sermon Hymn #524         In Thee Lord Have I Put My Trust (alt tune #177)

Real Opposition to the Gospel

The Hymn #315:1-5          I Come O Savior To Thy Table

The Preface p. 24
The Sanctus p. 26
The Lord's Prayer p. 27
The Words of Institution
The Agnus Dei p. 28
The Nunc Dimittis p. 29
The Benediction p. 31
The Hymn #568                  We Praise Thee O God        

    

Alternate tune for this hymn #177

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KJV Ephesians 5:1 

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

KJV Luke 11:14 

And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house against a house falleth. 18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: 22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Before Abraham Was, I AM

 

KJV John 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

KJV John 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

This dialogue is the battle between two kingdoms – Truth, the Kingdom of Grace, and Lies, the Kingdom of Satan. Jesus the Son of God, the Creating Word (John 1:3), is the one and only message of forgiveness and salvation. One is either within the Kingdom of God by faith, or the Kingdom of Satan by denying the Truth, compromising the Truth, and cleverly forging a joint partnership of Truth and Satan’s lies.

The first part, Truth, is easy, in one sense, and yet denied by many who carry on as great leaders and examples of Christ Himself. They want to make people Happy Campers so they speak the Name of the Jesus often, but they subtly deny the cross and say “Follow us, not Him.” The compromisers are those who call themselves Biblical scholars and use that position to tell people “the Scriptures are not really the direct revelation of God, and they can tell people how to sort out the kernel of truth (which is their own doctrine) while denying the complete counsel of God. Paul wrote -

Acts 20: 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Paul gave a perfect description of Protestantism from the 1800s on,

·         looking for a better Bible for “today’s believers,”

·         taking over Christian education to make it more modern and harmonious with Evolution, the new religion

·         teaching “spirit guides,” expelling faithful ministers, installing their favorite false teachers.

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

Antagonism toward God’s Word is a perfect test for whether people follow Jesus Christ or deny Him. Once a pastor, professor, or bishop has driven away the believers, those remaining will only listen to falsehood. They will bristle at the sound of sound (healthy) doctrine, as James wrote – “They believe but their hides bristle.” (KJV James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.) That is why someone can be godly outwardly, even more than others, with smells and bells, fishhats and large sticks to carry, and yet inwardly and deviously deny the Word of the Gospel. If the equipment is primary, the Gospel is secondary.

48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

Jesus clearly angered the opposition, because they insulted Him twice over – as a Samaritan and as a devil. Some might see the Parable of the Good Samaritan in this. That was the worst personal insult because of ages of similar but different interpretations of the Old Testament. The Samaritan in that parable is Jesus, not a social activist who would “make the road to Jericho safe” (a Social Gospel pivot). The worst insult is the one assigned to that parable, the role of Jesus as the despised one who helps others in their dire need.

The worst barb for the opposition is “If a man keep (or guard) my saying, he shall never see death.” Knowing what is in their hearts, Jesus aims for the center, and they respond.

Abraham Rejoiced

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

By exciting the Pharisees, Jesus helped the truth to come out in the open, for others to hear– first in His own declarations and secondly in the opposition giving away what they really thought, their disbelief in the Messiah, even though His countless miracles told the population otherwise.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

What many miss, after watching The Ten Commandments movie too many times, is the place of Abraham in the New Testament. He is the Father of Faith, based on Genesis 15:6 and the tremendous narrative in Genesis. Paul’s argument for Justification by Faith alone, is based on Abraham being justified, forgiven, through faith “that it might be by grace.”

Logic – The Fallacy of Emphasis

The subtle serpents of today will allow Justification by Faith, but only when they phrase it their way, which is called a fallacy of emphasis. It works this way – Someone says, “I thought it was going to rain.” They are looking at a cloudburst through the window. “You THOUGHT it was going to rain” suggests it was a stupid idea. “YOU thought it was going to rain” is blaming.

 

So the modern serpents use the right words but imply the wrong meaning when they say “Justified by Grace, through faith” which ca-a-a-a-a-an be understood correctly (WELS) but scholars are divided (“we want to confuse you about the truth”). The fallacy is that everyone is Justified by Grace (WELS, LCMS youth leader, Valleskey, Bivens, Brenner, Harrison) and they believe this universal absolution.

The opponents knew that Jesus was divine by His miracles, and they imagined that they could distract the crowd with another fake shock of amazement.

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.

This is where we see that Jesus confesses Himself to be God, the Angel of the Lord, speaking from the Burning Bush in Exodus 3. The Name of God is I AM. The Son of God is the One they seek to kill, because they fear the response of the Roman legions and the loss of all their perks and privileges. When the LCA and later the ELCA were formed, the Old Guard was kept in place a few years, to keep the peace, and then booted out with tear-stained nostalgia and praises shoveled down to their Father Below.

This is what the Gospel of John wants to convey - the battle between Truth and Against-Truth. The first is unified. The second is divided into many different forms but ends up with the same goals and so-called victories.

When we pray to Jesus and through Jesus, naming Him, we are speaking to God Himself. He is the Light of the World, the one Truth that illuminates all of man’s wisdom and tests whether some concept is God’s Truth or a mirage.

59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

The reaction proves the accuracy of Jesus’ words. His Two Natures are revealed in His humanity, His appearance as an ordinary man, and His ability to pass through the angry mob because it was not yet His time. If we deny His ability to be in the elements of Holy Communion, we deny His ability to pass through the crowds (more than once), enter the barred door (twice), and leave the tomb without needing angels to roll the stone away.

The segment of I AM teaching reveals the truth of Jesus as the face and voice of God, and our forgiveness and salvation come from that power.

New Equipment for Live Streaming on the Way. The King James Version: Apostolic Texts Precise Translation versus Fraudulent Texts and Heretical Translations - Is Starting To Arrive

Little did I know about HDMI and beyond cameras for live streaming over the Internet. Today I purchased the camera and subordinate items, plus a converter from Amazon. Sound and video are integrated in the signal. I need to find out more about sound.

I feel like a kid wandering into the Harvard Library asking, what does KJV stand for? They left a lot of us behind when video leaped ahead. I look up YouTube churches using video and they discuss setting up an entire studio for their multi-campus, multi-screen program. 

Video hardware is the new Babel, but I am having fun and learning a lot. 

In Other News

The earthworms arrived hours before our long, slow rain, and the roses were also ready for planting. The roses went into a rain barrel when temps plunged and 5 inches of snow fell. They also came into the kitchen in the barrel. 

Yesterday, I sprinkled the worms around the front and back. They were bursting to get out of the package. They are compost worms that like to make good soil even better.

I planted the roses and saw that a second planting of daffodils was starting to appear, with orange trumpets setting off the yellow flowers. Some fancier ones will be along soon.

Grecian wind flowers, which look too delicate to be real, also bloomed. My neighbor found some new bulb leaves coming up in her yard. I suggested that the squirrels dug some up from my yard to store in hers. 

Many more flowers will come up in the next few weeks. They cheer us up while waiting for the super-star roses to bloom. I enjoy hearing visitors pointing and say, "What's that? What's that?"

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The True Church: Its Way of Justification and Its Holy Communion by Emanuel Greenwald New Testament Conversions by George H. Gerberding The Optimist's Good Morning: Prayers and Quotations for Every Day of the Year by Florence Nightingale Perin Catholic, Lutheran, Protestant by Gregory L Jackson The Doctrine of Justification by Matthias Loy

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The True Church: Its Way of Justification and Its Holy Communion by Emanuel Greenwald “The doctrine of Justification by Faith alone, was the turning point of the Reformation; it was the experience of its necessity and efficacy in the heart of Martin Luther that constituted his best qualification for the work of the Reformation; and as it distinguished the Lutheran Church from the Church of Rome, so it has come to be regarded as the distinguishing mark of separation between Protestantism and Romanism.” — Emanuel Greenwald Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed. Book Contents Preface Justification by Faith. The Nature of Justification The Ground Of Justification Justification, or, a judicial acquittal, demands a perfect righteousness as the ground of it. We have not in our hearts and lives a personal righteousness that can constitute the ground of our justification. Christ’s righteousness is the only ground of our justification. Means Of Justification We have in this, subject the great line of distinction between truth and error. We have in this subject the source of greatest consolation to Christian minds. We have in this subject the answer to be given to anxious souls who inquire the way of salvation. The Holy Communion. A. The True Doctrine It has been charged that the doctrine of Luther, and of the Lutheran Church, differs little if in anything, from Transubstantiation. Another common objection to the doctrine of Luther, and a favorite mode of rendering it absurd to the minds of unthinking persons, is to ask: It is further alleged as an objection to this doctrine, that it is incomprehensible. One of the commonest and most flippant objections we hear, is the assertion that this doctrine is Romanism. It is objected that the Lutheran Church teaches the doctrine of Consubstantiation. B. Practical Conclusions I will not doubt nor wrangle, but simply believe the Word of my Lord, and yield my reason to the Supreme Reason, in this, and all other doctrines, and ordinances, and institutions of the Gospel. I will endeavor always to commune with the solemn awe which the nature of the Holy Communion inspires. I will sanctify my heart, and commune at the Lord’s Table, with clean hands and pure lips, because the holy presence of the Lord demands it. The True Church. What is the Church? The Essential Characteristics There must be the true doctrine. This definition of the True Church requires the Sacraments to be rightly administered. Why The Lutheran Church Claims To Be The True Church We are the True Church, because we have the True Head of the Church. We are the True Old Church, because we have the True Church succession. We are the True Church because we have the true faith. We are the True Church, because we have the True, Old, Apostolic, Christian Baptism. We are the True Church because we have the true Lord’s Supper. We are the True Church because we have the true ministry. We are the True Church because we have the real old keys. We are the True Church because we have, and hold, the true Word of God. We are the True Church, because we have the true cross, and the way of salvation by it. We are the True Church, because in it we have the true happy deathbeds of the saints. Download the eBook PDF EPUB - [Apple, Kobo and other devices] MOBI+AZW3 - [Kindle]  If you request an EPUB or MOBI version, you can expect to receive it within a few hours. If you don't hear back by the next day, check your spam or junk mail folder. This is especially true for yahoo mail. You can also request a copy of this or any Lutheran Library e-book by sending an email with the title and format you'd like. Enjoy the book! Publication Information Lutheran Library edition first published: 2017-10-19 Copyright: CC BY 4.0