There are so many questions that go through my feeble mind on a daily basis that I sometimes feel like giving up and just shutting down. Then all of a sudden, like He always does, God provides an answer or at least a reprieve from the confusion until I have been able to get the answers I seek. 

As of late, my twitter timeline has been full of tweets from brothers and sisters discussing topics such as Calvinist vs Arminian vs Lutheran vs Presbyterian doctrines, limited atonement vs unlimited atonement, attacks on preachers from both sides of the aisle, paedo vs credo baptism, and so many more topics that it sometimes makes me want to cancel my twitter account or dump all the people I follow and re-follow new people (that have the same convictions as I do of course). I have to be honest and say that I’ve given serious thought to leaving twitter but then it dawns on me that I have met many people on this social media platform that have been of great encouragement and have taught me and shown me so much over the years that I just can’t walk away. 

When I am reading and studying God's Word, sometimes I come across passages that are difficult to decipher. When this happens, and it happens often, you should see me scramble as I start grabbing all the different versions of the bible I have here in my study hoping that one version will be more clear than the next. Once I have exhausted every avenue of understanding, I contact one of my "go to" friends from twitter. 

One of those "go to" friends is @MatthewJanzen . Yesterday on twitter, he and I had been discussing the different views on baptism (I'll save those results for a later blog topic). After the discussion was over, I decided to DM Matthew and ask him to give me his understanding of communion and his understanding of the significance of communion. I was glad to hear that he and I are on the same page with our belief. Out of all the people I converse with on twitter, Matthew is the most versed when it comes to all things Old Testament. His extensive study of scripture is awe-inspiring and I knew he would be able to help me piece together what I was unable to do. 

Below is the email Matthew wrote and sent to me on the topic of communion. Please take the time to read it as it is thorough and well written on the subject...



Transubstantiation
Some people I’ve met not only have a difficult time understanding the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, but also have a difficult time even pronouncing such a word.  Don’t let the big word scare you though; it is just a theological way of describing the Roman Catholic position on what takes place during the Lord’s Supper.  Literally transubstantiation means the changing of one substance into another.  In view of the Lord’s Supper, Catholicism believes that the bread and wine actually change from that substance into the substance of the body of Christ and the blood of Christ.
A similar view yet held distinct by such Protestant Reformers as Martin Luther is consubstantiation.  While Luther did believe that the bread and wine were the body and the blood of Christ, he also maintained that bread and wine were actual bread and actual wine.  In other words there was a coexistence of the two.  Both substances existed at the same time in the partaking of the Lord’s Supper.
I believe both positions above are inaccurate beliefs.  The Bible just does not teach either of the two.  What sacred Scripture does teach is that the Lord’s Supper is a memorial or a showing forth of Christ’s death until He comes.  In short, the bread and the wine are representative of the body and blood of Christ; they are symbols which aid to remind us of the sacrificial death of our precious Savior.  Of course there are those that would disagree with my assertions, and we need to understand why the disagreement exists.  Why is it that Rome and even Lutherans maintain that the body and blood of Christ are literally there at communion?
I have in my possession here in my office a little pamphlet entitled, “Why Does the Church Teach That?” subtitled, “Biblical Answers to Questions about Catholicism.”  This pamphlet is printed by Saint Joseph Communications a Catholic ministry out of California .  I do not seek to misrepresent the Catholic teaching, so allow me to quote directly from the portion of the tract that deals with this particular issue.
 
Why do Catholics believe that the Eucharist is really the body and blood of Jesus Christ?
Catholics believe that the Holy Eucharist is the actual Flesh and Blood of Jesus Christ because that is what Christ said It is, “This is my body … This is my blood” (Matt. 26:26-28; Luke 22:19-20; Mark 14:22-24).  Also, because Christ said, “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you …” (John 6:48-52; 54-56), and because this is what the Apostles believed, “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?  The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?” (1 Cor. 10:16).  Finally, Catholics believe that their Holy Communion is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ because that is what all Christians believed until the advent of Protestantism in the 16thcentury.
 
Should we argue with Scripture?  After all, the Catholics here site numerous Scriptures to back up their beliefs in this doctrine.  Why would we want to argue with plain Scripture?
The fact is that it is not Scripture that I would argue with, but rather the Catholic understanding and perception of the verses quoted in the above paragraph.  What did Christ mean when He said, “this is my body … this is my blood.”
I definitely will not argue with the words of Yeshua, but I will argue that Yeshua did not mean what the Catholics argue He meant.  Let’s deal first with the partaking of the last Supper just before the betrayal of Yeshua by Judas Iscariot.  Passages such as Matthew 26:26-28 record Yeshua making the statements “this is my body … this is my blood.”
We need to recognize from the get go that Yeshua was alive while making this statement.  It was He who uttered the words and it was He who was giving the bread and wine to His disciples.  Furthermore Yeshua was a Hebrew, a Judahite-Israelite.[1]  Each disciple was also a Judahite-Israelite.  Knowing the beliefs of Israel cause us to know that in a Hebrew context the disciples would have never believed that they were drinking the actual, literal blood of their Messiah.  This is because their law specifically prohibited the eating/drinking of blood (Leviticus 17:11-14).  The fact that (1) Yeshua was alive in the presence of the disciples when making this statement, and (2) the Hebraic context in which the statement was made, completely dismantles the idea that what Yeshua meant was that the bread and wine were actually, literally His body and blood.  What He rather meant was that the bread and wine were representative of His body and blood, and the words “this is my body…” do no damage to this understanding.  This was a common idiomatic or Hebraic way of stating that this item represents this other thing or item.
Allow me to illustrate this.  Do you remember the story of Joseph?  Joseph had been sold into slavery by his brothers and eventually ended up in prison for being falsely accused of adultery.  While in prison his fellow inmates were astonished at his ability to interpret dreams and because of this ability Joseph would ultimately be placed in front of the Pharaoh of Egypt to interpret a dream about seven scrawny cows and seven fat, healthy cows (Genesis 41:1-8).  Joseph, in interpreting this dream stated the following:
 
25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 
26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 
27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 
28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh. 
29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : 
30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt ; and the famine shall consume the land; 
31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
 32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. [Genesis 41:25-32]
 
Notice that Joseph (a Hebrew) said in verse 26 to Pharaoh, “The seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years…”  Were the good cattle being equated with the good years?  Yes, but not in identity; only in representation.  In other words the seven good cattle were representative of the seven years of plenty.  We could likewise say that the seven scrawny cattle were the seven years of famine.  This does not mean that they actually were identical, but rather that one represented the other.
Maybe a second illustration will make this clearer.  King David is a well known historical person in Scripture, but the fact that David had mighty men to battle for him is not as well known.  2 Samuel 23:10 tells us that one of these men was such a fierce warrior that he battled so long with the Philistines causing his hand to grow weary and cleave to his sword.  What a warrior!
2 Samuel 23:14 begins to report an account for us concerning one battle these mighty men were in.  We will pick up the story here.

14And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem . 
15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem , which is by the gate! 
16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Yahweh. 
17And he said, Be it far from me, O Yahweh, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. [2 Samuel 23:14-17]
 
Here we see that David’s warriors went to fetch their King a drink of water, but in doing so risked their lives for the King.  David makes the statement “Is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?”  Of course we know what David meant when he said this; he never thought that the cup given to him was literal blood, but in a manner of speaking the cup represented the lives of his mighty men, i.e. their blood.  Idioms as this are found time and time again in the Hebrew Scriptures, it would do us well to understand this Hebrew background of the Hebrew Messiah, Yeshua.
As mentioned previously Catholics also argue from John chapter 6.  I once got into a discussion with a Catholic gentlemen and this chapter was brought to the forefront.  His plea to me was that I could not have eternal life without eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son.  John 6 was the Scripture he referenced.  After all, his words echoed the words of the Savior in John 6:54-56.
The gospel according to John not only records Yeshua saying these words but it also records Yeshua making other statement such as, “I am the door of the sheep…” (John 10:7) and “I am the vine, ye are the branches…” (John 15:5).  Are we to believe that Yeshua is a literal door replete with hinges, a knob, and a lock?  At the same time are we to also believe that Yeshua is a literal vine and His disciples were really branches hanging off of the vine?  Ridiculous you say, yes, but these points thoroughly show the utter nonsense that some theological positions support.
To understand Yeshua’s words in John 6 properly we must go back to the statements He made prior to uttering these words. 
 
35And Yeshua said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 

Here Yeshua states that coming to him fulfills hunger and believing on him fulfills ones thirst.  In other words “eating Yeshua” means that you come to Yeshua; “drinking Yeshua” means that you believe upon Yeshua.  This backdrop let’s us know why Yeshua made statements like, “Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.” (John 6:53)  These verses are not even dealing with the Lord’s Supper but rather with accepting Yeshua for who He really is.  Coming to Him and believing upon Him and all that He stands for.
Roman Catholics sometimes point out that the Judahites hearing Yeshua that day in John 6 took Him literally because they said He spoke a hard saying (John 6:60).  They seem to not even give the option that these men could have misunderstood Yeshua.  Even Yeshua’s disciples misunderstood Him when He told them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees (Matthew 16:6-7).  They thought He was speaking about literal bread, but of course He was not.
To close out this section let me make the point that Yeshua’s sacrifice was made once and for all time, and is not a sacrifice that gets repeated over and over again every time a “Priest” says the words “this is my body … this is my blood.”  The author of Hebrews makes it very plain that Yeshua was sacrificed and that it was a one time event.
 
24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 
25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 
26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 
27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 
28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. [Hebrews 9:24-28]
 
11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 
12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 
13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 
14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. [Hebrews 10:11-14]
 
Let the uses of the words “one” and “once” permeate in your mind.  The Catholic mass seeks to have a continual, more than once offering of the body of Yeshua in their doctrine of communion.  This directly contradicts the epistle to the Hebrews, as well as the Hebraic roots of Yeshua’s words the night before He was crucified.

[1] I use the term Judahite-Israelite because of Yeshua being of the tribe of Judah (Hebrews 7:14) and thus from one tribe within the nation of Israel .  While many people as well as Bible translations use the term “Jew” a much better rendering is Judahite.  This rendering allows the reader to understand that a reference to someone from the tribe, house, or geographical location of Judah is being spoken about.

This past Tuesday my Mattie passed away. I was so blessed to have her in my life for 16 wonderful years. I don't know what the first couple months of her life was like because I adopted her from the Humane Society when she was just a few months old. I can tell you this, she was the most content, easy going and grateful little girl that I have ever known. Maybe she was that way because she knew I had rescued her from an uncertain future. Maybe she was that way because she finally found a loving home to call her own.

I will never understand how some people regard their pets as an accessory or as an expendable "thing". Someone actually turned her in to the Humane Society because they didn't want her anymore or maybe she was turned in because she was a puppy that liked to chew everything within chomping distance as puppies always do. Whatever the reason, I am so thankful to God that I was the one that found her. Let me re-phrase that....I am so thankful to God that she and I found each other. 

I was the one being rescued that day, but it would be many years later before I realized it. It was no accident that Mattie ended up with me or that I ended up with her. I don't believe in coincidences or accidents. I believe in God's sovereign and perfect plan. He knew His little creature would play a major role in my life and be of great comfort to me when I needed it most. He also knew I would take great care of His little creature that He gave to me on loan. 
 
Some of the most precious times I spent with Mattie were in her latter years of life. She started losing her keen eyesight and her little joints ached. She never ran in the yard anymore and when I would take her for rides in the car, she didn't hang her head out the window like she loved to do. Just being near me was good enough for her. I will always treasure the fact that I was of comfort to her too. She started looking for me when she would go outside. I would open the back door and she would exit, then she would pause and turn her head around to make sure I was standing there. Once she realized that I WAS standing there, she would feel secure enough to continue on into the yard. She relied on me as much as I relied on her.

When my basset, Summer, passed away in 2009, it was Mattie that helped me through those dark days. Just having her near was so comforting. Waking during the night and noticing that Mattie was fast asleep on her bed next to mine was comforting. When the tears fell through the loss of my grandmother, it was Mattie's unwavering and faithful companionship that helped comfort me. God knew the day would come when I would need His little creatures comfort and as He always does, He kept His promise to always comfort those that He loves when they are hurting. My Mattie was a vessel of God's love. He knew that when I rescued Mattie 16 years ago she would also be my rescuer one day. Thank you Mattie for all the love and comfort you gave to me. I love you, I miss you and I thank you.

I also want to thank my dear friend, John. I called him on that Tuesday morning and he rushed over to be with me and Mattie as Mattie and I took our last car ride together. I know that she loved having him there with us. There were only a handful of people that Mattie trusted with her life and John was one of those special people that she loved. 

How many times have you heard someone say...."You are the company you keep" or "Birds of a feather flock together"?  When I hear those quotes it's never in a positive sense, it's always negative. In other words...quit associating with those corrupt people or they will be your demise. I sent out a tweet this morning that said "I could have been such a great pagan if only God had left me well enough alone. Thank you LORD for saving me."  Today as a regenerated believer and devoted follower of Jesus Christ, I still struggle with the company I keep. It is so easy to fall into the trap of what the world has to offer or to give into the desires of the flesh. The only way I stay strong is to cling to the promises of God and to surround myself with seasoned believers. Those that are pursuing holiness will have a huge impact on our lives. They are there for you when you start to stumble and trust me, we are all just one temptation away from stumbling. They are there to remind us of our purpose in this life and to help us when the storms come raging in. They are there to help guide us when the darkness seems to consume us. They are there to help keep us focused on running the good race. 

We have heard the stories of the preacher that was caught with his secretary or the deacon that was embezzling money from the church. As long as we are living on this earth we will be tempted and we will always be fighting the three great enemies of the believer...our flesh, the world and Satan. 

I used to place men such as John Piper, John MacArthur, Paul Washer, Steve Lawson and other strong and prominent believers in a category all by themselves. They are such strong believers and so devoted to Christ that they will never fall prey to the temptations that could cause them to fall. Not true. I can only imagine the temptations those men face on a daily basis. I thank God that He kept fame far away from me. I know me and I know what a great idol maker I'm capable of being. I also know that I cannot serve two masters. So, that's why it is so important that we hold strong believers close to us. Those that are running the good race. Those that are pursuing holiness. Those that will encourage and lift us up when we start to stumble. 

My advice for any believer is to seek out those that are pursuing holiness and cling to them. Befriend them at your place of worship, imitate their lives.  Learn from them and they will help keep you on the narrow path when the temptations of this world seem too strong to resist. Run with the righteous. 

I had a long conversation on the phone last night with a friend (I won't mention her name) about why I enjoy Twitter. She used to be active on Twitter but decided a couple years ago that she just didn't have the time to invest in relationships on a social media platform so she deleted her account. She still has an active Facebook account. Hmmm.

While on the phone with her, I was telling her about my buddy Bjorn, in Norway, and how he was preparing for an upcoming conference later this month. Midway through the conversation, she asked if Bjorn and I were friends from SBTS. I said "no,  I know Bjorn via Twitter."  She then said "you don't really know him." I asked her when my birthday was. She replied "I know it's in June." I told her that Bjorn's birthday is January 29. He and his wife have a little girl named Bethina and they just added a new member to their family named Smash. They got Smash because their first dog, Lennox needed a friend. I told her that I could go on and on and even tell her about Bjorn's past before he was a believer. She then said "Bobby, you spend too much time on Twitter." I started laughing. I just wanted to explain to to her the depths of the relationships people can build on a social platform such as Twitter if only they took the time to get to know those whom they followed. Before the conversation was over, she made it very clear that she just didn't get Twitter. I told her it was ok, some people don't get it and some people need it. 

Not only do I converse with my friends on Twitter but I have met many of them in person. I spent a weekend with Twitter friends Annie, Barbara, Amy and Julia in Chicago last December and we are all meeting again next month. I met my friends Diane and John for lunch as they were passing through Louisville from Canada a couple years ago on their way to a convention in Nashville. I had a Twitter friend, Tom stay at my house while visiting SBTS. My Twitter friend Dale, sent Mattie and Wrigley dog biscuits from Florida. When my basset hound, Summer passed sway in 2009, I received many condolence cards from Twitter friends. The best brownies I have ever tasted come from my dear Twitter friend, Barbara. 

I am a living testament of you get out of Twitter what you put into Twitter. I have made many wonderful friends from all over the globe. They are not just my Twitter friends, they are my friends. I'm going to list a few of the people I call friends that I've met on Twitter. 

First off there is my dear friend Annie from Georgia. Not only do we text daily, but we talk on the phone weekly. 
There's Clara in Qatar. 
Julie, David, Laura, Michael, Ray and Mike B. in England. 
William and Christopher in Indonesia.
Bjorn and Shane in Norway.
Tas in Australia. 
Karina in Poland.
Tom in Ireland. 
Sean in St. Kitts. 
Diane, Matt, Aaron and Paige in Canada.
Thais in Brazil. 
Stephanie in the Caymans. 
Jordy and Barbara in Connecticut.
Biff in Alaska.
John and Ken in Indiana.
Jerod in Ohio.
Ryan in Washington. 
Amy (Hi Elvis and Elvira), Annie (Hi Jake), Chad, Matthew, Jody, Josh, Lon and Alisha in Georgia. 
Marlena, Matthew, Chelsey, Ro (Happy Birthday Ro.) and Haley in California. 
Jeremy(Hi Waylon) and Marie in North Carolina. 
Julia and Jonathan in South Carolina. 
Tom in Illinois.
David in West Virginia.
John in New Jersey by way of San Diego. 
Evan in Iowa (Happy Birthday early Evan....tomorrow is his birthday) 
Amy, Chris, John Paul and Jen in Texas.
Dale, Les, Jacobb and Lexx in south Florida. 
Danny, Mike and Celeste in Arkansas. 
Heather and Lazaro in New Mexico.
John and Dionne in Missouri. 
Joy and Mary in Tennessee.
David in Louisiana.
Alan in New Hampshire..... I could go on and on, but I think you get the gist. I bet if I went through my timeline, I would discover I have Twitter friends from all 50 US states.

So, if you're new to Twitter or want to start proactively seeking new friendships via Twitter, I suggest you start by engaging your followers and those whom you follow. You never know where those friendships will lead. I can honestly say these people have been a blessing in my life.

1. "The way you behave shows the way you believe! Not the other way around" ~ @chadowenbrand

2. The more awe you have for someone or something the less ashamed you are. I am not ashamed of the gospel because I am in awe of it's Author.

3. The church is not a place or a building or a program. It's a people.

4. Our salvation was perfectly planned by God before the foundation of this earth and it never fails in it's purpose.

5. "The lost man asks God how He could let anyone perish. The believer asks God how He could let anyone be saved" ~ @PulpitAndPen

6. Every sermon should start with "Lets open our bibles to". No other word is worthy to be spoken from the pulpit.

7. When I think of Christmas, I do not see a vulnerable little baby in a manger. I see a powerful, sovereign and just God that came to this earth to redeem me.

8. The reason why we interpret the bible differently is because of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives or lack there of. 

9. "He who does not long to know more of Christ, knows nothing of Him yet" ~ Charles Spurgeon

10. "Judge not lest you be judged. Then cast not your pearls before swine. There is a difference between being judgmental and calling a pig a pig" ~ @chadowenbrand

Man is naturally an enemy of God, totally depraved from birth. We are unable to love God until He enables that ability in us. 

Romans 8:7 "because the mind set on flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so."

John 5:42 "but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves."

1st John 4:19 "We love, because He first loved us."

1st Corinthians 8:3 says "but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him."

Romans 6:10 "for if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."

So, if you truly love God, you are no longer an enemy. He is the one that caused you to do so and if you love God then you are known by God and have been adopted as His son and eternal life is yours. 

Romans 8:10 "If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness"

I believe that Yahweh (God) created everything from nothing.

I believe that the Bible is the infallible and true Word of God.

I believe the earth is only a few thousand years old. 

I believe that God preordained some to eternal life in heaven and some to eternal torment in hell.

I believe that one cannot begin to see the love of God and the need for a savior until they see how wicked and evil they truly are.

I believe that baptism is something that believers should do out of obedience to God, but I do not believe that baptism saves or is necessary for salvation.

I believe that the greatest moment in the history of this world was the moment Jesus took His last breath while He hung on the cross. It is finished.

I believe that there will be a huge number of people that call themselves "Christians" that will never enter the Kingdom of God.

I believe that Mormonism is a "clean cut" cult. 

I believe that if you are not born again and a follower of Jesus Christ, you will spend eternity in hell.

I believe the only way to the Father is through His son, Jesus.

I believe that faith is a gift from God.

I believe that Jesus died only for the sins of God's elect. Don't let that frighten you. If you are saved...you are the elect. Whether you recognize it or not.

I believe more people will be in hell than will be in heaven.

I believe anyone who truly loves God is saved from His wrath. We love Him because He first loved us. If you love God, that is the affirmation of your salvation.

I believe those who reject God deserve to go to hell. Just as I deserved to go to hell before God called me and saved me.

I believe man was only created to glorify God.

I believe God chose to save me unconditionally. Not because He knew I would choose Him.

I believe that everything we say or do is an overflow of what is in out hearts. 

I believe in the Trinity. God the Father. Jesus His Son. Holy Spirit. All are ONE but separate.

I believe the worst part of hell for the sinner will be the complete separation from God.

I believe that abortion is murder. Any abortion for any reason is murder. 

I believe that reformed theology is the closet theology to true historical, biblical Christianity.

I believe that God cannot be mocked.

I believe that luke warm "Christians" need to test themselves to see if they are really in the faith. 

I believe in the perseverance of the saints. Once saved, always saved. End of story.

I believe God speaks to us through His word. 

I believe man has free will to a point. We can do and choose what we will, but when it comes to our salvation....it is of the LORD.

I believe we are too preoccupied with wealth, power, popularity and status. We need to focus more on our eternal home. 

I believe that regenerated believers live in a constant state of repentance.

I believe Satan is smarter than any living man.

I believe that partaking in communion (The Lord's Supper) is symbolic and commanded. I do not believe it is the literal body and blood of Christ. 

I believe that political correctness has gone way too far. To the point where it is now politically correct to persecute believers of Jesus Christ. 

This is a list of what I believe. You are welcome to comment and disagree if you so choose, but until God reveals otherwise, this is where I stand. 

1. No religious rituals (baptism, communion, church membership, church attendance or any good deeds) can save you, so that no man can boast. Salvation is of the LORD.

2. All roads do NOT lead to God. There is only one way and that way is through Jesus Christ. John 14:6

3. When we covet or want things we don't have, it's equivalent to saying that what God has provided is not good enough.

4. The four D's of what we must NEVER do to God's Word...Deny, Distort, Dilute or Devalue. 

5. Everything we do, say or think is an overflow of what is in our hearts.

6. The illusion to life is that there is no consequence to evil morals. The book of Proverbs was given to us to clear that illusion up.

7. Yes, God has forgiven me and bestowed His grace on me, but there is still consequences when I sin. The sword is still present. 

8. If you attend worship this week and you don't hear this preached---> Sin, Jesus, Cross or Repentance, then you went to a man worshipping service.

9. Many people despise God because He has not made them master of their fate, captain of their soul, or rulers of their own destiny. ~ unknown

10. It is not self righteous to say that others are wrong, unless in the process we believe that we have become right by our own efforts.