Jesus Was Born From A Virgin's Womb And Rose From An Empty Tomb
A Sealed Womb Couldn't Keep Him Out; A Sealed Tomb Couldn't Keep Him In
Jesus Was Born From A Borrowed Womb And Rose From A Borrowed Tomb
Isaiah 66:9 speaks about the sealed womb saying Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. Matthew 27:66 speaks about the sealed tomb saying So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. Matthew 28:2 says And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Let's see what happened when Jesus rose from the dead and left His tomb. To understand how Jesus rose and moved out of a sealed tomb read John 20:19 that says Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Note that Jesus was able to move through doors and walls and appear to his disciples. Therefore Jesus was able to move out of a sealed tomb in a glorified body before the angels rolled away the stone blocking the entrance to the tomb.
Pictured above I believe the Father walked into Jesus' tomb without breaking the seal and said "Son, you've done everything I told you to do. Fold up the napkin and put it in a place by itself. Leave those old linen grave clothes and put on these new clothes. And let's get out of here." And the Father and Jesus who are one went out of that tomb without breaking the seal down to paradise into the lower parts of the earth to set the old testament saints free and take them up to the paradise third heaven.
Nothing could stop the Lord Jesus from rising from the dead and leaving the sealed tomb. This is because the Lord Jesus proved later that he could go into the upper room, the doors being shut, and appear to His disciples in a glorified body saying Peace be unto you. John 20:26 says And after eight days again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
And the angel that came down from heaven and rolled the stone away from the door of the tomb didn't roll it away to let Jesus out but to let the people in to see that Jesus was not there. Jesus had risen from the dead. There was no trace of Jesus' earthly body in the tomb. No bone fragments, no pieces of hair, nothing but dirt remained in Jesus' tomb. The angel of the Lord proclaimed the truth at Matthew 28:6. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And no one stole Jesus' body from the tomb. This is because Jesus neatly folded up the napkin before he left the tomb, and a thief wouldn't take the time to neatly fold a napkin if he stole Jesus' body from the tomb.
Why Did Jesus Neatly Fold The Napkin That Was About His Head
And Place It By Itself When He Left His Empty Tomb During His Resurrection
Finally let's learn why Jesus wrapped the napkin that was about His head and put it in a place by itself in the empty tomb. When Simon Peter went into Jesus' empty tomb John 20:6 says Then cometh Simon Peter following him (John), and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Jesus neatly wrapped this napkin to prove that His earthly body was not stolen from the tomb. After Jesus rose from the dead, soldiers were paid large sums of money to lie and say that His disciples came by night and stole His earthly body while the soldiers slept.
Matthew 28:12 says And when they were assembled with the elders (soldiers and chief priests), and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole Him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
What would a thief do if he stole Jesus' body from the tomb? If a thief stole the earthly body of Jesus from the tomb, that thief would quickly throw Jesus' unwrapped napkin on top of Jesus' linen clothes. Jesus knew that people would lie and say His earthly body was stolen from the tomb. This is why Jesus wrapped the napkin neatly in a place by itself to prove that no thief stole his body. A thief wouldn't take time to neatly wrap the napkin. Jesus' tomb was sealed by a stone and guarded by soldiers and it was not possible for a thief to enter into Jesus' tomb and steal his earthly body.
Finally let's learn about what the neatly wrapped napkin left by a master during a meal pictured above meant to his servant according to Hebrew tradition. When a servant set the dinner table for his master, the table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until his master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table until the master was finished.
When the master was finished eating, the master would wad up his napkin and toss it onto the table. The servant would then know to clear the table. The wadded napkin meant I'm done. But if the master got up from the table and neatly wrapped his napkin and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because the neatly wrapped napkin meant I'm not finished. I'm coming back. Jesus neatly wrapped the napkin in His tomb to let us all know that He's coming back to be the King of this earth for 1000 glorious years during the millennium and in the kingdom of God forever. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.
Jesus also told His saints with the neatly wrapped napkin that I'm not finished and I'm coming back for the marriage supper of the Lamb prepared for all my saints. Revelation 19:7 says Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him (Jesus): for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife (the church and all the saved saints) hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called (invited) unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And He saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Why The Catholic Shroud Of Turin Is A Fake
And Listen To Peter Ruckman Explain Why The Shroud Of Turin Is A Fake
The Shroud of Turin is a 14 foot long linen cloth that bears a faint sepia (warm reddish brown colored), image of a man who appears to have suffered physical trauma consistent with crucifixion. It is kept in the Catholic Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy and is revered by many as the burial cloth of Jesus.
The Shroud of Turin is a fake. Biblical contradictions challenge the Shroud of Turin's authenticity. John 20:6 describes multiple cloths, including a separate face cloth (called the Sudarium of Oviedo or soudarion), which contradicts the Shroud of Turin's single long sheet covering both the front and back of Jesus. John 20:4 says So they ran both together: and the other disciple (John) did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin (soudarion), that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
The gospel of John mentions two distinct pieces of plural linen clothes and a napkin (soudarion), suggesting several strips of linen or bandages used to wrap Jesus' body, rather than a single large sheet called the Shroud of Turin. John 20:7 explicitly states that the cloth covering Jesus' head called the soudarion was not with the other linens, but was wrapped together in a place by itself. The Catholic Shroud of Turin is a fake.
If Jesus was buried as John describes, his head would have been wrapped in a separate, smaller cloth. John's description aligns more closely with contemporary Jewish burial customs during the time of Jesus' burial (using multiple linen strips and a separate head covering), rather than a single long shroud. The biblical account in John is an accurate eyewitness report by Peter, proving that the single sheet Shroud of Turin can not be the same fabric found in Jesus' tomb.
Two Medieval Documents Proving That The Shroud Of Turin Is A Fake Forgery
1) The d'Arcis Memorandum of 1389
2) The Oresme Treatise of 1370
The most famous medieval document questioning the Shroud of Turin is the d'Arcis memorandum of 1389. It was a memorandum written by Catholic Bishop Pierre d'Arcis of Troyes to the Avignon, France Antipope Clement VII. Avignon Antipopes claimed to be Popes in France but were not recognized by the Roman Catholic church to be legitimate. Eventually when there were three people claiming to be the Pope from France and Italy, the Council of Constance in 1414 proclaimed a single new Pope (Martin V) that was elected to reunite the Catholic church in Rome, Italy at the Vatican.
The d'Arcis memorandum stated that the Shroud of Turin was a cleverly painted forgery and was not miraculously wrought or bestowed. d' Arcis claimed that his predecessor, Bishop Henri de Poitiers, had conducted an investigation 34 years earlier, (around 1355), and had actually found the artist who confessed to painting the Shroud of Turin as a forgery. d'Arcis accused the local church in Lirey, France of displaying the Shroud of Turin purely for financial gain, using faked miracles to attract pilgrims and their money. Following this protest, Antipope Clement VII allowed the Shroud of Turin to remain on display but ordered that it be called a figure or representation of the Shroud of Jesus, rather than the actual relic.
Bishop Nicole Oresme (a prominent 14th century scholar) wrote the oldest known rejection of the Shroud of Turin in 1370. Contained in Oresme's work titled Problemata, Oresme explicitly dismissed the Shroud of Turin as a clear and patent fake. In Problemata, Oresme explicitly names a church in the village of Champagne (located in the region of Lirey, France) as a place where a Shroud of the Lord was being used to deceive the public. Oresme writes that he does not need to believe in miracles because many clergymen thus deceive others in order to elicit offerings for their churches, specifically citing the case in Champagne as a patent (obvious) example. Oresme argued that the Shroud of Turin was not a relic but a tool for financial exploitation, created to extort gold from pilgrims.
Because Oresme was a highly respected bishop and royal advisor in Normandy and Paris, France, his writing shows that the Shroud of Turin's reputation as a forgery was already established widespread news in intellectual circles by the 1370s. Oresme's claims perfectly match the earlier 1355 investigation by Bishop Henri de Poitiers, who reportedly found the artist who painted the Shroud of Turin as a forgery.
In summary, the Oresme treatise doesn't just say that the Shroud of Turin is a fake; it provides a contemporary case study of medieval critical thinking, showing that the 14th century Catholic church's own leading intellectuals viewed the Shroud of Turin as a manufactured painting designed for profit. The Shroud of Turin is a fake forgery.
Why The Catholic Sudarium Of Oviedo Is A Fake
The Sudarium of Oviedo is a centuries old linen cloth measuring approximately 33 inches by 21 inches, traditionally believed to be the face cloth (or sweat cloth) used to cover the head of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. Unlike the Shroud of Turin, this cloth does not contain a photographic image of a face; instead it is covered in dark brown blood stains and other physiological fluids.
The Sudarium was wrapped around Jesus' head and found folded separately from the burial linens in the empty tomb. In 570 AD, the Catholic pilgrim Antoninus of Piacenza claimed to have found the Sudarium and placed it in a monastery near Jerusalem. Eventually the Sudarium was transferred to Oviedo, Spain. In 840 AD, King Alfonso II built the Camera Santa (Holy Chamber) at the Cathedral of San Salvador in Oviedo, Spain that currently houses the Sudarium.
The Sudarium of Oviedo is a fake for the following reasons. Much of the Sudarium's documented history relies on false historical accounts from Pelagius of Oviedo, a 12th century Catholic Bishop who has been criticized by historians as "The Prince of Falsifiers" due to the volume of forgeries produced under his office. Critics argue that Pelagius' narrative of the Sudarium's journey from Jerusalem to Spain was fabricated to enhance the prestige of his cathedral.
Skeptics also point out that the Sudarium and the Shroud of Turin are physically incompatible. If both cloths were used as described (the Shroud of Turin underneath the Sudarium napkin), the Shroud of Turin could not have a clear facial image (because the Sudarium would have blocked the contact), or the Sudarium could not have such heavy bloodstains without evidence of bleeding through the Shroud of Turin. Therefore the Sudarium of Oviedo is simply one of many pious Catholic forgeries created during the Middle Ages to satisfy the era's demand for holy relics.
Why Catholic Relics And Rituals Like Put The Wafer On Your Tongue
Drink The Wine And Get A Piece Of The Cross Are Fake
Catholic leaders are carnal materialists that want to touch and see holy objects like the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo to get blessed. They want to find a backdoor to get into heaven. Instead of worshipping material objects, we need to worship the true door who is the Lord Jesus and get saved by faith. Jesus said at John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. Hebrews 11:6 says But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.
The Catholic rituals of worshipping earthly relics instead of the Lord Jesus is like Santa Claus coming down the chimney like a thief instead of coming through the door. Jesus said at John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Catholic leaders claim that they have the keys of the kingdom of heaven from Saint Peter. Tell these Catholic leaders, I don't need the keys, I've got the door who is the Lord Jesus for salvation forever in the kingdom of God. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.
Even if the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo were real, it wouldn't matter. Even if the wafer and wine used during the unholy Catholic Eucharist Transubstantiation communion were real, it's wrong to recrucify Jesus Christ. Jesus only had to die once on the cross of Calvary. Catholic leaders believe that the wafer and wine of the unholy Eucharist communion are the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ and recrucify Jesus.
Hebrews 10:10 says By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once (not many times) for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices (performed in an unholy Catholic Eucharist Mass), which can never take away sins: But this man (Jesus), after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool. For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Communion is a blessed ceremony that should be done in remembrance of the Lord Jesus. Instead of focusing on earthly material objects, christians need to focus on worshipping the Lord Jesus by faith.
During the Middle Ages, the Catholic church leaders participated in a highly lucrative black market of fraudulent relics. Local Catholic churches and monasteries acquired fraudulent religious relics to become famous pilgrimage destinations. Thousands of travelers would visit these Catholic cathedrals, paying to view the fraudulent relics. They left behind massive amounts of money in donation boxes.
Learn About Catholic Frederick The Wise Who Owned 18000 Fraudulent Relics
Popes and bishops would grant special indulgences (money paid to get a deceased loved one out of purgatory and have a special Mass prayer service) to anyone who visited a specific church's relic collection and made a financial offering. Rich nobles and church leaders would amass massive collections of these fake relics. For example, Frederick the Wise, (the protector of Martin Luther) owned over 18,000 relics, and calculated that anyone who viewed them all and paid the appropriate fees would shave 1.9 million years off their time in purgatory.
Frederick the Wise was the ultimate relic hoard. He turned his principal church, The All Saints Castle Church in Wittenberg, into a massive spiritual treasury of 18,000 relics. He acquired these items through financial investments, aggresive networking with other rulers, and a personal pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1493.
Frederick the Wise's relic collection included a twig from Moses' burning bush, straw and hay from the holy manger, pieces of Jesus' swaddling clothes, a vase containing the breast milk of the Virgin Mary, and multiple fragments of the cross of Calvary. According to the Roman Catholic doctrine of the time, viewing and praying over these relics granted papal indulgences.
Frederick's obsession with relics set the stage for one of the greatest ironies in religious history. In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Frederick's Castle church, directly attacking the sale of indulgences and the theology behind relic veneration. Luther's attacks directly threatened Frederick's financial investment and tourist attraction. Despite the threat to his wallet and his personal Catholic piety, Frederick chose to protect Luther from the Pope, allowing the Protestant Reformation to survive. As Luther's teachings took hold of Saxony, public interest in relics vanished. Eventually Frederick quietly sold off or dispersed his relic collection.
Professional relic traffickers (like a famous 9th century Roman deacon named Deusdona) would raid Roman catacombs, dig up random anonymous skeletons, and sell them to wealthy northern European Catholic churches as named biblical saints. Famous examples of fraudulent relics are the head of John the Baptist, the actual pieces of the cross of Calvary, and a vase containing Mary's milk.
Multiple churches claimed to own the head of John the Baptist. The Amiens Cathedral in Amiens, France claimed to hold the actual skull of John the Baptist, brought back by the Crusaders in 1206. The Church of San Silvestro in Rome, Italy also claimed to house a smaller version of John the Baptist's skull.
A traveler on a pilgrimage through Europe visiting the Amien's Cathedral in France was told by a tour guide that showed him a glass case with John's skull, "This was the actual head of John the Baptist." The confused traveler replied, "But I was just at the Church of San Silvestro in Rome, Italy and they also showed me the head of John the Baptist." The tour guide replied, "That was John the Baptist's head when he was a little boy. This is the head of John the Baptist when he was an adult." This story proves that Catholic relics like the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo are fake.
Owning a piece of the cross that Jesus died on was a guaranteed way for a medieval Catholic church or monastery to become wealthy. Thousands of religious pilgrims would travel to see the wood, paying viewing fees and making large financial donations. To cash in on this religious tourism, unscrupulous merchants would cut up random, local European lumber planks and give them to Catholic churches as ancient wood from Jerusalem. There were enough pieces of the cross of Calvary across European Catholic cathedrals to build a large palace and a naval fleet.
During the Middle Ages, dozens of Catholic churches across Europe claimed to own vases filled with a white, chalky substance said to be the literal breast milk of the Virgin Mary. Critics frequently ridiculed this, pointing out that it was actually just powdered limestone or chalk mixed with water.
Why King Philip IV Of France Arrested Pope Boniface Of Rome, Italy
Learn About The Fake Vase Of Mary's Milk That Was Smashed During The Arrest
In 1303, King Philip IV (Philip the Fair) of France was in a bitter, explosive feud with Pope Boniface VIII over whether kings had to obey the Pope and if the king could tax the Catholic clergy. Pope Boniface issued a decree asserting absolute papal supremacy over all royalty and prepared to excommunicate King Philip IV. Philip didn't back down. He sent his ruthless minister, Guillaume de Nogaret, with an army to track down the Pope at his vacation palace in Anagni, Italy. They broke into the palace, attacked the elderly Pope, and held him prisoner for three days. The local townspeople eventually rescued the Pope, but the shock of the violent assault was so severe that Boniface died just a month later. The cathedral at Anagni where Pope Boniface VIII was attacked held a famous vase of the Virgin Mary's milk, and it was smashed during the raid. Why would anyone want to keep the milk of the Virgin Mary? The milk probably spoiled after 1500 years? This shows how false the Catholic religion is.
The smashing of the vase containing Mary's milk was an actual recorded historical event. The Cathedral of Anagni owned a vase containing a white, chalky substance that was venerated by medieval christians as the preserved breast milk of the Virgin Mary. When the French commandos sent by King Philip IV stormed the papal residence and the adjacent cathedral on September 7, 1303, they looted the complex and destroyed numerous sacred relics. During the chaos, the highly prized vase of the Virgin Mary's holy milk was knocked over and shattered on the ground.
Don't Worship Material Objects Like The Shroud Of Turin,
The Sudarium Of Oviedo, And Nehushtan
King Hezekiah destroyed the sinful idol Nehushtan (the former brazen serpent that Moses told the people to look at for healing) because it prevented the people from worshipping the Lord Jesus. 2 Kings 18:4 says He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan (a thing of brass).
The bronze serpent was originally created by Moses centuries earlier during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings. According to the book of Numbers, God commanded Moses to forge a bronze serpent and set it on a pole so that anyone bitten by fiery serpents could look at it and be healed. By the time Hezekiah became king (700 years later), the Israelites had begun to worship the brasen serpent as an idol, even burning incense to it.
As part of his campaign to purge Judah of idolatry and restore monotheism, Hezekiah smashed the brasen serpent into pieces. He reportedly called it Nehushtan, a Hebrew term meaning a mere piece of brass or a bronze thing, to strip it of its perceived divinity and remind the people that it was just metal. The story about Nehushtan serves as a warning about how a good thing or a past miracle can become an idol if people shift their focus from God to the object itself. In the gospel of John, the Lord Jesus references the original lifting up of the brasen serpent as a typology for his own crucifixion, symbolizing that those who look to him in faith will have eternal life.
Worship The Creator Jesus And Not The Creation
Like Nehushtan, Catholic leaders today worship material objects (The Shroud of Turin and The Sudarium of Oviedo) instead of the Lord Jesus. Don't make an idol out of any material object and take your eyes off of Jesus Christ crucified. Even if the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo genuinely touched Jesus, focusing on the physical fabric instead of having faith in Jesus mirrors how the Israelites began to worship Moses' brasen serpent instead of God. Don't allow highly revered material objects to distract you from the Creator who is the Lord Jesus in favor of the creation.
Getting through to Jesus is simply arriving at the blessed point where we rest in the Blesser Jesus and not in any lesser blessing. Instead of majoring on the gift, major on the Giver Jesus. Instead of majoring on the blessing, major on the Blesser Jesus. Instead of majoring on any material object in creation like The Shroud of Turin, The Sudarium of Oviedo, or Nahushtan, major on the Creator who is the Lord Jesus. Get saved with the Lord Jesus and receive rest because Jesus promised at Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Focusing on material objects like the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo can prevent people from truly following the Lord Jesus. John's final instruction at 1 John 5:21 says Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. In a modern context, an idol is anything including fake religious material objects placed higher than God. Jesus warned us at Luke 12:15 saying Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Rather than accumulating physical objects, invest in spiritual blessings and seek eternal treasures. Jesus said at Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Authentic faith is spiritual and internal. Relying on physical objects for worship reduces a living relationship by faith with the Lord Jesus to a superstitious reliance on lucky charms.
Read The Blessed Sayings Below About
Jesus, The Impenitent Thief, And The Penitent Thief
Pictured above, notice the Lord Jesus and the two thieves that died by Jesus on crosses. The impenitent thief rejected Jesus while the penitent thief received the Lord Jesus and got saved. The penitent thief did everything needed for salvation. The penitent thief got saved, repented, decided to stop sinning, confessed that Jesus is God calling Jesus Lord at the cross of Calvary, and believed the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for him, was buried, and rose again.
First the penitent thief repented by telling the impenitent thief at Luke 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hast done nothing amiss.
And then Luke 23:42 says that the penitent thief got saved when he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom, believing the gospel that Jesus died for him on the cross, was buried, and rose from the dead to live forever in paradise heaven. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. The very second that the penitent thief got saved, he was brought out of bondage, sorrow, and night into Jesus' freedom, gladness, and light. He came out of shameful, failure, and loss into the glorious gain from the cross.
To get saved this thief didn't have to walk down a church aisle, shake a six foot spiritual icicle's hand, answer some questions, do some good works, get dunked in the pool (he got dry cleaned), and blend in with the crowd. All that was required for salvation was repentance, confessing that Jesus is God, and believing the gospel that Jesus died on the cross, was buried, and rose again. Get saved like this penitent thief. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again.
Like this thief, the worst person on this earth can be saved in an instant. The blood of Jesus can remove the worst of sins like murder, rape, killing, stealing, adultery, and lying that I do not condone. But note that there is one sin that is the worst sin (worse than murder, killing, and rape) that will not be forgiven and send a person to hell and the lake of fire forever. The sin of rejecting the Lord Jesus is the worst sin. You can be forgiven for murder, killing, and rape. But if you reject Jesus, there is no forgiveness in hell and the lake of fire where there is no escape forever. When the rich man rejected Jesus, he could not escape from hell and pass over a great gulf fixed to heaven.
Acts 4:12 says Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name (Jesus) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Salvation is not in a plan. Salvation is in a person named Jesus. Not the blood of Jesus plus works. Not the blood of Jesus plus wafers. Not the blood of Jesus plus water. But it's the blood of Jesus plus nothing that saves.
The dying thief rejoiced to see, that fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away.
Read The Blessed Sayings Below About
Jesus, The Impenitent Thief, And The Penitent Thief
One died FOR sin-Jesus
One died IN sin-Impenitent Thief
One died SAVED FROM sin-Penitent Thief
One died a BENEFACTOR-Jesus
One died a BLASPHEMER-Impenitent Thief
One died a BELIEVER-Penitent Thief
One died in AWE-Jesus
One died in ANGUISH-Impenitent Thief
One died in FAITH-Penitent Thief
One tree yielded holy blood from Emmanuel's veins-Jesus' cross
One tree yielded briers-The Impenitent Thief's cross
One tree yielded blossoms-The Penitent Thief's cross
One tree was the tree of REDEMPTION-Jesus' cross
One tree was the tree of REJECTION-The Impenitent Thief's cross
One tree was the tree of RECEPTION-The Penitent Thief's cross
Finally note that on the day that Jesus died on the cross
The only record of anyone who called Jesus Lord and got saved
was the penitent thief
The A To Z List Of What Jesus Is To People
To the artist He's the one altogether lovely
To the architect He's the chief cornerstone
To the astronomer He's the Sun of righteousness
and the bright morning star
To the baker He's the living bread
To the banker He's the hidden treasure
To the biologist He's the life
To the carpenter He's the sure foundation
To the doctor He's the great physician
To the educator He's the great teacher
To the farmer He's the sower and Lord Of the harvest
To the florist He's the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley
To the geologist He's the Rock of Ages
To the horticulturist He's the true vine
To the inventor He's the new and living way
To the judge He's the righteous judge of all mankind
To the juror He's the faithful and true witness
To the jeweler He's the pearl of great price
To the king He's the King of kings
To the lawyer He's the Wonderful Counsellor and our Advocate
To the musician He's a song in the night
To the newspaperboy He's good tidings of great joy
To the optometrist He's the light seen by our eyes
To the philosopher He's the true wisdom
To the printer He's the true type
To the philanthropist He's the unspeakable gift
To the preacher He's the Word of God
To the quilter He's the Comforter
To the rower He's the living water
To the sculptor He's the living stone
To the servant He's the Master
To the student He's the incarnate truth
To the trooper He's the law
To the toiler He's the rest
To the undertaker He's power over death, hell, and the grave
To the volcanologist He's the Holy Ghost and fire
To the writer He's the author and finisher of our faith
To the x ray technician He's the express image of His person
To the yardman He's the Righteous Branch
To the zoologist He's the Lamb of God
and the Lion of the tribe of Judah
The Lord Jesus Left Heaven To Die On The Cross For You And Me
And Sing The Words Below For Lord I Lift Your Name On High
Lord I Lift Your Name On High; Lord I Love To Sing Your Praises
I'm So Glad You're In My Life; I'm So Glad You Came To Save Us
You Came From Heaven To Earth To Show The Way
From The Earth To The Cross; My Debt To Pay
From The Cross To The Grave; From The Grave To The Sky
Lord I Lift Your Name On High
The A To Z List Of What Jesus Left In Heaven
When He Died On The Cross Of Calvary For Sinners On Earth
Jesus left the adorations of heaven for the abominations of men.
Jesus left the accolades of heaven for the anguish of this earth.
Jesus left the blessedness of heaven for the bruises of the cross.
Jesus left the coronations of heaven to hear the curses of men.
Jesus left the commendation of heaven for the condemnation of men.
Jesus left the dignity of heaven for the degradation of men.
Jesus left the delights of heaven to hear the defamations of men.
Jesus left the excellencies of heaven to hear the execrations of men.
Jesus left the favor of God's face to the fury of men's faces.
Jesus left the glory place to the gory place and the grave.
Jesus left the honors of heaven for the horrors of Golgotha.
Jesus left the hails of heaven for the nails of the cross.
Jesus left hallelujahs to hissings.
Jesus left the intercessions of heaven for the iniquitous injustices of men.
Jesus left jubilation to jeers.
Jesus left joys to jeopardy
Jesus left kindness to killing.
Jesus left love to lying.
Jesus left the majestic to misery.
Jesus left notableness to nothingness.
Jesus left omnipotence to obscurity.
Jesus left the place of praise to the place of persecution.
Jesus left the quietness of heaven to the questionings of man.
Jesus left rejoicings to revilings.
Jesus left the riches of heaven to the rags of this earth.
Jesus left the supremacy of heaven to being a servant on this earth.
Jesus left the singing of heaven to the sneers of earth.
Jesus left the throne of heaven to die on a tree for you and me.
Jesus left the virtues of heaven for the vices of men.
Jesus left the worship of angels for the wrath of man.
The A To Z List Of What Man And God Call Sin
Man calls sin an accident; God calls sin an abomination.
Man calls sin a blunder; God calls sin blindness.
Man calls sin a chance for fun; God says it's a choice.
Man calls sin a defect; God calls sin a deformity.
Man calls sin an error; God calls sin enmity.
Man says sin is fascination; God says sin is fatality.
Man says sin is goodness in the making;
God says sin is ghoulishness leading to damnation.
Man says sin is hallucination; God says sin is hellishness.
Man says sin is infirmity; God says sin is iniquity.
Man says sin is a joke; God says it's just sin.
Man says sin is a kick; God says sin is a killer.
Man says sin is luxury and liberty;
God says sin is lawlessness and leprosy.
Man says sin is a mere mistake; God says sin is madness.
Man says sin is no harm; God says sin is nothing to play with.
Man says sin is one night of fun;
God says sin is oppression forever in hell.
Man says sin is a picadillo very minor trifling fault; God says sin is poison.
Man says sin is a quirk in man's nature;
God says sin is a quarrel against God's divine nature.
Man says sin is a relapse; God says sin is rebellion.
Man says sin is a slip; God says sin is suicide.
Man says sin is a trifle; God says it's a tragedy.
Man says sin is upright; God says sin is unholy.
Man says sin is virtue and vivacity; God says sin is vice.
Man says sin is weakness; God says sin is willfulness.
Jesus Is Not An Option. Jesus Is The Answer
Jesus Is The Answer To All Our Problems
Jesus Was Born So We Could Be Reborn
Jesus Came Down So We Could Go Up
Jesus Suffered So We Could Have Peace
Jesus Died So We Could Live Forever
A Teacher Asked A Student
What's The Formula For Water
The Student Replied
HIJKLMNO
The Teacher Said That's Not The Formula I Gave You
The Student Replied Yes It Is
You Said That The Formula For Water Was H2O
(H TO O) (HIJKLMNO)
A Story About Three Preachers In A Boat Confessing Their Sins
I had to end up today's message with a story about the three preachers in the boat pictured above confessing their sins. The first preacher confessed that he liked to smoke cigars and lit up his cigar and began to puff on it. The second preacher confessed that he liked to drink and took out a wine flask and took a swig. Then these two preachers said to the last preacher; Alright we confessed our sins; What's your sin? The last preacher replied, Gossiping, get me to the shore quick.
I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.
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