This is the true Gospel message Jesus brought to mankind. Luke 4:43  This is what a follower of Jesus is to proclaim to the world!

As this little sample illustrates, Jesus sought to come to grips with the basic intentions of people. He addressed them personally, as to what kind of people they were. He called on them — he did not teach them ideas, as would a theologian. For when we take his sayings and distill from them our doctrines, we have manipulated his sayings for our own purposes, first of all, for the purpose of avoiding his addressing us personally. We reclassify his sayings as objective teachings to which we can give intellectual assent rather than letting them strike home as the personal challenge he intended them to be. Our learned, highly technical scholarly debates about Jesus’ teaching would be, from his perspective, our dodge. So he would not agree with any of it but would want to cut through it all for an honest look at our heart. Continue reading →

What does it mean?

Many take the third commandment to mean that we should not use the Heavenly Father’s name alongside a swear word or profanity. I could see where it certainly might mean this. Others say that taking His name on our lips while living a life of sin is another way of taking His name in vain. I agree with this also.

However, I have found that the third commandment means much more than this. Replacing the Heavenly Father’s name with a title of our own choosing such as “the LORD”, “GOD”, “Adonai”, or “Ha Shem” is another way of taking His name in vain. Let’s look at the third commandment as written in the King James Bible:

Deuteronomy 5:11 “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”

If we examine this verse in the Hebrew text that the King James Bible was translated from, we would not find “The LORD” or any word that carries such a meaning. What is actually there is the Heavenly Father’s true name, “Yahweh”. I believe it is important to consider whether or not this tradition is something the Heavenly Father would desire us to follow.

Let’s take a moment and look at the Webster’s dictionary definition of the word “vain”:

vain 1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. “Thy vain excuse.” … 2. Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt. …

Considering the meaning of the word ‘vain’, what greater way to bring Yahweh’s name to emptiness,  worthlessness, and having no real substance, value or purpose than to remove His name altogether from scripture and substitute it with a title of our own choosing?

Those who have chosen to practice this are doing just that. This practice is so widespread and so complete that few people even know the Heavenly Father has a personal name. Yahweh chose to place His name in scripture nearly 7,000 times. And each one of those 7,000 times it is replaced with a title (such as “The LORD”) in 99% of all translations. In fact, in most translations the third commandment (as written) is a transgression of itself! Why? Because the third commandment forbids bringing His name to nothing, yet most translations do just that.

To further demonstrate this point, let’s look at the Hebrew word that is translated “vain” in this verse.

Deuteronomy 5:11 (KJV) Thou shalt not take the name of Yahweh thy Elohim in vain <7723>: for Yahweh will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain <7723>.

The number after the word “vain” in this passage refers to Strong’s word #7723 in the Hebrew Lexicon. This same Hebrew word (#7723 ‘Shav’) can also be found in another commandment just a few verses later. But in this instance, it is translated differently:

Deuteronomy 5:20 (KJV) Neither shalt thou bear false <7723> witness against thy neighbour.

Here we have the same Hebrew word <7723> translated “false.” Might this shed light on the third commandment as well? We know that to say that the name of the Heavenly Father is “The LORD” is actually a false statement. Most translations are full of false statements. For instance, the King James Version reads:

Isaiah 42:8 – I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

The above is not a true statement. His name is not “the LORD”. His name is Yahweh. “The LORD” is not a translation of the original, it is a substitution of the original. The translators did not translate, they purposely substituted the true name of the Heavenly Father for something else so that they could follow their tradition. It should instead read:

Isaiah 42:8 (RNKJV) I am Yahweh: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

So if we want to keep the ten commandments, we should never replace Yahweh’s name with a false name or title of our own choosing. Doing so would be breaking the third commandment. This is not the only way to break the third commandment, but we can see that it is certainly one way of doing so. We are not supposed to add or take away from the scriptures. But in doing this, man has chosen to both add and take away.

Yahweh considered it important enough to include something about His name in the Ten Commandments. He considered it important enough to include a warning that we would not be held “guiltless” if we choose to break it. Therefore, in spite of what others may think, let’s keep His commandments by restoring what Yahweh placed there originally. Let’s set aside vain tradition and walk in the original truth of Yahweh… just as He inspired it.

by Van Robison

The term “pastor” was never used in the vocabulary of Jesus Christ–NOT ONCE! In the King James New Testament the singular term “pastor” is not to be found–NOT ONCE! The plural term “pastors” is found in the King James New Testament–ONLY ONCE! Oddly, the King James translators used the term “pastors” (plural) at Ephesians 4:11, while in all other instances the same Greek word was translated as “shepherd.” Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance for “pastors” is number 4166, which is the same number used for “shepherd” elsewhere and is the same, identical number 4166.

Interestingly, Jesus referred to Himself as the Good Shepherd (John 10:11 and 10:14) and if you really wanted to use the term “Pastor”, then Jesus is the “Good Pastor” and no one else is qualified to take the place of Jesus Christ. Jesus also said this: “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and THERE SHALL BE ONE FOLD, and ONE SHEPHERD (John 10:16), and if you prefer to use the term “Pastor” instead of “Shepherd”, then Jesus said of Himself, “THERE SHALL BE ONE PASTOR.” And guess what folks, your local so called “pastor” is not the “ONE PASTOR.” Continue reading →

By Ali Ataie

The apostle Paul is the single most influential person in all of Christian history. Many scholars have even gone so far as to say that HE is the true founder of the religion that bears the title of Jesus. In fact, Paul freely admits this when he says: “According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the FOUNDATION, and another buildeth thereon” (1 Cor. 3:10). Many scholars will surely agree that if it weren’t for Paul, Christianity would still have been a sect of Judaism today.

Paul’s revolutionary view of Jesus’ crucifixion and its redemptive value as well as his doctrine of original and inherent sin, salvation, and justification through faith alone superseded all Mosaic obedience and established a new covenant between mankind and the divine.

Paul asserts, “For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second” (Hebrews 8:7). Continue reading →

Have you ever felt something is wrong when you hear “The Gospel” as it is taught and preached today from pulpits across the nation and on television every Sunday? Well, you are not alone. More and more people are waking up to the idea that what your Pastor and Sunday School teachers have been telling you all these years just isn’t so. The real problem is not with Jesus, it is with Paul and all the lies he brought to his new church.

Jesus was very clear on how to obtain eternal life. Jesus was very clear about the Law. Jesus was very clear about The Kingdom of God. With all of this clarity why then are there thousands of denominations all claiming to be the correct version of Jesus message? Simply put, Paul.  It was Paul who created Christianity. It was Paul who capitalized on the name of Jesus for his own purpose.