This past Sunday, I was able to see Ryan Ferguson do a full recitation of the entire book of Hebrews. From Chapter 1 Verse 1 all the way through Chapter 13 verse 25. I had no idea it was even about 50 minutes long when sitting in on it, because hearing the Word of God flowing so clearly it did not seem “long” at all. I don’t know how Ryan was able to remember every word from the book of Hebrews, but hearing it all at once was great. I certainly have never gone through Hebrews in such a short period of time, but hearing it all at once was really good.

So the assembly recorded the audio and I’ve uploaded a copy to Blip.tv (I don’t want to crash a church web site), since Blip.tv allows in full anything you can keep under 100MB in size. This way, maybe this will get even more distribution. (You with blogs can embed this on your blog or web site too.) You can hear it all below. After the first few seconds, the video goes dark, because this is a copy of the audio. So just start it up and hear the Word of God. Ryan presents Hebrews from the English Standard Version.

Praise God through Jesus Christ.

Some videos that summarize things well.

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(Efforts to promote the cult of Mary are not allowed in comments here, 2 John 1:10-11)

Unfortunately, many Hebrews still have not come to know the Lord Jesus and so they are still slaughtering animals. When the final sacrifice for sin has already been given, Jesus Christ.

That’s the non-bloddy preview. If you want to see the full video, blood and all, see here.

Please read below, especially anyone who feels the above video is a good thing.

Now I know Messianic Jews already know, but all other Hebrews and all in the world should know, that you will not find salvation for your soul in the blood of an animal. The only hope now is in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, done once and for ALL who will call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God who rose on the 3rd day, to be saved and baptized by the Holy Spirit.

God has already given His Only Begotten Son for sin. There is no reason to seek salvation in something less, such as the blood of animals. Yes under The Law there were ritual sacrifices, shadows of what Christ has done, The Law has changed.

Salvation is in the shed blood of Jesus Christ, no longer seek salvation in the blood of an animal.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the ONLY hope anyone has for salvation. We who believe on Him, that He is the Son of God, died for sin and rose again. We who claim the Holy Spirit indwells us, as our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. We have to always strive against flesh and should continue that fight till God takes us home with Him and removes this flesh from us, to grant us new and perfect bodies.

God has instructed us as follows, using an apostle named Paul to convey the message in scripture.

The following video shows some things we want to avoid.

Usually I put the video first, but this time I felt it best to give you some solid scripture first .

But wait, there’s more!

Onward Christian soldiers, keep up the fight against the flesh! And when you click that link, notice how that song was NOT created with any desire to profit from it. Think of how it contrasts with what was mentioned in the video.

The video has the details.

The information in the video is mostly from the book, The two Babylons; or, The papal worship proved to be the worship of Nimrod and his wife - By Alexander Hislop, page 12.

(Efforts to promote the cult of Mary are not allowed in comments here, 2 John 1:10-11)

Many of us, with the cadre of bad doctrines we learned over the years, were told all Christians would be “raptured” before the tribulation, a pre-tribulation rapture. There are movies about it and it’s very much the popular thinking, sort of like so-called church tithing. But reading the Bible, I’ve tried to find legitimate support for the pre-tribulation view. I’ve reviewed outlines from pre-tribulation rapture teachers, even some teachers I respect claim there will be a pre-tribulation rapture. However, in all my studies actually using scripture as the guide, I see no support for a pre-tribulation rapture at all. I find it as clear as Matthew 24 and it’s post tribulation, just as the Lord Jesus said from His own mouth. Some claim the apostles indicated pre-tribulation rapture, but I’ve found the cited scriptures by pre-tribulation teachers only support post tribulation as Christ said and the apostles all affirm.

Here is a good movie to check out. It’s a bit more realistic than the “Left Behind” stuff. It details why the Bible clearly notes post tribulation for the Lord’s return.

I’ve got no issue with discussion of pre-trib, mid-trib or post-trib rapture here. But I don’t entertain any comments from Preterists, people who feel a rapture or partial rapture already occurred. I won’t spend time debating something I’ve debated already in other places and is heresy. (What Hank Hanegraaff has been doing in that regard [and his soft shoeing when it comes to speaking against many of the false teachers, that often are the people who let him into their buildings to peddle his goods] is just awful.)

The head of the cult of Mary has arrived and you see all American media and our President fawning over him. If the antichrist Pope is getting this much attention, the Anti-christ to come will certainly receive an even grander entrance and who is to say if criticism will even be allowed at that point. Every Pope is viewed by his followers as the vicar of Christ. As if he is the man to listen to and seek after. They call him their “Holy Father” in violation of Matthew 23:9. This all makes any sitting Pope an anti-christ by default. Because he is assuming glory that belongs to God alone and keeping people tied in traditions of men, while he lives like a superstar. All of what Matthew 23 speaks against. If you read Matthew 23 with any knowledge of the Pope and Roman Catholic tradition, you’ll know it speaks against Benedict (and against the whole of Roman Catholicism) from start to finish.

I’ve found some videos that really show how messed up this event is and how messed up Pope Benedict is.

Below are links to every fact mentioned in the 2nd video above. Listed in order as presented in the video.

• The Apostate Book, The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible, Section 2-A-5.
• The Apostate Book, The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible, Section 2-A-7.
• Book of Heresy and Apostasy, God and the World: Believing and Living in Our Time By Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI, Benedict, Peter Seewald and Henry Taylor - page 209
• Book of Heresy and Apostasy, Milestones: Memoirs, 1927-1977 By Benedict, Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger - page 53
• Book of Heresy and Apostasy, God and the World: Believing and Living in Our Time By Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI, Benedict, Peter Seewald, Henry Taylor - page 151
• Pope Benedict’s August 19, 2005 participation in services at a German Jewish Synagogue, where Jesus was not promoted as the Christ.

Benedict at times does some nifty double-talk in his books. In parts he claims to “believe” Jews need to believe on Jesus, but then he claims to leave it in “God’s hands” and does not mention sharing the Gospel message with Jews. Of course he went to a synagogue and didn’t preach Jesus and Him crucified. He didn’t offer any words on par with Acts 2 and Acts 4, he didn’t reason with them from the scriptures like Paul would. He just sat there, clapped and said some words to make everyone smile. Then in his book, after he speaks of feeling Jews need to accept Jesus as Messiah, he speaks of them not being excluded from salvation as if they can be saved without confessing to Christ before physical death. He acts like somehow they will be saved. It’s very similar to what I’ve heard in the past from liars such as Pat Robertson and John Hagee. If you read pages 150 and 151 of the book God and the World you’ll see how he goes from one extreme to the other in just 2 short pages. (And even on page 150 he speaks as if all Jews will be saved.) But he’s got his own worshiping Mary, so this is all par for the course.

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(Efforts to promote the cult of Mary are not allowed in comments here, 2 John 1:10-11)

Check out the post On Needing That Anointing Christianity over at Jesus Christology.

Our brother on YouTube Bezel333 provides the answer.

Of course the 4 Gospels are reliable historical documents!

I’m also including a video he did in response to someone that attempts to deny the truth of scripture.

Of course, those who never believe were never the Lord’s, John 10:26-30 [click to expand link].

Do Madeline Neumann’s parents now realize they had faith, but were deceived?

(Hat tip to YouTubber jterry316.)

That child is dead and the Lord allowed that child to die, not just because it was her “time” to go, but because her parents are deceived. It was not because they lacked faith in God’s ability, but they are deceived in how to do something like treat a disease God has allowed all people to know how to treat.

When the Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ named Paul wrote to Timothy, God did not have Paul to tell Timothy he needed more “faith” when he had treatable medical problems. God did not have Paul to rush to see Timothy, to pray healing for Timothy. God had Paul to simply give Timothy the widely known treatment, stop drinking so much water and drink a little wine. Historically it is noted that the water in the area Timothy was in had some issues and we see from scripture Timothy had some medical problems. The recommendation of a little wine to a man who avoided strong drink was the prescription Paul gave to Timothy. Because it was the known means to fix the problem. A little wine was the medicine for that matter. And it was a prescription even heathens were aware of. The bottom line is, Timothy was sick and Paul DID NOT tell Timothy to rest on faith, he knew Timothy HAD FAITH, he gave Timothy the common prescription for fixing the problem. A little wine.

Many saints have been deceived into feeling that they need some great mountain of faith, or they will suffer all kinds of catastrophe.

This verse is often cited in the Word of Faith movement, the cult of “little gods”. They feel if they will within themselves enough “faith” they’ll have and do anything, because Jesus said nothing would be impossible. What they are missing is the fullness of the statement. Jesus was NOT trying to get people to have faith for healings. He was pressing them to have faith that HE IS THE CHRIST. The miracles were all simply to help them see He is the Christ. The Word of Faith movement, that cult of “little gods” and other similar cults have twisted the gospel AWAY FROM FAITH IN CHRIST FOR SALVATION OF THE SOUL into faith for all things of this world, this life and the flesh. One has to wonder why people in the Word of Faith movement even eat? Why don’t they just have “faith” that their bellies will be full? Nothing impossible right? They realize their physical body needs certain things to survive, including food and water. When the body breaks down, it needs things such as medicines and other treatments God willed man to have via common grace. Just as we eat and drink for our physical survival, we also should use medical treatments when the physical body has need of them.

We know Jesus is the Christ, He paid the price for our sins and He’s on the Right Hand of the Father. During the establishment of His church, some still did not believe. People that God wanted to convince via miracles. So THE APOSTLES were granted power to do things as Christ and greater. In John 14 Jesus was pressing His Apostles to fully believe He is the Son of God and declared what they would be able to do if they did. They were to work ministering His Gospel, as He declared from the Father. Jesus having the fullness of deity, God in flesh, perfect in every way, because He is as His Father who gave Him all, God, John 1:1 [click to expand link], John 1:14 [click to expand link] and John 3:35 [click to expand link]

We humans are not God, not even with a small “g”. We are sinners saved by grace. We who believe as Christ wanted His Apostles to believe, that He truly is the Son of God. The Apostles in working for Christ in the establishment of His church were granted full handle of all gifts of the Spirit. We have the same Holy Spirit as them, but the Lord did not declare we all would have command of all gifts, 1 Corinthians 12. So we don’t have the ability to declare NOTHING is impossible to us, we simply live by faith and accept as the Lord wills.

Like Timothy who was not an Apostle and did not have all gifts of the Spirit, he could not overcome his ailments without a medicinal treatment, wine. We use what the Lord has made available as the Lord wills, we don’t turn away from it.

No hungry man should turn down any food given to him and no sick person should turn away medicine to cure their ailments. It’s not putting faith in man to take medicine no more than its putting faith in man to eat a steak. (Thank God for steaks .) No good saint puts their faith in the medicine or in the steak or in man, but in Christ. We go to the doctor because he has studied how the body works and can help maintain it. When our car breaks, we don’t leave it on the side of the road waiting in “faith” for NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE faith to repair the car. Using what the Lord has willed us to have accessible to us for the body to survive is not bad or any lack of faith. God has given the things for our use and we should be grateful for it. So long as it is not something we know harms the body and we know the TRUTH that Jesus is Lord, we should make full use of what God has granted to us, thankfully, it’s sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

This does not mean God won’t ever do something miraculous, but it’s as He wills and we must use things obviously at our disposal rather than refusing them. Accept easy access to a medical cure as a miracle in its self, considering what saints in other nations suffer through. They would love to have easier medical treatment of some of their physical ailments.

So Word of Faith people, please turn from that “little god” heresy. Enough people have already died. And I know not all of you go as far as Madeline Neumann’s parents, I used to be one of you myself and I always went to the doctor. However, I have seen someone refuse medical care till death in “faith”, I know some who are very ill for slacking off on doctor prescribed medicine and your wayward doctrine causes you to error even if not in cases of medicine. You can only do as the Lord wills and should not take yourself as some super being with nothing you can’t do. You do the work of God as the Lord commands, accept what He has granted you with thanksgiving and contentment and keep faith on Him for eternal life.