James Abel

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@Xtopher_Uzo I'm not a catholic and I disapprove of making any Christian religious statues for any reason, but I also strongly disapprove of this ignorant inflammatory destructive behavior, especially involving children.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

You need to be careful about your commitments, who you're partnering with and whether the objectives are in full alignment with God's perfect will for you.
It's apparent to me that you're a very enthusiastic Christian but also immature relative to the full stature of Christ. Spiritual immaturities, combined with extreme ability and its accompanying confidence, can lead to decisions which make sense from the human perspective but are actually getting ahead of God's plan. As is true of children, growth for the Christian can't be rushed. It's a gradual process and natural consequence of humble focused faith in Christ, "looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith." As God's children, "desire the sincere milk of the Word that you may grow thereby." The goal for Christians is not to accomplish things(works) in the name of Jesus, but to get to know Christ and your Father as they really are: Holy Love. Be holy, for I am Holy; perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Though made with the sincere purpose to bring glory to God and elevate the name of Christ, the more commitments made involving "the things of this world"(love not the world) the more your thoughts and actions will revolve around concerns that profit little wrt to spiritual growth, though they may be very successful. This can be a big stumbling block.
Spend a lot of time with God: seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and guidance and blessings will follow. Be anxious for nothing, pray about everything. Study the scriptures, meditate, sanctify the Lord in your heart and be thankful. Fellowship with other believers is very important, but it's equally important for Christ to lead you in this matter given the divisions in Christendom and how many would like to influence you.
God bless.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@MegynKellyShow @megynkelly The initial police report signed by her is not on her side.
The men named in the lawsuit should countersue for defamation. The expense to her would be prohibitive except she would be funded by all the crazies. But it would be settled in court. It's all the fruits of degeneracy.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

Yes, the root of their problems is equating & conflating the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins with the "new birth" via the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of adoption, making you a holy child of God raised and made new in Christ. This leads to confusion wrt being justified by faith and the role of works in salvation. Due to their beliefs, the role the RCC plays in vigilant oversight and control of the process of sanctification/salvation becomes of paramount importance. All the details of the practice of the faith, specifically wrt taking Communion in light of the doctrine of transubstantiation, are not surprising.
Jesus is the bread of life that came down from and if any man eat of this bread he shall have everlasting life. His shed blood cleanses us from all sin.
John 6:55> Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." Notice it says "no life in you".
Before we repent, believe the Gospel and "be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit" we are dead in trespasses and sins. But when we receive the Spirit we are alive to God, raised in Christ as adopted children of God.
Gal 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
So, to eat his flesh and drink his blood is to be crucified with him, raised with him (and in him) and to walk in newness of life in the Spirit. "As you have received him, so walk in him." "For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink." (1 Cor. 12:13)
Paul stated (Gal. 2:20) “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Communion is important, but since we are alive to God in Christ, it does not add to us being alive as children of God, but we are to, as Jesus said, "do this in remembrance of me" and in obedience you will be blessed by the Spirit. Its importance is underscored by 1 Cor. 11:27-29 "So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves."
Clearly this refers to those who are not Christ's, but also if partaken disrespectfully or the partaker has a guilty conscience.
The bread represents his body crucified for you; and the wine (which is not blood) represents his blood which was shed for you. As we sojourn here on earth we are to continue to feed from the bread of life (Christ) and drink of his Spirit so we never hunger or thirst.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

Mother of our Lord, Mother of Jesus are true and concise, "Mother of God" is not concise. This usage is evidence of the progressive & excessive veneration of Mary encouraged by the RCC in adopting dogma with little scriptural support. Aside from scripture, "Mother of God" is logically inappropriate. The RCC justifies this because Jesus is God. But why would God be pleased with this: which God? Though it's understood to be Jesus by Christians, "Hail Mary, Mother of God" is uttered and written countless times every day around the world, often in public.
But "Jesus" is the name above all names and there is no other name under heaven whereby men must be saved. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. "Hail Mary, Mother of God" puts the emphasis on Mary, not Jesus, leading to inappropriate veneration of Mary at the expense of the name of Jesus. Many unbelieving hearers will think Mary is at God's level.
Outside of the gospels, Mary is hardly mentioned and Paul never mentions her by name. The apostles and disciples had one focus: spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ in faith and in the power of the Holy Spirit, not on Mary.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@RickKeen @BishopJaxi The sacraments are important. You will be judged if you partake unworthily, especially if you do not belong to Christ, or if as a believer you have serious outstanding sin. But the power and life of Christ reside in the Holy Spirit in you, which you received after baptism.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@RickKeen @BishopJaxi Unless the Holy Spirit is in your life (Christ, who is our life) then the sacraments are meaningless.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

The command is to repent, believe the gospel and "be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit." Baptism prepares the body to receive the Spirit, whereby we become adopted children of God, enabling us to walk in newness of life. Baptism is necessary, but it is the indwelling of Christ that resurrects your spirit in Christ, becoming "born again" by the Spirit. Placing the emphasis on baptism leads to doctrinal errors since you equate baptism with the "new birth" rather than accompanying the "new birth" which results from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
I Cor. 12:13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
Gal 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

No, but I encourage you to read the following since I think it best clarifies the 'protestant' position wrt the relationship of faith and works for the Christian wrt to salvation by faith (acknowledging that OSAS is false) and being sanctified "in Christ" v the process of sanctification, distinguishing between "soul" & "spirit".

To understand faith that brings the salvation of spirit through indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and the relationship between works and faith for those who have received Christ, it's good to go back to the OT.
The eternal Abrahamic Covenant was established based on his one act of obedience of faith in offering up his son Isaac, the seed of promise, believing God could raise him from the dead. And this was accounted as righteousness apart from the works of the law (not yet given).
Likewise, the one act of obedience required on our part bringing salvation is to repent and believe the gospel, "be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit" This faith justifies us because we are placing our faith in the one act of obedience of Christ that brings Salvation: his eternal sacrifice. Unlike, Isaac, God did raise Jesus from the dead. And the New Covenant in HIs Blood now applies to believers, and we are accounted righteous by faith apart from works, just as Abraham was.
Just as death entered into all through Adam's one act of disobedience (no fault of ours), now justification and eternal life are offered to all freely (no credit to us) through faith in Christ's sacrifice and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and so we are justified by faith apart from any works resulting from our ongoing obedience to Christ and the Holy Spirit working in us to will and do his pleasure.
It's important to distinguish the meaning of justification regarding the redemption of the spirit, resurrected in Christ (baptism deals with the body), and "a man is justified by works and not by faith alone" When you receive the Holy Spirit you become an adopted child of God, Gal 4:6--Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” We thus become "born again" by the Spirit and being in Christ (part of his body, and his brother) you have right standing and are a new creation in him.
2 Cor. 17-18 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;" Understanding this, Paul declared (Gal 2:20) "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Romans 5:1-2 "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God."
Being baptized and receiving the Spirit makes you a child of God, justified by faith apart from works. We have a legal peace: the new covenant based on Christ's shed blood. We can rejoice, have real hope and derive spiritual peace from this fact. We now, by faith and through the working of the Spirit, exhibit the fruits of the Spirit with the accompanying good works. Ephesians 2:8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; not by works, so that no one can boast." Your body is cleansed by baptism (later to be resurrected) and your spirit is now resurrected in Christ and you are justified in him, and by him, as a child of God.
Hence, Paul's declaration in Romans 10: 6-10
"But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
So righteousness by obedience to the law of Moses is replaced by the righteousness of Christ; and works under the law, by works of righteousness through the ministry of the Spirit, working in us by faith. A man is justified by works in the sense that the works are wrought in God, and if you were to stand before God you would be judged righteous (justified) by your works. But being judged righteous for your works is distinct from your righteousness in Christ as a child of God.
The confusion respect to sanctification as a process related to salvation is due to conflating "soul" and "spirit".
Hebrews 4:12 “The word of God is sharper than any two‑edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit.” The "soul" involves the whole psyche of an individual reflecting all aspects of his personality. When a person receives the Holy Spirit his spirit is sanctified. 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” However, our soul is usually far from reflecting the holiness of God and this requires the ongoing work of the Spirit as we walk by faith on the path to inner and practical holiness.
James 1:21 "Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls." "Work out your salvation with fear trembling" is a command to submit to this process. A person can both abort this process and forfeit his right standing with God. The Spirit sanctifies(saves) our spirit; the word sanctifies(saves) our souls.
However, OSAS is a false doctrine. We can give up the struggle against sin, willfully and in full knowledge reject God's grace and there is no more sacrifice. Hebrews 6:4-6 "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

The gospel gives certainty to us being adopted children of God, raised in Christ, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. But OSAS is not true and vigilance is needed. As you have received him, so continue in him, by faith.
Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

Jesus is the bread of life that came down from and if any man eat of this bread he shall have everlasting life. His shed blood cleanses us from all sin. John 6:55> Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." Notice it says "no life in you".
Before we repent, believe the Gospel and "be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit" we are dead in trespasses and sins. But when we receive the Spirit we are alive to God, raised in Christ as adopted children of God.
Gal 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
So, to eat his flesh and drink his blood is to be crucified with him, raised with him (and in him) and to walk in newness of life in the Spirit. "As you have received him, so walk in him." "For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink." (1 Cor. 12:13)
Paul stated (Gal. 2:20) “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."

Being alive to God in Christ, communion does not add to us being alive as children of God, but we are to, as Jesus said, "do this in remembrance of me" and with obedience, you will be blessed by the Spirit.
The bread represents his body crucified for you; and the wine (which is not blood) represents his blood which was shed for you.
As we sojourn here on earth we are to continue to feed from the bread of life (Christ) and drink of his Spirit so we never hunger or thirst.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@TheStaad The Church is the body of Christ, consisting of all who've obeyed the command to repent, believe the Gospel and "be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit" thus becoming adopted children of God. This is true of multitudes in various denominations. God's only denomination is Christ.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@yhbryankimiq Satan has greater intelligence than any human. Intelligence without Love(God) and trust in him leads humans to use intelligence too often destructively without wisdom. God loves Elon but I don't believe he's accepted Christ as his Savior.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@needGod_net Yes, what they don't understand is the distinction between justification by faith through baptism and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, whereby you become an adopted child of God, and your righteousness confirmed (justified) by works of faith done by Christ working in you.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@yhbryankimiq Very true. Philippians 4:6 "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” and let the peace of God rule in your heart.
God Bless.

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@Thatbrian I don't understand: I'm agreeing with you. Christ the Word existed before any written scripture and gives understanding of it. What do you not agree with of the points made?

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

@riecker Neither is true. Hypothetically, you could have a full understanding of the scriptures with no love for Christ or will to follow him (Satan knows the scriptures).

[James Abel @ObjectiveCdn]

This was not taught by Christ or the apostles and is speculation with no clear scriptural support. The IC was not even accepted as dogma by the RCC until 1854. People are brought into right standing with Christ though the act of obedience of repenting and believing the Gospel and being adopted as God's children through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit following baptism. Mary received special grace from God as did John the Baptist as part of the transitional period moving from obedience to the law to obedience to Christ. Neither one was "born again" since the Spirit wasn't given. God's eternal plan and full intention regarding faith in Christ was to indwell sinners, so Mary being under sin due to Adam, like us all, is no barrier to or argument against her being chosen to be the mother of Jesus. It may be true that she was kept from sin through grace, but the IC does not follow.