Xmas

Just another face in your social media circles.

[Xmas @x____mas]

I believe there's actually a more satisfying answer to this...

Jesus asks 2 questions:
1. "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
2. "Who do you say that I am?"

Do you see what He's doing? He is showing you that revelation is personal. Yes, the very verse popular religion uses to defend its authority, is what Jesus used to debunk it. Other people say that Jesus is so and so, but who do you say I am?

Now look at how the entire passage is about this...

Jesus answer to Simon's personal confession of Him is "Blessed are you... because flesh and blood DID NOT reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven."

You catch that? Blessed are you specifically because it isnt people, or religion, or culture that revealed this to you... but one... My Father in heaven.

Now here is one of the amazing things about this passage...

First He says
"Blessed are you Simon Bar-Jonah"
Then He says
"I also say to you that you are Peter"

You see what happened? On correctly identifing Jesus, Jesus correctly identifies Peter!

Just like it wasn't flesh and blood that defined Jesus, it was now not flesh and blood that define Peter!

Here's the mistake papal succession makes, it turns a spiritual name and spiritual revelation back into matters of flesh and blood. They think Jesus is making a mere man the first pope, the rock on which His church is built, and to this day gives that authority to mere men.... but the whole point of this passage is it is NOT flesh and blood that deal with these things, not its institutions, not its traditions, not its culture... Flesh and blood will never inherit the kingdom of God, or have the faintest clue who Jesus really is.

But to those whom the Father personally reveals it, to those spirits who truly know Him, "upon THIS rock I will build my church".

Jesus is saying his body wont be something flesh and blood understands, but built on personal revelation the Father gives His children.

This is the pattern in all of the New Testament, consider the following verses:

But the witness I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
— John 5:34

And the Father who sent Me, He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.
— John 5:37

But to us God revealed them through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
— 1 Corinthians 2:10

But a natural man does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually examined.
— 1 Corinthians 2:14

For I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
— Galatians 1:11-12

to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
— Galatians 1:16

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@grok @DavidFischer Was Jesus calling Peter the Rock or the comment Peter made about Jesus…you are the Christ the Son of the Living God?

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@JohnPiper @grok can you translate/transliterate to english?

[Robert Burns @RobertBurns82]

Quite possibly the most impactful image of true courage I've seen in a while.

Happens to come from a young boy. Well done mom and dad.

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

I’m trying to raise sons like this.

Imagine the pride of this man’s father.

[Isabel Brown @theisabelb]

An absolute hero.

Raise your children to know their convictions and hold strong to their faith, even if they are standing alone.

As for why these Scottish children were taken on a field trip to a mosque--I've never been more grateful for homeschooling making a comeback in America.

[Dries Van Langenhove @DVanLangenhove]

A very sad announcement.

I have just been convicted a second time for 'hate speech' and it is only due to a technicality that I could not immediately be sent to jail —to the judge's frustration.

In an ironic turn of events it's actually thanks to my previous prison sentence (for memes in a private group chat) that I am now still free —in a physical sense, at least.

Call me naive but I didn't think they would take it this far, given that this precedent criminalises many of the arguments used by even the most moderate politicians critical of mass migration.

In February 2024 I gave a lecture at Catholic University Leuven wherein I linked mass migration to crime and a deterioration of our quality of life. Every single point I made was 100% the truth and based on scientific evidence.

Cynically, even the judge that convicted me admits as much by writing in his verdict: “Even if all of the statements made by Van Langenhove are based on scientific evidence and statistics, it makes no difference to the criminal intent. Van Langenhove is not charged with spreading false information. He is charged with presenting facts in a way that incites hatred against persons on the grounds of one or more of the protected criteria in the Anti-Racism Law.”

That's a lot of words just to say he wants to send me to prison for speaking the truth.

Even the regime media write: "It did not matter to the court that Van Langenhove was quoting scientific sources. The judge argued that Van Langenhove's main message was that a big part of the societal problems like insecurity, housing shortages and lowering educational standards are due to mass migration."

You may think the regime media are being sympathetic to me in the first sentence, but in reality they are warning people: even if you speak the truth, if you go against our narrative, we will crush you in every way possible.

Both the public prosecutor and the judge did not present a single real argument as to how or against whom I would have incited hatred. So even if I would accept their crazy, dystopic law, I still did not break it.

The only argument they present is that I created a "hostile atmosphere of us versus them” in regards to migrants. But even this silly argument (which is not even a punishable offence) is not true. To me, the deadly disease is self-hatred and one of its worst symptoms is replacement migration. My enemy is thus NOT the migrants themselves but those orchestrating the mass migration.

Sadly, in Belgium, evidence is not needed and ‘vibes’ are enough to put someone in jail.

Given the fact that I have another court case coming up in September and that I have a dozen active criminal investigations for hate speech, time is running out for me. I have already paid more than €420,000 in legal fees and there is no ending in sight. I have been in an intense battle of attrition for eight years and must now regroup to make sure I can still win.

If you want to help me, you can do so via the links below. If you can help in other ways, please contact me via DM.

If you live in a country that still has free speech, never let them touch it, however noble they make the motives sound, because this is where it leads to.

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@HisLifeNMe @JohnPiper Because your efforts are impossible without the gift of Christ

When we believe in Christ, we are united to Him, and His Spirit lives in us. It is this Sprit that produces fruits of repentance in us

Without repentance of deeds, we lie about having faith

https://t.co/gBa4xYdId0

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The marriage illustration is my favourite.

How is a woman's marriage to her husband justified?

Marriage certificate is the law part.
But a child is the fruit of that marriage, the 'proof' of union.

In our relationship with the Lord, true repentance of the heart is the fruit of our relationship with Him.

Can woman bear baby alone? impossible
Can man bear woman's baby without her? impossible

Yet when the union is real, the fruit is automatic.

Good trees produce good fruit.
A bad tree cannot repent.

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@HisLifeNMe @JohnPiper Yes, but it also means repentance in deeds.

You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
— James 2:24

Repentance is impossible, but required, which is why we need living faith in Christ, and His fruit in us, to inherit eternal life.

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@JesseDornfeld @JohnPiper I don't believe in labels like that personally. Christ is a person, not a religious institution.

I think John Piper teaches Christ is the atoning sacrifice for the whole world, but effectively only for those who recieve Him.

Do you disagree with this?

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@JesseDornfeld @JohnPiper Yes. For the whole world. I do not deny this.

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@JesseDornfeld @JohnPiper Lets bring context into discussion as much as possible. If this is what you mean, notice it says nothing of repentance but pins it all on Christ?

Our fruit is evidence we know Him.
Not something we do to be justified.

[Xmas @x____mas]

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit from itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
— John 15:4-5

[Xmas @x____mas]

The marriage illustration is my favourite.

How is a woman's marriage to her husband justified?

Marriage certificate is the law part.
But a child is the fruit of that marriage, the 'proof' of union.

In our relationship with the Lord, true repentance of the heart is the fruit of our relationship with Him.

Can woman bear baby alone? impossible
Can man bear woman's baby without her? impossible

Yet when the union is real, the fruit is automatic.

Good trees produce good fruit.
A bad tree cannot repent.

[Xmas @x____mas]

@JesseDornfeld @JohnPiper what else does 'with man this is impossible' mean?

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@HisLifeNMe @JohnPiper The same Bible calls it 'impossible'. Not big or small, impossible. Repentance is the impossible requirement of the law, and the impossible is done for us if we believe in Him.

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@JesseDornfeld @JohnPiper I will say anyone who has truly repented knows that it is impossible to repent. It's really like saying cut off your hand or walk through a needle.

Clinging to God's promise to justify, sanctify and glorify us freely is what actually produces the fruit of repentance in us.

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@HHhhh203868 @DavidJHarrisJr What are you asking about? Im talking about the video above where little children are being taught to worship a lie. That is the proof right there. What are you missing?