By faith Alone?

The conundrum of the Reformation!

Martin Luther added in the word alone to the translation of the Holy Bible to German and English to emphasise his point in relation that only faith saves!

But the original Greek manuscripts never had the word alone, since faith was already known as the key to knowing God!

The problems for Martin Luther like or loath him was he had ninety six issues with the Roman Catholic Church, which he questioned and then had no choice but to break away from?

Faith in itself encompasses much, but the Latin translation from the Greek may have deliberately blocked this truth off, so that made the Pope infallible as the leader of the Universal Church.

Today occasionally if not commonly many new words are being added to the Bible to get a clearer meaning, one must be careful to not go beyond what is being said? Because some of this can be used to change the meanings and justify sin, since we remain fickle in our nature!

Romans 1:17, 3:28, 5:1-2, Galatians 3:11, Philippians 3:9, Hebrews 11:6-7.

ISRAEL? One.

Biblical and Historical!

It would seem today the state of Israel is not the true restoration of the nation of the Hebrew peoples, because they are not living in a Holy way and not at peace with their neighbours, the Palestinians?

But no other ‘Christian nation is purely Christian in either ethic or morally, so now we come to a dilemma that we are all sinners or just some? One is using this view to draw out the hypocrisy of anti-0Semitism that has been in the Christian Church since at least the second century AD!

We cannot have it both ways, or use excuses when failing to recognise that the Jews are blinded by God so that the Gentiles might be added to the Kingdom of God! There are also many other aspects in relation to the peoples of the land and deals struck long ago, but this was not with the Philistines!

What can be said is why the so called Palestinians living under the Ottomans never developed the land to the standards of what Israel is today or was one-hundred years ago?

Ezekiel 28:25-26, Joshua 9:6-16, Matthew 9:13, Mark 2:17, Romans 11:2, 11-24, Galatians 2:17, James 4:8.

Prostitution. Part-One.

Sex for Hire!

This is a subject that many who profess a faith in God feel uncomfortable with, either from disgust, guilt or that they were involved or are practising in secret?

The world calls it the oldest profession, but we only here of it first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 38:15! One does not know if it existed before the flood or not, but it may have but is not mentioned since the human heart was evil and open to constant violence!

The Holy bible has much to say about the matter in relation to both men and woman, and today with our society the male aspect of it is much more prevalent than that traditionally of young girls and woman!

Exploitation of emotional breakdown or being lead astray through false love is what is the main cause of people getting involved! Others do it for quick money, while others do it out of their own lust for sex, that is never enjoyed or fulfilled?

Deuteronomy 23:17, Proverbs 6:26, Isaiah 9:4, Micah 6:12, Romans 3:13, 1 Corinthians 6:15-16.