Originally posted by Grandma
badmedia:
Please I beg forgiveness. I am so sorry I didn't get your point. Yes, it is true we will be known by our fruits of the vine. My daughter loves the
vineyard and the winepress.
I too worry about the coming of the end of times and the anti-christ. I fear he is among us now. And I weep for those who still do not see with
spiritual eyes and knowledge. We must be very careful to hark the words of Christ and know his spirit with our spirit and trust his word.
I know how one can get carried away with zeal for the Lord. I too get that way. Amos3:8 But I say, "I will not mention him or speak any more in his
name,,,,,,,,,his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in." I can really relate to that!!!!
I thank you for sharing your path with us. It really means a lot to open up to others you do not know but know we are one in the spirit with you.
Really nothing to ask forgiveness for, as to ask questions is to seek, and to seek is a must for finding truth. Happy to clarify.
What I mean there is you have to look at people by their actions, not what they say, not what they claim to be. When you look at a politician for
example, if you just listen to what they say, they sound good. But when you look at their actions(fruits), then you can see they are not so good.
And this is how you can tell what is truly against Christ(anti-christ). There are many anti-christs among the people. The anti-christ of
revelations however is the figurehead of it. It is the system and the worship of people under him that gives the anti-christ his power.
So, our best defense against this is to make sure we have good knowledge of what Jesus taught, and then look at what people do in their actions, to
see if it matches up with that. By doing that, we will not be deceived.
What I worry about as it pertains to Jesus, is that people worship the idol, but then do not understand the teachings, and do not look at their
actions(fruits). Because of this, someone can come up, put up a bunch of smoke and mirrors, make the claim of Jesus, or being a follower of Jesus,
and then mislead those people to do things which go against the teachings of Jesus, and are thus "against christ".
I submit GWB as evidence A. Who claims to be christian, gets the votes of christians but in his actions leads people into supporting things which
goes against what Jesus told people to do. If the christian has understanding of the teachings, they will not be fooled when someone does this.
Hitler, evidence B, and I'm sure we can name out many who have done and followed this path in our history. The anti-christ of the bible is just
able to do this not just on a single country, but over the entire world.
Btw, you are gnositic. gnositc means: relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge.
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As you have your own experience and knowledge, and do not rely soly on the strict interpretation of the bible, you are gnostic.