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Short 'sermons' from the office
on miscellaneous topics that come up
from emails throughout the week
or just in my own reading or personal conversations.
Not giving heed to Jewish fables,
and commandments of men,
that turn from the truth.
Titus 1:14
What constitutes a Jewish fable?
First, let's define fable:
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skip the modern dictionaries - they
redefine the word 'fable' to where it has no biblical bite to it at all!
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Here is the truth to what a fable is!
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FABLE, n. [L., Gr. The radical sense
is that which is spoken or told.]
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1. A feigned story or tale, intended
to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful
truth or precept.
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2. Fiction in general; as, the story
is all a fable.
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3. An idle story; vicious or vulgar
fictions.
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4. The plot, or connected series of
events, in an epic or dramatic poem.
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5. Falsehood; a softer term for a lie.
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FABLE, v.t. To feign; to invent; to
devise and speak of, as true or real.
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FABLED, pp.
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1. Feigned; invented, as stories.
Now, there are some simple applications
to made here as well as one very big one.
1.
I Timothy 1:4: Neither give heed to fables
and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying
which is in faith: so do.
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A fable only ministers
questions - it has nothing to do with any godly edifying, etc.
2.
I Timothy 4:7: But refuse profane and old
wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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I am sure there
are plenty of things that have been passed down from the past that are
not true.
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However, in this
case, we are talking about spiritual matters, so the teachings from the
past should be considered bogus if there is an attempt to apply them today
on a religious / spiritual basis!
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Apparently they
were still being taught in Paul's day as well as in ours today.
3.
II Timothy 4:4: And they shall turn away
their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
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This is too obvious - but they who turn
away their ears from the truth shall be turned unto fables.
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I wonder what Jewish fable would the
folks in Paul's day be turned unto?
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I wonder what Jewish fable would the
folks in our days today be turned unto if they turn their away from the
truth?
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What is truth? A KJB rightly divided
following Paul.
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What is a fable? A KJB wrongly
divided teaching not following Paul, etc.
4.
Titus 1:14 - Not giving heed to Jewish
fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
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We see again that Jewish fables turn
people from the truth!
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What could Paul be referring to here?
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What teaching of Jesus actually turns
people away from the truth?
What are these
Jewish fables?
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Remember, anything that Paul teaches
is truth and anything else that is taught that does not match up with Paul
is a false gospel!
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Galatians 1:8,9
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Mark 16:16-20
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Matthew 28:19-20
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The law given to the Jews in the OT!
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Acts 1-8 with
Gospels.
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The Great Commission that was preached
to the Jews being taught today as truth TO us for application!
You ask if I am serious? I think
the Great Commission is a Jewish fable? Yes, very much so!
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If the Great Commission from the gospels
is taught TO us for us to apply in our lives, then we are being taught
a Jewish teaching.
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If it is taught to applied today, then
in all reality, it is a lie.
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It was the truth during the gospel times
- no doubt - without a shadow of doubt!!!
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But today, it is history - so if it
is taught from the pulpit to the people today as the gospel they are to
follow, then they are being told to follow a Jewish teaching which now
could easily be considered a fable when compared to Paul's teachings -
the word of truth rightly divided - a KJB.
Thus we see the Great Commission could be considered a Jewish
fable
that people should not give heed to!
One final clincher verse:
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Concerning the Philadelphian church
age, which I believe we are still in today... (the Laodicean
church teachings do not follow Paul's, so the Laodicean church has to be
the church during the Tribulation...) there is a verse that doesn't
make sense UNLESS you see the Great Commission as a Jewish teaching being
taught TO Gentiles today making them 'try' to live and walk the walk given
to the Jews during the Great Commission!
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Behold,
I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and
are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before
thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Revelation
3:9
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People who teach, believe and follow
the gospels today as their daily dose of application as preached from the
pulpit, are part of the synagogue of Satan.
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Surely they don't know that - because
if they did, they would get out.
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They are actually going to fight the
very Saviour they think they have!
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They say they are Jews?
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well, they may not say it outwardly
but their 'walk' is a testimony to Jewish teachings, not to the teachings
from Paul to the Gentiles.
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It looks like their salvation is at
issue here.
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They are living and walking a Jewish
teaching - like they think they are Jews...
I
will make them to come and worship before thy feet,
and
to know that I have loved thee.
They will know someday that following
Paul TODAY was the truth.
Following the Great Commission and
Gospels, etc. today is seriously wrong
and nobody can say it any stronger
than a King James Bible.
The
entire King James Bible is written FOR us, but it is not all written TO
us!
We
learn from the "For" and we learn to apply the 'TO!"