"The Reality of Sunday Worship" By Rev. Richard Johnson, B.Sc.

"The Reality of Sunday Worship"
By Richard Johnson (Copyright 2011)
The truth is that the Scriptural Sabbath is still Saturday---it always has been. Why we worship on Sunday is explained here:

What the majority does not know is that the Catholic Church would love to have a Sunday law because of the fact that:
“Q: Which is the Sabbath day?
A: Saturday is the Sabbath Day.
Q: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
A: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday, because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (AD 336), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.” – Rev. Peter Geiermann, C.Ss.R., The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50.
“Q: Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept?
A: Had she not the power; she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her;-she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” – Rev. Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism, p. 174
“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change(Saturday to Sunday) is her act; it could not have been otherwise, as none in those days would have dreamed of doing anything in matters spiritual or religious without her, and the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.” – Catholic Mirror, September 23, 1893.

When the Protestant Reformation occured during the middle ages...the breakaway denominations took the TRADITION OF SUNDAY WORSHIP WITH THEM from the Catholic Church...there is no Scripture for Sunday worship. It is now codefied into Western Laws in Europe, Britain and the United States as well as their former colonies accross the Globe that worship God according to the Bible.

Just because something is codefied into law and followed by the Churches does not make it Scripture.

Be blessed and may God's face shine upon you always.

IS THERE A NEW MEANING FOR EVIL?

by Colajean Butler on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 11:42pm

Posted here with the permission of the Author.

Is there a new meaning for the word, evil?  We used to think of 'evil' as something to be feared.  It was something ugly.  I am wondering and tried to come up with an answer to this question.   There must be a new definition for evil today.  Even though God said that He was the same today as He was at the time of Creation and His Word never changes, somehow in history the meaning for 'wrong' and 'evil' must have changed.

Evil today can be the most beautiful and not at all threatening situation, but we innately should recognize evil.  It is something wrong!

When we introduced the terms morality and conscience when d  ealing with the term evil, we seem to have made 'evil' a term that is relative to circumstances.

Here are a few examples of the new morality.

(1)  A  lie is not longer a  lie when we don't want to hurt someone's feelings.
(2) '  Stealing is not 'stealing' when we take something from someone when we need it badly.  
(3)  Having 'sex' with someone we are not married to is not wrong when 'no body is going to get hurt.'
(4) Cheating on a test is not wrong because if I fail the test, I could lose my scholarship.
(5) It is better for me to have an abortion because the father of child and I are no longer 'seeing' each other.

We are in such a delimna today that we live 'lies' and we live these lies for decades and seem to feel no remorse.  We can tell a lie on someone and have hordes of relatives not speaking to a person, and feel no guilt.  Since we have 'what we want' and everybody seems to like and accept us, we don't care if we have caused great pain for another by out lies.  Relatives have died not fully understanding the gravity of the lie or that we have even lied to them.

The evil in our midst have broken many people.  This evil has devastated persons who try to do good and feel overwhelmed by the 'wrong' around them.   Just looking at the headlines in our local papers would almost cause us to grieve, but we bow our heads in prayer for our people instead.  Persons whom we trust are now raping our children.  Persons whom we trust are robbing us.  Persons whom we trust are  not protecting the legacy of our country's sovereignty.  The list goes on!

Is there a new meaning of evil?  No, there is no new meaning of evil.  Evil is still evil. The problem lies within us.  We have become intimate friends with evil and have regarded evil as something that we can 'deal' with.  Most of us have 'accepted' evil as a choice and as a 'friend' to help us get what we want without the hassle of sacrafice and hard work.

 Evil is when we choose to live by our own standards and not by the standards set by our Lord that honors and respects the rights of others.  We are evil when we do not love our neighbor as we love our ourselves. 

So as I draw my post to a close, I pray the words taught to us by our Lord.  "Deliver us from evil - now and at the hour or our death."
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Rev. Richard Johnson, B.Sc. "Mission Statement"

Having accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior in February, 1986, but lacking a true Teacher of the Word and an understanding of my Divine Purpose; God used approximately seventeen years to train me, teach me and bring me to a point of absolute commitment of my will and focus to Him. He had already shown me my purpose in 1998; however additional time was required to set everything within me, my mind, my spirit and my heart on a solo mission of destiny. It required special experiences, he creation of an enduring mind heart and spirit such that when the time came to be baptized in the Spirit of the Lord---there would be but one concept of journey and that is forward ever and backward never....combined with no retreat and no surrender.

Walking in the Spirit according to Galatians 5:16 to end and Romans 8 in its entirety combined with the seven Spirits of God as revealed in Isaiah 11:2; operating with faith, absolute obedience to the Spirit over Church and submission to God's ultimate authority ---I am trained to be a spiritual Warrior and teach the Kung Fu of the Spirit Realm.

My personal mission statement is as follows:

-to stand upright before God to the best of my ability

-to be a Spiritual Warrior taking the campaign into the enemy territory i.e. to hit the streets exhorting and encouraging men to get up and leave the life of crime and bondage to the old man with  the chemicals and downpression because God has a better life for them via Scriptures and Christ Jesus.

-to engage in the education of the people that are seeking God’s face and power , however will not engage in the religious diatribe of today. These people are seeking their spiritual walk with God as opposed to the common religious fantasy of this era.

-to educate as to the reality and application of Scripture ---avoiding doctrine, dogma and denomination.

-to be an inspiration to the outcast elements that God raises up the periphery to confuse the center, He makes the lowly great to establish that He is the true God of Creation and all you need is Him via Covenant Walk through Jesus Christ.

-to eventually establish a "Men's Bridge Ministry" to teach life and business skillsets combined with Spiritual Kung Fu.

-to go where He instructs me to go and do what He instructs me to do.

 To accomplish this in their lives, these men must be taught-not religion but rather, the spiritual walk with God in and through Jesus Christ.

-They must become firmly entrenched in the knowledge and specific application of Scripture as it applies to addiction, anger management and mindset issues.

-Those that choose to walk away and battle out from "Egypt" (bondage) will require time and a facility to be housed within such that they can be taught:

·        The discipline of quiet and determined leadership.

·        The reality of separation from anybody and anything that may hamper their progress must become solidly entrenched to prevent the mind or heart from being infected with 'defeatism' from without as we teach them victory from within.

·        All of these aforementioned pointers delve from Romans 12:2 “Romans 12:2 (Amplified Bible) ²Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

·        They must establish a new family (Church) and a new way of thinking (Scripture/Bible)

Once again, God is still in the miracle business for men and women. But to experience His power you must let go of everything about you including your old personality and character. Either we turn it all in for new items or we hold ourselves back by our old ways, there is no other way. It is for this reason that many have been in the Church building for years and not experienced the life altering events they are told about and scream about.

We must teach the men for it is written that the father is the glory of the child (Proverbs). When we raise up a man from the ashes of a life it positively impacts a multitude of other men and their children because the youth see that victory is possible after setbacks and there is life after death…so keep struggling for life and victory despite the setbacks and defeats. Remember that you are only truly defeated when you quit fighting to achieve despite setbacks,

I teach warfare to others, to be a light and guide through the Wilderness as they (the Students) progress towards true freedom-walking in the Spirit…via Scripture and Jesus Christ.