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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."(Galatians 3:13)

Jesus gave a useful creteria to judge the hidden intention of a person

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them."Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heavenMany will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.( Matthew 7:15-24)

What Paul stored in his heart was hatred for Jesus and his teaching. It is known history Paul was a staunch and rebellious enermy of Jesus and his followers. Even after Jesus departure, Paul continue to kill and persecute the followers of Jesus

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priestand asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. ( Acts 9:1-2)

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.(1 Corinthians 15:14)

However Jesus already warn regarding false prophet:

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them."Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heavenMany will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7:15-24

Deu 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

This is repeated just to make certain we get the message:

2Ch 25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

This is repeated in the New Testament:

Joh 9:1-3 KJV And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. [v.2] And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? [v. 3] Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

Then lifting up his hands to the Lord, he prayed, saying: 'Lord our God, God of Abraham;, God of Ishmael ;and Isaac;, God of our fathers, have mercy upon them that you have given me, and save them from the world. I say not, take them from the world, because it is necessary that they shall bear witness against them that shall corrupt my gospel;. But I pray you to keep them from evil, that on the day of your judgment they may come with me to bear witness against the world and against the House of Israel that has corrupted your testament.

Lord God, mighty and jealous, that take vengeance upon idolatry against the sons of idolatrous fathers even to the fourth generation, do you curse eternally every one that shall corrupt my gospel that you gave me, when they write that I am your son. For I, clay and dust, am servant of your servants, and never have I thought myself to be your good servant; for I cannot give you aught in return for that which you have given me, for all things are yours.

Lord God, the merciful, that shows mercy to a thousand generations upon them that fear you, have mercy upon them which believe my words that you have given me. For even as you are true God, so your word which I have spoken is true; for it is yours, seeing I have ever spoken as one that reads, who cannot read save that which is written in the book that he reads: even so have I spoken that which you have given me.

'Lord God the Saviour, save them whom you have given me, in order that Satan may not be able to do aught against them, and save not only them, but every one that shall believe in them. Lord, bountiful and rich in mercy, grant to your servant to be in the congregation of your Messenger; on the Day of Judgment: and not me only, but every one whom you have given me, with all them that shall believe on me through their preaching. And this do, Lord, for your own sake, that Satan boast not himself against you, Lord.

'Lord God, who by your providence provides all things necessary for your people Israel, be mindful of all the tribes of the earth, which you have promised to bless by your Messenger, for whom you did create the world. Have mercy on the world and send speedily your Messenger, that Satan your enemy may lose his empire.' And having said this, Jesus said three times: 'So be it, Lord, great and merciful!' And they answered, weeping: 'So be it," all save Judas, for he believed nothing.

http://barnabas.net/chapters/260-212-jesus-prays.h...

German priest admits to 280 instances of child sex abuse

Deutsche Welle

Thursday, January 12, 2012

[Caption] Germany has been rocked by several clerical abuse scandals

Germany's Catholic Church has been hit by another case of clerical

sexual abuse, with a priest admitting to abusing three boys between

the ages of 9 and 15 some 280 times since 2004.

A Catholic priest admitted to a German court on Thursday that he

sexually abused three boys over several years, amounting to a total

of 280 cases.

The priest, identified as 46-year-old Andreas L. from the city of

Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, confessed to charges of sexually abusing

the boys, who ranged from nine to 15 years old. The abuse began in

2004, he said.

Instances of abuse occurred at a parsonage, on ski vacations, at the

parents' home, on a trip to Disneyland in Paris and at a church

shortly before Mass.

The priest told the regional court in Braunschweig that while working

as a chaplain in the same city in 2004, he began a close relationship

with a widowed woman. When he was moved to Salzgitter, the woman's

nine-year-old son often spent weekends with the man, who would take

him on short trips away. The abuse occurred on several occasions,

often three times per weekend.

The suspect said it was not his intention to get close to the boy

sexually, and that it never occurred to him that he was harming them.

[Caption] Pope Benedict XVI expressed 'deep regret' at a meeting with

sex abuse victims in Germany

"I did not have the impression that he didn't want it," he said.

When the mother began to suspect her son's interactions with the

priest were inappropriately close, she approached the diocese of

Hildesheim, the priest's employer, which forbid further contact with

the boy.

Victims two and three

The two other boys named as victims by the priest were brothers, and

the abuse began under similar circumstances. When contact with them

was also forbidden, the priest approached his first victim, then 17,

who in turn told his mother about the abuse.

The mother then went to the authorities, and the suspect was arrested

last summer. The court set the maximum sentence for the priest at six

and a half years.

A long series of sexual abuse scandals involving Catholic priests in

Germany is believed to have contributed to Germans leaving the Church

in record numbers. Some 180,000 Germans renounced their Catholicism

in 2010, up 40 percent from the previous year.

Pope Benedict XVI met with victims of clerical sexual abuse during a

visit to his native Germany in September, expressing his deep regret.

The German Catholic Church faces some 600 claims for compensation

because of abuse, and Berlin has set up a fund of 100 million euros

($128 million) to pay for the victims' therapy.

Author - Andrew Bowen (Reuters, DPA)

Editor - Andreas Illmer

More at:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15663840,00.h...

The following verses from the Upanishads refer to the Concept of God:

1. "Ekam evadvitiyam"

"He is One only without a second."

[Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1]1

2. "Na casya kascij janita na cadhipah."

"Of Him there are neither parents nor lord."

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 6:9]2

3. "Na tasya pratima asti"

"There is no likeness of Him."

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:19]3

4. The following verses from the Upanishad allude to the inability of man to imagine God in a particular form:

"Na samdrse tisthati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam."

"His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye."

[Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20]4

Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved. 6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.(1 Corinthians 11:3-16 (New International Version))

Jesus most important Commandments

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." (NIV, Mark 12:28-31).

There is no commandment greater than these, so nothing about trinity or salvation

O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs. (Quran Nisa 4:171)

Allah tells us that Jesus says: "O Children of Israel, I am Allah's messenger to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad." [Sûrah 61 al-Saff: 6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cTIJQuHf54

Those teaching are clearly contradicted with the following:

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”

For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. John 12:49

Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

John 3:11 I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.

John 5:19 Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

John 6:68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 7:16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.

Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. {he that is eight.: Heb. a son of eight days} 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

Genesis 17:12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner--those who are not your offspring.

He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." Matthew 15:24

Matthew 10:6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

Matthew 15:23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."

Acts 3:26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

Romans 15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKqqai1V-c&list=UU...

1. John chapter 14 verse 16:

"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever."

2. Gospel of John chapter 15 verse 26:

"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me."

3. Gospel of John chapter 16 verse 7:

"Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you"."Ahmed" or "Muhammad" meaning "the one who praises" or "the praised one" is almost the translation of the

Greek word Periclytos. In the Gospel of John 14:16, 15:26, and 16:7. The word 'Comforter' is used in the English translation for the Greek word Paracletos which means advocate or a kind friend rather than a comforter. Paracletos is the warped reading for Periclytos. Jesus (pbuh) actually prophesised Ahmed by name. Even the Greek word Paraclete refers to the Prophet (pbuh) who is a mercy for all creatures.Some Christians say that the Comforter mentioned in these prophecies refers to the Holy Sprit. They fail to realise that the prophecy clearly says that only if Jesus (pbuh) departs will the Comforter come. The Bible states that the Holy Spirit was already present on earth before and during the time of Jesus (pbuh), in the womb of Elizabeth, and again when Jesus (pbuh) was being baptised, etc. Hence this prophecy refers to none other than Prophet

Muhammad (pbuh).

"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.( Matthew 10:34)

Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.(Luke 12:51)

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters�yes, even his own life�such a person cannot be my disciple. Luke 14: 26

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"Truly I tell you, no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life." Luke 18: 29

Jesus said :

"..And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from

heaven...( Luke 10:18)

But Paul or Saul said:

1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the

disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him

letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this

way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto

Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly

there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the

earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest

thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am

Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the

pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou

have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the

city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 And the men which

journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no

man (Acts 9:1-7)

Which version was true what Jesus said in Luke or Paul in Acts

Luke 2:8 speaks about the shepherds near Bethlehem who were in the fields, watching their flocks at night. Shepherds in that region did not keep their sheep out at night during the Winter because it was cold and sometimes even snowy, but they did keep them in the fields during the Fall, after the end-of-Summer harvest. At that time, the sheep could eat the stalks of grain left over after the harvest, and they would then fertilize the ground prior to the late Fall planting.

Also, Luke 2:1 says that when Mary was just about to give birth to Jesus, she and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem to fulfill their obligation to be counted in a Roman census. They did not travel in the Winter because it would have been much too hard. Rather, people traveled in the Fall, between the heat of Summer and the cold of Winter. And at that time of year the grain, and also some fruit, were ripe, and travelers were allowed to eat some of the “gleanings” as they passed by (Lev. 23:22).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08r4aMuOUE

Stop clinging to me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren (disciples), and say to them, 'I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.' (John 20: 17).

His son head was replaced by the head of elephant.

In John 3:16 Jesus was called God's only Begotten Son.

In Jeremiah 31:9 "I am a father to Isreal, and Ephraim is my firstborn." Ephraim is God's First Son and First Born.

In Psalm 2:7 "... Jehova had said onto me (David), thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." David was called God's Begotten Son

Can we trust a document which contradicted?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in Matthew 19:16 Jesus said "Why call me good, there is none good but One, that is GOD"?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in Matthew 26:39 Jesus begged his GOD to have mercy on him and to pass the cup to death (kill Jesus in another words) before Jesus goes through the pain of crucifixion? Also see: Jesus's crucifixion in Islam

If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 18:38 he didn't reply when he was asked about the truth?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in Matthew 24:36 Jesus told his followers that no one (including Jesus) knows when the judgment day will come, only GOD knows?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in Isiah 11:2-3 GOD had put the spirit of fearing GOD in Jesus?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 5:31 Jesus told his followers that if he (Jesus) bears witness of himself, then his record is not true?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 5:30 Jesus told his followers that he can't do a single thing of his own initiative?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 5:36-38 Jesus said that GOD had assigned him (Jesus) work and GOD is a witness on Jesus?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 5:32 Jesus told his followers that they have never seen GOD at anytime nor ever heard his voice?

If Jesus was GOD, then why did he pray to his GOD in Luke 5:16?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in Matthew 26:39 Jesus fell on his face and prayed to his GOD?

Is it because the bible contradicted?