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SonShine Publications
Category:
Religion
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN-10: 1449747566
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 290
Copyright: 2012
ISBN-13: 9781449747565
Price: $22.95 (eBook)
This book examines the Jesus of the Bible, by the Bible, and compares early Christianity to that of today.
Is Your Jesus the Bible Jesus? takes an in-depth look at the Savior, Jesus Christ, Who came from God, the Father, to save the world. It looks at who and what He truly is as it relates to today's nominal Christianity, comparing what faith in Jesus produced in the first Christians to what many claiming to be His people today exhibit.
It is a soul searcher, but its intent is not to hurt or belittle anyone! It is wholly intended to help believers make their calling and election sure, according to the exhortion of Scripture (2 Peter 1:10). Jesus, Himself, admonished us to search the Scriptures, wherein we think we have eternal life, so that we may be sure we have it (St. John 5:39)! That is all Is Your Jesus the Bible Jesus? aspires to do.
Marie Fowler York has been a Bible scholar for over a half century, and she has scored "ministerial level" in her Bible knowledge although she has never attended a seminary. But she has honestly sought to know the Word of God in order to comply with it, rather than to support any pet theories or favored doctrines. Indeed, when shown by Bible scrutiny that she was mistaken in what she considered to be one of her most fundamental doctrinal beliefs, Mrs. York surrendered her belief and accepted the teaching of Scripture. She has been wonderfully blessed by so doing, and she challenges all believers to diligently make sure that what they believe is what the Holy Spirit inspired into the Holy Book. Only when one gets out of Scripture what the Spirit of God wrote into it, does that one have truth. As Martin Luther said, long ago, ". . . truth at any cost."
This is what Marie Fowler York has sought, and what she has written, in Is Your Jesus the Bible Jesus? To God, she gives all the glory!
Excerpt
Repentance is as necessary to being saved as is faith. "Just believe, and you're saved," as taught by nominal Christianity, is false, friend. While Acts 16:31 answers the question, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" with the command to believe, Acts 2:38 answers the same question ("Men and brethren, what shall we do?") with the command to repent. You see, true believing includes believing all that the Word of God says we must do. The Proverb writer tells us something we must do in Chapter 28, Verse 13. It says, "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." No one will find mercy, no matter how much he "believes," unless he confesses and forsakes his sins!
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