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CUL:The Last Witness  by Wally Tope

   Are you ready for a friendly challenge?  If you are then read on!
A good witness testifies truly.  Concerning God and salvation, the last
Word, or the last witness must be the Bible when it's interpreted properly.
Lets's look at it.

QUESTION:  Can a person KNOW he's got eternal life?

ANSWER:    "These things have I written unto you that you believe of the
           Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life..."
                                                       I John 5:13

QUESTION:  Was the BODY of Jesus resurrected?

ANSWER:    "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and
           in three days I will raise it up...But he spake of the temple
           of his BODY."  John 2:19,21
           "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me,
           and see; for a spirit hath not FLESH and BONES, as ye see me
           have."  Luke 24:39
           "Then saith him to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold
           my HANDS; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into MY SIDE"
                                                       John 20:27

QUESTION:  Was Jesus ever Michael the Archangel (as it's claimed in 'THE
           TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE' p.49)?

ANSWER:    Impossible!  Jesus was never an angel (Hebrews 1:4,8-13).
           Jesus created EVERTHING in the HEAVENS and the earth, visible
           and INVISIBLE - that includes angels (Colossians 1:16).
           "All things were made by him..." (John 1:3)
           Jesus ALLWAYS was (Micah 5.2), therefor He was not created.

QUESTION:  Are we saved by works in any way, shape or form?

ANSWER:    "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according
           to his MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and
           renewing of the Holy Spirit."  Titus 3:5
           "For by GRACE (underserved kindness) are ye SAVED THROUGH FAITH
           and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of GOD, not or works,
           lest any man should boast."  Ephesians 2:8,9
           Works can be EVIDENCE of the KIND of faith that saves.  Also,
           see Romans 3:20, 4:5.
           We must believe that Christ died for our sins and rose from the
           dead (I Corinthians 15:3,4).  Accept Him as your own personal
           Saviour and Lord (Romans 10:9).  Remember, He PHYSICALLY rose
           from the dead.

QUESTION:  Is the Holy Spirit a person or an active force of God?

ANSWER:    "Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide
           you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of HIMSELF; but
           whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will
           show you things to come."  John 16:13
           "...the Holy Ghost SAID, separate ME Barnabas and Saul for
           the work whereonto I have called them."  Acts 13:2
           Can you grieve a force or blaspheme a force?  NO.  But you can
           to a person, and that's what you can do to the Holy Spirit.
                                                       Ephesians 4:30
                                                       Matthew 12:31

QUESTION:  Did Christ return in 1914?

ANSWER:    "Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold he is in the
           desert; go not forth; behold, he is in the SECRET chambers;
           beleive it NOT.  For as the lightning cometh out of the east,
           and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the comming of
           the Son of man be."  Matthew 24:26,27
           "...Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
           This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
           shall so COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO
           HEAVEN."  Acts 1:11

QUESTION:  Who is Jesus Christ?

ANSWER:    Isaiah 45:11,12,18 ....... JEHOVAH CREATOR
           Col. 1:16, John 1:3 ...... CHRIST CREATOR

           Isaiah 45:23 ............. KNEE BOW TO JEHOVAH
           Phil. 2:9,10 ............. KNEE BOW TO CHRIST

           Isaiah 44:6 .............. JEHOVAH KING
           Mark 15:2-5 .............. CHRIST KING

           Isaiah 45:24 ............. JEHOVAH, RIGHTEOUS-STRENGTH
           I John 2:1, Col. 1:29 .... CHRIST, RIGHTEOUS-STRENGTH

           Exodus 20:1-5 ............ WORSHIP ONLY JEHOVAH
           Heb. 1:6 ................. WORSHIP CHRIST
           (Christ worshipped - Matt. 28:9,17, Jn. 20:28)

           II Corinthians 6:16 ...... GOD IN US
           Romans 8:10 .............. CHRIST IN US

           Joel 2:32 ................ CALLS ON THE NAME OF JEHOVAH
           Rom. 10:9-13, Acts 7:59 .. CALLS ON THE NAME JESUS

           Psalms 23:1 .............. JEHOVAH, SHEPHERD
           John 10:11 ............... CHRIST, SHEPHERD

           Revelation 1:8 ........... JEHOVAH, FIRST & LAST
           Revelation 1:17,18 ....... CHRIST, FIRST & LAST

           Revelation 1:8 ........... JEHOVAH, ALPHA & OMEGA
           Revelation 22:12,13 ...... CHRIST, ALPHA & OMEGA

           Exodus 3:14 .............. JEHOVAH, I AM
           John 5:58 ................ CHRIST, I AM

   Are there TWO Kings?  TWO Shepherds?  TWO Creators?  TWO Firsts and
Lasts?  That is a resounding NO.  We're talking about the same person,
that is, the same ESSENCE, the same NATURE.  God (He didn't try to hang
onto His equality with God, but humbled Himself and became a man, made
temporarily lower than angels (Hebrews 2:9).  BUT, He would be restored
to His former glory and receive it again (John 17:5).

   He could say, "...my Father is greater that I" (John 14:28), but He
never said, "...my Father is BETTER than I". "BETTER" is a comparison
between natures (Heb. 1:4) - whereas "GREATER" is a comparison of
POSITIONS, that resulted when Christ humbled himself to come down to earth
and die for us.  Our President is greater in POSITION, but not necessarily
better by NATURE than any of us.  The Son inheroted the nature of His
Father when He
was born in the flesh.  That nature is DIETY.  Jesus also has that nature
when He was with the Father before His physical appearing.

   "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and
they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, GOD IS WITH US."  Matthew 1:23

QUESTION:  Is the Holy Spirit God?

ANSWER:    Acts 5:3 "...lie to the Holy Ghost"
           Acts 5:4 "...not lied to man, but unto GOD"
           I Cor. 3:16 "...ye are the temple of GOD..."
           I Cor. 6:19 "...your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost"
           Romans 8:9 "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the SPIRIT,
                       if so be that the spirit of GOD dwell in you.  Now
                       if any man have not the Spirit of CHRIST, he is
                       none of His."

QUESTION:  Do the wicked suffer forever?

ANSWER:    "And the smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up FOREVER and
           EVER; and they have NO rest day or night, who worship the
           beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
           name"  Revelation 14:11 (This speaks of a majority of the
           earths population living at that time.  Revelation 13:8).
           For humanity in general, see Revelation 21:8 which seems to
           describe a similar fate where it talks of the lake of fire.

QUESTION:  Was the times of the Gentiles fulfiled in 1914?

ANSWER:    Luke 21:24 speaks of the literal Jerusalem, just like it does
           in verse 20.  The eariest possible time that you could say
           that Jerusalem was no longer trodden down of the Gentiles was
           in the June, 1967 war, which Israel got old Jerusalem back for
           the first time in some 3,500 years.  Yes, God is still dealing
           with the nation of Israel as is plain in Romans 11:25.

    Hopefully, this paper will be a help to you, and that you wil ask
Jesus into your life as Lord and Saviour if you haven't yet.  If you do, or
have comments, please write to:

           Wally Tope