Christadelphian Have ERRORED in Interpreting
James 1:14!

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Christadelphian Have ERRORED in Interpreting James 1:14!

And that one error of interpretation of James 1:14 has caused the Christadelphians to be DECEIVED by the very being that they DENY is a REAL BEING!

Many, if not most Christadelphian Christians have been deceived to wrongly believe that Satan, the Devil is NOT a REAL BEING. And thus, they have no choice but to BLAME Almighty God the Creator for all of the EVIL that is in the world.

Now, while it is true, that EVIL itself is NOT a real ENTITY that has a soul and will of its own, that does NOT mean that the “father” of evil is not a real literal being who DECEIVES people and even angels to doe EVIL.

And the “father” or the ORIGIN of evil, that BEGAN in heaven, is that INSOLENT red Dragon, the OLD Serpent, who is CALLED the Devil and Satan, according to Revelation 12:3-9, which we will read in a moment.

And the literal REAL being that is described as a great red Dragon and that OLD Serpent called the ENEMY and ADVERSARY of Almighty God, was once a good angel that Yahweh SET on the throne to rule and attend to the earth and its inhabitants in a previous age of the earth.

And that angel’s name is called Lucifer in Isaiah 14:12-15. But before we read that passage of Scripture, I want all of my readers who are Christadelphian Christians to click on this link and read the short Verse Study on James 1:14. 

For you see, Christadelphians base their whole belief on their OWN personal interpretation on James 1:14. Please read that study first, and then come back and finish reading this study.

Isaiah 14:12-15.

“How are you FALLEN from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! 

Isaiah 14:13. For you have said in your HEART, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the STARS of God: I will sit ALSO upon (Or I will sit on the throne of Yahweh to ALSO rule OVER) the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: (The City of Yahweh the Creator is in the sides of the north and the anointed Cherub called Lucifer became filled with pride and exalted himself to expand the throne that God gave to him to ALSO be like Yahweh to rule over the angels. And he said in his HEART)

Isaiah 14:14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (And he deceived one third of the angels to wage a WAR against Yahweh to grasp at EQUALITY with God by FORCE)

Isaiah 14:15. Yet you shalk be brought down to HELL, to the sides of the PIT.”

In other words, BEFORE the angelic BEING called Lucifer CORRUPTED himself to the point to wage a WAR against God’s throne, there was no EVIL in the universe.

And thus, Lucifer is the “FATHER” of all evil!

Now, the Christadelphian Christians “pride” themselves that they base what they believe SOLELY upon the Scriptures. But yet, they REJECT the very words of Jesus and his Apostle who wrote the New Testament to believe the doctrines of their founding fathers of the Christadelphian movement.

John 8:43-45.

“Why do you (Christadelphian Christians) NOT understand my speech? Even because you cannot hear my word. 

John 8:44. You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a LIE, he speaks of his own: for he is a LIAR, and the FATHER of it. (And when Christadelphian Christians or any other Christians who teach FALSE doctrine, they are MAKING a LIE. And some Christians are so full of PRIDE that the THINK they are teaching the truth)

John 8:45. And because I tell you the TRUTH, you do NOT believe me.”

And Christadelphian Christians do NOT believe the words of Jesus.

Now, one of the FEW, and I do mean VERY FEW reasons for WHY Christadelphian Christians do not believe that the Devil is a real BEING is that the word “devil”, in the singular form, is not found in the Old Testament. And the word “devils” is used differently in the Old Testament than it is in the New Testament.

But how is that a sound Biblical reason for why the Devil is not a real being? Do they also NOT believe in Christ, just because the word “Christ” is NOT found in the Old Testament?

Of course not!

One of their main arguments is due to the fact that they fail to understand why God would ALLOW the Devil to fight against the church.

Here is a quote from a Christadelphian website. The emphasis is mine and the comment is parentheses in Times Roman font are also mine.

“Today most people no longer think of the devil like that. (Speaking of the image of the Devil in a red suite with horns, a pointed tail, and a trident pitch fork staff in his hand) But there are still many people who believe that the devil exists, that he wields immense power for evil, some say he is a fallen angel, (And we teach that Satan, the Devil is a fallen angel, because that is exactly what the Bible ITSELF teaches) and is constantly trying to destroy the work of God among men and women. They think it is the devil that secretly whispers in your ear and tempts you to evil. (And, again, we do indeed teach that as well, because that is exactly what the Bible ITSELF teaches us. And if you read ALL of the studies in series of studies on the Devil, then you will see that I am teaching the TRUTH directly from the Scriptures)

Of course, there are real difficulties about accepting such an idea. 

If the devil was a real angel to begin with, how ever did he come to revolt against God? And why does God allow a supernatural being to destroy His work in the earth? Where is the devil now, anyway? And how can he really work?

I will answer all these questions and many more in this series of studies on Satan, the Devil, also called Lucifer in Isaiah 14:10-16, and the anointed Cherub that God Himself SET on the throne over the earth in Ezekiel 28:12-19. 

And these are just a few of the MANY passages of Scripture that teach us about the FALLEN angel that deceived one third of God’ angels to wage an intergalactic WAR against Yahweh and His angels.

The devils are real beings, they are disembodied evil spirits. But the Devil, in the singular, is their prince, or their leader, a king over them who is pictured as the great Dragon that is called the Devil and Satan.

Have you not read Hebrews 1:7, which teaches us that Yahweh said of the angels, as in, of THE angels, speaking of the fallen angels, he MADE spirits and His ministers He shall make a BLAZE of fire on the final Day of Judgment?

Hebrews 1:7.

“And of the angels (Speaking of THE ANGEL, the pastor or the one who TAUGHT or SEDUCED one third of the angels to follow him) He said, Who makes (Or more correctly translated, Who CAUSED) his angels spirits, and his ministers (The seducing spirits teaching doctrines of devils) a flame (Or a BLAZE) of fire.”

There are two Greek words that the translators did not translate, which say THE ANGEL or THE PASTOR, or THE one who taught the angels EVIL, which CAUSED God to execute His WRATH to KILL many of His angelic beings to be made disembodies spirits called demons and devils. And on the final Day of Judgment, Yahweh will make them a BLAZING flame of fire to consume them to ashes.

Now, in my own opinion, the Christadelphian Christians have been greatly deceived on this subject of Satan, the Devil. The Spirit of Yahweh speaks expressly that some would be deceived.

Please read 1 Timothy 4:1,2.

“Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (How can a CONCEPT have doctrines? Spirits are REAL BEINGS. God is a Spirit and God is a REAL BEING. But these spirit beings are workers of EVIL, and they are God’s ENEMIES. And, as you will see in this study, the Christadelphian Christians have DEPARTED from the TRUE FAITH by giving heed to SEDUCING spirit and TEACHINGS of devils)

1 Timothy 4:2. Speaking LIES in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”

This means that the deception has become so deep among SOME of the Christadelphian Christians, that their minds have been dulled to hearing the truth that devils are REAL beings. Can you not see and understand that the devil FEAR Almighty God because they BELIEVE in His coming Day of Judgment.

Now, a CONCEPT does not have to fear! And a metaphor cannot BELIEVE. Only REAL BEINGS can have to fear and BELIEVE in Almighty God to fear His judgment.

James 2:19.  

“You believe that there is one God; you doest well: the devils also BELIEVE, and TREMBLE.” 

Another reason for why Christadelphian Christians do not believe that the Devil is a REAL being is that the Greek word “diabolos” that is translated as the word, title, or name “devil” which they CLAIM can only mean false accuser. But, in TRUTH, the Greek word “diabolos” means false accuser AND devil. In other words, you cannot throw away the meaning “devil” just because you chose to NOT believe that the devil is a real being.

G1228

διάβολος

diabolos

dee-ab’-ol-os

From G1225; a traducer; specifically Satan (compare [H7854]): – false accuser, devil, slanderer.

Total KJV occurrences: 38.

And thus, by ONLY using the ONE meaning of “false accuser” and throwing away the meaning “devil” specifically Satan, THE Devil” they mislead themselves to wrongly argue that the word devil should never be capitalized as a NAME or title of a REAL BEING!

But yet, I have never heard any Christdephian Christian argue that the title of Christ should never be capitalized simply because it means ANOINTED and Messiah.

Now, one of the biggest mistakes made by the Christadelphians is that they try to interpret the New Testament from the Old Testament. Here is another quote from their website proving that what I am teaching you is the truth. Again, the emphasis is mine and the comments in parentheses are also mine.

To find the vital key, it is important to begin with the Old Testament, and NOT with the New. To modern ears this may sound strange, but remember that the Old Testament was written first, many centuries before the New. (And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die. The doctrines of devils always use a LITTLE truth to HIDE theirs LIES)

And since they both really form one revelation from God, the New Testament writers knew the Old Testament very well indeed. (NO! They did NOT know and understand what the Scripture in the Old Testament meant UNTIL Jesus expounded or explained the Scripture to them after God raised him from the dead)

They quoted from it, and they used its terms; and among the terms they used is Satan. In fact, the term “devil” occurs rarely in the Old Testament and is used differently there from the way it is used in the New.

So, we begin with Satan, the Old Testament term. What does the word “Satan” mean? It is not hard to find out.

Yes, it is very easy to find out what the Hebrew word that is pronounced and spelled in English of the Hebrew pronunciation as “śâṭân”  TRULY means. You simply look it up in the concordance.

H7854

שָׂטָן

śâṭân

saw-tawn’

From H7853; an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch enemy of good: – adversary, Satan, withstand.

Total KJV occurrences: 27.

Again, you cannot simply throw away the meanings of the Hebrew and Greek words that you do not like, because those MEANINGS do not fit your theology.

Take the case of Balaam who lived in the days when the children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness. He was a prophet who had been told by God not to go on a certain hired mission to curse the Israelites. But he wanted the money offered him as a reward, so he went. Riding upon an ass, he soon found his way blocked by an angel: “The angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as his adversary” (or enemy) (Numbers 22:22)

There is no DEFINITE article THE before the Hebrew word “satan”, and that is why the translators chose to use the meaning of adversary. Common sense should tell you that the Angel of Yahweh is NOT His arch ENEMY THE Satan.

However, the definite article THE is in the Hebrew text in Job 1:6 where THE Satan is among the sons of God when they present themselves to Yahweh. Or more correcting translated, when they came REMAINING AGAINST Yahweh and the Satan in the center of them.

Yahweh does not have conversations with SIN, saying to SIN, where have you been. And SIN answers and says, oh, I have been walking here and there in the earth. Then Yahweh says to SIN, have you considered my servant Job?

How can buy into that man-made doctrine made by a medical DOCTOR named John Thomas that Satan is simply a TERM for SIN? You see, medical doctors, at least for the most part, do not believe that sickness comes from the Devil oppressing people with sickness and disease. And the Christadelphian belief was founded by John Thomas based on his own private “interpretation” of the Scriptures.

The TRUTH of the matter is that the Devil is indeed a REAL BEING, according to the Bible ITSELF. And Jesus himself teaches us that some people are being bound with sickness and disease by spirits, as in, the evil disembodied spirits.

“Luk 13:16. And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 13:11-15.

“And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. (Sounds a lot like crippling arthritis to me)

Luke 13:12. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. 

Luke 13:13. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.”

Now, at a different time when Jesus cast out DEVILS and people were healed, some of the unbelieving Jews falsely accuse Jesus of casting out devils by the power of Satan.

And Jesus said that if Satan casts out Satan, then his KINGDOM would be divided, and no kingdom that is divided can stand.

Matthew 12:26-31.

“And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? (How can SIN cast out SIN? So, again, the answer is NO! Satan is NOT simply a TERM synonymous with sin and evil. Satan is a REAL being who is EVIL, and he has a kingdom that he STOLE from God)

Matthew 12:27. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges. 

Matthew 12:28. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 

Matthew 12:29. Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first binds the strong man? And then he will spoil his house.

Matthew 12:30. He that is NOT WITH me is AGAINST me; (And Christadelphian Christians are NOT WITH Jesus, because they do NOT BELIEVE that the Devil and devils are REAL spirit beings who OPPRESS people. And, therefore, they cannot OBEY Jesus to CAST OUT devils like Jesus instructed us to do. How can one cast out devils if they do NOT BELIEVE that they exist?) and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad. 

Matthew 12:31. Wherefore, I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.”

And, to me, BLAMING Almighty God for ALL of the EVIL that is in the world saying that God causes the EVIL is borderline BLASPHEMING the Holy Spirit. In other words, Christadelphian Christians are basically saying that Almighty God makes people sick so that He can heal them. And that would mean that God’s KINGDOM is DIVIDED.

So then, the TRUE KEY to understanding the Bible is to START in the NEW Testament and interpret the Old Testament from the REVEALED truth that Yahweh gave to Jesus to give tp his disciples.

With that being said, I will end part 1 of this series of studies and START with the NEW Testament in part 2 called The Apostle John says that the Devil is a REAL BEING! Who are you going to believe, Jesus and his Apostles, or some man-made theology invented by a medical doctor named John Thomas in the 1800s?

Again, once Christians understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands. 

And that you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels. 

Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become a Lord, a King, and a God, to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels. 

For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angel waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called >>> Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR? <<<

More studies coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God. If you have a PARTICULAR verse of Scripture that you would like to know the sound Biblical Unitarian meaning, then please email me at MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail.com and let me know.

For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1-In the BEGINNING, and D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD! 

Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. So, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading >>> D-0. THE BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of JESUS! <<<

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