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COGwriter <\/a><\/p>\n A while back, a newsletter associated with Church of God Outreach Ministries<\/a> had the following:<\/p>\n It\u2019s not in the Book!<\/strong><\/p>\n You turn up for an event\u2014only to find it has been cancelled. You plan a picnic\u2014and it pours. You look forward to a big night out\u2014and go down with \u2018flu. We are used to such disappointments\u2014that\u2019s life!<\/p>\n Then you get curious about some of your beliefs only to find they don\u2019t fit the facts. The moon isn\u2019t green cheese. The earth isn\u2019t flat. Matter isn\u2019t solid and can be in two places at once. And\u2014you can\u2019t find your long-held Christian beliefs in Christianity\u2019s source Book\u2014the Bible. Now that could present some longterm issues.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at some misunderstandings. …<\/p>\n Sunday Observance<\/strong> Christmas\/Easter<\/strong> Immortal soul<\/strong> Heaven<\/strong> Law <\/strong> It is to God\u2019s Word, the Christian Bible, all of it, that we must look for the authentic teaching of Jesus. He warned that many would pervert his message and urged us to be constantly on our guard for false teachings\u2014and teachers!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Let me also state that not only are many doctrines that people think are Christian not in the Bible, they were not observed by Jesus’ early followers either. Furthermore, many of those teachings that many now accept were condemned by early professors of Christ.<\/p>\n For scriptural and historical proof, check out the following documented articles and videos:<\/em><\/p>\n Sunday and Christianity<\/a> Was Sunday observed by the apostolic and true post-apostolic Christians? Who clearly endorsed Sunday? What relevance is the first or the “eighth” day? A related sermon is also available: Sunday: First and Eighth Day?<\/a> COGwriter A while back, a newsletter associated with Church of God Outreach Ministries had the following: It\u2019s not in the Book! You turn up for an event\u2014only to find it has been cancelled. You plan a picnic\u2014and it pours. You look forward to a big night out\u2014and go down with \u2018flu. We are used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-history","category-cog-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nSorry\u2014not in the Book. The Book teaches observance of the seventh day, Saturday. It took more than three centuries for the pagan Sunday observance to supersede the day kept by Jesus, the apostles and the early church, with just a minority continuing to observe the seventh day. Millions of Christians now observe it. worldwide.<\/p>\n
\nPuzzling that neither gets a mention. Except for a brief reference in the Old Testament where God strongly condemns them, and some veiled warning references by the apostle Peter. But with clear evidence that God appointed festivals were and should still be observed.<\/p>\n
\nNot there. That\u2019s the lie Satan taught to Adam and Eve: \u2018…you shall surely not die\u2019. God only is immortal. Those in whom resides God\u2019s immortal Spirit will put on immortality at the first resurrection at the return of Christ.<\/p>\n
\nNo\u2014the saved do not go there. They remain in God\u2019s care (as inert spirits) until Jesus returns, when they reign with him firmly on Earth. In the end, the Father comes from heaven to reside on Earth.<\/p>\n
\nNo\u2014it\u2019s not \u2018done away\u2019. Jesus makes clear in the Scriptures that God\u2019s Law undergirds all Christian behaviour. When the Father draws us to Jesus we are to set aside our law-breaking (\u2018repentance\u2019) and are baptized by immersion as a symbol of our becoming a \u2018new creature\u2019 in Christ.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>What Does the Roman Catholic Church Teach About Christmas and the Holy Days?<\/a> Do you know what the Catholic Church says were the original Christian holy days? Was Christmas among them? Is December 25th Jesus’ birthday or that of the sun god? Here is a link to a related sermon: What do Catholic and other scholars teach about Christmas? <\/a>
\n<\/em>Did Early Christians Celebrate Easter?<\/a> If not, when did this happen? Where did Easter come from? What do scholars and the Bible reveal? Here is a link to a video titled Why Easter?
\n<\/a>Beliefs of the Original Catholic Church<\/a>. Did the original \u201ccatholic church\u201d have doctrines held by the Continuing Church of God? Did Church of God leaders uses the term \u201ccatholic church\u201d to ever describe the church they were part of? Here are links to related sermons: Original Catholic Church of God?<\/a> , Original Catholic Doctrine: Creed, Liturgy, Baptism, Passover<\/a>, and What Type of Catholic was Polycarp of Smyrna?<\/a>, Tradition, Holy Days, Salvation, Dress, & Celibacy<\/a>, and Early Heresies and Heretics<\/a>, and Doctrines: 3 Days, Abortion, Ecumenism, Meats<\/a>, Tithes, Crosses, Destiny, and more<\/a>, and Saturday or Sunday?<\/a>, The Godhead<\/a>, Apostolic Laying on of Hands Succession<\/a>, and Church in the Wilderness Apostolic Succession List<\/a>.
\nShould You Observe God’s Holy Days or Demonic Holidays?<\/a> This is a free pdf booklet explaining what the Bible and history shows about God’s Holy Days and popular holidays. A related sermon is Which Spring Days should Christians observe?<\/a>
\nDid Early Christians Believe that Humans Possessed Immortality?<\/a> What does John 3:16, and other writings, tell us? Did a doctrine kept adopted from paganism? Here is a YouTube video titled Are humans immortal?
\n<\/a>Did Early Christians Teach They Were Going to Heaven?<\/a> What do the Bible and scholars teach? What about ‘near-death experiences’? Here are links to a related sermons: Heaven and Christianity<\/a> and It’s not heaven<\/a>.
\nThe Ten Commandments: The Decalogue, Christianity, and the Beast<\/a> This is a free draft\/unedited pdf book explaining the what the Ten Commandments are, where they came from, how early professors of Christ viewed them, and how various ones, including the Beast of Revelation, will oppose them. A related sermon is titled: The Ten Commandments and the Beast of Revelation<\/a>.
\nWhich Laws were Superceded? Which Remain?<\/a> What about the Ten Commandments? What about the 613 regulations (called 613 Mitzvot) in the Old Testament? Which were ‘done away’?
\nHope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism<\/a> The CCOG is NOT Protestant. This free online book explains how the real Church of God differs from mainstream\/traditional Protestants. Several sermons related to the free book are also available: Protestant, Baptist, and CCOG History<\/a>; The First Protestant, God\u2019s Command, Grace, & Character<\/a>; The New Testament, Martin Luther, and the Canon<\/a>; Eucharist, Passover, and Easter<\/a>; Views of Jews, Lost Tribes, Warfare, & Baptism<\/a>; Scripture vs. Tradition, Sabbath vs. Sunday<\/a>; Church Services, Sunday, Heaven, and God\u2019s Plan<\/a><\/a>; Seventh Day Baptists\/Adventists\/Messianics: Protestant or COG?<\/a>; Millennial Kingdom of God and God\u2019s Plan of Salvation<\/a>; Crosses, Trees, Tithes, and Unclean Meats<\/a>; The Godhead and the Trinity<\/a>; Fleeing or Rapture?<\/a>; and Ecumenism, Rome, and CCOG Differences<\/a>.
\n<\/em>Where is the True Christian Church Today?<\/a> This free online pdf booklet answers that question and includes 18 proofs, clues, and signs to identify the true vs. false Christian church. Plus 7 proofs, clues, and signs to help identify Laodicean churches. A related sermon is also available: Where is the True Christian Church? <\/a>Here is a link to the booklet in the Spanish language: \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy?<\/a> Here is a link in the German language: WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE?<\/a> Here is a link in the French language: O\u00f9 est la vraie \u00c9glise Chr\u00e9tienne aujourd\u2019hui?<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Continuing History of the Church of God<\/a> This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D<\/a>. and Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries<\/a> and Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries<\/a>. The booklet is available in Spanish: Continuaci\u00f3n de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios<\/a>, German: Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes<\/a>, French: L \u0019Histoire Continue de l \u0019\u00c9glise de Dieu<\/a> and Ekegusii Omogano Bw\u2019ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete<\/a>.
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