Where are we going where have we been

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Where are we going where have we been?
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• Ephesus

• Pergamos

• Philadelphia

90-200 A.D.
325-500 A.D.
1500-1900 A.D.

• Sardis

1000-1500 A.D.

• Laodicea

• Smyrna

• Thyatira

1900-Rapture
200-325 A.D.
500-1000 A.D.
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Where are we going where have we been?
REV 37-13

• Philadelphia

Brotherly Love andPhiladelphian Power
1500-1900 A.D.
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• Laodicea- (1900- Rapture) The Rights of the
  People(Civil Rights)

• Revelation 314-22

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• Philadelphia- Love for OTHERS

• Laodicea- Love for SELF

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• 2nd Timothy 31-2 This know also, that in the
  last days perilous times shall come. For men
  shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
  boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
  parents, unthankful, unholy,

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• Philadelphia

• 1500-1900

• The GLORY DAYS of the Church
• The GOLDEN AGE of Missions
• The Church of the OPEN DOOR
• POWER of God on Display
• The WORD of God was Pre-Imminent
• Brotherly Love Abounded
• Travailing Prayer
• Preaching was from GODS PERSPECTIVE
• The GREAT AWAKENING

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• Commission
• Character
• Commendation
• Condemnation

• Laodicea

• The Laodicean STRAY

Wretched, Miserable, Poor, Blind and Naked
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• Commission
• Character
• Commendation
• Condemnation

• Laodicea

• The Laodicean SAY

• I am RICH
• I am INCREASED W/Goods
• I am in NEED of NOTHING

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• Revelation 37 And to the angel of the church
  in Philadelphia write These things saith he that
  is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of
  David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth and
  shutteth, and no man openeth

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• Revelation 1 9-20

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Ephesians 413 Till we all come in the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ
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• Commission
• Character

• Laodicea

• The Amen

• The Faithful True Witness

• The Beginning of the Creation of God

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• Revelation 38 I know lteidogt thy ltsougt works
  ltergongt behold ltidougt, I have set ltdidomigt
  before ltenopiongt thee ltsougt an open ltanoigogt door
  ltthuragt, and ltkaigt no man ltoudeisgt can ltdunamaigt
  shut ltkleiogt it ltautosgt for lthotigt thou hast
  ltechogt a little ltmikrosgt strength ltdunamisgt, and
  ltkaigt hast kept lttereogt my ltmougt word ltlogosgt,
  and ltkaigt hast ltarneomaigt not ltougt denied
  ltarneomaigt my ltmougt name ltonomagt.

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• Jude 11 Jude ltIoudasgt, the servant ltdoulosgt of
  Jesus ltIesousgt Christ ltChristosgt, and ltdegt
  brother ltadelphosgt of James ltIakobosgt, to them
  that are sanctified lthagiazogt by ltengt God lttheosgt
  the Father ltpatergt, and ltkaigt preserved lttereogt
  in Jesus ltIesousgt Christ ltChristosgt, and called
  ltkletosgt

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• Psalms 126-7 The words of the LORD are pure
  words as silver tried in a furnace of earth,
  purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O
  LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
  generation for ever.

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The Wycliffe Bible (1382)

• The Tyndale Bible (1525)

• The Coverdale Bible (1535)

• The Matthew Bible (1537)

• The Great Bible (1539)

• The Geneva Bible (1525)

• The Bishops Bible (1539)

• The King James Bible (1611)

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1901 American Standard Version
Revised Version of 1881
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Places
Antioch of Syria

• 1 of the 1st Deacons was from Antioch (Acts
  61-5)
• The 1st great Gentile awakening was in Antioch.
  (Acts 1119-21)
• The Disciples were 1st called Christians at
  Antioch. (Acts 1125-26a)
• The 1st Bible Teachers were in the church at
  Antioch. (Acts 131)
• The 1st Missionaries were sent out from the
  church at Antioch.(Acts132,3)

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Places
Alexandria Egypt

• There is a famous school in Alexandria.
• The headmaster is Philo. (20 B.C.- 42 A.D.)
• Philo was influenced by the Greek Philosophers
  (Plato, Socrates, Aristotle)
• He began to blend the teachings of their writings
  and the writings of the O.T.

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Places
Egypt

• Deuteronomy 1716 - But he shall not multiply
  horses to himself, nor cause the people to return
  to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply
  horses forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you,
  Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
• Isaiah 311 Woe to them that go down to Egypt
  for help and stay on horses, and trust in
  chariots, because they are many and in horsemen,
  because they are very strong but they look not
  unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the
  LORD!

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• 1 John 57 For there are three that bear record
  in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
  Ghost and these three are one.

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• John 109 - I am the door by me if any man enter
  in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out,
  and find pasture.

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1st Peter 115 But as He which hath called you
is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation
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Isaiah 662 For all those things hath mine
hand made, and all those things have been, saith
the LORD but to this man will I look, even to
him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and
trembleth at my word.
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2 Corinthians 71 Having therefore these
promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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Deuteronomy 410 Specially the day that thou
stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when
the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people
together, and I will make them hear my words,
that they may learn to fear me all the days that
they shall live upon the earth, and that they may
teach their children.
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• The PROMISES we HOLD!-part 2

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• Ephesians 321 - Unto him be glory in the church
  by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world
  without end. Amen.

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Philadelphia Subscribed

• Factor 1- The CHRIST we KNOW!

• An OVERWHELMING COMPREHENSION of His HOLINESS

• An UNQUALIFIED SURRENDER to His TRUTH

• An UTTER DEPENDENCE upon His AUTHORITY and ACCESS

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Philadelphia Subscribed

• Factor 2- The LIFE we LIVE!

• PARTICIPATION In The WORK of the LORD

• COOPERATION With OTHERS In the LOCAL BODY

• POSSESSION of THE WORD of GOD

• No DENUCIATION of The LORDS NAME

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• HEART to HARP

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• Psalms 5116 For thou desirest not sacrifice
  else would I give it thou delightest not in
  burnt offering.
• Psalms 5117 The sacrifices of God are a
  broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart, O
  God, thou wilt not despise.

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Philadelphia Subscribed

• Factor 3- The PROMISES we HOLD!

• HE will set before us OPEN DOORS

Promise Prophecy- Pattern- Principle- Praise

• OPEN HEART!
• OPEN BIBLE!
• OPEN DOOR!

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Philadelphia Subscribed

• Factor 3- The PROMISES we HOLD!

• HE will set before us OPEN DOORS
• HE will grant VINDICATION over our OPPOSERS

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• Smyr na- (200-325 A.D.) Myr r
  h(Bitterness/Death)

• Revelation 2 8 -11

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Where are we going where have we been?

• Smyr na

Nothing andEverything
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• Proverbs 137 There is that maketh himself
  rich, yet hath nothing there is that maketh
  himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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• 2nd Corinthians 610 As sorrowful, yet alway
  rejoicing as poor, yet making many rich as
  having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

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• Colossians 127 To whom God would make known
  what is the riches of the glory of this mystery
  among the Gentiles which is Christ in you, the
  hope of glory

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Philadelphia Subscribed

• Factor 3- The PROMISES we HOLD!

• HE will set before us OPEN DOORS
• HE will grant VINDICATION over our OPPOSERS

• A PURPOSEd REBELLION

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Where are we going where have we been?
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• If you can separate people from their history,
  you can convince them of anything.

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Georg Hegel

• The only thing that men learn from history is
  that men never learn from history.

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• Job 88-10 For enquire, I pray thee, of the
  former age, and prepare thyself to the search of
  their fathers (For we are but of yesterday, and
  know nothing, because our days upon earth are a
  shadow) Shall not they teach thee, and tell
  thee, and utter words out of their heart?

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• Ecclesiastes 19 The thing that hath been, it
  is that which shall be and that which is done is
  that which shall be done and there is no new
  thing under the sun.

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Philadelphia Subscribed

• Factor 3- The PROMISES we HOLD!

• HE will set before us OPEN DOORS
• HE will grant VINDICATION over our OPPOSERS

• A PURPOSEd REBELLION

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• Church history is nothing more than the movement
  of God through the course of time, nations, and
  people to accomplish His three-fold plan for the
  universe, the earth, and your life AND it is the
  movement of the devil through the course of time,
  nations, and our lives to counter, counterfeit,
  and/or confound Gods three-fold plan.

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• Isaiah 1412-14 How art thou fallen from
  heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art
  thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken
  the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart,
  I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne
  above the stars of God I will sit also upon the
  mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
  north I will ascend above the heights of the
  clouds I will be like the most High.

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The counterfeits of Satan

• Satan has his own trinity the devil, the beast,
  and the false prophet (Rev 1613)

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The counterfeits of Satan

• Satan has his own trinity the devil, the beast,
  and the false prophet (Rev 1613)
• Satan has his own church- the synagogue of
  Satan (Rev. 29)

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Satan has his own ministers

• 2 Corinthians 1114-15 And no marvel for
  Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
  light. Therefore it is no great thing if his
  ministers also be transformed as the ministers of
  righteousness whose end shall be according to
  their works.

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The counterfeits of Satan

• Satan has his own trinity the devil, the beast,
  and the false prophet (Rev 1613)
• Satan has his own church- the synagogue of
  Satan (Rev. 29)
• Satan has his own ministers- (2 Cor. 114)
• Satan has his own system of theology- the
  doctrines of devils (1st Timothy 41)

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The counterfeits of Satan

• Satan has his own trinity the devil, the beast,
  and the false prophet (Rev 1613)
• Satan has his own church- the synagogue of
  Satan (Rev. 29)
• Satan has his own ministers- (2 Cor. 114)
• Satan has his own system of theology- the
  doctrines of devils (1st Timothy 41)
• Satan has his own sacrificial system- sacrifice
  to devils (1st Corinthians 1020)

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The counterfeits of Satan

• Satan has his own trinity the devil, the beast,
  and the false prophet (Rev 1613)
• Satan has his own church- the synagogue of
  Satan (Rev. 29)
• Satan has his own ministers- (2 Cor. 114)
• Satan has his own system of theology- the
  doctrines of devils (1st Timothy 41)
• Satan has his own sacrificial system- sacrifice
  to devils (1st Corinthians 1020)
• Satan has his own communion service- the cup of
  devils, the table of devils. (1st Cor 1021)

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Satan has his own gospel

• Galatians 17-8 Which is not another but there
  be some that trouble you, and would pervert the
  gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from
  heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than
  that which we have preached unto you, let him be
  accursed.

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The counterfeits of Satan

• Satan has his own trinity the devil, the beast,
  and the false prophet (Rev 1613)
• Satan has his own church- the synagogue of
  Satan (Rev. 29)
• Satan has his own ministers- (2 Cor. 114)
• Satan has his own system of theology- the
  doctrines of devils (1st Timothy 41)
• Satan has his own sacrificial system- sacrifice
  to devils (1st Corinthians 1020)
• Satan has his own communion service- the cup of
  devils, the table of devils. (1st Cor 1021)
• Satan has his own gospel- (Gal 17,8)
• Satan has his own throne- (Rev 132)

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The counterfeits of Satan

• Satan has his own trinity the devil, the beast,
  and the false prophet (Rev 1613)
• Satan has his own church- the synagogue of
  Satan (Rev. 29)
• Satan has his own ministers- (2 Cor. 114)
• Satan has his own system of theology- the
  doctrines of devils (1st Timothy 41)
• Satan has his own sacrificial system- sacrifice
  to devils (1st Corinthians 1020)
• Satan has his own communion service- the cup of
  devils, the table of devils. (1st Cor 1021)
• Satan has his own gospel- (Gal 17,8)
• Satan has his own throne- (Rev 132)
• Satan has his own worshippers- (Rev 134)

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The Bible likens Satan to different species

• Snake
• (Genesis 31-4)
• Trying to DECEIVE Gods people

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The Bible likens Satan to different species

• Bird
• Matthew 1319
• Trying to DESPOIL Gods harvest

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The Bible likens Satan to different species

• Wolf
• John 1011,12
• Trying to DEFEAT Gods flock

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The Bible likens Satan to different species

• Dragon
• Revelation 127-12
• Trying to DESTROY Gods Son (and His glory)

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The Bible likens Satan to different species

• Lion
• 1 Peter 58
• Trying to DEVOUR Gods children

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• Job 4112-14 I will not conceal his parts,
  nor his power, nor his comely proportion. Who can
  discover the face of his garment? or who can come
  to him with his double bridle? Who can open the
  doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round
  about.

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• 1 Peter 58-9- Be sober, be vigilant because
  your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
  walketh about, seeking whom he may devour Whom
  resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
  same afflictions are accomplished in your
  brethren that are in the world.

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• Romans 1017 So then faith cometh by
  hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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• Church history is nothing more than the movement
  of God through the course of time, nations, and
  people to accomplish His three-fold plan for the
  universe, the earth, and your life AND it is the
  movement of the devil through the course of time,
  nations, and our lives to counter, counterfeit,
  and/or confound Gods three-fold plan.

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Philadelphia Subscribed

• Factor 3- The PROMISES we HOLD!

• HE will set before us OPEN DOORS
• HE will grant VINDICATION over our OPPOSERS

• A PURPOSEd REBELLION
• A PERTINENT REMINDER

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• Smyr na- (200-325 A.D.) Myr r
  h(Bitterness/Death)

• Revelation 2 8 -11

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• Proverbs 305-6 Every word of God is pure he
  is a shield unto them that put their trust in
  him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he
  reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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• Genesis 31 Now the serpent was more subtile
  than any beast of the field which the LORD God
  had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
  God said,?

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• James 117 Every good gift and every perfect
  gift is from above, and cometh down from the
  Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
  neither shadow of turning.
• 1st John 15 This then is the message which we
  have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God
  is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

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• John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and
  the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 146 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,
  the truth, and the life no man cometh unto the
  Father, but by me.

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• Deuteronomy 2814 And thou shalt not go aside
  from any of the words which I command thee this
  day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go
  after other gods to serve them.

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• Psalms 119130 The entrance of thy words
  giveth light it giveth understanding unto the
  simple.
• Psalms 119105 Thy word is a lamp unto my
  feet, and a light unto my path.

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• John 844 Ye are of your father the devil, and
  the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
  murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
  truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
  speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own for he is
  a liar, and the father of it.

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Where are we going where have we been?
Information andInformed
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Divisions

• Deviations

• Distinctions

• Developings

• Deceptions

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God has a plan and so does the devil.

• The God of the Bible is the God of History.

• The devil does not want you to identify him in
  history.

• History repeats itself.

• Dont remove the ancient landmark.

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• Proverbs 2228 Remove not the ancient
  landmark, which thy fathers have set.
• Proverbs 2310 - Remove not the old landmark
  and enter not into the fields of the fatherless

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3 common divisions Church history- Apostles to
the Dark Ages

• The Apostolic Church Fathers.
• The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers.
• The Post-Nicene Church Fathers.

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Sample Deviations

• God is finished with the Jews.
• (our Lord calls this teaching Satanic and
  blasphemous)

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• 2nd Timothy 215 Study to shew thyself approved
  unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
  ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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• Romans 226-29 Therefore if the uncircumcision
  keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his
  uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? And
  shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if
  it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter
  and circumcision dost transgress the law? For he
  is not a Jew, which is one outwardly neither is
  that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh
  But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly and
  circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit,
  and not in the letter whose praise is not of
  men, but of God.

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The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers

• Because the Christian is a spiritual Jew
• Then he must also be a physical Jew.

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The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers

• Therefore ALL the promises in the Bible given to
  the Jew, are now given to Christians.

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The Anti-Nicene Church Fathers

• Therefore ALL the promises in the Bible given to
  the Jew, are now given to Christians.
• And because of that, God is finished with the
  Jew.

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Further Deviations

• God is finished with the Jews.
• The Christian has replaced the Jew.
• The Church has replaced Israel.
• The Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven are the
  same.

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Peter

• Matthew 1618-19(a)- And I say also unto thee,
  That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will
  build my church and the gates of hell shall not
  prevail against it. And I will give unto thee
  the keys of the kingdom of heaven

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Pagan Rome
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• Ephesus

Fully Purposed

• Smyrna

Bitterness/Death

• Pergamos

Much Marriage

• Thyatira

Odor of Affliction

• Sardis

Red Ones

• Philadelphia

Brotherly Love

• Laodicea

Rights of the People
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We order those who follow this doctrine to
receive the title of Catholic Christians,

• An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating

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, but others we judge to be mad and raving and
worthy of incurring the disgrace of heretical
teaching

• An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating

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, nor are their assemblies to receive the name
of the churches.

• An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating

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.They are to be punished not only by Divine
retribution but also by our own measures, which
we have decided in accordance with Divine
inspiration.

• An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating

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The Bible was THE Final Authority in every matter.

• Baptism was via immersion and for Believers only.

• Separation of Church/State.

• Would not pray to or for any dead.

• Rejected Catholic Mass.

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Where are we going where have we been?

• Pergamos

Devil andDoctrine
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One of the key things Satan sought to pull off in
this period was

• Set up a counterfeit church that calls itself the
  universal Christianity or Catholic church.
• It will set itself up as authoritative.
• It will claim to be the sole interpreter of the
  Bible and the means of grace for salvation,
  rather than Jesus!

• Pergamos

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This catechism is offered to every individual
who wants to know what the Catholic Church
believes.

• Pope John Paul II Introduction Catechism of the
  Catholic Church

111
The task of interpreting the Word of God
authentically has been entrusted solely to the
Magisterium of the Church, that is, to the Pope
and to the Bishops in communion with him

• Article 100 of the Catechism

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For it is through Christs Catholic Church
alone, which is the universal help toward
salvation, that the full means of salvation can
be obtained.

• The Second Vatican Councils Decree on Ecumenism
  explains

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Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of
believers be even as where Jesus is, there is
the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of
Antioch, 1st c. A.D
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Further Deviations

• God is finished with the Jews.
• The Christian has replaced the Jew.
• The Church has replaced Israel.
• The Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven are the
  same.

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• 2nd Timothy 215 Study to shew thyself approved
  unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
  ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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• 2nd Timothy 113 Hold fast the form of sound
  words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and
  love which is in Christ Jesus.
• Titus 21 But speak thou the things which
  become sound doctrine

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Acts
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Acts

• From an Old Testament structure to a New
  Testament structure.

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• Hebrews 915-16 - And for this cause He is the
  mediator of the new testament, that by means of
  death, for the redemption of the transgressions
  that were under the first testament, they which
  are called might receive the promise of eternal
  inheritance. For where a testament is, there must
  also of necessity be the death of the testator.

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Acts

• From the Nation of Israel to the Body of Christ.

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Acts

• From God working primarily with the Jew, to God
  working primarily with the Gentile.

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• John 111-12 - He came unto his own, and his own
  received him not. But as many as received him, to
  them gave he power to become the sons of God,
  even to them that believe on his name

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Acts

• From Gods headquarters in the church at
  Jerusalem to the new base of operations, the
  church at Antioch.

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Acts

• From a Kingdom of Heaven (literal) message to a
  Kingdom of God (spiritual) message.

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• What Is God's Plan Of Salvation?
• The gospel must be heard.Romans 1017 "So then
  faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word
  of God."John 832 "And ye shall know the truth,
  and the truth shall make you free."
• The gospel must be believed.John 824 "I said
  therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your
  sins for if ye believe not that I am he, ye
  shall die in your sins."Mark 1616 "He that
  believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he
  that believeth not shall be damned. "
• Sins must be repented of.Luke 133,5 "I tell
  you, Nay but, except ye repent, ye shall all
  likewise perish."Acts 238 "Then Peter said unto
  them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
  the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
  sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
  Ghost."
• Christ must be confessed.Matthew 1032
  "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
  him will I confess also before my Father which is
  in heaven."Romans 109,10 "That if thou shalt
  confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
  believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
  from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the
  heart man believeth unto righteousness and with
  the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
• There must be baptism (immersion) for the
  remission of sins.Acts 238 "Then Peter said
  unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of
  you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
  of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the
  Holy Ghost."1 Peter 321 "The like figure
  whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not
  the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but
  the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by
  the resurrection of Jesus Christ"
• There must be Christian growth and
  faithfulness.1 Peter 22 "As newborn babes,
  desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
  grow thereby"2 Peter 318 "But grow in grace,
  and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
  Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for
  ever. Amen."Revelation 210 "Fear none of those
  things which thou shalt suffer behold, the devil
  shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may
  be tried and ye shall have tribulation ten days
  be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee
  a crown of life."

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• Church history is nothing more than the movement
  of God through the course of time, nations, and
  people to accomplish His three-fold plan for the
  universe, the earth, and your life AND it is the
  movement of the devil through the course of time,
  nations, and our lives to counter, counterfeit,
  and/or confound Gods three-fold plan.

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God has a plan and so does the devil.

• The God of the Bible is the God of History.

• The devil does not want you to identify him in
  history.

• History repeats itself.

• Dont remove the ancient landmark.

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Further Deviations

• God is finished with the Jews.
• The Christian has replaced the Jew.
• The Church has replaced Israel.
• The Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven are the
  same.

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• Matthew 105-6 These twelve Jesus sent forth,
  and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way
  of the Gentiles, and into any city of the
  Samaritans enter ye not But go rather to the
  lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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• Matthew 2413 But he that shall endure unto
  the end, the same shall be saved.
• Ephesians 28-9 For by grace are ye saved
  through faith and that not of yourselves it is
  the gift of God Not of works, lest any man
  should boast.

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• A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOREPIC International is
  focused on closure. By that we mean, it is
  possible to fulfill the Great Commission in our
  lifetime. Matthew 2414 could realistically be
  soonunto all nations, and then shall the end
  come.Once every unreached people group has a
  valid, functioning, indigenous church movement,
  the church, will have accomplished the task that
  our Lord instructed us to do. EPIC believes this
  can be consummated now. Continuously, new church
  planting movements are being birthed in the
  limited access areas of our world. EPIC exists
  to partner with you and your church to see whole
  communities transformed by the power of the
  Gospel. Our operative word is strategic. We are
  focused on reaching those people groups who are
  strategic to reaching others. We are committed to
  energizing, equipping and training an indigenous
  workforce that will usher in the Kingdom of
  God.We are passionate about a world of 6
  billion people and what God wants to do about
  them. Lets discover Gods plan together. His
  heart is the nations and we want to be involved
  with Him in seeing all peoples bring glory to
  His name.Roscoe BrewerInternational Director
  E.P.I.C. InternationalP.O. Box 218, Holly
  Springs, GA 30142, USAToll Free 877-811-3742
  Fax [phone]

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• John 33 Jesus answered and said unto him,
  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
  born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
• 1st Peter 123 Being born again, not of
  corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
  word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

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• John 218 Then answered the Jews and said unto
  him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that
  thou doest these things?
• 1 Corinthians 122 - For the Jews require a
  sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom

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• Matthew 1238 Then certain of the scribes and
  of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we
  would see a sign from thee.
• John 630 They said therefore unto him, What
  sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and
  believe thee? what dost thou work?
• Matthew 161 The Pharisees also with the
  Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he
  would shew them a sign from heaven.

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• 1st Corinthians 1422 Wherefore tongues are
  for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them
  that believe not but prophesying serveth not for
  them that believe not, but for them which
  believe.

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• James 11
• James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus
  Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered
  abroad, greeting.

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Further Deviations

• God is finished with the Jews.
• The Christian has replaced the Jew.
• The Church has replaced Israel.
• The Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven are the
  same.

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Its time for the Protestants to go to the
shepherd (the Pope) and say What do we have to
do to come home?

• Robert Schuller - September 19, 1987 Los Angeles
  Herald

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• Revelation 37 And to the angel of the church
  in Philadelphia write These things saith he that
  is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of
  David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth and
  shutteth, and no man openeth

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Psalms 699 For the zeal of thine house hath
eaten me up and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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• Acts 1034 Then Peter opened his mouth, and
  said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no
  respecter of persons

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• John 424 God is a Spirit and they that
  worship him must worship him in spirit and in
  truth.
• John 1717 Sanctify them through thy truth
  thy word is truth.

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The Roman Catholic Church(Rev. 17 and 18)
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The Wycliffe Bible (1382)

• The Tyndale Bible (1525)

• The Coverdale Bible (1535)

• The Matthew Bible (1537)

• The Great Bible (1539)

• The Geneva Bible (1525)

• The Bishops Bible (1539)

• The King James Bible (1611)

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Wycliffe, by thus translating the Bible made it
property of the masses and common to all and EVEN
WOMEN who were able to read

• The Roman Catholic Church on Wycliffe

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The Gospel is thrown before sinners and trodden
under foot and that which use to be so dear to
both clergy and laity has become COMMON to the
laity

• The Roman Catholic Church on Wycliffe

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Nicolaitanes(to conquer the laity- the
common man )
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Promise Prophecy- Pattern- Principle- Praise

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