I had the pleasure of listening to a 4 hour debate/discussion yesterday on trinitarian vs. unitarian issues. Many perspectives given, and much discussion and disagreement was involved in examining the different viewpoints.
I did notice though that it seemed those in the trinitarian camp always wished to pinpoint the non-trinitarians to a particular denomination. Of course, some of the non-trinitarians were members of the Jehovah Witnesses or inactive Jehovah's Witnesses at least. Generally, when those two words are mentioned together (Jehovah and Witnesses) people stop in their tracks and put up their sword and spear. I, on the other hand, always enjoy talking with Jehovah's Witnesses. They are very Biblically astute and quite cordial for the most part (I have found). At any rate, why did the trinitarians almost demand that a non-trinitarian place himself under the umbrella of a particular denomination?
I have found that people often ask me what denomination I belong to. When I explain to them that I do not belong to a denomination they almost always immediately reply, "Oh, you are non-denominational." It's as though the tital "non-denomination" has in effect turned into a denomination these days! I try my best to explain to them that I am just a follower of the Messiah, and I believe in the Sacred Scriptures. Sometimes people cannot get over the fact that you do not identify yourself with the Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Pentecostal, etc. denominations of today.
Where there any such things in Scripture? I don't think so. I only see those who profess to believe in the Scripture. I see those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of the Son of God (Rev. 14). I see people called Saints, Christians, believers, etc. What I do not see is the label of a denomination, so I do not think it necessary to be involved in such in this day.
Erich Matthew Janzen
Friday, July 10, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Two Become One Flesh
What does the Bible actually mean when it says that a husband and wife become one flesh? I've heard people speak on this text and talk about how close a husband and wife become throughout marriage. They being to think, talk, and even sometimes act like the other. I myself have experienced this: my wife and I will be driving down the road and remain quiet for a time. After this we both speak up, and we speak up at the same time and say the exact same words! This has happened more than once in my marital life, and it is astonishing each time, but as awesome as this is, this is not what the Bible means when it says that a man and a woman become one flesh (Genesis 2:20-24).
Adam made this remark when Eve was brought to him in Genesis 2: at last, this is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. This one will be called woman (ishah in Hebrew) for she was taken out of man (ish in Hebrew). This bone and flesh terminology is used elsewhere in Scripture thusly:
Genesis 29:14 - And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Judges 9:2 - Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 5:1 - Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel 19:13 - And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
1 Chronicles 11:1 - Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Ephesians 5:28-31 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
It should be easy to see that the "bone and flesh terminology" has the meaning of kinship or family relation. All of these Scriptures are strikingly similar to Adam's statement about Eve: she is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. Adam was declaring that he was starting a kinship relation, and marriage should be looked at as a kinship relation with the individual you're marrying. Not just some kind of flippant possiblity, but an actual covenantal relationship. Let's teach our children just how close the marriage bond really is.
Erich Matthew Janzen
Adam made this remark when Eve was brought to him in Genesis 2: at last, this is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. This one will be called woman (ishah in Hebrew) for she was taken out of man (ish in Hebrew). This bone and flesh terminology is used elsewhere in Scripture thusly:
Genesis 29:14 - And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Judges 9:2 - Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 5:1 - Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel 19:13 - And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
1 Chronicles 11:1 - Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Ephesians 5:28-31 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
It should be easy to see that the "bone and flesh terminology" has the meaning of kinship or family relation. All of these Scriptures are strikingly similar to Adam's statement about Eve: she is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. Adam was declaring that he was starting a kinship relation, and marriage should be looked at as a kinship relation with the individual you're marrying. Not just some kind of flippant possiblity, but an actual covenantal relationship. Let's teach our children just how close the marriage bond really is.
Erich Matthew Janzen
Friday, July 3, 2009
Rewarded for Your Works
There are certain words that are "taboo" among people in the "Christian religious" world today. One such word is works. If you so much as mention that we must have good works in our Christian life, or even if you quote a Scripture that mentions works, people do not take a liking to it. For example, James 2:24 says:
"You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone."
Please do not get me wrong, I completely understand that these works flow out of a living faith. I am not in any way saying that works are the cause of justification, but I am saying that a man that is justified by faith will produce good works, per James 2:24. I have a friend that says this, "A pear tree is not a pear tree because it has pears on it. A pear tree has pears on it because it is a pear tree." In other words it is the tree that comes first, but the tree does produce good fruit.
Another passage that is seldom mentioned is found in Matthew 16:27:
"For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done."
Some translations say here, "according to their works." This is exactly the sense. Friends, if you are truly born from above, you will perform works of righteousness. Do not be afraid of believing this. These two Scriptures are proof enough that we must maintain good works, but there are many other Scriptures in favor. Why not take the time to look them up today?
Erich Matthew Janzen
"You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone."
Please do not get me wrong, I completely understand that these works flow out of a living faith. I am not in any way saying that works are the cause of justification, but I am saying that a man that is justified by faith will produce good works, per James 2:24. I have a friend that says this, "A pear tree is not a pear tree because it has pears on it. A pear tree has pears on it because it is a pear tree." In other words it is the tree that comes first, but the tree does produce good fruit.
Another passage that is seldom mentioned is found in Matthew 16:27:
"For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done."
Some translations say here, "according to their works." This is exactly the sense. Friends, if you are truly born from above, you will perform works of righteousness. Do not be afraid of believing this. These two Scriptures are proof enough that we must maintain good works, but there are many other Scriptures in favor. Why not take the time to look them up today?
Erich Matthew Janzen
Thursday, June 11, 2009
"Let Us Make Man" Does this prove a Triune God?
I talk a lot to people about who God is. The majority of professing Christians believe that God is one being but exists in three distinct persons. They usually term such a belief by the name Trinity, or the Triune God. A very popular Christian apologist puts it like this: God is one what in three who’s. One of the reasons most Trinitarians claim that God is three in one is found in Genesis 1:26. I do recognize (for those students out there) that the scholarly community does not really any longer use this verse in support of the “Trinity,” but this most certainly does not keep others (namely elders, pastors, lay people, etc.) from using such an argument. I can speak of this first hand for in the many discussions I have gotten into in the past several years this is one of the most popular verses for the Trinitarian proponent.
I find this argument very odd. I do not find it odd for someone to read more than one person or being into the plural pronoun “us” or “our.” That I find perfectly normal and acceptable. What I find odd is that they are using this text in their favor of the Trinity, i.e. the “three in one God.” The text doesn’t say, “Let us three make man,” or “Let Me and the Son make man.” The text simply uses plural pronouns, and the most we can say based upon the text alone is that more than one person is in view.
I have made the argument before that a single person can use a plural pronoun and it make perfect sense. We all do it from time to time when we think or say to ourself, “Let’s see, what am I going to do?” The word let’s is a contraction for “let us.” So I do not think a single person is out of view even with a plural pronoun. This being said, I think it is highly more likely that more than one person is in view with the word "us." That would be the most common and most prevalent use of the word “us” or “them” or “our.” We use plural pronouns to denote more than one person. If I say, “They went to the park,” it is obvious to the one I’m speaking to that more than one person went to the park. Even if I say, “They drove to the park,” although one person is actually doing the driving (behind the steering wheel) there is still more than one person in the car that is driving down the road. My point is that the most prominent use of a plural pronoun is that more than one person is in view. I could be referring to “two” people by the word “us” or I could be referring to “two hundred” people. It surely implies more than one.
What most Trinitarians do not stop and think about though is this: if plural pronouns indicate that there is more than one person in view then by the exact same reasoning singular pronouns would have to indicate the only one person is in view. It’s very simple yet so often overlooked by Trinitarians who use Genesis 1:26 in their favor. Let me illustrate and then give a Biblical example. I had stated before that the sentence, “They went to the park,” implies more than one person went to the park. However, the sentence, “He went to the park,” has to be speaking of one singular person going to the park. It might be true that others went with the “he” but for you to say that “He went to the park,” means you are talking about a singular individual. I have already (in this short article) used singular pronouns as I type. Does this not indicate that I am one single person? Why of course it does, and when God uses singular pronouns it surely indicates that He is a single person.
Now to the Biblical example. Let me place Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 for you to see. I am going to put the singular pronouns God uses in blue and the plural pronouns in red. Please take not of the number of times each category is used.
Ge 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Ge 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Ge 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Ge 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Ge 1:6 ¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Ge 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Ge 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Ge 1:9 ¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Ge 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Ge 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Ge 1:14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Ge 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Ge 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Ge 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Ge 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Ge 1:20 ¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Ge 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Ge 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Ge 1:24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Ge 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Ge 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Ge 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Ge 1:29 ¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Ge 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Ge 1:31 ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Ge 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Ge 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Ge 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
If we take a count we have 16 times God uses the singular pronouns in this text. We may though diminish this to 14 times seeing two of these times the singular pronoun is italicized indicating that the word does not appear in the Hebrew text from which the English is translated. We do have 3 times where God uses a plural pronoun. So if we are taking a tally, we have 14 verses 3. I have lost softball games before where the other team had somewhere around 14 points and my team had somewhere around 3 points; believe me, it’s no contest in such a game. But the points do not stop here. If you continue reading the rest of the book of Genesis God continues to use singular pronouns the entire time and never again uses a plural pronoun in the remainder of the entire book. So we are literally talking about hundreds verses three.
Remember, if a plural pronoun indicates more than one person is in view then a singular pronoun indicates that only one person is in view. Do you believe God is one person or more than one person?
If God is only one person then why does He use “us” and “our” in Genesis 1:26? Well, could this be because He is talking to someone else? Of course this could be and must be. We know that God generally and overwhelmingly uses singular pronouns when speaking, so this means He is one person. When God occasionally speaks by saying “us” or “our” He must be speaking to another
person(s) or being(s). Although it is not in the scope of this article, let me briefly say that the angelic beings were at the creation (Job 38:7) and that one of the four “us” texts in Scripture is clearly a reference to the angels (Isaiah 6). It appears to me that God was speaking to His angelic court, announcing His crowning act of the creation of man to His heavenly host. This does not mean that angels created man at all, for in Genesis 1:27 God uses the singular pronoun to describe His actual creation of man. He was simply involving his angels in this creation in verse 26. This is a very common and ancient interpretation of the text, and is even set forth by such prominent Bible translations today, such as the NIV and NET translations.
I think it is time that Trinitarians recognize that a singular pronoun refers to a single person. They obviously do not have a problem recognizing that plural pronouns refer to more than one person.
I do not believe in the Trinity, but I do agree with the Trinitarian that the word “us” implies more than one person. If you are a Trinitarian reading this right now, do you agree that the word “I” or “he” implies a single person?
Erich Matthew Janzen
I find this argument very odd. I do not find it odd for someone to read more than one person or being into the plural pronoun “us” or “our.” That I find perfectly normal and acceptable. What I find odd is that they are using this text in their favor of the Trinity, i.e. the “three in one God.” The text doesn’t say, “Let us three make man,” or “Let Me and the Son make man.” The text simply uses plural pronouns, and the most we can say based upon the text alone is that more than one person is in view.
I have made the argument before that a single person can use a plural pronoun and it make perfect sense. We all do it from time to time when we think or say to ourself, “Let’s see, what am I going to do?” The word let’s is a contraction for “let us.” So I do not think a single person is out of view even with a plural pronoun. This being said, I think it is highly more likely that more than one person is in view with the word "us." That would be the most common and most prevalent use of the word “us” or “them” or “our.” We use plural pronouns to denote more than one person. If I say, “They went to the park,” it is obvious to the one I’m speaking to that more than one person went to the park. Even if I say, “They drove to the park,” although one person is actually doing the driving (behind the steering wheel) there is still more than one person in the car that is driving down the road. My point is that the most prominent use of a plural pronoun is that more than one person is in view. I could be referring to “two” people by the word “us” or I could be referring to “two hundred” people. It surely implies more than one.
What most Trinitarians do not stop and think about though is this: if plural pronouns indicate that there is more than one person in view then by the exact same reasoning singular pronouns would have to indicate the only one person is in view. It’s very simple yet so often overlooked by Trinitarians who use Genesis 1:26 in their favor. Let me illustrate and then give a Biblical example. I had stated before that the sentence, “They went to the park,” implies more than one person went to the park. However, the sentence, “He went to the park,” has to be speaking of one singular person going to the park. It might be true that others went with the “he” but for you to say that “He went to the park,” means you are talking about a singular individual. I have already (in this short article) used singular pronouns as I type. Does this not indicate that I am one single person? Why of course it does, and when God uses singular pronouns it surely indicates that He is a single person.
Now to the Biblical example. Let me place Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 for you to see. I am going to put the singular pronouns God uses in blue and the plural pronouns in red. Please take not of the number of times each category is used.
Ge 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Ge 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Ge 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Ge 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Ge 1:6 ¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Ge 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Ge 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Ge 1:9 ¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Ge 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Ge 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Ge 1:14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Ge 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Ge 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Ge 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Ge 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Ge 1:20 ¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Ge 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Ge 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Ge 1:24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Ge 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Ge 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Ge 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Ge 1:29 ¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Ge 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Ge 1:31 ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Ge 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Ge 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Ge 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
If we take a count we have 16 times God uses the singular pronouns in this text. We may though diminish this to 14 times seeing two of these times the singular pronoun is italicized indicating that the word does not appear in the Hebrew text from which the English is translated. We do have 3 times where God uses a plural pronoun. So if we are taking a tally, we have 14 verses 3. I have lost softball games before where the other team had somewhere around 14 points and my team had somewhere around 3 points; believe me, it’s no contest in such a game. But the points do not stop here. If you continue reading the rest of the book of Genesis God continues to use singular pronouns the entire time and never again uses a plural pronoun in the remainder of the entire book. So we are literally talking about hundreds verses three.
Remember, if a plural pronoun indicates more than one person is in view then a singular pronoun indicates that only one person is in view. Do you believe God is one person or more than one person?
If God is only one person then why does He use “us” and “our” in Genesis 1:26? Well, could this be because He is talking to someone else? Of course this could be and must be. We know that God generally and overwhelmingly uses singular pronouns when speaking, so this means He is one person. When God occasionally speaks by saying “us” or “our” He must be speaking to another
person(s) or being(s). Although it is not in the scope of this article, let me briefly say that the angelic beings were at the creation (Job 38:7) and that one of the four “us” texts in Scripture is clearly a reference to the angels (Isaiah 6). It appears to me that God was speaking to His angelic court, announcing His crowning act of the creation of man to His heavenly host. This does not mean that angels created man at all, for in Genesis 1:27 God uses the singular pronoun to describe His actual creation of man. He was simply involving his angels in this creation in verse 26. This is a very common and ancient interpretation of the text, and is even set forth by such prominent Bible translations today, such as the NIV and NET translations.
I think it is time that Trinitarians recognize that a singular pronoun refers to a single person. They obviously do not have a problem recognizing that plural pronouns refer to more than one person.
I do not believe in the Trinity, but I do agree with the Trinitarian that the word “us” implies more than one person. If you are a Trinitarian reading this right now, do you agree that the word “I” or “he” implies a single person?
Erich Matthew Janzen
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Do Not Think (Mt. 5:17-19)
I just wrote a little song the other day based upon the words of Yeshua in Matthew 5.
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Do not think I came to destroy the law or the prophets
I've not come to destroy but to fulfill
For I assure you until heaven and earth pass away
Not one jot or tittle of the law shall fade
Therefore who breaks the least commandments
And teaches others the same
Will be least in the kingdom
Yahweh won't know their name
But if you practice and teach these commandments
You will be called great by our Great Father Yahweh
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Erich Matthew Janzen
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Do not think I came to destroy the law or the prophets
I've not come to destroy but to fulfill
For I assure you until heaven and earth pass away
Not one jot or tittle of the law shall fade
Therefore who breaks the least commandments
And teaches others the same
Will be least in the kingdom
Yahweh won't know their name
But if you practice and teach these commandments
You will be called great by our Great Father Yahweh
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Erich Matthew Janzen
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