“Catholicism & Christianity” by Jimmy Swaggart written 1986 is very informative for us non-catholic Christians obtained at www.jsm.org
As with ALL denominations, some Catholics are saved and some are not.
Category Archives: Resources – External
“The Political Teachings of Jesus” by Tod Lindberg. Lindberg is a Political analyst and not a religious leader. He wrote the book from the point of view of a Political Analyst instead of a religious point of view. However, it gives many religious points of view.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Political-Teachings-Jesus-Tod-Lindberg/dp/B0045JL7TK
Best book I found on Pets Going to Heaven is ……”There is Eternal Life for Animals” by Niki Behrikis Shanahan at http://www.eternalanimals.com
Spoiler: Pets do go to Heaven! Read the book. It is a great coverage of the Topic.
If I purchased Genesis thru Revelation all at once, it would be very expensive. So I am purchasing them one at a time. [not exactly every month, but most months]
So far I have 4 of them. They are very helpful and I hope to get more by the month method. However, since I am not of Swaggart’s church, I have four differences in my beliefs with his interpretation of scripture.
1. Interpretation of “speaking in tongues” especially during a church service as it is disruptive and confuses me so I don’t listen to his services.
2. Interpretation of “animal souls” going to heaven. I believe they do if you ask God for them to do so. My pets are my children as I could not have children so I asked God to consider my pets as my children. As they are instinctive and cannot sin, I think it is reasonable.
3. There are some things a psych center can do that need to be done, but a psych center certainly cannot do what God can do. Even though God can heal anything He chooses, sometimes He chooses not to heal some things and some people need custodial care and medications.
4. I prefer a calmer presentation of sermons than others may require.
There are many versions of Bible Translations. It is good to use more than one version as different versions word [translate] a scripture a little differently. It helps to have scripture presented in different ways as long as the message remains the same. If a version is vastly different do more research.
If one has the possibility [which I do not] of being able to read the original language that the Bible is written, one can search the original text. However, I have to rely on translations that exist today written in English.
The ones I use [other than the ones online] are:
- King James Version [The Expositor’s Study Bible] published by Jimmy Swaggart – published in 2005
- King James Version [old English with thou and thee] published by Holman — published 1989
- King James Version [uses modern English] published by Nilion — published 2003
- New International Version published by Zondervan — published 1984
- Living Bible Paraphrased published by Tyndale — published 1971
- Living Bible Paraphrased [Resource Version] published by Tyndale — published 1976
- Jeremiah Study Bible [I have not purchased it yet, but intend to do so – It has his study notes] – published by Jeremiah https://www.davidjeremiah.org/jeremiahstudybible/store
The Cross of Christ Series — Jimmy Swaggart Study Guides
I started my Bible study with this series. However, now you have to obtain them by searching the internet for used copies. It is unfortunate as I really found them helpful.
Below are three of the series that I used extensively.
- A Study in Bible Prophesy
- The Seventh Chapter of Romans
- God’s Prescribed Order of Victory
“What is sanctification, how it operates in the heart and life of the believer, and how the Holy Spirit works with us our entire lives to bring our condition up to our position in Christ Jesus.”
Book: Sanctification by Jimmy Swaggart www.jsm.org
I found reading the whole book very helpful in getting the information embedded in me. There is a lot of repetition, but it actually helps in the learning process.
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Be sure to keep God Almighty [Father] in his supreme position — when reading the book and understanding santification.
page 10:
“Everything comes from God [Almighty] through what Jesus did at the Cross then the Holy Spirit will work mightily on behalf of the believer and guarantee victory.”
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Remember:
It is God Almighty’s plan and will that all who accept salvation will be saved.
Jesus paid the sin penalty and God Almighty [Father] accepted the payment. It was God Almighty who resurrected Jesus.
Jesus requested God Almighty [Father] to send us the Holy Spirit to help us.
We cannot be victorious against sin or Satan [although salvation is secure] by our own strength, ability, willpower, faith, or efforts. Only the Holy Spirit has the power to be victorious over sin or Satan.
The Holy Spirit inspires anyone who comes to God Almighty through Jesus to seek God in the first place.
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The Bible Scripture has a lot of things you are to do as a Christian. It is easy to get convinced that you are to be doing them through your own willpower and strength even though you are saved [through Jesus Christ and his payment of the sin penalty] — BECAUSE YOU ARE SAVED.
However, you are to allow the Holy Spirit to do them through you as you do not have the ability to do them in your own willpower and strength.
I think where I got messed up is that I thought I was to follow the scriptures on the do’s, but I failed compeletely every test of God. Each time the scripture tells of what a person should be doing, it does not say then and there that it is through the Holy Spirit working through you that gets it done. It is easy to get to thinking YOU ARE TO DO IT, however, because you are saved through Jesus Christ paying the sin penalty at the cross, that you get the Holy Spirit to do what you are being told to do [via scripture].
BUT ——- one has to follow God’s plan of victory as HE has it set up to work. The Message of the Cross by Swaggart presents this plan.
Revealing the Mysteries of Heaven
The Coming Golden Kingdom Age
both above books by Dr. David Jeremiah
https://www.davidjeremiah.org/
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Heaven
above book by Randy Alcorn
https://store.epm.org/
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Angels
above book by Billy Graham
https://billygraham.org/
You can get the book at https://www.thriftbooks.com/
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Angels
above book by David Jeremiah
https://www.davidjeremiah.org/store/product/angels-who-they-are-and-how-they-help-0852
This book has a study guide as well [separate]
The book “End Times in Chronological Order” by Ron Rhodes is a very good book to read for an understanding of the End Times.
However, some notes or corrections are listed below:
Page 210 in Book “ End Times in Chronological Order” by Ron Rhodes
God never gave or gives the unsaved immortality so they are never imperishable. When thrown into the Lake of Fire after judgement and punishment [stripes], they will burn up and die never to be again. However, their destroyed body will always remain in the Lake of Fire.
However, some more evil unsaved may take longer to burn up than the less evil unsaved when cast into the Lake of Fire.
However, Angels [Fallen] and demons are immortal/imperishable and will be alive in the Lake of Fire forever tormented and suffering.
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WORSHIP, HONOR, GLORY, PRAYER, THANKS, ETC ——-
Jesus always did/does/will do God the Father’s Will [God Almighty]. God the Father placed Jesus as King of Kings and had Angels under Jesus as King of Kings. God the Father gave Jesus his powers and authority both in Heaven and on Earth. Satan tried to get Jesus to do Satan’s will instead, but Jesus said to Satan that God the Father’s Will only is to be done no matter what the reward. [Satan tried to bribe Jesus to do his will.]
Jesus always prayed to God the Father and instructed his disciples [and us] to do the same. The Lord’s Prayer in the Bible is an example he gave to the disciples.
Jesus understood why people tried to worship him, but he never acknowledged it or reprimanded it. Jesus always channeled it to God the Father. He also channeled glory and honor to God the Father.
Thus, we [humans], are to do God the Father’s Will by believing and following Jesus as our Savior [Jesus paid the sin penalty for us.] We are to worship, glorify, honor God the Father through Jesus with the help of the Holy Spirit. Jesus will always channel such worship, glory, honor, etc to God the Father. When we bow to Jesus, we are actually bowing to God the Father via Jesus.
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Notes:
Jesus is diety, and through him is the only way to be acceptable
to God the Father [who should be worshiped only].
Jesus is the son of man and the Son of God the Father.
Jesus is powerful, but God the Father is the SUPREME God. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are in SYNC in goal, will, concept, and behavior.
God the Father Officiates… [ conducts, referees, divine overseer, highest in rank-athority-power, final say-responsibility]
God the Son Orchestrates & Fullfills … [directs, engineers, masterminds, organizes, intermediary, fullfills
— according to God the Father’s will]
— Jesus is the high priest and king of kings to us within God the Father’s will. Jesus is in our Hearts via the Holy Spirit which he asked God The Father to send to us as a helper and comforter {after Jesus Ascended to Heaven}. Jesus is the Son of God the Father and we are a family member to him.
God the Holy Spirit Executes … [helper, convictor, comforter]
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Pages 131-134 in Book “ End Times in Chronological Order” by Ron Rhodes
Billy Graham in his book “Angels” published 1994, states on page 68 that Satan and his angels fell from Heaven prior to the tempting of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
I think it does not specifically say in the Bible where Satan was thrown out of Heaven.
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Satan’s early fall occurred before the creation of time, when he was cast out of God’s immediate presence and into the second heaven. This fall is symbolically described in Isaiah 14:12–14 and Ezekiel 28:12–18 Satan in Cosmos.
2450 BC Noah timeline [Angels on Earth, Giants from their children, Flood] and Angels disobeyed God and came to Earth to join with women. So Angels and Satan were rebellious at this time period.
However, I know Satan interacted with God in relation to Job 1200 BC.
Satan had dominion on Earth and tried to bribe Jesus in the desert. So ……… I think sometime between the two he was thrown out of Heaven itself [place/location] into the heavens [lower heavens and Earth]. Rev 12 seems to indicate it was just prior to Jesus’s birth.} Satan seems to interact with Earth since before Jesus in the desert and into end of tribulation. He does not seem to interact with God during that time. [Other than to be moved from cosmos and to Earth and he is limited by God in what he can do.] After the desert temptations, he does not interact with Jesus.
Interactive Communication between Satan and God exists up until mid-tribulation and then God terminates Satan’s communication with God. During this time Satan and his angels do not live in or have access to Heaven [place], but Satan does have the ability to be in the presence of God where he accuses God’s people of whatever he can. Satan is limited by God as to what Satan can do.
Satan ends up being moved by Angels to the bottomless pit at beginning of 1000 yr reign of Jesus Christ. Satan later is released to lead a rebellion on Earth. Then, Satan is throw into the Lake of Fire by Angels. [He remains there forever alive and never interacts again with humans, God or God’s Angels, or with Jesus.]
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The above is the only way I can make sense of references of Satan being thrown to Earth during the Tribulation. I am still researching it. Trying to make sense of parts of the Tribulation in God’s timeline.
https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/heaven-and-hell-what-does-the-bible-really-teach
Above is the link to a great booklet that covers Heaven and Hell. Especially, read pages 15-28 about Hell.
In my opinion, I think it is a great writeup of the information in easy-to-understand format and wording.
It, also, clears up “why the new Jersuleum” comes down to the “new Heaven”. When God melts Earth with great heat, the saved in their immortal bodies will need to be somewhere until Earth is renewed to a pristine state.
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By the way pages 12-14 are poorly written about death. Saved Human Spirits return to God in Heaven. Saved Earthly body returns to the soil. At the Rapture, when Jesus calls, saved Spirit Bodies join with the saved Spirit that is in Heaven and the saved receive their “Glorified Immortal Bodies with their Spirit. All who are saved then return to Heaven and at the time of Jesus’ return to Earth at the beginning of the Millennium return with Him to Earth during that time. This process is Biblical. You can research it. Start in Ecc 12:7.
When reading any written articles [especially Beyond Today], look up all scriptures given and also do your own research of ALL scriptures on the topic. This advice includes this Blog.
Summary Note: A “true” born-again Christian cannot loose their salvation. If you futuristically reject God, then you were never truly a born-again Christian because a “true” Christian would NOT do so.
The below article covers the topic well. You can go their website for more information on the topic.
https://www.gotquestions.org/QOTW.htm
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Question: “Can a Christian lose salvation?”
Answer: First, the term Christian must be defined. A “Christian” is not a person who has said a prayer or walked down an aisle or been raised in a Christian family. While each of these things can be a part of the Christian experience, they are not what makes a Christian. A Christian is a person who has fully trusted in Jesus Christ as the only Savior and therefore possesses the Holy Spirit (John 3:16; Acts 16:31; Ephesians 2:8–9).
So, with this definition in mind, can a Christian lose salvation? It’s a crucially important question. Perhaps the best way to answer it is to examine what the Bible says occurs at salvation and to study what losing salvation would entail:
A Christian is a new creation. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NKJV). A Christian is not simply an “improved” version of a person; a Christian is an entirely new creature. He is “in Christ.” For a Christian to lose salvation, the new creation would have to be destroyed.
A Christian is redeemed. “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect” (1 Peter 1:18–19). The word redeemed refers to a purchase being made, a price being paid. We were purchased at the cost of Christ’s death. For a Christian to lose salvation, God Himself would have to revoke His purchase of the individual for whom He paid with the precious blood of Christ.
A Christian is justified. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). To justify is to declare righteous. All those who receive Jesus as Savior are “declared righteous” by God. For a Christian to lose salvation, God would have to go back on His Word and “un-declare” what He had previously declared. Those absolved of guilt would have to be tried again and found guilty. God would have to reverse the sentence handed down from the divine bench.
A Christian is promised eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Eternal life is the promise of spending forever in heaven with God. God promises that if you believe, you will have eternal life. For a Christian to lose salvation, eternal life would have to be redefined. The Christian is promised to live forever. Does eternal not mean “eternal”?
A Christian is marked by God and sealed by the Spirit. “You also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:13–14). At the moment of faith, the new Christian is marked and sealed with the Spirit, who was promised to act as a deposit to guarantee the heavenly inheritance. The end result is that God’s glory is praised. For a Christian to lose salvation, God would have to erase the mark, withdraw the Spirit, cancel the deposit, break His promise, revoke the guarantee, keep the inheritance, forego the praise, and lessen His glory.
A Christian is guaranteed glorification. “Those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified” (Romans 8:30). According to Romans 5:1, justification is ours at the moment of faith. According to Romans 8:30, glorification comes with justification. All those whom God justifies are promised to be glorified. This promise will be fulfilled when Christians receive their perfect resurrection bodies in heaven. If a Christian can lose salvation, then Romans 8:30 is in error, because God could not guarantee glorification for all those whom He predestines, calls, and justifies.
A Christian cannot lose salvation. Most, if not all, of what the Bible says happens to us when we receive Christ would be invalidated if salvation could be lost. Salvation is the gift of God, and God’s gifts are “irrevocable” (Romans 11:29). A Christian cannot be un-newly created. The redeemed cannot be unpurchased. Eternal life cannot be temporary. God cannot renege on His Word. Scripture says that God cannot lie (Titus 1:2).
Two common objections to the belief that a Christian cannot lose salvation concern these experiential issues: 1) What about Christians who live in a sinful, unrepentant lifestyle? 2) What about Christians who reject the faith and deny Christ?
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The problem with these objections is the assumption that everyone who calls himself a “Christian” has actually been born again. The Bible declares that a true Christian will not live a state of continual, unrepentant sin (1 John 3:6). The Bible also says that anyone who departs the faith is demonstrating that he was never truly a Christian (1 John 2:19). He may have been religious, he may have put on a good show, but he was never born again by the power of God. “By their fruit you will recognize them” (Matthew 7:16). The redeemed of God belong “to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God” (Romans 7:4).
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Nothing can separate a child of God from the Father’s love (Romans 8:38–39). Nothing can remove a Christian from God’s hand (John 10:28–29). God guarantees eternal life and maintains the salvation He has given us. The Good Shepherd searches for the lost sheep, and, “when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home” (Luke 15:5–6). The lamb is found, and the Shepherd gladly bears the burden; our Lord takes full responsibility for bringing the lost one safely home.
Jude 1:24–25 further emphasizes the goodness and faithfulness of our Savior: To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.”
https://www.davidjeremiah.org/store
This site has many helpful books, Bible presentation, and etc.
on DavidJeremiah.org
topic: Rapture [When Jesus comes to gather his saved [alive and saved at that time period] and take them to Heaven. The saved receive their “glorified bodies and immortality”. Note — people will be saved during tribulation and 1000 rule of Christ on Earth.
Book 1-5 Enock is in the Ethiopian Bible. I read it and it proved out to be worth reading for various reasons. It does not conflict with the KJV of the Bible, but does include supplemental information. Some sections are confusing, but are worth wading through.
Things that are helpful in this book:
- Demons were created not by God, but by the genetic combination of Fallen Angels and human women. The Watchers lusted after women on Earth and mated with them creating Giants who were their children. The Giants created vast problems and evil deeds and were destroyed during Noah involved Flood. As genetic combination of Angels and humans they were immortal beings but as having human genetics within them bound to Earth. They will be punished along with the Fallen Angels at the “Final Judgement” and eternally confined with the Fallen Angels at that time to be no more problem on Earth.
- Fallen Angels are going to be judged and eternally punished [They are immortal] in a fire based location [in chains] with no reprieve.
- Sin was and is not sent upon Earth by God. Man [humans] themselves created/and do sin. The Fallen Angels taught Man [humans] the ways of war, sin, etc.
- If you go to the White Throne Judgement, it is then too late to be saved. There is no other chance to be saved other than NOW [when you are alive on Earth] — even if you repent at that time period. [This is a very clearly put concept.]
- The elect [saved] will always be in the presence of Jesus [God] in all of Eternity.
- Angels [of God] have many tasks. Angels are assigned functioning of Sun, stars, moon, etc. It makes sense that God needs so many Angels with so vast an area of functionality.
- As Noah and his family were the only ones saved during the Flood, we current humans are descendants of that human family genetically.
- The book of Enock also covers the Flood, Exodus and many periods of Jewish History.
It should be noted, by me, that I do not intend to accept all books not in the KJV Bible, but Enock is worth accepting.
A person should be “in Christ” not — “in Church” or “in Church Group” or “in Church Doctrine”. It should not be that you are a member of a denomination, church, or doctrine, but that you are a member of God’s Kingdom now and eternally using Holy Spirit guidance of the Scriptures. Jesus is the “Head of the Church” and it is God’s Way! and God’s Plan that is important!
It does not matter if people leave a Church. It does matter if people leave God. Even if you leave a Church do not leave God or lose your belief and faith in God!
Don’t confuse leaving a Church with leaving God! Disappointment with Church members or Christian people should not mean disappointment with God. Always keep your belief, trust, and faith in God through Jesus with the help of the Holy Spirit via scriptures. Jesus is our example NOT people.
Remember, we were made by God FOR God!
[God does not exist to do our biding. We are made for God.]
There IS Eternal Life for Animals
This book is about the afterlife of animals from a Christian perspective.
According to the Bible, all animals go to Heaven!
‘This well-researched book is a comfort for those who have lost a pet.
A book worth reading: Mystery of the Ages by Herbert Armstrong can be obtained from — https://www.thetrumpet.com
The book includes chapters on the following:
- Did you ever ask yourself:
- “Who am I?
- What am I?
- Why am I?”
- You are a mystery. The world about you is a mystery.
- Now, you can understand!
Many Sources: Many Bibles, Concordence, Articles, References available for searches.
Yes, pets go to Heaven. I don’t know if all animals that ever existed go to Heaven, but then Heaven is Huge. God has a lot of planets for even the animals who were not pets, if he so desired to provide for them too.
I have several books, which I’ll look up in my closed and list here instead of this line of text. They give scriptures. I have looked up each scripture in context and have studied this issue a lot. Scripture leads me to believe we will see our pets there.
My pets were my children. I had no actual human children. My husband is in Heaven already and he had a favorite couple of cats and a favorite dog. I am sure they are together presently.
I look forward to joining my beloved pets in Heaven as a perk. I am planning on Heaven because I want to be with God in His Kingdom for eternity, but it is a nice perk to be able to see my husband and pets once again. I know that Jesus understood the concept of pets so I know God the Father does too.
Source: Bible Scriptures. There are many articles listing references on the Internet and Articles by Ministers on this topic.
There are many books on the topic. Two are: Biblical Proof Animals Do Go To Heaven by Steven H. Woodward and Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Text chart format, nicely done though. Worth a download.
http://www.millingtonumconthefox.org/oldtest_files/oldtestrev7.html
Old Testament vs Secular History Timeline
Very nicely presented and easy to understand.
4000BC -70AD time period in an easily viewed image.
Amazing Bible Timeline from 4000BC to 1000AD
They offer a hard copy poster for your wall at a reasonable price. [includes more time]
You can also download pdf of what is online 4000BC to 1000AD
Bibles, books, music, magazine, sermons, etc available for purchase.
Book you should read by Randy Alcorn:
http://store.epm.org/product/heaven
In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it—a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it.