Closing
Closing, Greetings
and Resources
I hope this book has been helpful for you to read, that you have received some revelations about the Bible and about who God is.
Much more could have been mentioned and explained but the goal of this book is that you as a reader should have a better foundation for understanding the sum of what the Bible conveys. The goal is also that you to want to read the Bible yourself and that it becomes a daily routine. We eat food every day so that our bodies are nourished and able to function well. The same applies to our spiritual life. Our spirit must have spiritual nourishment daily to stay healthy and well. What you consume, be fresh and good food or junk food, will affect how your body will be in the long run, either healthy or unhealthy. It is the same principle for our spirit as well
I don't think that I have grasped all things in the Bible correctly, it may be that I explain or use something incorrectly. It is therefore important for me to emphasize that I believe the Bible is 100% true, that scripture explains scripture and that the sum of the Bible is true. It is also important to me that you personally gain ownership and relationship with the Bible, so that it can be a guide for you in your life.
Paul sums it up very easily and simply in Phillipians 3: 12-16
«Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.»
Israel and the Jewish people
This is a topic that could have been given more space than what I do here. I still think it is important to mention the land of Israel and the Jewish people because they are referred to as God's chosen people in the Bible and the land of Israel was given to them by God in Old Testament times. Much of the Bible's actions take place in this land and in the lands around Israel. There are also a lot of prophecies related to the land of Israel and to the Jewish people that have not yet come true.
I believe that anti-Semitism and boycott of them are based on jealousy, which has its origins in the devil himself, when he was jealous of God's throne. I don't think the Jews and Israel do everything right as they are ordinary people like the rest of us, but I think we Christians should pray especially for them. At the end of the end times, the whole world will turn against Israel and try to eradicate them again. Make sure that you do not build up hatred against these people, instead pray for them and you will reap the blessing from God and in your own soul.
It created
You and I are created in a very specific way, and it took a man and a woman for you to be born. This is a truth regardless of what we believe in or think about same sex love. God's creation order, which is the same with trees, flowers, animals, and everything that has life in it, is that life is multiplied in only a certain way. Everything can be manipulated and changed in its growth, but the life in it cannot be given beyond the definite. So, who decided it would be like that?
The love
Love is love - it is said, but what is true love?
Is there a difference between love and respect for one another?
When my children played in dangerous places, my reaction was of anger and determination when leading them away from playing in such places. It's not because I'm tired of them and want to hurt them, but because I love them so much and I'm afraid something bad will happen to them.
God's love for us is much more than that. He sent His Son Jesus to guide, show us life, and save us from eternal damnation to eternal life with Him. It is God who is love.
The Greatest Gift
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.» - 1 Corinthians 13 -
The Spirit says explicitly
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed. But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance. For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. These things command and teach. Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.» - 1.Timoteusbrev 4 -
Greetings and Resources
My greatest wish is that all people have a real opportunity to hear the true gospel of Jesus Christ that only points to Jesus Christ and the word of God without anything added to it or removed from it.
Furthermore, I dream and hope that true Jesus' followers will find each other across denominations, nationalities, and cultures. That they will gather at home, in a restaurant or elsewhere to encourage each other and teach each other the Bible truths.
I dream of seeing the church of the true God rise before Jesus comes again to get his people.
-Arvid-
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A Psalm of King David
The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked
Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm. For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the Lord, They shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more. But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth. The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay those who are of upright conduct. Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the Lord upholds the righteous. The Lord knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish; And the enemies of the Lord, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.
The wicked borrows and does not repay, But the righteous shows mercy and gives. For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, But those cursed by Him shall be cut off. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand. I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed. Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell forevermore. For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide. The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged. Wait on the Lord, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree. Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together; The future of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him. - Psalms 37 -
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.» - 2. Timothy 4: 1-5 -