by Jamie Pantastico | Oct 30, 2020 | Bible Doctrine |
There is no such thing as Transgender it’s called “Gender Dysphoria”
Human sexuality is the perfect design by God and binary with the purpose being to multiply the earth (Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:1). This principle is self-evident to ALL MANKIND but many CHOOSE to hold down the truth with unrighteousness. Newborns are not “assigned” sex or gender at birth. Sex declares itself anatomically in the womb and is clearly evident or should be, and acknowledged at birth.
Stop lying to your children!
Anyone that supports the chemical castration or any other procedure that would change aesthetically anyway, the gender of an 8-year-old child is not just deceived they are horrible parents.
Even coddling 8-year-olds with lies that would encourage them to believe they are anything other than how God made them, at a minimum makes you a dishonest person and or parent.
Romans 1:18 makes clear that this type of bestial behavior by parents, the medical community, and the LGBTQ lobby is the result of the truth being held down with unrighteousness or the lie. The Greek (κατέχω) implies they are holding down or literally standing on truth with their feet; the LGBTQ lobby along with the medical community is literally trampling underfoot the “Truth” with unrighteousness.
‘For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, ‘
Romans 1:18
And what is Truth…? John’s Gospel makes it clear what the truth is… “I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE” (John 14:6).
Yes, Jesus Christ is “the TRUTH” and each every word in Scripture is Truth and Absolute.
‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ‘
John 1:1
WHAT DOES THE TRUTH SAY ABOUT GENDER?
Truth or the Word, Jesus Christ who is God the Son created mankind in His own image and God created mankind male and female.
‘So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ‘
Genesis 1:27
‘And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’ ? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”’
Matthew 19:4-6
In Genesis 1:28, God blessed Adam and Eve by giving them dominion over all the earth and they were to be fruitful and multiply the earth.
‘Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”’
Genesis 1:28
God’s mandate to populate the earth was clear; Adam and Eve were divinely designed by God biologically different in order to fulfill that mandate. In other words, it would be impossible for Adam to populate the earth by himself or with another person with the same biological design.
The purpose of male and female design should be self-evident and is but people choose reject truth to please their own desires.
TRAMPLING THE TRUTH WITH THE LIE
Transgender is a lie because God Himself designed mankind male and female. XX and XY are not genetic markers for parents to “pick and choose a gender” at some later time. On the contrary, XY and XX are clear biological determinants (determined by God Himself) of sex; male or female.
Scripture is clear that as we get closer and closer to the Lord’s return deception will rule the day. And this lie of “Transgenderism” is a doozy of a lie. And so bestial in it’s fulfillment because this evil targets young children.
BUT GOD…
Only the power of the gospel can change the hearts and it is the gospel alone that has freed thousands from the lie transgenderism.
As Christians, we approach Transgenderism or any other lie with “Truth”. We boldly share the gospel with love and humility and we do not compromise Truth to gain unity. Never! We share the “Good News” the gospel and pray that God opens their heart.
It is the “Good News” the gospel and the gospel alone that has the power to transform a person’s heart. And what is the good news? That God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to shed His blood on a cross and die for your sin, my sin, the sin of the world, was buried and rose from the dead three days later. That’s the “Good News” and it is the only power unto salvation.
‘For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. ‘
Romans 1:16
If you have questions about Christianity or the gospel please take 2 minutes to read “Religion is Behavior Modification…Christianity is Heart Transformation”.
by Jamie Pantastico | Oct 22, 2020 | Israel and Bible Prophecy |
The leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis rejects the Truth “Jesus Christ” and promotes the lie from the father of lies, Satan
No, Pope Francis is not “The Anti-Christ” but is anti-Christ-like in his behavior more specifically with his words.
The leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope. He was being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival.
“What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered,” the pope said. “I stood up for that.”
“Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family,” the pontiff says in a new documentary, “Francesco,” according to the Catholic News Agency.
“Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it,” the Pope reportedly says in the doc, that premiered Oct. 21 at the Rome Film Festival.
Trampling the Truth
The Pope is in complete opposition to the commands of God with regard to marriage. He knows the truth, the Pope knows what God has declared regarding marriage. But the leader of over a billion Catholics has chosen to suppress the truth with unrighteousness.
Romans 1:18 makes clear what the Pope is doing. The Greek (κατέχω) implies they are holding down or literally standing on truth with their feet; the Pope is literally trampling underfoot the “Truth” with unrighteousness.
‘For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,’
Romans 1:18
And what is Truth…? John’s Gospel makes it clear “I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE” (John 14:6).
Yes, Jesus Christ is “the TRUTH” and the Pope is trying his best to hold Christ underfoot. But we know he and all that try will fail because sin, the curse, Satan, and even death have already been defeated because of the cross (1 Corinthians 15:55-57).
Here are the ‘Truths’ Being Held Down in Unrighteousness by the Pope
First: Human sexuality is an objective biological binary trait designed by God; “XY” and “XX” are genetic markers of male and female respectively.
‘And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ ‘
Matthew 19:4
Second: The institution of marriage was established by God in the garden Genesis 2:24, and it is between one man and one woman.
‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.’
Genesis 2:24
‘Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.’
Hebrews 13:4
In Conclusion
This departure from the faith (1 Timothy 4:1-3), this deception (Matthew 24:4,5) is part of the end-time scenario. Moreover, this reminds me of what the prophet Isaiah wrote in Isaiah 57:4 when describing the nation of Israel’s rebellious and Idolotruous behavior toward God.
‘Whom do you ridicule? Against whom do you make a wide mouth And stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, Offspring of falsehood,’
Isaiah 57:4
You do realize what this verse is saying? That the nation of Israel was actually sticking their tongues out at God in scornful rebellion. And this is exactly what the Pope and the Catholic church is doing, sticking their tongue out at God in scornful rebellion.
by Jamie Pantastico | Oct 16, 2020 | Daily Encouragement |
Many in Christendom struggle daily with maintaining their salvation… Horrors!
Never knowing what sin will be the one that finally separates you from the love of God is not Christianity, it’s called legalism. Horrors of Horrors! And shame on those trumpeting that false teaching, it is from the pit of hell.
It’s called religion and it’s not at all what God has so clearly laid out for His plan of salvation for mankind today.
…you are not under the law but under grace. – Romans 6:14
From the Lord Himself…during His earthly ministry. Jesus makes it crystal clear that once you are His (believe the gospel) NOTHING can separate us from Him.
‘All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.’
-John 6:37
If you believe the gospel you are His and He will never cast you out. God said it, believe it.
Don’t fall for the false teaching that you can wiggle your way out of the hands of God. Or that God will cast you out for any reason. That would be calling God a liar.
READ THE VERSE AND READ IT AGAIN.
‘All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.’
-John 6:37
The Lord of Glory said in His earthly ministry that anybody that God the Father has chosen, that God the Father has elected, that God the Father has given to His Son, Jesus Christ, by no means be cast out.
It means what it says. Do you believe God? Or man? Now, let’s look at John Chapter 10. This isn’t my idea or what some Church father dreamed up, this is from the Lord Jesus Himself.
‘My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.’
John 10:27-28
The next time someone tells you that you can lose your salvation point them to the verse above and John 6:37. If they deny the words of the Lord then walk away and pray for their salvation.
Let’s go directly to Paul and Romans 8 where he builds on the foundation the Lord laid during His earthly ministry of “ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED”.
‘Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’
Romans 8:33-39
It comes down to faith. Believing what God has says.
by Jamie Pantastico | Oct 14, 2020 | Daily Encouragement |
…Yet in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us… Romans 8:37
Not because of anything we have done or could do, no way. Not through any ability we possess but what makes us “Conquerors”?
Christ Jesus. He became our everything. What does the Book of Colossians say?
Colossians 3:17
‘And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.’
This is where we live and operate as believers; ‘in Christ’, and there is nothing in us that can merit any favor with God, it is all of His Grace.
And remember that Grace could never have happened if it had not been for mercy. We no longer have to cry for mercy because God poured out His mercy on by through the work of the cross.
His mercy has already been poured out. Since His mercy has been poured out, now He can pour out His Grace. “Unmerited favor.”
‘Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ‘
Romans 8:33-37
by Jamie Pantastico | Oct 5, 2020 | Daily Encouragement |
II Corinthians 5:6
‘So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body (while we are here on earth in our flesh and bone bodies) we are absent (bodily) from the Lord.’
We know that we can’t be both places at once bodily, that is here on earth and with the Lord in glory. But spiritually yes, we are already with the Lord, citizens of heaven. And the book of Colossians makes that so clear.
Colossians 1:13
‘He (God did it) has delivered us (When? The moment we believed the gospel) from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,’
This is in plain and simple language; we’re already citizens of God’s kingdom, but for now, the soul and spirit are The Lord’s. The Holy Spirit is indwelling us to be our comforter and the down payment. But the old body is still prone to death and sickness, and failure.