God is a Spirit.(Jn. 4:24) There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.(1Jn. 5:7) The Word was God... and the Word was made flesh.(Jn. 1:1,14) God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels...believed on in the world, received up in Glory. (1Ti.3:16) Lie to the Holy Ghost...Thou hast...lied...unto God.(Ac. 5:3,4) There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.(1Ti. 2:5) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith! (He. 12:2) Jesus Christ...This is the true God, and eternal life.(1Jn. 5:20) God is not a man...neither the son of man."' For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.(De. 4:24) Thomas...said unto (Jesus), My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him...blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.(Jn. 20:28,29).

Sin is the transgression of the law.(1Jn. 3:4) All unrighteousness is sin.(1Jn. 5:17) Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend, in one point, he is guilty of all.(Ja. 2:10) Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.(Ro. 14:23) To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.(Ja. 4:17) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.(1Jn. 1:8) All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.(Ro. 3:23) If a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbid-den to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist (i.e. know) it not, yet he is guilty.(Le. 5:17) All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.(Isa. 64:6) The heart is deceit-ful above all things, and desperately wicked.(Je. 17:9) There is none that doeth good, no, not one...that...all the world may become guilty before God.(Ro. 3:12,19

God is a Spirit.(Jn. 4:24) There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.(1Jn. 5:7) The Word was God... and the Word was made flesh.(Jn. 1:1,14) God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels...believed on in the world, received up in Glory. (1Ti.3:16) Lie to the Holy Ghost...Thou hast...lied...unto God.(Ac. 5:3,4) There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.(1Ti. 2:5) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith! (He. 12:2) Jesus Christ...This is the true God, and eternal life.(1Jn. 5:20) God is not a man...neither the son of man."' For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.(De. 4:24) Thomas...said unto (Jesus), My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him...blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.(Jn. 20:28,29).

Jesus...said, it is finished.(Jn. 19:30) The blood of Jesus Christ...cleanseth us from all sin.(1Jn. 1:7) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood. (Ro. 3:24,25) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of your-selves: it is the gift of God: not of works. lest any man should boast.(Ep. 2:8,9) And if by grace. then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. (Ro. 11:6) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(Jn 3:16) Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. (Ro. 3:28) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.(Ro. 10:13) Jesus answered them.. My sheep.. shall never perish.(Jn 10:25,27,28)

God is one person. Jesus...is...separate and distinct. Michael is none other than Jehovah's appointed king Jesus Christ. Jesus, no more and no less than a perfect human. Jesus was created by God. Jesus...not an incarnation, not a God-man, but a perfect man, lower than angels. Jesus...a separate created being, not...part of a Trinity. No one is as good as God is, not even Jesus himself. By teaching that God is omnipresent, Christendom has confused matters. The holy spirit...can be likened to electricity, a force that can be adapt-ed to perform a great variety of operations. No, the holy spirit is not a person and it is not part of a Trinity. The Trinity teaching is a deviation from the truth, and apostatizing from it.12 Hence, to worship God on his terms means to reject the Trinity doctrine.

It is one thing to make unintentional mistakes because of inherited sin, but entirely another matter deliberately to practice what one knows to be wrong.14 As a soldier of Christ he is in a theocratic warfare and he must exercise added caution when dealing with God's foes. Thus the Scriptures show that for the purpose of protecting the interests of God's cause, it is proper to hide the truth from God's enemies. She was not a liar. Rather, she was using theocratic war strategy, hiding the truth by action and word for the sake of the ministry. If he will not cease to fellowship with the expelled person, he...must be removed from the congregation. Apart from this (organization), the only choice is association with Satan's political wild beast and Babylon the Great.

The idea of eternal punishment after death was introduced early in apostate Christianity...it is based on Satan's original lie in Eden. The Bible "hell" is actually mankind's grave. How many are...to enter the Kingdom? 144,000. He (Christ) went to prepare a heavenly place for (them)...and on earth...the great multitude of Armageddon survivors. The Watchtower magazine is without equal on earth for God is its author. Without a doubt, God delegated some of His angels to direct its publication. We shall not be suspicious, but shall, as the Bible says, believe all things, all the things that the Watchtower brings out. We must recognize not only Jehovah God as our Father but his organization as our mother. The Bible...belongs to the...organization, not to individuals (to) interpret!

There is no easy way to salvation. It can only be obtained through vigorous efforts. Believing in Jesus is crucial to our salvation, but more is needed. There are various things involved in getting saved. We must take in accurate knowledge of God's purposes and His way of salvation. To obtain salvation it is essential to attend the congregation of (Jehovah's Witnesses)...you must rid yourself of your old personality to obtain salvation...participation in the preaching and teaching of the Word of God is tied to salvation. Baptism can save us. They will be saved...only if they continue to adhere to all of God's requirements...persevering right to the end. Christians could still lose...salvation.

You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship. Mary is Mother of God and our mother; we can entrust all our cares and petitions to her...Mother of Mercy, the All-Holy One. We give ourselves over to her now...and surrender the hour of our death wholly to her care. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but...continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation...Blessed Virgin...and Mediatrix. In communion with the holy Mother of God. ...the faithful...turn their eyes to Mary...to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs.. Death through Eve, life through Mary. The Church is awaited by the one she venerates as...her own mother.

The distinction between mortal and venial sin...became part of the tradition of the Church. For sin to be mortal, three condi-tions must together be met: Grave matter...full knowledge and deliberate consent. Unintentional ignorance can diminish or even remove the imputability of a grave offense... passions...also...external pressures. Venial sin constitutes a moral disorder that is reparable by charity. Venial sin does not deprive the sinner of...eternal happiness. The Sunday Eucharist...those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin! Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was...preserved immune from all stain of original sin. The Fathers of...tradition call the Mother of God the All-Holy...Mary remained free of...personal sin. Mary...committed no sin of any kind during her whole earthly life.

Heaven (for) those who die...perfectly purified. Purgatory...a cleansing fire...(for) all who die...imperfectly purified. Hell...the unquenchable fire reserved for those who...refuse to...be converted. The...Magisterium of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him teach the faith-ful the truth to believe...the beatitude to hope for! Personal conscience and reason should not be set in opposition to the...Magisterium of the Church. These determinations call for docility! The manner of interpreting Scripture is ultimate-ly subject to the judgment of the Church. The Church invites political authorities to measure their judgments...against this inspired truth. The priest is fulfilling the ministry of the...just and impartial judge. The Christian (Catholic) faith is not a religion of the book.

It is in the Church that the fullness of the means of salvation has been deposited. She is upheld infallibly in the truth. Hence they could not be saved who would refuse to enter (the Catholic Church). For it is...in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist that the work of our redemption is accomplished. Christ now acts through the sacraments...to communicate his grace. The sacraments...are necessary for salvation. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. From the time of the apostles, becoming a Christian has been accomplished by a journey and initiation in several stages. May (we) be found...faithful to the commandments, so as to obtain eternal salvation. We can merit for ourselves...the attainment of eternal life.

Men say there is one God; the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost...that is a strange God anyhow—three in one. You have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves. God of all other Gods...the Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's. God himseif...is an exalted man. Gods and humans represent a single divine lineage, the same species of being, although they are at different stages of progress...As man now is. God once was: as God now is, man may be. God achieved his exalted rank by progressing much as man must progress and that God is a perfected man. There is a Heavenly Mother as well as a Heavenly Father...man, as a spirit, was...born of heavenly parents. Jesus...was the liter-al, biological son of an immortal, tangible Father and Mary, a mortal woman! The Holy Ghost is a...spirit son of God.

The Fall was part of God's plan. Adam and Eve are to be honored for their actions. Having one's sins remitted is a vital part of the developmental process that results in god-hood. Adam blessed God, saying, "Because of my trans-gression...I shall see God"...the Fall was a benefit to mankind. Adam and Eve rejoiced in the opportunities that had come to them because of the For a remission of your sins...impart of your substance to the poor. God does not hold one responsible for wrong done in ignorance...because such actions do not constitute sin. To commit the unpardonable sin, a person must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against Him...deny the plan of salvation.

LDS theology rejects traditional Christian concepts of the single option of heaven or Final judgment is not limited to either heaven or hell. Although the wicked will be thrust into hell; nevertheless, all humankind (except those who deny the Holy Ghost and become sons of perdition) will be redeemed when Christ perfects his work. Thus, nearly everyone who has lived on the earth will eventually inherit a degree of glory...all that shall die...without (the gospel), who would have received it...shall be heirs to that kingdom...All mankind will be taught the gospel, either on earth or in the spirit world! Repentance is possible in the next life as well as this one. Fire and brim-stone (are)...in the mind of man. We do not believe that they will go into a lake which burns with brimstone and fire, and suffer unnamed and unheard of torment.

The gospel...comprises...principles and ordinances that must be followed to obtain...salvation. The first steps are faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, and the laying on of hands...for the gift of the Holy Ghost. Additional ordinances are administered in the tem-These initiatory steps are in precise and divinely appointed sequence. Grace, faith, and works are all essential to salvation. The church does not subscribe to a doctrine of free standing grace...It does have commandments...as well as many ordinances. Temple ordinances are not mere signs. They are channels...that enable one to be born of God. This ("born again") experience alone is (not) sufficient for salvation. If they continue to live the commandments and endure to the end, they will inherit eternal life.

Some believing (W. Branham) to be God, others believing him to be virgin-born. Branham proclaimed himself the angel of Revelation...and prophesied that by 1977 all denominations would be consumed...that the Rapture would take place, and that the world would be destroyed...in many churches...his prophe-cies are considered divinely inspired. The power of a Branham service...remains a legend unparalleled in the history of the charismatic movement. Dowie...announced...he was...Elijah. Christ was...black. Jesus was Pentecostal. Special confidence in the...Virgin Mary. Jesus appeared...dressed as a fireman. A nine-hundred-foot Jesus. Jesus died both spiritually and physically. Pentecostal move-ment denied the Trinity. Man...is part of God...God intends us to be gods!' Tomlinson announced himself as King of the World.

Jesus was Pentecostal, the charismatic par excellence. Jesus' rejection in his own hometown of Nazareth...implies his family's rejection of him...Jesus' family represents the anticharismatic...it is blasphemous to test or judge a prophet speaking by the Spirit. Kenneth Hagin identifies Branham as a prophet. Within the Pentecostal-charismatic movements, the gift of prophecy has held a significant place. Eve's sin involved sexual relations with the serpent...Denominationalism (is) a mark of the Beast (Rev.13:17). It (is) sinful to resort to medicine or physicians in times of sickness.

Parham declared the annihilation of the wicked. Eve's sin involved sexual relations with the serpent. Some humans are descended from the serpent's seed and are destined for hell, which is not eternal, however. The seed of God, i.e., those who receive Branham's teaching, are predestined to become the Bride of Christ. There are still others who possess free will and who may be saved out of the denominational churches, but they must suffer through the Great Tribulation. Sins...faults and even bad habits are caused by demons, which must be expelled. Wigglesworth would strike a sick person with his fist...prayer along with a sharp hit to the afflict-ed area. God speaks today as he spoke to biblical authors. Authority rests ultimately in the present activity and teaching of the Holy Spirit at least as much as in the Bible itself.

The full gospel includes holiness of heart and life. healing for the body, and baptism in the Holy Spirit with...tongues.' One may truly believe in Christ and not yet have received.., the Holy Spirit. To be born of water and Spirit means to be baptized in the name of Jesus. To be saved by water baptism, it must be administered in the name of Jesus. The infant receives the saving grace of Christ at baptism.— Keeping the law to enter the kingdom. Shaking, barking, falling, and fainting, Others experienced a burning sensation said to result from their baptism in fire. They include...falling from grace. It is possible to be lost after regeneration. Sickness and death were signs that believers had lost the faith.-- Freedom from defilement and contamination. Eradication of the fleshly nature.

God is the evolutionary drive of consciousness in the universe. Sit...and allow the..."aura"...to well up; ask it to identify itself. The brain...with such an ally within ourselves, why should we go it alone? They rejected traditional author-ity in favor of inner authority. The idea of a God within...is fundamentally hostile to Biblical Christianity. There will be no ultimate answers. We all go on the same Search, looking to solve the old Mystery. We will not, of course, ever solve it. "Teddy"...recalls his experience of immanent God while watching his little sister drink her milk. ...All of a sudden I saw that she was God and the milk was God. I mean, all she was doing was pouring God into God... The seed of God is in us. Pear seeds grow into pear trees and God seed into God. First loyalty is to the planet.

Human nature is neither good nor bad. Obey some laws and disobey others on the basis of...personal moral judgment. A morality that derives from the innermost self? There is neither good nor evil. There may be guiding principles, even flexible agreements, but no rules. It is right, even necessary, to make yourselves available to one another in new loving...and fulfilling ways without the spectres of old guilts. Some choose to limit their sexual expression to a primary relationship. Others may give priority but not exclusivity to the primary relationship.

We stand on the brink of a new age. There is for us in the future not only survival but superlife.51 This is the era when apocalyptic visions are to be fulfilled. We are on the brink of a new life. It seems...impossible that we shall fail to solve our problems. Sages and seers have foretold this second coming. If enough individuals discover new capacities in themselves they will naturally conspire to create a world hospitable to human imagination, growth, and cooperation. "Death no longer seems the final end it used to be, but rather the entrance to a new and free existence. What was it like to face death? " There isn't anything to face.

Good news. Our society must be remade Consider the...hope. Man has not been wrong. Having found...strength...within. The human brain has awesome capacities to transform. The Eastern religions might be the seed for this great change. Without Jesus...a new human being. Incantations, mantras...and secret words are all bridges. Transformation is a journey without a final destination.° The individual trusts an inner "guru". At first he was skeptical...this stuff about an Indian sorcerer was too way out...but he was desperate for an answer. He gave up his intellectual protests and entered the next stage, exploration...driven by a demon. Anger, fear, despair, resentment, jealousy, greed—these can all be changed...through the psychologies.

A God (who) understands needs and hears prayers...Freud is pained to realize that most people will never outgrow this childish view of reality. Sigmund Freud hypothesizes that...God (is) a volcano God, an uncanny, bloodthirsty demon. Sex is said to have been Freud's God. Jung says...you are Gods. Carl Jung's God is a supreme concentration of psychic energy. Alan Watts...says that...every...being is God. Erich Fromm...insists that it is not necessary to believe in God? God is an idol. Frankl asserts that...God is...silent and hidden, as always. That God is a vengeful God. Viktor Frankl thinks God must not be portrayed...as someone who wants most of all to be believed. Ana-Maria Rizzuto...says that...God, psychologically, is an illusory transitional object.

Healthy mindedness (is) incapable of apprehending evil. Our damaged self-esteem requires repair. The knowledge of the pious that they are miserable sinners in their hearts is said to parallel the sense of guilt of compulsive neurotics. Humanity's primal sin was an actual murder of the original God. Abraham Maslow...rejected...original sin...he said...there is no inborn inclination to murder and be violent, no innate desire to rape and plunder. He remarks...that the evil generated by human nature does not spring from inborn malice, but from the likes of ignorance, stupidity, fear, miscommunications, clumsiness. Adam challenges God and eats of the tree...this is said to mark the beginning of human freedom.

The future fact is conditioned by my present faith in it. Religion might be true. Absolutely final objective evidence will never make its triumphal appearance. All in all, passion, vision, and belief decide truth, in William James view. Disavowing final and absolute knowledge...and claiming instead only reasonable probability. Certainty...is apparently forever beyond our reach. The future belongs to reason, according to Sigmund Freud, not to faith. Death (is) the fulfillment of life's meaning. Alan Watts thinks...the present is the only reality. At death we go to sleep, returning to the unknown state in which we existed before birth...living forever...would be an unbearable burden.

An unseen order exists and...our highest good lies in achieving harmony with this order. Yielding to the unseen objective presence is seen to lead to an attitude of joy..: our dependence on the universe is absolute. Conversion (is) a sense of control by a Higher Power. William James believes it is the subconscious that takes the lead in the sudden shifting of personal centers of energy in evidence in conversion experiences. The convert is not...a divine miracle...but...subliminal mental work. Voluntary abandonment of self to this Higher Power. We are free to choose our own course, and...in this way we will become what we potentially are, like God himself. Fromm does not think that it is possible to learn how to live from a book. Our salvation, (Viktor Frankl) writes, is through love and in love.

They do blaspheme who say: "Allah is Christ"...one of three in a Trinity...The Fire will be (their) abode...verily a grievous penalty will befall the wrongdoers. Christ, the son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger. No more than a servant. Say not "Trinity"...Allah is...above having a son. He is Allah the One and Only... He begetteth not...and there is none like unto Him. Jesus...they killed him not, nor crucified him but so it was made to appear to them. The Spirit (is the angel Gabriel). Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array. Whom Allah willeth, He leaveth to wander; whom He willeth, He placeth on the Way that is Straight. They are not...to believe, unless it is in Allah's Plan. Those whom Allah willeth to guide—He openeth their breast to Islam.

Those...who abstain from sex except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives)... whom their right hands possess—for (in their case) they are free from blame." If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye are forbidden to do, we shall...admit you to a Gate of great honour....there is no blame on ye if ye make a mis-take. Allah...will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons. Christians call Christ the Son of God...Allah's curse be on them. 0 ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends. They do blaspheme who say: Allah is Christ the son of Mary". If any do fail to judge by (the Quran)...they are no better than those who rebel. Follow (Muhammad): Allah will love you and forgive you your sins?

Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right. To those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty...admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly).434 Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject Faith fight in the cause of Evil: so fight ye against the friends of Satan. The Unbelievers are unto you open enemies. Fight them...until...there prevail...faith in Allah? As to those who...would keep back (men) from the Way of Allah, and from the Sacred Mosque, them will We cause to taste of a most grievous Penalty. So away (death Fred) with a people who will not believe! Fear the Fire, which is prepared for those who reject Faith. But the... servants of Allah...(shall enjoy) honour and dignity...and besides them will be chaste women.

Allah said: I am with you: if ye (but) establish regular Prayers, practice regular Charity, believe in My messengers, honour and assist them, and loan to Allah a beautiful loan, ver-ily I will wipe out from you your evils. Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead, Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the Presence of their Lord. The Believers...fight in His Cause, and slay and are slain...for theirs (in return) is (Paradise). Those...who strive with might and main, in Allah's cause, with their goods and their persons, have the highest rank in the sight of Allah: they are the people who will achieve (salvation). In...Gardens...will be (Maidens) whom no man before them has touched. (The Heart's) desires...(Maidens) of equal age. That is a reward as well as a goal.