QUOTE ME ANY DAY, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH WILL SET YOU WHOLLY FREE

BEWARE OF LIONS IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING MASQUERADING AS DISCIPLES OF THE LORD JESUS  AS THEY  PREACH PROSPERITY  GOSPEL AND RETRACE YOUR STEPS IF YOU ARE ALREADY IN THEIR HIGHWAY TO HELL-FIRE

"RELIGION NA POLITICS AND ALL OF THEM NA HYPOCRITES" sang Majek Fashek THE NIGERIAN REGGAE KING in the1980s

whereas Michael Jackson sang HEAL THE WORLD and later with an ensemble of renowned American artistes, we now sing; WE ARE THE WORLD, WE ARE THE PEOPLE TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE, SO LET US START GIVING -Unconditional Love

QUOTE ME ANY DAY, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH WILL SET YOU WHOLLY FREE TO WORSHIP YOUR CREATOR IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, NOT IN LEGENDS, DOCTRINES AND DOGMAS MANUFACTURED AND PATENTED IN PAGANISH ROME!

FALSE EVANGELISTS, PROSPERITY PREACHERS AND DEMONIC TEACHERS EXPOSED BY INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS

A Sorry Bunch--Pseudo-Apostles, Lying Preachers, Crooked Workers--Posing As Christ’s Agents But Sham To The Core

“They’re a sorry bunch--pseudo-apostles, lying preachers, crooked workers--posing as Christ’s agents but sham to the core. And no wonder! Satan does it all the time, dressing up as a beautiful angel of light. So it shouldn’t surprise us when his servants masquerade as servants of God. But they’re not getting by with anything. They’ll pay for it in the end” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15 MSG).

This list is not meant to be an exhaustive one. What is important is that one learns to discern truth from error.

“Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God, and him who does not serve Him” (Malachi 3:18MKJV).

What is a false teacher and how does one qualify for this list?

No person rightfully takes upon himself the role of a teacher or any other ministry of God without God’s power and authority. In a world full of teachers, preachers, elders, deacons, speakers, writers, evangelists, pastors, prophets, and apostles, rare are the true ministers representing the Lord Jesus Christ. Many are the false, and very few the true, even as in Noah’s day.

False teachers are those who presume to teach in their own authority (as did the scribes), often in the Name of the Lord, when He has not sent them. Though they have knowledge of Biblical truths, they are, at best, in delusion, presuming to turn others to the Kingdom of God when, in fact, they are building the corrupt kingdoms of men. At worst, they are deliberate charlatans, seeking to deceive, steal, kill, and destroy, using Biblical truths to do so.

Though false teachers lead astray, the Biblical truths they teach can lead to Christ those whom God has called and is choosing. The truth quickens those being given the gift of faith. However, faith manifest in the one who receives the truth does not certify as God’s representative the one who speaks some truth. The child of faith who walks in obedience to Christ will soon enough part ways with those who mix truth with error.

This is God’s commandment:

“Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:17-18 MKJV).

False teachers mix the holy things of God with their carnal thoughts, creating a false form of godliness. They can’t do otherwise, because they haven’t taken up the cross and submitted themselves to Christ’s righteousness. They are still in their sin nature, living unto themselves, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. And because false teachers haven’t submitted themselves to Christ’s righteousness, they can’t lead others there.

A false teacher is one who may speak truth, yet points his hearers in another direction. An example of this would be that of a “Tijuana taxi,” or any predator of tourists who says, “Yes, I know exactly where such-and-such a place is, and I’ll take you there. On the way, I’ll tell you all you want to know about it. Please, get in.”

Guess what? He gets you there after a half-hour drive, but didn’t tell you it was only a block away from where you began with him. Meanwhile he charges you for the time or mileage.

And though he filled you in on what the place is all about, what he doesn’t, can’t, and won’t tell you is that you need a membership to enter. He drops you off at the gate, and you find out your trip was for naught.

Isn’t that just like the churches and spiritual leaders one encounters in a multiplicity of places and forms? They have truth, and they may even get you into the wedding feast, but never with a wedding garment.

Therefore, while the truth spoken is to be believed (no matter who speaks it or what affiliation the speaker may have), false teachers are not to be followed.

Teachers sent of God are to be followed, as with the example given by the apostle Paul, who said by the Spirit, “Become followers of me, even as I am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). A false teacher leads into the emptiness of self-righteousness and death, but a true teacher leads to the fullness of Christ and life.

See also Diabolical Doctrines, The True Marks of a Cult, and Teachings. Indeed, our entire website will help you to forsake the error and to walk in the path of truth.

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NOW, LET US VISIT SOME FORGED GENEALOGY, ROMAN DOGMAS AND WRONG DOCTRINAL LIES

THE HOMETOWN OF JESUS WAS NAZARETH AS WAS CLEARLY CHRONICLED AND NEATLY DEMONSTRATED BY EVANGELIST MARK IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

JESUS WAS THE SON OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER, WHO, BECAUSE HE OBEYED THE FATHER IN ALL THINGS AND FULFILLED ALL THAT WAS PROPHESIED ABOUT THE GREATEST PROPHET OF HIS PEOPLE WAS LATER, ADOPTED AT HIS BAPTISM, AS THE SON OF GOD!

Mark 6:1-13

6:1 Jesus left there and went to his home town, accompanied by his disciples.

2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. "Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles!

3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offence at him.

4 Jesus said to them, "Only in his home town, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honour."

5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

6 And he was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went round teaching from village to village.

7 Calling the Twelve to him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits.

8 These were his instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff-- no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.

9 Wear sandals but not an extra tunic.

10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.

11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them."

12 They went out and preached that people should repent.

13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

(from The Holy Bible: New International Version.  Copyright (c) 1973, 1978, 1984, by International Bible Society)

Mark 3:31-35

31 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.

32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you."

33 "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked.

34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

35 Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

(from The Holy Bible: New International Version.  Copyright (c) 1973, 1978, 1984, by International Bible Society)

 MORE BLIND FOLDING 

NATIVES OF NAZARETH WERE WISE PHILOSOPHERS WHO WERE OBSERVANT AND ASKED RELEVANT QUESTIONS

They asked relevant questions that no one ever bordered to answer nor any group of theologians or religious scholars had answered till this morning 07/08/20122:50:56 GMT when the Holy Spirit bestowed on humanity this eye-opener through his humble vessel! But I had asked the same questions and others for years!Current day Christians are satisfied with repeating doctrines and dogmas they crammed as children when their brains were BLANK SLATES and missionaries brainwashed their parents! Many Christians of today are half-baked, half-educated, half-civilised and half-christianised or else tell me why they cannot ask relevant questions as illiterate villagers did/do!

An elder in my village asked the white priest that came to evangelise my clan in the early 1940s; “IF GOD HAD A SON THEN HE HAD A PENIS AND A WIFE. BUT YOU TOLD US THAT GOD IS A SPIRIT, DO SPIRITS NOW HAVE WIVES?”   

WHEN WILL YOU ASK YOUR OWN QUESTIONS?

By:

Dr J. K. Danmbaezue a.k.a. Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, (B.Phil., B.Sc., M.Sc., D.Sc. in Psychometrics)

A Pragmatic Philosopher of Aristotelian School of thought, a Practising Consultant Clinical Psychologist and an Existential Family Therapist,

The Vessel of the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator of the Entire Universe.

E-mails:

saintkenez@yahoo.co.uk or agunabu1948@gmail.com or

Tel: 0803-909-7614 , 0810-441-4689

I type all my scripts. So, hold me accountable for all typographical errors here! I am not a stenographer, a confidential secretary nor a clerk, rather I am a Professor of Modern Theosophy

“IF GOD HAD A SON THEN HE HAD A PENIS AND A WIFE. BUT YOU TOLD US THAT GOD IS A SPIRIT, DO SPIRITS NOW HAVE WIVES?”   

WHEN WILL YOU ASK YOUR OWN QUESTIONS?

ABSTRACT:

I have deliberately culled the relevant verses of Matthew 13 from the Original Language the Bible was written before all the translations and versions began.

Any serious-minded Bible student will do well to cross-check these and acquire the skills of reading Aramaic as it is shown here! RSV translations into English are added!

·         Jesus Declared In Plain Language That He Was Only A Prophet And The Son Of The Man Joseph, So Why Was The Universal Idolatry Of Deifying Him By Constantine The Great, A Pagan Emperor, Accepted By The Early Church Fathers? Did Jesus Need To Equate Himself to His Own Father?

·         Jesus was a prophet adopted and anointed by the Almighty Creator through the hands of John the Baptist. He was the first-born son of Joseph/Mary, the Carpenter and he had four junior brothers and un-named number of sisters.

·          He was purely human. He never claimed divinity. He declared that he was the Son of Man and finally in the Gospel of Matthew 13:57, he unequivocally affirmed that he was just a prophet. So, why deify him?

THE BONE OF CONTENTION FOR DISSERTATION COMES FROM MATTHEW 13: VERSES 53-58.

The townsmen of Jesus of Nazareth were not gullible like today’s Christians! They asked probing questions that theologians had refused to answer for centuries!

“53 ¶ And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there, (RSV)
54 And <kai> when he was come <erchomai> into <eis> his own <autos> country <patris>, he taught <didasko> them <autos> in <en> their <autos> synagogue <sunagoge>, insomuch that <hoste> they <autos> were astonished <ekplesso>, and <kai> said <lego>, Whence <pothen> hath this man <touto> this <houtos> wisdom <sophia>, and <kai> these mighty works <dunamis>? (KJV)
54 and coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? (RSV)
55 Is <esti> not <ou> this <houtos> the carpenter's <tekton> son <huios>? is <lego> not <ouchi> his <autos> mother <meter> called <lego> Mary <Maria>? and <kai> his <autos> brethren <adelphos>, James <Iakobos>, and <kai> Joses <Ioses>, and <kai> Simon <Simon>, and <kai> Judas <Ioudas>? (KJV)
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? (RSV)
56 And <kai> his <autos> sisters <adelphe>, are they <eisi> not <ouchi> all <pas> with <pros> us <hemas>? Whence <pothen> then <oun> hath this man <touto> all <pas> these things <tauta>? (KJV)
56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?" (RSV)
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57 And <kai> they were offended <skandalizo> in <en> him <autos>. But <de> Jesus <Iesous> said <epo> unto them <autos>, A prophet <prophetes> is <esti> not <ou> without honour <atimos>, save <ei me> in <en> his own <autos> country <patris>, and <kai> in <en> his own <autos> house <oikia>. (KJV)
57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." (RSV)
58 And <kai> he did <poieo> not <ou> many <polus> mighty works <dunamis> there <ekei> because <dia> of their <autos> unbelief <apistia>. (KJV)
58 And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. (RSV)”

THEOSOPHICAL MICRODIAGNOSIS

Current day uninformed fanatics of the Roman brand of Christianity concocted by Roman Emperor Constantine and Saul of Tarsus that were ratified by the Council of Nicea must open their eyes that had/has been partially blinded for centuries by fables, legends, theories, doctrines and dogmas conceived, developed, nurtured and patented in Rome that they were forced to swallow as infants in catechism classes!

I am not a disciple of Karl Marx but I can recognise the truth whenever, wherever and however it is told in a simple language. Present-day Christians can be compared to drug dependents hypnotised with doctrines/dogmas or to healthy human beings who prefer to walk around on orthopaedic clutches whereas their feet are 100% okay! It is pure stagnation of the freedom to think independently as Homo sapiens. It is a universal slavery of the human person. It is abject poverty of the mind to swallow toxic wastes manufactured by others by resigning one’s ability to think straight. It is psychopathological! It was/is the greatest regression or buffoonery of mankind all through the ages; a wholesale subjugation to imperialism.

Where have all the miracles Jesus and the proclaimed saints of the Papacy been imprisoned that no victims of religious violence are protected miraculously from attacks from the children of the evil one? Where have all the miracle workers and television evangelists of Christendom disappeared to, such that none prays so that when tithe-paying members of their congregations are bombed, they do not succeed in their demonic machinations! Is there a paucity of signs & wonders and a drought of “Praise the Lord, Alleluiahs” or “Remain blessed in the Lord, Amen?”  

Please wake up from your centuries of hypnotic slumbering and feeding on paediatric malnourishing milk produced, bottled, labelled and marketed worldwide by demonic clerics resident in Rome! It is a brand new day in Christendom! For how long will you walk blindfolded into hell by holding tenaciously to the bastardised version of Christianity corrupted by Roman paganism/ imperialism?

          Come my dear Friends, Let us put on our thinking caps and for once truly earn the appellation; “Homo sapiens"! Dare to be different and trust your intelligence!!

+Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, D.Sc. the Humble Vessel of the Holy Spirit of the Creator.

QUESTIONS FROM THE ANALYTICAL MIND OF A PHILOSOPHER, A FREE-THINKER, AN AVERAGE ENQUIRER OR AN HONEST HISTORIAN!

1.    Was Joseph truly a native of Bethlehem? If so, why did he have to go to a hotel for accommodation on arrival at his ‘hometown’?

2.    Where and why did the relatives of Joseph not come to rejoice with him and the wife after the successful childbirth?

3.    Were the shepherds and the Three Wise Kings the uncles of Jesus that they were conscripted to do play the roles and duties of blood relatives?

4.    Where is the narrative of what Jesus did as an infant with his peers?

5.    Where was Jesus from ages 12 to 30 that were not narrated in the Bible?

6.    Was ‘Jesus of Nazareth’, which was his popular designation, a misnomer?

7.    Was Nathaniel wrong in his; ‘Can Anything Good Come Out of Nazareth?

8.    Was Luke not falsifying genealogical records and lying by grafting a royal descent from the lineage of David apparently to fulfil the prophecies?

9.    Was the genealogical tree of Jesus traced by Matthew not more authentic than thet of Luke who was neither an apostle nor a live participant?

10.                       Where was Joseph all through his son’s ministry and how did he disappear after the return from trekking to and fro Egypt. It is unfair for such a dutiful father and protector of the Infant Jesus to be so sidelined! When and how did he die and where was he buried?

These are but just a few of the questions that had/have and still agitate my mind since my teenage years in the minor seminary and adolescent years in the major seminary I attended. To date, no one has veritable answers for any of them? Can any of the glorified theologians or historians come to our rescue with the truth?

·        Was his popular designation ‘JESUS OF NAZARETH’, a misnomer? No one ever designated him “Jesus of Bethlehem” or “ Jesus of Jerusalem” nor “ Jesus of Galilee” although occasionally he was referred to as a “Nazarene” or a “Galilean”. The question to find an answer to is this;

·        What Brought About The False Genealogy Hoisted On Him By Luke Who Was Neither An Apostle Nor A Live-Witness Of His Times?

·         “A stitch in time saves nine” was one of the earliest English proverbs I learnt in the 1950s when we attended Colonial Missionary Schools. I am now 64 years old. Unfortunately, we have arrived at this computer age and our children have access to electronic encyclopaedias. They browse and surf the Internet.

·        I am only blowing the whistle so as to pre-empt the MASS EXODUS OF LUKEWARM CHRISTIANS to other international religions that are more receptive to scientific concepts, which can satisfy the inquisitive mind!

·        I am declaring this urgent S.O.S in Jesus name! Please come to my rescue before I drown in apsotasy. Send your convincing answers to Dr Kenez via;

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E-mails: saintkenez@yahoo.co.uk  or agunabu@gmail.com

JESUS WAS THE BIOLOGICAL SON OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER WHO WAS

CHOSEN BY GOD TO BE THE CHRIST

Dr Jideofo Kenechukwu Danmbaezue a.k.a. Revl. Prof. J. J. Kenez, D.Sc.

The Humble Vessel of the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator of the Universe.

John, the Baptist, clearly stated in an unambiguous sentence; “34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." (RSV)

He was the only one who saw the Spirit descend as a dove and also heard “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON……..HEAR YOU HIM”

John said in “I knew him not”, John did not know that God had chosen his maternal cousin to be the Christ; however, he was assured that it would be manifested in some way through his baptism.

I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove. See Mt 3:16, and notes. It was revealed to John that the Christ would thus be revealed. Indeed it was the anointing of the Spirit that made Jesus the Anointed, the Christ.”

(ORIGINAL KJV with translations in RSV and commentaries from PNTC)

19 ¶ And <kai> this <houtos> is <esti> the record <marturia> of John <Ioannes>, when <hote> the Jews <Ioudaios> sent <apostello> priests <hiereus> and <kai> Levites <Leuites> from <ek> Jerusalem <Hierosoluma> to <hina> ask <erotao> him <autos>, Who <tis> art <ei> thou <su>? (KJV)
19 ¶ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites fromJerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" (RSV)
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People's New Testament Commentary:

  This is the record of John. The writer now plunges at once into his history. He passes by the childhood of the Lord, John's ministry, and comes at once to the time when Jesus, thirty years old, is acknowledged by the Father as the Son of God.

 When the Jews sent priests and Levites. The Jewish rulers, the Sanhedrin, the court or parliament of seventy-one members who ruled Israel. The delegation sent to John was official. His preaching in the wilderness of Jordan had stirred the whole land, and they were sent to ascertain his character. Matthew, Mark, and Luke use the term Jews very seldom [sixteen times], John often [seventy times], a proof that he wrote far away from Palestine and for Gentiles.

20 And <kai> he confessed <homologeo>, and <kai> denied <arneomai> not <ou>; but <kai> confessed <homologeo>, <hoti> I <ego> am <eimi> not <ou> the Christ <Christos>. (KJV)
20 He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." (RSV)
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People's New Testament Commentary:

Some conjectured that John was the expected Christ; others that he was Elijah who was first to come (Mal 4:5); others that he was "that prophet," the one predicted by Moses (De 18:15); but he declared that he was none of these. When they insisted that he should declare who he was, he quoted Isaiah, and said he was "The voice of one crying in the wilderness [see Isa 40:3]. See PNTC for Mt 3:3. His work was preparation for the Lord.

21 And <kai> they asked <erotao> him <autos>, What <tis> then <oun>? Art <ei> thou <su> Elias <Helias>? And <kai> he saith <lego>, I am <eimi> not <ou>. Art <ei> thou <su> that prophet <prophetes>? And <kai> he answered <apokrinomai>, No <ou>. {that prophet: or, a prophet?} (KJV)
21 And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No." (RSV)
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22 Then <oun> said they <epo> unto him <autos>, Who <tis> art thou <ei>? that <hina> we may give <didomi> an answer <apokrisis> to them that sent <pempo> us <hemas>. What <tis> sayest thou <lego> of <peri> thyself <seautou>? (KJV)
22 They said to him then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" (RSV)
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23 He said <phemi>, I <ego> am the voice <phone> of one crying <boao> in <en> the wilderness <eremos>, Make straight <euthuno> the way <hodos> of the Lord <kurios>, as <kathos> said <epo> the prophet <prophetes> Esaias <Hesaias>. (KJV)
23 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said." (RSV)
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24 And <kai> they which <ho> were sent <apostello> were <en> of <ek> the Pharisees <Pharisaios>. (KJV)
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. (RSV)
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People's New Testament Commentary:

  Were of the Pharisees. See PNTC for Mt 3:7.

25 And <kai> they asked <erotao> him <autos>, and <kai> said <epo> unto him <autos>, Why <tis> baptizest thou <baptizo> then <oun>, if <ei> thou <su> be <ei> not <ou> that Christ <Christos>, nor <oute> Elias <Helias>, neither <oute> that prophet <prophetes>? (KJV)
25 They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" (RSV)
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People's New Testament Commentary:

  Why baptizest thou then? If he were Christ, or Elias, or "that prophet," they could understand why he should establish a new religious rite, but if none of these, why should he do so? Their perplexity shows that the baptismal rite was new to them. There is no proof that Jewish proselyte baptism of Gentile converts existed at this period, save the assertion of the Talmud, written two or three centuries after this. Josephus, who wrote in the time of the apostles, is silent about it.

26 John <Ioannes> answered <apokrinomai> them <autos>, saying <lego>, I <ego> baptize <baptizo> with <en> water <hudor>: but <de> there standeth one <histemi> among <mesos> you <humon>, whom <hos> ye <humeis> know <eido> not <ou>; (KJV)
26 John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know, (RSV)
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  I baptize with water. See PNTC for Mt 3:11.

27 He <autos> it is <esti>, who <hos> coming <erchomai> after <opiso> me <mou> is preferred <ginomai> before <emprosthen> me <mou>, whose <hos> <autos> shoe's <hupodema> latchet <himas> I <ego> am <eimi> not <ou> worthy <axios> to <hina> unloose <luo>. (KJV)
27 even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." (RSV)
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28 These things <tauta> were done <ginomai> in <en> Bethabara <Bethabara> beyond <peran> Jordan <Iordanes>, where <hopou> John <Ioannes> was <en> baptizing <baptizo>. (KJV)
28 This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. (RSV)
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  These things were done in Bethabara. The Revised Version says in Bethany, a village whose site is now unknown, on the east bank of the Jordan. Bethabara means "the house of the ford."

29 ¶ The next day <epaurion> John <Ioannes> seeth <blepo> Jesus <Iesous> coming <erchomai> unto <pros> him <autos>, and <kai> saith <lego>, Behold <ide> the Lamb <amnos> of God <theos>, which <ho> taketh away <airo> the sin <hamartia> of the world <kosmos>. {taketh away: or, beareth} (KJV)
29 ¶ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (RSV)
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  The next day John seeth Jesus. Here Jesus first appears, in person, in John's account, who omits all the details given by Matthew and Luke of his earlier life. He was now thirty years old, and came from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized of John. This interview was after the baptism (Joh 1:33), and probably after the Temptation.

 Behold the Lamb of God. Innocent like the lamb, to be offered as a lamb, "led as a lamb to the slaughter" (Isa 53:7). The lamb was commonly used as a sin offering (Le4:32), and when John points to Jesus as "the" Lamb of God he can only mean that God had provided him as a sacrificial offering.

 The sin of the world. Not of Jews only, but of Gentiles. John points to Jesus as the world's Savior.

30 This <houtos> is he <esti> of <peri> whom <hos> I <ego> said <epo>, After <opiso> me <mou> cometh <erchomai> a man <aner> which <hos> is preferred <ginomai> before <emprosthen> me <mou>: for <hoti> he was <en> before <protos> me <mou>. (KJV)
30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' (RSV)
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  This is he of whom I said. See Joh 1:27.

 Was before. Existed before I was born.

31 And I <kago> knew <eido> him <autos> not <ou>: but <alla> that <hina> he should be made manifest <phaneroo> to Israel <Israel>, therefore <dia> <touto> am <erchomai> I <ego> come <erchomai> baptizing <baptizo> with <en> water <hudor>. (KJV)
31 I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." (RSV)
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  I knew him not. Knew not that God had chosen him to be the Christ. He knew, however, that he should be manifested in some way through his baptism.

32 And <kai> John <Ioannes> bare record <martureo>, saying <lego>, <hoti> I saw <theaomai> the Spirit <pneuma> descending <katabaino> from <ek> heaven <ouranos> like <hosei> a dove <peristera>, and <kai> it abode <meno> upon <epi> him <autos>. (KJV)
32 And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. (RSV)
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  I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove. See Mt 3:16, and notes. It was revealed to John that the Christ would thus be revealed. Indeed it was the anointing of the Spirit that made Jesus the Anointed, the Christ.

33 And I <kago> knew <eido> him <autos> not <ou>: but <alla> he that sent <pempo> me <me> to baptize <baptizo> with <en> water <hudor>, the same <ekeinos> said <epo> unto me <moi>, Upon <epi> whom <hos> <an> thou shalt see <eido> the Spirit <pneuma> descending <katabaino>, and <kai> remaining <meno> on <epi> him <autos>, the same <houtos> is <esti> he which baptizeth <baptizo> with <en> the Holy <hagios> Ghost <pneuma>. (KJV)
33 I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' (RSV)
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34 And I <kago> saw <horao>, and <kai> bare record <martureo> that <hoti> this <houtos> is <esti> the Son <huios> of God <theos>. (KJV)
34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." (RSV)
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35 Again <palin> the next day after <epaurion> John <Ioannes> stood <histemi>, and <kai> two <duo> of <ek> his <autos> disciples <mathetes>; (KJV)
35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples; (RSV)
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  Again the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples. In Joh 1:19-28, the account is given of the visit of the priests and Levites, sent by the Sanhedrin to John. "The next day" after this, John sees Jesus and points him out as the Lamb of God, giving a discourse of which, in Joh 1:19-34, we have a synopsis. On the "next day" after this, the third day after the deputation of the Sanhedrin, and the second after the return of Jesus from the wilderness, John stood with two of his disciples. One of these two, we learn from Joh 1:40, was Andrew; the other, we have reason to believe, was John, the apostle.

36 And <kai> looking upon <emblepo> Jesus <Iesous> as he walked <peripateo>, he saith <lego>, Behold <ide> the Lamb <amnos> of God <theos>! (KJV)
36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" (RSV)
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  Behold the Lamb of God! On the preceding day John had recognized Jesus in a public discourse as "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world" [Joh1:29]. Now he personally points the disciples to him.

37 ¶ And <kai> the two <duo> disciples <mathetes> heard <akouo> him <autos> speak <laleo>, and <kai> they followed <akoloutheo> Jesus <Iesous>. (KJV)
37 ¶ The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. (RSV)
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38 Then <de> Jesus <Iesous> turned <strepho>, and <kai> saw <theaomai> them <autos> following <akoloutheo>, and saith <lego> unto them <autos>, What <tis> seek ye <zeteo>? <de> They said <epo> unto him <autos>, Rabbi <rhabbi>, (which <hos> is to say <lego>, being interpreted <hermeneuo>, Master <didaskalos>,) where <pou> dwellest thou <meno>? {dwellest: or, abidest} (KJV)
38 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" (RSV)
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  Rabbi. A term meaning "teacher," or "master."

 Where dwellest thou? These disciples had followed at the bidding of John. Their question implies a desire to be in the company of Jesus.

39 He saith <lego> unto them <autos>, Come <erchomai> and <kai> see <eido>. They came <erchomai> and <kai> saw <eido> where <pou> he dwelt <meno>, and <kai> abode <meno> with <para> him <autos> that <ekeinos> day <hemera>: for <de> it was <en> about <hos> the tenth <dekatos> hour <hora>. {about...: that was two hours before night} (KJV)
39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying; and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. (RSV)
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  It was about the tenth hour. Counting from six o'clock, the first hour among the Jews, the tenth hour would be four P. M.

40 One <heis> of <ek> the two <duo> which <ho> heard <akouo> <para> John <Ioannes> speak, and <kai> followed <akoloutheo> him <autos>, was <en> Andrew <Andreas>, Simon <Simon> Peter's <Petros> brother <adelphos>. (KJV)
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. (RSV)
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  One of the two . . . was Andrew. Afterwards an apostle. He has the honor of being one of the first two disciples of Jesus.

41 He <houtos> first <protos> findeth <heurisko> his own <idios> brother <adelphos> Simon <Simon>, and <kai> saith <lego> unto him <autos>, We have found <heurisko> the Messias <Messias>, which <hos> is <esti>, being interpreted <methermeneuo>, the Christ <Christos>. {the Christ: or, the Anointed} (KJV)
41 He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). (RSV)
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  Findeth his own brother Simon. Simon Peter. In true missionary spirit Andrew at once and first sought his own brother.

 We have found the Messias. The Christ promised by the prophets. Messiah is the Hebrew word meaning the same as Christ, [that is, "Anointed One."]

42 And <kai> he brought <ago> him <autos> to <pros> Jesus <Iesous>. And <de> when Jesus <Iesous> beheld <emblepo> him <autos>, he said <epo>, Thou <su> art <ei> Simon <Simon> the son <huios> of Jona <Ionas>: thou <su> shalt be called <kaleo> Cephas <Kephas>, which <hos> is by interpretation <hermeneuo>, A stone <Petros>. (KJV)
42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter). (RSV)
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  Thou shalt be called Cephas. A Hebrew word meaning "stone." Peter is the Greek form.

43 ¶ The day following <epaurion> Jesus <Iesous> would <thelo> go forth <exerchomai> into <eis> Galilee <Galilaia>, and <kai> findeth <heurisko> Philip <Philippos>, and <kai> saith <lego> unto him <autos>, Follow <akoloutheo> me <moi>. (KJV)
43 ¶ The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." (RSV)
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  Findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. This is the first recorded instance of the Savior calling a disciple to follow him. Philip, it must be borne in mind, is not Philip, "one of the seven" [Ac 21:8], but "one of the Twelve," a citizen of Bethsaidaof Galilee [Joh 12:21], and a fellow-townsman of Andrew and Peter.

44 Now <de> Philip <Philippos> was <en> of <apo> Bethsaida <Bethsaida>, the city <polis> of <ek> Andrew <Andreas> and <kai> Peter <Petros>. (KJV)
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. (RSV)
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45 Philip <Philippos> findeth <heurisko> Nathanael <Nathanael>, and <kai> saith <lego> unto him <autos>, We have found <heurisko> him, of whom <hos> Moses <Moseus> in <en> the law <nomos>, and <kai> the prophets <prophetes>, did write <grapho>, Jesus <Iesous> of <apo> Nazareth <Nazareth>, the son <huios> of Joseph <Ioseph>. (KJV)
45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." (RSV)
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  Philip findeth Nathanael. As we learn from Joh 21:2, Nathanael was a Galilean, his home being at "Cana in Galilee." His name only occurs in these two places. He is supposed to have been one of the Twelve, the same one mentioned in the other Gospels as Bartholomew [Mt 10:3; Mr 3:18; Lu 6:14], which means "son of Tolmai." The use of the name in Joh 21:2 favors this hypothesis.

 We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write. There was only one to whom this could refer, "The prophet like unto Moses" (De 34:10; Ac 3:22; 7:37), the Messiah; and when Philip names Jesus of Nazareth, Nathanael is at once skeptical whether the Messiah could come out of Nazareth, an insignificant and despised place.

46 And <kai> Nathanael <Nathanael> said <epo> unto him <autos>, Can <dunamai> there any <tis> good thing <agathos> come <einai> out of <ek> Nazareth<Nazareth>? Philip <Philippos> saith <lego> unto him <autos>, Come <erchomai> and <kai> see <eido>. (KJV)
46 Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." (RSV)
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   Come and see. That is the best answer to the skeptic. Bring him to Christ, let him consider him, and what he has done for mankind. The strongest proof that Jesus is the Christ is Jesus himself.

47 Jesus <Iesous> saw <eido> Nathanael <Nathanael> coming <erchomai> to <pros> him <autos>, and <kai> saith <lego> of <peri> him <autos>, Behold <ide> an Israelite <Israelites> indeed <alethos>, in <en> whom <hos> is <esti> no <ou> guile <dolos>! (KJV)
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" (RSV)
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48 Nathanael <Nathanael> saith <lego> unto him <autos>, Whence <pothen> knowest thou <ginosko> me <me>? Jesus <Iesous> answered <apokrinomai> and <kai> said <epo> unto him <autos>, Before <pro> that Philip <Philippos> called <phoneo> thee <se>, when thou wast <on> under <hupo> the fig tree <suke>, I saw <eido> thee <se>. (KJV)
48 Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." (RSV)
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  Whence knowest thou me? Nathanael, who had never met Jesus before, was surprised to hear himself spoken of as one known.

 When thou wast under the fig tree. There was something about this answer that filled Nathanael with astonishment. Under the shade and shelter of the fig tree he had some rare experience that is not recorded, and that he supposed unknown to man. That Jesus knew of it and read his soul startled him and dissipated his unbelief.

49 Nathanael <Nathanael> answered <apokrinomai> and <kai> saith <lego> unto him <autos>, Rabbi <rhabbi>, thou <su> art <ei> the Son <huios> of God <theos>; thou <su> art <ei> the King <basileus> of Israel <Israel>. (KJV)
49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King ofIsrael!" (RSV)
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  Thou art the Son of God; the King of Israel. Philip had said, "Jesus, the son of Joseph" [Joh 1:45], as he supposed, but Nathanael, convinced, declared him the Son of God. This is the first confession of the divinity of Jesus.

50 Jesus <Iesous> answered <apokrinomai> and <kai> said <epo> unto him <autos>, Because <hoti> I said <epo> unto thee <soi>, I saw <eido> thee <se> under <hupokato> the fig tree <suke>, believest thou <pisteuo>? thou shalt see <optanomai> greater things <meizon> than these <touton>. (KJV)
50 Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." (RSV)
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51 And <kai> he saith <lego> unto him <autos>, Verily <amen>, verily <amen>, I say <lego> unto you <humin>, Hereafter <arti> <apo> ye shall see <optanomai> heaven <ouranos> open <anoigo>, and <kai> the angels <aggelos> of God <theos> ascending <anabaino> and <kai> descending <katabaino> upon <epi> the Son <huios> of man <anthropos>. (KJV)
51 And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." (RSV)
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Ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending. Jacob, old Israel, in his dream at Bethel, saw the ladder that reached to heaven with the angels upon it
(Ge 28:12). Christ is that ladder, the way from earth to heaven, the way heaven sends messages to the world and the way we must go to reach it. Nathanael would be permitted to see that Jesus was the Mediator, that through him the Father speaks to man; that through him there is intercommunication between earth and heaven.

A KENEZIAN COMMENTARY

This Humble Vessel warns humanity thus, Titles have destroyed kingdoms before and after the arrival and departure of Jesus, the Christ; who warned thus: “What comes out of a man defiles him more than what goes into him.”

Religious symbols have been borrowed across cultures and religious boundaries for centuries that they rarely mean same things to a variety of fanatical followers or worshippers of the plethora of religions and denominations in our present world. How do we penetrate centuries of historical distortions of the originals to define the pristine truths from nature and established by our Creator so that we can arrive at the most objective version that is egalitarian, humane and applicable in all cultures, time and clime for world peace? The Universal Idolatry introduced by a pagan emperor of Rome was the master stroke the evil one used to deceive and demonise the original worship Saul of Tarsus brought to Rome. Type in MITHRANISM in the Google Search Template or in Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopaedia and you will see in graphic details the god that both the Greeks and Romans adored and worshipped before the arrival of Jesus on planet earth. Then and only then will you appreciate that Constantine could not adore and worship someone who was crucified by Roman soldiers on a cross! He convened the Council of Nicea and overnight deified Jesus of Nazareth to marry a Christian girl he loved! Open your eyes, let us halt this derailment leading us to hell!

Quotations that amplify INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT

Before the advent of colonial administration, the largest political unit in Biafra, the South-East of Nigeria, was the village group, a federation of villages averaging about 5,000 persons. Members of the group shared a common market and meeting place, a tutelary deity, and ancestral cults that supported a tradition of descent from a common ancestor or group of ancestors. Authority in the village group was vested in a council of lineage heads and influential and wealthy men. In the eastern regions these groups tended to form larger political units, including centralized kingdoms and states. Traditional Igbo religion includes belief in a creator god, an earth goddess, and numerous other deities and spirits, as well as a belief in ancestors who protect their living descendants. Revelation of the will of the deities is sought by divination and oracles. Many Igbo are now Christians. The author of this reformation book on ONE WORLD RELIGION is an indigene of this stock of humanity, THE Igbo people of Biafra. The relevance of this overview is to place it on record that everyone is a product of an ethnic group that has been bombarded from infancy with cosmological and metaphysical concepts peculiar to his forebears who were limited in authentic knowledge of the Creator and the Entire Universe he engineered. We are all equally immersed in religious bigotry until we outgrow same by conscientious study. We need to divest ourselves of the skewed indigenous and colonial knowledge we have learnt since birth and lifestyles we have acquired all our lives to be in the theocentric environment to beg for Divine Wisdom from above to dissociate ourselves from ethnocentrism before we can arrive at an International Religion!

--Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, D.Sc. (2001) the Vessel of the Holy Spirit of the Creator of the Universe.

Religious symbols have been borrowed across cultures and religious boundaries for centuries that they rarely mean same things to a variety of fanatical followers or worshippers of the plethora of religions and denominations in our present world. How do we penetrate centuries of historical distortions of the originals to define the pristine truths from nature and established by our Creator so that we can arrive at the most objective version that is egalitarian, humane and applicable in all cultures, time and clime for world peace? Or, put in another fashion, how can we be certain that the doctrines and dogmas we hold on to today were/are not merely fake theories from the past. In short, how do we sift truth from human beliefs, myths, legends and/or fables forged and fabricated by sages of old or demagogues whose objectives were merely manipulating the masses of their generation into reverencing and/or obeying them sheepishly? This is the task before all of us. It is the only way to arrive at ONE WORLD RELIGION.

      --Dr J. K. Danmbaezue, PG Student (1981) after the Rev Jones/Guyana Mass Religious Suicide.

The Igbo people have no name for the Giver of Life! All we have are appellations that describe the evident and superlative traits of this Consummate Spirit that created, creates and will still continue to create and sustain all the beings; visible and invisible, animate and inanimate, human or inhuman for ages in the future;

1.    Chi-na-eke: the ultimate spirit that creates

2.    Chi-ukwu:   the greatest spirit

3.    Obasi bi n-elu: the omnipotent that lives on high

4.    Ama-di-oha: the supreme husband of all

5.    Ogara-nya ngada-nga: the wealthiest of the rich

6.    Ugwu ana-ari-atu egwu: the highest mountain that is climbed with trepidation

7.    Ogbajiri igwe kpoo ya nku: He that breaks steel and calls it dry wood

8.    Utu na agba igwe: bacteria that eats up iron, i.e. potent ant that tears iron to shreds

9.    Ogbu onye mbosi ndu n’ato ya oto: he that snuffs life out the arrogant at the apex of egocentric pride.

In our culture, one can only give a name to what one owns, has authority over and can dispose of at will! It is not right to give any name to the Creator; we describe what he is and does; “Chi-na-eke”, meaning; “the divine spirit that creates” or “Chi-Ukwu”; the Ultimate Spirit! Those who use the label “God or gods” for the Creator; have never spelt it backwards. Try it now and be shocked at what you get. The Igbo could not, should not and cannot use a pejorative term or even an honourable one for their Creator!

---------Preface to RENASCENT IGBO RELIGION by Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, Animator of I S M

Is it not cynical that each nation had prayers said for its soldiers before each battle? Were they praying to the same God? Religion is politics, but many uninformed adherents are hoodwinked into believing that “God” is their President General. He was/is the supreme dictator and priests and imams were only human administrators. In the current craze for wealth engaged in by  fake pastors, evangelists and overseer, exploitation in religion wears different gowns; annual missionary collections, church/mosque levies, pilgrimages, compulsory offertory collections, harvest and bazaars. To date, centuries after some colonised nations have won pseudo-political independence; none is independent of religious domination by their religio-political masters. The wonder of it all it that the above-underlined scenario is what has been happening and will continue to happen in churches/mosques all over Africa “world without end! Amen!” The congregation is short-changed by their wry religious leaders who wine, dine and womanise while they go a-borrowing to take care of their children’s health, education and other familial duties unaided by any one!

--‘BEWARE OF PROSPERITY GOSPEL PREACHERS’- Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, Animator of I S M

“Freedom of Religion is the right of a person to form personal religious beliefs according to his or her own conscience and to give public expression to these beliefs in worship and teaching, restricted only by the requirements of public order. Religious liberty differs from toleration in that toleration presupposes preferential treatment of a particular creed by the state because it is an established church or, in some cases, is the predominant religion of the population. To achieve worldwide religious freedom may seem impossible or sound like a mirage, but not to this astute thinker, this writer who has been under its theocratic enslavement for half-a-century. 

His answer is worth experimenting with. Have you read 

·         THE KENEZIAN CREED, 

·         DR KENEZ LETTER TO EDUCATIONISTS, 

·         THE ENOCHIAN BEATITUDES,

·         THE PRINCIPLES OF KENEZIANISM,

·         THE KENEZIAN EPITAPH and finally

·         THE ANIMATOR’S INTERNATIONAL PRAYER? 

·         After you have meditated on their contents, the formula for how ONE WORLD RELIGION can materialise is crystal clear to all rational human beings. We must first of take stock of the numerical strength of the plethora of factions in the major world religions for now and evaluate how counter-productive the multiplicity of religious organisations has demoralised and scandalised the youth. A worldwide religious census is imperative!”

---Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, the Humble Vessel of the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator of the Universe.

Based on what historians have written on the emergence of religions, this author has observed that there is no semblance of religious freedom or independence in most communities and organisations all over the world. When one has to subscribe to the tenets a foreign religion, behave according to the doctrines and dogmas manufactured, labelled and patented outside one’s psycho-socio-cultural milieu, is such a person really independent? I know that there is only True God, the Almighty Creator of the entire universe, the greatest Designer, Architect and Engineer who embedded universal laws for the every being he has created. True worship of this Ultimate Reality is Obedience to all his Natural and Eternal Laws irrespective of place, time and clime surrounding each person’s birth, parentage and social status. Therefore, the only religion that we are born into is true adoration, thanksgiving, mutual respect and brother/sisterhood to all peoples. We must worship Him in the Spirit of Truth and Fraternal Love which his Holy Spirit dictates and infuses in our individual hearts.

Oh! that peace will reign among all the creatures of the Almighty Creator, I pray!

INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT is a universal spiritual fellowship for all natural scientists and rational human being who can decipher the truth despite centuries of deceit, subterfuge and indoctrinations. Equating Jesus to the Almighty Creator God contravenes the original commandments given to Patriarch Moses. Free yourself, my dear ones in the name of Jesus who said “You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free!” You are invited to positively criticise every sentence or proposition in all of this lengthy discourse, backed up with relevant Bible quotations as has been done here and correct or modify our errors provided you are very objective and can carry humanity along with you!

Send in your commentaries via agunabu1948@gmail.com;

Dr J. K. Danmbaezue,

YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013! YOU ARE WELCOME TO INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT; THE CRUSADERS FOR A LASTING GLOBAL PEACE.

Our mission is; “A global    peace   initiative   for conscientiously seeking ways of healing   the    world   of    xenophobia and/or religious bigotry and our  target is abrogating   all forms of racial   prejudices  and  halting current ethnic  cleansings by denouncing   religious   fanaticism  so  we  can  enthrone  a  lasting  global   peace   for our   global village" Your  wisdom in joining us will be better appreciated when you have gotten 100 members to become part of this Worldwide Peace Crusade. Your duty is to make our dissertations available to each new member and conduct weekly seminars where you all discuss the most efficient and effective ways of implementing our global objectives of having: ONE ALMIGHTY CREATOR, ONE CREATED UNIVERSE AND THEREFORE ONE HUMAN FAMILY. Send us their emails and passports for registration so we can come and inaugurate all of you as a community chapter. You will then be our Co-ordinator & Chairperson for that chapter.

My emails are; agunabu1948@gmail.com & saintkenez@yahoo.co.uk

Website: www.happyfamilynetwork.hpae.com or for a closer look at what we stand for;https://sites.google.com/site/integrationalspiritanmovement/home/mission-statement

MISSION STATEMENT OF INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT (ISM)

KENEZIANISM or ISM is founded on ONE ALMIGHTY CREATOR, ONE CREATED UNIVERSE AND THEREFORE, ONE HUMAN FAMILY that existentially translates into the discovery of all the natural and eternal laws in creation and full obedience to all of them by every human being as the panacea for a lasting world peace for humanity. In brief, Kenezians worship the Absolute Truth wherever it is found; on, below or above the earth! Tell, Live, Propagate and Die for the Truth! This principle and only this lifestyle guide the true sons and daughters of the Almighty Creator of the universe!

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STANDARD REPLY TO GOOGLE CIRCLE FRIENDS

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013! YOU ARE WELCOME TO INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT; THE CRUSADERS FOR A LASTING GLOBAL PEACE. 
Our mission is; “A global peace initiative for conscientiously seeking ways of healing the world of xenophobia and/or religious bigotry and our target is abrogating all forms of racial prejudices and halting current ethnic cleansings by denouncing religious fanaticism so we can enthrone a lasting global peace for our global village" Your wisdom in joining us will be better appreciated when you have gotten 100 members to become part of this Worldwide Peace Crusade. 
Your duty is SIMPLY to make our dissertations available to each new member and conduct weekly seminars where you all discuss the most efficient and effective ways of implementing our global objectives of having: ONE ALMIGHTY CREATOR, ONE CREATED UNIVERSE AND THEREFORE ONE HUMAN FAMILY. Send us their emails and passports for registration so we can come and inaugurate all of you as a community chapter. You will then be our Co-ordinator & Chairperson for that chapter. 

My emails are; agunabu1948@gmail.com & saintkenez@yahoo.co.uk 

Website: www.happyfamilynetwork.hpage.com or for a closer look at what we stand for;

https://sites.google.com/site/integrationalspiritanmovement/home/mission-statement

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QUOTE ME ANY DAY, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH WILL SET YOU WHOLLY FREE TO WORSHIP YOUR CREATOR IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, NOT IN DOGCTRINES AND DOGMAS MANUFACTURE AND PATENTED IN PAGAN ROME!