Re: In the name of Jesus

Matrix Maven,

This was not done in the name of Jesus, it was done in the name of "CHRISTIANITY"!

Do you not know the name of Paul's devotion to Jesus ("the way")?

SAUL persecuted all who were devoted to Jesus (members of "the way").

Acts 9:2
"so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem".

.....(SAUL persecuted "THE WAY").

Acts 18:25
"He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, [even] though he knew only the baptism of John".

"The way" is not built on the baptism OF JOHN (with H2O), it is built around the baptism/consecration performed by God's spirit (Acts 1:5, John 7:38, 1 John 5:6) so that we "neither thirst" (Revelation 7:16).

Acts 19:9
"but when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation,...".

Acts 19:23
"About that time there arose no little stir concerning the Way".

Acts 24:14
"But this I admit to you, that according to the Way,...".

Acts 24:22
"But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way,...".

Acts 25:3
"asking as a favor to have the man sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill them...".

...yes, SAUL killed followers of THE WAY, but when SAUL became PAUL, he had a devotion to Jesus because he joined THE WAY,...NOT "Christianity" (Christianity is THE CHURCH OF MAN).

It was for partisan bickering and political acceptance (secularism) that some (including Peter....the one who denied Jesus 3 times and did other worldly deeds,....me myself am not a "Peter") copped out to the secular name of "Christianity".

Acts 11:26
"and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians".

John 14:6
Jesus said..."I am THE WAY...".

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