A sheep in wolf's clothing.
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Fortunately I have a screen shot of a smoking gun quote which illustrates the circular reasoning necessary in the use of stellar parallax to prove heliocentricity.
“If the earth moves around the Sun, then the apparent positions of the stars must change between January and June.”
This is an inductive rationalization of the premise of heliocentricity, not proof of it.
This article contains a smoking gun quote which demonstrates the circular nature of using stellar parallax to prove heliocentricity.
“If an astronomer measures the position of a nearby star, and then measures it again six months later”
The assumption that the earth is moving is made before the measurements are taken, it is not a conclusion which may be deduced.
See the Sermon The Flower Thereof Falleth
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
( Leviticus 19:18 )
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
( Romans 13:8 )
Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
( Matthew 22:36-40 )
This is an affirmation of the relationship between faith and works: If we love God hen we will love our neighbor.
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
( Deuteronomy 27:26 )
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
( James 1:25 )
We cannot keep the Law of Moses, but if we work to fulfill the Royal Law then we come under grace, which is the Perfect Law of Liberty.
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
( Job 22:6 )
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
( Matthew 6:15 )
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
(Acts 9:10-22) KJV
We can be in doubt and wondering about the way forward in God’s will. For some of us it feels like a maze. Our passage is an example of what it’s like when God answers prayer in a decisive way.
Continue reading “A Chosen Vessel”
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And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
(Acts 9:1) KJV
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James 1:19-27
The great thing about James is that it practically preaches itself.
Matty (Headwind) 