Peace be unto you,

As the days go with the wind so does the transition to God. Brethren we get closer and closer. Change and time mean that all things will never be the same. The wicked will cease to trouble the righteous. This will be seen on this side and when our Precious Lord takes the hands of the righteous. The Pagans will soon glow with the wind Fire as bones and flesh will not BURN. Glory be to Peace and Paradise and all things Good. Good and righteous are those that see God.

Peace and Love, Carl Patton a willing servant of Almighty God writing for the FreedomJournal December 28, 2003 in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

CREMATION AND THE SPIRIT

PART 31: GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BODY AND SOUL

In the name of God master of the universe, Ruler of the earth

Greetings Brethren Praise be to God for another day. Thus we thank God our Father and we are grateful to God for His son our Savior Jesus Christ. We also come thanking God for the Holy Spirit.

As the blind and unwise question our report they surely question the power and might of God. The Book is clear and the record is intact. For the record God has not left out anything that is needed for our (knowledge) salvation. Thus we don't fret over lost Books nor do we believe that there is something absent from the Bible that is needed for us to adequately know God.

Meanwhile the CREMATORS reject the body in death as they claim to prepare the soul. How can the soul be righteous when you prepare the body in death for the Pagan practice of CREMATION? Here we will see where this Pagan practice comes from.

John was a Disciple of Jesus Christ. He also wrote the Gospel of John, 1st, 2nd. And 3rd John and Revelation. We will now turn to 3rd John; our primary verse is verse 2. However we advise the reader to read and digest the entire chapter of 14 verses.

3 John 1:2. "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."

John writes this epistle to Gaius a convert. John is pleased that Gaius walks in Truth. For the record this verse has no bearing on the distortion presented by the various Money Prosperity Preachers. This verse notes that John had received reports of the Spiritual Truth of Gaius. Therefore he also wished that God would bless him with physical prosperity to continue to carry out his Spiritual duties. Thus his soul was intact and this had been confirmed. However the physical state of his body was not as obvious.

To the CREMATORS and those confused. Can you have a righteous soul and believe in CREMATION? Is BURNING the dead walking in Truth? If so where do we find the BURNING of the Dead Truth in the Bible? Again we ask you to inquire of your Elders to show this in the Bible?

Meanwhile we (FreedomJourmal) wrote letters to the Elders of many Churches of Christ. However we have yet to receive any response regarding the Pagan practices of worshipping Images and the BURNING of the dead.

3 John 2:9. " I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them receiveth us not. "

Great harm has come to the Churches of Christ because of the sin of CREMATION. When no one speaks up the Church is placed in a great peril. In fact when the leaders embrace Satan (CREMATION and BURNING the dead is Satan) the Church is not the Lord's Church. The Lord's Church is not filled with sin among the Church leaders. The Lord's Church is Holy and filled with the Sprit of Truth.

So in this verse we see a wayward and sinful Church leader. This man was stubborn and filled with pride. Meanwhile when John wrote him he ignored the letter. During this time the thirst for power among Church leaders led to the great falling away and the development of the Church at Rome.

As Paul writes in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 this iniquity was already developing. Prior to the Church at Rome the Roman Empire embraced various Pagan and Heathen religions. They also ruled and were the conquers of the land, country and people that made up the Church of Christ the Jews and the Gentiles. However with the conversion of Constantine to Christianity all these things changed. This Roman ruler brought with him many of the Pagan and Heathen practices that had a part of the Roman culture to Christianity.

Therefore the Church at Rome (Catholic Church) was established on Paganism. This is the historical record and not a myth. Meanwhile the great falling away occurred noted by Paul which was the Dark Ages and the merger of Church and state.

So the record notes that Pagan practices and idol worship had a great prominence among the Church at Rome. Many of these practices also infected the Lord's Church and those that did not look to God and the Bible. We still see this today among the many people that believe in CREMATION.

Cont. Part 32: Notes on Burial Customs: Abraham

Peace and Love, Carl Patton writing for the FreedomJournal September 5, 2003 in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

About the Author

Peace be unto you.