I’ve been writing this blog for nearly 1 1/2 years now.
Why do I do it?

When I first began studying scripture in depth, I quickly came to the realization that the typical mainstream church doctrine does not match what I see in scripture.
I can certainly find bits and pieces of scripture that support the mainstream doctrine, but it requires too much other scripture to be untrue. It requires Yehova to change His mind about things, and scripture says Yehova does not change His mind. It requires some things Yeshua Messiah said to be null and void after His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension.
Is that possible? Can the things He said no longer be valid?
Not if we believe all scripture . There are too many blatant statements in scripture saying that the Word does not change, that God does not change, that God does not lie, that Messiah does not change, etc, etc…

I found anomalies and problems.
Instead of ignoring them, I started researching them.
The more I studied these ideas over the last 16 months, the more convinced I’ve become that mainstream doctrine is, in fact, incorrect. Actually, I should not have been surprised.  Jeremiah told us all about it.

Jeremiah 16:19-20
¹⁹ Adonai, my strength, my stronghold,
        my refuge in the day of affliction,
    to You will the nations come
        from the ends of the earth and say:
    “Our fathers have inherited nothing
        but lies, futility and useless things.”
²⁰ Will man make gods for himself?
    Yet they are not gods.

These two short verses are powerful and tragic.
Jeremiah says that at end times Gentiles will realize they have learned nothing but lies, inherited from their fathers, which makes it generational – not just a sign of the times.
Jeremiah says that man will make up non-existent gods.  Can a non-existent god grant salvation? Nope. This is serious.

Do you believe this scripture in Jeremiah to be true? Do you believe that Jeremiah spoke the inspired words of Yehova?

Jeremiah 1:4-9
⁴ The word of Adonai came to me, saying:
⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you,
    and before you were born, I set you apart—
    I appointed you prophet to the nations.”
⁶ Then I said, “Alas, Adonai Elohim!
    Look, I don’t know how to speak!
    For I’m still a boy!”
⁷ But Adonai answered me,
    “Do not say ‘I’m only a boy!’
    For to everyone I send you, you will go,
    and all I command you, you will speak.
⁸ Do not be afraid of them!
    For I am with you to deliver you.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.
⁹ Then Adonai stretched out His hand and touched my mouth and Adonai said to me,
“Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.”

We don’t have to wonder about the validity of these statements.
God Himself says that He placed His words into Jeremiah’s mouth.
If Jeremiah said that the Gentiles will have learned nothing but lies, we have to take it seriously.
If Jeremiah said that the Gentiles will have made up their own gods who are not gods, we have to take it seriously.
Not only should we believe it is possible for these things to be true, we have to proceed KNOWING that it is true, because it is the Word of Yehova put into Jeremiah’s mouth.

If we believe these things to be true, then we have to evaluate mainstream church doctrine. We need to find out if mainstream doctrine is the worthless and unprofitable lies that Jeremiah is referring to.
It is a messy, thankless task.
But it is important. It is eternally important.

This idea causes me a great deal of concern, as it should.
I care about others who have not studied these things in detail.
I care about family, friends, total strangers, the whole world, really.
That is why I spend valuable time researching, studying, praying about, and writing these blog entries.
If only one person engages and learns from this, then it will be well worth it.

I have an app on my phone that tells me when someone has unfriended or blocked me on Facebook.
It is interesting to see how many times I get unfriended or blocked after a particular blog post. I get to see which articles strike a nerve, and not in a good way.

Please understand this…
I write these articles to help.
I study the warnings given in scripture, and I try to share those warnings with anyone who will listen.
I share these warnings with love, not criticism.
I do not sugar-coat my findings.
I do not point out the warnings, and then say, “Everything is going to be just fine.”
Everything is not going to be just fine if you don’t understand the whole of scripture.

Luke 6:46-49 [Warning from Messiah]
⁴⁶ “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord’ and do not do what I say? ⁴⁷ Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you what he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the torrent burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.
⁴⁹ “But the one who hears yet does not do is like a man who built a house upon land without a foundation. When the torrent burst against it, immediately it collapsed—and the destruction of that house was great!”