JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 🧵

Many Christians treat the Old Testament as background information, important, but not essential to knowing Christ. Yet Jesus Himself completely disagreed with that approach. After His resurrection, on the road to Emmaus, He rebuked His disciples for being slow to believe “all that the prophets have spoken” and then, “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself” (Luke 24:25-27).

According to Jesus, the Old Testament is not simply Jewish history, it is His story. Every shadow, every prophecy, every covenant, every festival, and every sacrifice points to Him. If we miss this, we miss the heart of Scripture itself. JESUS IN CREATION AND THE FALL

In Genesis 1, Christ is not yet named, but He is there. John 1:1-3 reveals that the Word who was with God and was God is the One through whom all things were made. Colossians 1:16-17 says the same, Christ is the Creator and sustainer.

In Genesis 3, after Adam and Eve fell, the first promise of the gospel is given in verse 15, the seed of the woman would crush the serpent’s head. That is the first direct prophecy of Jesus. He would be born of a woman, without a human father, and destroy Satan’s power through His death and resurrection.

Even the garments God made for Adam and Eve from animal skins (Genesis 3:21) foreshadow the covering of righteousness that would come through Christ’s sacrifice.

“He Will Baptize You with the Holy Spirit and Fire”
What Did John the Baptist Mean? 🧵

It is one of the most quoted lines in pentecostal/charismatic circles. But also one of the most misunderstood.

John the Baptist said in Matthew 3:11: “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

What did John mean by this? Was he speaking of two baptisms? One for power and one for judgment? Was he referring to Pentecost or something else? And who exactly was he speaking to?

Let’s walk through it slowly. The Audience: To Whom Was John Speaking?

John the Baptist was not addressing a group of Spirit-filled believers. He was speaking to Israel. Specifically, Matthew 3 shows that he was addressing both the crowds coming to be baptized for repentance, and the Pharisees and Sadducees who came out to observe him.

In verse 7, John turns to the religious leaders and says, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”

So the context is not empowerment but warning. He is preparing Israel for judgment. He is announcing the arrival of the Messiah. And he is telling them that this Messiah will separate the true from the false.

So already, this statement is not a soft word of encouragement... it is a dividing line.

🧵 Is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit a Separate Event?

Many charismatic and Pentecostal churches teach that Christians must seek a second experience called “the baptism of the Holy Spirit” often evidenced by tongues, falling, shaking, or fire.

But is this biblical? Let’s walk through it with Scripture and clarity. What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?

In 1 Corinthians 12:13, Paul says: “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.”

This is not a second event. This is salvation. At the moment a person is born again, they are baptized into Christ by the Spirit and become part of the body of Christ.

Every true believer has already been baptized by the Spirit. There are no second-class Christians waiting for a “next level.”

The Anointing - What it Is and What Its Not 🧵

The anointing is one of the most misunderstood concepts in modern Christianity, especially in Pentecostal and Charismatic circles. Today, it is portrayed as some mystical force, a spiritual electricity that knocks people to the ground, induces convulsions, causes fits of hysterical laughter, or manifests in bizarre, uncontrollable behaviour. Yet, nowhere in Scripture do we see the anointing displayed in this way.

Even more dangerous is the belief that the anointing is a physical sensation, a tingling feeling, goosebumps, or an emotional high. But feelings and emotions are not the measure of God’s power. Even unbelievers experience adrenaline rushes, and demonic spirits can counterfeit spiritual experiences (2 Corinthians 11:14). Many preachers today manipulate crowds with emotionalism and psychological tactics and then claim it as evidence of the anointing. But what does the Bible actually say? The Biblical Meaning of the Anointing

The word anoint simply means to smear or rub with oil. In Old Testament times, people, animals, and objects were literally anointed with oil for various purposes:

Sheep were anointed to protect them from pests.

Shields were anointed to prevent them from cracking (Isaiah 21:5).

Kings were anointed to rule (1 Samuel 16:13).

Priests were anointed for service (Exodus 29:7).

Prophets were anointed to proclaim God’s Word (1 Kings 19:16).

Even pagan kings like Cyrus were called God’s anointed (Isaiah 45:1).

The anointing was never about supernatural power but God’s appointment for a specific task. Those whom God appointed, He anointed.

DID ROME GIVE US THE BIBLE? 🧵

One of the boldest lies ever told is that the Roman Church gave the world the Bible. But truth doesn’t bow to tradition, and history doesn’t forget the blood-stained hands that once tried to keep that very Bible locked away in a language the people could not read.

Let’s trace the real story not Rome’s revision of it. First, the Old Testament.

Long before Peter ever stepped into Rome, the Hebrew Scriptures were already written, copied, and preserved by the Jews. By the time of Jesus, the Old Testament was complete and recognized. Jesus quoted from the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings as authoritative Scripture. He never said Rome gave them. He said, “It is written.”

The Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament was completed by Jewish scholars in Alexandria around 250 BC, not by any pope or council, but by those faithful to the covenant. The early church inherited this, not from Rome, but from the Jews.

HOW ROME CORRUPTED CHRISTIANITY

No man wakes up one morning and becomes a heretic. It begins with a glance away from Scripture, a small compromise, a tradition elevated, a silence tolerated. And slowly, the plumb line is lost. This is the story of the Roman Church. Not a fall in a day but a slow, deliberate replacement of truth with manmade religion.

Let us walk through the cold trail of history and see how the Roman Church took what was pure and turned it into something unrecognisable, not by denying the truth, but by covering it in tradition, power, and theological fog. One doctrine at a time. THE EXALTATION OF MARY

In the early centuries, Mary was honoured as the mother of Christ. But honour became obsession. The idea of Mary’s perpetual virginity arose in the second century, but it was not universally accepted. By the time of Ambrose and Jerome in the fourth century, it was being defended as orthodoxy.

In 431 AD, the Council of Ephesus declared Mary Theotokos (God-bearer). While this was meant to affirm Christ’s divinity, Rome hijacked it to elevate Mary. Slowly, she was no longer just the humble servant of God. She was being called Queen of Heaven.

By the Middle Ages, prayers to Mary were common. Pope Leo X approved the Ave Maria as liturgy in the early 1500s. In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared the Immaculate Conception of Mary (that she was conceived without sin). In 1950, Pope Pius XII added the Assumption of Mary into heaven. None of these are found in Scripture. Not one.

What began as respect turned into idolatry. She was made co-redemptrix, mediatrix, advocate. But Paul said “there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). Rome ignored this and gave her a throne beside the Son of God.

Who Gave Us the Bible? - A Thread 🧵

You’ve heard the claim—usually spoken with misplaced confidence:

“You Protestants wouldn’t even have a Bible if it weren’t for Rome.”

It sounds persuasive... until you actually open a Bible—or a history book.

Let’s set the record straight.

Let’s walk through the facts, the Scriptures, and the historical record.

And let’s shatter this myth—once and for all. 👇 No, Rome did not give us the Bible.

God gave us the Bible.

“All Scripture is breathed out by God…” — 2 Timothy 3:16

The Bible was inspired by the Holy Spirit, written by prophets and apostles, and recognized by the people of God long before Rome ever held a council.

The Evolution of Roman Catholic Dogmas vs. the Unchanging Word of God - A Thread 🧵

The Roman Church claims to be the Church—built on Peter, sustained by apostolic succession, and entrusted with infallible truth. But history tells a different story.

What we see is not continuity with Christ and His apostles—but corruption, contradiction, and creeping inventions.

Let’s walk through it—doctrine by doctrine—and test Rome’s claims by the infallible standard of God’s Word. FOUNDATION OR FICTION?

Rome says its authority rests on Peter as the "rock" (Matthew 16:18), and thus the pope is Christ’s vicar.

But Scripture teaches that the Church’s only foundation is Christ:

“For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” — 1 Corinthians 3:11

Peter himself calls Jesus the cornerstone (1 Peter 2:6) and never refers to himself as a pope. Paul rebukes Peter (Galatians 2:11–14), proving that no apostle was infallible.

The Church is built on Christ and the teaching of all apostles, not on a single man.

The Roman Add-ons to the Gospel 🧵

Rome doesn’t deny the gospel.

It buries it.

Here are 7 major Roman Catholic add-ons to the gospel of Jesus Christ — each one distorting the truth and replacing grace with bondage.

Let’s walk through each — with Scripture and history. 1. Justification: Once for All, or a Lifelong Process?

Rome’s teaching:
Justification is infused at baptism and then must be preserved and increased through works, sacraments, penance, and cooperation with grace.

🔹 Council of Trent, Session 6, Canon 24 (1547):

"If anyone says that the justice received is not preserved and also increased before God through good works... let him be anathema."

Rome turns justification into a moral transformation plus continual effort. It's never final.

Biblical teaching:
Justification is a legal declaration, by which God counts the believer righteous through faith alone, based on the finished work of Christ.

“We hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” —Romans 3:28

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God.” —Romans 5:1

🟥 Justification is not a process, it’s a status granted instantly and permanently through faith. Sanctification follows it — it doesn’t maintain or secure it.