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hear of any increase in knowledge, even when there was evidence contrary
               to their medical training.


               Orthodox Christianity


               We need to look at something that might sound heretical to many at first.
               Could orthodox Christianity be cult-like?


               If the all the world doctrine (which is one fundamental doctrine that is be-
               lieved almost universally) is  wrong,  then  that belief is  cult-like. This is so
               even if Martin Luther confirmed what he was brought up to believe and in-
               troduced it into Protestantism,  and most have followed it since. This  one
               belief  is  the  source  of  a  conflict  which  undermines  faith,  but  it  is  said  to
               be what every Christian must believe, or he is not a Christian.


               The wrong doctrine is summed up in the generalized belief, "Jesus died to
               save the world."

               1. This belief is assumed from the following examples. John 3:16; 12:47;
               Mark 14:9; Matthew 24:14.


               COMMENT:  These are said to be  some of  the  best known and the best
               loved verses in Christendom, but if the "all" and "world" are taken wrongly,
               then  Rome  has  originated  the  greatest  fraud  of  all  time!  It  can  easily  be
               demonstrated from the Greek that the words “world” and “all” in these pas-
               sages refers to the “world of Israel” and “all of Israel” -- not the entire plan-
               et!


               The popular conception is that any  person becomes one  of  YEHOVAH’s
               people when that person becomes “saved”. This is NOT the way Scripture
               puts  it.  It  is  “his  People”  (Israel)  whom  the  Messiah  came  to  save,  who
               were originally his Father's people, but who were in a state of condemna-
               tion.


               2. Who was the Messiah to save from their sins? Matthew 1:21.

               3.  And who were “his people”? Luke 1:68.


               Comment:  Clearly  –  “his people” were YEHOVAH  God’s people Israel!
               These verses sum up something that is not believed by orthodox Christiani-
               ty.  Another  thing  that  is  not  believed  is  the  difference between  “all”  and
               “many”:


               4. What does Matthew say about the “many”? Verse 20:28.

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