11-19-2022-DEFINITION OF THE CROSS
"REMARKS"
HERE AT THE CHURCH AT TEXAS WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD CROSSES ON CHURCH PROPERTY AS I HAD KNOWN WHAT A CROSS WAS BUT, RECENTLY IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS A CROSS IS NOT ACTUALLY A CROSS BUT A STAKE ACCORDING TO THE GREEK DEFINITION AND SO I HAVE DECIDED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY BEFORE YAHWEH TO NOT ENDEAR THE CHURCH AT TEXAS TO PUT SOMETHING UP THAT ACCORDING TO THE GREEK IS NOT REALLY A CROSS BUT A STAKE WHICH IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A CROSS EMBLEM AND THEREFORE I MAY HAVE THROUGH IGNORANCE MADE THE CROSS AN IDOL AND HIGHLY ESTEEMED AS SOMETHING SPECIAL WHEN IN TRUTH IT ISN'T AND SHOULD NOT BE REVERED AS IT HAS IN CHURCH HISTORY OF RECENT TIMES.
STAUROS IS A GREEK WORD FOR A STAKE OR AN IMPLEMENT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT USES THE WORD STAUROS FOR THE INSTRUMENT OFJESUS CRUCIFIXION AND IS GENERALLY TRANSLATED CROSS IN CHRISTIAN CONTEXTS.
WE CONTINUE TO FIND TRUTHS THAT HAS BEEN COVERED UP BY THE IMAGINATIONS OF MEN AND THE TRADITIONS OF MEN AND THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN, AS IS OBVIOUS TODAY IN CHURCH COMMUNITIES.