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Please make posts about the subject of this thread.

Use scripture, and knock off the inflammatory comments, or you will be removed from the thread.


Thank you,


JLB
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Please make posts about the subject of this thread.

Use scripture, and knock off the inflammatory comments, or you will be removed from the thread.


Thank you,


JLB
Yes, and thank you.

A good rule and reminder to be spoken upon all posted personal comments. Correct?

Regards.
 
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A good rule and reminder to be spoken upon all posted personal comments. Correct?

Regards.
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1.3: Use self control and focus on reconciliation when discussing differences. Address the issue, not the person. Do not make derogatory personal remarks or you will be removed from the thread.
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Yes, excellent. Thanks so much.
 
Dear Fellow Christians,

SUBSTANCE OF FAITH NOT SEEN:

The Faith, which allows you to see, is given to you when God gives you the Faith to believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to the Scriptures. It is a GIFT from God to men. Without this Faith, one cannot be born again.

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Once, you have received this Faith, you can begin to look for the evidence of things not seen as Hebrews 11:1 shows.

Hbr 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Notice that Faith is Substance and Evidence. Once you have been born Spiritually doesn't mean that you must accept everything else in Scripture, by Blind Faith, since it is now possible for you to look for the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, before you were made alive Spiritually.

That's what we must do, and it is really thrilling to discover the evidence of God, which I call PROOF of God, since it is PROOF to me. By Faith. I have also noticed that it's NOT evidence to Unbelievers and Pretenders, as they blaspheme God's Holy Word as myth, allegory, and fiction.

Also, another good example is one of the poster here (see above) who believes that faith is Just an intense idea -
Quote: "faith does not equal information, no matter how intense the idea is."

Those who don't look for God's Truth will never find it, especially, our Pretenders.


God bless
 
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This has never tripped me up. We get stuck on so many things and were going to say we know exactly who Christ is? It is written "let us". And said many times Christ seated at the right hand of the Father. Or the "angel" host of Gods army that let him worship Him...you never worship angels. So much more to this. Yet He is God yet is three.

God... someone something we can't even begin to comprehend. Who was who is who always shall be. For me anyone tht does not believe Jesus is God.. so what? Do you believe He came in the flesh died on the cross for the worlds sin was buried rose the 3rd day and is the only way to the Father.. THATS what matters. This is how I personally see and understand.

Its like I found this book you ask "ooh what's it about?" I say "here you read it". Again do you know Him as lord and savior? Knowing Him as God will that save any one? So we look at all this through a clouded glass.
 
This has never tripped me up. We get stuck on so many things and were going to say we know exactly who Christ is? It is written "let us". And said many times Christ seated at the right hand of the Father. Or the "angel" host of Gods army that let him worship Him...you never worship angels. So much more to this. Yet He is God yet is three.

God... someone something we can't even begin to comprehend. Who was who is who always shall be. For me anyone tht does not believe Jesus is God.. so what? Do you believe He came in the flesh died on the cross for the worlds sin was buried rose the 3rd day and is the only way to the Father.. THATS what matters. This is how I personally see and understand.

Its like I found this book you ask "ooh what's it about?" I say "here you read it". Again do you know Him as lord and savior? Knowing Him as God will that save any one? So we look at all this through a clouded glass.
We are to know the mind of Christ and who He is as not only the second person of the Godhead (Trinity) but to also have a personal relationship with Him knowing He is the "I Am" as we seek the deeper Spiritual things of Christ. We are saved by God's free gift of grace through faith in Christ Jesus. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God as we matured into Spiritual understanding.

1Cor 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
1Cor 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
1Cor 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1Cor 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Cor 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Cor 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Cor 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Cor 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1Cor 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
 
Jesus said just the opposite!


Remember to post scripture and not JW cartoons from an affiliate website. Please provide a link to your source.


Make sure to use an authorized version of the Bible.



Here’s an example of posting scripture to make a point.



  • Point: Jesus Christ is Lord; YHWH the Lord God.


My Scriptures —


Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.
Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. John :58-59


  • Then they took up stones to throw at Him;


Why did these Jews take up stones to throw at Him, for saying He was I AM ?


This is a reference to Exodus 3:14-15.


And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’ Exodus 3:14-15



Jesus claimed that He is I AM. The Jews who heard Him say this picked up stones to stone Him to death for blasphemy, because He Himself claimed to be the Lord God; the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.


again

I and My Father are one.
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?
The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” John 10:30-33





And whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:16






JLB
 
Normal Bible REMOVE God's Name, replacing it with "Lord".
I think YOU know the penalty for that!

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MadJW,

The word, "Jehovah", never appears in the Greek NT. I read NT Greek and have taught it. However, what has the New World Translation of the JWs done? It has added the word "Jehovah" 237 times. You obviously know what the penalty is for that.

In the OT, the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) - translated as Yahweh or Jehovah - appears 7,000 times. However, in the 5,000 Greek NT manuscripts that have been found, not one of them includes "Jehovah".

They include theos (God), kurios (Lord), iesous (Jesus) and christos (Christ) but never jehovah.

Who is being honest with the evidence?

Oz
 
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