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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God The doctrine of the Triune God has had an amazing history. Convinced that this doctrine is a Christian doctrine that did and could originate only from divine revelation. I start the study from the authentic record of divine revelation that is found in the sacred writings of the ... To study the gradual transition from an unformulated Biblical witness to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we look first to the Eastern Church where most of this development took place. The Apostolic Fathers were witnesses to the Biblical data and the traditional faith rather than theologians, but they furnished useful insights into the lines along which the Church's unconscious ... The Apologists were, in a sense, the Church's first theologians: the first to attempt a sketch of trinitarian doctrine and an intellectually satisfying explanation of Christ's relation to God the Father. To set forth the truths handed down to them from the Apostles they used the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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Will any religion get me to heaven as long as I am Sincere? church, is that of Saul of Tarsus. Saul had even participated in the murder of the first Christian martyr, Stephen (Acts 7: 58). He "made havoc of the church ... and haling (dragging) men and women committed them to prison" Acts 8: 3. It is even reported further that "Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desiring of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem" Acts 9: 1,2. So here is a man who is religious about persecuting the way of Christ, believing Jesus to be an imposter. Yet, though misguided, he said, "I have lived in all good conscience before God until ... On learning of their sin, they were (as the Bible says) "pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?"' (verse 37). They now realized that they were guilty before the Lord God. And as ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-sincerity-alone.htm

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Attending church for the wrong reasons! Attending church for the wrong reasons! Click to View Excuses why people won't attend weekly! Following Jesus For Wrong Reasons We will now focus our attention on people who thought they were saved, but Jesus stated they were lost. Everywhere the Lord went, thousands followed Him. In John 6 we read the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 who were following Him for the wrong ... of God. The end of this story is found in v66, "As a result of His words, many of Jesus disciples withdrew, and were not walking with him any more." 5000 left Jesus. Only about twelve remained. Today, if a minister caused a similar drop in church attendance, he would be fired on the spot. Yet Jesus deliberately repelled the 5000 because they were following Him for the wrong reasons. Unlike many religious ... It works every time ... except on Jesus. One man actually used the death of his father as an excuse to put off becoming a Christian. Luke 9:59 says, "Jesus said to another, 'Follow Me,' but the man replied, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance-wrong-reasons.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Apostolic Fathers Catechism Class for Catholics ... ... fathers used the "Tradition of the Church" and creeds to interpret Scripture, then they must also conclude that the Fathers did a lousy job of applying tradition to Scripture. These sola Scriptura Protestants are trapped in a major dilemma." Answer: Foremost, while scripture clearly teaches baptism for the remission of sins, none of the other doctrines mentioned above can be traced back to the apostles, but are clearly man made doctrines that had their origin no earlier than 150 - 400 AD. (click for proof these doctrines are not in the Bible: Transubstantiation (real presence in eucharist), the Mass as a necessary sacrifice, apostolic succession of bishops, the papacy, all the nuances of Mariolatry etc.) Having said this, the Catholic/Orthodox argument still only defeats pseudo-sola Scriptura (Calvinists, Reformed, Protestants, Lutherans) and not us. (true sola Scriptura) Pseudo-sola Scriptura teaches that the early creeds and councils are to be followed today as a "rule of faith". ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-catechism-class-for-catholics-and-orthodox.htm

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Psychiatry wants to replace Christianity and the church for guidance ... Psychiatry provides: 1. a source of wrong answers opposed to the Bible 2. promises of false hope and happiness 3. solutions that don't work Click to View Click to View Psychiatry is a vicious enemy of Christianity and the Bible. Psychiatry is Anti-Christian Psychiatry is Atheistic Psychiatry is Humanistic Introduction: Psychiatry has positioned itself to function as a replacement to the church and Christianity. Psychiatry is not content to share the "turf" with Christianity, it seeks to compete with, replace and obsolete the idea of looking to God for guidance and solutions for life's problems. Psychology is actually a religion where ... For example, since most psychiatrists are atheists who reject the existence of the soul or spirit and believe man is a pile of chemicals, they treat you with drugs. When they do council you, they view your religious faith as an impediment to good mental health. Name of their religion and philosophy is humanism, atheism and evolutionary Darwinian. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-religion-priests.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... To "see face to face," likewise a metaphor, simply means having the lack of clarity due to limited revelation removed. The full-orbed revelation of God having been given, the church is able to see clearly and distinctly the whole ... Beyond this, love is said to be the greatest of these in that it will continue on into eternity. The same is not true with faith and hope. When Christ returns, faith in Christ is replaced with seeing Christ, while hope in the promises of God is replaced by the realization of those promises. Thus, 13:13 ... V8-13 Then Paul referred to the three gifts of prophecies, tongues, and knowledge (again obviously representing all spiritual gifts) and contrasted them with the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love (vs. 8-13). i. This ... Prophecy, service, teaching, exhorting, giving, leading mercy v6-8 God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-1Cor13-8-13.htm

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Christians Should Be Different! Peter neatly summed Christian characteristics in 2 Peter 1:5-8, saying: "And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to ... Modern life has many aspects. Let's examine, briefly, a few Christian attitudes and actions typical in every aspect. In matters of religion Christians hear neither inner voices of instruction, nor the teachings of men; they listen well, however, to the voice of God, the Holy Bible. I Cor. 2:12, 13 teaches: "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we ... Thus, Christians can have no creed but that of Christ as revealed by the Bible: Jesus prayed, soon before His execution (John 17:17-21), that all of His followers would teach the same thing so that, ... Thus, fornication, or adultery, is the only cause for divorce satisfactory to God. Paul instructed Jesus' followers regarding family relationships as follows: "Therefore, as the church is subject unto ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-christians-different.htm

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Lesson 22: Only The Saved Are In The Lord's Church ... The qualifications of elders who are to oversee each congregation of the Lord's church are given in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and in Titus 1:3-9. Is the church you belong to overseen by a plurality of elders? If not, why not? Or is your church overseen by the preacher? If it is to be the Lord's church and has men who qualify, each congregation is to be overseen by a plurality of elders. If we really accept the Bible as our only authority, we will want to worship God only as He has specified. We must reject human traditions and doctrines such as creed books, catechisms, manuals, articles of faith, confessions of faith, the book of Mormon, the Koran, constitutions, disciplines and other guidelines which men have written, all of which produce new and differing religious doctrines. We are warned in Colossians 2:8, "Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ." It would ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-22-only-church-saved.htm

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Photogallery: Pentecostal Fake Miracles and Trinkets page Pentecostal Fake Miracles & Trinkets Faith Nail Catholic Miracle Metal Anointing Oil Prayer Candle Paper Prayer Rugs Prayer cloths Prayer Fleece Prayer Cloud Tap Root under City of Faith Prodigal Ring and Robe Widow's Mite Blessed coins Burlap Connected Crosses Cornmeal Miracle Packet Miracle Picture Bequests writing service (Miami Times Satire of TV faith healers: 1982) My Fellow Christian: As ... Looking upon the Blessed Virgin, 1 flung myself toward her, and falling upon my knees ... I rested my hands in her lap.... "My child, (she said) the good God wishes to charge you with a mission.... ... Beneath the cross we find the letter M, because to the end Mary stood beneath the cross of Christ. The twelve stars refer to the Apostles, the first messengers of Christ's salvation; or perhaps to the ... The names of Promoters are kept before Mary's gaze by being placed at the altar of Mary's Central Shrine. Religious premiums are given to our "Devoted Workers" when ten or more Members are enrolled at ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-photogallery-pentecostal-trinkets.htm

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Book of Mormon Witnesses all later DENIED its truthfulness! ... And we give our names unto the world, to witness unto the world that which we have seen. And we lie not, God bearing witness of it. Click to View Signed: Christian Whitmer & Hiram Page & Jacob Whitmer & Joseph Smith, Sen. Peter ... History of the Church, Vol 3, p232 Brigham Young said, "Some of the Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, who handled the plates and conversed with the angels of God, were afterwards left to doubt and to disbelieve that they had ever seen an angel." (Journal of Discourses, Vol 7, page 164, 1859, Brigham Young.) All three witnesses were eventually excommunicated from the Mormon church. Two of the three witnesses who were excommunicated from the Mormon church later returned to the church after denying their testimony. Imagine if any one of the apostles denied their witness that Jesus rose from the dead, were kicked out of the early church, then returned again. Their testimony would be of no value. Remember that all three denied the Mormon faith at one point, and one ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-witness-book.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the church by the Holy Spirit ... The Holy Spirit gave us the Bible and we can understand it as any other book. Why can we understand newspapers, but not the Bible without the Holy Spirit? This false doctrine makes God incapable of writing to be understood, while men can be ... The only Divine evidence to us of what was primitive is the witness and voice of the Church at this hour." (Henry Edward Manning, The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost: Or Reason and Revelation, 1865, p 227-228) The position of the Orthodox Church on the matter is clear: the tradition of the Apostles ... Obviously this does not mean that the Christian cannot study Scripture alone. It means that he should not study Scripture individualistically, in isolation from the communion of saints-past and present. Individual private judgment, however, does not replace the corporate judgment of the covenant community. The creeds of the Church are the authoritative confessions of the communion of saints as the covenantal body of Christ." (The Shape Of Sola ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-church.htm

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Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice: Template for book of Revelation Template for the Book of Revelation Song 6 Song 7 Introduction: 1. Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice was the pre-Christian, first century songbook used in every Jewish synagogue and was as well known as "Jesus loves me" in the church today. a. Also known as "The Angelic Liturgy", it is a collection of 13 songs, sung responsively, every ... as a whole." (Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, critical edition, Carol Newsom, p6, 1985 AD) c. "The songs contain angelic praises of God assigned to the first thirteen sabbaths, i.e. the first quarter, of the solar year. ... chief princes in the sixth song, with a mid-cycle climax of hypnotic sevenfold praises in the seventh song followed by the praises of the seven angelic priesthoods and the seven deputy princes in the eighth song, and ... and holy quality, the intersection of the "internal" repetition of the number seven in the text with the "external" occurrence of the seventh Sabbath would have produced an intense effect on the religious emotions. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-Songs-of-Sabbath-Sacrifice-Angelic-Liturgy-dss-dead-sea-scrolls-Ezekiel-Revelation-70AD-destruction-Jerusalem-prototype-150bc

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reincarnation and the Bible The subject of reincarnation has puzzled and intrigued many people down through the years. In American society, there is a growing trend to accept this philosophy and religious belief. In this article, we will carefully examine some of the main points about reincarnation and whether or not this belief system is ... It no longer goes into another flesh."14 The early Christians opposed the teaching of reincarnation that the Gnostics espoused. Notice some examples from early Christian writings about this matter: Souls neither see God nor transmigrate into other bodies. For if they did, they would know why they were punished, and ... In this place, it does not seem to me that by the name "Elijah," the soul is being spoken of. Otherwise, I would fall into the doctrine of transmigration, which is foreign to the church of God. It is not handed down by the apostles, nor is it set forth in the Scriptures anywhere. (Origen (c. 245), referring to John the baptist The early Christians, who ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-reincarnation-a-christian-analysis-of-reincarnation-in-contemporary-american-society-mark-tabata.htm

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Can Ordinary People Understand The Bible? After the church had been established, this expectation and requirement for uniform understanding of the doctrine of Christ was voiced by the apostle, Paul, as he addressed the Christians of the church at Corinth: I Corinthians "Now I beseech you, brethren, ... There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." In practice, there were few misunderstandings of God's teachings by the early Christians; the churches of the first century were united in spirit and in teaching, just as Jesus had intended. It is difficult to believe, logically, that just anything goes in the Christian religion. ... This is a very convenient, but obviously false doctrine, for God is not a respecter of persons, but accepts those who obey His will. Study Acts 10:34. Were God's words not clear enough for understanding, God would be the author of confusion, of religious ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-understand-common-man.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Hippolytus Not according to our own will, nor according to our own mind, nor yet as using violently those things which are given by God, but even as He has chosen to teach them by the Holy Scriptures, so let us discern them." (Hippolytus, Against ... And this (paschal sacrifice, in its efficacy,) has spread unto the Gentiles, and is discerned by faith, and not now observed in letter (merely). They attend to this one commandment, and do not look unto what has been spoken by the apostle: "For I testify to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to keep the whole law." In other respects, however, these consent to all the traditions delivered to the Church by the Apostles. (Hippolytus. Refutation of All Heresies, book 8, ch 11, The Quartodecimans). ... So, contrary to scripture and tradition, they eventually outlawed Quartodeciman view with the Nicene creed. Hippolytus implies that the Quartodecimans keep all other "apostolic tradition", except for rejecting how to properly calculate ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hippolytus.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... ... Baur declares it impossible that any writer of so early an age could have uttered such high episcopal notions as appear in the so-called Ignatian Epistles." (Henry C. Sheldon, History of the Christian Church, Vol 1, p 147) B. Roman Catholics and Orthodox love to quote Ignatius because he is the first writer who documents the unbiblical concept of one bishop over a body of elders ... This is evident from the following passage from Titus 1:5-7." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 156) "There is one writer from the second century, however, who did not employ bishop and presbyter as interchangeable terms: St. Ignatios of Antioch. In his Letters, St. Ignatios makes it clear that in a given local Church, there is one bishop, a council of presbyters, and the deacons: "All of you follow the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed the Father, and the presbytery as the Apostles; respect the deacons as the ordinance of God" (Smyrnaeans ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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Diocletian's destruction and Constantine's production of scripture Diocletian's destruction & Constantine's production of scripture A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that ... It also forced the Christians to meditate on the subject of which books were most sacred and inspired. So with the solders knocking at the door and the Christian inside, as Everet puts it: "for the most part they knew what books the soldiers were ... And one cried out and testified with a loud voice to his refusal to sacrifice, and another that he was a Christian, glorying in the confession of the saving name; another maintained firmly that he had never sacrificed and never would sacrifice. ... The first of these was an edict of Diocletian on February 23, 303, to promote religious uniformity. This edict, which remained in effect until 313, led to the persecution of the church and called for the burning of its sacred writings. Diocletian ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-diocletians-destruction-constantines-production-scripture.htm

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Apostate church organization: From 606 AD to the present time ... Click to View Learn from the Bible Blueprint, how the church was organized by the apostles! Click to View Find a local congregation of the New Testament church that is organized exactly as the Bible says Click to View John Paul II Catholic, Bishop ... to but a shadow by the Mohammedan [Muslims, Islam] conquests." (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church) In this way, the devil created the political environment for the great split of 1054 AD by removing all other authorities, except these two. ... The Eastern Greek Orthodox church organization today: Click to View Orthodox organization today Click to View Organization and Hierarchy of Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, centered at Constantinople Orthodox Creed Orthodox Catechism Orthodox ... The Old Testament has a period immediately following entering the promised land, where there was no king. Then they demanded a King which made God angry. God took away their king saying, "I gave you a king in My anger, and took him away in My ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-606AD-today.htm

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Official creed of Awana Clubs International (A.W.A.N.A.) We believe that He was crucified, shed His blood, died to pay the penalty for our sins and was raised bodily from the dead on the third day. Forty days later He ascended to the Father's right hand where He is Head of the Church and intercedes for believers. From there He is coming again personally, bodily and visibly ... We believe that all men are morally corrupt, and of themselves utterly unable to remedy their lost condition. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 1:18, 3:23, 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12) SALVATION We believe that salvation is a gift of God and is received by man through personal faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for sin. We believe that man is justified by grace ... But both of which are an evidence of obedience and fellowship with the Lord. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38, 41, 8:12, 35-38; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29) THE CHRISTIAN LIFE We believe that a Christian should walk in holiness and not after the flesh, with the goal of being conformed to the image of our Lord ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Awana.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The Heretics even quoted scripture! ... Here we see as late as 350 AD, the church realized that the word of God, not tradition, was the source of how to "understand the things of God". But now let us continue our reading of this Scripture, to shew how the consistency of truth is unaffected by these dishonest objections. (Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, Book 5, 9) Click to View Contrary to the claims of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, even after the Nicene creed, the church still used scripture as the primary force against the ... For only so can we check that licence of arbitrary interpretation whereby these bold traducers of the faith would even venture to cavil [raise trivial objections] at the Lord's solemn self-revelation." (Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, Book 7, ... Yet Orthodox and Catholic defenders think they are better skilled at writing religious literature than God! For only in their writings can man understand truth! "And it is obvious that these dissensions concerning the faith result from a distorted ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-heretics-used-scripture.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet ... Their professions, their prayers and their exhortations are an abomination in the sight of GOD." Spiritual Gifts Vol 1-p. 189. White blames her failed prophecy on the members of the Seventh-day Adventist church! "Thus the work was hindered, and the world was left in darkness. Had the whole Adventist body united upon the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, how widely different would have been our history." SELECTED ... She said further that those who reject her interpretation of the "third angel's message" were "fighting against God" and "they offered up their useless prayer to the apartment which Jesus (Yeshua) has left, and Satan, pleased with the deception, assumes a religious character, and ... Soon-none know how soon-it will pass to the cases of the living" (p. 556). At this point I wish to quote from another notable S.D.A. writer, L.H. Christian, in his book, 'Facing the Crisis', published in 1937 by the 'Review and Herald', that elaborated upon Mrs. White's statement. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-prophecy-blunders.htm

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Official Creed of the American Baptist Association This event will include the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter into the heaven age (John 14:1-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8). We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, ... We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt. 16:27; Matt. 25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Rev. 22:12). We believe that Jesus Christ established His church during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-american-baptist-association.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers viewed oral tradition as a duplicate of ... ... utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute", Luke 21:12-15 is proves that oral tradition was the norm for the first 20 years of the church. The "with many other words" in Acts 2:40 represent inspired oral traditions that are lost forever. ... If, then, these things are so, it is in the same degree manifest that all doctrine which agrees with the apostolic churches-those moulds and original sources of the faith must be reckoned for truth, as undoubtedly containing that which the (said) churches received from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, Christ from God. Whereas all doctrine must be prejudged as false which savours of contrariety to the truth of the churches and ... Tradition #2: Verbal inspiration. (Jer 1:9; 1 Cor 11:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:6; 2 Tim 2:2) Click to View Tradition #3: Expedient tradition. (Roman 14:5) Click to View Tradition #4: Uninspired creeds "Rule of Faith". (1 Cor 15:3-6; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 2:8) Click to View ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-2-oral.htm

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Comparison list of 26 Moses/Paul Shadows, Types, Antitypes and ... Click to View List of 14 similarities of Joshua as a type of Christ Click to View List of 13 similarities the Jewish temple was a type of the Church Click to View List of 15 similarities of Abraham as ... Paul went to Arabia immediately after being converted: "But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once ... Both received the top education the world had to offer: Ex 2:10; Acts 7:22 Acts 22:3; Phil 3:6 6. Both proved their faith by works before being commissioned by God Ex 2:11 Acts 22:4-5 7. Both murdered ... Christian Jews rejected Paul in Jerusalem in 38 AD: "When he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Moses-Apostle-Paul-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD36.htm

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Comparison list of 14 Joshua/Christ Shadows, Types, Antitypes ... ... Ex 12:13; Josh 2:17-19; Heb 11:30-31; 1 Cor 5:7-8; James 2:25 12. Joshua (like Abraham) promised Rahab salvation as a type of gentiles in the church by faith and works Josh 2:21 Heb 11:30-31; Rom 4:1-5; Jas 2:23-25; Gal 3:8,14; Phil 2:12-13, Mk 16:16 13. Twelve spies, stones, apostles Num 13:2; Josh 4:3 Lk 6:13 14. Both established the tabernacle in its final position, Shiloh (1400-1094 BC: 305 years), Jerusalem (967 - ... He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head." (Psalm 110:1-7) g. "In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "Do not be afraid, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp. "The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you ... in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ." (1 Corinthians 10:1-4) d. "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Joshua-Jesus-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD33.htm

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Does your salvation experience match the Bible pattern? The Lord saw fit to record for us in His Holy Word at least eight specific examples of conversion in the book of Acts. It is worth noting that in each example of conversion, there is preaching or teaching of the Gospel followed by a certain response to that preaching or teaching by the person converted. The first recorded example is found in Acts, Chapter 2. When Peter and the other apostles filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke to the great multitude on the day of Pentecost and told them that God had raised His Son, whom they had crucified, to be the Saviour of all who call upon His name (verse 21). Believing the apostle's ... And as they went on their way, they came into a certain water: and the enuch said. 'See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?' Acts 8: 35,36. Then, following the enuch's confession of faith in Christ, we read in verse 38: "And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-conversion-examples.htm

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Sola Scriptura proven from the Bible! Irrefutable proof texts ... Sola Scriptura proof texts: A Bible Doctrine! "When men throw out traditions and creeds and start to use the Bible only, they begin a journey where they know the vehicle in which they ride, but know ... Click to View 1 Cor 4:6: Click for detailed outline. Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build My church" and Paul warned: "in building the church, do not exceed scripture!" Click to View Luke 1:1-4: Click for detailed outline. Luke begins by mentioning uninspired gospels by Christians, then the oral tradition of the apostles and concludes that scripture alone will allow Theophilus to know for ... The only times Jesus referred to Oral traditions, was condemning them: 'But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the ... B. Scripture is understandable, even by young children: "from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-proof-texts.htm

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Footnoting Policy of Watchtower, and actual footnotes to their ... They deliberately chose not to include the footnotes! Any Jehovah's Witness who reads the original sources they quote, will always come away knowing that their "God directed" organization is dishonest! The Watchtower boasts in the front cover of ... Section 1: Should You Believe It? 1. "The Paganism in Our Christianity," by Arthur Weigall, 1928, (G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, London) p. 197; "A Dictionary of Religious Knowledge", edited by Lyman Abbott, 1875, (Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY) p. ... XV, (The Encyclopedia Press, Inc., NY) p. 47. 5. Heraklion, Crete, Greece, court decision 87/1986, April 7, 1986, pp. 17, 19. 6. "Our Orthodox Christian Faith", by Athanasios S. Frangopoulos, (The Brotherhood of Theologians, Athens, Greece) Third Edition, ... XII, (Charles Scribners Sons, NY) p. 461. 35. "New Catholic Encyclopedia", 1967, Vol. XIV, p. 299. 36."The Church of the First Three Centuries", Alvan Lamson, 1869 edition, p 56-57, published by the British and Foreign Unitarian Association, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-footnotes.htm

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Kittel, Gerhard: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament ... But Jn. puts it in an illuminating and easily remembered formula which was taken up into the baptismal confession and which ever since has formed an inalienable part of the creed of the Church. To Mono-genes, as a designation of Jesus corresponds the fact that God is the [Greek], of Jesus, Jn. 5:18; for [Greek], means to be in a special relation to Jesus which excludes the same relation to others. Mono-genes occurs in Jn. 1:14,18; 3:16,18; 1 Jn. 4:9. What is meant is plainest in Jn. 3:16 and I Jn. 4:9. Because Jesus is the only Son of God, His sending into the world is the supreme proof of God's love for the world. On the other side, it is only as the only-begotten Son of God that Jesus can mediate life and salvation from perdition. For life is given only in Him, Jn. 5:26. But the fact that He is the only-begotten Son means also that men are obligated to believe in Him, and that they come under judgment, indeed, have done so already, if they withhold faith from Him, 3:18. Mono-genes ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kittel.htm

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What Early Christians believed about PROPHETS OUTSIDE THE APOSTOLIC ... My question to those with such an opinion is this - why would they who were so close to the apostles and living witnesses to them want to do such a thing? What benefit would be derived from ... of Christ's church. They looked beyond the glitter and the ecstasy and saw their teaching did not agree with that of the church and so they were disqualified. Today the pattern remains the same. Some prophet comes to the local church and teaches false doctrine and closes out the service by doing something supernatural and tells the people "see God has confirmed His Word with signs following." ... which are peculiar to themselves, but contrary in some points to our rule and standard of faith; and at other times defend opinions which are especially their, own, with arguments which both ... Church, it must be known that the true Catholic Church is that in which there is confession and repentance, which treats in a wholesome manner the sins and wounds to. . . pg. 376 he wrote of men. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-prophets.htm

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Synagogue Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride: Mt 23:2-3; Jas 2:1 ... ... The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him." (Luke 4:20) 4. In 36 AD, James the Apostle condemned the idea of special seating in church assemblies for the rich vs. poor: a. "My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious ... Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?" (James 2:1-6) b. It ... of our knowledge and in contrast with the pagan priest and the Christian bishop, we know of no one particular person who might have regularly occupied such a seat in a synagogue setting, where leadership was relatively decentralized. ... Most scholars, however, view the cathedra as the seat for a leader in the congregation, although opinions differ as to the precise role of that leader: judge, archisynagogue, or spiritual-religious figure such as a Pharisee, sage, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Moses-Seat-Metaphor-Pride-reader-leader-judge-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-into-church.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Mistakes made by the Apostolic Fathers based ... Arius' answer was that the Logos is a creature, albeit the highest, noblest, and best of creatures. Those who sought to uphold the Orthodox doctrine that Christ is the uncreated Son of God had to deal with Arius' interpretation of Proverbs. St. ... The question remains, therefore, how did they decide which interpretation is correct?" (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 102) Carlton, is always looking for ways to trash the need for the ... of Acts ii. 36 and Proverbs viii. 22, which are shown to refer properly to Christ's manhood alone." (Ambrose, Exposition of the Christian Faith, Book 1, 94) What sense would that make, since his humanity was there in the beginning before creation! ... But they seem to me to have a wrong understanding of this passage also; for it has a religious and very orthodox sense, which had they understood, they would not have blasphemed the Lord of glory. For on comparing what has been above stated with ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-fathers-mistakes.htm

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The Historical Development of "Arian style" (Jehovah's Witness ... This set the stage for Arius, one of the pivotal figures in the development of trinitarian dogma. The idea of a 'diminished god' he found repugnant. Christ, he declared. must be either God or creature. But since God is and must be uncreated, unoriginated, unbegotten, and the Son is and must be originated and begotten, He cannot be God but must be a creature. And thus the subordinationist tendency in the Apologists and Origen reached full term. Now the Church had to make its faith and its position clear, and it did this at the Council of Nicea in 325. the first ecumenical council. There it rejected Arius' doctrine that ... The Greek approach can be represented by a line: Godhood originates with the Father, emanates toward the Son, and passes into the Holy Spirit who is the bridge to the world. Greek theology (following the New Testament and early Christian creeds) retains the "monarchy" of the Father who as sole principle of divinity imparts Godhood to Son and Spirit. The Greek approach ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-subordination-arian-development.htm

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sola-scriptura-oral-written-final Notice that at the end of the process, the Christian, "of himself" (using his own powers of interpretation) believes the scriptures. Notice that Clement calls "slothful" those who do not put the work into interpreting the Bible for themselves! These false teachers just carelessly ... If, then, these things are so, it is in the same degree manifest that all doctrine which agrees with the apostolic churches-those moulds and original sources of the faith must be reckoned for truth, as undoubtedly containing that which the (said) churches received from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, Christ from God. Whereas all doctrine must be prejudged as false which savours of contrariety to the truth of the churches and ... The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches have changed the original meaning of "viva voce" from the words spoken by inspired apostles, to whatever the current practice and dogma of the church is today. Here is proof: "But the appeal to antiquity is both a treason and a heresy. It ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-oral-written-final.htm

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Mormonism: God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus Mormons will actually deny this, but in fact it is well known by those who have been in the cult many years. Click to View A. Mormons deny the virgin birth of Mary: The Mormon Church Teaches That: Our ... How can Mormons claim they believe in the virgin birth if God had sex with Mary? They change the definition of the word virgin. Mormons feel that they can still use the phrase "virgin birth" because God was an IMMORTAL being who had sex with Mary, not a mere mortal man. And this is exactly what Bruce McConkie, (top LSD theologian, and one of the Mormon 12 Apostles, died in 1985) said: "For our ... say, Elohim is literally the Father of the spirit of Jesus Christ and also of the body in which Jesus Christ performed His mission in the flesh..." (The Articles of Faith, James Talmage, pp. 466-467). ... As Son of God, Jesus represents the Father and acts as his agent in all things. (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Restoration of All Things, p.61) The Latter-day Saints unite with the people of every creed ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-god-had-sex-with-mary.htm

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Psychiatry calls Jesus a paranoid schizophrenic! Suicide-by-proxy is described as "any incident in which a suicidal individual causes his or her death to be carried out by another person. ... a Supraphrenic" (The Role of Psychotic Disorders in Religious History ... Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Psychiatry has a long history and roots as being atheistic, anti-Christian and humanistic. This hostility is increasing so that today, there is an open mockery of Christianity. Since Psychiatry rejects the spirit world, God and the Bible, it openly teach that Jesus was a schizophrenia mental patient. Jesus ... To them, Christians are as delusional as someone who believes in unicorns. C.S. Lewis foresaw the future "treatment" of Christians to cure them of their faith delusions: "The practical problem of Christian ... Freud was an atheist, and this anti-Christian attack continues today. It is time for Christians, preachers and church to rise up and take back their historic God-given role as those best suited to counsel, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-jesus-mental-patient-paranoid-schizophrenic.htm

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Romans 8 Study The Gift of the Holy Spirit His anointing teaches you all things I. Romans 8:9-11 "However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not ... The phrase that you need the miraculous to "belong" to Christ is part of a pattern of similar verses that say the same thing a. The ungifted would "have the miraculous" by merit of being a member of the local church where other members possessed the power. b. We know not every Christian ... Notice Paul contrasted enemies and imposters who did not have the spirit miraculously, with Christians who did. b. False apostles made promises and prophecies BUT HAD NO POWER. They were without the spirit. c. ... Holy Spirit in the New Testament https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-9-spiritual-gifts-supernatural-interpretation-tongues-miracles-healing-faith-knowledge-wisdom-prophecy-distinguishing-spirits.jpg Gift of the Holy Spirit https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Romans-8-Study.htm

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Noah was saved by water baptism: 1 Peter 3:21 ... Let no one disregard you. " (Titus 2:11-15) 1. Every man or woman who is born can be saved if they make that choice to become a Christian and live godly lives. Everybody has a chance to go to heaven but few are seeking God. They are all wrapped up in their own selfish lives of materialism and pleasure. They never go to church, partake of the Lord's supper, give money into the church treasury, read the Bible or pray. They live for themselves and ignore God. 2. God loves each person and doesn't want anyone to spend eternity in ... Nothing you can do can merit your salvation because we are saved by grace through faith and not by meritorious works: "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result ... 3:18-22) 1. 1 Peter 3:29-22 is an amazing Bible story of salvation that sets up an ancient parallel to how the apostles taught we are to be saved. 2. Apostle Peter said this: Just as water saved Noah, so too the water of baptism ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/salvation-water-baptism-noah-8-eight-persons-saved-by-water-1-peter-3-21.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) "We must not defer our obedience till every shadow of uncertainty and every possibility of mistake is removed. The doubt that demands perfect knowledge will never yield to faith, for faith rests upon probability, not demonstration.... We must obey the voice of ... This is one of the remarkable examples of Whites in deception of "borrowing," Ellen wrote in the Review and Herald of April 4,1899, which was also to later show up in her Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, pp. 58-60. She copied from: "At the Queensland camp ... White 'Borrow' in Reporting a Vision?" p. 7.) but nowhere was it admitted that Harris had also been enormously helpful to Ellen in her writing of Desire of Ages, Acts of the Apostles, Fundamentals of Christian Education, Counsels to Teachers, as well as other of her works. No amount of posturing in the Review could explain satisfactorily how Harris and his Great Teacher got to be God, the Great Teacher, through Ellen White. And this transition took place more than ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-I-was-shown.htm

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Doctrinal Flip Flops of Jehovah's Witnesses! ... "God is the editor of the Watchtower", Franz the president Jw's said under oath? 1940 Question to Franz from court: "Who subsequently became the Editor of the magazine, the main editor of the 'Watch Tower' magazine?" Franz's Answer: "Jehovah God... And Security - From What Source; 1973; p. 67) 1976 Were those apostles and other Christian Bible writers setting before the baptized believers and earthly hope of becoming the children of the Eternal Father, Jesus Christ, and living on a paradise earth forever? ... removed from the tomb; because had it remained there it would have been an insurmountable obstacle to the faith of the disciples, who were not yet instructed in spiritual things - for "the spirit was not yet given." (John 7:39) We ... God was graciously pleased to cause this nation to be formed and to grow under the most favorable conditions in the world for the preservation of liberty, civil and religious. This is the land divinely `shadowed with wings' - overshadowed by the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-changes.htm

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Account of the Unparalleled Case of a Citizen of London, Bookseller ... He cleverly spiritualized his job title as the name that designated his job as a Christian to "correct the sins of the people". Cruden viewed himself as a Christian whose responsibility under God involved pointing out the sins of England. That, of course is every Christian's job, even though few have the gut or boldness or faith to actually do such. No doubt he was annoying to many sinners and this is why he was cast into the asylum. A final ... He was from Aberdeen, well-educated and a devout Christian, though his madness did not apparently originate in spiritual fervour, even if it took on a strongly religious line later in lift when he became involved in a series of conflicts in his self-appointed role as ... Crookshank and Oswald were so officious, that they followed Mr. C. home to his lodgings in White's-Alley in Chancery-Lane, tho' he earnestly begged them not to go to his lodging, nor to speak any thing to Grant or his Wife of the affair relating to Mrs. Payne, fearing the weak ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/account-of-the-unparalleled-case-of-a-citizen-of-london-bookseller-to-the-late-queen-alexander-cruden-1738ad.htm

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Apostle Paul never kept the sabbath, certainly not 84 times as ... Acts 18:4,11 "And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath." ... "And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them." 78 Grand total of Sabbaths 84 Sabbaths Click to View Proof Apostle Paul did not keep the Sabbath ... What we do have are frequent examples of Paul preaching to non-Christian Jews in THEIR synagogue on THEIR Sabbath day, that they are lost without Jesus! Should this surprise us? Do Sabbatarians Pastors "keep Sunday" if they preach in a Christian church on ... These Greeks were certainly were not Christians. Acts 13:43 "Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in ... Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law, and that is written in the Prophets; having a hope in God Rom 3:31 "Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-paul-kept.htm

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Introduction of New Catholic doctrines not found in the Bible "Mother of God" first applied by the Council of Ephesus 502 AD Special dress code of the Clergy all the time. 500 AD The "Habit" of Nuns (Black gowns with white tunics) 519 AD Lent 526 AD Extreme Unction 593 AD The Doctrine of Purgatory popularized from the Apocrypha by Gregory the Great 600 AD First use of Latin in worship (Gregory I) Beginning of the Orthodox/Roman Catholic church as we know ... Pope Boniface IV. turns the Pantheon in Rome into a temple of Mary ad martyres: the pagan Olympus into a Christian heaven of gods. 670 AD Instrumental music: first organ by Pope Vitalian 709 AD ... Sale of Indulgences or "tickets to sin" (punishment of sin removed) 1215 AD Transubstantiation by Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council 1215 AD Auricular Confession of sins to priests instituted ... Mass universally said in Latin (see 600 AD) 1547 AD Confirmation 1560 AD Personal opinions of Pope Pius IV imposed as the official creed 1864 AD Syllabus Errorum [Syllabus of Errors] proclaimed that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-new-doctrines.htm

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The organization of the Roman Catholic church ... and Alexandria, Jerusalem and Constantinople) who eventually split off in 1054AD to become the Greek Orthodox church., and one "Patriarch of the West." (Rome) The following terms are applied to the Pope: Bishop of the city of Rome (head of the a local diocese in Rome) Vicar of Jesus Christ Successor of St. Peter Pope (Universal bishop over all other bishops) Prince of the Apostles Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church Patriarch of the West Primate of Italy Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province Sovereign of the Vatican City State Servant of the Servants of God Priest of St. ... The priest shares in the power of the bishop as an ordained cleric. The priest can be a diocesan priest or religious priest. A diocesan priest is attached to a specific diocese, under the authority of ... In the Bible, every Christian is a Priest, saint and brother or sister. Pastor: The bishop is chief pastor of his diocese, but he delegates priests to be his direct representative in the pastoral care ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-church-hierarchy-organization.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) her "visions," God was allowed to do some of the carpenter work on the walls. Ellen was "shown" that the door of mercy was shut for all those who had not accepted the 1844 message; so the world and most of those in it were left outside the door. Linden gives a very adequate picture of the events in his book The Last Trump.' Exclusiveness, which starts early in any religious plan, took off at once. ... Even today Adventists speak of the non-members as "outsiders," "brothers-in-law or sisters-in-law of the church," or slipping once in a while, "the unsaved." In fact, in the Adventist concept, both ... This balancing act was done by accepting what turned into the "main pillar" of the Advent faith, the theory of the sanctuary. This theory, which became the major doctrine of the church, was first ... the Adventist heaven and ghetto is desecrated by being made available to all, regardless of race, creed, or color, and the Adventist church and system will have lost forever its heavenly franchise. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH2-shut-door.htm

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Peter Popoff proved fake on 39-17-Mhz Why do many Pentecostals think he is saved and that the Holy Spirit is performing miracles through him? The incredible story From Science and the Paranormal magazine, 1987 ... Click to View For centuries, religious people have claimed ... investigator and magician James Randi [Amazing Randi], has managed to actually capture on tape some of those "divine" conversations between God and well-known television evangelist and faith healer Reverend Peter Popoff! Click to View See actual video of Popoff in the act of fraud! ... That might be here. Okay. She lives at 4267 Masterson, and she's praying for her daughter Joy, who's allergic to food." This was followed by laughter from Elizabeth and Pam, the wife of Reeford Shirrell (Popoff's number two man). ... This group has also targeted Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts, Jimmy Swaggart, and Pat Robertson, in addition to Reverend Popoff. We would like to ask Christians to pray concerning this attack on all these Christian organizations. This man is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-popoff-39-17Mhz.htm

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William Barclay: Many Witnesses, One Lord ... It is obvious that Barclay is viewing that Jesus is just as much VERY God as the Father. In Barclay's letter to Shoemaker, he says, "that he is of the same stuff as God, that is of the same being as God" which is echoing the Athanasian creed. William Barclay was a Unitarian, not a Trinitarian Nowhere does the New ... We believe in evolution, the slow climb upwards of man from the level of the beasts. Jesus is the end and climax of the evolutionary process because in Him men met God. The danger of the Christian faith is that we set up Jesus as a kind of secondary God. The Bible never, as it were, makes a second God of Jesus. Rather, it stresses the utter dependence of ... He denied the doctrine of the Vicarious Atonement. He also denied the Virgin Birth of Christ, and his view of the Holy Spirit fits no discernible orthodox definition in the history of the Christian Church. (Harold Lindsell) Needless to say, Barclay did not believe in the inerrancy of the Scriptures. Had he done so he ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Barclay.htm

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Metzger, Bruce M. and Coogan, Michael D., Editors; Daniel N. ... ... on the concept of a Trinity also serves to defend the church against charges of di or tritheism. Since the Christians have come to worship Jesus as a god (Pliny, Epistles 967), how can they claim to be continuing the rnonotheistic tradition of the God of Israel) Various answers are suggested, debated, and rejected as heretical, but the idea of a Trinity one God subsisting in three persons and one substance ultimately prevails. While the New Testament writers say a great deal about God, Jesus, and the Spirit of each, no New Testament writer expounds on the relationship among the three in the detail that later Christian writers do. ... The Gospel starts with the affirmation that in the beginning Jesus as Word (see Logos) "was with God and . . . was God" (i.i), and ends (chap. 21 is most likely a later addition) with Thomas's confession of faith to Jesus, "My Lord and my God!" (20.28). The Fourth Gospel also elaborates on the role of the Holy Spirit as the Paraclete sent to be an advocate for ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Metzger.htm

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Scholars on the Personality of the Holy Spirit ... At most points, however, context approves and the analogy of the NT strongly suggests that the ruah YHWH is the Holy Spirit, "in the fullest Christian sense" (Theological Workbook of the Old Testament, R. Laird Harris, Vol 2, page 836-7) The apostolic conception of the Holy Ghost and of His relation to the Father and the Son is clear from Acts. Peter, in explaining the phenomenon of Pentecost, represents it as the activity of the Trinity. 'This Jesus ... being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear' (Acts ii. 32, 33). It is not too much to say that the apostolic Church was built upon faith in the Father, the Son, ... Thus He reveals His commands to the Church's ministers: " As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas" (Acts, xiii, 2). He directs the missionary journey of the Apostles: "They attempt to go into ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-quotes-personality-of-holy-spirit.htm

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Lovesick, a romantic novel. Commentary on Song of Solomon, Canticles ... ... Rather it means that she is a woman of faith who obeys the laws revealed in the Bible. Every woman who is an obedient, faithful Christian is "prudent". The proverb does not mean God has chosen one prudent woman "just for you", rather it instructs a man to limit his search for a God-fearing sister in the church who attend all church services of her own free will, is active when she needs to be and holds herself to the high moral standards of Jesus Christ. God does not choose your wife, you do, but be warned, the only prudent wives are the ones who attend church every week. The foolishness of marrying a non-Christian is seen in ... The idea was to strip her of everything artificial that attracts a man so that what you are left with is the personality of the woman. c. You were to live with her for 30 days and see if you can tolerate how annoying she might be. It would also give the Jewish man an idea about her religious orientation. It was forcing these stupid superficial men to ignore her ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-song-of-solomon-song-canticles-abishag-shepherd-boy-love-triangle-960bc.htm

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