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Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) ... If that is the name that God has chosen for His house, prayer should be a major focus of every church. Prayer is a pipeline through which the Spirit to moves. Local Church. We believe that the local church is the aspect of the church that God is ... Since Martin Luther, God has been in the process of restoring the Church to her former glory and power. As we get nearer to Christ's return we can expect this process of restoration to become complete and we can expect the Church to rise up and be ... God is in the process of healing marriages, strengthening parents and teaching men and women more about their God given roles. He is doing this because He wants to use a godly seed in this generation to rise up and destroy the works of the wicked one. ... corporate gathering that was vital for the equipping of the saints and corporate expressions of prayer and worship. In addition, there was ministry from house to house for the sake of fellowship, relationship, nurture and evangelism (Acts 5:42). ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-ministers-fellowship-international.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) White copied "The Great Controversy" 1886, from "The History of Protestantism" 1876. She not only copied the words, but the pictures too! Then claimed it was a revelation of God! Click to View Ellen G. White Prophet? or Plagiarist! The White Lie! ... Lets not forget and make it very clear, is that she plagiarized the words beside the picture without giving credit as well! She not only copied the pictures, she copied the words right beside the picture and claimed it a revelation of the Holy Spirit! ... The Waldenses felt that God required more of them than merely to maintain the truth in their own mountains; that a solemn responsibility rested upon them to let their light shine forth to those who were in darkness; that by the mighty power of ... When they saw that an interest was awakened, they left some portion with them as a gift. (White, 1886) Whom they traded, and the landlords in whose houses they lodge. The priests seldom carried to meet in argument the Waldensian missionary. To ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-image-Wylie.htm

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Sola Scriptura proof texts: 1 Corinthians 4:6 This is most troubling to traditionalists in their myth making claims the church did not have the Bible until the 4th century. A. Context: of connected passages: Matthew 16:18 + 1 Cor 1:10-13 + 1 Cor 3:5-17 + 1 Cor 4:6. "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My ... Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is ... If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are." 1 Corinthians 3:5-17 "Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-proof-texts-1-corinthians-4-6.htm

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Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge The Bible represents God to us as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. It represents them as equally entitled to our highest reverence, affection, and allegiance." (A Dictionary of Religious Knowledge", Lyman Abbott, 1875, p. 944, as quoted in, Should ... God. Regeneration does not mean to me a new faculty miraculously given to man by some magic formula, as baptism, or by some supernatural experience for which man must wait. In every normal man is the capacity for goodness and truth, for love and service, for hope and joy. But this sleeping capacity is naught unless it is awakened into life. It is a seed, but a lifeless seed until it is given life by a divine power above itself. So I might say to the seeds in my garden bed, You can never come into the kingdom of light and life and beauty until you are born from above, and all the while God's sun, which shines alike on the evil and the good, is waiting to give them life. Incarnation means to me more than that the Spirit of God dwelt unrecognized ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Abbott.htm

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The Lord's Supper ... and needed to be told to drink wine for his stomach. (1 Tim 5:23) Even if this view is wrong, which it is not, it is an insult for these Christians to avoid alcohol at all times, except during the most holy portion of worship in communion. Therefore under all occasions plain grape juice is the best choice. ... D. An anticipation: 1 Cor 11:26 "Till He comes" 1. Notice this proclamation takes place every week from His death "till He comes" 2. The Lord's Supper looks back at Christ's death and looks forward to his return! 3. We break bread in hope of His return: Jn 14:3; Acts 1:11 E. A fellowship, sharing, communion: Acts 2:42; 1 Cor 10:16-17 1. Between Christians and God: ... Have you obeyed Christ through baptism on order to become a Christian? 2. V29 Judge the body rightly B. A time of reverence: Heb 12:28 (Think of the reverence given on Nov 11) C. A time of meditation: 1. Look backward to the cross 2. Look forward to Christ's return 3. Look inward to examine your own heart & faith ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion.htm

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Was Peter the first Pope? "Therefore, to resume, I establish: (1) That Jesus has given to His apostles the same power that He gave to St. Peter. (2) That the apostles never recognized in St. Peter the vicar of Jesus Christ and the infallible doctor of the church. (3) That St. Peter never thought of being pope, and never acted as if ... Click to View Was The Apostle Peter A Pope? In the books of men, the following titles are commonly used with reference to a man: "Pope," "Holy Father," "Vicar of Christ," "Sovereign Pontiff." All of these are titles that rightly belong only to the Lord Jesus Christ and to God the Father. There is not a single instance in the Scriptures where any of the above titles are applied to a man. The term, "Holy Father" ... The apostle Paul said, "For other foundation no one can lay, but that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus" (1 Cor. 3:11). There is no other foundation but Christ! Therefore, any church which does not recognize Christ alone as the foundation stone cannot be the church of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-peter=pope.htm

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500 Flood stories prove Noah's Ark is real history: Epic of Gilgamesh ... ... In making man, one of the lower gods was first cleansed with water by full immersion. This an amazing anti-type of both Jewish Mitzvah washings prescribed by Moses and Immersion in the name of Jesus to "wash away your sins" (Acts 22:16) by the apostles. After the immersion, the god was killed and the spirit from the god was used to make man. In this way the Babylonian creation account echoes ... away on a journey..." 5. One of the lower gods, Enki, decides to save one man named Atra-Hasis, who in the real story, was Noah. 6. Atra-Hasis is given instructions on how to build the ark using wood and bitumen and he enters the ark taking along with him all the animals and birds. 7. The flood is ... The tablet continues when the seven day flood is over and Atra-Hasis offers an animal sacrifice to the gods. Starving and parched, all the gods swarm like flies to the sacrifice and eat their fill. Interesting that Jesus was accused of using the power of Beelzebub, the "lord of the flies" to cast out ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-epic-of-atra-hasis-old-babylonian-akkadian-cuneiform-flood-creation-tablet-1635bc.htm

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Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? ... In the New Testament we read: "Let no corrupt communications proceed out of your mouth . . . " (Eph. 4:29). In James 3:9, speaking in reference to the tongue, the writer says: "Therewith bless we God, - - - ". It is just as wrong to use the Lord's name in a flippant manner today as it was then. 4. The fourth commandment, -"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" enjoined upon the Israelites the observance of seventh-day worship. ... The only commandment peculiar to the Israelite order was the law of the Sabbath. Christians meet for worship today, not on the Jewish Sabbath, but the Lord's day, the first day of the week (Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:1,2; Rev. 1:10). 5. The fifth commandment is: "Honor thy father and thy ... The Old Testament distinguished between justifiable homicide and murder, or killing out of anger for retaliation. Before the law was given to Moses, it is written: "Who ever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. . . " (Genesis 9:6). During the lifetime of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-10-commandments.htm

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The Pattern of Congregational Benevolence in the New Testament C. For the saints, not for non-Christians, without exception, establishing a pattern that must be followed: 1. Acts 2:44; 4:32: needy 'believers" 2. Acts 6:1-10 dispute over "believing" widows 3. Acts 11 "relief for the brethren" 4. 1 Tim 5:9-10,16 "believing widows" 5. 1 Cor 16:1 collection "for the saints" 6. Rom ... as proof that the church is given the authority to run orphan homes and Widow homes etc. They argue that giving money from the treasury is for "all men" and not restricted to "saints only" (Members of a local church) B. But we can actually prove treasury money is restricted to Christians with two passages: James 1:27 and 1 Tim 5:3-16. James 1:27 This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans ... Gal 6:1 Brethren, even if a man [an individual not a church] is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-church-benevolence.htm

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reincarnation and the Bible I said, "Christ, the souls of these, when they come out of the flesh, whither will they go?" He smiled and said, "To a place for the soul, i.e., the power which is far superior to the Imitation Spirit. This is strong; it escape from the works of ... He rejoiced when I asked him, and he said, "blessed are you for a clear understanding. Therefore they will be given together with the other in whom the Spirit of Life is a consequence for him. and because the soul hears through him, it will be saved. 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 ... Conclusion The Bible is clear that a person dies only once (Hebrews 9:27), and we such we can be certain that the doctrine of reincarnation is false. The hope of the Christians lies in the Resurrection (cf. John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15; I Corinthians ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-reincarnation-a-christian-analysis-of-reincarnation-in-contemporary-american-society-mark-tabata.htm

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Tradition wars: The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make ... ... It accepts, on faith, Christ's words in the Gospel, that the Father is the Unoriginate Source of the Life of the Trinity, with the Only-Begotten Son and the Holy Spirit Proceeding from the Father Alone. We cannot know how the Begetting of the Son and the ... They are charging me with innovation, and base their charge on my confession of three hypostases, and blame me for asserting one Goodness, one Power, one Godhead. In this they are not wide of the truth, for I do so assert. Their complaint is that ... If custom is to be taken in proof of what is right, then it is certainly competent for me to put forward on my side the custom which obtains here. If they reject this, we are clearly not bound to follow them. Therefore let God-inspired Scripture ... "In defending sola Scriptura, Protestant apologists invariably use Roman Catholic theology as a foil. It is asserted that Roman Catholics accept two sources of authority-Scripture and tradition-and that tradition is given equal weight with ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-vs-orthodox.htm

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Ten commandments for WIVES Commandment #1: Expect not thy husband to give thee as many luxuries as thy father hath given thee after many years of hard labor. (Phil 4:11; Amos 4:1) Commandment #2: Thou shalt work hard to build thy house with the husband that you have, not ... Peter commanded Aeneas to "arise and make your bed" Acts 9:34 Acts 6 "We can not neglect the word of God to serve tables" Did you notice that the apostles appointed 7 MEN If I go to all the trouble of making a mess, the least you can do is clean it up. If you go to all the trouble of making all the money, the least I can do it spend it! Cleaning the house is not my work Jesus cleansed the temple: Jn 2:13-16 Commandment #4: Thou shalt coddle thy husband and be a warm wife. (1 Cor 7:3-5) ... Remember that the frank approval of thy husband is more to thee than the side glances of many strangers. (Ezek 16:32; 2 Pet 2:14) Commandment #6: Thou shalt not yell at thy husband but will be a gentle and quiet spirit. (1 Pet 3:1-4) I have counseled a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-10com-wife.htm

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The wilderness of Paran: The Great and Terrible wilderness from ... ... Num 12:16; 33:17) There are only three unknown locations in in Deut 1:1 where we have no idea where they are: Dizahab, Tophel, Laban. d. So we can map this discourse at the Zered wadi. e. Notice Deut 1:1 says this location where the book of Deuteronomy was given is near the wilderness of Paran! B. God came ... His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise. His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power. Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him. He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, ... Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses. Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of them" Isaiah 63:1-2, 10-11 "The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness." Psalm 68:15 "Then we turned and set out for the wilderness ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-wilderness-of-paran.htm

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Ten commandments for WIVES Click to View Commandment #1: Expect not thy husband to give thee as many luxuries as thy father hath given thee after many years of hard labor. (Phil 4:11; Amos 4:1) Click to View Commandment #2: Thou shalt work hard to build thy house with the husband ... make your bed" Acts 9:34 Acts 6 "We can not neglect the word of God to serve tables" Did you notice that the apostles appointed 7 MEN If I go to all the trouble of making a mess, the least you can do is clean it up. If you go to all the trouble of making all the money, the least I can do it spend it! Cleaning the house is not my work Jesus cleansed the temple: Jn 2:13-16 Click to View Commandment #4: Thou shalt coddle thy husband and be a warm wife. (1 Cor 7:3-5) The wife should not ... Remember that the frank approval of thy husband is more to thee than the side glances of many strangers. (Ezek 16:32; 2 Pet 2:14) Click to View Commandment #6: Thou shalt not yell at thy husband but will be a gentle and quiet spirit. (1 Pet 3:1-4) I ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-10com-wife.htm

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C. H. Dodd: New Testament Translation Problems Part II, John ... ... As it has seemed to me, the only acceptable answer to that question here is word", for reasons I have given elsewhere. (footnote 1: The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel, Cambridge, University Press, 1953, pp. 2037. The only alternative would be to transliterate LOGOS, and transliteration is not translation.) Granted, then, ... The AV rendering "God is a spirit" (among other spirits) is certainly erroneous. John knows nothing of a plurality of [...]. Nor does he mean "God is the (Holy) Spirit", which would be an affirmation of personal identity. Origen. commenting on this passage, writes, [...] (Comment. in Jo. XIII.2 1, ed. Brooke, vol. 1,267). This brings the ... Hence also Origen's [...]) The [...] of anything is its essential nature (often interchanged with [...]). It is [...], that which it really is. Thus what John is saying is that what God is, is [...] (with its attributes of immateriality, invisibility, life, power, etc.), in contrast with [...]. Hence the expressions, [...] ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dodd.htm

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Mad-Doctors: William Battie: 1703-1776 AD ... If that didn't fix them, they were classified as having incurable "original madness", all treatments were stopped and they were put in a separate section of the asylum. Battie notes that after people had been given up as incurable that they suddenly cured themselves. "when given over as incurable, recovered his understanding." Of course this is clear evidence that it was always in the freewill power of the ... Like modern chemical psychiatry, Battie was caustically hostile to Christianity and religion in general. His entire A Treatise on Madness, written in 1758 AD, does not mention the words: soul, spirit, God, Jesus. The only time Christianity is brought into the subject is his rather stupid ... Which very frequent case of suicide, though generally ascribed to Lunacy by the verdict of a good-natured Jury, except where the deceased hath not left assets, are no more entitled to the benefit of passing for pardonable acts of madness, than he who deliberately has killed the man he ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-mad-doctors-william-battie-1703-1776ad.htm

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Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind ... From an etiological viewpoint, it is clear that Rush believed that the human spirit through emotion, feelings and guilt for sin actually "induced" insanity. So in one breath he says insanity is caused by blood vessels and in the other ... This is the earliest forms of the insanity laws we see today, where everyday sins are called "diseases of the will". [insanity] acts without a motive, by a kind of involuntary power. Exactly the same thing takes place in this disease of the will, that occurs when the arm or foot is ... being accompanied so generally with most of the symptoms of fever, we can not help being struck with the histories of the disease that have been given by many ancient and modern physicians. Galen defines it to be "delirium sine febre." ... Paul alludes to them in the following passage of the eleventh chapter of his Epistle to the Hebrews. " Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word. of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/medical-inquiries-and-observations-upon-the-diseases-of-the-mind-benjamin-rush-1812ad.htm

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On the Pathology and Treatment of Hysteria, Robert Brudenell ... It is a truly remarkable, "must read" book. Most important, Carter recognized that the physical symptoms were caused by the power of the mind: "That emotion is a force adequate to the production of ... with their bodies, Carter saw the symptoms as having their origin in the freewill of the human spirit: "in some cases, to a short attack of laughter or sobbing; and in others, producing very ... I should regard all medicines to be absolutely useless and inert." It is clear that Carter viewed hysteria as a blatant and deliberate deception where a person acts like they are insane or sick in ... will often produce a change of action in persons with whom the fear of God is an empty sound, and to whom the necessity of doing right, might have been ineffectually preached till doomsday." ... There are, therefore, two distinct classes of agencies by which an individual may be subjugated to a given amount of emotional influence more completely than would be possible without their operation. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/on-the-pathology-and-treatment-of-hysteria-robert-brudenell-carter-1853ad.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Delos, Greece 250 BC him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? ... You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him ... friends and confederates, whereby they are forbidden to live according to their own customs, or to bring in contributions for common suppers and holy festivals, while they are not forbidden so to do even at Rome itself; (215) for even Caius Caesar, our imperator and consul, in that decree ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Delos-Greece-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-Samaritan-seat-of-Moses-benches-inscriptions-Mt-Gerizim-temple-250bc.htm

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Rapture Refuted: Harold Campinng's numerology date setting end ... He wrote a book claiming 1994 was the end of the world. When that failed he again wrote a second book that the Rapture would take place on May 21, 2011. He enlisted the power of his 55 radio stations and purchased over 2000 full size bulletin ... Camping, although originally a Christian Reform church minister in 1958, has long abandoned the reform tradition in favor of his own mix of theology he invented because he believes the Holy Spirit whispers truth in his ear... like his failed date of May ... He has financially destroyed the lives of the lemmings who sold their houses, maxed out their credit cards, took out large loans to give to Camping. He has destroyed the souls of his lemmings, because statistically, x-cult members give up on God, ... There are many supportive biblical evidences and proofs for Judgment Day beginning and the Rapture on May 21, 2011 and the End of the World on October 21, 2011. Several of these proofs are given below as well as direction to where you can learn ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-harold-camping-2011-official-end-of-the-world-time-rapture-chart-numerology-date-setter-may-21-2011.htm

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Should Christians "Fast" Today? was habitual for John's disciples (Matthew 9:14), for Anna (Luke 2:36-37) the Pharisees (Matthew 9:14), Cornelius (Acts 10:30) and for Paul (II Corinthians 6:5, 11:27). Jesus fasted for forty days and nights and told the disciples of John that his disciples would fast when the bridegroom was taken from them. (Matthew 9:15). Apparently, fasting alone does not move God, for in Isaiah 58:3-9 the people asked "Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not?", and the answer is given: "Behold you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. ... A. Fasting: Increase spiritual awareness 1. Our ability to perceive God's direction in life is directly related to our ability to sense the inner promptings of His Spirit. God provides a specific activity to assist us in ... love: Phil 2; I Cor 13; I John 5. Increasing spiritual growth: Jn 15; 1 Pet 2; Mt 5,6,7 C. Guides for a day of fasting: 1. Men throughout whom God has worked greatly have emphasized the significance of prayer with fasting. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-fasting.htm

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Religious Melancholy, John Moore, 1692 AD Notice he sees the problem as "languishing spirit and tumults in the mind". This is not a bodily disease at all! This mishmash of contradictory concepts from a minister of a church may indicate he was trying to water down the ... Perhaps the Queen suffered from depression and Moore did not want to offend her by blaming her depression on her own sin. (Religious Melancholy, John Moore, 1692 AD) "Religious melancholy was the name given to any mental distress marked by preoccupation with religious duties and relation to God and salvation. Often ... exercised in the worship of God, which makes them ready to charge themselves with the sin against the Holy Ghost, to pronounce their condition to be without hopes of remedy, and to fear that God hath utterly cast them off.... ... itself into their minds, is so dreadful unto them. (3.) Because it is not in the power of those disconsolate Christians, whom these bad thoughts so vex and torment, with all their endeavours to stifle and suppress them. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/religious-melancholy-john-moore-1692ad.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) The years of 1860 through the 1880 s were busy years for Ellen and her staff. Perhaps remembering the book given to her by J.N. Andrews, she got Paradise Lost down from that "high shelf" and went to work on her vision of the great controversy-which was to become the theme of not only one book but the entire four volumes of The Spirit of Prophecy ( predecessor of the Conflict of the Ages Series). 1 ... events, wherever God might allow, and causing a general mess, until he gets his come-uppance in the seven last plagues, the destruction of the earth, and the final curtain call, the lake of fire. ... It would be suggested that he had ulterior motives and should not be considered a qualified witness, although it is acknowledged that he had held honors along with those still in power, that he had ... The Great Controversy (1888), Patriarchs and Prophets (1890), The Desire of Ages (1898), The Acts of the Apostles ( 1911), and Prophets and Kings ( 1916). 2. An editorial notice about the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH5-high-shelf.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers ... Mariolatry, Christmas, Easter, celibacy of bishops directly contradicts 1 Tim 3, sprinkling in place of immersion contradicts the very meaning of the Greek word Baptism, which means immersion and the example of Jesus and the Eunuch in Acts 8 being immersed. (Steve Rudd) After listing several of the heretics of the first 300 years after the apostles, Zell makes a statement that displays his dismal ... For early Christians, there was no false dichotomy such as we see today between the Bible and Holy Tradition. (Scripture and Tradition, Raymond L. Zell, Orthodox churchman, 1995, p 19) It was never an "either/or" option. Both Scripture and Holy Tradition were received as having been given to the Church by God Himself, the source of all wisdom, through the direct operation of the Holy Spirit. (Scripture and Tradition, Raymond L. Zell, Orthodox churchman, 1995, p 19) Thank God, there is still time for a return to the balanced and Spirit-filled understanding of the Holy Scriptures, as guided ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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trinity-theophanies The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, " Acts 7:2 Abraham: Click for outline A simple reading of this two chapter text (Gen 18-19) proves that the ... The conclusion of this text shows that there are two Yahweh's: One on earth and One in heaven: "Then Yahweh [on earth in human form] rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh [in spirit form in heaven] out of heaven. (Genesis 19:24) Abraham: "Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; ... Leviticus 9:4 Aaron: "The Lord said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I ... Jesus appeared to Abraham: Jn 8:56-58 + Gen 18-19 John says Jesus appeared to Isaiah: Jn 12:41 + Is 6:1-5 Paul said Jesus was the rock that followed them in the wilderness: 1 Cor 10:4 Appearances of God Can't ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-theophanies.htm

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The White Lie: Walter Rea: Chapter 1: How To Change History The Civil War would weaken and yet unite a nation. The European nations would continue their struggle for identity and power. The expansion of the American West brought great change in values. Land and individualism became important ... It featured personalities, persons, occupations, sermons, diatribes, invectives, recriminations, attacks, and counter attacks-indeed a real holy war, all in the name of God. Reading of those days, one wonders if the real issue was not the same one it always seems to be ... There was really nothing new in the banner or the song. The Hebrews of old had held to the seventh day throughout the Old Testament. New Testament Christians had given some attention and lip service to the Second Coming since the days of ... Her grandson, who was to inherit the duties of the keeper-of-the-keys, gave much the same explanation over a period of forty years-with one interesting deviation in his 1945 supplement to volume four of her book The Spirit of Prophecy: Mrs. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH1-save-history.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist's teach that Sunday worshippers ARE THE ... ... Leo was once a paid minister of the Seventh-day Adventist church and various evangelistic organizations. Today, he continues to conduct numerous "All Power seminar" presentations. Level Two is the "It ... The Mark Of The Beast And The Seal Of God PROPHECY SEMINARS: LESSON 18 ... "Now, what is the Mark of the beast? It's a simple step by step counterfeit of receiving the Seal of God. Let's turn back to the prophecy in Daniel 7:25, "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his ... Rather than being comforted by the Spirit who leads to Jesus Christ, they stand condemned for following the Antichrist. Because of their willful decision to follow the Beast, its false teachings and practices, the Beast's name is in their forehead and they are lost having received the Mark of the beast. The process is a step by step counterfeit of the Holy Spirit's work to give us the Seal of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-mark-beast.htm

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BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations However, Schonfield, author of "The Passover Plot", makes Jesus into a charlatan, and doesn't even believe in the deity of God the Father! Schonfield, an advocate of the "swoon theory" is quoted by ... is quoted by the Watchtower, but he is an occult spiritist, who claimed to get his translation through a spirit medium! New World Translation: Produced by Jehovah's Witnesses for Jehovah's Witnesses. ... This applies in some degree to the miracles in Acts as well as in the gospels." (page 302). Clearly, Moffatt regards the miracles of the Bible, such as Jesus' virgin birth and His raising of the dead, ... Bible customs and idioms, and the knowledge of the English language who has ever translated the Holy Bible from the original Aramaic texts into English and written commentaries on it" (George M. ... They use "Friday" in Luke 23:54, with no supporting Greek at all! They use "Sunday" in 1 Cor 16:2, instead of "first day of the week". They also mistranslate the Greek, "Pentecost" for "Whitsuntide" ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm

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Angels commanded to worship Jesus Christ in Deut 32:43: Textual ... When the Holy Spirit assigned the worship of YHWH in Deut 32:43 to Jesus in Heb 1:6, it would greatly infuriate the Jews who did not convert to Christianity. Notice that Justin Martyr directly quotes Deut 32:43 in 150 AD to a Rabbinical Jew named Trypho ... All the literary and archeological sources contained the key phrase up to the time of Justin in 150 AD. The Septuagint therefore preserves the correct reading and the Masoretic reflects a theologically motivated alteration of the word of God to ... And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much ... Because Ps 97:7 is close enough, the translators probably didn't feel it was important to add the phrase in Deut 32:43 from the LXX. d. Given the huge weight of archeological and literary evidence, the newer translations after the discovery of 4Q44 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Deuteronomy-32-43-Angels-Worship-Jesus-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-Text-MT-scribal-gloss-copying-error.htm

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Acts 20:7 Proof of weekly communion on Sunday The fact remains that there is nothing that would PREVENT this from being a church communion service of exclusively Christians. Click to View Proof of weekly communion on Sunday (1st day) "When he had gone through those districts and had given ... Many Sabbatarians actually argue that this meeting took place on the Sabbath, then say it was the Lord's supper, not a common meal. Some over-zealous, but under-learned Sabbath keepers, will state the actual Greek words used in Acts 20:7 & 1 Cor 16:1 actually ... What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you." ... "So then, my brethren, when you come ... Yet the night after the day light of the first day of the week was called "evening ON THAT DAY.) G. Pattern of holy days: Every Sunday we should have communion: If communion was yearly, it will specify month and day, (ie 14 day of the 1 month) If ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-communion-acts-20-7.htm

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Comparison list of 14 Moses/Constantine the Great Shadows, Types ... ... For if he had not been baptized at the Council of Nicaea, he could not have taken the holy sacraments nor joined in the prayers of the holy Fathers, something that is most absurd both to say and to hold. The Arians and pagans accuse Constantine ... This ancient story, though rejected by most as fabulous, has reached the ears of all. But now the same God has given to us to be eye-witnesses of miracles more wonderful than fables, and, from their recent appearance, more authentic than any report. For ... done, in the very home of the tyrants,3 but young as he was did not share the manner of life of the ungodly: for from that early period his noble nature, under the leading of the Divine Spirit, inclined him to piety and a life acceptable to God. ... in his treasury; the emperor who at that time occupied the place of supreme power sent to reprehend his neglect of the public weal, at the same time reproaching him with poverty, and alleging in proof of the charge the empty state of his treasury. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Moses-Constantine-the-Great-Jesus-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD313.htm

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Tomb of Jesus with Rolling stone This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and ... He issued immediate injunctions, therefore, for the erection in that spot of a house of prayer: and this he did, not on the mere natural impulse of his own mind, but being moved in spirit by the Saviour himself." b. CHAPTER XXVI: That the Holy Sepulchre had been covered with Rubbish and with ... Indeed, his saving power, shining with still greater brightness, and illumining, not the bodies, but the souls of men, was already filling the world with the effulgence of its own light. Nevertheless, these devices of impious and ... VI. Burial Practices at the time of Isaiah: 700 BC 1. The tomb of Shebnah can be seen today in Jerusalem. 2. "Thus says the Lord God of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household, 'What right ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-tombs-burials-Jewish-rolling-stone-Jesus-Christ-resurrection-3-days-Koch-Loculi-ossuary.htm

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Abijah King of Judah 914-911 BC. They're Digging up Bible Stories ... Perhaps after this victory he became prideful in his power and turned to idols. f. Perhaps this was too much for God and Abijah died and was replaced by a good king. (Asa) g. Perhaps God had a sense ... walked in all the sins of his father (Rehoboam) which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father David." (1 Kings 15:3) b. ... They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel." (1 Kings 14:22-24) c. There is no specific details given for the sins of Abijah, just ... There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Now the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ... Summary Chart of historic Culls of Hebrews by God 3000 killed by Levites Golden Calf at Sinai Exodus 32:28 23,000 killed by God Golden Calf at Sinai Exodus 32:35 + 1 Cor 10:8 14,700 killed by God ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-abijah-king-of-judah-914-911bc.htm

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Photo-gallery of Heaven & Hell Before we actually go to the photo-gallery, do this exercise: Adam named the animals, can you? Can you identify the animal from the clues given at the right? What animal living today: Looks like otter Young have Teeth Tail ... Yet to us, this temporary physical universe is all we know, and because it is all we can see, many have falsely concluded that life on earth is all there is! Heaven and hell, even God Himself are of the same mysterious realm. We enter this realm when we die and pass into the spirit world. Click to View It is impossible ... Heaven Word Picture #6 (dwelling in God's very presence) Hell Word Picture #6 (banished away from God's very presence) Most Holy Place in Jewish Tabernacle symbolizing being in the very presence of God Heb 9:11,24; 6:19,20 ... suffering not worthy to be compared with future glory: Rom 8:18 eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison: 2 Cor 4:17,18 surpassing riches of His grace towards us: Eph 2:7 Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/su-heaven-hell-photogallery.htm

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Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD is not ... The unproven theories of Defective DNA, Bad brain chemicals are the only place a biopsychiatrists can look, given the fact he is in compete denial about the existence of the human spirit which is utterly distinct from the body. When these Darwinian atheists rule out the fact that man is body and soul, ... But adults see the huge social and economic costs and simply stop the repetitive tics and contortions through pure will power. For example, if a smoker really believed the next cigarette would kill him, he would instantly find the ... and acts of the obsessional person ("neurotic") and the ritualized thoughts and acts of the religious person ("orthodox"). The essential difference between these two sets of behaviors lies not in the minds or heads of the subject, but in the interpretation he and society place on them. Simply put, the religious ritualist performs acts of thinking and doing that he and his many coreligionists alike regard as rational and desirable, indeed holy; whereas ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-junk-science-tourettes-syndrome-TS-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-OCD-repetitive-myth.htm

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The Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry: home page ... Law: "They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed!" (Acts 16:37) Jails and asylums are two behaviour control systems. Jails are for those who commit crimes and asylums are for those in society who annoy and embarrass us ... For several years, I was again trapped in the dilemma of believing the Bible gave advice in all things pertaining to life and godliness, but it was essentially silent on all matters of insanity. Why would the Bible not openly discuss how Christians are supposed to deal with insanity, given the fact that insanity dates back ... But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." (2 Peter 1:19-21) "The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light. And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, upon ... ... https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/welcome.htm

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10 Supposed extinction proof texts refuted! saying! Neo-Sadducees would do well to understand that there is a "spirit world" that includes: God (Eph 1:20), Good angels: (Eph 3:10), Devil and demons (Eph 6:12), Departed spirits of men (Eph 2:6). ... Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil be lacking on your head. Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life, and in your toil in which you have labored under ... Eccl 1:11 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. Eccl 2:16 those who used to go in and out from the holy place ... We applaud their consistency (which Jw's and SDA's always lack) but feel that such a conclusion is wrong in light of Acts 24:15, "there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-extinction-refuted.htm

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Does the RC church have more authority than the Bible? He received dominion and glory when He went into heaven and was placed on the right hand of God (1 Pet. 1:21; 3:22). Christ, therefore, is now reigning over His kingdom at the right hand of the Father. The Scriptures use numerous terms which reveal Christ's exalted relationship to the church. With reference to the structure of the church, He is its foundation (1 Cor. 3:11). Regarding its construction, He is its builder (Matt. 16:18). Concerning its glorious end, He is its savior (Eph. 5:23). With reference to its ownership, He is its purchaser (Acts 20:28). Regarding its completeness, He is ... Hence, Jesus was not stopped from building His church by being left in hell ("hades" in the Greek, meaning the place of the disembodied spirits) because His spirit was again reunited with His body. If ... They commended them for defending the truth, "partakers with me...in the defense and confirmation of the gospel" (Phil. 1:7). However, there is not a single verse in all of the holy Scriptures which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church=pillar.htm

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Col 2:14-16 clearly teaches that the sabbath was abolished and ... A. One of the most stunning and irrefutable proofs that Col 2:16 must be the weekly Sabbath day, is the common "Year, Month, Week" pattern used in Col 2:16. When God wanted to refer to the whole system of Jewish holy days, rather than name them all, He would refer to the yearly, monthly and weekly ... But as we can clearly see, there are at least 5 other places where the plural is used of the weekly Sabbath. The deception is even worse, given the fact that while most Seventh-day Adventist pastors know about these other passages, they do not tell their people in the pews! Matthew 28:1, "Now after the Sabbath" [Greek- plural: sabbaton] Luke 4:16, "He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath" [Greek- plural: sabbaton] Acts 16:13, "And on the Sabbath ... Sabbatarians continue to falsely argue: "The weekly Sabbath was not hostile to us!" However, 2 Cor 3:7 calls the entire ten commandment law, a "ministry of death". This effectively refutes their false argument! Col 2:14 2 Cor 3:7 having canceled out ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Col2-14-16.htm

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Frend, W.H.C.: The Rise of Christianity Anti-trinitarians are always trying to leave the impression that Constantine was almost the author of the Nicene Creed. As you can see, this source says we don't know exactly why he put forth the term, but it is likely that he was given the term by his Bishop Hosius. When Frend says "The great majority of the Eastern bishops ... Unfortunately, there were many statements defining the nature of the Son with which Arius could agree. He could accept that Christ "was before all ages" (i.e., a purely temporal concept) and even that he was God from God or the power and image of the Father (i.e., divinity derived from God) but not that he was "truly God from God." It ... And in the Holy Spirit. And those who say, "There was when be was not," and "Before be was begotten he was not," and that "He came into being from what is not" ("nothingness"), or those that allege, that the son of God is "of another sub-stance or essence," or "created," or "changeable," or "alterable," these the Catholic and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Frend.htm

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The Exodus Route: Wilderness of Sin: Manna, Quails, Sabbath ... Since Israel arrived at the Wilderness of Sin on day 31 from Goshen, by counting 6 days back from the Wilderness of Sin to the Red Sea crossing (3 day Marah, 1 day Elim, 1 day second Red Sea camp), we learn Israel crossed the Red Sea on a Sunday, left Goshen on a Thursday and arrived at Mt. Sinai on a Monday. Pentecost always fell on a Sunday, which in 1446 BC was day 53 from Goshen. g. The only variable is if God spoke the words of Exodus 16:4-5 on a Saturday or not. However, we know the Holy Spirit has told us ... The New Testament passages specifically state that Christians are free to eat "unclean foods" (pork) and that all the system of Jewish holy days, yearly (Passover), monthly (new moon) and weekly (7th day Sabbath) are all nailed to the cross. Christians do not keep the Jewish Sabbath, but worship on the first day of the week: Sunday. Christians assembled every 1st day (Sunday) for the Lord's Supper: Acts 20:7 and are commanded to give every Sunday: 1 Cor 16:2. C. Photos and maps: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-wilderness-of-sin.htm

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Matthew Fontaine Maury "Pathfinder Of Sea" Psalms 8 She chose Psalm 8, the eighth verse of which speaks of "whatsoever walketh through the paths of the sea," he repeated "the paths of the sea, the paths of the sea, if God says the paths of the sea, they are there, ... The book also references an earlier newspaper story that says the same thing. But the evidence gets even more powerful, given the fact that the State of Virginia built a monument to Maury at Goshen Pass in 1923 and put this inscription on it: "HIS INSPIRATION HOLY WRIT Psalms 8 and 107, Verses 8, 23 and 24 Ecclesiastes Chap. 1, Verse 8". Perhaps one of ... He has communed with the spirit of the sea earnestly and lovingly; and while it shouted to others in thunder peals of omnipotence, and majesty, and eternity, it came and whispered to him in gentle and soothing tones ... Soon the ephemeral life that animates these little Navigators will be extinct; but the same power that cared for them in life, now guides them after death; for though dead, their task in the physical economy of our ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tracks/matthew-fontaine-maury-pathfinder-of-sea-ps8.htm

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The Brain and Mental illness: The Mind/spirit can trigger physical ... The human spirit can altar brain chemistry Body Building Click to View Brain building Click to View You can build the brain by the power of your spirit! "In recent years, however, neuroscientists have discovered that the adult brain is actually very plastic. ... But we also need a model for how the mind acts on the brain." (The Spiritual Brain, Mario Beauregard Ph.D., Neuroscientist, 2007, p150) A. Exercising your brain with your mind! Click to View Think of the neuron paths in your brain like the ... Her recovery, the doctor hastened to assure her, was entirely genuine. But the only drug she had received was an immaterial and immortal substance- hope. Schonfeld's main challenge, given that she lived in a materialist environment, was to accept ... Penal codes that hold men accountable for sexual assault are based in neural reality, not simple-minded idealism." (The Spiritual Brain, Mario Beauregard Ph.D., Neuroscientist, 2007, p133) Conclusion: God created the spirit of man in His own ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-brain-mind-over-body.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 325 AD: Athanasius But since holy Scripture is of all things most sufficient for us, therefore recommending to those who desire to know more of these matters, to read the Divine word, I now hasten to set before you that which most claims attention, and for the sake of ... unlawful heresies, who indeed refer to the Scriptures, but do not hold such opinions as the saints have handed down, and receiving them as the traditions of men, err, because they do not rightly know them nor their power. Therefore Paul justly praises the Corinthians [1 Cor 11:2] , because their opinions were in accordance with his traditions. And the Lord most righteously reproved the Jews, saying, `Wherefore do ye also transgress the commandments of God on account of your traditions.' ... After we have given ourselves to fasting in continued succession, let us begin the holy Paschal week on the 18th of the month Pharmuthi (April 13). Then resting on the 23rd of the same month Pharmuthi (April 18), and keeping the feast afterwards on the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-athanasius.htm

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What the Bible says about Abortion! Since these terms are used for unborn children, then we have evidence that human life is present before birth The Bible makes no distinction of any kind in the terms used to describe a fetus. Body without spirit is dead: Jas 2:26 The ... F. Rom 9:11 for though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad G. "baby leapt for joy" in mother's womb Lk 1:41,44 conceived a "son" Lk 1:36; Acts 7:29 Lk 1:36 Elizabeth conceived a son Lk 1:57 Elizabeth ... The fundamental question to be answered is whether or not the life that has been conceived in the mother's womb is a human person, separate and distinct as an individual from the mother. God created only three basic classes of life, ... He will be condemned and punished by the owner or master if he abuses or misuses that which has been entrusted to him (Luke 12:42-46; Matt. 25:14-30; I Cor. 4:2). An unborn child is a particular blessing that has been given into our care just as surely as is a child that has been born. We have the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-Abortion.htm

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Four Hebrew Scripts: Mosaic, Hieroglyphic, Paleo, Aramaic, square ... ... So she removed her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife. When Judah ... The High Priest wore three sets of Seal stones that were engraved with Hebrew text indicating the twelve tribes were of God's family. b. The script would have been "Mosaic-hieroglyphic Hebrew" also used by God to write the two tables of stone for ... They fastened a blue cord to it, to fasten it on the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses." (Exodus 39:30-31) f. This same combination of names of God's people with "Holy to the Lord" was used by the Holy Spirit to seal Christians in the ... Its status was upset by the conquests of Alexander the Great (d. 323 B.C.) and the rapid spread of Hellenism and Greek culture in the following century. Affairs of state were conducted in Greek. The power of the Greek city-state and its role in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Hebrew-ancient-earliest-writing-Bible-scripts-alphabets-origin-Mosaic-heiroglyphic-Paleo-Aramaic-Masoretic-Jewish-Greek.htm

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The Jewish Synagogue Mikveh was the "Christian Maker" Baptistry ... A Jew would strip naked and descend down the "descent stairs" to the Mikveh and immerse himself, then climb the "ascent stairs" where he would be given a white robe symbolizing his ceremonial washing away of his sins. b. It is likely that the Jews ... the spirit of burning," (Isaiah 4:4) c. ""Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me," declares the Lord God." (Jeremiah 2:22) d. "Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. ... deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit," (Titus 3:5) c. "let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean ... Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'" (Acts 22:16) g. "Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Mikvah-Christian-Maker-Baptistry-wash-sins-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-copied-similarities-into-church.htm

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Silence of Scripture and Bible authority ... Num 9:12. Moses respected the silence of God! Click to View Only Levites are priests, all others prohibited. Levi, the third son of Jacob, was given no land inheritance: Joshua 18:7. Instead, they were to live off the tithe those tribes ... It is possible that the Jews had argued that Abram was the receiver of the tithes, not the giver. But Heb. 7:4 proves that Abraham was the lesser. Click to View Jerusalem only holy place, Mt Gerizim is not. Samaritans: "God never said this mountain was not holy" Deut. 12:5-7,11; 1 ... God had specifically said that water baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, was essential to salvation in Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet 3:21. Although God had commanded the Jews in the Old Testament to circumcise, he had never ... Likewise the church is only authorized to collect money from the freewill offerings of Christians every first day of the week. (1 Cor 16:1-2; 2 Cor 9:7) While the Old Testament commanded compulsory tithing 10% of your income, the New ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-authority-silence-traffic-signs.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The failure of extra-biblical oral church traditions ... 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, ... The written Word of God must remain the unique norm." (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, Reformed Protestant, 2001, p 179) Click to View Doctrinal development is condemned! The Apostolic Fathers recognized five different kinds of tradition: Click to View Tradition #1: Scripture. (2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Thess 2:15; 3:6) Click to View Tradition #2: Verbal inspiration. (Jer 1:9; 1 Cor 11:2; 2 ... Roman Catholic and Orthodox "oral tradition" defenders attack the Bible and we defeat them with the sword of the Spirit! Click to View Anti-Sola Scriptura arguments refuted! Click to View Sola ... Click to View "2 Timothy 2:2 proves apostolic succession and oral tradition." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "The saying of Jesus in Acts 20:35 came from oral tradition." Click to View CLICK ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary ... They argue: "if they believed in using the Bible alone for doctrine, they did a rather poor job of it!" With this we agree. For example, although the final canon was not settled until after 200 AD, by 100 AD, the four gospels, Acts and the 14 letters of Paul were ... 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) ... Notice he does not say, "we are the church, we have the Holy Spirit to guide our interpretation", but "as we understand it". He also says that the natural reading of scripture is enough. Why do the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches think that what they write is understandable with "ordinary reason", but what God writes is confusing to all unless you are the Pope? If non-Catholics cannot understand the Bible apart from "God's organization", because the scripture ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers.htm

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