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Is Church Membership Essential to my salvation? When asked, "Is church membership essential to salvation?", men usually reply that saved persons may join the church of their choice, or they say that there is no need to join a church unless one so wishes. Since you have visited this website, you want to know the Bible answer to this question; you want to know which of the forgoing alternatives is correct, or if God presents another alternative through His word, the Bible. The Bible tells, us in Acts, Chapters I and 2, about how (on the day of the beginning of the church) Peter spoke to the multitudes in Jerusalem. He explained to them that Jesus, whom they had crucified, was the Christ and was arisen. Upon believing this, the crowd was exceedingly sorry ... The addition of the one being saved to the church is done by the Lord, not by the believer, nor by any other person, nor by any other group of persons. As a result of his repentant, obedient faith in Jesus, the believer becomes a member of the Lord's body, which is the Lord's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-church-membership-essential.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 350 AD: Hilary of Poitiers 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 false doctrine of the Arians! "Having therefore held this faith from the beginning, and being resolved to hold it to the end in the sight of God and Christ, we say anathema to every heretical and perverted sect, and if any man teaches contrary to the wholesome and right faith of the Scriptures, saying that there is or was ... There is no danger in faith: the reverent confession of the hidden mystery of God is always safe. Christ was born of the Virgin, but conceived of the Holy Ghost according to the Scriptures. Christ wept, but according to the Scriptures: that which made Him weep was also a cause of joy. Christ hungered; but ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hilary.htm

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Official creed of Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (TACF ... Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (TACF) Statement of Faith We believe there is one God who lives forever in three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe that the Bible is God's Word to the world, speaking to us with authority and without error. We believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ the Son, in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His death for us on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the Father, and in His personal physical return to rule the earth in power and love. We believe that all mankind is lost in sin and selfishness and needs to turn ... We believe in the resurrection of every person; to eternal life for the believer and eternal judgement for the lost. We believe in unity for all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and seek community together: to become more like Him in every way, who is the head of His body, the Church. We are called to love Him and one another and are enabled to do this only as His life flows in and through ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-vinyard-(TACF).htm

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What Early Christians believed about SALVATION BY WORKS Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Salvation By Works? 30-100 AD Clement of Rome "[We] are not justified by ourselves. Nor by our own wisdom, understanding, godliness, or works done in holiness of heart. But by that faith through which Almighty God has justified all men since the beginning." (Clement of Rome Corinthians chap. 32) 69-156 AD Polycarp "Many desire to enter into this joy, knowing that 'by grace you are saved, not of works,' but by the will of God through Jesus Christ [Eph. 2:8]." (Polycarp Philippians chap. 1) 125 AD ... will deliver from death those who have believed." (Justin Trypho chap. 111) 185-255 AD Origen "One of the doctrines included in the teaching of the Church is that there is a just judgment of God. ... show mercy to one man while he hardens another, although not intending to harden. 'The ground,' he says, 'drinks in the rain that falls upon it and produces crops for the farmer, being blessed by God. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Works.htm

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Catholics wrong: Mary had many other children in addition to ... John 1:41 uses the same term of Peter and his brother. The Catholic Catechism says of these verses: "The Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, 'brothers of Jesus,' are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ..." Pg. 126 #500). The Catholic church teaches that the Mary in these passages is the mother of Jesus, but Jesus brothers and ... Are you still Roman Catholic after reading that? Matthew 12:46 & Mk 3:31 & Lk 8:19 Jesus is distinguishing between blood brothers versus brothers of faith. Remember it was someone else who called them "mother and brothers" not Jesus. If the brothers are not literal, then neither is ... are outside looking for You." 33 And answering them, He *said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?" 34 And looking about on those who were sitting around Him, He *said, "Behold, My mother and My brothers! 35 "For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-mary-had-many-children.htm

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God never named the church ... Service Eph 2:19-22 1 Cor 3:11 Temple Building Stones Foundation Architect 1.God's Presence 2.Support & Dependency 1 Cor 12:12-27 Rom 12:4-5 Col 1:18 Body Members Head - Support & Dependency Rom 16:16 Tit 2:14 Acts 20:28 The Church -Of Christ -Of God Saints Aliens The Redeemed Saviour Purchaser Redeemer - 1. Christ's Possession 2.Holiness Acts 11:26 1 Pe 4:16 Christians Christian Christ - ... On an individual basis were are also described in about 40 different ways, but we are given only one name to wear: "Christian" (1 Peter 4:16). Roman Catholic Church or Catholics Lutheran Church or Lutherans Baptist Church or Baptists Pentecostal Church/Full Gospel or Pentecostals Anglican/Episcopal Church or Anglicans Mormon Church or Mormons Kingdom Hall or Jehovah's Witnesses Seventh-day Adventist church or Adventists Mennonite Brethren Church or Mennonites Presbyterians Church or Presbyterians Salvation Army or Sally Annes Dutch Christian Reformed or Reforms II. How the church is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-not-named.htm

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The Book of Mormon contradicts ITSELF and the Bible! The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View The Book of Mormon contradicts Itself! The Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible! Click to View The Book of Mormon contradicts Itself and other inspired Mormon writings! One God Plural Gods Book of Mormon: Alma 11:27-39, 44; 2 Nephi 31:21; Mormon 7:7; 3 Nephi 11:27 Testimony of the three witnesses Doctrine and Covenants: Section 121:32; 132:18-20, 37 God is a Spirit God Has a Body B. of M. - Alma 18:26-28; 22:8-11 D. & C. - Section ... LDS - Repent of individual acts - not sinful nature. Bible - Must repent of basic rebellion. (Jer. 17:9; Luke 5:32) Atonement - Salvation By Grace LDS - believe Christ's death brought release from grave and universal resurrection - Salvation by ... LDS - Is a separate God from Father and Son - different from Holy Spirit - Holy Ghost is a person - Holy Spirit is influence from Father and not personal. Bible - Same Greek word used for Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit (I Cor 3:16 and 6:19). Virgin ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-contradictions.htm

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Role of the Husband in the Bible Role of the Husband in the Bible "But if any man does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. " 1 Timothy 5:8 "But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. " 1 Cor 11:3 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, " Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered ... A. Like Christ, Eph.5:23. 1. Describes more than authority, also kind of authority. Like physical head; supervises nourishment, care of body. Doesn't run off on own. Constantly concerned, aware. Dedicated to providing for her benefit, her ... Feelings are fickle. 2) Contrast love, I Cor.13:8, "never fails". 3) Feeling are result. Learn to put others first. Feel differently. Feelings are important, but feelings follow. Cf. salvation. 2. Positively: Love is commanded, therefore ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/husbands.htm

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Reasons why the Apocrypha does NOT belong in the Bible! Roman Catholic and Orthodox Faith Examined and The Apocrypha "The Jewish canon, or the Hebrew Bible, was universally received, while the Apocrypha added to the Greek version of the Septuagint were only in a ... originated after the cessation of prophecy, and they cannot therefore be regarded as inspired, nor are they ever cited by Christ or the apostles" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 3, chapter 9) 21 reasons why the Apocrypha is not inspired: The Roman Catholic Church did not officially canonize the Apocrypha until the Council of Trent (1546 AD). ... Jamnia, which the law forbiddeth to the Jews: so that all plainly saw, that for this cause they were slain. Then they all blessed the just judgment of the Lord, who had discovered the things that were hidden. ... The apocryphal books themselves make reference to what we call the Silent 400 years, where there was no prophets of God to write inspired materials. And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-apocrypha.htm

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cr-UBF-university-bible-fellowship We believe that God sent his Holy Spirit to empower his church to witness to Jesus to the ends of the earth. We believe that we are made righteous by grace alone, through faith alone. We believe that the Holy Spirit works in the heart of every believer to lead him. We believe that the church is the body of Christ and that all Christians are members of it. We believe that Jesus will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. Review: The UBF (University Bible fellowship) is just another flavor of "Baptist". In Canada we have several of these, like Philpot Memorial (AGC Associate Gospel Churches). They all tend to be the same. Generally, they accept the Bible as God's inspired word and expect good moral living. However they all share the same false doctrines being Calvinistic, have women preachers, use instrumental music, and most horrifying, teach salvation by faith only and reject the necessity of water baptism for the remission of sins. They teach the sinners prayer. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-UBF-university-bible-fellowship.htm

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Did the New Testament Church have a world headquarters? It is a divine monarchy. Jesus Christ is the head or king. The Bible teaches in Ephesians 1:22-23, that God "gave him to be the head over all things to the church. Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all". He is the one and only lawgiver. The Bible says in James 4:12, "There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?". In Christ legislative, executive and judicial powers meet and merge. He possesses all authority as we learn from Matthew 28:18. He has made the laws for his church. He executes them. He will one day judge all according to his system of Biblical truth. The New Testament church composes all the saved throughout the whole ... C. Episcopal: Episcopal is a transliteration of the Greek word for "bishop or overseer". All local churches are ruled from a central point. The Roman Catholic church with its Pope in Rome and the Jehovah's Witnesses with their "Governing body" in New York city are excellent ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-headquarters.htm

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mormon church The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Why people convert to Mormonism in the first place (The "Hook" of Mormonism) "And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence ... They will quote Moroni 10:4 "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of ... It is interesting to watch one Mormon sect use this "pray to God to tell you we are right" technique on other Mormon sect. Similar to Calvinism's "irresistible grace" where sinner is brought to salvation by ... The Bible says there is no marriage in heaven The B of M was inspired in its translation. The Bible says Mary was a virgin when conceived The B of M is the most correct book on earth The Bible is all we need to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-convert-mormons.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! ... While a tendency toward eclecticism or synthesis developed after A.D. 300, each of the mystery cults was a separate and distinct religion during the century that saw the birth of the Christian church. Moreover, each mystery cult assumed different forms in different cultural settings and ... This lack of any emphasis on correct belief marked an important difference between the mysteries and Christianity. The Christian faith was exclusivistic in the sense that it recognized only one legitimate path to God and salvation, Jesus Christ. The mysteries were inclusivistic in the sense that nothing prevented a believer in one cult from following other mysteries. (5) The immediate goal of the ... The basic myth of the Isis cult concerned Osiris, her husband during the earlier Egyptian and nonmystery stage of the religion. According to the most common version of the myth, Osiris was murdered by his brother who then sank the coffin containing Osiris's body into the Nile river. Isis ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... 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 church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Geographic ... not universally set until about 300AD. The canon underwent a progression of development, which by faith, we believe was guided by divine providence to what we have today in the 21 century. 2. Although it ... I. Stumper Questions for Roman Catholics and Orthodox: If the Roman Catholic church gave the world the Bible, being infallible, then why did Rome reject or question the inspiration of James and Hebrews , ... First, it may be argued that the "orthodox" church, from an early time on, collected books it regarded as sacred. Although the boundaries were not clear (and not the same) in different regions, a main body ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm

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The Bible can be interpreted correctly by every person without ... For those who think God is an incompetent writer! Click to View The Bible can be interpreted correctly by every person. Click to View Without the church to interpret for you. (false doctrine) Click to View Without the illumination of the Holy Spirit. (false ... childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:15 "He read from the book before the square which was in front of the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women, those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the book of the law. ... They read from the book, from the law of God, translating [cf. ... Click to View #1: Illumination of the Church Organization by the Holy Spirit The church is not an infallible source of truth Click to View The church is not illuminated by the Holy Spirit! Click to View The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches both claim the Bible ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-interpretation.htm

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Mormonism: "As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be." The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View Adam - God Doctrine "As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be." God was once just a man! Man can become God! The most blasphemous, ... In spite of the opposition of the sects, in the face of direct charges of blasphemy, the Church proclaims the eternal truth: 'As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be.'" (LDS Apostle James E. Talmage, Articles of Faith, Ch.24, p.430 - p.431, LDS Collectors Library '97 CD-ROM) " 'It is the first principle of the gospel to know for a ... Christ Himself did.' The Father is a glorified, perfected, resurrected, exalted man who worked out his salvation by obedience to the same laws he has given to us so that we may do the same." (LDS Apostle Bruce R. ... According to revelation, however, he is a personal Being, a holy and exalted Man, a glorified, resurrected Personage having a tangible body of flesh and bones, an anthropomorphic Entity, the personal Father of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-adam-god.htm

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Four positions on the day of Christian worship Click to View The false position taught by Sabbatarians that Saturday is the day Christians worship. Click to View The false position taught by the Catholic Church that the Pope changed the day Christians worship from Saturday to Sunday. ... everything He says to you. 'And it shall be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'" Thus we listen to Christ in all things and Moses in nothing. This is New Testament Christianity! ... The Millerites for the most part never accepted the Sabbath or the 1844 experience. Those who remained "Adventists" formed the Church of God (Abrahamic Faith), the Advent Christian (1861) and the Evangelical Adventist who are now defunct. It is the Advent Christian ... This alone forever settles the question as to the perpetuity of the institution ... Until, therefore, it can be shown that the whole moral law has been repealed, the Sabbath will stand ... The teaching of Christ confirms the perpetuity of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-4-positions.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed in expedient, optional tradition Sola Scriptura home page Introduction: Expedient man-made tradition that is optional and not a matter of faith, since the apostles were silent about such matters. (Tertullian, The crown or ... This is the mistake the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make when they look at their current practices. They just assume that because there was a pattern of tradition in the church ... practiced by Christ, the apostles, the Fathers and every church today. What is most troubling about these liturgical traditions to the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, is that there was no uniform pattern anywhere, EVER in the history of the church. Although the Catholics and Orthodox fight over whose liturgy is the apostolic tradition, the truth is, no such uniform tradition ever existed. God deliberately left ... the Luciferians, 8) After baptism: "from that day we refrain from the daily bath for a whole week" (Tertullian, The crown or De Corona, ch 3-4) "as the anniversary comes round, we make ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-3-expedient.htm

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How to be saved from Hell and get yourself to heaven! After we become Christians through water baptism, it means that we must be evangelistic in leading others to Christ. This as a bare minimum requires us to at least inform others that we are Christians when the need of the moment requires us to do so. Confession in this sense, is not a confession of sins, but a confession of faith. See: Matt 10:32-33; Luke 9:26; Rom 10:9-10; Acts 8:36-37 Step #5: ... Sprinkling instead of immersion: Just because Catholic pope John Paul II did the baptism, doesn't mean God accepts it as Bible baptism.! Catholic baptism is invalid! Click to View Click to View Catholic Baptism is not Bible baptism! Not even John Paul II can make right, an infant baptism by sprinkling, that is wrong according to the Bible! Click to View Objections to baptism as essential to salvation refuted Click to View Step #6: Remain faithful till death Click to View Click to View Is weekly Church Attendance Essential? Click to View Attending church for 24 wrong reasons. Also 12 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexsalvation.htm

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Sola Scriptura was not invented by 16th century Protestants, ... No Father or council of the early Church ever asserted that the Scriptures, in and of themselves, with-out any reference to the Church, are the all-sufficient rule of faith. The Reformation principle of sola Scriptura was an invention of the Reformation itself. ... This means that from the Day of Pentecost to October ... The Bible and Apostolic Fathers taught it. Then between 200 AD and 1500 AD, there was a gradual move towards the adoption of human creeds and traditions. By the time Luther came along, the Roman Catholic church had become so tradition bound, that the church barely resembled the one you can read about in the Bible. Luther ... of the Church could be deduced from Scripture and revived the theory of some early heretics, refuted by Irenaeus, that the Bible does not contain the whole of God's revelation and that a body of traditional doctrine existed in the Church equally deserving of veneration. [28] When it was pointed out that things were taught in the Roman Church for ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-anti-refuted-unscriptural.htm

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FALSE: End of the world prophecy charts by God to learn new truths never previously known to man. 5. May 22, 2011 proved Camping and all date setters like him, to be agents of Satan to destroy faith in the Bible since he claimed the Bible guaranteed it. 6. In fact camping did not get his date from the Bible at all, but his "Latter Rain" inspiration. 7. ... and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, " (Ephesians 3:10-11) God will be glorified in the church for all future eternity: "to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. ... Those who believe the church was thought up at the last minute when the Jews rejected Jesus as their king fail to realize that our salvation is inside the church, which is the body of Christ and will continue forever. If the church ends at the second coming, then so does the body of Christ. So Rapture and premillennialism is rank heresy invented by John Darby in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-false-end-times-charts.htm

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The 7 Promises Of God to Man God to Abraham, addressed the church at Rome with these words: "For the promise that he should be heir of the world, was not to Abraham or his seed through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith . . . therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed" (Romans 4:13, 16). God's promise to Abraham was first spelled out in Genesis Chapter 12. It was repeated in Chapter 22. Verse 18 reads: "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice". Now a promise is of no more value than is the ability of the one who makes it to carry through. It also includes willingness to do so. God did carry through with Abraham. Paul points out in Galatians 3:16, that it was through Christ God intended to fulfill the promise to Abraham. ... That would include food, clothing, shelter, companionship, love, and salvation thru Jesus Christ. It would not include the multiplicity of luxuries that we have come ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-7promises-god.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The rock of the wilderness that followed them ... False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to prove oral extra-scriptural church tradition are refuted. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition ... Click to View Refutation of the false Catholic & Orthodox tradition argument: "The rock of the wilderness that followed them was recorded only in Jewish tradition, not scripture. 1 Corinthians ... We reject the idea that Paul was quoting Jewish tradition, but making an inspired application of God's providence in the wilderness as being representative of Christ. We take the view that the tradition itself of a rock that followed them, grew out of their interpretation of scripture, not the other way around. We believe the scripture produced the tradition. The idea that God is the "Rock of salvation" is ... else would it as well have gushed out before this time: but another sort of Rock, a spiritual One, performed the whole, even Christ who was every where with them and wrought all the wonders. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-christ-rock-followed-1-cor-10-4.htm

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Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Satanic Quote: Christianity Trasher Trashes whole of Core Christianity Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, Jw's booklet. Trinity "is a ... by Lyman Abbott, about himself, 1922, p16) "The notion that Jesus organized a Christian church to take the place of the decaying Jewish church has very little evidence to support it." ... "That he prescribed baptism and the Lord's Supper as permanent ordinances appears to me to ... The gospel is not the good news that guilty men may be saved from punishment, but the good news that guilty men may be made virtuous. In one word, Salvation is character. Justification by faith no longer means to me that Christ has suffered the penalties of my sins and therefore if I accept his sacrifice God will treat me as though I were innocent although I am guilty; it means that Jesus Christ offers himself to me as my divine ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Abbott.htm

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A Short History of the Watchtower Organization Jehovah's Witnesses trace their origins to the nineteenth century Adventist movement in America. That movement began with William Miller, a Baptist lay preacher who, in the year 1816, began proclaiming that Christ would return in ... JWs are accustomed to defending themselves against the charge that they are a new religious cult. They will often respond that theirs is the most ancient religious group, older than Catholic and Protestant churches. In fact, their ... Originally raised a Presbyterian, Russell was 16 years old and a member of the Congregational church in the year 1868, when he found himself losing faith. He had begun to doubt not only church creeds and doctrines, but also God and the Bible itself. At this critical juncture a chance encounter restored ... First it became accepted in theory that the Christian Church (which Jehovah's Witnesses see their organization as encompassing) should not be under one-man rule, but rather should be governed by a body similar to the twelve ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-history.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... Were these Ex-Jw's in fact disfellowshipped for truth and knew things that the governing body did not? See Jw's were disfellowshipped for rejecting generation doctrine Can Jehovah's Witnesses hold and discuss openly with ... the organization tells him" about the date 1935? Is it not hypocritical when you chide the "poor deluded Catholic" that his faith cannot find a Bible passage to support it, when the same goes for you and 1935? How do you know that there ... Since Jehovah's Witnesses appeal to Isa 43:12; 44:8 for scriptural support that they should be called, "Jehovah's Witnesses" then what was the "new name" prophesied in Isa 62:2? Can't be "Jehovah's Witnesses", for God already used it 20 chapters earlier. Could the new name be "Christian" after our savior "Christ"? ... Should we discard the New Testament or the Watchtower organization as unreliable? If the name "Jehovah" is so important, then why does Acts 4:12 say, "There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name [v10 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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Brown, Colin: New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology ... And the other express declaration is also lacking, that God is God thus and only thus, i.e. as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These two express declarations, which go beyond the witness of the Bible, are the twofold content of the Church doctrine of the Trinity" (Karl Barth, CD, 1, 1, 437). It ... An extension of the triadic form in which, however, the important element is "the one God," "the one Lord" and "the one Spirit," appears in Eph. 4:4 ff. Gal. 4:4 ff. does not, strictly speaking, present a formula. It sets out the action of God in salvation history, placing God, Christ and the Holy Spirit in their right relationship: God ... So too death as a giving up the spirit (Matt. 27:50; Lk. 23:46: Acts 7:59) is to be interpreted not so much as the release of the ghost from the machine, but in terms rather of the physical body ceasing to be the embodiment of the whole man. At death man ceases to exist both in the realm of the physical and in the realm of the spiritual and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Brown.htm

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Jewish Messianic Expectation at the time of Christ They never dreamed the land promise was heaven, the restored temple was the body of Christ, the restored kingdom was the church and that the messiah was the liberator over the devil not Rome. 3. ... The Jews then said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" But He was speaking of the temple of His body. So when He was raised from the dead, His ... and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22) II. Non-Biblical, 1st century Jewish Messianic beliefs: 6000 ... F. "And the Holy One, blessed be he, will renew his world only after seven thousand years." (Babylonian Talmud, b. Sanh. 11:1, I.88.A-91.F) 1. As early as 100 BC, the Jews had invented a non-Biblical ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Jewish-Messiah-Jesus-coming-Days-Coins-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Seder-Olam-Talmud-Revelation-Gog-magog-dragon-war-1000-years-Hell-judgment-resurrection.htm

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Romans 8 Study The Gift of the Holy Spirit A. Romans 8 is easy to decipher with the correct foundations of truth. B. Spiritual supernatural gifts existed in the church at Rome: 1. Rom 12:6 gift of prophecy 2. Rom 1:11 Paul wanted to impart ... 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 belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of ... B. A non-miraculous personal indwelling doesn't "make you know" will be raised or give assurance of salvation: 1. Rom 8:9 anyone who doesn't have spiritual gifts is not His a. what about those without ... 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/... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Romans-8-Study.htm

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Can Ordinary People Understand The Bible? ... Jesus' prayer and Paul's admonition to the Corinthians are neatly summed in Ephesians 4:2-6: "With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; ... Colossians 1:1-2 "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ.? 2 Peter 1:1 "And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea." Colossians 4:16 "I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren." I Thessalonians 5:27 "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: the time is at hand." Revelations 1:3 These scriptures show ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-understand-common-man.htm

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Introduction of New Catholic doctrines not found in the Bible Introduction of New doctrines not found in The Bible The key-word that describes the doctrine of Roman Catholics is: CHANGE Pre-Roman Catholic False teachings 200 AD Immersion of infants who are ... In the West, the first prohibition of clerical marriage, which laid claim to universal ecclesiastical authority, proceeded in 385 from the Roman church in the form of a decretal letter of the ... Infant baptism by immersion commanded of all infants (Council Of Mela, Austin was the principal director) 430 AD Exhalation of Virgin Mary: "Mother of God" first applied by the Council of Ephesus 502 AD Special dress ... Auricular Confession of sins to priests instituted by Pope Innocent III, (Lateran Council) 1215 AD Mass a Sacrifice of Christ 1217 AD Adoration and Elevation of Host: ie. communion bread (Pope ... Sinners prayer, invented by Billy Sunday and made popular by Billy Graham. (Some Catholics now use this) 1950 AD Assumption of the body of the Virgin Mary into heaven shortly after her death. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-new-doctrines.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the church by the Holy Spirit ... Sola Scriptura home page Click to View The church is not an infallible interpreter of scripture! I. Oral Traditionalists: Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches "But the appeal to antiquity is both a treason and a heresy. It is ... B. Falsely believe the interpretation is the right of he church not the individual: "the Holy Spirit is promised to guide the people of God into the knowledge of the truth, and therefore that which they, under the teaching of ... Protestant, 2001, p 268) "The authority of the Church is important for our discussion because of the fact that the Church is given the authority by Christ to teach and preach the gospel. The Church is the body with the ability and authority to speak. The Scripture contains the content of what she is to speak. ... alone without creeds] essentially destroys the real authority of ministers of the Word and the Church as a whole." (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, Reformed Protestant, 2001, p 245) "It renders the universal ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-church.htm

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What Early Christians believed about SALVATION BY FAITH ONLY What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Salvation by Faith Alone? 30-100 AD Clement of Rome, who was ... By fixing our thoughts on God by faith. By earnestly seeking the things that are pleasing and acceptable to Him. By doing the things that are in harmony with His blameless will. And by following the way of truth, casting away from us all unrighteousness and sin." (Clement of Rome Letter to the Corinthians chaps. 34, 35 [companion of the apostle Paul and overseer of the church in Rome]) ... (Origen Of First Things preface, chap. 6) 170-236 AD Hippolytus "The Gentiles, by faith in Christ, prepare for themselves eternal life through good works." (Hippolytus Fragments from ... For since man consists of two parts, body and soul, of which the one is earthly, the other heavenly, two lives have been assigned to man. The first, which is appointed for the body, is transitory. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Faith-Only.htm

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Pope Offers Catholics Time Out Of Purgatory By Y2K Indulgences Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE Click to View "Pope Offers Catholics Time Out Of Purgatory By Y2K Indulgences" The above was the headline of a recent article in ... "The medieval church sold indulgences, a practice that drove Martin Luther to rebel, leading to the Reformation... "The pope said individual sinners would be granted 'plenary indulgences," a full ... Or they may choose an act of private sacrifice...This would include abstaining for at least one whole day from unnecessary consumption (for example, from smoking, or alcohol, or by fasting)." ... Too, we could ignore James' admonition to "confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another that you may be healed" (Js 5:16). "For this is the love of God, that we keep His ... 1 Tm 4:1-3). These men and their doctrines are to be rejected (Gal 1:6-9; 2 Jn 9-11). Therefore, let us abide only in the doctrine of Christ! (S. F. Deaton) Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-indulgences.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 360 AD: Cyril of Jerusalem For concerning the divine and holy mysteries of the Faith, not even a casual statement must be delivered without the Holy Scriptures; nor must we be drawn aside by mere plausibility and artifices of speech. Even to me, who tell thee these things, give not absolute credence, unless thou receive the proof of the things which I announce from the Divine Scriptures. For this salvation which we believe ... Cyril sure sounds like one of us "good 'ol Bible thumping Protestants"! He sure doesn't sound very "Catholic or Orthodox". Although he knew of creeds and canons, was himself a Bishop of authority, he ... it, acquire and keep that only, which is now delivered to thee by the Church, and which has been built up strongly out of all the Scriptures. For since all cannot read the Scriptures, some being hindered as to the knowledge of them by want of learning, and others by a want of leisure, in order that the soul may not perish from ignorance, we comprise the whole doctrine of the Faith in a few lines. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-cyril.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 375 AD: Gregory of ... hold our faith unchangeably. (Gregory of Nyssa, On "Not Three Gods") Click to View "The Christian Faith, which in accordance with the command of our Lord has been preached to all nations by His disciples, is neither of men, nor by men, but by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, Who being the Word, the Life, the Light, the Truth, and God, and Wisdom, and all else that He ... in its entirety with soul and body, so that our salvation was accomplished by means of both:-He, I say, appeared on earth and "conversed with men ," that men might no longer have opinions according to their own notions about the Self-existent, formulating into a doctrine the hints that come to them from vague conjectures, but that we might be convinced that God has truly been manifested in the ... meaning of the things which have been spoken, so as to accord in the faith set forth by the Lord of the whole Scriptures, which faith we guard as we received it, word for word, in purity, without falsification, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-gregory.htm

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Hislop, Alexander: The Two Babylons "Trinity in Unity, In India, the supreme divinity, in like manner, in one of the most ancient cave-temples, is represented with three heads on one body, under the name of "Eko Deva Trimurtti," "One God, three forms."" (The Two Babylons ... Having checked the book, Hislop is conservative minded and does not trash the whole of Christianity, like all who say Trinity originated with the pagans. What Hislop refutes is not the Trinity, but the vain attempts of the Roman Catholic Church to use a triangle to represent the King eternal. Hislop's minces no words, calling the Trinity "the same great truth" and condemns only representations of ... While Hislop rejects Christmas and Martolatry as untrue, he believes that trinity is of divine revelation. This is an important distinction to keep in mind in his book. Hislop's view is that God revealed Himself as Trinity from the beginning to the patriarchs calling trinity "original patriarchal faith". To Hislop, God's people did not adopt pagan ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hislop.htm

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sola-scriptura-oral-written-final And those have a craving for glory who voluntarily evade, by arguments of a diverse sort, the things delivered by the blessed apostles and teachers, which are wedded to inspired words; opposing the ... 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 apostles of Christ and God. ... Tertullian uses the expression "viva voce" (living voice) which is merely a reference to inspired oral revelation. 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-oral-written-final.htm

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Newman, John Henry: Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ... The doctrine of the Divine Word is Platonic; the doctrine of the Incarnation is Indian; of a divine kingdom is Judaic; of Angels and demons is Magian; the connexion of sin with the body is Gnostic; celibacy is known to Bonze and Talapoin; a ... We must have a whole doctrine stated by a whole Church. The Catholic Truth in question is made up of a number of separate propositions, each of which, if maintained to the exclusion of the rest, is a heresy. In order then to prove that all the Antenicene writers taught the dogma of the Holy Trinity, it is not enough to prove that each still has gone far enough to be only a heretic not enough to prove that one has held that the Son is God (for so did the Sabellian, so did the Macedonian) and another ... This is true, and admits of application to certain other doctrines besides that of the Blessed Trinity in Unity; but there is as little room for such antecedent probabilities as for the argument from suggestions and intimations in the precise ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Newman.htm

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Rapture Refuted! Pre-tribulation Rapture and Premillennialism ... The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930, which was made popular by Billy Graham in 1935. 3. Rapture promoters usually claim to ... John Hagee and others who oppose "replacement theology" are rank false teachers whom apostle Paul condemns as "fallen from grace, severed from Christ". (Gal 4:10; 5:4; Rom 7:1-7; Jer 31:31 + Heb ... The kingdom is the church 1. The Old Testament Kingdom Prophecy is the church and it came, just as Jesus said, on Pentecost in 33 A.D.! 2. The Kingdom is the church The Kingdom of God was established on Pentecost "In ... Scientific proof earthquakes have not increased in the last 100 years! The end of the Temple in 70 AD came after the Gospel had been preached to whole world! Flee to escape Jerusalem not some ... Harold Camping's official Numerology Rapture chart he used in his failed prediction of May 21, 2011 has been found! Harold Camping is an agent of the Satan to destroy faith in the Bible when his ... ... https://www.bible.ca/rapture.htm

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Early and Latter Rain Theology Refuted ... or statement of faith b. your church practices tongues and "slain in the spirit" c. your preacher claims God talks and communicates with him. d. your church is Calvinistic and teaches the Holy Spirit must communicate directly to you and independent from the Bible in order to "let you know you are elect." ... like Catholics believe only the leaders of the church (ie. the Governing Body who write the Watchtower magazine) can understand scripture. The common "slave class" Jehovah's Witness (the ones who knock on your door) cannot understand scripture themselves apart from what the Watchtower says. Like Catholics, they believe the Holy Spirit guides the organization to understand the Bible. Yet unlike the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, Jehovah's Witnesses ... filled, poured out, fell upon, given but never rain! 6. The whole idea of rain as the power of the Holy Spirit is anti-Biblical whose origin is the fleshly minds of men who are influenced by the doctrines of demons. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-prediction-end-of-the-world-early-and-latter-rains-god-told-me-inspired-illuminated.htm

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Lesson 14: The Lord's Supper Christ instituted the Lord's Supper in order for us to remember the great sacrifice He made for us and that we rely on Him and His sacrifice for our salvation. He gave us this memorial so we would not ... God and Christ are loving and wonderful for what they have done for us. In 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 we read of Jesus instituting the Lord's Supper, "The Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, Take eat; this is My body which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of Me. In the same manner He also ... For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes." This is how we remember the great suffering which our Lord did for us. We proclaim our faith in this ... What great love and concern God and Christ have for us! The Lord wants us to remember what He did for us every first day of the week as the church did in the first century. We are to remember that our Lord ... ... https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-14-communion.htm

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Part 2: Bible Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ... ... Moses was functioning LIKE God to Pharaoh, not that Moses was actually a god. So JW's believe in a whole range of created gods, including Jesus, Moses and the Devil! Jesus a Separate Creation Thus, Jesus had an ... They do this because without the word [other] the passage clearly refutes their false doctrine about Jesus. He was "the beginning of God's creation." (Revelation 3:14, RS, Catholic edition). "Beginning" [Greek, ... Most scholars see absolutely no connection with Jesus in Prov 8. The only scholars who do see a connection are Bible haters, who not only trash the deity of Christ, but the virgin birth as well! Notice they dare not actually name any "scholars" who agree with them! It no doubt was to this master craftsman that God said: "Let us make man in our image." (Genesis ... to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." (RS, Catholic edition) At 2 Corinthians 1:3 the apostle Paul confirms this relationship: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-bible-section.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? But at the dinner, according to Luke's account in Chapter 22:19-20, "He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me. ... That the early church under the direct guidance of the inspired apostles observed the Lord's Supper on the first day of every week is the testimony of all biblical scholars and church historians of every denomination. ... (or elders), offered up their united prayers, celebrated the sacred supper, the memorial of Jesus Christ, and the salvation he procured . . . . The Christians of this century assembled for the worship of God and for their advancement in piety on the first day of the week, the day on which Christ reassumed life; for ... The Supper is a constant and beautiful reminder, not only of the death and resurrection of our Lord, but of His whole life and teaching, of His new and eternal covenant with all its promises and hopes, and of His glorious ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church ... The full quote says: "When God desired to create the world, he needed an agent to do this for him. This necessity arose out of the Greek view that God cannot concern himself with matter. Therefore, he begot another divine being to create ... Hence the argument that Constantine is the catalyst of trinity doctrine is no stronger than the argument that Constantius is the catalyst of Arian doctrine. Full texts "This centrality of Christ in the faith and witness of the church arises directly out of the New Testament. ... Not so the Jesus of Arius. In his teaching, Jesus had a human body but not a human soul. The Logos took the place of the human soul in Jesus. He was therefore a creature who was neither God nor man. He was not God because the Logos that was in him was created; he was not man because he did not have a soul. Moreover, the Logos was subject to change: he could become a sinner. Such was the teaching which Arius began to set forth in about 311. Alexander, the Catholic bishop of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm

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Carpenter, Edward: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Edward Carpenter 1920 1996 "And when at the Council of Nicea (325 AD) it [the early church] endeavored to establish an ... What they fail to tell you Carpenter trashes the whole of Christianity, arguing that all of Christian faith was borrowed from the pagans! Muslims also use Carpenter's book, but they are honest in the use of it, because they use Carpenter's work as evidence that the whole of Christianity is borrowed from the pagans! "Edward ... About all or nearly all of them it was believed that - 1. They were born on or very near the Christmas day, 2. They were born of virgin mothers, 3. And in a cave or ... Let us take the belief in the coming of a Saviour-god ; and this will be the more suitable as it is a belief which has in the past been commonly held to be ... In The Book of Enoch, written not later than B.C. 170, the Christ is spoken of as already existing in heaven, Even to-day the Arabian lands are always vibrating with ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Carpenter.htm

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Gibbon, Edward: History of Christianity Satanic Quote: Christianity Trasher Trashes whole of Christianity. Trashes trinity, incarnation and Jewish sacrifices as of pagan origin in the same paragraph! Gibbon, Edward: History of Christianity Click to View "If Paganism was conquered by Christianity, it is equally true that Christianity was corrupted by Paganism. The pure Deism of the first Christians . . . was changed, by the Church of Rome, into the ... How credible is Gibbon's claim that Trinity was borrowed from the pagans, when most of the belief system that Trinitarians and anti-Trinitarians share (like the virgin birth, resurrection of Christ etc) are thought of by Gibbon as also of pagan origin. Gibbon not only trashes trinitarian theology, but all of Christianity as a religion! And the Governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses knows this about Gibbon's views. But even more incredible, is the fact that Gibbon would label JW's as Polytheistic, with their "one true God, and pantheons of demi-gods and other ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Gibbon.htm

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The Soul's Conflict, Richard Sibbs, 1635 AD The very title of the book says it all! Sibbs viewed that insanity was caused by an inner conflict and cured only by faith in Christ! He recognizes the conflict between good and bad conduct and how the ... it stirres up the affections answerable to the good or ill which it apprehends, and our affections stir the humors of the body, so that oftentimes both our souls and bodies are troubled hereby." ... Hee that is at peace in himself, will be peaceable to others, peaceable in his family, peaceable in the Church, peaceable in the State; The soul of a wicked man is in perpetual) sedition; being ... whole man becomes moved and oftentimes distempered; this falleth out by reason of the Sympathy between the soul and body, whereby what offendeth one redoundeth to the hurt of the other." He also says that hypochondria is beyond dispute because of how clear it was that people became insane over the mere worry of contracting and dying from the plague, which was seen as a judgement of God ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-souls-conflict-richard-sibbs-1635ad.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Mark 2:7 Trinity Proof Texts Mark 2:5-12 And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven." But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their ... Jehovah's Witnesses should be ashamed at making an argument they don't even believe is true! This is the identical approach that the Roman Catholics take to prove that the "church organization" can forgive personal sin independent of the mind of God. Such a view teaches a power of the "clergy over the pew-dwellers" regarding individual salvation, the exclusive right to marry, grant communion, and baptize. Click here to see Catholic position ... sin: "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." Jehovah's Witnesses must argue that they can forgive sins, just like Jesus can! Yet this is still an exclusive function of Jesus! Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #3 Christians are told by Christ to forgive sins of others. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-mark2-7.htm

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Bible Miracles and Modern day impostors! He provided quail in the wilderness, and water from the rock to supply Israel's needs. He gave commandments inscribed on stone with His finger. He once caused His Son to be born of a virgin, and Jesus ... The son died, but the father steadfastly insisted the Lord would raise the son from the dead in three days. This delusion did not come to pass. The minister of a 40 member church in Tennessee was freed ... A crucial question is how are we to discern true and false miracles? By what rule of Scripture would a "faith healer" establish that his work is authorized by God? Or that his "healing" is any more genuine than that of an African witch doctor? Some pertinent points regarding the healings of Christ will serve as practical tests for professed healings today. (1) Jesus did not publicize His ... People were "made whole" by Christ. (Matthew 15:29-31; Mark 7:31-37). (4) Jesus never failed to heal a person He attempted to Heal. He never had any embarrassing explanations to make for failures. (5) ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-miracles-today.htm

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