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The New Testament Jewish Sects: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes ... ... That is, they didn= t believe in a resurrection to an angel or a spirit or that they denied the elaborate angelology and demonology popular since the days of the Maccabees. Cf. Ferguson 486-87.) Josephus concurs ... Because of the detailed information of Josephus and the information from Qumran, we have more knowledge of the Essenes than Sadducees or Pharisees. Although they are not mentioned by name in the New Testament, they were evidently active during the life of Jesus, so I want to spend a little time on them. A Essenes@ might mean A holy ones@ or A pious ones@ ... Apocalyptic: The Essenes were highly apocalyptic with a stress on angels. Perhaps Paul addressed them in Colossians 2:18-23. They believed that the end was coming soon and thus interpreted the prophets to be A ... TraditionalistsB believed in the authority of oral tradition: In this respect, we would call the Pharisees A liberals@ and the Sadducees A conservatives.@ Mark 7:5. Like the Catholics adhere to the teachings of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-jewish-sects-pharisees-sadducees-essenes-zealots.htm

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Aramaic: Native language of Jesus ... Most important is that Jesus defaulted to Aramaic not Hebrew when he cried to God in Aramaic: "My God, why have you forsaken me" (Mark 15:34). d. Jesus gave Peter an Aramaic Name: "Cephas". Jn 1:24. Additionally, Thomas, Matthew and Martha all had ... Some argue this distinction cannot be drawn because the Lord spoke Aramaic, a language in which such variations of meaning do not exist; however, the Holy Spirit in inspiration of the NT did use different vocabulary. Moreover, this perhaps was one of the ... At the time of Jesus, the Greek Septuagint (LXX) was accepted by the Jews in their Synagogues as "equivalent to" the Hebrew Tanakh. (Old Testament). b. The Greek Septuagint Old Testament was the standard text of Apostle Paul and the entire first ... It was Rabbi Judah the Prince who compiled the Mishnah (oral tradition of Moses) in 189 AD who said of the Targum "He who translates a biblical verse literally is a liar, but he who elaborates on it is a blasphemer." (Rabbi Judah the Prince, 135 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-default-working-language-Jesus-first-century-Aramaic-Greek-Hebrew-Latin.htm

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Origin of Ancient synagogues: Architectural prototype of the ... ... Josephus 70 AD Justin Martyr 150 AD Ancient Jewish Literary Sources Non-Biblical, Non-Mosaic first century oral tradition codified into modern Jewish law Mishnah 200 AD Tosefta 250 AD Jerusalem Talmud ... The myopic unbelief of these reductionist archeologists lurks on every page of their excavation reports and in all their conclusions. Paul describes them as "always learning and never able to come to ... Of course they are delighted that such a conclusion trashes the inspiration and historicity of the Christian Bible. Let me guide you with the spirit of Christ into the truth about the origin and ... Bible and Spade, 29, no. 2, p 45, 2016 AD) 3. Aquila of Sinope (~130 AD) Gentile, converted then excommunicated as Christian, converted to Judaism: "Aquila's name must have been common in antiquity ... For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying, "This is the covenant that I will make with them After those ... ... https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/welcome.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The Holy Spirit does not guide us to understand ... Sola Scriptura: The Holy Spirit does not guide us to understand the Bible! Illumination of the Holy Spirit to understand the Bible is a false doctrine and contrary to "sola Scriptura": Most Protestants are as bad a Catholics and Orthodox Click to View The Holy Spirit gave us the Bible and we can understand it as any other book. Why can we understand newspapers, but not the Bible without the Holy Spirit? This false doctrine makes God incapable of writing to be understood, while men can be understood in the newspaper. It also makes all books on earth understandable without the Holy Spirit, except for the Bible, which we are, according to this false doctrine, prevented from understanding until the Holy Spirit illuminates the meaning for us! Sola Scriptura home page I. Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders make this correct observation about the Protestant "inward witness of the Holy Spirit to understand the Bible": Protestants all claim to interpret the Scripture by the light of the Holy ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-individual.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Paul did not commanded extra-biblical oral traditions ... Extra-Biblical Oral Tradition Arguments Refuted: Click to View "Paul commanded oral tradition to be followed in 2 Thess 2:15." 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 arguments refuted! Click to View "Paul commanded oral tradition to be followed in 2 Thessalonians 2:15" If the written word completely supplants oral tradition as Evangelicals argue, then why did Paul tell the Thessalonians to maintain oral tradition? (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 141) Click to View Refutation of the false Catholic & Orthodox tradition argument: "Paul commanded oral tradition to be followed in 2 Thessalonians 2:15" Sola Scriptura: Paul did not commanded extra-biblical oral traditions to be followed in 2 Thessalonians 2:15. The oral tradition being spoken about in 2 Thess 2:15 came directly ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-2-thessalonians-2-15.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit ... Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit is false doctrine! Illumination of creeds by the Holy Spirit is a false doctrine and contrary to "sola Scriptura": Too many churches hold to this destructive and deceptive doctrine. If your church has a creed, chances are they teach this false doctrine! Click to View The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit is false doctrine! Sola Scriptura home page Protestant/Reformed: Inward Witness Creedalists falsely believe creeds are "functionally equal" to scripture: The Holy Spirit is the ultimate criterion of truth, but He bears witness to the truth through this reciprocal relationship between Christian Scripture, the Christian Church, and the Christian creed. Each of these three relates to the other two in a unique way. The Scripture is the Spirit-inspired Word of God that bears witness to the truth of the regula fidei and bears witness to the identity of the Church. (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-creeds.htm

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The Bible can be interpreted correctly by every person without ... Sola Scriptura: "Read and you will understand"! 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 doctrine) Click to View Children read and understand the Bible! "from childhood you have known the sacred writings" 2 Timothy 3:15 Sola Scriptura home page "Read and you will understand" Eph 3:3-5 "that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit" Ephesians 3:3-5 "For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end" 2 Corinthians 1:13 "from childhood you ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-interpretation.htm

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Sola Scriptura: 2 Timothy 2:2 does not prove apostolic succession ... Extra-Biblical Oral Tradition Arguments Refuted: Click to View "2 Timothy 2:2 proves apostolic succession and oral tradition." 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 arguments refuted! Click to View "2 Timothy 2:2 proves apostolic succession and oral tradition." The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 2 ... Sola Scriptura: 2 Timothy 2:2 does not prove apostolic succession and the need for extra-Biblical oral tradition . This verse would likely refer to oral revelation from Paul's inspired mouth to Timothy, but it says nothing about apostolic succession. But lets not forget that Paul had written 13 other letters before 2 Timothy, which was his last. We must include Paul's writings in this command. If this text was the basis for ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-refuted-succession-2-timothy-2-2.htm

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sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-few-bibles-until-printing-press ... Extra-Biblical Oral Tradition Arguments Refuted: Click to View "Sola Scriptura is impossible because there were so few Bibles in circulation until the printing press was invented in the 16th century." 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 arguments refuted! Click to View "Sola Scriptura is impossible because there were so few Bibles in ... Acts 13:15 "Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures," Acts 17:1-2 "The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-few-bibles-until-printing-press-1436ad.htm

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Sola Scriptura proof texts: John 20:30 proves the Bible is enough ... Extra-Biblical Oral Tradition Arguments Refuted: Click to View "John 20:30 clearly tells us that the Bible lacks many things Jesus did." 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 arguments refuted! Click to View "John 20:30 clearly tells us that the Bible lacks many things Jesus did" "John tells us that his book only contains part of what Jesus did, therefore we need oral tradition to complete the revelation. This proves that everything Jesus and the Apostles did and taught were not recorded in the Bible." "Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book, but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name." John 20:30-31 "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-refuted-john-20-30.htm

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Sola Scriptura was not impeded by a 10% of people could read ... Extra-Biblical Oral Tradition Arguments Refuted: Click to View "Sola Scriptura is impossible since only 10% of people could read in 100 AD" 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 arguments refuted! Click to View "Sola Scriptura is impossible since only 10% of people could read in 100 AD" Even a Protestant author admits sola Scriptura was ... Acts 13:15 "Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures," Acts 17:1-2 "The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-illiteracy-rate.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The rock of the wilderness that followed them ... Extra-Biblical Oral Tradition Arguments Refuted: Click to View "The rock of the wilderness that followed them was recorded only in Jewish tradition, not scripture. 1 Corinthians 10:4." 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 arguments refuted! Click to View "The rock of the wilderness that followed them was recorded only in Jewish tradition, not scripture. 1 Corinthians 10:4." "For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our ... 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 10:4." Introduction: We reject that there was a literal rock that followed the Jews in the wilderness. This is not what 1 Cor 10:4 is teaching. We reject the idea that Paul was quoting Jewish tradition, but making an ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-christ-rock-followed-1-cor-10-4.htm

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Sola Scriptura Creedalists: The Apostolic Fathers expected all ... Sola Scriptura Creedalists: The Apostolic Fathers expected all to correctly interpret scripture, unassisted by the Holy Spirit and apart from the church! Click to View To the horror of Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders, the apostolic fathers expected the heretics to correctly interpret scripture even though they were outside the church organization. Click to View To the horror of Protestant Calvinists, the apostolic fathers did not believe the Holy Spirit guided them to correctly interpret scripture but felt scripture was understandable by all! Click to View Although the Apostolic Fathers used creeds, they expected all to correctly interpret scripture! Click to View Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary defense against false doctrine. Click to View Apostolic Fathers believed scripture alone was understandable. Sola Scriptura home page Introduction: Apostolic Fathers: Sola Scriptura Creedalists "Ignorance of prophetic diction and unskillfulness in interpreting Scripture ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-bible-understandable.htm

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What Early Christians believed about BAPTISM What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Water Baptism Essential to Salvation Water Baptism in name of Father Son & Holy Spirit Click to View Water Baptism Essential to Salvation 110-165 AD Martyr "As many as are persuaded and believe that what we teach and say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and to entreat God with fasting, for the remission of ... However, even if Christ had not sent him to baptize, yet He had given other apostles the precept to baptize. But these words were written to the Corinthians in regard of the circumstances of that particular time; seeing that schisms and dissensions were agitated among them, while one attributes everything to Paul, another to Apollos. For which reason the 'peacemaking' apostle, for fear he should seem to claim all gifts for himself, says that he had been sent 'not to baptize, but to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-baptism.htm

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The Bible defends itself against those who think it is an incomplete ... Anti-Sola Scriptura Arguments Refuted! Click to View Roman Catholic and Orthodox "oral tradition" defenders attack the Bible and we defeat them with the sword of the Spirit! Click to View Pro-Tradition arguments refuted! Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View A list of Sola Scriptura texts in the Bible: Sola Scriptura proof texts Anti-Sola Scriptura Arguments Refuted: Typical Arguments that Catholics & Orthodox use to trash Sola Scriptura are refuted. Click to View "Sola Scriptura not taught in the Bible itself and is unscriptural." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "Sola Scriptura is an invention of 16th century Protestants." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "There are 30,000 denominations that use sola Scriptura. Obviously using the Bible only doesn't work, we need tradition!" Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "2 Timothy 3:16-17 doesn't say the Bible is all sufficient by itself." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "How could 2 Timothy 3:16 teach the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-defended.htm

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Sola Scriptura debates between Christians vs. Orthodox/Catholics Sola Scriptura: Sola Scriptura debates between Christians vs. Orthodox/Catholics Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Formal Public Debates Click to View The word of God is the sword of the Spirit! Click to View David Riggs, Christian, affirms that Sola Scriptura is God's way for man. Debate between David Riggs and Michael Lopez, (Catholic) Click to View Sola Scriptura debate charts by Pat Donahue Sola Scriptura debate challenge: Affirm: Sola Scriptura is a Bible doctrine and was practiced by the Apostolic Fathers. Deny: Extra-biblical oral tradition is not a Bible doctrine, and was not practiced by the Apostolic Fathers. Standing challenge to debate any Roman Catholic Priest or Bishop or the Pope, any time, any where, any way. Standing challenge to debate any Eastern Orthodox Father, Priest, Bishop, metropolitan Patriarch the Ecumenical Patriarch or any time, any where, any way. Contact Webservants by Steve Rudd Click to View Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-debates.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Early Christians were as smart as we are today ... Click to View "Widespread malnutrition of the first three centuries crippled the thinking ability of the average Christian to engage in Bible study." "If a Christian studied the Bible sufficiently, it will do him no good if he doesn't have a diet sufficiently nutritious to let his brain function properly and his mind work clearly." (The actual words of an anti-sola Scriptura, oral tradition defender.) "Everything else was just something you ate with bread" (James Burke, British historian, quoted by ... And so against it a monk should observe a threefold watch: first, he should wait till the proper time for breaking the fast; secondly, he should not give way to gorging; thirdly, he should be contented with any of the commoner sorts of food. For anything that is taken over and above what is customary and the common use of all, is branded by the ancient tradition of the fathers as defiled with the sin of vanity and glorying and ostentation." (John Cassian, Book V, Of the Spirit of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-nutrition.htm

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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... The Indwelling "Gift of the Holy Spirit": Acts 2:38-39 "Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. "For the [miraculous] promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself [when we apostles lay our hands on you in the future]."" (Acts 2:38-39) The Gift of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:38-39 Introduction: A. ... But a question may here arise concerning what influences, or divine powers, the Holy Spirit displayed on the bodies, souls and spirits of those who received this gift, or in whom he made his abode." (Millennial Harbinger, Gift of the Holy Spirit, Alexander Campbell, Vol 4, 170-172, 1834 AD) 8. For those today who claim to attend a miraculously "Spirit filled church" we offer this advice: a. "Show me": Apostle Paul told fakes and frauds who claim supernatural power to "show me the power not the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-miraculous-Joel2-28-Promise-of-the-Father-Baptism-Acts2-38.htm

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Bulwarks of the Faith Foy E Wallace JR. Refuting Dogmas Catholicism ... ... Isaiah said, "Depart-go out." Paul said, "Come ye out." The context of each passage condemns affiliations and calls for separation-complete separation. The church of Christ must be separate in organization, in doctrine, in wor-ship in name and in work from denominations today. We are a separate people. Affiliations destroy identity. God says, "Be ye separate." Fourth: The Reconstruction. Within the city was organized ... Strange juggling of a slogan indeed that would make it mean the very opposite of what it says. Yet they now insist that this is what the framers of the slogan "really meant"! Well, I wonder what Peter "really meant"-just the opposite of what the Holy Spirit caused him to say also? But here a divine precept speaks again: "That ye may learn not to go beyond the things that are written"-Paul, in 1 Cor. 4:6. Does that read like we may speak where the word of God is silent? Or did Paul "really mean" what he said? The only conclusions to be reached from the ob-jections ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic/Catholic-church-doctrine-Bulwarks-of-the-Faith-Foy-E-Wallace-JR-Refuting-Dogmas-Catholicism-Protestant-Denominationalism-1951AD.htm

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Holy Spirit in the Old Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit A good example in the New testament of the Holy Spirit indwelling a person by metonymy when they had supernatural power is Acts 2:39 where the Holy Spirit is said to be given, when in fact it is one of the 9 spiritual gifts. Paul reminded his readers when giving them personal marriage advice, "I also have the Spirit of God" inside him, when in fact he was using this indwelling metaphor of possession of the Holy Spirit to indicate he was inspired (1 Cor 7:40). i. In the New Testament people with the gift of tongues were described as having the Holy Spirit inside them, when in fact they had access to the power of God. 2. Indwelling metaphorically to indicate God's fellowship in Solomon's Temple and the New Testament "church temple" a. Holy Spirit dwells in temple/body=my eyes, ears, heart & name shall be there b. Indwelling is one of many metaphors for the presence of God on earth. c. Other metaphors for being in fellowship with God include: indwell, fall upon, pour out, sent, filled, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-Old-Testament.htm

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Seven Myths Of Denominationalism! ... However, the truths essential to salvation can be ascertained from any valid translation. The only modification which we have made to the King James version is the substitution of Holy Spirit for Holy Ghost. We feel that this change will be much more meaningful to the average reader, being consistent with the common name applied to this member of the Godhead. Brackets [] will be found in many of the quoted scriptures. These are words that were inserted by the translators in an ... For purposes of convenience we will often cite the author of a given passage as being the apostle or prophet who dictated or wrote it. However, it should be understood that in doing so we are not trying to state that these things were not inspired by the Holy Spirit. The apostle Paul stated in 1 Cor. 2:13: "Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." Finally, we urge you to be wary of those who take ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-7-myths-of-denominationalism.htm

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The Personality & Deity of the Holy Spirit proven from the Bible ... Two central and irrefutable proof texts: Click to View CN Tower verses that proves the Holy Spirit is a person: Mt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14 (tallest free standing building in the world: Toronto, Canada) "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" Mt 28:19 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all" 2 Cor 13:14 Although the verse gives us no information of 4th century ... This point applies to Jehovah's Witnesses but not Christadelphians, because the later do not even ascribe personality to the devil or demons, but view them as the personification of sin and disease respectively. The Spirit The Holy said: "set Barnabas & Saul apart for ME for the work to which I have called them." Acts 13:2 The Spirit the Wicked said to them: "I know Jesus and Paul, but who are you" Acts 19:15 Click to View II. The Holy Spirit simply must be a person and is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-personality-deity.htm

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Why I left the Pentecostal church Faith or Fake? Click to View Why I Left The Pentecostal Church Click to View The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit Click to View The Promise Of The Holy Spirit Click to View Speaking In Tongues Click to View Work Of The Holy Spirit Click to View Tongues have ceased! Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View "WHY I LEFT THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH" (2 Tim 3:14) Paul could have been thinking of me when he wrote this verse to a young man named Timothy. I was born into a Pentecostal family of many years. My grandfather preached "fire and brimstone" from the time I ... I taught the "Jesus Only" doctrine known as the "Apostolic Faith" (United Pentecostal Church). To this day, my family fully believes that if one is not of the "Lord's true church" that being, saved in baptism in Jesus Name, and filled with the "Holy ghost" with the evidence of "Speaking in Tongues" ... one is not a Christian and headed for a "Devil's hell". My Grandfather (before his death) preached this 54 years ... my ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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Objections to baptism being essential to salvation REFUTED! We are not saved by our works...baptism is a work: Eph 2:8 Salvation is a free gift, there is nothing we can do to earn it: Rom 6:23 Acts 2:38 really says, "repent and be baptized because your sins have already been forgiven click here John 3:16 only says that you must believe for eternal life! We are saved by the blood of Christ not baptism Paul stated that Jesus did not send him to baptize but to preach gospel: 1 Cor 1:17 Click here What if someone believes in a desert and can't find water or a believer is killed on the way to being baptized, surely both these would be saved. click here Cornelius received the Holy Spirit ... Salvation is a free gift, there is nothing we can do to earn it: Eph 2:8 1. Something can be a gift and still have conditions or something you must do: Free cheque for $100,000, all you have to do is fill in your name and deposit it. Faith only reply, "Is it no longer free because of work of signing and depositing? Drowning in sea, man throws a life-ring and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/baptism-objections-refuted.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: 58 Triadic Bible Texts Interchangeability of "fellowship": 1 Thessalonians 1:3-6: presence of our God and Father hope in our Lord Jesus Christ power and in the Holy Spirit ... joy of the Holy Spirit Isaiah 63:8-10 My people, sons angel of His presence Grieved His Holy Spirit 2 Corinthians 13:14 love of God grace of the Lord Jesus Christ fellowship of the Holy Spirit Interchangeability of "name": Text Father Son Holy Spirit Matthew 28:19 baptizing them in the name of the Father name of the Son name of the Holy Spirit Acts 10:44-48 ... the Lord Jesus Christ" Romans 1:1-4: "Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, ... who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, " Romans 5:5-6: "the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-text-triadic.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Hippolytus Sola Scriptura: The Bible alone is enough! Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary defense against false doctrine. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other information. Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Five kinds of Tradition. Click to View Mandatory: Apostolic Fathers Catechism Class for Catholics and Orthodox. 200 AD: Hippolytus: "There is, brethren, one God, the knowledge of whom we gain from the Holy Scriptures, and from no other source. For just as a man, if he wishes to be skilled in the wisdom of this world, will find himself unable to get at it ... Whatever things, then, the Holy Scripture declare, at these let us look; and whatsoever things they teach, these let us learn; and as the Father wills our belief to be, let us believe; and as He wills the Son to be glorified, let us glorify Him; and as He wills the Holy Spirit to be bestowed, let us receive Him. Not according to our own will, nor according to our own mind, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hippolytus.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 400 AD: Jerome Sola Scriptura: The Bible alone is enough! Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary defense against false doctrine. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other information. Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Five kinds of Tradition. Click to View Mandatory: Apostolic Fathers Catechism Class for Catholics and Orthodox. 400 AD: Jerome: "Don't you know that the laying on of hands after baptism and then the invocation of the Holy Spirit is a custom of the Churches? Do you demand Scripture proof? You may find it in the Acts of the Apostles. And even if it did not rest on the authority of Scripture the consensus of the whole world in this respect would have the force of a command. For many other observances of the Churches, which are due to tradition, have acquired the authority of the written law, as for instance the practice of dipping the head three times in the layer, and then, after leaving the water, of tasting mingled milk ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-jerome.htm

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What makes an apostle The Gift of the Holy Spirit The Gift of the Holy Spirit Qualifications of an Apostle of Jesus Christ I. Introduction: 1. The office of an Apostle: a. "to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."" (Acts 1:25) b. "through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake," (Romans 1:5) 2. Definition of "Apostle": Vines, "one sent forth" a. Any one who is sent by another: Jn 13:16 b. Jesus was sent forth from God: Heb 3:1 c. The twelve & Paul were sent forth by Jesus: Jn 20:21 d. Christians sent by local churches: 2 Cor 8:13; Phil 2:25 3. Purpose & function of an ... In a similar way we can have the benefit of the apostles today when we read Bible! 2. Jude 3 faith was delivered once for all time: apostles would continue to be inspired 3. Rev 21:14 The wall had the name of only 12 apostles in it. 4. 2 Pe 1:12-15 Peter asked them to remember what he said, not listen to new apostles 5. 1 Cor 15:8 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 450 AD: Theodoret Sola Scriptura: The Bible alone is enough! Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary defense against false doctrine. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other information. Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Five kinds of Tradition. Click to View Mandatory: Apostolic Fathers Catechism Class for Catholics and Orthodox. 450 AD: Theodoret: "I follow the laws and rules of the apostles. I test my teaching by applying to it, like a rule and measure, the faith laid down by the holy and blessed Fathers at Nicaea. If any one maintain that I hold any contrary opinion, let him accuse me face to face; let him not slander me in my absence." (Theodoret, letters, 40) Click to View As we have seen from Athanasius (Athanasius, de Synodis, Part 1, 6), the church viewed the every phrase of the Nicene creed as being based directly upon scripture, not some unwritten oral tradition. So when Theodoret about 125 years later that he follows the "laws ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-theodoret.htm

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McClintock and Strong: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and ... The watchtower quotes in such a highly selective way, that the reader is left with the opposite impression of the source. McClintock and Strong: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature Click to View How the Watchtower quoted the source: "Matthew 28:19 reads: "Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Do those verses say that God, Christ, and the holy spirit constitute a Trinitarian Godhead, that the three are ... The following texts are placed in this [first] class: Mt 28:18-20. This text, however, taken by itself, would not prove decisively either the personality of the three subjects mentioned, or their equality or divinity. For (a) the subject into which one is baptized is not necessarily a person but way be a doctrine or religion (b) The person in whom one is baptized is not necessarily God, as 1 Cor. 1:13, " Were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" (c) The connection of these ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-McClintock.htm

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Indwelling of the Holy Spirit ... A good example in the New testament of the Holy Spirit indwelling a person by metonymy when they had supernatural power is Acts 2:39 where the Holy Spirit is said to be given, when in fact it is one of the 9 spiritual gifts. Paul reminded his readers when giving them personal marriage advice, "I also have the Spirit of God" inside him, when in fact he was using this indwelling metaphor of possession of the Holy Spirit to indicate he was inspired (1 Cor 7:40). m. In the New Testament people with the gift of tongues were described as having the Holy Spirit inside them, when in fact they had ... God is in full fellowship with a newly baptized, former crack addicted hooker as he is with a man who has preached the gospel for 50 years every Sunday in church. b. Holy Spirit dwells in temple/body=my eyes, ears, heart & name shall be there c. Indwelling is one of many metaphors for the presence of God on earth. d. Other metaphors for being in fellowship with God include: indwell, fall upon, pour ... ... https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Indwelling.htm

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Anti-Sola Scriptura: Those who attack the Bible Click to View Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA Links on this page: Start here: Introduction and Overview to Sola Scriptura Sola Scriptura debates between Christians vs. Orthodox/Catholics The failure of extra-biblical oral church traditions Irrefutable questions that anti-sola Scriptura defenders can't answer Creeds violate sola Scriptura because they compete with the authority of the Bible! Sola Scriptura defended from the Bible and the Apostolic Fathers! The 27 book canon was written and in use by 100 AD. The Bible defends itself against those who think it is an incomplete dead letter. The Bible can be interpreted correctly by every person without the church or the illumination of the Holy Spirit. ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura.htm

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Part 2: Bible Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ... A simple reading of these verses would convince anyone of Trinity! John 1:1 and John 20:28, where Thomas said to Jesus, "My Lord and My God" where Jesus is called God and Mt 28:18-19 where we are commanded to be baptized in the name of three different persons. Although these verses do not teach the developed 4th century trinity doctrine, they more than teach the deity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. God Is One, Not Three THE Bible teaching that God is one is called monotheism. And L. L. Paine, professor of ecclesiastical history, indicates that monotheism in its purest ... In prayer to God, that is, the Father, Jesus said, "You, the only true God." (John 17:3) At John 20:17 he said to Mary Magdalene: "I am ascending 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." Since Jesus had a God, his Father, he could not at the same ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-bible-section.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 360 AD: Cyril of Jerusalem Sola Scriptura: The Bible alone is enough! Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary defense against false doctrine. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other information. Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Five kinds of Tradition. Click to View Mandatory: Apostolic ... Have thou ever in thy mind this seal, which for the present has been lightly touched in my discourse, by way of summary, but shall be stated, should the Lord permit, to the best of my power with the proof from the Scriptures. For concerning the divine and holy mysteries of the Faith, not even a casual statement must be delivered ... He states, 25 years after the creed was written, exactly what we say, namely that these creeds do not represent, "extra-Biblical oral tradition of the apostles" but a summary based directly and solely on scripture itself! Cyril says "confirmation out of Holy Scripture of each part of the contents. For the articles of the Faith were ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-cyril.htm

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The Interactive Bible: False Doctrine Home page Calvinism refuted The famous 5 point T-U-L-I-P doctrinal system refuted by scripture! 20th Century Tongues exposed Are modern day tongue speakers guided by divinity or self-delusion? Neo-Sadduceeism A doctrine that takes all the supernatural out of the Bible! (Human saviour, souless man, heavenless hope, non-existent Holy Spirit) Rapture and Pre-millenialism A system that teaches our God couldn't make it happen the first time! Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! Anti-Sola Scriptura Those who try to destroy the Bible Lies of the devil: Doctrine doesn't ... Historical documentation of what early Christians believed Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! Family Life Marriage, parenting, teens, dating, loneliness, low-self esteem etc. The Supernatural God, Holy Spirit, angels, demons, Deity of Christ, heaven, hell, soul, spirit How to Be Saved You need the blood of Christ! Here is how to apply it to your soul! Reaching out for help & ... ... https://www.bible.ca/false.htm

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Seals, Bulla, Documents, Pottery & Antitypical New Testament ... seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness." Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work." (2 Timothy 2:19-21) "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise," (Ephesians 1:13) "You are our letter, written in our ... And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women. But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-seals-clay-bulla-scribes-inkwells-quills-papyrus-documents-scriptorium-antitype-assurance-salvation-Christ.htm

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Encyclopedia of Pentecostal ministries and preachers Capps, Charles Cardale, Mrs. Cerullo, Morris World Evangelism, Inc. Chevreau, Guy Cho, Paul Yonggi Clark, Randy Coe, Jack Copeland Kenneth Crawford, Florence L. Crouch, Paul Deere Jack Dollar, Creflo: World Changers Ministry Dortch, Richard Dowie, John Alexander Dupont, Marc Evans, Jennie Falwell, Jerry Farrow, Lucy Foursquare ... We believe all men are born with a sinful nature and that the work of the Cross was to redeem man from the power of sin. We believe that this salvation is available to all who will receive it. The Holy Spirit We believe in the existence of the Holy Spirit as the third person of the Trinity and in His interaction with man. We believe in ... and McGee, Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 96) William Branham insisted that "believers baptized by a Trinitarian formula must be rebaptized in the name of Jesus only." (Burgess and McGee, Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 95-96) Branham explained, "...not one place in the Bible is trinity ever ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-encyclopedia-pentecostal-preachers.htm

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The Dugger-Porter Debate on Sunday as the Lord's Day ... God's people of all nationalities, whether Jew or Gentile, were duty bound to observe the Sabbath, keeping it for God, in order to enjoy the blessings of heaven and possess eternal life. In Isaiah 56:6 the Lord says: "Also the sons of the strangers(Gentile), that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold ... The Jews were meeting on the seventh day of the week, or on Saturday as the day is now called. Hence, the Holy Spirit called Saturday the Sabbath day in this age, and surely it is the Sabbath. If the seventh day is not the Sabbath, why did the Holy Spirit deceive us by calling it the Sabbath? As it was the Sabbath then it is the sabbath now. Again we find in Acts 16:12 to 14 where Paul went out by the river side where prayer was accustomed to be made, and preached to people there. Also in Acts 17:2 we read as follows: "And Paul as his manner was went in unto them ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-debate-porter-dugger.htm

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The Interactive Bible: Divisions, or denominational tendencies, that is, the tendency for one group of Christians to teach a doctrine different from that taught by another, were known about and experienced during the first century. Contrary to many religionists today, who praise division or denominationalism the apostles who (by the guidance of the Holy Spirit of God) wrote the New Testament condemned denominationalism. Paul, in I Corinthians 3:3-4, has stated, "For you are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul: and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal?". In I Corinthians 1:10, Paul also discussed division, or denominationalism, "I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you: but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgement." (Study also Romans 16:17). Thus, we can ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-non-denominational.htm

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The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! ... Christ gave the same words and commandments that He received from the Father to His twelve apostles (John 17:6-8, 17-20). He promised them the Holy Spirit who would remind them of all He had said and would guide them into all truth. He said, "These things I have spoken to you while yet dwelling with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your mind whatever I have said to you." (John 14:25-26; see also 14:16-17). Furthermore, Jesus said, ... Philip could not give the Holy Spirit to the people of Samaria. Some apostles, Peter and John, had to be sent from Jerusalem before that could be done. When an apostle laid his hands on someone, he received miraculous powers. Acts 19:6 says, "And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy." Cornelius and his household received the "like gift" as the apostles for the specific purpose of God's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-apostolic-succession.htm

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Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ... A simple reading of these verses would convince anyone of Trinity! John 1:1 and John 20:28, where Thomas said to Jesus, "My Lord and My God" where Jesus is called God and Mt 28:18-19 where we are commanded to be baptized in the name of three different persons. Although these verses do not teach the developed 4th century trinity doctrine, they more than teach the deity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. God Is One, Not Three THE Bible teaching that God is one is called monotheism. And L. L. Paine, professor of ecclesiastical history, indicates that monotheism in its purest ... In prayer to God, that is, the Father, Jesus said, "You, the only true God." (John 17:3) At John 20:17 he said to Mary Magdalene: "I am ascending 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." Since Jesus had a God, his Father, he could not at the same ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-frames-start-page-SYBTT-bible-section.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 375 AD: Gregory of ... Sola Scriptura: The Bible alone is enough! Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary defense against false doctrine. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other information. Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Five kinds of Tradition. Click to View Mandatory: Apostolic Fathers Catechism Class for Catholics and Orthodox. 375 AD: Gregory of Nyssa: "But while the latter proceeded, on the subject of the soul, as far in the direction of supposed consequences as the thinker pleased, we are not entitled to such license, I mean that of affirming what we please; we make the Holy Scriptures the rule and the ... We believe, then, even as the Lord set forth the Faith to His Disciples, when He said, "Go, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." This is the word of the mystery whereby through the new birth from above our nature is transformed from the corruptible to the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-gregory.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries ... When His ministry was drawing to a close, He promised that the Father would send another Divine Person, the Holy Spirit, in His place. Finally, after His resurrection, He revealed the [trinity] doctrine in explicit terms, bidding them go and teach all nations, "baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost" (Matt. 28:19). The force of this passage is decisive. That "the Father" and "the Son" are distinct Persons follows from the terms themselves, which are mutually exclusive. The mention of the Holy Spirit in the same series, the names being connected one with the other by the ... Again, were He not a Divine Person it could not have been expedient for the Apostles that Christ should leave them, and the Paraclete take His place (xvi, 7). (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) In certain texts the coordination of Father, Son, and Spirit leaves no possible doubt as to the meaning of the writer. Thus in II Cor, xiii, 13, St. Paul writes: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Official creed of the Orthodox church ... SALVATION is the divine gift through which men and women are delivered from sin and death, united to Christ, and brought into His eternal kingdom. Those who heard St. Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost asked what they must do to be saved. He answered, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall ... Salvation is past tense in that, through the death and Resurrection of Christ, we have been saved. It is present tense, for we are "being saved" by our active participation through faith in our union with Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Salvation is also future, for we must yet be saved at His glorious Second Coming. BAPTISM BAPTISM is the way in which a person is actually united to Christ. The experience of salvation is initiated in the waters of baptism. The Apostle Paul teaches in Romans 6: 1-6 that in baptism we experience Christ's death and resurrection. In it our sins are truly forgiven and we are ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Orthodox.htm

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Holy Spirit in the New Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... Paul laid hands on Timothy to impart spiritual gifts with the consent of the elders of the local church: 1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:14 d. Peter and John laid hands on the Samaritans to impart spiritual gifts: Acts 8:14-21. Notice miracle worker Philip could not transmit gifts, but he had to call for the Apostles in Acts 8. e. Paul laid hands on the Ephesians to impart spiritual gifts: Acts 19:6 5. The Gift of the Holy Spirit is given by Metonymy where it sounds like the Holy Spirit Himself is given, when in fact he has given a gift: a. Acts 2:17 ... I Jn 3:24 And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. o. I Jn 4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 2. send, sent, Holy Spirit a. John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name b. John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father c. Gal 4:6 God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-New-Testament.htm

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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God ... And it seems clear that some of the New Testament writers not only deliberately coordinated the three in triadic formulas, but also to some extent were aware of the trinitarian problem that this involved, namely, the relationship of Christ and the Holy Spirit to the Godhead.' Only Paul and John seem to have attempted something of a solution of this problem, in terms of mission and economic trinity, and possibly something deeper. But where Paul only insinuates that the Holy Spirit is sent by both the Father and ... To the Logos they ascribe a divine pre-existence that is not only pre-creational but also strictly eternal. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, p43) The Apologists do not take the Sabellian road of a merely nominal trinity of persons but hold to a real distinction of the three, a distinction that is not in name only, not only in thought but in number. They base their distinction on rank or order. They realize there is a trinitarian problem and try to solve it for the Son in terms ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches ... We believe that this Holy Scripture contains the will of God completely and that everything one must believe to be saved is sufficiently taught in it. For since the entire manner of service which God requires of us is described in it at great length, no one-- even an apostle or an angel from heaven, as Paul says-- ought to teach other than what the Holy Scriptures have already taught us. For since it is forbidden to add to ... It is true that he does not say here how many persons there are-- but what is somewhat obscure to us in the Old Testament is very clear in the New. For when our Lord was baptized in the Jordan, the voice of the Father was heard saying, "This is my dear Son"; the Son was seen in the water; and the Holy Spirit appeared in the form of a dove. So, in the baptism of all believers this form was prescribed by Christ: "Baptize all people in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." In the Gospel according to Luke the angel Gabriel says to Mary, the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm

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Lesson 24: The Lord's Church Notice there is to be a plurality of elders in every church or congregation. This is the way the Lord set up His church. But what does the Lord intend for the elders to do in His church? In Acts 20:28 the apostle Paul was talking to the elders from the church at Ephesus and told them, "Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers." The church the Lord built is to be overseen by a plurality of elders. The qualifications of elders who are to oversee each congregation of the Lord's church are given in 1 Timothy ... It would be a tragedy to find out on Judgment Day we have been cheated of our eternal reward in heaven because we followed the doctrines of men; but it will be too late then. II Thessalonians 1:12 tells us "That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ." Jesus Christ is to be glorified and honored in us. Besides doing all that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-24-lords-church.htm

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Review: New International Version Bible: avoid ... The literal versions render this into English as: "So they that are in the flesh cannot please God." But the NIV reads "Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God." The NIV translators have changed the original words to reflect what they believe Paul is thinking ("thought-for-thought"), which conforms to Calvinism. The literal versions have retained the precise words selected by the Holy Spirit, with only minor adjustments for readability, and thus allow the reader to decide what thoughts may underlie the phrase "in the flesh" within the contextual ... At most, this rendering should have been placed in a footnote as an alternative reading. The literal versions (a) leave the text inconclusive as to whether these two persons were noted by the apostles or were themselves apostles, and (b) render Junia/Junias as a masculine name (i.e., Junias), both to maintain consistency with the rest of the New Testament teachings and because this name could be translated either way ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-NIV-Bible-New-International-Version-Review-exposed-avoid-bad-Accurate-Translation-Gods-Word.htm

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