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Metzger, Bruce M. and Coogan, Michael D., Editors; Daniel N. ... Anti-trinitarians mislead to reader into a conclusion that is opposite to what the text is saying! They leave out Scholwalter's statement that early Christians worshipped Jesus The mislead the reader into thinking that Scholwalter rejects that trinity is found in Mt 28:19. Rather he ... Full Text: "Because the Trinity is such an important part of later Christian doctrine, it is striking that the term does not appear in the New Testament. Likewise, the developed concept of three coequal partners in the Godhead found in later creedal formulations cannot be clearly detected within the confines of the canon. Later believers systematized the diverse references to God, Jesus, and the Spirit found in the New Testament in order to fight against heretical tendencies of how the three are related Elaboration on the concept of a Trinity also serves to defend the church against charges of di or tritheism. Since the Christians have come to worship Jesus as a god (Pliny, Epistles 967), how can they ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Metzger.htm

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Autocephalous Orthodox Churches centered at Constantinople Learn the Truth: Click to View The office of Elders, pastors and bishops Click to View The New Testament Church has no world headquarters! I. Introduction to Autocephalous Orthodox Churches centered at Constantinople There are fourteen Orthodox churches that are generally accepted as ... But the point remains, that Roman Catholics claim they are the apostolic church based upon tradition and Orthodox claim they are the apostolic church based upon tradition. Let me quote an Orthodox Father named Raymond L. Zell, in his booklet called, "Scripture and tradition." Pg. 2: "Wait a minute! How can so many contradictory statements be based upon" apostolic tradition? "How can intelligent and ... Moreover, monks in the Egyptian desert provided the first models for the Christian monastic tradition, having been nourished by the spiritual insights of the early "desert fathers." But the christological teachings of the Council of Chalcedon in 451, partially because of opposition to Byzantine ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/orthodox-church-autocephalous-hierarchy-organization.htm

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Rapture Refuted! Pre-tribulation Rapture and Premillennialism ... ... Detailed Chronology of first Jewish war as recorded by Josephus. Flavius Josephus, Jewish historian, 75 AD, proves Mt 24 is fulfilled Historical quotes from early Christians on 70AD and Mt 24 Historical quotes from early Christians that the 70 weeks of Daniel 9 are fulfilled Actual siege map of destruction in 70AD by ... The Gap Theory 1. Time sensitive prophecy clocks can't pause or stop. 2. The "church age" was prophesied in the Old Testament. 3. God didn't think up the "church" after the Jews rejected Jesus as their earthly king. 4. The church is not "a parenthesis" afterthought. 5. The church was part of God's eternal plan. 6. The church will endure forever, even after ... Notice his official prophecy chart says, "probably date" for the Rapture. This way, when the date fails, he can say he never said it was for sure! click to view Details of Camping's numerology click to view Lee Jang Rim: Mission For The Coming Days 28 October 1992 Lee Jang Rim started a church called, "Mission For The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/rapture.htm

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Biblical Age of the Earth is under 10,000 years old ... Cartoon: "Why six days?" 4. Ex.20:9-11. Comparison w/Sabbath day defines. 5. Gen.1:14; "days" used in contrast to "years". 6. Objective linguistic scholars; a) Prof. James Barr, Oxford: "So far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world class university who does not believe that the writer(s) of Genesis 1 through 11 intended to ... A. All 3 efforts to place great ages in text of Genesis fail. 1. Each of "possibilities" are impossible. 2. Scripture Excludes Before, During & After 3. Therefore EONS EXCLUDED. B. Real Problem: Attitude toward Scripture. What did Jesus think. 1. Jesus said serious mistake to discredit words of Moses, Jn.5:46. 2. Jesus believed poetry was authoritative, Jn.10:34, 35-36. 3. Jesus rebuked failure to believe "all," esp. Moses, Lk.24:25-27. C. Conclude with admonition to believers by Martin Luther: "If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest expression every portion of the truth of God, except precisely that little point which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/dp-age-bible.htm

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Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ... ... Without faith it does not call upon God, nor expect anything from God, nor bear the cross, but seeks, and trusts in, man's help. And thus, when there is no faith and trust in God all manner of lusts and human devices rule in the heart. Wherefore Christ said, John 16,6: Without Me ye can do nothing; and the Church sings: Lacking Thy divine favor, There is nothing found in man, Naught in him is harmless. 95 Theses or 95 Articles of Martin Luther, 1517 AD In the early 1500s, one of the ways the Pope made money for the Catholic church was by selling indulgences. These were ... Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ as do despair, almost-despair, and the assurance of safety. With souls in purgatory it seems necessary that horror should grow less and love increase. It seems unproved, either by reason or Scripture, that they are outside the state of merit, that is to say, of increasing love. Again, it seems unproved that they, or at least that all of them, are certain or assured of their ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The failure of extra-biblical oral church traditions ... It rests upon its own supernatural and perpetual consciousness. ... The only Divine evidence to us of what was primitive is the witness and voice of the Church at this hour." (Henry Edward Manning, The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost: Or Reason ... to the degree that it cannot be judged by that New Testament. If Mark 7 teaches us anything, it is that the two must not be "synthesized." The written Word of God must remain the unique norm." (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, Reformed Protestant, 2001, p 179) Click to View Doctrinal development is condemned! The Apostolic Fathers recognized five different kinds of tradition: Click to View Tradition #1: Scripture. (2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Thess 2:15; 3:6) Click to View Tradition ... "Moses' Seat is the antitype of the Papal authority. Matthew 23:2" Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "Paul quoted an early hymn from tradition in Ephesians 5:14, 'Awake O sleeper'" Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "Jews being sawn in two ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition.htm

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Why Pentecostals say, "knoweldge is of the Devil" (anti-intellectualis ... Pentecostals often quote the religious Jewish leaders statement in reference to the apostles in Jerusalem, "these are ignorant and unlearned men" (Acts 4:13) Yet God chose apostle Paul to write 2/3's of the New Testament. He used a man of high ... If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the ... Click to View often denounced what he called the "ecclesiastics" who rightly came against his false teachings Copeland, Kenneth Click to View Believers are not to be led by logic, he writes. We are not even to be led by good sense (The Force of ... Click to View Steve Hill said "Don't leave me now ... just hang in there ... we'll get to the good stuff soon" (stopping to speak of the "anointing" every so often while teaching from Scripture.) (Revival ... or Satanic Counterfeit?, Jimmy Robbins, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-anti-intellectualism.htm

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"Acts 29" Paul's 4th & 5th Missionary Journeys! ... This evidence makes it unlikely that Paul want to Spain immediately after Acts 28. A. Rome Set free early 63 AD 1. Released from the Acts 28, 2 year imprisonment in early 63 AD 2. Timothy sent to Philippi with letter. 3. Paul always had the desire to work in Rome: Romans 15:22,28 Perhaps this is where ... 3. Paul later desired to return to Ephesus while in 1 Tim 4:13 13 "Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture" but never made it back thus fulfilling the prophecy of Acts 20:29. F. Colossae 1. From Phile 22 Paul intended on visiting the Colossian church area when he was in Jail in Acts 28 a. Phile 22 And at the same time also prepare me a lodging G. Troas 1. Paul then goes to Troas (2 Tim. 4:13) 2. 2 Tim 4:13 "When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus" H. Macedonia province Philippi 1. Paul goes into Macedonia where he writes the first epistle to Timothy. 2. This must have been where he was when he composed 1 Tim and Titus because he had already ... ... https://www.bible.ca/maps/maps-pauls-acts-29.htm

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Differences between three different types or Mormons Many changes were made in the revelations to support offices not originally provided for, and these were introduced by men-not God! All comparison to the divine pattern should be with the New Testament of the Bible and with the Book of Mormon after Christ had come to the American ... They must be compared with the Bible and Book of Mormon, the only safe standards. See Isaiah 8:20 and Ezek. 37:19 - only two "sticks" or, "books" of scripture. (+) Utah D & C provides for plural marriages, but the practice was since declared illegal by President Woodruff. (#) In recent years, polygamists in India have been accepted into fellowship without requiring a change in family status. The Church of Christ is a remnant of the original church of 1830, being neither disorganized nor reorganized. Its priesthood may be traced back, intact, to Joseph Smith and the angel. Early Church innovations were accepted for a time, but we later repudiated them, reverting to the scriptural pattern in organization ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/mor-church-of-christ-temple-lot-mormons-1830.htm

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Newman, John Henry: Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ... But under no circumstance, would Newman say that an element of Christian doctrine was actually adopted from the pagans WITHOUT divine approval of some type or shadow in scripture. Newman not only states that trinity is similar to what is taught in paganism, but also incarnation, angles, demons, divine kingdom and new birth. ... if they did not use what they found; and that they were moreover possessed of the very archetypes, of which paganism attempted the shadows; the rulers of the Church from early times were prepared, should the occasion arise, to adopt, to imitate, or sanction the existing rites and customs of the populace, as well as the philosophy of the ... to the idea of the Almighty (for so did almost all the heresies that ever existed, and could not but do so, if they accepted the New Testament at all); but we must show that all these statements at once, and others too, are laid down by as many separate testimonies as may fairly be taken to constitute a "consensus of doctors." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Newman.htm

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Apostate church organization: 250-451AD: The rise of the diocesan ... to View Outline: 606 AD-Today Click to View Catholic organization today Click to View Orthodox organization today Click to View True Bible organization today Click to View Find a local congregation of the New Testament church in your own home town. ... The exception was Jerusalem, which although was a rather insignificant city at the time, was granted patriarchal status, solely for historical reasons since the church began there. These 5 are listed in the Second Ecumenical Council: "The Bishop of Constantinople, however, shall have the prerogative of honour after the Bishop of Rome; because Constantinople is New Rome." (The Second Ecumenical Council, Constantinople, Canon III, 381 AD) The 5 patriarchs (one of which is in blue in the centre of ... organization." (Everett Ferguson, Early Christians Speak, p 16) "Taking the Church at large, the only primacy accorded to the Roman bishop in the first three centuries was a primacy of honor, or a certain precedence as regards the respect rendered. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-250-451AD.htm

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Ancient Synagogues: 24 New Testament Synagogues ... Notice the reading and teaching was in the temple, but communion was done privately house to house. 7. Apostle Paul who wrote have the New Testament was a Pharisees, the very sect that controlled Synagogues (Sadducees/High priest controlled the Jerusalem temple). In this way apostle Paul's ... And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison." (Acts 8:1-3) b. During this early period, Christians ... For R. Phineas in the name of R. Hoshaiah: "There were 480 synagogues in Jerusalem and every one of them had a schoolhouse and a house for learning, a schoolhouse for Scripture and a house of learning for Mishnah." (Jerusalem Talmud, y. Meg. 3:1, II.2.D-E) c. Babylonian Talmud: 500 AD. i. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Christian-infallible-inspired-Scripture-New-Testament-50ad.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary What else they failed to quote in the article: Scripture does not give us a fully formulated doctrine of the Trinity, but it contains all the elements out of which theology has constructed the doctrine (New Bible Dictionary, J. D. Douglas & F. F. Bruce, Trinity, p 1298) The necessity to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, and it was, in particular, its faith in the deity of Christ, and the necessity to defend it, that first compelled the Church to face the ... This would indicate both His deity and preexistence. (New Bible Dictionary, J. D. Douglas & F. F. Bruce, Trinity, p 1298) In the Old Testament: Though the doctrine is not developed in the Old Testament, it is implicit in the divine self disclosure ... Here we are for the first time introduced to the Word put forth as a personal creative power, and to the Spirit as the bringer of life and order to the creation. There is revealed thus early a threefold centre of activity. God as Creator thought out ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Tosefta 250 AD Early collection of Jewish law and lore Companion to the Mishnah Tosephta, Tosepta 250 AD "Out of Egypt did I call my Son" Moses, Jesus, the church via Synagogues that began in Egypt in 280 BC The photo above of the ancient parchment is from Cambridge Taylor-Schechter ... We do not need to open the Mishnah to understand the statements of such aggregates of cogent sentences, forming entirely coherent paragraphs." (Dictionary of New Testament Background, Rabbinic Literature: Talmud, p895, 2000 AD) 2. "TOSEPHTA, TOSEPTA, TOSEFTA toh-sef´tuh [תּוֹסֶפְתָּא toseftaʾ]. Means "addition." The Tosefta, an early collection of Jewish law and lore, is a companion volume to the MISHNAH. It was produced by the Sages ... For R. Phineas in the name of R. Hoshaiah: "There were 480 synagogues in Jerusalem and every one of them had a schoolhouse and a house for learning, a schoolhouse for Scripture and a house of learning for Mishnah." (Jerusalem Talmud, y. Meg. 3:1, II.2.D-E) b. "Three judges ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Tosephta-Tosepta-Tosefta-Sukkah-250ad.htm

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Synagogue Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride: Mt 23:2-3; Jas 2:1 ... ... Pagan priests often sat on cathedrae in their temples, and bishops and other clergy sat on special seats in their churches." (The Synagogue in Late Antiquity, Lee Levine, p350, 1987 AD) c. By 250 AD, the church had departed from a simple plurality of qualified congregational overseers to a new unbiblical system where one man is not only over one ... Often in our churches, the front pews are designated for special people participating in readings, leading singing or presiding over the Lord's supper. c. Churches today, therefore have a "kind of" Chair of Moses, as in a special seat. d. The church needs to guard against the clergy-laity division. e. As noted, women were NOT segregated from the men in early synagogues and churches, and for good reason: Segregation of women becomes a sinful prohibited distinction: Gal 3:27-28. While women can and do sit anywhere in the congregation, the New Testament prohibits them from preaching or taking leadership roles: 1 Timothy 2:11-12 f. Any special ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Moses-Seat-Metaphor-Pride-reader-leader-judge-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-into-church.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Top Plans: Qumran 100 BC ... However, room 4 is very small, thus precluding its use by the entire sect on a daily basis. Room 30 is immediately under the scriptorium and was probably used in connection with the preparation of scrolls." (The Ancient Synagogue, Lee Levine, footnote 85, p65, 1999 AD) 6. Messianic Expectation in the First ... Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Qumran-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-essenes-John-Hyrcanus-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-134bc.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International The Official Creed of: United Pentecostal Church International UPCI Click to View See modalism as taught by the UPCI Refuted at: Modalism Click to View "Sixty Questions On The Godhead" refuted Articles Of Faith Of The United Pentecostal Church International PREAMBLE WE BELIEVE the Bible to be inspired of God; the infallible Word of God. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" ... The first of all the commandments is, hear, 0 Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord" (Mark 12:29; Deut. 6:4). "One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all" (Eph. 4:6). This one true God manifested Himself in the Old Testament ... That Jesus is coming again the second time in person, just as He went away, is clearly set forth by the Lord Jesus Himself, and was preached and taught in the early Christian church by the apostles; hence, the children of God today are earnestly, hopefully, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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Rapture Doctrine invented by John Darby in 1830 AD ... 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 ... For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power. " (1 Corinthians 4:19-20) Until men like Camping perform a miracle, he is a candidate for stoning according the Old Testament law he believes will be restored. 14. False: New Doctrines are being revealed today that were not understood even 20 years ago. Truth: Continuous revelation: "Early and latter rains", "new light". For example, Harold Camping said, "The Biblical evidence ... Possibly, we may have to settle for Darby's own explanation. He claimed that the doctrine virtually jumped out of the pages of Scripture once he accepted and consistently maintained the distinction between Israel and the church". (Timothy P. Weber, Living In The Shadow Of The ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Gush Halav, Gischala 78 BC ... If the synagogue points east it is not pre-70 AD but built after 200 AD. b. If the synagogue is oriented towards Jerusalem it is not pre-70 AD but built after 200 AD. 4. See Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem C. Bible and other Literary references: 1. "A [A house in a ... See also: Fired clay roofing tiles: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus 2. The Bema: a. See also: The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit b. "Other synagogues, at Khirbet Shema and Gush Halav, had a bima against the southern wall" (The Ancient Synagogue, Lee Levine, p195, 1999 AD) 3. Ark of the scrolls wooden cabinet: a. See also: Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse b. The ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gush-Halav-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-John-of-Gischala-first-jewish-war-revolt-bema-heart-columns-ark-scrolls-78bc.htm

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Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church ... The church is a collective term that includes living and dead Christians and all Old Testament saints. 5. While it is true that the New Testament never uses the word "church" in reference to a physical building, it is used in a special collective sense of gathering together for communion on the first day of the week. a. ... Meg. 3:1, II.2.D-E) 3. The same is true for the church. Every church is to be a school! a. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17) b. "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and ... Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Names-Collective-House-Prayer-Synagogue-proseuche-Sanctuary-Temple-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-ancient.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Qiryat Sefer 90 BC ... Potsherds and coins indicate that the site first developed in the Hellenistic period, grew considerably in the first century C.E., and continued into the second; it was abandoned some time during the first half of the second century, quite likely as a result of the Bar-Kokhba revolt." (The Ancient Synagogue, Lee ... Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Qiryat-Sefer-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-red-plastered-painted-fresco-four-columns-mikveh-mikvaot-benches-90bc.htm

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Schools, Education and Literacy of Jews In Synagogues ... - 300 AD) found at the Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus in 1882 AD by Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in the city dump evidence the high level of literacy among the general population. a. 10% of the papyri were Greek fragments of almost every book of both the Old and new Testament and other important classical writings. b. ... This is powerful evidence that the first century world was as literate as we are today. C. The church is a school: 1. The same is true for the church. Every church is to be a school! a. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped ... Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Schools-ancient-Synagogue-Literacy-of-Jews-education-reading-writing-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-liturgy.htm

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Beliefs of the Quakers (Shaking Quakers, Shakers, Friends) Christ Jesus was born from the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit (Matt 1:18). Jesus Christ, God made flesh (Jn 1:14). Jesus Christ died for our sins but rose again the third day according to Scripture (1 Cor. 15:3,4). Christ is the only Mediator between man and God ... Quakers, England. (Bloesch, II, 115-16; "Charismata," ERE, III, 370; Schaff, I, 114.) A group that emphasized spiritual experience and waited on the moving of the Spirit in their services. The early Quakers received their name because they literally "quaked" under the power of the Spirit. John Wimber began as a Quaker, originally being a member of the Quaker church. George Fox is deemed to be the "prophet" whose teachings tend to be the ... Of this little society Ann Lee and her parents were members. (Ch #1, Origin of the Society, Compendium, 1859, F. W. Evans) Ranters, 1649-1654, The Ranters appealed to an inward Christ, denying the external authority of creeds and clerics in much the same way as did the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-quakers.htm

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Weekly Sabbath Assemblies in Synagogues absent from the Tanakh ... B. Jewish converts to Christianity continued weekly assemblies on the "Lord's Day" (1st day = Sunday) 1. Weekly attendance is the "litmus test" of salvation: a. Weekly attendance with other Christians to partake of the Lord's supper, sing, pray, read scripture and make freewill offerings is the great ... the Jews, there is no New Testament significance of the Sabbath in connection with anything of Christ, Christianity, the church or heaven! C. 21 reasons why weekly attendance on the first day of the week, Sunday is important to Christians. 1. Jesus rose on the first day of the week not the Sabbath: Mk 16:9 2. All 6 appearances of Jesus happen on two Sundays, none on Sabbath. Mk 16:9; Mt 28:5-9; Lk 24:34; Lk 24:13-15; Lk 24:33,36 + Jn 20:19; Jn 20:26 3. Christians are recorded assembling three times on Sunday after resurrection and before ascension, never on the Sabbath. Jn 20:19 Jn 20:26 Acts 2:1 (We do not claim that these were worship services, just the early starting point of Sunday ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Weekly-Sabbath-Synagogue-assemblies-first-day-Sunday-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-ancient-ritual-liturgy.htm

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Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed ... Constantine's Anti-Pagan stance as good as any "good" Old Testament King of Judah It is significant, for instance, not that the pagan gods and their legends survived for a few years on Constantine's coinage but that they disappeared so quickly: the last of them, the relatively inoffensive "Unconquered Sun" had been eliminated ... Part of the reason for postponement lay in the seriousness with which the responsibilities of baptism were taken. Constantine favoured Christianity among the many religions of his subjects, but did not make it the official or 'established' religion of the empire." (The Early Church, Chadwick, Henry. p 122,125,127) The fact that ... But Origen, in his attempt to combine strict monotheism with a hierarchical order in the Trinity, ended up by making the Son and the Holy Spirit not precisely creatures but 'diminished gods,' inferior to the Father who alone was God in the strict sense. The stage was set for Arius. He saw in Scripture, the Apologists, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 405 AD: John Chrysostom This is exactly what we are saying! We say that from 30 - 50 AD, revelation was 100% oral because none of the New Testament was written. Then from 50 - 100 AD scripture was completed. Finally from 100 AD to the second coming our final authority is the scriptures. God's ... Here he shows that there were many who were shaken." (John Chrysostom, Homily 4, commentary on 2 Thess 2:15) Click to View Chrysostom clearly believes in a divine oral tradition that teaches some things, not contained in scripture. While we would strongly disagree with Chrysostom on this point, we honestly admit that he seems to take such a view. After all, we know there was a gradual movement to emphasize church tradition over what the Bible says, and ... 8), like drinking "milk and honey" immediately after being baptized. So we can in fact prove out position correct, that much of the early church's "unwritten tradition" was over insignificant things like this. Further, neither the Orthdox or Catholic churches even do ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-chrysostom.htm

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Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion or better yet: "Theologians agree that the Bible also does not contain any organization larger than the local church! (are you listening Brooklyn?)" Jw's use this quote to create a false dilemma: They think that this quote proves trinity wrong. ... it would go beyond the intention and spirit of the Old Testament to correlate these notions with later trinitarian doctrine. Further, exegetes and theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity. God the Father is source of all that is (Pantokrator) and also the father of Jesus Christ; "Father" is not a title for the first person of the Trinity but a synonym for God. Early liturgical and creedal formulas speak of God as "Father of our ... evidence alone, its origins may legitimately be sought in the Bible, not in the sense of "proof-texting" or of finding metaphysical principles, but because the Bible is the authoritative record of God's redemptive relationship with humanity. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

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God never named the church ... Has it ever occurred to us, that if we chose to universally use the terms "Church of Christ" or "Church of God" on the all the signs of meeting houses worldwide, we would be VIOLATING THE PATTERN of scripture? In the first century, local churches were given a variety of "descriptors" (or "names", for those who must think ... the church of the Laodiceans (Col. 4:16) the church of the Thessalonians (1 Thess. 1:1) the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Th 1:1) the church of Ephesus (Rev. 2:1) III. Early uninspired Christians used great variation in referring to the church in keeping with the Bible blueprint. They echoed the Bible pattern! ... This false dogma has infected the Lord's body and has unfortunately become ubiquitous. B. Definition of the word "Awesome/reverend" [Strongs 3372] The Hebrew word translated "Reverend" in Ps 111:9 is found 314 times in the Old Testament. A simple concordance search will bring much light to the matter. 3372 יָרֵא, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-not-named.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Babylonian Talmud 500 AD ... Nevertheless, both Talmuds contain material from an earlier period and are also extremely useful for illuminating the background of the New Testament and early Christianity." (Lexham Bible Dictionary, Talmud, 2016 AD) 4. "Talmud Babli. The Babylonian Talmud was edited sometime after a.d. 500 and up to a.d. 600. As the name suggests, it was ... Babli comments and expands upon the second, third, fourth and fifth divisions of the Mishnah, as well as part of the first division. Babli interprets and embellishes the Mishnah, exegetes Scripture, identifies anonymous authorities and discusses a variety of topics that fall outside the subject of the Mishnah. Whereas there is ... Master introduction: Summary overview is the place to start to tie it all together. Providence: God's eternal plan: The providential transition from Temple to Synagogue to Church Origin: Synagogues originated at Alexandria Egypt in 280 BC spawned by the Septuagint Jesus the Messiah of the Tanakh: 1. First Century Jewish ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Babylonian-Talmud-Non-Biblical-Jewish-Law-500ad.htm

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Political, Civic and Town Hall Meetings in Synagogues In Josephus' report, at least, its religious dimension was decidedly secondary, and on those occasions the Sabbath as well as fast-day rituals were apparently dwarfed by the pressures of the political agenda." (The Ancient Synagogue, Lee Levine, p54, 1999 AD) c. 200 AD: "A bolt with a knob on its end- B R. ... Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Political-Civic-assemblies-ancient-Synagogue-Town-Hall-Meetingsfirst-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototyperitual-liturgy.htm

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Silence of Scripture and Bible authority ... God tells us what is necessary and that rules out everything else! Click to View Free will offerings every Sunday, tithing and bake sales prohibited. Liberals: "God never said the church couldn't raise money from bake sales, tithing or bingo's!" Can a New Testament church go into the banking business in order to obtain funds? This was the very thing Alexander Hamilton proposed for the US federal government - that of going into the banking business. Thomas Jefferson rightly objected on grounds that ... Denominationalists: "God never said we couldn't play an instrument in worship" Both circumcision and instrumental music were endorsed by God in the Old Testament. (Ps 150) But the New Testament Christians were commanded to sing without instruments. Eph. 5:19 Historically the early Christians did not use instrumental music from the time of the apostles until 670 AD when organs were first introduced sparingly and with great opposition. The Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches split in 1033 AD ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-authority-silence-traffic-signs.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Early Christians were as smart as we are today ... Notice that Burke never says anything about malnutrition and certainly nothing about the mind of the early Christian being crippled. We can easily falsify the argument based upon the words of John Cassian in 425 AD. Cassian dreamed up from his ... This is a perfect example of how post apostolic man-made rules directly contradict the teaching of the New testament that says the Christian can eat anything he likes, common food or the food of kings, as long as it is accepted with prayer and ... Perhaps this explains why Orthodox and Catholics teach so many things that are contradictory to scripture! Of course, the truth is, there was plenty of food, more than enough for basic nutrition. Sure we have incredible access to foods today, but notice the problem of obesity! Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders should be embarrassed to even put forth such a ridiculous argument. Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition arguments refuted! Click to View More Anti-Sola Scriptura arguments ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-nutrition.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Book of Susanna: 100 BC Court ... Some scholars have also noted that the villains of the story were elders, a feature that would surely have been unpopular with the elders who fixed the canon." (ISBE, Susanna, Vol 4, p669) 2. Date for Susanna: 100 BC a. "The terminus ad quem is, as scholars from Bludau to Plöger all agree, the date of the Greek ... Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Susanna-apocryphal-judgment-court-trial-100bc.htm

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Jesus Master Builder carpenter stonemason creator build temple ... ... When tekton and zulon appear together, then a carpenter is clearly to be understood. If we follow this understanding from the OT Greek usage now to the New Testament, we will find that when Jesus is called a tekton, the word zulon ("wood") does not follow. Therefore, Jesus must have been a craftsman/builder in ... For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:10-11) b. Jesus was the "archi-tekton" who laid himself as the foundation of the church. c. Notice "tekton" is only used twice in scripture of Jesus and his father mistranslated "carpenter". d. Notice "archi-tekton" is only used once in scripture and it ... But he should knead on the side at which he builds [T. B.M. 11:6]." (Jerusalem Talmud, y. B. Mes. 10:5, I.1.I-N) b. "In addition to its use in the production of cement, lime was used to seal the walls of water cisterns as early as the Iron Age, or perhaps even earlier, in the Middle Bronze Age. Its first systematic ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Jesus-master-builder-archi-tekton-stonemason-carpenter-foundations-corner-stones-rock-sand-yokes-plows-creator-temple-synagogues-church.htm

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Comparison list of 14 Moses/Constantine the Great Shadows, Types ... Constantine was a great restorer among a pagan population like Josiah. 13. Both established the first physical places for worship First Tabernacle First Church buildings in Jerusalem, Mt. of Olives, Bethlehem: Eusebius Life Const. 3.41 14. Both ... See: The New Moses: A Matthean Typology, D.C. Allison, 1993 AD. a. The Midrashic hermeneutic was used by all those who wrote scripture, first century Jews and Byzantine Christians which led them to see parallels and echoes between different ... Much of Bible messianic prophecy is connecting current events in AD 27-33 with historic events with many Bible characters and events. Most of Bible prophecy is where an inspired New Testament writer connects a pattern of events in Jesus life with ... Whether Constantine really was a God-ordained type of Moses does not change the fact that early Christians viewed him as such. 3. Constantine neither created nor formed Christianity but merely adopted the environment of Christianity when he was ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Moses-Constantine-the-Great-Jesus-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD313.htm

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3 secret reasons why Seventh-day Adventists keep the sabbath This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White. As the Lord's messenger, her writings are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which provide for the church comfort, guidance, ... One of these beliefs is that Ellen G. White was an inspired prophet! (there is no such thing as a prophet who was not inspired!) If you don't like this fact, look for another church! Don't believe it? Check it out for yourself: Official SDA Creed. ... I saw that God had not changed the Sabbath, for he never changes. But the pope had changed it from the seventh day to the first day of the week; for he was to change times and laws." ("Early Writings of Ellen G. White," page 33.) Again on page 65 of ... He writes: "Accepting the Sabbath truth from the Seventh-day Baptists, they became the nucleus of the Seventh-day Adventist movement....'' The record of history: The first historical record of methodical Sabbath Keeping by Christians who stopped ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-White-halo.htm

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Seals, Bulla, Documents, Pottery & Antitypical New Testament ... ... B. Mazar" (AYBC, Ezekiel 9:2, 2008 AD) "The instrument of a scribe (which is denoted by an Egyptian loanword [note f]), which hangs from his girdle, further identifies the figure as a scribe. In early Egypt the scribe's instrument consisted of a palette with two small containers for black and red ink, a small ... Converted Scribes brought forth "Something new" = connecting the hundreds of prophecies about Jesus I the Old Testament to His life, crucifixion, resurrection, kingdom and church. "For whatever was written in earlier times [Old Testament] was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." (Romans ... from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord," (Romans 1:2-4) "Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture (Isa 53) he preached Jesus to him." (Acts 8:35) "And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the ... ... ...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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Assumption, Testament of Moses: 10AD Jude 9 Michael Devil dispute ... ... was written, and was partially known to its author." (Daniel 9 and the Date of Messiah's Coming in Essene, Hellenistic, Pharisaic, Zealot And Early Christian Computation, Roger T. Beckwith, Revue de Qumrân, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 521-542, 1981 AD) b. ... The Assumption/Testament of Moses has a creation date of 4221 BC because it follows the book of Jubilees chronology where Adam to Moses = 50 Jubilees x 50 years = 2500 years. b. This is the first document in history to redefine a jubilee as 50 years instead of 49 as revealed in the Torah and used in the book of Jubilees (170 BC). The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and Index Six Bible Manuscripts 1446 BC Sinai Text (ST) 1050 BC Samuel's Text (SNT) 623 BC Samaritan (SP) 458 BC Ezra's Text (XIV) 282 BC Septuagint (LXX) 160 AD Masoretic (MT) Research Tools OT Textual Variants Messianic expectation 300 OT quotes in NT Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Assumption-Testament-of-Moses-Jude9-Chronology-Genesis5-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-devil-body-Moses-Michael-archangel-creation-4221BC-age-earth-10AD.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Mishnah 200 AD History and content of the Mishnah: 1. "The Mishnah was edited and published between a.d. 200 and 220" (Dictionary of New Testament Background, Rabbinic Literature: Talmud, p898, 2000 AD) 2. "MISHNAH: Series of interpretations of the meaning of the ... Some relate the term to the Hebrew for "second" (sheni שֵׁנִי), implying that the Mishnah is a second TORAH, or as it was called by church fathers in Greek, deuterōsis (δευτέρωσις). Edited by Rabbi Judah, the patriarch of the ... These tendencies preclude identification of the Mishnah as a legal code per se and instead identify it as a compendium of rabbinic opinions." (New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Mishnah, Vol 4, p110, 2009 AD) 4. "MISHNAH. An early 3d-century ... For R. Phineas in the name of R. Hoshaiah: "There were 480 synagogues in Jerusalem and every one of them had a schoolhouse and a house for learning, a schoolhouse for Scripture and a house of learning for Mishnah." (Jerusalem Talmud, y. Meg. 3:1, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Mishnah-shanah-Rabbi-Judah-Akiba-oral-law-200ad.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Ostia, Seaport of Rome, Italy ... If the synagogue points east it is not pre-70 AD but built after 200 AD. b. If the synagogue is oriented towards Jerusalem it is not pre-70 AD but built after 200 AD. 4. See Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem C. Occupation ... The Septuagint was the "standard issue Tanakh", as an "accepted and trusted translation" in every synagogue much like the King James Version is in the Church today. e. Hebrew was extinct in Judea at the time of Christ, except for the Jerusalem elites ... The four monumental columns in the entranceway to the Ostia sanctuary were clearly intended as a kind of propylaeum [entrance of architectural importance to the Synagogue]." (The Synagogue in Late Antiquity, Lee Levine, p340, 1987 AD) 3. The ... This of course, was before the discovery of the single occupation Galilean synagogue at Madgala which dates to 50 BC and destroyed in 67 AD by the Romans. b. White rejects the entire record of the New Testament and is in direct contradiction to the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ostia-Port-Rome-Italy-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-Mazzot-oven-unleavened-bread-ark-of-scrolls-bema-Mikveh-50ad.htm

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Could you endure the Persecution of early Christians? ... And to the Roman Christians Paul writes: "We glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope" (Romans 5:3-4). Christians are also exhorted to emulate the achievements of the heroes of ... But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf' (I Peter 4:12-16). Early Christians considered persecution a joyous privilege because in persecution, they saw the providence of a loving Father who did all things well (Philippians 1:29). God allowed persecution to fall on both Old and New Testament saints as a ... Therefore, we need to understand that the so-called "dark days of persecution" may in reality be the time when the light of faith and trust glows brightest and when holiness and mercy are most radiant. Never was the church more free, more holy, never ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-endure-persecution.htm

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Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism I believe that one of the most beneficial therapies for a Christian, even surmounting the golf green, is simply walking and knocking doors. The early disciples went "from house to house" (Acts 5:42). This is more a paraphrase than a direct quote, but ... In door knocking, simply identifying oneself and leaving a good impression, together with an invitation to the services of the church and an attractive gospel tract is line therapy! It is the most rewarding of which this writer knows. The open air, ... We are hunting for "big game" when we are knocking doors for Christ! The Therapy of Winning souls "He that winneth souls is wise," writes the prophet. Think of all the things we may do for recreation, exercise, or merely to get away from things. ... Nothing cheers the heart more than to see the fruits of our earnest labors. Especially is this true when we see somebody whom we have taught the gospel walk down the aisle and be buried in New Testament baptism. Perhaps we have initially knocked on ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm

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Biblical Evangelism: Biblical Guidelines to Effective Evangelism ... ... God intended for his kingdom to spread His Word abroad through the whole world from the early pictures of his kingdom. Isa 2:2-3 2 Now it will come about that In the last days, the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills; and all the nations will ... Hopefully, this workbook will stimulate confidence in evangelism and growth. The answer to these two opening questions is an emphatic "Yes". We must evangelize if we are going to be a New Testament church. We cannot stop and say "Evangelism doesn't work today" or "It won't do much good". Discouragement does not excuse neglect in such a ... That congregation has numerous visitors. Guess why? 3. Think "Easy" and "Informal" A great invitation should not be a "big deal". It is just a simple "Come!" like we find in scripture. If it is relaxed and informal, it will encourage the genuine prospect and it will not offend the non-prospect. 4. Be Warm, Relaxed We are all ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-harold-comer-biblical-evangelism.htm

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Modalism refuted: UPCI's Sixty Questions On The Godhead refuted ... ... Yes, in Jesus Christ. 11 Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:19; 2:9; Hebrews 1:3." In 2 Corinthians 4:4 refers to "Christ, who is the image of God." Colossians 1:19 refers "to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all" (Eph. ... the right nor to the left because Paul writes "...Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God." Acts 7:56 How many did Stephen see? John is not the only witness. He may have seen only one, but that does not prove only one because Stephen saw two. None of these accounts contradicts the others nor invalidates the others. UPC Question #23. "If Jesus is the first and the last, why did God say in Isaiah 44:6 that he was the first and the last? Because Jesus is the God of the Old Testament incarnate." ... Satan was not a member of that plurality. UPC Question #25. "Does the devil believe in more than one God? No. James 2:19" Here again the author misapplies the Scripture. In James 2:19 the King James Version uses the word "devils" not devil. The New ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism-UPC-60-questions-godhead.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Gamla 76 BC Located adjacent to the eastern wall, the building runs on a northeast-southwest axis and is 21.5 meters long and 17.5 meters wide." (The Ancient Synagogue, Lee Levine, p54, 1999 AD) d. Here is the famous widow's mite (prutah) of Alexander Jannaeus ... See also: The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit b. The bema could also been dual purpose for a table of the Scrolls. c. See also: Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 10. Beautiful heart shaped in situ columns can be seen today: a. See also: Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns b. These columns are typical of early synagogues. A. Earliest Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD) = 76 BC 1. Excavation date: first century 2. Inscriptional date: none 3. Literary date: Josephus 76 BC 4. SOD ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gamla-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-ark-scrolls-niche-mikveh-heart-columns-bema-Judas-jewish-war-ballista-coin-76bc.htm

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Scholars on the Personality of the Holy Spirit ... The true divinity of the third Person was asserted at a Council of Alexandria in 362, by two. synods at Rome under Pope Damasus, and finally by the Council of Constantinople of 381, in a decree accepted by the whole Church. (A Catholic Dictionary, William E. Addis & Thomas Arnold, 1960, p 822-830) Although this spirit is often described in personal terms, it seems quite clear that the [Old Testament] sacred writers never conceived or presented this ... Thus in II Cor, xiii, 13, St. Paul writes: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the charity of God and the communication of the Holy Ghost be with you all." Here the construction shows that the Apostle is speaking of three distinct Persons. Moreover, since the names ... This order, however, was not intended to suggest degrees of subordination within the Godhead; it belonged to the Triad as manifested in creation and revelation." (Early Christian Doctrines, J.N.D. Kelly, p 102) The apostolic conception of the Holy Ghost and of His relation ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-quotes-personality-of-holy-spirit.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Delos, Greece 250 BC ... Room A had a triportal entrance, marble benches, as well as a carved marble chair and niche on its western wall; and (3) a series of small rooms in the southern part of the building under which lay a large water reservoir.'" (The Ancient Synagogue, Lee Levine, p107, 1999 AD) 2. "Located on the eastern shore of ... Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Delos-Greece-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-Samaritan-seat-of-Moses-benches-inscriptions-Mt-Gerizim-temple-250bc.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Isaiah 53 The Suffering Servant ... ... "Instead, there was rejoicing and merriment, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"" (Isaiah 22:13) Isaiah 22:22-24 Rev 3:7 ""To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True ... The Presence of the Lord shall appear, And all flesh, as one, shall behold- For the Lord Himself has spoken."" (Isaiah 40:3-5) Isaiah 40:6-8 (Old Testament canon) 1 Peter 1:24-25 (New Testament canon) "For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off, but the word of ... He bore the chastisement that made us whole, And by his bruises we were healed." (Isaiah 53:5) Isaiah 53:7-8 Suffering servant song 4 (Isaiah) Acts 8:32-35 (Jesus) "Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: "He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Isaiah53-five-fold-prophecy-fulfillment-suffering-servant-Isaiah-sawed-two-Jesus-Paul-Christians-prophets.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Modein (Hurvat Umm el-Umdan ... ... The building's second and main phase dates from the Herodian period and continued to the Bar-Kokhba revolt (132-135 C.E.)." (The Ancient Synagogue, Lee Levine, p70, 1999 AD) 10. This building was discovered during excavations of the village of Modi'in by Alexander Onn in 2000-2001. The village dates back to the ... Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... Synagogue Occupation Date (SOD)= Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date Allusions: Synagogue worship allusions and imagery in the New Testament Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" Everyday life: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Modein-Hurvat-Umm-el-Umdan-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-mikveh-ark-of-scrolls-niche-bema-table-colour-fresco-132bc.htm

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Why Be Baptized? For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection." Here the Bible clearly describes the baptism which was taught and practiced in the early church and which puts one "into Jesus Christ" ... And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the enuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing". From these verses of scripture we find that baptism requires "much water" and a "going down into water". We see that it is a "burial" in water and a "resurrection". Also we see it requires a "coming up out of the water". Only immersion fits the New Testament description of Christian baptism. If you believe in Jesus and want to ... If you have never obeyed the Lord by being baptized for the remission of sins as the Bible requires, may we encourage you to do so today. If you need assistance in obeying the Lord in this vital matter, please feel free to contact the Church of Christ ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-why-be-baptized.htm

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