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Is Church Membership Essential to my salvation? Since you have visited this website, you want to know the Bible answer to this question; you want to know which of the forgoing alternatives is correct, or if God presents another alternative through His word, the Bible. The Bible tells, us in Acts, ... Thus, the New Testament terms, "being in Christ", "being in the church", and "being in the Lord's body", equally describe one condition, that of being saved or that of being a Christian (Refer to Gal. 3: 27; Eph. 1:22,23; 1 Cor. 12:13). Although unsaved persons may meet with the earthly worship of the body of Christ, their presence in the worship does not infer that Christ has accepted them or added them to the church. Faith in Christ and obedience to His will is the only route into ... for one another. (Matthew 5:44) 5. Submit to church leadership. (Hebrew 13:17) (Study also the message, "The Government of the New Testament Church.") It is obvious that God both intended and directed his followers to meet together in earthly assembly. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-church-membership-essential.htm

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"The Sensational speech of Bishop Joseph Georg Strossmayer in ... Scene 2: Study Of Old And New Testaments "Penetrated with the feeling of responsibility, of which God will demand of me an account, I have set myself to study with the most serious attention the Old and New Testaments, and I have asked these venerable monuments of truth to make known to me if the holy pontiff, who presides here, is truly the successor of St. Peter, vicar of Jesus Christ, and the infallible doctor of the church. To resolve this grave question I have been obliged to ignore ... John - doctors to whom no one can deny the divine authority without putting in doubt that which the holy Bible, which is here before me, teaches us, and which the Council of Trent has proclaimed as the rule of faith and of morals. I have then opened ... He would have written a long letter on this all-important subject. Then, as he has actually done, when the edifice of the Christian doctrine is erected, would the foundation, the key of the arch, be forgotten? Now, unless you hold that the church of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-joseph-georg-strossmayer.htm

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What Early Christians believed about PROPHETS OUTSIDE THE APOSTOLIC ... the ministry of Paul, end with Nero." (Miscellanies 7:17.) In examining every work of the Early Church Fathers, all 37 volumes, there is not one reference to the continuing of the true prophetic office. ... Some prophet comes to the local church and teaches false doctrine and closes out the service by doing something supernatural and tells the people "see God has confirmed His Word with signs following." The congregation then usually accepts what the false prophet has taught as being God's truth and is led further astray from true devotion to Christ. The Sage Digital Library Collections: The ... The following circumstance must needs have set ourselves and the philosophers by the ears, especially in this present matter, that they sometimes clothe sentiments which are common to both sides, in arguments which are peculiar to themselves, but contrary in some points to our rule and standard of faith; and at other times defend opinions which are especially their, own, with arguments which both ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-prophets.htm

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Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church "On this Rock, I will build My church" Ancient Synagogue Worship and the Church Synagogue worship was the prototype for Christian Church. COLLECTIVE NAMES OF SYNAGOGUES A. Collective names of the church 1. Technically the church has no name but is ... God's Presence, Support & Dependency Eph 2:19-22; 1 Cor 3:11 Body Support & Dependency 1 Cor 12:12-27; Rom 12:4-5; Col 1:18 Church of Christ/God Christ's Possession & Holiness Rom 16:16; Tit 2:14; Acts 20:28 Christians Christ's Possession & Household ... The great God perfectly performed magnificent things for their deliverance." (victory over Ptolemy IV Philopater 222-204 BC persecution; 3 Maccabees 7:17-22, 75 BC) D. Synagogue "collective" names: "synagogue" (Greek: synagōgē) 1. synagōgē in ... you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. ... ... ...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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Textual Variants Daniel's 70 weeks, Susanna, Prayer of Hananiah ... ... And at the end (not the middle of week 70) of the appointed times, and after seven periods of seventy appointed times and sixty-two years during the set time of the consummation of war, then the desolation will be taken away (resurrection) when the (new) covenant prevails for many weeks (after the 70 = ... Jesus said "Scripture cannot be broken!" John 10:35 c. God provided multiple copies of His original word today in both the original language of Hebrew and the translated Greek. d. So when the Jews corrupted the text of Daniel 9:24-29 for anti-Christian purposes, it was 150 years too late because God designed the text to create expectation for the coming of the Messiah between 31 BC and 33 AD and it "accomplished what God desires" (Isaiah 55:11) 2. Christians have always had difficulty how Daniel 9 prophecies the crucifixion of Christ in the middle of the 70th week, 3.5 years) before the end. a. The most common interpretation is that the conversion of Gentile Cornelius was the final ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Daniel-Bible-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-70-weeks-Daniel9.24-Messiah-490-years-458BC-33AD-resurrection-Codex-Vaticanus-Susanna-Prayer-Hananiah-Bel-dragon.htm

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Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ... Therefore, the Church is the divinely appointed Custodian and Interpreter of the Bible. For, her office of infallible Guide were superfluous if each individual could interpret the Bible for himself...God never intended the Bible to be the Christians' rule of faith independently of the living authority of the Church." (Ibid., p. 77). There are no passages in the Bible which state that Christ made His church the infallible interpreter of His Word. There ... God has endowed us with reason and the power to choose between good and evil, right and wrong, truth and error. These are all set before us and the responsibility rests upon us to function as intelligent free agents. God will judge every man in accord with his response ... sides of the question." (Explanation of Catholic Morals, p. 35) "In matters of faith and morals pertaining to the building up of Christian doctrine, that is to be held as the true sense of the Sacred Scriptures which the Holy Mother Church as held and does hold, to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-church-interpreter.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Mistakes made by the Apostolic Fathers based ... Arius' answer was that the Logos is a creature, albeit the highest, noblest, and best of creatures. Those who sought to uphold the Orthodox doctrine that Christ is the uncreated Son of God had to deal with Arius' interpretation of Proverbs. ... What it proves, is that tradition doesn't work, because most Trinitarians today, including the Roman Catholic church, do not apply Prov 8:22 to Christ any more. Although Carlton is wrong when he says the "Orthodox" merely started to apply the text to the "humanity of Christ, not to His divinity", there were some who did just that: "An explanation of Acts ii. 36 and Proverbs viii. 22, which are shown to refer properly to Christ's manhood alone." (Ambrose, Exposition of the Christian Faith, Book 1, 94) What sense ... the long-recognized scriptural testimony for the Logos-doctrine provided by Prov. viii, 22ff. the exegetes of the second and third centuries had found the creation of the pre-existent Logos-Christ set forth without dispute and equivocation. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-fathers-mistakes.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity Paul's recurrent use of the terms God, Lord, and Spirit. (New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965, "Trinity, in the Bible", p306) The Apostolic Fathers were witnesses to the Biblical data and the traditional faith rather than theologians, but they ... All, except perhaps Hermas, subscribe to the divinity of Christ. I Clement coordinates Christ with the Father and the Holy Spirit in an oath. Ignatius calls Christ God 14 times. ... The Apostolic Fathers maintained that there was only one God. They ... Nevertheless, being loyal churchmen, they made it their business to proclaim the Church's faith, the pattern of which was of course triadic. [ie. trinitarian] (Early Christian Doctrines, J.N.D. Kelly, p. 101) "Yet, as compared with their thought ... The stage was set for Arius. He saw in Scripture, the Apologists, and especially Origen two interwoven ideas, one that the Son was God, the other that the Son was subordinate and inferior to the Father in divinity. He saw a tension between these ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Heaven: Jehovah's Witness style Error #8 Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. If Jehovah's Witnesses are right, then we have no hope, because we have seen paradise right now while we live! We have all seen tropical paradises! Obviously, our hope is something categorically DIFFERENT from anything we have ever experienced. Entering the presence of God as our hope of paradise fits perfectly! Heb 9:11,24 11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;... 24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us Heb 6:19-20 we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, 20 where Jesus has entered as a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-heaven-8.htm

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Biblical Age of the Earth is under 10,000 years old A. Atheist like Stephen Gould often play theologian, piously affirm, "No conflict between great ages of evolution and the Bible." "Honors God; shows grandeur and beauty of God's wisdom." 1. Truly honors God to believe His word, to accept His testimony. 2. Will see that unbelievers make lousy theologians. B. Age is pivotal, ... Ez.28:12-17; Isa.14:12-14; 45:18; Jer.4:23-26 3. Claim "was" should be translated "became" in Gen.1:1. a) No known translation says "became." b) Poll of 20 Hebrew scholars regarding "gap;" "NO." (Modern Science And Christian Faith p.49) c) Hebrew scholar W. C. Watts: "In Genesis 1:2a the verb is perfect. It indicates a fixed and completed state. ... Irrelevant unless chronology intended. 6. Christianity, uniquely, is founded on historical accuracy. Chronology is backbone of history. Accuracy is demanded. B. Septuagint (quoted by Christ) from manuscript 350 years older than oldest Massoretic Text, eliminates apparent discrepancies (scribal errors in some manuscripts ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/dp-age-bible.htm

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The real reasons why Watchtower organization FEARS the INTERNET ... Hence, besides individually possessing God's Word, we need a theocratic organization. Yes, besides having God's spirit of illumination, a Christian needs Jehovah's theocratic organization in order to understand the Bible. (Watchtower; June 15, 1951; p. 375) ... "Jehovah God." (Fred W. Franz on the witness stand under oath, New York King's County Clerks' Court Record, 1940, vol. II, p 795) 1942 Christ Jesus has caused the understanding of the prophetic dramas and pictures to be clear and set forth in the Watchtower publications. (Watchtower, Dec. 15, 1942 p. 376) 1959 "The evidence of the holy spirit in the quality and content of the writings published by the Watchtower Society should be the thing that satisfies, that convinces, together with a comparison of these things with the inspired Word of God, the Holy Scriptures." (Watchtower, Oct. 1, 1959, p. 607-608) Non-Witnesses please understand that to a Witness the Watchtower literally replaces the Bible as a source of faith and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-internet.htm

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Lesson 14: The Lord's Supper We proclaim our faith in this great and wonderful deed to the world each time we partake of the Lord's Supper. There are those who partake of only the bread and their priest partakes of the fruit of the vine. This is a perversion of the Lord's Supper. This is not doing it the way the Bible instructs. But notice each Christian is to partake of both the bread and the fruit of the vine. When we partake of the unleavened bread we picture our Lord's body hanging there, suffering in anguish and pain, taking the punishment that was rightly due us. As we drink of the fruit of the vine we envision His precious blood which was poured out for us to cleanse us from all our sins. What great love and concern God and Christ have for us! The ... B The death of Christ was not part of that plan. C God did not intend that Christ would die. 4) T F God's eternal plan was for Christ to come and set up a kingdom here on the earth. 5) (1 Corinthians 11:23-26) In partaking of the Lord's Supper A We are to partake ... ... https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-14-communion.htm

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The Interactive Bible: The church is divine in its origin, since it was built by Christ himself. Jesus told the Apostle Peter after Peter had confessed him to be the Christ, the son of the Living God, that he would build his church (Matthew ... The church is not simply an organism, it is a well structured organization. When the Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church at Philippi, he addressed it "to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons" - Philippians 1:1. Paul left Titus in Crete "to set in order the things that are wanting" ... Some are positive, some are negative, and some are special. With the exception of the special qualifications, these are qualities which every Christian should strive to attain. The negative qualifications are: not given ... The qualifications for deacons are found in I Timothy 3:8-13. They include the following: grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-pastor-qualified.htm

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TV Game show! "Beat that Testimony" of sin! The brothers are polite, but probably say to themselves silently: "Hurry up, we've heard your type 1,000 times before. She excitedly continues: "Brothers, I thank God because He has delivered me from so many terrible, terrible things. He's not only set me free from smoking pot popping pills, and sniffing glue, but also from many, many years as an enslaved drug ... The elder sister ties it all up and says: "My brothers, I want to thank my God and your God, my Jesus and your Jesus, because He has delivered me from ALL-L-L-L-L-L-L of these things without EVER EVEN HAVING TO GO THROUGH THEM! PRAISE GOD! You see, I was raised by born-again, Bible-believing, blood-washed, Spirit filled Christian parents who led me to a saving, personal knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! Because of their love for Jesus and for me, and their continuing nurture of my faith, I grew up as a "turned-on, church-attending, praying, praising, worshipping, evangelizing Christian, walking close to the Lord ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-beat-that-testimony-of-sin.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture: The Kingdom is the church They literally twist the text and dream up "kingdom toes". "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed [fulfilled in Eph 3:21 and Heb 12:28], and that kingdom will not be left for another ... And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion And the word ... Luke 24:45-49 is a direct fulfillment of Isa 2:2-4 "Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures [Isa 2:2-4], and He said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for ... C. Every passage after Pentecost speaks of the Kingdom as being established: 1. The Christian in Colossae were IN THE KINGDOM: Col 1:13 a. "For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-kingdom-is-church.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... ... Trinity, Doctrine of the; p18) "The doctrine of the divine Trinity is the summarized statement of the historical revelation of redemption for the Christian consciousness of God. It affirms that God is not only the ruler of the universe, but the Father of Christ, in whom he is perfectly revealed, and the source of a holy and blessed life which transforms nature and is realized in the Church. ... But the New Testament and the Christian consciousness as firmly demanded faith in the divinity of the Son, who effected redemption, and of the Holy Spirit, who founded the church and dwells in believers; and these apparently contradictory interests could be reconciled only in the form of the ... The peculiarity of the Platonic philosophy," says Hegel, in his " History of Philosophy " (vol. ii.), " is precisely this direction toward the supersensuous world, it seeks the elevation of conscious ness into the realm of spirit. The Christian religion also has set up this high principle, that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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Creeds: The ancient "rule of faith" (regula fidei) was not a ... the ancient tradition, believing in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and all things therein, by means of Christ Jesus, the Son of God; who, because of His surpassing love towards His creation, condescended to be born of the virgin, He ... of life, they are, because of faith, very wise indeed; and they do please God, ordering their conversation in all righteousness, chastity, and wisdom. If any one were to preach to these men the inventions of the heretics, speaking to them in their own language, they would at once stop their ears, and flee as far off as possible, not enduring even to listen to the blasphemous address. Thus, by means of that ancient tradition of the apostles, they do not suffer their mind to conceive ... From what and through whom, and when, and to whom, has been handed down that rule, by which men become Christians?" For wherever it shall be manifest that the true Christian rule and faith shall be, there will likewise be the true Scriptures and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-creeds-rule-of-faith-regula-fidei.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary 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 duty of formulating a full doctrine of the Trinity for its rule of ... "TRINITY. The word Trinity is not found in the Bible, and, though used by Tertullian in the last decade of the 2nd century, it did not find a place formally in the theology of the Church till the 4th century. It is, however, the distinctive and all comprehensive doctrine of the Christian faith and gathers up into the seam of a single grand generalization with respect to the being and activity of God all the ... Christ's trinitarian teaching received its most clear and concise expression in the baptismal formula: baptizing into 'the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost' (Mt. xxviii. 19). Baptizing 'into the name' is a Hebrew form of expression, rather than a Greek, and it carries ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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300 BC: The Death of Hebrew Language, rise of The Septuagint ... ... Any prejudice which might have existed against the use of a foreign language would speedily disappear under a rule which secured full liberty in worship and faith. The adoption of the Greek tongue was a tribute gladly paid by the Alexandrian ... There is a reasonable chance, however, that most of the early users read the LXX as a Greek text, without any knowledge of the Hebrew original. This is certainly the case when one turns to the members of the early Christian church for whom the ... Hebrew went extinct as a working language outside Judea (diaspora) around 300 BC. b. Hebrew went extinct as a working language inside Judea around 200 BC. c. The only Jews who spoke Hebrew at the time of Christ were the Temple elites (high priests and the Sadducees) ... In 587 BC a single Temple housed a copy of the inspired Tanakh in Hebrew. b. God foresaw that at the time of the coming of the Messiah in 30 AD, that Hebrew would be extinct. c. God providentially put the Septuagint in every one of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Extinction-Hebrew-first-century-mass-rapid-language-conversions-failed-restoration-attempts-Yiddish.htm

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Four Hebrew Scripts: Mosaic, Hieroglyphic, Paleo, Aramaic, square ... The Jews have used four different alphabets to spell out Hebrew words. The first is called "Hieroglyphic Hebrew" which was invented by Joseph and used by God in the Ten Commandments and Moses in the book of the Law that was ... Just as first Hebrew alphabet prepared the way for the written law of Moses, so too the translating the 39 books of the Hebrew old testament into Greek prepared the way for the Church. At the birth of Christ, thousands of synagogues all over the world with their Greek Septuagint Old Testament and full ... Up to this point, the Hebrews had no written script but were "verbal only" much like the current Indians of North America (until Christian missionary James Evans created their first alphabet in 1827 AD in Canada). e. Shortly ... Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. ... It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Hebrew-ancient-earliest-writing-Bible-scripts-alphabets-origin-Mosaic-heiroglyphic-Paleo-Aramaic-Masoretic-Jewish-Greek.htm

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Extra-Biblical oral apostolic tradition does not exist today ... The Roman Catholic answer demonstrates how far we must go to attempt to prove something that is not contained in God's Word. In truth, there is no set process or formula accepted and recognized by all Roman Catholic theologians. John L. McKenzie ... arrangement of God, sacred Tradition, sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others" (Vatican II, Const. on Divine Revelation, Chp. 2, Sec. 9). "Christ did not leave his followers a religion in the sense of a 'package of clear well defined truths'...the Holy Spirit guides each generation to add it's own understanding to them...Nor did the apostles sit down and write a handbook of the Christian faith... The Church ... The Church's living tradition is necessary to understand it. None of the biblical authors had any idea of writing a book which would of itself give us all of God's revelation" (Christ Among Us, p. 166 169). "Like two sacred rivers flowing from ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-tradition.htm

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Pope Offers Catholics Time Out Of Purgatory By Y2K Indulgences Wouldn't that be nice? Wouldn't it be great if we could receive "a full pardon for sins" by simply going to see someone in prison or on their sickbed, or ... imagine this Christian brothers and sisters ... if we could give up our sinful practice of drinking alcohol for only a day!!! Wow! Think about it. That would ... It is worth noting that Martin Luther was right to rebel against the Catholic church and its teachings, but he went FROM BABYLON PAST JERUSALEM TO EGYPT. His disgust for Catholic perversions drove him to an equally sinful extreme--faith only. The Bible teaches that one must OBEY, DO, FOLLOW, and WORK in order to be pleasing to God (Heb 5:9; Mt 7:21-27; Jn 10:27; Mk 8:34-38; 2 Pt 1:10-11). God's word foretold of those who would set themselves up as God and teach perversions of truth (2 Ths 2:3-4, 9-12; 1 Tm 4:1-3). These men and their doctrines are to be rejected (Gal 1:6-9; 2 Jn 9-11). Therefore, let us abide only in the doctrine of Christ! (S. F. Deaton) Click to View Go To ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-indulgences.htm

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Sola Scriptura debate charts by Pat Donahue ... My Opponent is Mixing Apples and Oranges ! Conclusion: The "perfect" of I Corinthians 13:10 must refer to the perfect (completed) revelation of God, that is, the completed New Testament; therefore since tongues were to cease when that which is perfect would come, then TONGUES ... import" (Vine) - "Auburn didn't win any National Championships in the 1970's; but now, Alabama did." * notice that "And now ABIDETH faith, hope ..." is set in contrast to prophecies, tongues, and miraculous knowledge STOPPING * it says "these three" will abide, not "these six" 2. The 2nd coming of Christ will do away with the need for faith (II Cor 5:6-8, Heb 11:1) and hope (Heb 11:1, Rom 8:24). perfect 2nd coming | | prophecies | | ... The NT contains 263 direct quotations from, 370 allusions to, passages in the OT, but not one reference to the Apocrypha. The apocrypha was never part of the Jews' Hebrew OT. Rom 3:2 - unto the Jews "were committed the oracles of God" Lk 11:51 - "from the blood of Abel to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-debates-donahue.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? Mosheim, in his celebrated Ecclesiastical History, volume 1, Pages 46 and 85 says: "The first of all the Christian churches founded by the apostles was that at Jerusalem; and after the form and model of this all the others of that age were constituted. That church, however, was governed ... The Christians of this century assembled for the worship of God and for their advancement in piety on the first day of the week, the day on which Christ reassumed life; for that this day was set apart for religious worship by the apostles themselves, and that after the example of the Church at Jerusalem, it was generally observed we have unexceptional testimony." For the first three centuries, then, the church ... The letter to the Hebrews is a constant appeal to them to remain faithful, and in Chapter 10, verse 25, the writer urges them not to "forsake our assembling together as the manner of some is". Fearing persecution, some had evidently been missing the meetings and were in danger of falling ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church more than a Greek translation of a term already found in Tertullian (A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p51-53) Comment: The Watchtower misleads you to believe that ... This necessity arose out of the Greek view that God cannot concern himself with matter. Therefore, he begot another divine being to create the world for him." (A Short History of the Early Church, Dr. H. R. Boer) Our comment Boer flatly states that the deity of Christ is found in the New Testament and was taught by the Apostolic Fathers before the age of the Apologists. Further, Anti-trinitarians mislead the reader with the quote they supply about Justin Martyr. Boer, therefore is saying that the faith of Justin Martyr that Jesus is a "created divine being" originated with Greek mythology and ... Moreover, the Logos was subject to change: he could become a sinner. Such was the teaching which Arius began to set forth in about 311. Alexander, the Catholic bishop of Alexandria, convened synods ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm

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Sinai Text (SN): Moses, Sinai, 1446 BC Torah: Gen - Deut See also: book of Law in Hieroglyphic Hebrew alphabet script 2. The alphabet used at Mt. Sinai was not Paleo-Hebrew but Hieroglyphic Hebrew I. The following religious texts were written in Hieroglyphic Hebrew in 1446 BC: 1. The "book of the Law" that was placed beside the ark. a. "Take this book of the law and place it beside ... "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote-Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."" (John 1:45) e. ""So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place; that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."" (Acts 26:22-23) f. "When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Sinai-Text-ST-Moses-Bible-Torah-autograph-manuscripts-Hieroglyphic-Hebrew-1446BC.htm

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Shem as Melchizedek: A test case for validating or falsifying ... the begetting columns in both charts to the date Abraham was born in 2166 BC. 5 The Jews from 300 BC down to the present day wrongly set the age of Terah at the birth of Abraham at 70 which calculates an age of the earth at 4114 BC. The truth is that Terah was 130 years old, ... In 160 AD, Shem became Melchizedek who transferred his priesthood to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Jews wanted to disconnect Jesus Christ from being a priest after the order of Melchizedek (book of Hebrews) so they corrupted the text in their Hebrew pre-Masoretic Torah to counter Christian theology. i. In 160 AD, Seder Olam Rabbah was the nasty fraudulent and corrupt chronological document the Jews created for this purpose. ii. In ... Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out food and drink for Abram and for all the men there were with him. He was a priest of the Most High God. He blessed [A]bram and said: Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Lord of heaven and earth and blessed be the Most High God, who has ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Shem-was-Melchizedek-Masoretic-chronology-Messiah-Jesus-Christ-priesthood.htm

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The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ... ... word of God. 3. The Septuagint was to the first century Jews what the King James Version is to Christians today: The word of God a. The 39 books of the Greek Tanakh had been translated by Jews with full approval of the Jerusalem High priests and were the standard "pulpit Bible" in all the synagogues. b. When Jesus was handed the Isaiah scroll in His home town synagogue of Nazareth, it was the Greek Septuagint. 4. The Hebrew language was extinct at the time of Christ as a working language among the general population: a. ... It was this remnant who converted to Christianity immediately! The Septuagint: A text of the Bible in the language of the common people (Greek) A Mikveh: Also known as "The Christian Maker", full immersion water baptism washed away sins ... Having had many discussions with those who advocate that the translators were inspired in 1611 AD, I can bear witness that they have little historical Bible knowledge, are shockingly closed minded to the most obvious facts, suffer from ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm

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Christmas: Separating Bible truth from Myth TRUTH: There is no celebration of the birth of Christ in the Bible on any day, but began through human tradition to be celebrated about 250 AD in the spring and on December about 325 AD. See also: Pagan origin of Christmas, Easter, Halloween "holy days". MYTH #2: December 25 is the birthday of Jesus. TRUTH: December 25 was the birthday of Mithra, the pagan God of light. In 325 AD, Roman emperor Constantine re-assigned the meaning to the birthday of Jesus, the true God of light. The Christian meaning over ... Jesus grows up in Nazareth. 18. There was another eclipse the night Jesus was crucified on 3 April 33 AD a. At exactly 6:00 PM Nisan 14 the sun set in Jerusalem and at exactly the same time the moon rose in eclipse. b. The lunar eclipse of 3 ... deplored his condition, with tears in his eyes, and obtested them by the kindness due from them, as of his kindred, and by the faith they owed to God, and begged of them that they would not hinder him of this honorable mourning at his funeral. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/D-Xmas-story.htm

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Trinity: Oneness in unity not in number: Yachid vs. Echad ... Mk 12:29 Click to View ONE Click to View A. Jews, after the rise of Christianity, were compelled to change the Hebrew word for "one" from echad to yachid: For any Jew to use "Yachid" to refer to the oneness of God is UNBIBLICAL because the Holy Spirit never willed that any scripture in the Bible uses the word YACHID in reference to God. It is claimed by Jews who attack Christian theology that the use of the word ECHAD in Deut 6:4 causes them no problem since the word ECHAD is used in other places ... to the early Christians in proving to the Jews that Yahweh of the Old Testament was the multi-personal God of the Christians (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) then Jews would not have felt compelled replace the word in their dogmas and statements of faith. ... Luke 5:21 "My judgment is true; for I am not alone [mono] in it, but I and the Father who sent Me." John 8:16 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only [mono] true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." John 17:3 "to the only ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-yachid-vs-echad.htm

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Greek word study of the Biblical pattern of counseling The Father: Psalm 73:21-24 Jesus Christ: Isaiah 9:6 The Holy Spirit: John 14:16 The Bible: Psalm 119:24 Introduction: This is a detailed summary page of all the Greek words used in connection with counseling. We have derived our own definitions based upon what various scholars say and how we see the word used in various contexts. It is important that we learn from God how to counsel. Let the Bible ... 3870) quiet, tender, intimate, soothing, consoling, talk when needed (paramutheomai, 3888) Your faith and judgement must be firm and committed and fixed as with a nail so it will not move (sterizo, ... (3115), forbearance, patience, longsuffering (makros, long, thumos, temper), is usually rendered "longsuffering," (Vine, longsuffering) Do not be like what happens when you put a match on gasoline. ... quiet, tender, intimate, soothing, consoling, talk. sterizo (4741), to fix, make fast, to set (from sterix, a prop), is used of establishing or stablishing (i.e., the confirmation) of persons; ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-counseling-therapy-bible-pattern-detailed-study-greek.htm

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Doctrinal Flip Flops of Jehovah's Witnesses! ... Bible writers setting before the baptized believers and earthly hope of becoming the children of the Eternal Father, Jesus Christ, and living on a paradise earth forever? No! They were setting before those to whom they preached and wrote the hope then of those begotten as children of God, the sons of Jehovah (Isaiah 9:6,7) In the inspired Christian writings the disciples of the day were assured that they had the calling to a kingdom that was heavenly and that their hope ... supernaturally removed from the tomb; because had it remained there it would have been an insurmountable obstacle to the faith of the disciples, who were not yet instructed in spiritual things - for "the spirit was not yet given." (John 7:39) We know ... or advice of the scriptures appears to be against it. (Children; 1941; 3,000,000 ed.; p. 312) 1941 The prophetic picture seems to set forth the correct rule, to wit: The three sons of Noah and their wives were in the ark and were saved from the flood. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-changes.htm

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Inherited Sin: definitions and official creeds If you are on the "lost and going to hell because you are not elect" predestination list, then to hell you will go and there is nothing you can do to change that... not even the blood of Christ can change that... according to ... Somewhere between the age of newborn and 20 years old, a line is crossed where Calvinists are no longer offended if the person goes to hell... as long as it is not a newborn. Summary of Christian Doctrine, by Louis Berkhof, ... man all sorts of sin, being in him as a root thereof, and therefore is so vile and abominable in the sight of God that it is sufficient to condemn all mankind." (He quotes from The Belgic Confession of Faith Article XV) Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology: "8. _The Effects of Adam's Sin upon his Posterity. " That the ... conveyed) to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation, being now conceived in sin, the subjects of death and all other spiritual miseries, temporal and eternal, unless the Lord Jesus set them free. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-creeds.htm

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The False doctrine of Roman Catholic papal infallibility not an infallible guide in faith and morals: "But when Peter came to Antioch, Paul opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned." Galatians 2:11 Click to View George Salmon's devastating refutation of Catholic Infallibility Click to View Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? Click to View Here is a Picture of the Pope kissing the Qur'an. This is like kissing Satan! We are utterly shocked that any Christian would kiss the Koran. ... A. What Is True Of The Apostle Peter, But... It is true that the apostle Peter was the one chosen (Mt. 16:17-19) to first set forth the instructions that were necessary to enter into the kingdom of heaven or God on earth - both to the Jews on Pentecost (Acts 2) and to the Gentiles at Caesarea (Acts 10 & 11). But ... Peter was not the head of the church - Jesus is the only head of His church (Eph. 1:22-23;Col.1:19) Peter was not selected to be the Vicar of Christ on earth (no references in the Bible). Peter never talked about any ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-infallibility.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity ... The Hindu trinity of Brahman, Siva, and Vishnu is another of the many and widespread instances of this theological conception. The early Christians, however, did not at first think of applying the idea to their own faith. They paid their devotions to God the Father and to Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and they recognized the mysterious and undefined existence of the Holy Spirit; but there was no thought of these three being an actual Trinity, co-equal and united in One, and the Apostles' Creed, which is the earliest of the formulated articles of Christian faith, does not mention it." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p182) The "Lord's Day" (Sunday) is of Pagan Origin: "The Hebrew Sabbath having been abolished by Christians, the Church made a sacred clay of Sunday, partly because it was the day of the resurrection, but largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festivals endeared to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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Why Pentecostals say, "knoweldge is of the Devil" (anti-intellectualis ... 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 ... the operations of the Spirit of God. (The People Called the Shakers, Edward Deming Andrews, p 98) Branham, William 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 Faith, 7) I don't preach doctrine, I ... He nodded. (An Evening with Rodney Howard-Browne, 1995 by the Christian Research Institute, from the Newswatch column of the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1995, page 43) by Julia Duin.) ... He said that while he and evangelist Steve Hill do preach sermons that are simple and easy to understand, the signs and miracles are what actually turn people to Christ, not the Word of God. "We've ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-anti-intellectualism.htm

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Biblical Evangelism: Biblical Guidelines to Effective Evangelism ... It is a picture of the great potential of conservative New Testament churches! Some years ago I purchased a fairly comprehensive bibliography of church growth books and set out to critically read them ... Before World War II, most churches of Christ in America were in rural areas. Today, even the "countryside" is really a suburb and evangelism does not follow the patterns and successes of the 1930's. ... Judgment Matters Are Opinions What This Booklet Will Say The basic thesis of this workbook is that God has given us the job of evangelism. Yet, society has reshaped and changed members and prospects. ... The message of the Gospel was so vital that any belief in it would demand an evangelistic proclamation! 2 Cor 4:13 13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed, ... Paul's response to the problem was to outline the kind of attitude that a Christian ought to have in his evangelism. First, it is a spirit of power. We must believe in God's plan, in ourselves, and in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-harold-comer-biblical-evangelism.htm

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Pentecostalism: The religion founded by women who usurp their ... over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression. 15 But women shall be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint. ... But, as I was only a scribe echoing the harmonies of heaven in divine metaphysics, I cannot be super modest in my estimate of the Christian Science textbook." (Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany (Boston: First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1941), 115.) Although the errors of Christian Science regarding God, Christ, ... Irving also believed that tongues and prophecy had divine origin and were truly revelatory in nature. As with Montanus (Montanism heresy , the role of the two women prophetesses became pronounced and set a pattern destined to be repeated over the coming years. Agnes Ozman beginning of modern Pentecostalism 1901 The modern ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-women-usurp.htm

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Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs ... ... Let not him then who knows he has been set over certain others take it ill that some one has been set over him, but let him himself render the obedience which he demands of them" (Leo I, Letter XIV. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica, XII. In ... name as the finisher of the orthodox doctrine of the person of Christ" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 3, chapter 5) "Leo thus made out of a primacy of grace and of personal fitness a primacy of right and of succession. ... Here, therefore, we already have that characteristic combination of humility and arrogance, which has stereotyped itself in the expressions: "Servant of the servants of God," "vicar of Christ," and even "God upon earth." In this double consciousness of his ... in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia- pushed on to Rome in the second year of Claudius to over-throw Simon Magus, and held the sacerdotal chair there for twenty-five years until the last, that is the fourteenth, year of Nero. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-451-588AD.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed in expedient, optional tradition Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Introduction: Expedient man-made tradition that is optional and not a matter of faith, since the apostles were silent about such matters. (Tertullian, The crown or De Corona, ch 3-4) This ... their own distinct set of the traditions, just as we see in the churches today! These kinds of optional expedients were practiced by Christ, the apostles, the Fathers and every church today. What is most troubling about these liturgical traditions to the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, is that there was no uniform pattern anywhere, EVER in the history of the church. Although the Catholics and Orthodox fight over whose liturgy is the apostolic tradition, the truth is, no such uniform tradition ever existed. God deliberately left ... The origin of Wednesday night, mid-week bible study, may have started with a single Christian setting aside that time for personal Bible study, worship and prayer. Others wanted to join him and in time a decision was made that a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-3-expedient.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX, origin, textual transmission 282 BC God has protected his inspired word from corruption because it is the legal standard that will judge us on the last day: "Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, ... AD: Seder Olam Rabbah is written at Zippori 160 AD: Birth of the Masoretic Text (MT) at Zippori with anti-Christian variants 200 AD: Mishnah is finished at Zippori 350 AD: Septuagint (LXX) codex Sinaiticus 600 AD: Masoretes ... Birth of Ezra's "Quattuordecim (XIV)" 458-445 BC Ezra's "Quattuordecim (XIV): 458 - 445 BC 1. Preamble: Must read! 2. Babylonian destruction of Paleo-Hebrew scripture manuscripts in 587 BC 3. Literary sources that Ezra produced a new set of Bible manuscripts: "Quattuordecim (XIV)" 4. Ezra's Anti-Samaritan ... Shem was second-born and NOT Melchizedek. Japheth "the Great" was firstborn in the LXX. Angels are commanded to worship Jesus Christ in Deut 32:43 in the LXX (Heb 1:6) The 70 weeks of Daniel 9 end in 33 AD with the resurrection ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/septuagint.htm

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The Incarnation of God, the Son: Jesus Christ ... was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God." (Romans 8:20-21) Ontology of the Incarnation: Body (Outward Form) Spirit (Image of God) Living being (Body + Spirit) Image of God (Character) Jesus before incarnation Holy Jesus on earth Holy Jesus after ascension Holy Non-Christian man Sinful Christian man Sinful, forgiven Christians in heaven Holy PRESS THE EASY BUTTON I. Four views of the Incarnation of Christ 1. Bible truth: The Semi-Kenotic view of the Incarnation: "Semi Kenotic view" is the only acceptable interpretation of Phil 2:6. This ... This view has been described by opponents as, "The dumbing down of God" view 3. Gene Frost: Frost/Welch debate 1996 a. "How can Jesus have access to all wisdom and at the same time go through the learning process, etc. I don't know. I don't know." 4. John Welch: Faith ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-incarnation-Jesus-god-son.htm

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JESUS: The God Who Forgives Yet we are to forgive in the same manner that God forgave us. Stephen was stoned to death only because he was a Christian. His dying words were, "Lord do not hold this sin against them." Acts 7:60. In the parable of the ... They just mutter under their breath with a devious smile, "I'll forgive you, but one day, when it is to my personal advantage, you will pay the price." They just quietly set them into the ammunition bunker for some future time ... Years later, she was asked if she had any bad feelings against that reporter. She replied, "No, I distinctly remember forgetting that." Now that is how God forgives! "put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; putting up with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a ... And yet I was shown mercy" Yet Paul also said, "but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-Jesus-forgive.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2 Peter 1:20, 21). ARTICLES OF FAITH THE ONE TRUE GOD We believe in the one ever-living, eternal God: infinite in power, ... "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1:11). This one true God was manifest in the flesh, that is, in His Son Jesus Christ. ". . God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. . ." (2 Cor. ... "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). A Christian, to keep saved, must walk with God and keep himself in the love of God (Jude 21) and in the grace of God. The word "grace" means "favor." When a ... Do not rob God of His portion, viz., tithes and offerings. (Read Mall 3). SECOND COMING OF JESUS 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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Psychiatry historic treatments vomits, bloodletting, cold baths ... ... and hurrying vexatious Thoughts, must set themselves for the most part to those Duties, which are to be done in Company by the help of others; and must be very little in solitary Duties ... AVOID all unnecessary Solitariness, and he as much as possible in honest cheerful Company. You have need of others, and are not sufficient for your selves: And God will use and honour others as his hands, to deliver us his Blessings. ... But keep Company with the more cheerful Sort of the Godly. There is no Mirth [gladness] like the Mirth of Believers, which Faith doth fetch from the Blood of Christ, and from the promises of the Word, and from experience of Mercy, and from the serious fore-apprehensions of our Everlasting Blessedness. ... (The Signs and Causes of Melancholy, Richard Baxter, 1670 AD) Focusing on the positive: The Bible makes it clear that the Christian must not dwell on their own personal problems and hardships but on the positive! "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-historic-treatments-vomits-blood-letting-cold-baths-blistering-evacuation-purging.htm

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4 Essential Truths that are required for someone to convert! At least four fundamental truths must be accepted by a seeker before he/she can be converted to Christ. After setting up a one-on-one study with a non-Christian friend, what lessons should be studied? It is up to you to guide the discussion with lessons that meet the student's needs. What are the needs? ... Calling of the Pastor at the induction service, the pastor-elect shall be required to affix his signature to the following declaration: I hereby affix my signature to this official document as assurance that I subscribe wholeheartedly to the Articles of Faith and Doctrine as set forth in the constitution of the AGC, and I ... It can be a highly emotional study when teaching someone they are lost after they have believed for 20 years that they were saved! Click to View Truth #4: The Seeker's Level of Commitment Quite simply, will the seeker ACT upon the words of Christ? A simple way to determine if a person has a commitment to God is to ask if he/she attends church every Sunday. This is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-4essential-truths.htm

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Date written: John the Gospel of John in AD 98 ... D. Internal evidence #4: John 5:2 does NOT prove John was written before 70 AD: 1. THE TEXT: "Now there is [Strongs # 2052] in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes." (John 5:2) 2. False Argument: If John was written after 70 AD John 5:2 would ... Even worse, according to Full-Preterist theology, the Christians fled the city as ordered by John in Revelation only to be killed by Nero! d. And according to Full-Preterist theology, there is no advantage if a Christian was alive when "Christ invisibly returned" in AD 66 or had been killed 2 years earlier by Nero in AD 64. e. Finally, if the primary purpose of Revelation was to save the lives ... In fact, from a Full-Preterist point of view, had the seven messengers had a better chance of living through Nero's persecution (which was no way near as wide spread as Full-Preterist's suggest) had they NOT gone to Jerusalem! 3. The silence of the literary sources that document such a major event as ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible-Only-Revelation-commentary-Steven-Rudd-Date-Revelation-written-66AD-Gospel-of-John-98AD.htm

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30-150AD: Church organization the same as in the Bible Blueprint ... ... Deacons; Christian Reproof.) 100 AD "For ye did all things without respect of persons, and walked in the commandments of God, being obedient to those who had the rule over you, and giving all fitting honour to the presbyters among you." (The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, Chapter I.-The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them.) 100 AD "only let the flock of Christ live on terms of peace with the presbyters set over it."(The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, Chapter LIV.-He Who is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, that Peace May Be Restored to the Church.) 100 AD "to be bishops and deacons of those who should afterwards believe. Nor was this any new thing, since indeed many ages before it was written concerning bishops and deacons. For thus saith the Scripture in a certain place, "I will appoint their bishops in righteousness, and their deacons in faith." (The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, Chapter ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-150AD.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... of Christ was near, they had walked, as it were, by sight. But now, bowed down by disappointed hopes, they could stand only by faith in God and in His word.... [408] To renounce their faith now, and deny the power of the Holy Spirit which had attended the message, would be drawing back toward perdition. They were encouraged to steadfastness by the words of Paul: "Cast not away therefore your confidence." [183] They had done the will of God.... [183] And wonderfully applicable to those who were sadly disappointed, tempted and tried, m the autumn of 1844, are his words. The just at this time are to live by faith.... With great confidence had they proclaimed the coming of the Lord, with the assurance that they were doing the will of God. But as the time passed, they were brought Into a position exceedingly trying to faith and patience. Hence the words of Paul to them, just then, and just there. "Cast not away therefore your confidence.' [409] In common with the rest of the Christian ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-Great-Contro.htm

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Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel, Beth Alpert ... Bible (Carter and Meyers, eds. 1996); The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (Meyers, ed. 1997); and Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel (Keel and Uehlinger 1998). ... I also want to thank Dr. Avraham Biran, Director of the Nelson Glueck School of Bibical Archaeology of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and Dalia Pakman, its curator. My thanks go ... At the same time, interest in the land of Palestine as the locus of the Bible cyclically waxed and waned. Byzantines under Constantine explored Christian and Jewish holy places and so did Europeans ... Advances in the study of ancient religion and society have been made particularly by those who have thought of religion as an element of society at-large, rather than as an isolated set of ritual ... Therefore, the economic, social and political elements of their societies are better known. The Hebrew Bible, is, of course, the principle source for the study of Israelite faith, while the tablets ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-archaeology-and-the-religions-of-Canaan-and-israel-beth-alpert-nakhai.htm

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