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Scriptural refutation of "Irresistible Grace" Calvinists will actually argue that they do not personally have a free will to choose anything. Man becomes a puppet/robot of either Devil: "The Devil made me do it" God: "God forced me into becoming a Christian although I was having fun as a sinner" Passages that prove man has a free will and God expects man to choose to do right Deut 30:15-18; Josh 24:15; Jn 15:6-7; 3:16 Man can "resist the Holy Spirit": Acts 6:10; 7:51-55 Without free will, many of Bible statements make no sense: "Why do you call me Lord & don't do what I say" Lk 6:46 Why? God willed it that way! "Whosoever believes shall be saved" Jn 3:16 (Rather whosoever God makes a believer) "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Re 22:17 "And ... God may directly or providentially send a preacher to a sinner, but only humans preached the actual message. The Holy Spirit never preached the Gospel directly: Acts 8 (Conversion of Eunuch) Jesus Christ never preached to Gospel after His ascension: Acts 9 (Conversion of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-I-refutation.htm

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cr-UBF-university-bible-fellowship We believe that God created the heavens and the earth and all other things in the universe: that He is the Sovereign Ruler of all things; that the Sovereign God reveals Himself; we believe in his redemptive work and in his final judgment. We believe that the Bible is inspired by God; that it is the truth; that it is the final authority in faith and practice. We believe that since the fall of Adam, all people have been under the bondage and power of sin and are deserving of the judgment and wrath of God. We believe that Jesus Christ, who is God and man, through his atoning, sacrificial death on the cross for our sins and his resurrection, ... However they all share the same false doctrines being Calvinistic, have women preachers, use instrumental music, and most horrifying, teach salvation by faith only and reject the necessity of water baptism for the remission of sins. They teach the sinners prayer. Most unusual is that this church also baptizes infants and take the spineless position ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-UBF-university-bible-fellowship.htm

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Archeology of Jewish Head Phylactery, Arm Tefillin, Door Mesusah ... Head Phylactery, Arm Tefillin, Door Mezuzah, Blue garment tassels Rabbi Jesus Christ wore blue garment tassels Oldest Ancient manuscripts of the Old Testament (Tanakh) Archeological discoveries at ... These little leather pouches were strapped to the forehead and contained their most treasured and inspirational Bible verses. Deut 10:12-11:21 was a favorite text to use and it was as common to the ... the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did." (Acts 7:51) Many of the Sanhedrin, including Paul, may in fact have had this very verse strapped to their forehead when Stephen said this! ... body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. ... "For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your foot like a vegetable garden. "But ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-manuscripts-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-head-Phylactery-arm-Tefillin-blue-tassels-garment-Mesusah-Jewish-doors-scripture-Rabbi-Jesus.htm

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Official creed of the Foursquare Gospel church (4-sqauare) We believe in the commemoration of the Lord's Supper by the symbolic use of the bread and juice of the vine (I Corinthians 11:24, 25). Baptism With The Holy Spirit We believe that the Baptism with the Holy Spirit is to endue the believer with power; and that His incoming is after the same manner as in Bible days (Acts 2:4). The Spirit-Filled Life We believe that it is the will of God that we walk in the Spirit daily (Ephesians 4:30-32). The gifts And Fruit Of The Spirit We believe that the Holy Spirit has gifts to bestow upon the Christian; and that we should show spiritual fruit as evidence of a Spirit-filled life (I Corinthians 12:1-11; Galatians 5:22). ... We believe that rulers should be upheld at all times except in things opposed to the will of God (Romans 13:1-5). The Final Judgement We believe that all shall stand some day before the judgement seat of God, and there receive eternal life or death (2 Corinthians 5:10). Heaven We believe that Heaven is the glorious eternal home of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-4square.htm

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The Power of a personal invitation! I believe there are three different categories of inviting. Let's begin by looking at the first. Click to View Those Who Know You Click to View Every Christian knows 200 people who are either friends, family, neighbors or work-mates. These are the people you spend ... I have known several Christians who deliberately involved themselves in charities, coaching, and hobby clubs for the specific purpose of meeting new people for the gospel's sake. When we look to the Bible, we find the following conversions fall into this category. Family: Have you noticed that several of the apostles were related by blood. Andrew leads Peter to Christ (John 1:40,41). Philip brings Nathaniel (John 1:43-46). Work: Paul converted Priscilla and Aquila (Acts 18:1-3; 25-26). When you examine the account, the initial contact was work, both being tentmakers by trade. Friends and Neighbors: The woman at the well in John 4:28-30; 39-42 brought almost the whole city out to meet Jesus after he intrigued her. Evidently ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-inviting.htm

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Anxiety and Depression are not caused from chemical imbalances ... Bible specifically warns against. Jesus commanded us not to be anxious and to rejoice. Anxiety and depression are disobedient emotional choices in direct rebellion to Jesus Christ. We are to rely upon God for everything in all of life's situations, even if we are tortured for our faith and crucified upside down on a burning cross. The Christian is never to be anxious or depressed. 2. Depression is distinguished from natural mourning by four factors: a. Depression is characterized by an unnatural length of time for sadness. While a person may mourn for months, depression may last years. b. Depression is almost always characterized by some kind of self-disablement. A person may weep for 3 months over the death of a loved one, they ... Nehemiah 2:2 "strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."" (Acts 14:22) "My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-junk-science-anxiety-depression-myth.htm

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Drugs and the Bible: E, Shrooms, Cocaine, Crack, Marijuana Drugs and the Bible: E, Shrooms, Cocaine, Crack, Marijuana Ecstasy, "E", Rave drug, dancing death, MDMA, methylenedioxy-metamphetamine, Marijuana, hash, pot, joint, Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, Magic mushroom, Psilocybin, Shrooms, Amanita ... the general illicit use of drugs (same application as today) and the use of drugs to cast spells etc. 1. Ask for discussion: "Who are the two drug dealers of the Bible?" Elymas and Simon: Acts 13:6 ; Acts 8:9 a. Notice this is illustrative of what Gal 5:20 condemns. ... as the drug starts to set in, start waving his hands around giving the impression that HIS POWER is causing all the pink elephants to fly. 2. Ask for discussion: "Where was Jesus offered drugs and refused?": on the cross "Gall" Mt 27:34. a. ... They've learned that it's the "greatest thing in the world to be a Christian", because in Jesus you and I can find the love, care, concern and understanding necessary to fulfill our human needs. The Bible itself is the most valuable source of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-marijuana.htm

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Reasons why the Apocrypha does NOT belong in the Bible! Roman Catholic and Orthodox Faith Examined and The Apocrypha "The Jewish canon, or the Hebrew Bible, was universally received, while the Apocrypha added to the Greek version of the Septuagint were only in a general way accounted as books ... nor are they ever cited by Christ or the apostles" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 3, chapter 9) 21 reasons why the Apocrypha is not inspired: The Roman Catholic Church did not officially canonize the Apocrypha until the Council of Trent (1546 AD). ... Josephus rejected the apocryphal books as inspired and this reflected Jewish thought at the time of Jesus "From Artexerxes to our own time the complete history has been written but has not been deemed worthy of equal credit with the earlier ... Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired; but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me. For as it is hurtful to drink always wine, or always water, but pleasant to use sometimes the one, and sometimes ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-apocrypha.htm

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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, Chapters I and 2, about how (on the day of the beginning of the church) Peter spoke to the multitudes in Jerusalem. He explained to them that Jesus, whom they had crucified, was the Christ and was ... 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 ... If one believes in Christ and is obedient unto salvation he becomes, mandatory, a member of the Lord's church. This membership confers both rights and duties: The right is salvation if, we remain faithful members until death. The duties are those previously mentioned, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-church-membership-essential.htm

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Christians worship on 1st Day: Ats 20:7 & 1 Corinthians 16:1 ... Here are the Bible reasons why Christians must worship on Sunday. Weekly Sunday Communion Acts 20:7 proves weekly communion on Sunday (1st Day) Weekly Sunday Giving 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 proves weekly church collection on Sunday (1st Day) Click to View Weekly Church Attendance every Sunday is Essential! 1st 23 reasons why the first day of the week, Sunday is significance and important exclusively to Christians. 1st Ps 118:22-26 actually prophecies the first day of the week! This messianic prophecy is about the new day God would make when Jesus rose from the dead: Sunday! 1st The first day of the week is a weekly memorial of Jesus' Resurrection While the Lord's Supper is a memorial of the Lord's death, the first day of the week ... Some Sabbatarian groups, comprehending the power of this argument, actually teach that Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday and raised on Saturday. 1st Sunday is not the "Christian Sabbath"! Most churches teach that Sunday is the Sabbath and worship on the first ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-1st-day.htm

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The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca When you have finished looking at the summary chart Click here to continue . . Print or save this table/chart for future reference Can a blood bought Christian be lost eternally? Jesus & Parable of Sower Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost ... destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves." the Master had bought them (with Jesus blood) bringing swift destruction upon themselves denying the Master introduce destructive heresies false prophet Acts 20:17,28-30 "And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church." ... "I know that after my departure savage wolves ... James 5:19-20 "My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins." "brethren, if any among you" is addressed to Christians soul is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/fall-summary.htm

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Ancient synagogues of the Bible: Ephesus Synagogue: 43 BC Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources Ancient synagogues of the Bible: Ephesus Synagogue: 43 BC Discussion: 1. "Literary sources only": a. No Synagogue has been located or excavated in Ephesus. b. No Ephesus synagogue inscriptions have ... but taking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus." (Acts 18:19-21) b. Paul's Second missionary journey: "Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. ... Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ephesus-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-apostle-Paul-43bc.htm

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Official creed of the Evangelical Free church We believe... 1. The Scriptures, both Old & New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life. 2. In one God, Creator of all things, ... salvation and spiritual life be obtained. 6. That the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus become children of God. 7. That water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age. ... Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer. 12. In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, of the unbeliever to judgement and everlasting conscious punishment. Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Evang-free.htm

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Official Creed of the United Church of God, an international ... Human beings live by the breath of life, are mortal, subject to corruption and decay, without eternal life, except as the gift of God under God's terms and conditions as expressed in the Bible. We believe that God placed before Adam and Eve the choice of eternal life ... In paying this penalty He has made it possible, according to God's plan, for each person and humanity as a whole to have their sins forgiven and to be released from the death penalty. We believe that the Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead after His body lay three days ... We believe in a true change in life and attitude. Only those who have the indwelling presence of and are being led by the Holy Spirit are Christ's. We believe in the ordinance of water baptism by immersion following repentance. Through the laying on of hands, with prayer, the believer receives the Holy Spirit and becomes a part of the spiritual body of Jesus Christ. We believe that the seventh day of the week is the Sabbath of the Lord our God. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-church-of-god-international.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... of 250 AD. We see a clear change from the Bible pattern, from a plurality of Elders (also called bishops) , deacons and saints, to a single Bishop who ruled the congregations and under him were a plurality of elders, then deacons and saints. ... commands to obey the bishop as you would Jesus Christ and the only valid baptism or communion service is one by the bishop's authority. We feel that is it no co-incidence that the first historical reference to the church as the "Catholic Church" is contained within one of the "7 genuine Ignatius letters". Schaff comments: "been found in this letter to the Romans, especially as in this letter we first find the use of the phrase "Catholic Church" in patristic writings." (Philip Schaff: Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. ... In the latter, which contains only three epistles, most of the passages on the episcopate are wanting, indeed; yet the leading features of the institution appear even here" (History of the Christian Church, Philip Shaff, Vol 2, ch 4) ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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Hopkins, E. Washburn: Origin and Evolution of Religion ... who were not doctrinaires was just this and nothing more. Jesus is God. So proclaimed the first hymns, sung by the early Church." (Origin and Evolution of Religion, E. W. Hopkins, p 338). "Christianity, though built upon the rock of Peter, utilized for the construction of its church much pagan material, some of which had filtered through Jewish sources, while some was inherited from Mediterranean and Grecian cults. Baptism, fast, purification, vigil, the hope of immortality and resurrection, miraculous cures, water turned into wine, all these were pre-Christian." (Origin and Evolution of Religion, E. W. Hopkins, Ch 20, The Christian Trinity). "As Buddha has been resolved into a sun-myth, so Jesus ... How can JW's use Hopkins as proof that Trinity was borrowed from the pagans, when in fact Hopkins says: "the life, temptation, miracles, parables, and even the disciples of Jesus have been derived directly from Buddhism."? Hopkins is not even a Christian, but a Bible hater that trashes ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hopkins.htm

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Sin can trigger schizophrenia. Psychiatry: Mental Illness in ... All mental illness is a behaviour choice not a bodily disease. All the behaviours associated with mental illness are without exception, sins listed in the Bible. Sinful living choices can lead to further sinful emotional choices like depression and anxiety, which then become the basis of a mental illness label (diagnosis) by atheistic chemical psychiatrists. Jesus commanded us not to be anxious and a "depressed Christian" is an oxymoron, considering the great joy of possessing the reward and blessing ... the cords of his sin. " (Proverbs 5:22) 10. "But he who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death." (Proverbs 8:36) 11. "The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down with her own hands. " (Proverbs ... also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. " (Romans 1:27) 16. "Flee immorality. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible-sin-guilt-conscience-cognitive-dissonance.htm

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Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church There are many daddy's and moons but they are distinct in themselves. So the words "daddy" and "moon" are NOT names at all. e. Same is true with the church. In the Bible, God describes his people in 40 + different ways, but none of them are a name. ... Selfless Obedience Luke 17:7-10 Flock Protection Of Caring For By Jesus 1 Pe 5:2-4; 2:25 Army Fight Spiritual Battles For Jesus 2 Ti 2:3-4; Eph 6:10-17 Wife, Bride Intimate Spiritual Relationship Eph 5:22-32; Rev 21 B. Synagogues and churches were called by the same five the Greek words: English collective Greek Jewish assembly Christian assembly Synagogue Synagōgē Acts 15:21; Jerusalem Talmud Meg. 3:1 James 2:2 Prayer [house of] Proseuche Acts 16:13,16; Philo Embassy 156; Col 4:2 ; 1 ... Synagogues: heiron] shall enter, and all the Judeans shall be subjected to enrollment for poll tax and to servile status; and those who speak out against this are to be brought by force to be put to death" (Ptolemy IV Philopater 222-204 BC; 3 Maccabees ... ... ...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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Official creed of United Church of Christ This file contains the texts of the three authorized versions of the Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ. For this and other affirmations of the Christian faith, see the Book of Worship, United Church of Christ and The New Century Hymnal. Both books are rich sources of liturgies in inclusive language. Statement of Faith We believe in God, the Eternal Spirit, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and our Father, and to his deeds we testify: He calls the worlds into being, creates man in his own image and sets before him the ways of life and death. He seeks in holy love ... to be his servants in the service of men, to proclaim the gospel to all the world and resist the powers of evil, to share in Christ's baptism and eat at his table, to join him in his passion and victory. ... Blessing and honor, glory and power be unto him. Amen. The United Church of Christ embraces a theological heritage that affirms the Bible as the authoritative witness to the Word of God, the creeds of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-UnitedCofC.htm

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The Lord's Day - Revelation 1:10 ... The First Day! The Holy Spirit was given on Pentecost Acts 2:1, which always falls on a Sunday Early Christians from 30-300AD referred to Sunday as the Lord's day BECAUSE it was the day Jesus rose from the dead. The only example of the Lord's supper being practiced by Christians is in Acts 20:7, on Sunday. If this is not the Lord's supper, as Sabbatarians cannot grant, then there is no example in the Bible of Christians communing. "Sunday" is only used in languages such as German, Dutch, ... The Lord's body: 1 Cor 11:27-29 The Lord's blood: 1 Cor 11:27 The Lord's table: 1 Cor 10:21 The Lord's supper: 1 Cor 10:21 The Lord's disciples: Acts 9:1 The Lord's death: 1 Cor 10:21 The Lord's house: 1 Tim 3:15 The Lord's day: Rev 1:10 C. John's Pattern: In ... But keep the Sabbath, and the Lord's day festival; because the former is the memorial of the creation, and the latter of the resurrection. But there is one only Sabbath to be observed by you in the whole year, which is that of our Lord's burial, on which men ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lords-day.htm

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Bible Tongue Speaking and Modern Impostors! Miracle Accepted By Personal Testimony Even Enemies Accepted Acts 4:16 Highly Questionable, Always Internal and unseen tongues Bible modern pentecostals Real Human Language Acts 2:8 Total Gibberish And Nonsense Max Of 3 In Church 1 Cor 14:27 More Than 3 Speak ... Jesus who baptized 120 believers with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost 10 days after He ascended to heaven, is still baptizing Christians with the Holy Ghost today Acts 2:1-4. Usually Jesus baptizes believers with the Holy Ghost while they are praising the Lord, and their words change from words of praise to unknown tongues, which is proof that they have received the Holy Ghost. We suggest these words of praise to use while seeking the Baptism. To try to say words of ... The fact that the same experience is known in all religions, ancient and modern, Christian and pagan, and sometimes outside the religious experience altogether would indicate that its source is not from God. The fact that it can be learned and imitated would ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-tongues-today.htm

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Can A Christian Sin And Be Lost? Can A Christian Sin And Be Lost? Several of the world's denominations teach that Christians cannot sin so as to become lost; that is, there is no way that a true convert of Christ he cannot go to hell ... You researched this question to find, not what man teaches, but what the Bible teaches about the possibility of Christians falling from the way of truth, and becoming lost. The most clear treatment of ... I quote now verses 20 and 21, which best summarize its teachings, "For if after they have escaped the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again ... and I Corinthians 14:33. To illustrate this, we can study verses about baptism (for instance) in the New Testament books written by the apostles John, Paul, and James, and expect agreement. But, we cannot necessarily expect agreement between the Old Testament writings of Moses and the New Testament writings of Paul concerning (say) worship; Moses' laws were in effect until Jesus' death ended them. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-eternal-security.htm

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God never named the church For example, Christians are individually described as "sheep", "disciple", "stone", "member", "soldier," etc. So, although God describes His people individually as "sheep, disciple, stone," these are not names. Yet the Bible tells us the ... The local church can be either a single congregation or a collection of local churches in an area. The local church excludes other living Christians and all those who are dead. The Universal church is every Christian, both living and dead. ... Example: "to the CHURCH OF GOD which is at Corinth, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SANCTIFIED in Christ Jesus, SAINTS..." (1 Cor. 1:2). Likewise, Acts 20:28, Acts 11:26 and 1 Tim. 3:15 all refer to the local church not the universal. One should not conclude the elders are to oversee "the ... The word CHURCH is itself, one of those "gobbledygook" (meaningless gibberish) words used and defined only within the religious context. Others include, baptism (immersion), pastor (shepherd), presbyter (elder), bishop (overseer) The word ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-not-named.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... First the quote, when you read the article, is not saying that Trinity is an error! The errors Schaff refer to are not trinity! Since Schaff is a trinitarian who believes the doctrine is based upon the Bible, it should be obvious that he is ... "The Socinian and rationalistic opinion, that the church doctrine of the Trinity sprang from Platonism and Neo-Platonism is therefore radically false. The Indian Trimurti, altogether pantheistic in spirit, is still further from the Christian Trinity" (Philip ... through human reason, " lighteth every man that cometh into the world," and which illumined especially such sincere and humble seekers after truth as Socrates and Plato before the incarnation of the Eternal Word in the person of Jesus Christ. ... (ib. 78); that soul, being everywhere the cause and source of life, and every way diametrically opposite to death, can not be conceived as dying, any more than fire can be conceived as becoming cold (ib. 102107); that soul, being ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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Watchtower Deceptions: Confusing Modalism as if it were trinity ... What the average Jw's doesn't understand, is that Trinitarians apply the identical logic to refute Modalism. Here is something that is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for the JW to understand. When a born again Christian points to Scriptures that demonstrate Jesus is God, THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO PROVE THAT JESUS IS GOD THE ... Another example of this deceptive logic is when on the same page they make another statement like, "If Jesus were the Almighty God, he would not have prayed to himself, would he? In fact, following Jesus' death, the Scripture says: 'This Jesus God resurrected.' (Acts 2:32) Thus the Almighty God (The Father) and Jesus are clearly two separate Persons." Paradise Book You ... Remember, how do you define the word God??? Did Jesus ever say He was God the Father??? In agreement with the WT we would say NO; but as we have seen the WT does not use the word God the way the Bible does. Now, did Jesus ever say He was God, not in the sense that He's the Father but in the way the Bible uses the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-deceptions-modalism.htm

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A Review of the creed of The Evangelical Christian Church in ... who want and need a direct relationship with Jesus Christ without the limitations of a church hierarchy or a bureaucratic system which was once the characteristic of the medieval system. We have no creed but Christ, and no book but the Bible. Our biblical standard allows our ministers to walk in the freedom of Christian unity and love by following the motto: "Unity in the essentials - Liberty in the non-essentials - Charity in all things." Ten Articles of Faith The Bible as the written Word of God The Virgin Birth The Deity of Jesus the Christ The Person and work of the Holy Spirit The Trinity Salvation through the Atonement The guidance of our life through prayer The death and resurrection of Christ The return of the ... CECC doesn't believe in equal rights for women, but elevated rights as women. Women should be treated like queens and respected as mothers. Creation The three creative acts of God are recorded in Genesis: 1. the heavens and the earth; 2. animal life; 3. human life. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-Canadian-Evangelical-Christian-Churches-CECC.htm

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Official Creed of The New Apostolic Church The Third Article of Faith: I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Apostolic Church; the Community of the Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the dead. and life everlasting. The Fourth Article of Faith: I believe that the Lord Jesus rules His ... The Sixth Article of Faith: I believe that the Holy Baptism with water is part of the rebirth, and that a person baptized with water is entitled to the Holy Sealing. It is furthermore the covenant of a good conscience with God. The Seventh Article of Faith: I believe that the Holy Communion was instituted by the Lord Himself, in memory of the once brought eternally valid sacrifice and the bitter suffering and death of Christ. The worthy partaking of the Holy Communion ... to that which they have done during their lifetime, be it good or evil. The Tenth Article of Faith: "I believe that I am obliged to obey the worldly authorities provided no godly laws are thereby transgressed." Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-NewApostolc.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... ... Can individuals read & understand the Bible alone, or do they need an organization and it's publications to do so? Click here find the answer! How do you prove from the Bible that 1935 was the year for the selection to ... that his faith cannot find a Bible passage to support it, when the same goes for you and 1935? How do you know that there were any vacancies, if any, in the 144,000 class if Jesus offered this to first century Christians? ... Could the new name be "Christian" after our savior "Christ"? Why would the name God gave to His people not be "Christians" since Acts 11:26 says, "The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch"? Why is the name "Jehovah's Witness" found nowhere in the New Testament, if that is God's divine name for His people under ... If Jesus was a created being, then according to Jn 1:3, Jesus would have had to create himself. If the spirit of a man has no existence apart from the body, why does Stephen just before his death in Acts 7:59, pray to Jesus ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... But quite simply, Hastings is saying what any informed trinitarian would say namely: That the word trinity is used in two senses. Economic Trinity: First in a simple sense, as we find in the Bible, where there is an affirmation of the deity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit combined with a mono-theistic view of God, but without any explanation as to how the whole thing fits together and works. The simple affirmation of the "threeness of God", seen at the Baptism of Jesus and the baptism of every Christian, is the Economic Trinity Ontological Trinity: Second, the developed trinity or as the Watchtower leaves out the, ... If the passage contains no formulate expression of the Trinity, it is yet of great significance as showing that, less than thirty years after the death of Christ, His name and the name of the Holy Spirit could be employed in conjunction with the name of God Himself. Truly, if the doctrine of the Trinity appeared somewhat late in theology, it must have lived ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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Rapture Refuted: Harold Campinng's numerology date setting end ... ... Incredibly Camping says: "In the nineteen years since "1994?" was written, the biblical evidence for 2011 has greatly solidified. Today there is no longer any question, May 21, 2011 is the day in which Jesus Christ will return. What proof is there for the date of May 21, ... Like Jehovah's Witnesses, you should simply fellowship together and await word from Oakland. In these new fellowships, there is to be no discipline, no baptism, no communion, and no authority apart from Family Radio's interpretation of the Bible. Mr. Camping rejects 1 Corinthians 11:26, which says that we are to proclaim the Lord's death until he comes through the weekly observance of the Lord's Supper. 7. Harold Camping may not be the Watchtower ... The world is mocking the Bible with his failed date. 2. Camping believes in the "latter rain" false doctrine which is basically a Pentecostal inspiration of our pouring upon him at a time just before his Rapture. Camping, although originally a Christian Reform church ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-harold-camping-2011-official-end-of-the-world-time-rapture-chart-numerology-date-setter-may-21-2011.htm

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JESUS: The God Who Forgives If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." When Jesus hung on the cross, He being God, showed the perfect example in the attitude we must have in forgiving others. He said, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Lk 23:34. We take for granted how easily God forgives us while we will not forgive others who sin against us. 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 unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:21-35) A king forgave a servants debt of $10 million ... 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." Philippians 3:13. We all make big mistakes. But it is important that we forgive ourselves too! Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/g-Jesus-forgive.htm

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Can Ordinary People Understand The Bible? Should you have questions regarding the origin, inspiration, and authenticity of the Bible, please study from the messages under Christian Evidences. We especially recommend the message "INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE", and "DO WE REALLY HAVE THE BIBLE TODAY?", also "DID THE BIBLE COME FROM GOD OR MAN?" So now with the safe assumption that the Bible is truly the Word of God, let us examine its clear words to see if it is reasonable to believe it to be understandable by those who read its words. Jesus intended that ... There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." In practice, there were few ... This is a very convenient, but obviously false doctrine, for God is not a respecter of persons, but accepts those who obey His will. Study Acts 10:34. Were God's words not clear enough for understanding, God would be the author of confusion, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-understand-common-man.htm

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Using "Wisdom Towards Outsiders" Time and study will make the Bible be like algebra is to a math professor understandable. Learning the foundational truths of the Bible will equip her to understand the harder things. What is her level of spirituality? ... Internal forces may include things such as the cost in time to serve Jesus or the need to remove an existing sin. You must learn to identify her single greatest point of resistance to becoming a Christian. Knowing this will help you as you continue leading her to Jesus. Use God's word to overcome all objections. What are her needs spiritual, ... Second, don't bombard her with one important point to the neglect of other important teachings. For example, don't emphasize the act of baptism to the neglect of her understanding the need to have her sins forgiven. ... We don't need to just continue reading lessons on how to evangelize; we need to go and do it. You learn to swim by getting into the water; you learn to ride a bike by getting on it. The only way you can learn to teach ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-wisdom-outsiders.htm

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The Top 10 List: "Worst of the worst" of Watchtower satanic quoting ... of Jesus have been derived directly from Buddhism." So Hopkins thinks that Trinity AND most of the Watchtower doctrines were derived from Buddhism! Wow! A very convincing proof indeed! Click here for more details. Top 10 List: #3 Siegfried Morenz: Egyptian Religion Morenz is a Christianity Trasher! "trinity was a major preoccupation of Egyptian theologians. ... three gods are combined and treated as a single being, addressed in the singular. In this way the spiritual force of Egyptian religion shows a direct link with Christian theology" Quoted by Watchtower Click to View Look at the sentence in red below that they left out. In a most perplexing paradox, Morenz, who doesn't believe the Bible, actually ... He is used in the introduction and twice more in the booklet. Yet, Weigall trashes all of Christianity and also says that the Lord's Supper, Baptism and the virgin birth and trinity are all of pagan origin! Click here for more details. Top 10 List: #6 Lyman Abbott: Dictionary ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-deceptions-top-ten-list-start.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? For God's answer to the question, we must go to the Bible itself. When Jesus instituted the Supper, he was eating the Passover with his disciples. But at the dinner, according to Luke's account in Chapter 22:19-20, ... And the cup in like manner after supper saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you". Jesus was instituting a completely new memorial, not one like the Passover looking back to Egypt, but one in remembrance of him, of his death and of the new covenant he was bringing to men. "As often as you do this" ... What the church did under the direction of the apostles must have been God's will. Let us look then at the record. In Chapter 20:7 of Acts, it is said that at Paul's return to Troas, "Upon the first day of the week, ... 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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Examples of Mental Illness in the Bible ... The devil loves Psychologists. 3. The mental health industry (Psychiatrists, Psychologists, social workers, certified councilors etc.) is rotten to the core and stands for the exact opposite to the will of God, Jesus Christ and the message of the Bible: a. The mental health industry rejects freewill and views all of man's thoughts and actions as involuntary and robotic. This explains why non-Christian Darwinian judges favour sentencing of rehabilitation for predatory pedophiles rather than the death penalty they deserve. They take the position of Psychiatrists and Psychologists that all human behaviour is determined by the "machine" of ... Corresponding insanity behaviours. 1. Balaam: 2 Peter 2:15-16 2. David: 1 Samuel 21:12-15 3. King Saul: 1 Samuel 18:10-12 4. Nebuchadnezzar: Dan 4:30-33 5. John the Baptist: Mt 11:18 6. Jesus: John 10:20-21 7. Paul: Acts 26:24 learn more Suicide and the Bible: Just because suicide is a sin, does not mean they should not be free to kill themselves or be ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible.htm

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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God They project the false impression that Fortman either rejects trinity, or that he is willing to accept trinity without any Bible support for the doctrine. Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God Click to View ... The doctrine of the Triune God has had an amazing history. Convinced that this doctrine is a Christian doctrine that did and could originate only from divine revelation. I start the study from the ... If we take the New Testament writers together they tell us there is only one God, the creator and lord of the universe, who is the Father of Jesus. They call Jesus the Son of God, Messiah, Lord, ... The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the Synoptics [Gospels] and in Acts as a divine force or power." (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower ... In both the Synoptics and Acts there is a realization that Jesus' tremendous works-His salvific death, resurrection, and exaltation -indicate that He was and always had been more than a mere man and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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Life of Mrs. E.G. White - Her Claims Refuted, by D.M. Canright ... ... There is no personal God, no devil, no angels, no sin, no evil, no disease, no hell, no eternal punishment, no lost souls, Jesus only human, no resurrection, no second advent, no day of judgment, parts of the Bible only myths and misleading, God never answers prayer. Yet these two prophets; with such opposite theories, find ready followers. The disciples of each believe their own prophet with equal devotion, and the writings of each as inspired and infallible. These writings are their Bibles, telling what God's Bible means. Christian ... Eddy outnumber them ten to one, though beginning their work over twenty years later. "Pastor" Russell Speaking of Mr. Russell shortly after his death, the New York Watchman-Examiner of Nov. 9, 1916, says: "When Charles T. ... He said: "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only" (Matt. 24:36). "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power" (Acts 1:7). All ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Life-of-White-her-claims-refuted-canright.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Delos, Greece 250 BC 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. WOMAN AT THE WELL: "A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, ... It will be therefore good for you, that if you have made any decree against these our friends and confederates, to abrogate the same, by reason of their virtue, and kind disposition towards us." (Josephus, Antiquities 14.213-216, 54 BC) 4. 128 BC: "(254) But when Hyrcanus heard of the death of ... Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: ... ... ...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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The Septuagint, LXX, origin, textual transmission 282 BC ... death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:11-15) Continue reading preface and introduction at bottom of this page after quick links section Steven Rudd, November 2017 AD. The Septuagint LXX And other Manuscripts of the Old Testament (Tanakh) "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) "My word will accomplish what I desire and succeed in the purpose for which I sent it." (Isa 55:11) Steve Rudd November 2017 Start Here: Author's Preface and Master Introduction The Six Bible Manuscripts ... 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 ... Methuselah was 187 years old when Lamech was born not 167: Gen 5:25 Jacob enters Egypt with 70 or 75 persons: Gen 46:27; Ex 1:5; Deut 10:22; Acts 7:14 Genesis Flood Chronology: Three calculated, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/septuagint.htm

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Mental Illness cures: (EDS-7) Etiological Diagnostic Snapsheet ... Anxiety, (no one to trust for help) Irrelevancy, (no one notices them) Tasklessness, (disregard God's commands) Purposelessness, (evolution: random chances) Hopelessness, (death the end vs. eternal life) Fear, (no one to protect them) Unaccountable, (answer only to self) Lovelessness (unaware that ... The behaviours of insanity are solutions to common life problems. Deut 28:27-29 Eccl 4:1; 7:7 Discover what personal benefit is derived from insanity. Super Spiritualism, Super-Christian Syndrome Excessive singing, praising, prayer, fasting, talking about Jesus, evangelism, Bible study etc. so that life's everyday duties become neglected or cycles of working, eating and sleeping are unbalanced. ... A homeless person is really someone who is saying, "#$%^& you and there is nothing you can do about the way I dirty up your clean and perfect little 'Leave it to Beaver' world." (The life I never had.) d. Revenge may be deliberate acts of crime (vandalism, assault, arson) against those who have hurt ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-EDS-7-etiological-diagnostic-snapsheet.htm

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Reading the Hearts of Men! He thought that discipleship was a bed of roses but Jesus replied (in our words), All you see is my fame and my charisma, but I don't even have a house. Your perception of following me is inaccurate. Do you still want to follow me ... waters of baptism. About a month goes by and then they realize that being a Christian is not always a bed of roses. In the parable of the sower, this is the seed which fell upon rocky soil. There was a shallow root and when trials came, they fell away. Click to View Problem Of Lordship: v. 59-60 Jesus looked to another and commanded, Follow me. Jesus must have seen that this man was close to the kingdom. The man asked if he could first bury his father. Jesus replied (in our words), If you are going to use the death of your ... When you spend time with people, it is surprisingly simple to identify their heart problem if you know what to look for. Jesus has told us the main things to look for. Steve Rudd Click Your Choice Go to Interactive Bible Websight Go ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-reading-hearts.htm

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Evangelistic, Small-group Home Bible Studies First, they are evangelistic studies for non-Christians. Everything that is done in the study is for the benefit of the non-Christian visitors. These studies are hosted each week in homes that have good public access. You will ... People feel much more at ease, so they are more likely to return. One of the advantages of these home studies is that every member, regardless of Bible knowledge, can be evangelistic. In John 1:40-42, Andrew, a new disciple, brought Peter to Jesus. New Christians can immediately bring their family and friends to the ... Originally designed for one-on-one studies, they are also an effective method for small-group studies. With this method, a book of the Bible is chosen (Luke or Acts are excellent), and the readings are divided so that it is ... Examining the strengths and weaknesses of Bible characters is always a winner. However, strictly doctrinal topics like baptism, instrumental music, identity of the New Testament church, a variety of false doctrines, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-sm-grp-formats.htm

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Who is The Devil, Satan? ... Isa 14:12-15 Refers to king of Babylon not the Devil V12: "Lucifer" (KJV) "star" (NASB) literally means, "shining one" Ezek 28:13-19 Refers to king of Tyre not the Devil This is a very common false teaching. B. Satan has already lost his war against God A. Historical victories of Satan: Adam and Eve eating forbidden fruit Enticing God's people to worship idols Murder of Jesus Christ: Lk 22:3 Every time a Christian gives us on the faith and falls away: 1 Ti 1:18-20 Corruption of doctrine: 1 Ti 4:1-4 "doctrines of demons": Today there are 500 churches! B. Major defeats of Satan in the Bible: War in heaven, cast to earth: Rev 12:7-9 Job tests God's wisdom with Job, "you think Job is good, take away blessings...he will curse you" Temptation in wilderness with Jesus: Mt 4:1-11 Cast out demons during ministry of Jesus: Lk 10:17-20 Sinless death & resurrection of Christ: Col 2:14-15; Heb 2:14-16; 1 Jn 3:8; Rev 1:18 Every time a sinner becomes a Christian: Acts 26: 18; Col 1:13 + Lk 15:7 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-devil.htm

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Lesson 21: We Must Worship The Lord In His Church The Lord is to be glorified by the worship He receives in His church. In Ephesians 3:21 we read, "To Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus." But how many churches does the Lord have? Jesus says in ... In Ephesians 4:4-6 there are seven ones listed: "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Just as there is only one God and only one Lord we also see there is only one body. The Bible says there is only one body; so what ... Today we hear the sincere but mistaken plea to "attend the church of your choice." Why not attend the church of God's choice, the only one that Jesus "purchased with His own blood" (Acts 20:28). Christ did ... A God will continue to water them. B They will be rooted up. C They will all be saved. 12) T F On Judgment Day it will be horrible not to be in the one church God planted. 13) (Psalms 127:1) If the Lord did ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-21-only-one-church.htm

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Introduction of New Catholic doctrines not found in the Bible Roman Catholic Doctrinal evolution: Introduction of New doctrines not found in The Bible The key-word that describes the doctrine of Roman Catholics is: CHANGE Pre-Roman Catholic False teachings 200 AD Immersion of ... Pope Boniface IV. turns the Pantheon in Rome into a temple of Mary ad martyres: the pagan Olympus into a Christian heaven of gods. 670 AD Instrumental music: first organ by Pope Vitalian 709 AD Kissing of Pope Constantine's feet 753 AD Baptism by sprinkling for those on sick beds officially accepted. 787 AD Worship of icons and statue approved ... Canonization of dead saints, first by Pope John XV 998 AD Good Friday: fish only and the eating-red meat forbidden 1009 AD Holy water 1022 AD Penance 1054 AD Roman Catholic church breaks away from the Orthodox church ... Sinners prayer, invented by Billy Sunday and made popular by Billy Graham. (Some Catholics now use this) 1950 AD Assumption of the body of the Virgin Mary into heaven shortly after her death. (Pope Pius XII) 1954 AD ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-new-doctrines.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses Flip Flop on Blood transfusions! from the Christian congregation?" "The inspired Holy Scriptures answer yes." (The Watchtower, January 15, 1961, p. 63) "Firmly Resolved About Life And Blood " "Similarly, God's command to 'abstain from blood' rules out ingesting it by the mouth as well as through injections into the veins. Furthermore, the Bible makes it clear that the divine law was not to be ignored even during an emergency that could threaten life. (1 Sam. 14:31-35) Many of God's approved servants have been willing to face dangers and even death rather than violate Scriptural principles and their integrity to ... He can mention that ancient Israelites were told that removed blood was to be 'poured out on the ground as water,' to show that it was for God and not to sustain the life of some earthly creature. ... Doing so is as vital as abstaining from sexual immorality and idolatry. - Acts 15:28,29. What would "abstaining" have meant back then? Christians did not consume blood, whether fresh or coagulated: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-blood.htm

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Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs ... Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs. This was a departure from the simple bible blueprint of a group of equal elders (presbyters) governing only within their own local church. Click to View Learn from the ... to the emperor Marcian, the second to the empress Pulcheria, the third to Anatolius, patriarch of Constantinople." (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 3, chapter 5) "The connection of the whole body makes all alike healthy, all alike beautiful: and this ... No trace of it can be found either in the Acts of the councils or in the epistles of Leo." (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 3, chapter 5) "But the first pope, in the proper sense of the word, is Leo I., who justly bears ... Do you ask for proof of what I say? Listen to this passage: "Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the bishops and deacons." Do you wish for another instance? In the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-451-588AD.htm

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BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations Schonfield, an advocate of the "swoon theory" is quoted by the Muslims in support of their view that Jesus didn't actually die on the cross. Jehovah's Witnesses habitually quote faithless men like this to trash the trinity. ... This applies in some degree to the miracles in Acts as well as in the gospels." (page 302). Clearly, Moffatt regards the miracles of the Bible, such as Jesus' virgin birth and His raising of the dead, as mere myth or legend. Moffatt claimed that the traditions of national unity and supernatural guidance "are at the ... New English Bible & Revised English Bible: produced by liberal, modernistically minded theologians whose vital faith is troubling even to Jehovah's Witnesses. The fact that the word "Christian" is found 32 times in these ... This is a cult teaching that Jesus was an extraordinarily good man only, nothing more. Mr. Thomas Belsham after Archbishop Newcome's death, altered Newcome's text! [See page 394, "Manual of Biblical Bibliography".] This altered ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... to take over the pagan festivals endeared to the people by tradition, and to give them a Christian significance." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p136, as quoted by many ... say Sabbath is a Babylonian origin! Of course all the quotes the Sabbatarians use are worthless because they are written by Bible haters who say all of Judaism and Christianity is of pagan origin! ... Mary is of pagan origin: p41 The virgin birth is of pagan origin: p44,47,60 The early life of Jesus is totally unknown: p49 Jesus born in a stable and wrapped in swaddling clothing is of pagan ... of God" is of pagan origin: p131,132 "Washed in the Blood of the lamb" is of pagan origin: p132 Baptism and the Lord's Supper are both of pagan origin: p134, p146,147 Phrase "Soldiers of Christ" is of ... Now the Babylonians had a early adopted the seven-day week, and their calendars contain directions for the abstention from certain secular acts on stated days which seem to correspond to seventh days, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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