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Trinity proof texts: John 1:1 First "God" is used many places as the generic "class of being" definition as in Gen 1:1 and John 1:1. Second, "God" is used in specific personal reference to the Father as in Eph 4:4. The use of "God" as a class of being in John 1:1, mirrors Gen 1:1 where "God" as a class of being created and made ... Bowman, Robert Bowman, All scholars agree that in John 1:1 "logos" is the subject and "theos" is the predicate. This sets the translation of John 1:1c as, (The Word was God" not "God was the Word". Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and the Gospel of John.) Boyer: Dr. James L. Boyer of Winona Lake, Indiana: "I have never heard of, or read of any ... J. Johnson of California State University, Long Beach: "No justification whatsoever for translating THEOS EN HO LOGOS as 'the Word was a god.' There is no syntactical parallel to Acts 28:6 where there is a statement in indirect discourse; John 1:1 is direct....I am neither a Christian nor a Trinitarian." Kaufman: Dr. Paul L. Kaufman of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john1-1.htm

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Holy Spirit in the Old Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit me on my feet (Ezek 2:2) and the Spirit of Christ within them (O.T. prophets) was indicating (1 Pet 1:11). h. A good example in the New testament of the Holy Spirit indwelling a person by metonymy when they had supernatural power is Acts 2:39 where the Holy Spirit is said to be given, when in fact it is one of the 9 spiritual gifts. Paul reminded his readers when giving them ... the live (heart) and share the family name of God as "Christian" (name). g. A good example in the Old testament of a metaphoric indwelling that indicates fellowship with God is the Temple of Solomon. h. A good example in the New testament of a metaphoric indwelling that indicates fellowship and unity with God is the Church temple and Jesus statement in John 17:21-23 where Jesus, the ... In whom God has put skill Ex 36:1-2 2. Indwelling: Spirit entered me a. Ezek 2:2 the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet b. Ezek 3:24 The Spirit then entered me and made me stand on my feet 3. indwelling: Spirit ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-Old-Testament.htm

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Religious attributions pertaining to the causes and cures of ... ... This is not demon possession! Conclusion: The study is basically validated as correct. There are examples of mis-information on both sides of the debate between psychiatry and Christianity: pscyiatry always assigns a chemical cause for mental illness and Christians believe in demon possession today. Both are wrong. ... This paper focuses primarily on the Christian religion, which is uniquely based upon a religious text called the Bible. The Christian faith centres around God, his son Jesus Christ and the internal work of the Holy Spirit (Favier, O'Brien, & Ingersoll, 2000; Loewenthal, 1996). The historic relationship between psychology and religion has been characterized by ... An exploration was made into the frequency with which participants endorsed the belief that ''mental illness is related to demon possession/influence/oppression.'' This was measured by responses to question 5 of the RMHI, and responses to question 26 on both the ''Causes of Major Depression'' and the ''Causes of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-religious-attributions-pertaining-to-causes-cures-mental-illness-hartog-2005ad.htm

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Bible Texts Calvinists misuse to attempt to prove "Inherited ... Addictions, various forms of abuse and laziness, the "cycle of poverty" are passed on from parent to child through a learning process not instinct. Lev 12 Sin offering was made when a child was born, but it was not for ... teaches that a sinner cannot beget the righteous, then can a Christian (one who has his original depravity forgiven and removed as taught by most churches) beget the righteous thereby avoiding inherited sin? Moses, Isaiah, Paul , Jesus, are proof that a man can be born of a woman and be "clean" Ps 14:1-3 This verse teaches that all men "turn aside & become corrupt" not that they are born that way. There have always been the "remnant" of righteous in the midst of the wicked. The Psalmist is not classing himself among those who do not seek after God. ... The NIV mis-translates the Greek word "sarx" (flesh) into "sinful nature" such is totally unwarranted and unacceptable. If "sarx" refers to man's inherited sinful depraved nature, then Christ also had it because the same ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-calvinist-prooftexts.htm

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The New Testament Jewish Sects: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes ... ... But remember, in ancient societies religious and political laws were either one and the same or inextricably intertwined. Nor is this an insult to these groups, because under the Old Testament, God made no separation between religious and political affairs. He would make a distinction under the law of Christ. However, the Pharisees, Sadducees and even the chief priests of Jesus= day seem to have been more interested in political power than religious ... Jesus offered a corrective to both viewpoints@ (Ferguson 483). The lesson for us is obvious. We will often run across people who have rejected not Christianity, but denominationalism or some false teaching. Ayn Rand is an extreme example. She constantly belittles ... Apocalyptic: The Essenes were highly apocalyptic with a stress on angels. Perhaps Paul addressed them in Colossians 2:18-23. They believed that the end was coming soon and thus interpreted the prophets to be A referring to their times@ (Ferguson 491). They believed in an ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-jewish-sects-pharisees-sadducees-essenes-zealots.htm

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Death is a separation of two things Spiritual Death The separation of the man from God Early Christians define death as a separation! Click to View Text Man God Isa 59:2a your sins have made a separation between you and your God Isa 59:2b And your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does ... Notice the plain statement that if we die physically, Christians continue to live spiritually forever in the presence of God. Sounds very similar to what Paul said in Phil 1:19 Verse Text Comment Rom 6:2,11 "How shall we who (spiritually) died to sin still live in it?" ... "Even so consider yourselves to be (separated) dead to sin, but alive (united) to God in Christ Jesus." Christians are dead or separated from sin. Sin still exists! Sin is not annihilated! ... On judgement day these sinners will be in the presence of God or "spiritually alive" Those who had part of the first spiritual resurrection (the act of becoming a Christian) will never be spiritually separated from God (die) even though they may die physically. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-death=separation.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... ... Catholic" that his faith cannot find a Bible passage to support it, when the same goes for you and 1935? How do you know that there 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 ... If there are 144,000 spirit anointed people who have a heavenly hope, and a great crowd of people who have another hope of everlasting life on paradise earth, why does Paul say that there is only ONE hope (Eph 4:4), instead of two? If ... some of the faithful people of the Old Testament (Abel, Noah, Abraham, etc.) says, "But now they are reaching out for a better [place], that is, one belonging to heaven..." and, "... their God for he has made a city ready for them." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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Judean Governors, Procurtors and Prefects time of Jesus, first ... Zerubbabel, Nehemiah (and more) Roman appointed governors of Judea: Herod the Great, Agrippa, Pilate, Felix, Festus (and more) First Jewish War: 66-70 AD Second Jewish war: 132-135 AD ... Jesus said the kingdom of God and the temple is not physical but within each of us! On Pentecost 33 AD, God set up his divine Kingdom which we know today as the Church of Christ which will never come to an end: "For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God." (Ephesians 5:5) "For He rescued us ... Ant. 20.100-101) Judean Governor Cuspius Fadus 44-46 AD Governor Tiberius Alexander 46-48 AD Governor Cumanus 48-52 AD Governor Antonius Felix 52-57 AD Paul before Felix, imprisoned 2 years (Acts ... Herod the Great (39 BC - 1 BC) Herodian Chronological notes on the birth of Jesus in 1 BC. Three common mistakes are made in the Herodian timeline that we have fixed: i. The date for the death of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Coins-Judean-Governors-Satraps-Procurators-Prefects-Jesus-Herod-Antipas-Philip-Archelaus-Pilate-Agrippa-Felix-Festus-587BC-66AD.htm

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Official Creed of: The Independent Fundamental Churches of America ... of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (John 1:1,2,14; Luke 1:35). b. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24,25; 1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:17; 1 Peter 1:3-5). c. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills ... We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word; which clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh ... Movements Contrary to Faith a. Ecumenism Ecumenism is that movement which seeks the organizational unity of all Christianity and ultimately of all religions. Its principal advocates are the World Council of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-independant-fundamental-(IFCA).htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted ... Click to View Constantine (325 AD) DID NOT change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday as Sabbath keepers falsely teach. Christians never kept the Sabbath from the apostolic age (33 AD) through the time of Constantine (325AD). Constantine merely made the first "Sunday ... These factors certainly inspired some second-century Christian writers to speak of the Jewish Sabbath with contempt. It is, however, important to add that in the controversy with Gnosticism catholic Christianity refused to abandon its continuity with the Old Testament. Marcion's distinction between the evil God of the Jews, who gave the Sabbath commandment, and the Christian God revealed in Jesus was repudiated by the church." "Anti-Judaism played its part ... and by adopting this day Christians were able to exploit the symbolism of God or Christ as sun or light, which was already present in their own religious tradition." "Bacchiocchi here underestimates the resistance to pagan customs in second-century Christianity. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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Is Suicide an answer to life's problems? ... Every man is an expression of the thought of God. No man's life is purposeless, for God sent you into the world to do some definite thing. Being made in God's image, He wants you to use your body as his representative here on earth. He wants you to learn from His word, the Bible, how to live to please Him. And dear friend, you can understand the Bible and find out God's plan for your life. God sent his own son Jesus Christ to die so you could have a rich and full life here and then life in heaven when he calls us from this ... Believe in and enjoy the great love of God as David said, "When my father and mother forsake me, then Jehovah will take me up." (Psa. 27:10). You can be clean from every sin of your life by obeying the gospel of Christ, becoming a simple New Testament Christian. And last, you need the continual practice of believing prayer as a powerful protective against suicide. Peter exhorts us to cast all our cares on him, because he cares for you (I Peter 5:7). Paul ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-suicide.htm

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Modalism refuted: UPCI's Sixty Questions On The Godhead refuted ... ... Thayer defines the word translated "godliness" as meaning: "reverence, respect;" and comments, 1. "in the Bible everywhere piety toward God," 2. the mystery which is held by godliness and nourishes it, 1 Tim. 3:16;". UPC Question #8. "Has the Christian only one Heavenly Father? Yes, Matthew 23:9" The Christian ... It should be observed that the word "one" is in italics indicating that it has been inserted by the translators. Colossians 3:1 It may be that John looked neither to the right nor to the left because Paul writes "...Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God." Acts 7:56 How many did Stephen see? John is not the ... I, ... the LORD (Yahweh), And besides Me ... no savior." "LORD" (Yahweh) is the name of the plurality who are members of the eloheem. As a member of the eloheem, Jesus who was crucified, but God made "both Lord and Christ" (Acts 2:36) is our "Savior, who is Christ the Lord." UPC Question #32. "Does the Bible say that the Lord is God? Yes 1 Kings 18:39; Zechariah ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism-UPC-60-questions-godhead.htm

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7-seventh-day-adventist-false-tim-sly ... I found this quote on the Ellen G. White Estate Home Page on the web: Contrary to unsubstantiated reports, Ellen White made no prediction concerning the destruction of a twin-towered building in New York or any other place in the world. She ... Strict Catholics believe it is the one true church and that their system is the way to God. There is no system that leads us to God, it is only through Christ. "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" (John ... I have other Adventist friends who consider her as more of just a good Christian writer/helper, while I believe the bulk of the church holds her as inspired and prophetic. And that is the church's official stance. It was not just those ... Even if you take the conservative numbers they say that 20% of the book The Great Controversy was copied, 12% of Sketches From the Life of Paul, 6% of Steps to Christ and so on.12 If I copied every 5th sentence of this essay without giving ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-seventh-day-adventist-false-tim-sly.htm

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Sunday: The weekly memorial of the new creation and our deliverance ... Our new redemption is a greater redemption than freedom from physical slavery. The new redemption of the Christian is the redemption found in the blood of Christ. Those under the Law had been redeemed from ... In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made ... But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. (Galatians 6:14-15) Deliverance from bondage of Egypt: "And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God ... The promise of the Spirit was given on the first day of the week. Remission of sins through the blood of Christ was first offered on the first day of the week. Paul waited in Troas for a week to break ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-new-creation.htm

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Christ Yes! ... The church, No??? up in these comments: "I admire Christ, but I have no use for the church"; "Christianity is great, but the church is a racket"; "I don't in you can organize the spiritual". What we have on our hands, then, are sincere expressions of religious faith coupled with a vigorous dislike for structured institutions. Is such a position valid? Can the "Jesus, Yes! ... Still, after we have rehearsed the sometimes failings of today's church, a strong case can be made for the defense. More to the point, anyone who takes Christ seriously will take the church seriously. Why? For at least three reasons. First, the church ... That which was so important to him cannot be meaningless to me. Third, religion is communal as well as personal. Remember, according to Paul, Jews and Gentiles alike are fellow heirs, members ... To the question, "The church, who needs it?", comes the answer, "We all do". Jesus or the church? To these add a third alternative: Jesus and the church. To God "be glory in the church by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-church-yes-christ-no.htm

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McKenzie, John L.: Dictionary of the Bible "Jn 1:1 should rigorously be translated . . . 'the word was a divine being.'" "Dictionary of the Bible", by John L. McKenzie, 1965, p. 317, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) What they left out to deceive you: In the words of Jesus and in much of the rest of the NT the God of Israel (Gk. ho theos) is the Father* of Jesus Christ. It is for this reason that the title ho theos, which now ... 3:2; 9:16, 33; 13:3; 16:27 f). God pardons in Jesus (Eph 4:32), empowers Him (Mt 28:18; Jn 3:35; 5:22; 13:3; Eph 1:21 ), reconciles in Him (2 Co 5:19). The Christian belongs to Christ, and Christ belongs to God (I Co 3:23). In Christ the fullness I] of deity dwells bodily (Col 2:9). In His preexistent state Christ existed in the form of God (Phl 2:6). In Jesus Christ therefore not only the word of God is made flesh, but all of the saving attributes of Yahweh in the OT. In Him God is known (Cf. knowledge) in a new and more intimately personal manner, and through Him ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-McKenzie.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Isaiah 53 The Suffering Servant ... ... First Suffering servant song: Israel, Isaiah, Christ, Christians, Paul: Isa 42:1-9 (Messianic echo: Acts 26:15-18 echoes Isaiah 42:6-8: calls to service) ii. Second suffering servant song: Isaiah, Israel, Christ, Christians: Isa 49:1-13. Called from the womb: Isaiah himself | Israel: Gen 25:23-25 | Christ: Isa 7:14; Mt 1:23 |Christians: Isa 62:2; Eph 1:3. iii. Third suffering servant song: Isa 50:4-11 iv. Fourth suffering servant song: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (Christ's ministry and crucifixion) b. Suffering in the New Testament: i. Jesus, as creator God, became a servant: Jn 13; Phil 2:6-10 ii. ... "But now listen, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, 'Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you ... But My servants will be called by another name (Jew-after captivity/Christian)." (Isaiah 65:8-15) 16. Jerusalem, Christ, Church, Christians: ""Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Isaiah53-five-fold-prophecy-fulfillment-suffering-servant-Isaiah-sawed-two-Jesus-Paul-Christians-prophets.htm

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Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? This is another way of saying that if you cannot find command or example for an act of worship in the will of Christ (the New Testament), you should not do that act. (Study Romans 10:17 and 14:23) Thus, if an act of worship -is done ... In speaking of historical occasions in the Old Testament, Paul, in Romans 15:4 said, "For whatsoever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." One of these historical occasions is when God dealt with the first of mankind, Cain and Abel, the children of Adam and Eve. The jealousy which ended in Abel's murder began when Cain made sacrifices to God that was not of faith. Abel, however, in following the directions of God, acted with obedient ... Likewise, God has commanded, in the New Testament, the kind of music He wishes in modern Christian worship, and that is singing. Col. 3:16 reads, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-instrumental-music.htm

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mormon church: Critical Essay written in 1832 AD ... Nephi made brazen plates soon after his arrival in America, for that was the land of promise to them, and on these plates be marked their peregrinations and adventures, and all the prophecies which God gave to him concerning the future destinies of his people, and the human race. After his father's death, his brethren rebelled against him. They finally separated in the wilderness, and became the heads of different tribes, often in the lapse of generations making incurations upon each other. The Nephites, like their father, for many generations were good christians, believers in the doctrines of the Calvinists and Methodists, and preaching baptism and other christian usages hundreds of years before Jesus Christ was born! ... In the 18th chapter of Numbers the Levites are again given to Aaron and his sons, and the priesthood confirmed to them with this threat - 'The stranger that cometh night shall be put to death.' 'Even Jesus, says Paul, were he on earth, could not be a priest, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-1831-review-campbell.htm

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Official creed of the First Church of Christ Scientist The Church of Christ, Scientist: Section #1: Qualifications For Membership To become a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, the applicant must be a believer in the doctrines of Christian Science, according to the teaching contained in our Christian Science textbook, Science & Health by Rev Mary ... Instead, it was an impersonal pastor consisting of two books-the ones to which she'd dedicated her whole life. First, the Bible, the book she'd turned to since childhood as her guide for living and worshipping God. Second, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, the fruit of her lifelong study of the Bible and the complete statement of the Science of Christianity that she'd found there. Then, in April of 1895, Mrs. Eddy made these books the ... But humanity had the Bible for close to two millenniums without fully understanding how to use its truths in a scientifically provable way to heal and regenerate people like Christ Jesus did. To arrive at that kind of understanding, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-1stCoCScien.htm

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How to be saved from Hell and get yourself to heaven! Confession is where we tell others we believe in Christ. Before we become Christians, it is important for us to openly state that Jesus is the Son of God who rose from the dead the third day. After we become Christians through water baptism, it means that we must be evangelistic in leading others to Christ. This as a bare minimum requires us to at least inform others that we ... Click to View Have you been Baptized with The Wrong Baptism? Sprinkling instead of immersion: Just because Catholic pope John Paul II did the baptism, doesn't mean God accepts it as Bible baptism.! Catholic baptism is invalid! Click to View ... Click to View Could you endure the Persecution of early Christians? Click to View Can A Christian Sin And Be Lost? Why people will go to hell: Click to View Click to View The "sinners prayer" is not in the Bible, and won't save you! Click to View Does your salvation experience match the Bible Blueprint? Click to View Almost Persuaded To Be A Christian... Click to View I ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexsalvation.htm

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Review: New International Version Bible: avoid ... Any version that has as its primary goal to convey God's thoughts rather than His words will exhibit a strong tendency for man-made doctrines to find their way into the actual text, and that is exactly what we observe ... Translating v. 15 as "bondage" would allow the reader to understand that a Christian married to a non-Christian is not in bondage/enslaved; if the unbelieving mate wishes to leave, they are allowed to do so, but that ... view of salvation. Gal. 5:6 reads: "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love." Literal versions have: "...nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love." Paul is explaining that the basis of salvation lies in faith, not in works of the Old Law. Nowhere is faith said to be "the only thing that counts"! Similarly the NIV renders 2 Tim. 1:9 as "God who has saved us...not because of anything we have done" which would exclude baptism. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-NIV-Bible-New-International-Version-Review-exposed-avoid-bad-Accurate-Translation-Gods-Word.htm

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Official creed of the Methodist church And in unity of this Godhead there are three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Article II.-Of the Word, or Son of God, Who Was Made Very Man The Son, ... nor ought the civil precepts thereof of necessity be received in any commonwealth; yet notwithstanding, no Christian whatsoever is free from the obedience of the commandments which are called moral. ... have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. Article IX.-Of the Justification of Man We are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. ... And in such only as worthily receive the same, they have a wholesome effect or operation; but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves condemnation, as St. Paul saith. Article XVII.-Of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-methodist.htm

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Discussion: Eternal torment or annihilation? ... block to the Greeks, Paul in Athens was mocked over his assertion that Jesus had been resurrected. The Greek view of the soul was too different from the Jewish/ Christian concept to be taken seriously by the Greeks. When the Sadducees challenged Jesus on this point, asking the question about the woman who was repeatedly widowed and which of the brothers would be her husband in the afterlife, Jesus took them back to the Old Testament scripture. In Ex 3:6 God said "I am the God of Abe/ Isaac/ Jacob" Notice this is present tense. Jesus said that God is not the God of the ... REALLY lost it here, >let me quote from an article by a well-known and respected scholar in >the churches of Christ: Dr. Jack P. Lewis (who was formerly a professor >at Harding Graduate School of Religion). ... Even here in Genesis in the creation account, God is not said to breathe into the animals of the breath of life; animals are made male and female; they are not said to be in God's image and likeness; they are ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-annihilation-refuted-discussion.htm

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Frend, W.H.C.: The Rise of Christianity Deceptive quote: Trinitarian Gives false impression that the majority who opposed the Nicene creed believed Jesus is a creature and portray Constantine as practically ... of Christianity, 1985, W.H.C. Frend, Paraphrased by anti-Trinitarians) What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and deceive you: It was at this stage that Constantine made his momentous suggestion. Might not the relationship of Son to Father be expressed by the term homoousios ("of the same substance" ). Its use, however, by the Sabellian bishops of Libya had been condemned by Dionysius of Alexandria in the 260s, and, in a different sense, its use by Paul of Samosata bad ... The "majority who disliked" firmly believed that Jesus was God, they didn't like the Greek terms used to describe Jesus deity, not that they rejected the deity ... Unfortunately, there were many statements defining the nature of the Son with which Arius could agree. He could accept that Christ "was before all ages" (i.e., a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Frend.htm

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Lachatre, M. Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel (New Universal Dictionary ... The quote STATES WITH SURETY that that one pagan (Plato) borrowed his trinity from another pagan! Then the quote GUESSES and SUGGESTS that the similarities of Christianity were borrowed from Plato. The Watchtower deceives the reading into thinking that the Platonic trinity, pagan trinities and the Christian trinity are all the same thing. In fact there is very little parallel except for the ... the revelation of the mystery of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, as the Rock that followed the Jews through the wilderness, was not made to the Jews." They dishonestly and irresponsibly imply that if a doctrine is not found in the Old Testament, that it must be borrowed from the Pagans. Using their own logic, they must conclude that the Lord's Supper and the second coming were borrowed from the Pagans! JW's are notorious at taking quotes like this that say nothing against trinitarian theology, and make it appear the quote demolishes the fact that Christ is God. Go To Alphabetical Index Of Deceptive ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lachatre.htm

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History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath ... Christianity by Dr. David W. T. Brattston Irrefutable proof: Click to View Click to View Proof early Christians worshipped on the first day AND NEVER keep the Sabbath! Click to View Seventh-day Adventists misrepresent history when they say the earliest Christians kept the Sabbath, when in fact they NEVER kept it. The Historical Record! The record of history, from the Resurrection of Christ, Christians have always worshipped on the first day of the week (Sunday) and never on the Sabbath (7th day). Sunday is not a Christian Sabbath or a day of rest, or a holy day to be kept. It is the day God ... Christians never kept the Sabbath from the apostolic age (33 AD) through the time of Constantine (325AD). Constantine merely made the first "Sunday closure law", since it had already been the day ... Officially, Seventh-day Adventist's teach that Sunday worshippers ARE THE Mark Of The Beast. Click to View Adventists teach the MARK OF THE BEAST is the act of worshipping Jesus on Sunday! With the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm

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The Levitical Priesthood the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD." (Deuteronomy 18:6-7) 4. High priests were appointed for life by Moses, but at the time of Jesus were appointed annually by the Romans. This is why we have multiple high priests at the trial of Jesus (Annas and Caiaphas). Annas was High Priest from 6-15 AD. Then from 16-30 AD Caiaphas was High Priest. In 60-63 AD, Ananias was the high priest who tried Paul in Acts 23:2. 5. The priesthood continued down to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD when it became physically extinct, but it was rendered spiritually extinct at the death of Christ being replaced by the priesthood of believers in Christ. 6. Today, every Christian is a priest and Christ is our high priest. A. Ceramic Pomegranate found at Shiloh ... AH29, Field No. TL104, Pail 57; Obj. No. 900). It is made of Munsell 2.5YR 8/3 colored clay. The dimensions are: length: 43 mm, max width 29 mm, calyx width 17 mm. The object is nearly complete, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/archeology-exodus-route-sinai-levitical-priesthood-levi-gershomites-kohathites-merarites-aaronic-zadok-asaph-heman-ethan-abiathar-eli-sadducees-annas-caiaphas-ananias.htm

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Kelly, J.N.D.: Early Christian Doctrines This is understandable, for the problem which principally exercised them was the relation of Christ to the Godhead. 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) "appear to ... His essential function in their eyes would seem to have been the inspiration of the prophets. Developing this, Justin interprets Is. 11, 2 ('The Spirit of God shall rest upon him') as indicating that with the coming of Christ prophecy would cease among the Jews; henceforth the Spirit would be Christ's Spirit, and would bestow His gifts and graces upon Christians. Hence it is He Who is the source of the illumination which makes Christianity ... When you see a name like J. N. D. Kelly, being quoted by the JW's, you can be guaranteed they must misrepresent him! There is nothing Kelly would say that would support the JW's view of Jesus being a creature or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kelly.htm

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Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... ... The official creed of the Methodist church reads: "The Discipline is a record of the successive stages of spiritual insight attained by Methodists under the grace of Christ. We ... more mature and just plain closer to God than you." Sometimes proponents of current charismatic activity claim that having spiritual gifts is a mark of Christian maturity. Nothing could be further from the truth. The church in Corinth had more in the way of spiritual gifts than any other as far as we have record. Yet it was a church plagued by factions, law-suits, fornication, skepticism and abuse of the Lord's table! Paul said they were not spiritual but ... Jesus "gave gifts unto men" so that the word might be correctly set forth through the apostles and other divinely aided teachers (v. 11) to build up the body (v. 12) until it ... All of these passages tell us that Christians are able to "know fully" right now in this life! Paul made no allusion to some greater knowledge to be gained in heaven. He simply ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... They have created a doctrine with false distinctions within the being of Jesus. (two spirits in one body) The Son was sent from God as a man, not as God: "God sent forth his Son, made of a woman" (Galatians 4:4)." UPC Click to View Modalist ... Although Jesus is both Father and Son, we cannot say the Father is the Son." UPC To Modalists, Father always refers to God, in the mode of Father Jesus Christ "Jesus is both Father (divine) and Son (Human)" UPC "one can speak of the pre-existent Christ since the Spirit of ... Montanism was an apocalyptic and prophetic movement within Christianity that started around the late second century. Called the "Phrygian heresy" it was named after its first prophet Montanus, who was accompanied by prophetesses, Priscilla ... Scholars have traced Phrygian syncretism from the third century b.c. to the Christian movement called Montanism in the second century a.d. Its ascetic features are mentioned in 2:16, 18, 21-23: "food," "drink" (2:16); "self-abasement" ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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Rapture Doctrine invented by John Darby in 1830 AD ... Truth: The church is part of God's eternal purpose and will endure forever into the future: "so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, " (Ephesians 3:10-11) God will be glorified in the church for all future eternity: "to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all ... This means that they do not even need any Biblical passages to prove their new doctrine. They, as prophets, believe God has revealed it to them as a brand new Christian doctrine, that the first century Christians never believed, the apostles never taught. So they ... No pre-tribulation Rapture in 1 Thess 4:15-17! This is the only proof text that is ever given for any direct support for the Rapture. The word for "caught up" is "harpásō" in the Greek and is also used of when Paul was "caught up" into 3rd heaven to see visions ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm

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Scholars on the Personality of the Holy Spirit ... Thus in II Cor, xiii, 13, St. Paul writes: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the charity of God and the communication of the Holy Ghost be with you all." Here the construction shows that the Apostle is speaking of three distinct Persons. Moreover, since the names God and Holy Ghost are alike Divine names, it follows that Jesus Christ is also regarded as a Divine ... At most points, however, context approves and the analogy of the NT strongly suggests that the ruah YHWH is the Holy Spirit, "in the fullest Christian sense" (Theological Workbook of the Old Testament, R. Laird Harris, Vol 2, page 836-7) The apostolic conception of the Holy Ghost and of His relation to the ... Hence it is He Who is the source of the illumination which makes Christianity the supreme philosophy., There are passages, however, where he attributes the inspiration of the prophets to the Logos; and Theophilus, too, suggests that it was the Logos Who, being divine spirit, illuminated their minds. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-quotes-personality-of-holy-spirit.htm

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Inspiration claims of the Watchtower Bible Tract Society ... of special servant of the Lord; and that he was made ruler over all the Lord's goods....Often when asked by others, Who is that faithful and wise servant? - Brother Russell would reply: 'Some say I am; while others say the Society is.' ... No human interpretation of scripture is advanced." (Reconciliation, 1928, p. 6) 1930 "The Watchtower is the channel which Jehovah, our God, is using at this time to in the faithful remnant who are keeping the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." ... his church, because he is in full command and fulfills completely the places or offices occupied by the apostle Paul and others; and that the instructions given by Paul to Timothy and Titus are also applicable to the "last days," ... 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-inspiration.htm

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Synagogue Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride: Mt 23:2-3; Jas 2:1 ... Standardized Architectural Synagogue Signature Typology Synagogue Architecture adopted by the Christian Church Floorplans and Furnishings of Pre-70 AD Second Temple Period synagogues "The scribes ... deeds; for they say things and do not do them." (Matthew 23:2-3) 2. Many other indirect references are made to the Moses' seat and other special seating in synagogues: a. "Woe to you Pharisees! ... Apostle condemned the idea of special seating in church assemblies for the rich vs. poor: a. "My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. ... Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Is ... did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Moses-Seat-Metaphor-Pride-reader-leader-judge-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-into-church.htm

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Trinity: Oneness in unity not in number: Yachid vs. Echad ... 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 in the Old Testament to refer to a clearly single ... half of the verse in which reference is made to an ox's owner-in the singular). These examples, which are really very common, show clearly that compound plurals were often used to speak of leaders, owners, masters, or kings. How much more then could similar expressions be used to speak of the Lord, the Master, the King, and the God." (Answering Jewish objections to Jesus: Theological objections, Michael L. Brow, A Jew who converted to Christianity, Vol. 2, p9, 2000 AD) This correct observation does not change the fact that the Holy Spirit chose to ... 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-yachid-vs-echad.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 ... At the birth of Christ, thousands of synagogues all over the world with their Greek Septuagint Old Testament and full immersion baptistries (Mikvaot) were fully prepared for conversion to Christianity. And convert to Jesus their messiah, they did! Introduction: 1. Over the course of history, the Hebrew people have spoken many different languages. Names Dates of use Language Alphabet Abrahamic ... Masoretic Hebrew (Vowelled, modern) 600-1000; 1915-present. 6. Date of Script changes and the person who made the changes: e. Mosaic-Hieroglyphic Hebrew script by invented by Joseph in 1859 BC. f. ... 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 ... ... ...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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100 Sabbath keeper stumper questions. together on the Sabbath day as a church or prayer meeting after the resurrection of Christ? 7. Why is there no command in the New Testament for Christians to keep the Sabbath holy? 8. While Paul taught in the synagogues up to 84 times, why does the Bible never say he kept the ... made with any of the fathers of Israel who lived before Moses." 11. If the Sabbath was intended for all people, both Jew and Gentile, then why does Exodus 31:16-17 state that the Sabbath was a sign between God and the "Children of Israel" instead of clarifying that it should be kept by all people of all nations for all time? 12. Why is the Sabbath never mentioned in the Book of Job? The title character of this book is said to be the most righteous and religious man that ever lived (next to Jesus), but with that being ... pagan", like Arthur Weigall in his ridiculous little book, "the paganism in our Christianity", will these same Sabbatarians turn a few pages later where these same authors say ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-questions.htm

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The New World Translation: A corrupt sectarian paraphrase. 1666 ... ... N. H. Knorr, has the last word." He was further asked to explain how "translations and interpretations of the Bible were made." Franz replied that they emanated from God: "passed to the Holy Spirit who, invisible, communicates ... The revision asserts that Jesus was someone other than God Himself. John 1:12 "Believe" changed to "exercise faith." The orthodox Christian doctrine of spiritual justification and rebirth before God by belief in Jesus is in conflict with the JW doctrine of salvation by works (i.e., obedience to their ... Rom 8:1 "Therefore those in union with Christ Jesus have no condemnation," Which omits the word NOW. The NWT omits key words when to include them may contradict JW doctrine. The most glaring example is Rom 8:1 "Therefore those in ... There are other errors as well, but the additions indicate here clearly change the meaning so as to avoid the test's implication that Paul would be with Christ after death. Some of the additions in brackets in the NWT so clearly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm

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Other False Doctrines that originated from inherited sin ... Those who believe "inherited sin", but don't like this conclusion, should come to their senses and entirely reject the teaching as false. There are no commands or examples of infant baptism in the Bible. If infants are lost from conception then God never made ... We are not certain from Sacred Scripture of the exact time and circumstances of the institution of Confirmation." (A Catechism of Christian Doctrine Pg 265) B. Confirmation is not a Christian doctrine! Notice that the Catholic church actually admits that ... On Dec 8, 1954, Pope Pius IX, Official Papal Decree before 200 bishops in St. Peter's Cathedral, "It is proclaimed by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ and the blessed apostles Peter and Paul and in our own authority that the doctrine which holds the blessed virgin Mary to have been, from the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, in view of the merits of Christ Jesus the Saviour of mankind, preserved free from all stain ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-spawned-false.htm

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Carpenter, Edward: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Osiris, Isis and Horus of Egypt, Bal of the northern Semites, Tammuz of the Babylonians and Assyrians, etc. - and the story of Jesus. About all or nearly all of them it was ... University, Muslim, "A Comparative Study of Christianity and Islam", The Source of Christian Creeds, 1976, Pakistan, quoted by Muslims) "Those doctrines which we have described ... Let us take the belief in the coming of a Saviour-god ; and this will be the more suitable as it is a belief which has in the past been commonly held to be distinctive of Christianity. Of course we know now that it is not in any sense distinctive, but, that the long tradition of the Saviour comes down from the remotest times, and perhaps from every country of the world. In The Book of Enoch, written not later than B.C. 170, the Christ is spoken of as already ... The Book of Revelations is full of passages from Enoch; so are the Epistles of Paul; so too the Gospels. The Book of Enoch believes in a Golden Age that is to come; it has ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Carpenter.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary ... on His mission and from whom He derived His authority (Jn. v. 19, 20). In His disputation with the Jews He claimed that His own Sonship was not simply from David, but from a source that made Him David's Lord, and that it had been so at the very time when David uttered the words (Mt. xxii. 43). ... It is not too much to say that the apostolic Church was built upon faith in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. In the Epistles of Paul, Peter, John, James, and Jude, as well as in the Epistle to the Hebrews, redemption is uniformly traced to the threefold Source, and each Person appears as the object of worship and adoration. The apostolic benediction, 'The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all' (2 Cor. xiii. 14), not only sums up the apostolic teaching, but it interprets the deeper meaning of the Trinity in Christian experience, the saving grace of the Son as that which gives access to the love of the Father and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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Mental Ilness Cures: (MMPI-7) meticulous moral principles inquiry ... Unconditional Love of God and Christians: i. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. " (John 3:16) ii. "Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made ... For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our ... I realize that if my life is "on fire" and I am unhappy and I do not attend church every Sunday, that I am most likely suffering the consequences of being a non-Christian. 1 Peter 4:3-5; Prov 4:18-19; Prov 5:6; Prov 5:11-14; Prov 5:22; Prov ... These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, " (2 Thessalonians 1:4-9) m. "The crowd rose up together against Paul and Silas, and the chief magistrates tore their robes ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-MMPI-7-meticulous-moral-principles-inquiry.htm

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Bible Miracles and Modern day impostors! ... These occult groups can perform fetes just astonishing as anything offered by the modern-day faith healing advocates of Christianity. God's Word is ultimate truth, and nothing is true ... The Apostle Paul explained that we should not be astonished that such false teachers would appear, "for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light" (II Cor. 11:14). A crucial question is how are we to discern true and false miracles? By what rule of Scripture would a "faith healer" establish that his work is authorized by God? Or that his "healing" is any more genuine than that of an African witch doctor? Some pertinent points regarding the healings of Christ will serve as practical tests for professed healings today. (1) Jesus did not publicize His healings to create a sensational reputation, nor as an excuse ... People were "made whole" by Christ. (Matthew 15:29-31; Mark 7:31-37). (4) Jesus never failed to heal a person He attempted to Heal. He never had any embarrassing explanations to make ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-miracles-today.htm

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Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? It is the standard by which all men will be judged in the last day (John 12:48; Rom. 2:16; James 2:12; Rev. 20:12). Catholics affirm that God, instead of making His written Word the sole infallible guide, made the Catholic Church an infallible authority. Thus, in this work we will ... Yes, because she alone has the authority of Jesus to rule and to teach. To disobey the Catholic Church knowingly is just as much a sin as to disobey Jesus or His Apostles." (A Catechism for Adults, p. 54). Christ did not give His church the right to make laws. He gave the ... Peter said (2 Pet. 2) that false teachers would arise among you (working from within) and there would be many who would follow them. Paul tell us (2 Thess. 2) that the apostasy was already underway, "for the mystery of ... This shows conclusively that the church is not infallible. The relationship that the church sustains to Christ is the same as that of the individual Christian. As long as the individual abides in the Word of the Lord, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm

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30-150AD: Church organization the same as in the Bible Blueprint ... Click to View John Paul II Catholic, Bishop of Rome, Pope Click to View Introduction Click to View Graphical Mouse Rollover of gradual change of organization over time Click to View 4 Competing ... This proves that the bishop of Rome really was not a central authority during the first century. While mentioning four other regions of churches, God never even gave Rome honorable mention. Of ... Each local congregation was self-governing under Jesus Christ as its head. The concept of a diocese (groups of local churches ruled by one bishop) and even more so "mother churches" (patriarchs), simply ... These were of two kinds, Presbyters or Bishops, and Deacons or Helpers. They multiplied in proportion as Christianity extended, while the number of the apostles diminished by death, and could, in ... and still lingered towards the close of the second [century]. (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 1, chapter 10) "Plurality of Elder-Bishops: The later books of the New Testament ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-150AD.htm

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Creeds: The ancient "rule of faith" (regula fidei) was not a ... ... out of nothing through His own Word, first of all sent forth; that this Word is called His Son, and, under the name of God, was seen "in diverse manners" by the patriarchs, heard at all times in the prophets, at last brought down by the Spirit and Power of the Father into the Virgin Mary, was made flesh in her womb, and, being born of her, went forth as Jesus Christ; thenceforth He preached the new law and the new promise of the kingdom of heaven, worked miracles; having been crucified, ... Even in the Lord's true church today, any member at random, if asked from the pulpit, could give a similar "one paragraph summary" of the true faith. Even the apostle Paul gives a similar type of "one paragraph summary" of doctrine in 1 Cor 15:3-8. Of ... 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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Jehovah's Witnesses abuse the divine name YHWH of my God ... Click here for specifics on this. So as we will see, the JW charge that the Bibles that Christian commonly use, removes the divine name from the Old Testament is false. We accept ... of Christ have called themselves "Christians", never "Yahweh's" or "Jehovah's Witnesses,". I. The progressive use of God's name in the Bible: El Shaddai was God's prime name to the Patriarchs. YHWH was God's prime name to the Jews: "God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am YHWH; and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by My name, YHWH, I did not make Myself known to them." (Ex 6:2-3) Jesus is God's ... Problem is, no one has ever found any evidence of a Hebrew Matthew original, and this still doesn't explain why the Jew world Translation add's Jehovah in the books Paul wrote. ... Here is how Jehovah's Witnesses quote Howard: "Thus, Professor George Howard, of the University of Georgia, U.S.A., made this comment: "When the Septuagint which the New Testament ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH.htm

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PRAYER IN SYNAGOGUES: "House of prayer" Proseuche day and night, forever: a. "The Lord said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My ... Although the language of the Old Testament appears like God literally indwells the cloud, tabernacle and Temple, it was metaphoric and symbolic because "heaven and earth cannot contain God" much less a tiny building. b. Although the ... knows what you need before you ask Him." (Matthew 6:5-8) 6. The Jerusalem temple has been replaced by the Christian church at the death of Christ on 3 April 33 AD. a. Jesus foretold the temple would be destroyed in Mt. 24 and Luke 21:20 b. "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by ... Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Prayer-ancient-Synagogue-House-proseuche-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-ritual-liturgy.htm

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JESUS: The God Who Forgives The preacher correcting gently corrected, "You mean a hysterical argument don't you?" The man replied, "No historical. She dredged up every mistake I have made in the past 20 years of our marriage and threw them at me in one big lump." You see forgiveness means forgetness! Not that you cannot ... But sometimes we can't forgive ourselves for some terrible thing that we have done. Sometimes even God has forgiven us, but we won't forgive ourselves. Remember Stephen who was stoned just for being a Christian. It was the apostle Paul prior to his conversion to the truth who had him stoned. Paul referred to this in 1 Timothy 1:12 "Jesus put me into service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. 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." Philippians 3:13. We all make big ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-Jesus-forgive.htm

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