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The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons ... Therefore, if any church holds that this Epistle is by Paul, let it be commended for this also. For it is not without reason that the men of old time have handed it down as Paul's. (14) But who wrote the Epistle, in truth, God knows. Yet the account that has reached us [is twofold], ... Second and Third of John, whether they belong to the evangelist or to another person of the same name. (4) Among the spurious books must be reckoned also the Acts of Paul, and the Shepherd, as it is called, and the Apocalypse of Peter; and, in addition to these, the extant Epistle of Barnabas, and the Teachings of the Apostles, as it is called. And, in addition, as I said, the Apocalypse of John, if it seem right. (This last, as I said, is rejected by some, but others count it among the recognized books.) (5) And among these some have counted also the Gospel of the Hebrews, with which those of the Hebrews who have accepted Christ take a special pleasure. (6) Now all these would be among the disputed books; ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-councils-synods-canons.htm

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Bible Help to Fight Temptations! To ask this question sincerely, and to be guided by its answers when we must face temptation is our way to victory. What would Jesus do? The Bible says "For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that he should follow his steps; who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously; who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed". First Peter Chapter 2, verses 21 through 24. We learn from this, and the other passages ... Jesus is our perfect example to prove for all times that regardless of how powerful the temptation may be, it is possible to resist it if we really want to do so strongly enough. The Apostle Paul said, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-temptation.htm

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Is Suicide an answer to life's problems? And I am happy that you have called and asked for this tape. Television and Hollywood have both contributed to the idea that when a person kills himself he enters a happier place. But God has never said in His Word that a person has a right to end his life and escape this life. Those in the Bible who chose such a course of action are ... Thirdly, you can have total confidence in the grace and forgiveness of God to remove all the shame and guilt of sin in your life. 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 promises the peace of God which passes all understanding to the man who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-suicide.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Genesis 19:24 I. The context irrefutably proves that Yahweh was walking around on the earth, in human form, with two angels: A. We begin with an expository examination of the texts with commentary to prove that Yahweh was walking on the earth in person in human ... Yahweh said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, " Genesis 18:16-17 God, in human form says this directly to Abraham "Yahweh said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do" Genesis 18:17 God, in human form says this directly to Abraham. This verse shows that Yahweh would go personally to Sodom and see for Himself. "And Yahweh said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. I [Yahweh] will go down now, and see if they have done ... the Antiochians, Chapter II.-The True Doctrine Respecting God and Christ.) 253 AD Cyprian "In the Gospel according to John: "The Father judgeth nothing, but hath given all judgment unto the Son, that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-genesis19-24.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Apostolic Fathers Catechism Class for Catholics ... This should not surprise us since the Bible calls scripture "tradition" in 2 Thess 2:15! Furthermore, Athanasius, for example, call scripture tradition: "the Apostolic tradition teaches in the words of blessed Peter, 'Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the Flesh" Athanasius then quotes: 1 Peter 4:1; Titus 2:13; Heb 2:1 ... These include giving a person a cup of milk mixed with honey immediately following baptism and then not bathing for a week. (Tertullian, The crown or De Corona, ch 3-4) This 3rd category of tradition is spoken of as not recorded in scripture, but even your own leaders do not follow it today. 4. "Rule of faith" tradition where the Christians made short uninspired ... Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders continue: "The Church Fathers believed things that are diametrically opposed to what sola Scriptura advocates believe today?" (Catholics and Orthodox will supply a list of doctrines like: Baptism for the remission of sins, Transubstantiation, the Mass as a necessary ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-catechism-class-for-catholics-and-orthodox.htm

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The Power of a personal invitation! 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. ... A good Biblical example of this is found in Acts 16:13-15 where Paul went to a riverside, where he supposed there would be a place of prayer. He didn't always wait for God to place opportunities in his lap. Here Paul aggressively created an opportunity to teach. We must do the same! Jesus ... He then gives these instructions in personal inviting: conduct yourselves with wisdom towards outsiders [non-Christians] making the most of the opportunity. . . .Let your speech be seasoned with salt so that you may know how you should respond to each person. Set a daily goal that you will ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-inviting.htm

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History of Temple Mount, Tabernacles of Moses, David and the ... all the nations who are called by My name," Declares the Lord who does this. " (Amos 9:11-12) Fulfilled in 33 AD in the church, in Acts 15:16. 6. While pre-tribulation rapture false teachers, premillennialists and dispensationalists all teach that the church is a temporary afterthought, the Bible teaches that the church was in the mind of God from before the beginning of the world and will remain as the temple of God for all future eternity in heaven. "to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. ... The ark is the mercy seat, to be hidden from view, except one a year on the Day of Atonement when blood would be sprinkled on it for the sins of the people. To use it as a talisman or a "rabbit's foot" to win the battle was a ... Jesus predicts destruction of the Second Temple. (Matthew 21ff, Mark 11, Luke 19, John 12) c. 3793-3795/ c. 33-35 CE Peter John Jesus leaves his disciples 40 days after the resurrection, ascending from the Mount of Olives. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-history.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses abuse the divine name YHWH of my God Not even one! Instead the letter "I" is used for Jew, Jesus, Joshua, Joanna, John AND the person pronoun "I". Instead these words were written in 1611 AD as, Iew, Iesus, Ioshua, Ioanna, Iohn. In a stunning admission, Jehovah's witnesses ... A lost Hebrew Matthew that used YHWH contradicts Jesus Statement that scripture cannot be broken (John 10:35) and that the word of God is both incorruptible and imperishable. (1 Peter 1:23-25) For JW's to affirm that YHWH was once in the Bible, but deleted, is quite different from ... But what the "door to door class" of Jehovah's Witnesses doesn't know, is that all the scholars who say trinity is pagan in that booklet are themselves Bible trashers who reject the virgin birth and the resurrection of Christ and the ... in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Term Before Moses Moses to Cross Cross till end El Shaddai: Ex 6:2-3 Used by Patriarchs YHWH: Ex 6:2-3 Never ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... ... the "Rock of salvation" is of pagan origin: p129 Jesus the "slain Lamb 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 pagan origin: p135 Jesus as "the Shepherd" is of pagan origin: p136 Lords Supper is of pagan origin" p146,147 The idea of "blood atonement for sins" is of pagan origin: p152,158 Jesus "Begotten of God" is of pagan origin: p169 Incarnate Logos of Jn 1:1 is of pagan origin, The "pre-existent angel" is a 4th century concept: p172,173-175 The Trinity is of pagan origin: p182 ... 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, and were called " Sabbaths "; and though the Jewish Sabbath cannot be directly traced to Babylonian usage, the institution is obviously derived from ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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Rapture Refuted! Pre-tribulation Rapture and Premillennialism ... ... John Hagee and others who oppose "replacement theology" are rank false teachers whom apostle Paul condemns as "fallen from grace, severed from Christ". (Gal 4:10; 5:4; Rom 7:1-7; Jer 31:31 + Heb 8:6-13) click to view Christians are God's true ... Since the 4th kingdom of Daniel 2 went extinct in 397 AD (Rome), the Kingdom had to be set up before this. If not, then God was unable to set up His kingdom when He said he would! More truth Click to View When did the last days begin? Take the interactive Bible study and learn for yourself! The End Times began when Jesus walked the earth. We have been in the last days for 2000 years. Last Days/End Times: Hebrews 1:2; 1 Peter 1:20 Acts 2:15-17; Joel 2:28; James 5:1-3 click to view Matthew 24 fulfilled in ... He is now retired from public ministry and in a nursing home. We pray to God, to keep Camping alive after Oct 21, so he can publically repent and renounce himself as a man who has been Satan's agent to destroy faith in Christ and the Bible at ... ... https://www.bible.ca/rapture.htm

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Nuweiba Beach Red Sea crossing: Rejected, debunked, refuted ... The cloud was continuous assurance of the presence of God to give them peace: Ex 13:22 2. Exodus calendar: The 47-day journey from Goshen to Mt. Sinai: Ex 19:1 a. Israel left Egypt on the 15th day of the first month (Num 33:3), arrived at the Red sea on day 17, waited 8 days for Pharaoh to arrive, crossed the Red Sea on day 25, entered the Wilderness of Sin on day 31 (Ex16:1), spent 8 days in the Wilderness of Sin in order to learn the ... A 47-day journey is foundational to the prophetic messianic synchronism of both the Law of Moses in 1446 BC and the Law of Christ in AD 33 being revealed on the day of Pentecost fulfilling Isa 2:1-4 and Acts 2:1. In three different places Augustine not only calculated a 47 day journey, he highlighted the messianic ... The Hebrew word for "turn back" is "šûb" in Ex 14:2 and Num 33:7 "Tell the sons of Israel to turn back [šûb] and camp before Pi-hahiroth" b. "šûb" is the primary verb for "turn back", "return" and "Repent". c. It was used when the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-ruling-out-candiates-excluding-red-sea-crossing-points-kadesh-barnea.htm

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Why Does God Allow Suffering? God's object is to grow men not grain!" Insurance policies usually have a clause describing "acts of God". These are all the natural disasters that inflict pain and suffering on man. Why does God ... suddenly "get spiritual" and uncharacteristically pray to a God they have ignored when tragedy strikes. One man said after suffering a lengthy debilitating injury, "I've learned more about praying to God in these last 6 weeks than in 40 years as a Christian." 1 Peter 1:6-7 says, "In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." ... But if blame is to be laid, let's not rule out the actions of the Devil, who afflicted Job with great tribulation, tempted Jesus to sin, and prowls about like a lion seeking someone to devour! If you ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-sufferingWhy.htm

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Why Does God Allow Suffering? God's object is to grow men not grain!" Insurance policies usually have a clause describing "acts of God". These are all the natural disasters that inflict pain and suffering on man. Why does God ... suddenly "get spiritual" and uncharacteristically pray to a God they have ignored when tragedy strikes. One man said after suffering a lengthy debilitating injury, "I've learned more about praying to God in these last 6 weeks than in 40 years as a Christian." 1 Peter 1:6-7 says, "In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." ... But if blame is to be laid, let's not rule out the actions of the Devil, who afflicted Job with great tribulation, tempted Jesus to sin, and prowls about like a lion seeking someone to devour! If you ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-sufferingWhy.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed man-made creeds were tradition ... Notice they are different lengths and relate different details: 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 1 Timothy 3:16 2 Timothy 2:8 "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the ... Notice that they were originally not written, but represented a verbal tradition based directly upon the words and writings of the inspired apostles. Irenaeus 180 AD Tertullian 200 AD "believing in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and all things therein, by means of Christ Jesus, the Son of God; ... Had Irenaeus' creed (in blue) included any extra biblical doctrines like, the perpetual virginity and assumption of Mary, infant baptism, triple baptism; the sign of the cross etc., then Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders would ... These words which ye have heard are in the Divine Scriptures scattered up and down: but thence gathered and reduced into one, that the memory of slow persons might not be distressed; that every person may be able to say, able to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-4-creeds.htm

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Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? ... The last time the Sabbath is mentioned in the New Testament is in Colossians 2:16. There Paul issues a warning against those who would seek to bind it. The only commandment peculiar to the Israelite order was the law of the Sabbath. Christians meet for worship today, not on the Jewish Sabbath, but the Lord's day, the first day of the week (Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:1,2; Rev. 1:10). 5. The fifth commandment ... It is, to put it simply, to want that for which one is not willing to pay, or for that for which there is no lawful exchange. To "covet" is, therefore, to long for something we cannot get in a legal or proper manner. The New Testament warns time and again about this . insidious sin. In Ephesians 5:5, the writer says: "For this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." Therefore from what we have studied concerning the Ten Commandments, we can see that nine of those ten are still laws ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-10-commandments.htm

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Role of the Husband in the Bible "But if any man does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. " 1 Timothy 5:8 "But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. " 1 Cor ... Can men understand his wife? YES! "Live with her in an understanding way, since she is a woman" 1 Peter 3:7 Click to View Talk to me and understand me! Click to View Ephesians 5:25 1. "A great mystery", v.32 ("not obvious to the ... offenses not dealt with immediately, Eph.4:26-27. 4) Scriptural solution for husbands bitterness: Realize no excuse! Confess sin. Ask forgiveness of wife. Pray to God. b. Command proves love is not a feeling. 1) Hollywood distorts. ... Cf. salvation. 2. Positively: Love is commanded, therefore controllable. Must obey. a. Ex: Couple says: "Don't love each other any more." Must repent! b. Objection: "Takes all the romance out of love." 1) Consider part of definition ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/husbands.htm

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The Ten Commandments are the Old Covenant that was abolished ... ... Not like the covenant I made with their fathers Heb 8:9; Jer 31:32 "which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt." 1 Kings 8:9,21 "God made a covenant with us at Horeb. He did not make this covenant with our fathers" ... Was sealed with animal blood only - Heb. 9:18-21 Sealed with the blood of God's Son - Heb. 9:11-15 It could not take away sin - Heb. 10:4 Sins remembered no more forever - Heb. 8:12 It did not reveal the way to eternal life - Heb. 9:8 Way to eternal life fully ... Had a man-pitched, earthly tabernacle - Heb. 9:11 A Heavenly, Lord-pitched tabernacle - Heb. 8:2 Lasted only until reformed by Christ - Heb. 9:10 Given to last till end of time - Heb. 13:20 Was unable to purge the conscience - Heb. 9:9 Thoroughly ... Brought to light in His resurrection - Rom. 1:4 Nailed to the cross of Christ - Col. 2:14 From the cross universally promulgated - Acts 2:36 Was blotted out - Col. 2:14, 16 An eternal covenant - Heb. 13:20 E. The old covenant that is abolished is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-10=1stCoven.htm

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804 BC: "Trust Nebo Alone" and praise statue of Adad-Nirari III ... ... Isa. 46:1 depicts Nebo, with Bel, being carried in the New Year procession, unable to help his people (in contrast to the God of Israel). (Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible, Nebo, 2000 AD) "But now, if you will only forgive their sin-but if not, blot me out of the book that you have written." But the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned ... Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilled men. But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation." (Jeremiah 10:1-10) "They (Belshazzar) drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone." (Daniel 5:4) VIII. Conversion accounts of Babylonian kings: Just as the book of Acts records the conversion accounts of Christians to Jesus Christ, so too the book of Daniel shows ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-inscriptions-archeology-Adad-Nirari-III-Trust-Nebo-Nebu-alone-Isaiah46-1-stones-trees-stupid-foolish-delusional-statue-Calah-Nimrod-804bc.htm

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The polytheistic "henotheism" of Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphi ... ... 95:3; 96:5; 97:9; 106:37; 136:2; 135:5; Daniel 1:2; 2:47; 11:36; Jeremiah 2:11; 5:7; 16:20; Isa 14:12-14; 41:23-24, 29; Acts 17:16-23; 1 Cor 8:4; 10:19-20; Gal 1:8; 4:8; Col 2:18; 2 Thess 2:4; 1 Ti 4:1-2; Rev 9:20; 16:13-14; 18:2 General ... B. Categorical summary of abused texts used by Jehovah's Witnesses to teach Henotheism: Jesus Christ is God: Jn 1:1; 20:28; Heb 1:6,8 Angels are gods: Ps 97:7 + Heb 1:6; Ps 8:5 + Heb 2:7; Job 20:15 in LXX; Theophanies: Gen 18:1,22;19:1,13 "Sons of God" are ... D. Manmade wooden idols are called "gods": Idols are called god but they in fact are not even persons, but chunks of wood and metal. The devil is a person and is also called a god. Both idols and the devil are called gods in exactly the same way: ... spirits and doctrines of demons" (1 Timothy 4:1-2) "The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-definition-god-watchtower-JW-henotheism.htm

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The Epic of Gilgamesh 1150 BC: 500 Flood stories prove Noah's ... ... For example, if someone said "he only has 8 lives left" we all know that the person almost died. The idea that a "cat has nine lives" might appear, 1000 years from now, an idea that one person copied from another and another. On the other hand, we all know that, it is a foundational cultural ... 27. "Sin" is the moon god that was worshipped from ancient times down to the time of Muhammad who before his conversion to monotheism worshipped 360 different gods in the Kabah in Mecca. Muhammad knew the moon god by the name of "Hubal". What is quite certain is that the Pagan Arabs in Mecca worshipped a moon god called Hubal at the Kabah. Hubal was the Lord of the Kabah, being the highest ranking god of the 360 gods worshipped in the Kabah, also known as "Allah". Allah (Hubal) was worshipped as the Lord of the Kabah. After being influenced by monotheistic Christians and Jews, Muhammad converted to monotheism and smashed the idol of Hubal that was on the roof of the Kabah. Jesus Christ, in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-epic-of-gilgamesh-neo-babylonian-akkadian-cuneiform-ut-napistim-tablet11-1150bc.htm

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Ralph P. Martin: The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians Being in very nature God looks back to our Lord's pre-temporal existence as the second person of the trinity. The verbal form translated being, [hyparchon] need not necessarily mean this, but it seems clear that this sense is the only satisfactory one in the context. Something to be grasped is one translation of the key-word harpagmos which may be taken actively as in AV/KJV or passively as in Rsv: 'did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped'. Both versions are linguistically possible. In his pre-existent state Christ already had as his possession the unique ... nature in all its frailty and finitude (Rom. 8:3; Heb. 2:7, 14), and entered upon his earthly fife circumscribed by the restrictions imposed by that nature with the glorious exception that he was without sin. ... For this thought of the tyranny of death, see Hebrews 2:15. However strange this idea may seem to us, it lies firmly embedded in the New Testament (see Acts 2:27, 31; Rom. lo:6-8; Eph. 4:8-lo arid, above all, 1 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Martin.htm

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Topical Selection of Early Christian's Beliefs Having said all this, we hope you enjoy reading the materials here, for at the very least, they do represent real history. Click to View Reference: Apostolic Fathers: Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other info. Click to View Salvation: Early Christians on BAPTISM Early Christians on FAITH ONLY Early Christians on ETERNAL SECURITY Early Christians on WORKS Early Christians on FREEWILL Click to View Godly living, Sin & morality: Early Christians on TELEVISION Early Christians on ... Fulfillment of the 70 Weeks of Daniel 9 Early Christians on the complete fulfillment of Mt 24 and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD Early Christians on Revelation prophecies already fulfilled Click to View Nature of God: Early Christians on the TRINITY Early Christians on DEITY OF CHRIST Early Christians on ETERNAL PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST Early Christians on PERSON & PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Click to View Worship: Early Christians on INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN WORSHIP Early Christians ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexHistory.htm

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Weekly Sabbath Assemblies in Synagogues absent from the Tanakh Weekly attendance for Jewish synagogues on the Sabbath was an innovation. d. Weekly attendance for Christians on the first day was the result of Biblical legislation: Acts 20:7; 1 Cor 16:1-2 2. Mosaic Judaism and Temple worship required three annual pilgrimages to the tabernacle tent or temple: a. ""Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He ... From 966 BC - 3rd April 33 AD the Jews were required to make three yearly pilgrimages to Jerusalem g. Temple worship abolished: When Christ died on the cross he abolished the Law of Moses and temple ... to reflect on them as well as on any [good] thing else, in order to our avoiding of sin." (Josephus, Antiquities 16.43) d. "And said R. Eleazar, "They may pledge charity for the poor on the Sabbath." ... Holy Spirit first fell upon the apostles on a Sunday: Acts 2:1-4 14. Salvation first preached by Peter on Sunday: Mt 16:19; Acts 2:1,38,40-41 15. The Keys to the Kingdom of God were first used on ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Weekly-Sabbath-Synagogue-assemblies-first-day-Sunday-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-ancient-ritual-liturgy.htm

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The office of Elders, pastors and bishops Each man must meet several high qualifications which the Bible lists in two passages. Elders are the spiritual leaders of a congregation. They also watch out for the souls of the members like a shepherd. Christ is the head of every local church. ... All terms refer to same single office Elder or Presbyter (Presbureros) Overseer or bishop (Episcopos) Shepherd or pastor (Poimen) Steward (Oikonomo) Acts 20:17,28 Click to View Click to View Click to View Tit 1:5,7 Click to View Click to View ... Meaningless "gobbledy goop" words that have no use outside of religion. Presbureros Elder Presbyter Episcopos Overseer Bishop Poimen Shepherd Pastor Baptizo Immersion Baptism D. Why did God use four different terms to describe the one office? Simple! Each term ... Apostle Paul was not an elder: no where in the Bible is Paul referred to as an elder. Paul wasn't married: 1 Cor 7:7, therefore was not even qualified: 1 Ti 3:2,4,5. Peter on the other hand, was both a full time preacher and an elder. 1 Peter ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-elders-pastors-bishops.htm

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Messianic Re-enactment Rituals of Communion, Lord's Supper when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, "Take this and share it [LITERAL "DIVIDE" = 13 CUPS] among yourselves; for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes." ... 2:42; 1 Cor 10:16-17 a. "They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." (Acts 2:42) b. "Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? ... leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel." (Exodus 12:15) ii. ""You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened ... That man will bear his sin. 'If an alien sojourns among you and observes the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Communion-Lords-supper-Midrashic-messianic-Bible-prophecy-type-antitype-metophors-reenactiment-rituals-Passover-Manna-table-Shewbread.htm

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10 False distinctions between the 10 Commandments and the ceremonial ... Someone asked me, "Is it true you are a minister for a church and don't keep the ten commandments?" "That is right, I don't keep any of the 10 commandments." I replied. The person continued, "You mean ... But we will prove that the ten commandment law is clearly abolished and Christians do not keep that code of law any more. They keep a new and better law called the Law of Christ: Gal 6:2. III. How ... Written by God's finger (Ex 31:18, 32:16) Written by Moses' finger (Deut 31:9; Ex 24:4) Spoken by God (Ex 20:1,22) Spoken by Moses (Ex 24:3) God gave Moses gave The Law of God, God's law, The law (eternal) The Law of Moses, Moses Law (Done away) The Moral Law The Ceremonial Law Breaking is sin 1 Jn 3:4 Merely prescribes offerings for sin. deviant sex, Drunkenness, pride, pre-marital sex are ... Click to View 1 Chron 16:40 "burnt offering...written in the law of the lord" Click to View 2 Chronicles 35:26 "Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of devotion as written in the law of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-2laws.htm

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Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism I believe that one of the most beneficial therapies for a Christian, even surmounting the golf green, is simply walking and knocking doors. The early disciples went "from house to house" (Acts 5:42). ... When one has made contact with one who is not a Christian and has either spoken to him at length or merely left something in his hand to read, he knows he has done a good work, and has given God ... One never knows when he knocks on a door just who is going to answer. I was knocking doors recently and the friendliest person I met was a Jehovah's Witness! He thanked me graciously for taking the ... We are hunting for "big game" when we are knocking doors for Christ! The Therapy of Winning souls "He that winneth souls is wise," writes the prophet. Think of all the things we may do for recreation, ... Especially is this true when we see somebody whom we have taught the gospel walk down the aisle and be buried in New Testament baptism. Perhaps we have initially knocked on that person's door, have ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm

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True Bible Quiz booth Stories ... Daniel, my 14 year old son, engaged in a 2 1/2 hour Bible study on the grass 10 feet in front of the booth. The two other boys were about 15 and 16 years old. They were attacking the Bible and God and wanted Daniel to prove God and the Bible. I could see that at times, they were whipping him good, but I ... Baptism now saves you is a direct quote of 1 Pe 3:21 and the concept of "praying the sinners prayer" isn't even found in the Bible but is a manmade doctrine. We would ask, "did you know, that of all the conversion examples in the Bible, not one of them was ever told to pray..." If the person defended the "Billy Graham" gospel, we would point out that the official creed of their church did the same thing that the devil did in the garden.... Added the word "NOT". (we called this the NOT in the devil's Tale = you shall surely NOT die) Baptists remove the word not in James 2:24 and add it in 1 Peter 3:21. If the person seemed inclined, we would offer them our "discover it yourself" baptism ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-bible-booth-stories.htm

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The Holy Spirit is not a Personification of God's power! The Holy Spirit is not a Personification of God's power! A. Definition: "A figure of speech in which a thing, quality or idea is represented as a person. To speak of a thing as having life or ... Lk 19:37-40 Of wisdom, "She stands and calls on the rooftops" Proverbs 9:1-6 "And I heard the altar say: "Yes, Jehovah God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judicial decisions." Revelation ... James 5:4 wisdom is said to have "children." Luke 7:35 Sin and death are spoken of as kings. Rom 5:14,21 D. Similar false view of the nature of Satan. They view the devil, not as a separate personal ... Heb 1:3; Rom 1:16 1 Pe 1:22 Purifies 1 Pe 1:22-25 1 Pe 3:18; Jn 6:63 Quickens Ps 119:50 Jn 16:8 reproves 2 Ti 4:2 Acts 7:51 resists 2 Ti 3:8 1 Cor 6:11 sanctifies Jn 17:13 Tit 3:5 saves Jas 1:21 Eph ... All Scripture is given by inspiration of God (II Timothy 3:16), Old Testament prophets were moved by the Holy Ghost (II Peter 1:21). Bible cannot give itself Our bodies are temples of God (I ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-personification.htm

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Mormonism: God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus ... He was the literal, biological son of an immortal, tangible Father and Mary, a mortal woman (see Virgin Birth). Jesus is the only person born who deserves the title "the Only Begotten Son of God" (John 3:16; Benson, p. 3; see Jesus Christ: Only Begotten in the Flesh). He was not the son of the Holy Ghost; it was only through the Holy Ghost that the power of the Highest overshadowed Mary (Luke 1:35; ... His biological father was God, the Father. As Son of God, Jesus represents the Father and acts as his agent in all things. (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Restoration of All Things, p.61) The Latter-day Saints unite with the people of every creed and tongue and race in the general commemoration of the ... This is their testimony as to his generation and mission. (James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ, Ch.5, p.43) It is significant that this assurance of eventual victory over sin and its inevitable effect, death, both of which were introduced to earth through Satan the arch-enemy of mankind, was to be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-god-had-sex-with-mary.htm

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Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed ... The Semi-Arians The Semi-Arians, who thought it enough to admit the Son's likeness to the Father, but would not allow the second Person to be equal to or consubstantial with the first, were driven by the force of logic, to make the Holy Ghost a creature. (A Catholic Dictionary, William E. Addis & Thomas Arnold, ... On the whole, the Christian Church rejected, as an unhappy attack upon the reality of redemption, such a formal attempt at saving the oneness of God as was undertaken by Arius. ... The redemption of man from sin and death is only then guaranteed if Christ is total God and total man (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Christianity, Vol. 4, p.485) "Arianism: Before Nicaea, ... Son existing) ."always", it is written "while we live we are always ..." (2 Cor 4:11); as for (the Son being) "in him", (it is written) that "in him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28); as for (the Son being) "unchanging", it is written "nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ" (Rom 8:35). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

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Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture seen in their assemblies and revivals! A refutation of the tract called, "What's Going On? An Extraordinary Visitation of God!" By Dr. Shirley A. Elenbaas of White Horse Christian Center. ... Can you picture Peter and James -- "Hold it, hold it, hold it!" -- running along behind trying to catch them? And so the model that we're seeing, either on stage or on television, is totally different ... "You have so much today that is pure flesh, yet people have labeled it as the Spirit. It's not the Spirit, because it's not centered on Christ. It's pure emotionalism. Some of what is happening today, ... They got up shortly and arrested Jesus. In Acts 9:22, 26 Paul fell to the ground on the way to Damascus when he heard a voice from heaven speak to him. Also Ezekiel 3:23; Daniel 8:17. We admit people ... There are no examples in the Bible ANYWHERE that are anything like "holy laughter"!!! Drunken- ness A person appears to have had too much alcohol to drink and may stagger, weave back and forth when ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm

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Archeology of the Greek language at the Time of Christ When Paul went round the synagogues of Asia Minor proclaiming the gospel, besides Jews he met among his listeners many proselytes (Acts 2:10; 6:5 and 13:43) already converted to Jewish monotheism, probably through ... The text reads essentially the same as the modern text we use (Masoretic) proving the Bible has not been lost, altered or corrupted over time. YHWH is written in Mosaic Hebrew as the name of God. Read full outline and see 5 ultra high resolution plates of the scroll. Jewish Synagogue prayers "Shema" conducted in Greek at the time of Christ: "Given the ... The degree to which synagogues resembled Roman buildings is vividly reflected in a rabbinic discussion of a person who passed a pagan temple and, thinking it was a synagogue, proceeded to bow down before it. The ... Weigh stones of King Agrippa I (Acts 12) Agrippa I reigned 37-43 AD is most famous for killing James the brother of John, throwing Peter into prison and then being eaten by worms in Acts 12. Agrippa manufactured ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Archeology-of-Bible-languages-Greek-Tanakh-synagogue-inscriptions-coins-Jewish-grave-tombstones-first-century-time-Jesus.htm

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Saul Becomes king. Timeline, maps, chronology, sermons of Judges ... ... Number of Hebrews who entered Egypt with Jacob (Acts 7:14): 75 persons c. Years in Egypt (Gal 3:17): 430 years d. Number of years Saul reigned (Acts 13:21): 40 years 3. Septuagint Lucianic Manuscripts (LXX-L) says Saul was 30 years old when he became king 4. Saul's son was 40 ... Saul sets up a monument to himself at Carmel (west of Engedi) then meets Samuel at Gilgal. 19. God rejects Saul as king for the second time and sends Samuel to anoint David. a. The sins of Saul were "rebellion and insubordination": "For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king." 1 Samuel 15:23 b. Saul ... A person with his spiritual priorities in correct order would have been extremely angry that uncircumcised Philistines were stationed to keep a watch over the alter at Geba. Pagan Philistines do not belong on the "hill of God". In the first century AD, Herod built his palace in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-1samuel-eli-samuel-saul-becomes-king-1046-1019bc.htm

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10 Supposed extinction proof texts refuted! ... Isaiah 38:16-19 O restore me to health, and let me live! "Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is Thou who hast kept my soul from the pit of destruction, For Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. "For Sheol cannot thank Thee, Death cannot praise Thee; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Thy ... The realm of the dead is called the land of forgetfulness, indicating that the memory in the brains of the living are all lost and forgotten." Click to View False argument refuted: This is a Psalm when God was angry with man for his sin. v5. God has assigned the man to the pit. Remember only the wicked are sent to the pit, not the ... Some Neo-Sadducees, like Christadelphians, actually teach that the wicked dead will not be raised from the dead! We applaud their consistency (which Jw's and SDA's always lack) but feel that such a conclusion is wrong in light of Acts 24:15, "there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked" Abused ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-extinction-refuted.htm

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Sola Scriptura proven from the Bible! Irrefutable proof texts ... ... Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men. (Acts 17:11-12) "Apollos powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ." (Acts 18:28) B. Scriptures were read in the churches every ... household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth." 1 Timothy 3:14-15 "seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust." 2 Peter 1:3-4 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. 1 John 2:1 D. The Gospel of John, by itself, is sufficient to bring about saving faith in Christ without oral traditions and the other three gospels! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-proof-texts.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet We now invite you to view the data: Click to View SDA's must vow Ellen G. White as inspired at their baptism! Official SDA Baptismal Vows (13) Don't believe it? Check it out: Official SDA Creed Vow #8: "I accept the Biblical teaching of ... They also make clear that the Bible is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested. Support is found in these Bible passages: Joel 2:28,29: Acts 2:14-21: Hebrews 1:1-3: Revelation 12:17: Revelation 19:10" Discussion: ... From time to time I have been permitted to behold the working, in different ages, of the great controversy between Christ ... and satan." p. 13 "As the Spirit of God has opened my mind the great truths of His word, and the scenes of the past and the future, I have been bidden to ... RAYMOND COTTRELL: "The Bible speaks to all the world; the writings of Ellen White were addressed primarily to the remnant church. Herein lies the only significant difference between them. THE PERSON WHO LISTENS TO BOTH with an open mind ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WhiteInspire.htm

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The Key to church growth! Evangelize the lost Edify the new convert Equip the willing Entrust to the faithful Every specific method of evangelism can be placed into one of three pigeon holes. Every Christian's conversion can be categorized into one of these holes: ... It simplifies things for a local church to have only one main program in each of the two areas of contacting people mass media/correspondence course and personal/Bible discussion groups. It may be that a person is contacted through the ... Now you are ready for the next stage of development the conviction studies. Now, for the first time, your primary motive is for them to be converted to Christ. Click to View Conviction Studies (Acts 24:25) Cultivating their interest may require several months. You have developed ... As you can see, it is hard work and will require us to change the way we have been doing things. Church growth can be broken down into two parts: Part 1. Three C's before baptism: Contact them Cultivate their interest Convict them Part 2. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-key.htm

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Reincarnation is not taught in the Bible! ... I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." 2 Sam. 14:14 says "we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground. which cannot be gathered up again, neither doth God respect any person. Job 14:1-2 "Man that is born of woman is a few days, and, full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down." Man has a "few ... He sat up with the same body, It was not the young man as a relative that was resurrected. John 11:43-44 Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and he came forth with his grave clothes on, thus the same body. Acts 9:36-43 When Peter raised Dorcas from the dead, she came forth in the same body she had. She was not reincarnated in another body. ... In Phil. 1:21-24 he shows to be "in the flesh" is the opposite of being "with Christ." When absent from the body, Paul was not looking to be reincarnated in another body in a future life back here on earth. Heb. 9:27 In this plain passage we read "as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-reincarnation.htm

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BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations ... Patrick or even Thomas a Becket will show that it is the most natural thing in the world for such stories to spring up within a man's lifetime, and the mushroom of legend appeared under certain conditions as rapidly in the East an in the West. This applies in some degree to the miracles in Acts as ... Lamsa said: "the Eastern Christians believe in one God with three attributes, instead of three persons." (George M. Lamsa, The Short Koran, p15) Lamsa believed God communicated directly with him and that he was God's sole chosen Bible translator. Lamsa said of himself, "The author, through God's grace, is the only one with the knowledge of Aramaic, the Bible customs and idioms, and the knowledge of the English language who has ever translated the Holy Bible from the original Aramaic texts into English and written commentaries on it" (George M. Lamsa, More Light on the Gospel, p151) Lamsa denies the physical bodily resurrection of Christ, the actual second coming, the person of the devil and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm

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The Exodus Route: The Archaeology of Mt. Lawz as Mt. Sinai ... thorn bush." (Acts 7:30) f. The west side of the Wilderness of Sinai was at the foot of Mt. Horeb: "Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed." (Exodus 3:1-2) g. The 11-month camp at Mt. Sinai was identical to the camp in the Wilderness of Sin. 6. Glen Fritz makes five critical ... If Moses arrived on the 15th day of the third month, they arrived after Pentecost, missing an important messianic synchronism of where both the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ were revealed on ... The cattle figures located on Jabal al-Lawz with geometric patterns on their bodies, and in one case a person worshipping an ox, are contemporary to the Nabataean period during which the marble quarry ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-mt-sinai.htm

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796 BC Al Rimah Joash Conquest Stele of Adad-Nirari III, King ... ... the same person by two different names. Joash (Jehoash) was king of Israel 798-782 BC Joash is actually named on the Al-Rimah conquest stele of Adad-nirari III: "'Iu-'a-su of Samaria (Sa-me-ri-na-a-a) [var. land of Omri (Ḫu-um-ri-i)]' is almost certainly Joash of Israel." (Ahab Agonistes: The Rise and Fall of the Omri Dynasty, L. L. Grabbe, p76, 2007 AD) "In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin, but he walked in them. Now the rest of the acts of Joash and ... Then he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground," and he struck it three times and stopped. So the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck Aram until you would have ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-inscriptions-archeology-Adad-Nirari-III-Rimah-Conquest-Stele-Samshi-Adad-V-Shalmaneser-III-tribute-Mari-Ben-Hadad-III-Joash-king-Israel-Samaria-Nergal-eris-796bc.htm

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The real reasons why Watchtower organization FEARS the INTERNET ... Organization is God's inspired prophet in whom is only source of salvation 1936 "... there is but one place of safety, and that is to be in and to abide in the organization of Jehovah God." (Riches; 1936; p. 101) 1938 The Lord Jesus Christ as the head of Jehovah's organization Zion has a visible part of his organization on the earth, which represents the Lord and acts under the direct supervision of the Lord Jesus Christ... "The Society" acts by through its duty constituted servants; ... The Internet enables one to communicate inexpensively with millions of others throughout the world, and it opens the door to vast amounts of information. (Awake! Jan 8, 1998) The indiscriminate use of the Internet, however, can expose a person to great ... protected by the Scriptural provision for disfellowshipping those who sin unrepentantly or who promote apostate thinking. ( 1 Cor 5: 9-13; Titus 3: 10,11) Can we expect to find these same loving arrangements when associating with others via the Internet? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-internet.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas, Easter, Halloween See also: Click to View Mistakes commonly made in telling the story of birth of Christ Click to View I. Origin of ... Nov - Dec Sowing Click to View 25 Dedication or Hanukkah 1 Macc 4:52f; Jn 10:22) Not instituted by God, but man made Jewish tradition. 10 - Tebeth Esth 2:16 Dec - Jan Rains with snow on high ground - ... A. Today we have four basic type* of holy days: 1. Those of divine origin: a. every Sunday: 1 Cor 16:2; Acts 20:7 b. Sunday is not called a holy day but is the day Christians assemble c. There are no ... Jan. 6 was earlier fixed upon as the date of the baptism or spiritual birth of Christ; and the feast of Epiphany (q.v.) was celebrated by the Basilidian Gnostics in the second century . . . and by ... But this did not mean they could engage in idolatrous worship (1 Corinthians 10:14). To do so would be to fellowship demons and sin (1 Corinthians 14:20-21). Finally, sometimes they could not know ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm

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Inspiration claims of the Watchtower Bible Tract Society ... Both statements were true; for Brother Russell was in fact the Society in a most absolute sense, in this, that he directed the policy and course of the Society without regard to any other person on earth." (Watchtower, May l, 1923, p. 63) 1927 "From time to time to time flashes of light, reflected ... of Jehovah's organization Zion has a visible part of his organization on the earth, which represents the Lord and acts under the direct supervision of the Lord Jesus Christ... "The Society" acts by through its duty constituted servants; recognizing the great fact that God hath set the members in the body as it pleaseth him(1Cor.12:18), which he does by and through his Chief Officer, Christ Jesus. ... As we 'go out' to Jehovah's service today, how important it is that we exercise such faith!" (Watchtower July 1, 1984 p17) 1984 "The members of spiritual Israel were looking forward to an inheritance "reserved in the heavens" for them. (1 Peter 1:3-5) But before they actually received that reward, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-inspiration.htm

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The Catholic Church did not Give the world The Bible! ... Paul said, "What advantage then remains to the Jew, or what is the use of circumcision? Much in every respect. First, indeed, because the oracles of God were entrusted to them." (Rom. 3:1-2; see also Rom. 9:4-5; Acts 7:38). The Old Testament books were gathered ... For if a man cannot rule his own household, how is he to take care of the church of God?" (1 Tim. 3:2, 4-5). The Catholic Church does not allow a bishop to marry, while the Bible says "he must be married." Furthermore, if the Bible is a Catholic book, why did ... are saints? (1 Cor. 1:2). 6. Why does it condemn the making and adoration of images? (Ex. 20:4-5). 7. Why does it teach that baptism is immersion instead of pouring? (Col. 2:12). 8. Why does it forbid us to address religious leaders as "father"? (Matt. 23:9). 9. Why does it teach that Christ is the only foundation and not the apostle Peter? (1 Cor. 3:11). 10. Why does it teach that there is one mediator instead of many? (1 Tim. 2:5). 11. Why does it teach that a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm

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30-150AD: Church organization the same as in the Bible Blueprint ... ... either called presbyters or bishops, which two titles are in the New Testament, undoubtedly applied to the same order of men. (Acts 20:17-28; Phil.1:1)" (Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, Vol 1, p 99) "During a great part of this century [first century] all ... XLII.-The Order of Ministers in the Church) 100 AD (Notice the interchangeable use of bishop and elders as we see in the Bible): "For our sin will not be small, if we eject from the episcopate [bishops] those who have blamelessly and holily fulfilled its duties. ... AD "Wherefore, it is needful to abstain from all these things, being subject to the presbyters and deacons, as unto God and Christ." (The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, Chapter V.-The Duties of Deacons, Youths, and Virgins.) 120 AD "If, then, any one who had attended on the elders came, I asked minutely after their sayings,-what Andrew or Peter said, or what was said by Philip, or by Thomas, or by James, or by John, or by Matthew, or by any other of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-150AD.htm

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Conclusion to the 500 year historical overview: ... The mystery of insanity is solved when we ignore all psychiatric diagnosis' labels and focus on checklisting specific behaviours associated with insanity that are identified in the Bible as sin. Once these behaviours have been identified in a single individual, the only question that needs to be asked is: ... The idea of "curing" mental illness is as absurd as the idea of curing laziness, chronic lying, or the desire to do evil. Cures affect the body, information affects the will. You do nor cure a person of who wills to do wrong, you convert them to repentance and obedience to Christ. Just as most individuals reject the call of Christ to be baptized for the remission of their sins, so too the insane reject the call to change their behaviour. When church ministers preach the gospel to sinners, most do not will to change their behaviours. But faith comes by reading the word of God which is capable of bringing about changes in will that are remarkable, dramatic and stunning. Click to View ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-conclusion.htm

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McClintock and Strong: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and ... ... For (a) the subject into which one is baptized is not necessarily a person but way be a doctrine or religion (b) The person in whom one is baptized is not necessarily God, as 1 Cor. 1:13, " Were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" (c) The connection of these three subjects does not prove their personality or equality. We gather one thing from the text, viz. that Christ considered the doctrine respecting Father, Son, and 'Holy Ghost as a fundamental doctrine of his religion, because he requires all his followers to be bound to a profession of it when admitted by baptism into the church. I Pet 1:2: " Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of ... The following an the principal texts of this class: John, v, 23, 11 All men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father" Acts i, 24; vii, 59; 2 Cor. xii, 8, where Christ is approached in prayer; and those in which the apostles refer to Christ the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-McClintock.htm

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What Early Christians believed about ABORTION And there came forth from them rays of fire and smote the women in the eyes. And these were the accursed who conceived and caused abortion" (The Apocalypse of Peter 25). 150 AD Didache "The second commandment of the teaching: You shall not murder. You shall not commit ... would we have to commit murder when we say that women who induce abortions are murderers, and will have to give account of it to God? For the same person would not regard the fetus in the womb as a living thing and therefore an object of God's care, and at the same time slay it, once ... Some go so far as to take potions, that they may insure barrenness, and thus murder human beings almost before their conception. Some, when they find themselves with child through their sin, use drugs to procure abortion, and when, as often happens, they die with their offspring, they enter the lower world laden with the guilt not only of adultery against Christ but also of suicide and child murder" (Letters 22:13). 400 AD The Apostolic ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Abortion.htm

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