7/21/2022 0 Comments The Hebrew TrinityUp until A.D. Second Century, it was the Hebrews' understanding from their Bible that their God is one yet paradoxically three. Yes, they were monotheistic, meaning that they believe that there is only one true self-existent God. At the same time, many of the Hebrews who knew their Bible well were becoming Christians, because they were seeing the clear link between the mysterious appearances of "second Yahweh" in the Bible and the person of Jesus. It was only when the Jewish elders feared losing more of their congregants to the Christian faith that they declared their biblical concept of the "One yet Three" Godhead a heresy. The Hebrew Bible, what we now call the Old Testament, truly prepared the people's minds to accept the arrival of the Messiah as the arrival of God Himself.
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7/21/2022 0 Comments Evolution v. genesisMichael:
Evolution is the belief millions of years of death of animals can give man physical life. Christianity is the belief that the RESURRECTION of one sinless man was enough to give us eternal life. Evolution is nothing more than a death cult from Satan to deceive you into believing that the wages of sin is not death, and y’all have been wilfully deceived and fooled from the oldest trick in the book! Jack: Gonna respectfully disagree on this one. I think, when the Bible is properly understood in its Ancient Near Eastern and literary context, there is no conflict between it and any modern theory of human origins. I love and revere the Bible and have dedicated my life to studying it, and, whilst I understand the apparent conflict, there is no true contradiction. I'd recommend John Walton’s "Lost World" book series as well as, "Death in the Garden," a dissertation by Joshua John Van Ee. Skunk: did not God say He created the world in six days? And also that is the reason why God says in six days you shall work but on the seventh day you shall rest? 7/20/2022 0 Comments Battling our temptation1 Dear brothers, I humbly present this post for your courage and support.
I find that I am most susceptible to temptation when I am discouraged. And I am discouraged when I lose sight of the nobler and greater purpose of imitating Christ and become distracted by a seemingly unfair "game over" life event in a fallen world. And my discouragement is caused by just that; it is caused by my confusion in my moral conscience whose job is to constantly sift through things and tell me what (or better, who) is most valuable. First Opponent Roman Catholic Scott:
I found some scripture that points to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit not happening simply upon genuine belief in Jesus, or in other words at "justification", but as something that happens later on. This is what I've found that can support my position that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is something quite special, takes place at some point after baptism (which is kind of like as a prerequisite), and doesn't immediately happen due to having a belief in Christ only. Here is Peter saying that receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit happens with or after baptism: "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." - Acts 2:38 I propose that there is a right way and a wrong way to speak in regard to sexual immorality from the pulpit.
Our church is currently going through the book of Exodus. When we arrived at Exodus 21:16, "Now one who kidnaps someone, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall certainly be put to death." In this passage, our pastor spoke about the sex trafficking and its close involvement in the pornography behemoth industry, and how the watching of pornography is participating in its guilt and having in one's own possession. There is a way to encourage the believers in regard to sexual purity: by handling the matter with dignity, gravitas and seriousness. And I believe the pastor addressed the issue of sexual immorality in this manner. He preached about sexual purity legitimately in the course of an expository preaching of a verse. 7/19/2022 0 Comments Making sense of exorcismMongoose:
I need desperate help and prayers. If anyone has advice or is guided by the holy spirit to help my family. Our three year old son is being tormented by the demon beezelbub. We have heard him say the name when he is going crazy. Last night while praying over him his eyes rolled into the back of his head. I just kept praying and finally got my son back. I thought it was over but it showed back up. We are a faithful family but something is bringing this into my home. Any advice and prayers is appreciated. Thanks and God bless. Psalm 2:7... Who is the son?
Hebrews 1:5... Who is the son? Psalm 45:6,7... Psalm 102:25-27... Who is this? Hebrews 1:1-13... Who is this? Skunk:
The truth of the Trinitarian doctrine indisputably and clearly arises elsewhere in Scripture, but not from this text. Charles: The “us” in the text is the same “us” to Whom can be ascribed the act of creation. So it works both ways, grammatically. It is “us” in whose image man was made. It is also “us” whom made man. Also, the idea that God would create man in the “image” of a being, implicitly or explicitly, that is not God - or rather, that those whom are not God can claim on an equal basis the image of God - smells of idolatry. |
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