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1461 | Have you ever read a book by a Catholic? | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 131664 | ||
gods son, If you're really true to your moniker, would you mind toning down the Catholic Bashing. It is not becoming, proper, or fitting. You are strongly advised to read the Posting rules before you further your diatribe. I speak as a Protestant, that not all Catholics- specifically Emmaus- are of the ilk and persuasion you think. Whether we agree or not, please stop with the over-generalizations in the name of Christ. We are to be speaking the truth in love! BradK |
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1462 | should a catholic marraige be sanctified | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 131641 | ||
Emmaus, Thanks for the reference. I will check it out and read it:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1463 | should a catholic marraige be sanctified | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 131636 | ||
Emmaus, This is an obviously emotionally charged topic, and one that no doubt may be misunderstood by non-Catholics. I do appreciate your "insider" perspective. In honestly seeking clarification here, could you do 2 things? 1. Provide a more "layman" explanation or summary of what this is saying; 2. Define Infallibilty. My major challenge is this: I would have an extremely hard time (from my perspective)in accepting that anyone- including the Pope - could be "infallible" in any meaningful sense of the word. This seems to be contrary to scripture. How exactly would the Church as a whole possess infallibility? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1464 | Have you ever read a book by a Catholic? | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 131620 | ||
Tim, You make a good point to state that the phrase is not defined. This is an interesting phrase nontheless! Possibly we can get a sense of it from Hebrews 11:8: "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going." Obviously this being a reference to Gen. 12:1-4. Abraham's "obedience" was "by faith"- the focus of Hebrews 11. C. H. Spurgeon referred to this example as "the obedience of faith" in one of his enlightening sermons of the same title. It is an interesting and worthwhile read:-) Israel had to obey to receive the blessings of God. By contrast, we have been blessed (Eph. 1:3) that this would bring obedience. Therefore, our obedience is "by faith". Speaking the Truth in Love, |
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1465 | How am I saved? | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 131599 | ||
Hello Emmaus, I thank you for your response. In all due respect, I will agree to disagree on this, my friend:-) For the record, I have no challenge with you or any other "Catholic Christian" who names the name of Christ! We are one in Him, regardless of any doctrinal disagreements, if indeed Jesus Christ has entered our hearts by faith. As always, I so much appreciate your input and perspective. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1466 | How am I saved? | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 131598 | ||
Dalcent, I thought my challenge to you was with "respect?:-) I see no need to repeat what I've already said. If the verses I pointed out don't mean what they say, then what do they mean? You assume way too much, my friend in saying "Read the Bible with an open mind, not a closed system." Come on! You can do better than that! When you write "I take specific issue with, "All the Pauline verses denote a past action, which is complete, carrying forward to the present time." What nonsense!" On what basis? How do you ignore the grammar of those verses? 1 Cor. 1:18 cannot be saying or implying something otherwise taught in scripture! My question would then be: What sins (of yours and mine) did Christ NOT die for? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1467 | Still waiting.... | 1 Cor 8:5 | BradK | 131123 | ||
pc, First, I'm going to assume- in the spirit of love- that you weren't being condescending when you asked whether I read your response with an open mind:-) What would makes you think I didn't? My question- which you overlooked- either by accident or by intent is : Do you believe that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh? Is He indeed the Word was God as John 1:1 (correctly)transaltes? I take the Diety of Christ VERY seriously! BTW- what Tim said -I see no reason to repeat- was clear, concise, and I understood it. I see no "double talk" as you say. I don't take any offense my friend, I just want to make sure we're on the same page before I take further time on this. Your response to my question would aid that:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1468 | Still waiting.... | 1 Cor 8:5 | BradK | 131037 | ||
pcdarcan, I'm confused! When you state " you don't believe that Jesus is a god and you're trying to disprove it." What position do you hold? The Diety of Christ is not up for grabs- it is the postion of the Lockman Foundation who operates this Study Bible Forum. Furthermore, it is also, the historic and Orthodox position of the Churc. it is alos the position I hold to. I don't see logically, what fault you find in brother Tim's arguments. They are well supported among other things. Feel free to provide us some insight into your background by updating your user profile:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1469 | How to determine if 2 or 1 | John 8:17 | BradK | 130869 | ||
Babbler, How does your statement comply with the following: "Postings must be Biblically based and not opposing to the authority of the Bible, Christianity, or the deity of Jesus Christ. Whenever possible, postings should include supporting Bible references." BradK |
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1470 | what is involved in restoring....... | Gal 6:1 | BradK | 130802 | ||
Roger, Having read the entire thread on this, I'm going to second our brother Steve's recommendation. I think tact is what's missing in your posts. I'll just come out and say this- in love- you come across a little "self-righteous", my brother:-) Now, that is not a challenge about you personally, or your relationship to the Lord. This is specifically dealing with HOW you are coming across. It has been wisely said, that people don't care how much you know, until they know how you care. In Ephesians 4, it tells us to be "speaking the truth in Love". Possibly you'd be kind enough to fill out your user profile so that we can get to know you a bit better along with your testimony as to haw you came to know the Lord. Feel free to check mine out as well:-) Roger, I too am washed in the blood of the Lamb of God and Christ Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1471 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | BradK | 130792 | ||
Babbler, It really does behoove everyone by practicing a little due diligence and reading the, 1. Posting Guidelines; and 2. Terms of Use BEFORE getting too far along. I would think that a general agreement with the Lockman's Doctrinal Statement would be a necessity as well. Look before you leap is an applicable cliche. Part of participation in any Study Bible Forum is knowing and following the rules:-) This should come as no suprise! BradK |
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1472 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | BradK | 130774 | ||
Babbler, What is your purpose for the view you hold? What is your theological bias? Are you familiar with the Posting Guidleines and terms of Use? You may want to consider these before attempting to continue with your rather un-Orthodox views:-) BradK |
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1473 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | BradK | 130768 | ||
Babbler, You state "With nothing close to worship ever being mentioned in connection with the holy spirit, it seems strange that it was elevated to God status." How so? The Spirits' role is to glorify the Son, not be worshipped on his own: "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you." John 16:14 Interestingly, the personal pronoun is used often of the Holy Spirit in John 14-16. Further, the Holy Spirit is referred to as God in Acts 5:3-4: "But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." The Holy Spirit was not elevated to God status, He is the 3rd Person of the Trinity. In Isaiah 6:8-10 we find the Prophet writing "...that he heard the voice of the Lord (Jehovah)..." Luke records Paul in Acts 28:25ff, in referring to the same passage as saying "The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers, ..." Not Jehovah, but the Holy Spirit- One is essence, three in person if properly understood and we hold to the inerrancy of Scripture:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1474 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | BradK | 130285 | ||
Tara, Let my final response to you be three-fold: 1. I believe Tim has pointed out the "inconsistencies" of the NWT in regard to the use of the definite article; 2. I too would like to know how John 1:1 can be made to translate as "a god" as this then is clearly POLYTHEISTIC! If as you've stated (among others) that there is only ONE God, how can the NWT of John 1:1 be consistent (and correct)? 3. The overiding neglected point of order is that you have come back on the Forum by deceit and again are in blatant violation of the Posting Guidelines and Terms of Use! How do you interpret that? Speaking the Truth in Love BradK |
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1475 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | BradK | 130265 | ||
Tim, Good job of portraying the inconsistency of the JW in regards to their own "translation". Aside from the errant theology (and non-scholarship) of the New World Perversion (let's call it what it is), they apparently don't even bother with being consistent. One of my good brothers noted some years ago in countering them that they don't even believe their translation- the NWT! Thanks for your solid input and well-seasoned scholarship of the Greek grammar. You certainly have demonstarted that you have much more substance to offer the the "suedo-scholars" of the NWT:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1476 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | BradK | 130234 | ||
Tara, With the respect that you obviously do not show in returning to the Forum (being deceitful), time and again in clear violation of it's Posting Guidleines and Terms of Use- why don't you go to find a JW Study Bible Forum? It would be more suitable to your erroneous views:-) In the meantime, God also has highly exalted Him (Jesus) and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and those under earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Jehovah), to the Glory of God the Father. You see, this is a direct quotation of Is. 45:18-23, where Christ is clearly given glory! If He be not God, then we are idolatrous! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1477 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | BradK | 128972 | ||
Hi Mark, Let's just say I don't disagree- per se:-) However, let's put it in biblical terms that are more easily understandable: "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Rom. 10:9) I agree that your words "we obey because we believe" echo that of Eph. 2:10. I think we're on track, my brother. Possibly we could say that faith and works are 2 sides of the same coin? True faith exhibits works. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1478 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | BradK | 128967 | ||
Hi Mark, Thanks for your response:-) I would add and say that God saves those who come to Him by faith- place their trust in His Son, Jesus Christ. The "obedience" in the context of salvation- as I understand it- is the obedience of faith ,like Abraham in the great chapter on faith in Hebrews: "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going." (Heb. 11:8) Also, Romans 1:5 tells us "...through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,: (cf 16:26) Certainly, how we "work out our salvation" is because "...we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." (Eph. 2:10) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1479 | Human Power? | John 15:5 | BradK | 128949 | ||
Hi Mark, I just wanted to make sure I understand you correctly when you say that " Salvation IS conditional, and the condition rests with us." As scripture never says this, possibly you're implying "faith"? As I understand it, salvation is conditioned by one- and only one- element one our part: faith. We must believe! "But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness" (Rom. 4:5) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1480 | Christians before Jesus came | Bible general Archive 2 | BradK | 128625 | ||
chesed, A couple points you make definitely could use some clarification, i.e. scriptural support:-) 1. "A lot of the things that we consider "messianic prophesy" in the OT are not." Could you provide some specific examples? 2. "The first legitimate one that I can think of would be Isa. 53...and who really understood what that was talking about until Jesus fulfilled it?" On what basis would you support this? Christology of the OT goes back to Gen. 3:15- the Protoevangelium. Numerous other OT books contain Messianic Prophesies as well. (cf Hengstenberg- Christology of the Old Testament). As a suggestion I would recommend (if you haven't done so already) read and study Hebrews 11. "By Faith" is the key word, my friend. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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