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1 | "Least in the kingdom of God"? | Matt 11:11 | ralph2 | 123210 | ||
Did you notice that no one sent Emmaus a note to back off the JW rhetoric? I ask a simple three-part question: If Adam did not sin, how long would he have lived? What would the earth look like if sin had not entered the world? What does this tell you about God's original purpose for the earth? Nothing could be more fundamental, uncomplicated or beautiful to ponder for intelligent humans. As for as Isaiah 9:6, I am not familiar with the questionable translation that includes "Almighty" rather than the correct "mighty." Phillipians 2:5,6 speaks for itself in that Paul encourages us to have Jesus' humble attitude - not to grasp at something that does not belong to us, but to submit ourselves to the only true, invisible God, and He will exalt us. Yahweh is God "alone," "the invisible one," "the Most High," and Jesus is the "son the God" or "son of the Most High." (Psalm 83:18; Luke 1:32; 1 Tim 1:17; John 1:18, etc. etc.) That's so simple even a child can understand it. Think of the great teacher Jesus Christ, using illustration after illustration to speak with the Jews. As a patriarchal society, would he use the relationship of father and son to convey the equality of God and Jesus? And what of the holy spirit? John says there are three witness-bearers: the water, the blood, and the spirit. The spirit a person, even God, grouped with two things important to true worship? "You originate with God, little children, and you have conquered those persons, because he that is in union with you is greater than he that is in union with the world. They originate with the world; that is why they speak what proceeds from the world and the world listens to them. We originate with God. He that gains the knowledge of God listens to us; he that does not originate with God does not listen to us. This is how we take note of the inspired expression of truth and the inspired expression of error. (1 John 4:4-6) Friendship with the world is enmity with God, yet many popular "Christian" ministers consult with world rulers. Jesus said of his disciples: "They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world. Sanctify them by means of the truth; your word is truth. (John 17:16,17) Find the people that "are no part of the world" and its divisive political wars, and you will find those 'sanctified (set apart for sacred service) by the truth.' That is, you will find the truth and it will set you free from the slavitude of false religion. Please ignore everything after the first paragraph, until you have given your response to the three simple questions. If you care to address anything else, please do so directly, for example, "This cannot be the case because . . ." For the sake of honest discussion, you may want to respond to me before reading the numerous other comments that the above facts will evoke. May you love for God and the truth motivate you in all things. Sincerely. |
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2 | "Least in the kingdom of God"? | Matt 11:11 | Rowdy | 123281 | ||
I thought it might be helpful if I copied one of my previous posts to Miss JW. If you're interested in following the chain of thought in the thread, the Post No is 121627. Miss JW, Apparently you and the others of your faith are getting a lot of heat because of your background. I thought I'd try to help you and some others get to the actual root cause of all the controversy. You see, here at the Study Bible Forum, ALL of us believe in ALL of the Bible and the Bible's most emphatic point to us modern earth dwellers in this century is that Jesus Christ is the Living God in charge of this world. He came to this planet of sinful man for the express purpose of saving the souls of ALL mankind, past, present and future with His Perfect sacrifice of His own sinless body and life. IF a person come to the SBF to discuss and exchange views and ideas about all the above, it MUST be done WITH the acknowledgement of that previous statement being ABSOLUTE TRUTH. If we can't get that acknowledgement up front in advance from such a person, everything else is valueless and not really worthy of discussion by anyone, at least to those on the Forum. Now, I myself had absolutely nothing to do with drafting up the rules to the Forum but I try to abide by them. I know Hank and some of the others don't like it when I fail to cite book, chapter and verse when I make a statement but that's because I've cited it before in a previous post. Anyway, we ALL from an early age in life learn that we must play by the rules when we join an organization. Now your decision is really quite simple: either acknowledge the ABSOLUTE TRUTH of the statements above or refrain from posting statements of your own to the Forum. That of course DOES NOT mean that you can't read and enjoy the posts you see on the Forum. Also some of the folks on the Forum cite their own E-Mail address so you could attempt to communicate directly with them in that manner. Now the basic reason for this rigid requirement is simply to keep the Forum in some semblance of order and you know we're commanded to do that, 1 Cor 14:40. Without giving Christ His due according to His Last Will and Testament, we ALL do Him a serious dishonor and we would have to pay dearly for such an infraction at Judgment Day. There's one more subject of interest: Cults. There's been several questions back and forth about this and of course the word means different things to different people. But the one basic thing that it means to Forum participants is that a person who refuses to acknowledge the truth of Jesus as cited above would be considered to be a member of a cult. Now I realize that probably doesn't please you but I'm afriad that's a fact that's well reconized throughout the vast majority of Christendom. I do sincerely hope this clarifies the whole matter for you and the other participants of your faith. I really wish no ill toward you or anyone else. I'm afraid that's just the way things are done here at the Forum. I also pray God will bless you as you study Him AND His Son in His Word. Maintain an open mind AND an open heart to His Will. Pray often about this subject. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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