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1 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | bstudent | 120533 | ||
Do you distinguish between a name and a title? Cite examples and you will see the distinction. I'm guessing that the compound names you cite will be either names of places incorporating God's "name" or compound titles related to his attributes or roles/positions (i. e. Grand Instructor, Rock, Almighty God, Sovereign Lord, Creator). Better yet, do a search in a concordance on "name" and you' be amazed how often it appears with YHVH and how infrequently with any titles. If you're willing to try it, let me know what you conclude. |
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2 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | cloud | 120604 | ||
Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His NAME Immanuel, which is translated, "God with us." (Matt 1:23) Don't get legalistic and try to reason in your mind how the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are separate yet One. Just believe. The Father is God, Jesus is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. |
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3 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | Sir Pent | 120612 | ||
Referral to another thread............................................ Hi Cloud, Understanding the Trinity is not as impossible to understand as most people think. Please type the number 120478 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen for more information. P.S. Dear Lockman Foundation, why is Bstudent not banned from the forum? He has posted openly that someone should study with Jehovah's Witnesses (a known cult) in post 120593. He has also questioned the deity of Christ (breaking a forum guideline) by denying Jesus eternal nature (posts 119537 and 120536) and by declaring that Jesus is "separate and obviously inferior" to God (post 119192). |
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4 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | bstudent | 120823 | ||
I quote your profile: My primary authority is scripture alone, and all other authorities (reason or logic, personal experience, and church tradition) must allign with it or be discarded. I agree that church tradition and personal experience must never be allowed to contradict the truth of God's inspired word, but logic and reason? After all, God provided these as aids to clear thinking ability. Upon first learning a truth, (especially one that runs counter to something we hold dear or have believed for a long time)we may not see it as reasonable or logical. On the other hand, we may see our understanding as logical and reasonable, but when compared to the truth, it will obviously prove less so. Hopefully, we use logic and reason to make every important decision in life. None could be more important than our decision to serve the true God. Thus, while the Father must draw us first, he does so based on our reasonableness as reflected in our humility. Jesus said: What comes out of a man is what makes a man unclean and renders him unhallowed. For from within, that is out of the hearts of men, come base and wicked thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery, coveting, dangerous and destructive wickedness, deceit; unrestrained conduct; an evil eye, slander, malicious misrepresentation, abusiveness), pride, foolishness (folly, lack of sense, recklessness, thoughtlessness). All these evils come from within, and they make the man unclean and render him unhallowed." (Mark 7:20-23) Jesus puts "foolishness" or unreasonableness in some pretty bad company, and no wonder, for people do some aweful things imaging they are doing God a favor. Every Scriptural truth I've learned has never offended my sense of logic and reason, but I've heard a lot of false doctrines that have. Hope you'll call off the dogs so we can "reason" on the Scriptures as Paul did with his listeners. (Acts 17:2,3) Sincerely. |
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5 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | Sir Pent | 120843 | ||
Disagreement......................................................... Hi Bstudent, In your post, you said that I am wrong to designate the Bible as the highest authority in my life. You said that it was better to allow reason and logic to control you beliefs and actions. I disagree. Humanity is too good at rationalizing to trust your eternal soul to your ability to be rational. We need an anchor that is beyond ourselves and thankfully God has given us His Word to be just that :) 1 Cor 2:5 "so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God." |
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6 | God's name or a title? | John 1:1 | bstudent | 120899 | ||
Misunderstanding . . . . Greetings. Like you, I view the truth as found in the Bible as the highest authority in my life. As you are well aware however, that truth is not always easily discerned among all the religious interpretations. I am interested on your comments pertaining to Paul's ministry and in particular, his teaching technique as I quoted at Acts 17:2,3. My point is that if, like the Jews in Thessalonica, someone does not see why God requires something or acted in certain way, we can appeal to his reason, explain and prove with references the superiority of His ways. Created in his image, we have capacity to stand at awe of his great love, justice and wisdom, and He encourages, even requires, that we imitate these qualities. To do so we must be able to distinguish false from true, good from bad, fine from rotten. (Matt 7:15-20) I conclude such discernment is impossible without our God-given faculties of logic and reason. Of course, humility is a prerequisite to reasonableness - the recognition that our thinking pales in comparison to the one who created all things, including our mental capacities. This will cause us to love his instructions and commands, not viewing them as burdensome, but rather as loving. On the other hand, the liar Satan will deceive us with false reasoning if we do not truly get the sense of the truths contained in God's word. To hate what is bad, one must comprehend why its bad. To appreciate the ransom sacrifice, one must understand why it was necessary. Do you agree? |
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