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1 | God's beginning | Gen 1:1 | TMcCully | 234675 | ||
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2 | Guarding a True Interpretation | Acts 15:23 | TMcCully | 234673 | ||
I like Doc's quote as well as EdB's comment. However, this method of resolving a proper interpretation of Scripture assumes that the community is familiar with the true inspired words. That familiarity no longer seems common, instead about Genesis One we trust too much in translations of men that contradict themselves. I am just an untrained layman concerned that God's inspired words should glorify how incredibly worthy He is within His introduction of Himself to all mankind, because Genesis One is meant to be so foundational and easy to understand for us all. Tim Mc |
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3 | Does "evening" v5b contradict Gen 1:2? | Genesis | TMcCully | 234666 | ||
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4 | Does "evening" v5b contradict Gen 1:2? | Genesis | TMcCully | 234642 | ||
This is exactly my point, Doc. That there is a problem in human understanding, and that problem is reflected in every available English translation. Seeking Wisdom, Tim Mc |
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5 | Interpret John 8:24 | John 8:24 | TMcCully | 234641 | ||
This is responding to Tim Moran, from Tim McCully. I got involved here because of someone's misunderstanding about "Tim", but I am glad I did. Now that I see the entire dialog about John 8:24 I can say that I agree what your statement that one does not need to understand the doctrine of the Trinity to be saved. I agree that anyone who teaches that is off track. One may not disagree with the doctrine of the Trinity because Jesus must have the the full power and purity of God to make an acceptable sacrifice, and it is the absolute righteousness of the LORD that must be satisfied for true justice. In Christ, Tim Mc |
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6 | Interpret John 8:24 | John 8:24 | TMcCully | 234640 | ||
I am not the Tim you refer to, but Tim McCully. I therefore haven't read the posts you refer to. The gospel I believe is that one must accept our own undeserving character, the full power of Jesus as God, that He gave his life to save us. One also cannot disrepect that Jesus was truly resurrected in body alive today. That combination is crucial because only God's complete power could make a sacrifice pure and powerful enough to erase our failures and qualify us to be with Him. That combination is needed because God's righteousness is perfect. That He was bodily resurrected is His demonstration of that same power. I would dispute anyone who claimed that anything more detailed is expected from Scripture. Believing and understanding are indeed distinct things. Earnest belief that Jesus is God, not inferior to any other being is required. Understanding the mysteries of God in detail is not. Try taking Proverbs 8 literally. It teaches that Wisdom in person was the architect of creation alongside Jehovah, and seeking Wisdom in person within God's Words is the only way to gain true eternal life. This also means understanding is very important because that is the purpose of Wisdom. Notice the wonderful things God's words provide in Genesis One after that awful chaos of that first dark night. That God's Words are so powerfully good means His spoken words in Genesis One are living Wisdom. "I am" is who Jesus claims to be. One cannot doubt the ultimate power of Jesus as God, without also doubting the necessity of the full power of God's pure sacrifice for our salvation. It is the only important reason to actually love God. One of my favorite "I am" quotes is in John 18:6, which has the word "he" added to the inspired words. When the mob came to arrest Jesus, He asked twice "whom do you seek?". They said Jesus. In Jesus' second response the word "he" is added to verse six. It is in italics on BibleGateway.com for the NASB. 5 They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He *said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. 6 So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. In the inspired words "I am" is His response in verse 6. That they fell to the ground on their faces then was a clear demonstration of what "I am" means coming from the only Messiah. Keep seeking! Tim McCully |
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7 | Man before the Bible. | Gen 12:10 | TMcCully | 234637 | ||
Brad, You have reasons for concern because I say unfamiliar things about God and His words. In Deuteronomy 13 and 18 God requires us to understand for ourselves whether messages about Him are true by examining what a given message teaches about Himself. To do that we must know exactly why God is so worthy, and worship God's words with our whole minds above anything any man teaches. This is what Adam and Eve first failed to do regarding what Eve speaks in Genesis 3, apparently before the serpent did anything. I will respond more fully to your first two questions in my profile for others who may have similar concerns. I am claiming that the first reason God gives for worshiping only Himself is in the first good thing He provides. The first good thing God provides is described as the light when God names it in "God called the light (yom)" Gen 1:5. Daylight is how truth is revealed to mankind and how all life is powered. That makes daylight hope itself. I am advocating that the way God first uses two inspired words is contradicted in every modern translation of Genesis 1:5. About whether I am a JW or connected with Watchtower, you must judge for yourself by what my message is. Do I advocate worship of anything less than God's actual Words? Answering with Truth in Love, Tim Mc |
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