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81 | pray to God or Jesus or same?? | Rom 1:8 | gbennett76 | 93821 | ||
Hi!.. this is a great question. I'll give it a shot. Firstly let's just clear up a few points regarding the character of "God". God refers to a Divine Nature. Jesus refers to a divine person belonging to the divine nature. Nature and Personhood are two entirely different things. God has one nature and three persons. You and I are humans.We share what is referred to as human nature. Humanity has one nature with trillions of persons. All these persons are individuals and distinct yet are one in nature. The Father, Jesus and The Holy Ghost are three persons whom share the divine nature. They are distinct and individual without robbing the divinity of the others. In the words of Athanasius : "But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one, the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost." and " But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal. So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved is must think thus of the Trinity." And Turtullian stated this :"Whatever, therefore, was the substance of the Word that I designate a Person, I claim for it the name of Son; and while I recognize the Son, I assert His distinction as second to the Father." [Tertullian, Against Praxeas 7 So now that we understand who we are praying to let us examine scripture to discover the true order of prayer: We are to pray directly to THE FATHER When a disciple asked for instruction regarding prayer, Jesus did not refuse to give it to him. According to Luke 11:2-4, he replied: "When you pray, say: FATHER, hallowed be thy name. We are to pray in JESUS NAME John 14:13-14 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. (KJV) Well I hope this helps |
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82 | Homesexuality? Wrong? | Rom 1:27 | gbennett76 | 92988 | ||
The Torah is composed of the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). It contains numerous laws which make up the Mosaic code. Rabbi Simlai wrote in the Talmud (Jewish traditional commentary about the Hebrew Scriptures) that God gave 613 commandments to Moses. One list finds 3 commandments in Genesis, 111 in Exodus, 247 in Leviticus, 52 in Numbers and 200 in Deuteronomy. These included 365 prohibitions -- a number equal to the nominal number of days in the year. Also included 248 positive commandments which Rabbi Simlai said corresponded "to the number of organs and limbs in the human body." Hundreds of these dealt with animal sacrifices and other topics that are not currently practiced. That leaves about 300 commandments that can be practiced today. The Holiness Code in the Torah permits: slavery (Leviticus 25:44) The code requires: a child to be killed if he/she curses their parent (Leviticus 20:9) all persons guilty of adultery to be killed (20:10) the daughter of a priest who engages in prostitution to be burned alive until dead (21:9) the bride of a priest to be a virgin (21:13) ritual killing of animals, using cattle, sheep and goats (22:19) observation of 7 feasts: Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Firstfruits, Feast of Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles (23) a person who takes the Lord's name in vain is to be killed (24:16) The code prohibits: heterosexual intercourse when a woman has her period (Leviticus 18:19), harvesting the corners of a field (19:9), eating fruit from a young tree (19:23), cross-breeding livestock (19:19), sowing a field with mixed seed (19:19), shaving or getting a hair cut (19:27), tattoos (19:28), even a mildly disabled person from becoming a priest (21:18), charging of interest on a loan (25:37), collecting firewood on Saturday to prevent your family from freezing, wearing of clothes made from a blend of textile materials; today this might be cotton and polyester, and eating of non-kosher foods (e.g. shrimp). Christians are free to wear tattoos, eat shrimp, pork or rare meat, wear polyester-cotton blends, seed their lawns with a grass mixture, and get their hair cut. But homosexuality is somehow taboo. We have been unable to find any logical explanation that would justify conservative Christians concentrating so much on these two laws against homosexuality while abandoning most of the rest. |
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83 | Homesexuality? Wrong? | Rom 1:27 | gbennett76 | 92989 | ||
There was once a Catholic named J Who found out at age three he was gay Long hours in confession Brought an awful depression Til the Anglicans said "Okay " |
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84 | Is sexual immorality OK? | Rom 1:27 | gbennett76 | 93078 | ||
Pastor Glenn "27We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth. 28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.[6] If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well." are you against blood transfusions.. do you personally know how your meat is slaughtered.. do you eat kosher only? And so again I ask .....“We have been unable to find any logical explanation that would justify conservative Christians concentrating so much on these two laws against homosexuality while abandoning most of the rest. “ |
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85 | What is this third heaven? | 2 Cor 12:2 | gbennett76 | 80659 | ||
Please review Rev. 21:27,Luke 12:45-48 and Luke 12:45-(59) 1 Corinthians 3:15,1 Corinthians 15:41, -- Quite Simple the third Heaven is the abode of Elohim -The Father, Jehovah-The Son, and The Queen of Heaven. According thw works which a man does in this life so will his reward be. THere are many verses that can be sited to show the neccesity of works in salvation but that is another issue all together. The point in mentioning it though is that the three degrees of glory sited in 1 Corinthians 15 answers your question. At the ressurrection our works will determine or place or position in reference to God. Another words, He who has been the most righteous and whos sins can be covered under the merit of grace therefore being sinless will enter into the 'fulness of God's glory'----the third heaven which glory is as the sun in relation to the moon. Those who still have residual sins that cannot be covered under the merit of grace must walk through the atoning fire of purgatory or 'spirit prison' and that man will not be released "until he pays the tiniest penny" as Christ has said.This final purification of the elect is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.The purification is necessary because, as Scripture teaches, nothing unclean will enter the presence of God in heaven (Rev. 21:27) and, while we may die with our mortal sins forgiven, there can still be many impurities in us, specifically venial sins and the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven. However that man cannot ever recieve of God's fullness but recieves the heaven which has the glory of the moon. And so on and so forth..."For in my father's house are many mansions" |
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86 | The "other" gospel -the dead prophets | Gal 1:6 | gbennett76 | 95439 | ||
Galatians chapter 1 – "another gospel." Modern day critics sometimes quote one part of this chapter – "though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." But they never quote the rest of the chapter. Why? Read the whole chapter and you will see why. Then read it again. Paul is contrasting the gospel of man made churches with the gospel of Christ. The true and original gospel begins with new and life-changing revelation – a literal vision of Jesus Christ. The "other" gospel is the one taught by the established churches, based on centuries of studying the dead prophets. |
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87 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94377 | ||
Protestants claim the Bible is the only rule of faith, meaning that it contains all of the material one needs for theology and that this material is sufficiently clear that one does not need apostolic tradition to help one understand it. In the Protestant view, the whole of Christian truth is found within the Bible’s pages. Anything extraneous to the Bible is simply non-authoritative or wrong—and may well hinder one in coming to God. The true "rule of faith"—as expressed in the Bible itself—is Scripture plus apostolic tradition, as manifested in the living teaching authority of the Church, to which were entrusted the oral teachings of Jesus and the apostles, along with the authority to interpret Scripture correctly. But Evangelical and Fundamentalist Protestants, who place their confidence in Martin Luther’s theory of sola scriptura will usually argue for their position by citing a couple of key verses. The first is this: "These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31). The other is this: "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be equipped, prepared for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16–17). According to these Protestants, these verses demonstrate the reality of sola scriptura (the "Bible only" theory). First, the verse from John refers to the things written in that book (read it with John 20:30, the verse immediately before it to see the context of the statement in question). If this verse proved anything, it would not prove the theory of sola scriptura but that the Gospel of John is sufficient. Second, the verse from John’s Gospel tells us only that the Bible was composed so we can be helped to believe Jesus is the Messiah. It does not say the Bible is all we need for salvation, much less that the Bible is all we need for theology; nor does it say the Bible is even necessary to believe in Christ. After all, the earliest Christians had no New Testament to which they could appeal; they learned from oral, rather than written, instruction. Until relatively recent times, the Bible was inaccessible to most people, either because they could not read or because the printing press had not been invented. All these people learned from oral instruction, passed down, generation to generation, by the Church. Much the same can be said about 2 Timothy 3:16-17. To say that all inspired writing "has its uses" is one thing; to say that such a remark means that only inspired writing need be followed is something else. Besides, there is a telling argument against claims of Evangelical and Fundamentalist Protestants. It is the contradiction that arises out of their own interpretation of this verse. John Henry Newman explained it in an 1884 essay entitled "Inspiration in its Relation to Revelation." He wrote: "It is quite evident that this passage furnishes no argument whatever that the sacred Scripture, without Tradition, is the sole rule of faith; for, although sacred Scripture is profitable for these four ends, still it is not said to be sufficient. The Apostle [Paul] requires the aid of Tradition (2 Thess. 2:15). Moreover, the Apostle here refers to the scriptures which Timothy was taught in his infancy. "Now, a good part of the New Testament was not written in his boyhood: Some of the Catholic epistles were not written even when Paul wrote this, and none of the books of the New Testament were then placed on the canon of the Scripture books. He refers, then, to the scriptures of the Old Testament, and, if the argument from this passage proved anything, it would prove too much, viz., that the scriptures of the New Testament were not necessary for a rule of faith." Furthermore, Protestants typically read 2 Timothy 3:16-17 out of context. When read in the context of the surrounding passages, one discovers that Paul’s reference to Scripture is only part of his exhortation that Timothy take as his guide Tradition and Scripture. The two verses immediately before it state: "But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim. 3:14–15). Paul tells Timothy to continue in what he has learned for two reasons: first, because he knows from whom he has learned it—Paul himself—and second, because he has been educated in the scriptures. The first of these is a direct appeal to apostolic tradition, the oral teaching which the apostle Paul had given Timothy. So Protestants must take 2 Timothy 3:16-17 out of context to arrive at the theory of sola scriptura. But when the passage is read in context, it becomes clear that it is teaching the importance of apostolic tradition! |
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88 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94432 | ||
Why do u want me to declare a creed? Is it so that you can attempt to attack me personally? Do you see this as a solution? Are you being offended that I brought the very question of The Authority of the Bible up in a "STUDY BIBLE FORUM".. Perhaps many of the questions here would never have to be asked were it not for the sola scriptura plague of the modern church. If the church were still led by a qourum of 12 as Jesus instituted than just maybe this forum would be a thing of naught. Do you see this idea as threatening?.. |
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89 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94454 | ||
My Creed Part 1-Deity Deity Divine Nature God refers to a Divine Nature. Jesus refers to a divine person belonging to the divine nature. Nature and Personhood are two entirely different things. God has one nature and three persons. We are humans. We share what is referred to as human nature. Humanity has one nature with trillions of persons. All these persons are individuals and distinct yet are one in nature. I worship one God in trinity, and trinity in unity;For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son; another of the Holy Ghost.But the Godhead of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is all one: the divinity equal, the majesty co-eternal.The Father-Elohim, Jesus-Jehovah and The Holy Ghost are three persons whom share the divine nature. They are distinct and individual without robbing the divinity of the others. Whatever, therefore, was the substance of the Word that I designate a Person, I claim for it the name of Son; and while I recognize the Son, I assert His distinction as second to the Father. The Nature of God requires some degree of belief in a Heavenly Mother, a Queen of Heaven, a Goddess. Ironic that mainstream Christianity uses the phrase "family of God" since it is a dysfunctional family with no females, daughters or spouses. Humans naturally resonate with and respond to both a God and a Goddess. God-the-Mother, wife of God-the-Father, was long ago removed from the Bible. But not quite. Traces of her worship remain in the Old Testament, and are recorded in other ancient writings. We now know she was equally worshipped and revered right alongside her consort Yahweh, Jehovah, El. She was the Mother Goddess, the Nurturer. In Hebrew texts she is referred to as the Shekinah, in the Old testament as Queen of Heaven and Wisdom(Sophia). Early Christian belief suggests that Mary Magdelene was a goddess follower and possible a priestess. Galilee was an area know for its great temples to the goddess. She is revered by her final incarnation Of Mary of Nazareth…. The Blessed Mother. |
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90 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94455 | ||
My Creed Part 2-Incarnations When God and Goddess decided to take the flesh here on earth to get things done (every couple thousand years they seem to do this) they chose Mary as one of the humans they could channel through. You remember she was asked and agreed to the task. The Mother Goddess came and actually dwelt within Mary of Nazareth's body in order to give birth to the masculine god. And then a few years later, somewhere across the Sea of Galilee in a little merchant town called Magdala (still a village in Israel today) perhaps the Great Goddess also came long enough to give birth to Mary Magdalene, the feminine messiah. It is very likely that both Mary Magdalene and Mother Mary were representatives of the Goddess and served as priestesses in a Temple, be it the Second (Hebrew) Temple on the Temple Mount or one of the many pagan temples built by Solomon, the Romans or Greeks which existed and thrived during Yeshua's day in the city of Jerusalem, the province of Galilee and other cities of Israel. We know there was the Women's Court at both Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and we know there is mention of the practice of sending young women there to "work." Mother Mary is said to have been dedicated to Temple work, she lived there, wove tapestries, altar cloths, prayed for the betterment of the people, etc. She is repeatedly called a "Temple Virgin" and apocryphal books tell of her adventures there under the Highpriest Zacharius. [Gospel of the Birth of Mary, written 300's AD, supposedly written by Matthew, and the Protevangelion, written by James, Yeshua's brother, one of Mary's other sons]. At one point another priest, Abiathar, wants Mary, known as a magikally powerful and beautiful priestess, to marry his son. It was custom after their service to the Temple, to give the Temple "Virgins" in marriage to prominent men of the community, usually nobles or priests. The Highpriest is perplexed what to do with Mary, she cannot marry just anyone, and so he enters the Holy of Holies and asks the Divine to send a sign. That's how she ends up betrothed to Joseph. Ancient pagan temples of both Old and New Testament times were populated with sacred "prostitutes." But these women were NOT what we consider prostitutes today. They were highly respected representatives of whichever goddess whose temple they served in. The words used to indicate them are not "whore" or prostitute, but Hierodules or Hetera (singular) heterae (plural), meaning sacred dedicant, sacred temple-worker. When Mary Magdalene was called a hetera or prostitute back in the early centuries of Christianity, the people of the time knew perfectly well what that meant, she was a Temple Priestess, serving the Goddess. Perhaps she was such a priestess, the ubiquitous name of "Mary" has been attributed to the fact that it might not be a woman's specific name at all, but might mean a priestess of the goddess religion. Either way, Mary Magdalene did have a life before she joined Yeshua's ministry, but we now know it was not selling her body on the street like modern-day prostitutes. What about Mother Mary? Did she actually sleep with men in the Temple? We will never know, but we do know the story of Pantera, a Greek-born Roman soldier assigned to guard the Temple precinct in Jerusalem. "News" records of the time say he met, and perhaps wooed, a Temple Tapestry weaver named Mary then got her with child, a child later claimed to be conceived of God. This story is historically recorded in the Jewish writings of the time, the Talmud, and even in a Roman record book. Jewish writings from the first century go on to say it was the same Mary who gave birth to the Christian messiah, Jesus. Even more fascinating, in the 1990's, the grave of Pantera was uncovered in Germany, and sure enough he lived during the time of Jesus' birth and was even stationed in Jerusalem at the time! He was the head of a legion in his later years and had been transferred to fight in Germany, but died there in his late 40's. Ian Wilson discusses the Pantera evidence in his book Jesus the Evidence. We know that Yeshua was divinely conceived, but some religionists like to think he still had a human "sperm donor" to make the baby start growing inside Mary's womb. Those of this camp assume that was Joseph, but since he protested having never slept with her, perhaps God used this Greco-Roman soldier with the fascinating name. Pantera may be a mixed form of Hebrew and Latin, Ben-Terra, which means Son of the Earth Goddess). |
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91 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94456 | ||
My Creed Part 3-Man Man Man was a pre-existent spirit. Our origin is that we are procreated children of God, born as spirits in some other realm. In that spirit world existence we progressed as far as was possible, but to become truly like our Heavenly Father we needed to obtain physical bodies. We also needed to learn the difference between good and evil. Since our Heavenly Father has progressed so far that He cannot allow evil into His presence, it was necessary for us to leave Him for some place where we could encounter and overcome evil ourselves. We would be expected to accept the grace of the cross, gain knowledge, educate ourselves, train ourselves. We were to control our urges and desires, master and control our passions, and overcome our weaknesses, small and large through prayer and faith. We were to strive eliminate sins of omission and of commission, and to follow the laws and commandments given us by our Father contained in the gospels. |
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92 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94457 | ||
My Creed Part 4-Sin Sin Sin Has No Existence Except as It Is Created by Mankind, and Man Must Pay the Penalties for His debased creations.Sin does not exist as an abstract thing, but is the result of disobedience to some law whose operations must be pursued in conformity to its creation; and men who violate it must suffer the consequences of such violation. Mortals may not fully realize that every law carries with it a penalty for its violation, and this applies to the smallest law in the material universe as well as to the greatest law in the Spiritual Kingdom. And this penalty is just as sure in its operation as is the law itself. God did not create or permit sin or error to exist, in the sense that it is an independent entity waiting to influence men to do wrong and violate his laws of perfect harmony. Rather, when men, in the exercise of their will (which God will not compel) violate one of his laws and thereby interfere with that harmony themselves, they cause the inharmony to arise, which brings with it the pains and sufferings and sins and errors which are prevalent in the world. I believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression. |
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93 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94458 | ||
My Creed Part 5-Salvation Salvation I believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by faith and obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.All men are saved by grace alone without any act on their part, meaning they are resurrected. There will be a General Salvation for all in the sense in which that term is generally used, but salvation, meaning resurrection, is not exaltation.However powerful the saving grace of Christ, it brings exaltation to no man who does not comply with the works of the gospel. |
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94 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94459 | ||
My Creed Part 6-Exaltation Exaltation Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matthew 5:48) The Greek word for "perfect" is teleios, which means full or complete. Jesus said we should become full or complete, as our Father in Heaven is full or complete. In giving us this commandment, Jesus put into proper perspective the grand purpose of our whole existence. The Plan of Salvation can be summed up in those few words: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:16-17) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (Galatians 4:7) We are the children of God and then we become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ. One would expect that an heir of God would inherit the things of God. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2 Peter 1:2-4) Partaking of the divine nature of God means sharing his attributes and becoming like Him. The Apostle John taught that those who overcometh sin through Christ will inherit all things from God. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Revelation 21:6-7) |
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95 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94460 | ||
My Creed Part 7-Scripture and Tradition Scripture Simply stated, the Protestant doctrine of sola scriptura ("Scripture alone") teaches that every teaching in Christian theology (everything pertaining to "faith and practice") must be able to be derived from Scripture alone.An essential part of this doctrine, as it has been historically articulated by Protestants, is that theology must be done without allowing Tradition or a Magisterium (teaching authority) any binding authority. If Tradition or a Magisterium could bind the conscience of the believer as to what he was to believe then the believer would not be looking to Scripture alone as his authority. Thus, according to sola scriptura, any role Tradition, a Magisterium, Bible commentaries, or anything else may play in theology is simply to suggest interpretations and evidence to the believer as he makes his decision. Each individual Christian is thus put in the position of being his own theologian. Not only is the average Christian totally disinclined to fulfill the role of theologian, but if they try to do so, and if they arrive at conclusions different than those of the church they belong to-an easy task considering the number of different theological issues-then they will quickly discover that their right to private judgment amounts to a right to shut up or leave the congregation. Protestant pastors have long realized (in fact, Luther and Calvin realized it) that, although they must preach the doctrine of private judgment to ensure their own right to preach, they must prohibit the exercise of this right in practice for others, lest the group be torn apart by strife and finally break up. It is the failure of the prohibition of the right of private judgment that has resulted in the over 20,000 Christian Protestant denominations listed in the Oxford University Press's World Christian Encyclopedia. Apostolic Tradition I believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.I believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.I believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and I believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God through his prophets and apostles. |
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96 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94468 | ||
Answers two your questions: 1)Where does Scripture teach that there is a Heavenly Mother? "The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger." (Jeremiah 7:18) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them."Jeremiah 44: 25-27: Wisdom 8:2, 16, 18 tells us that Solomon was seen as married to Sophia. One of the many layers of symbolism attributed to the Song of Songs (also known as Song of Solomon or Canticle of Canticles) is that it speaks of Solomon's marriage to Holy Sophia. Wisdom 9:8-11 even tells us that Sophia instructed Solomon in building the Temple! The Jews revered Sophia. King Solomon even put Her right in the Temple, in the form of the Goddess Asherah. However, after the "reforms" of King Josiah, there was a threat that the veneration of Sophia would come to a halt - there was even more of a threat when patriarchal Christianity took over the world. Even still, thanks to Her continuing presence in the world and Her presence in the Bible, veneration of Sophia continued in the Eastern tradition with the construction of the Hagia Sophia and the Russian Catholic liturgical service to Sophia combined with the assumption of Mary on May 15. The Russian Orthodox Church has also begun a school of "Sophiology" to explore the thealogy of Sophia without contradicting the Russian Orthodox theology. 2)Where is Jesus declared to be 'second' to the Father? For example, the three members of the Godhead were separately manifested at the baptism of Jesus (Matt. 3:16-17) and at the stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:55-56). Peter and Stephen testify that they saw the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. Any person that had seen the heavens opened knows that there are three personages in the heavens who hold the keys of power, and one presides over all. |
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97 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94470 | ||
It doesnt. These are oral traditions of the early gnostic church. | ||||||
98 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94486 | ||
I posted my "creed" as I was asked to. All of these questions are pointless. I merely did as I was asked. This was not intended to persuade, convert or debate. Now you see the very reasons I find it unneccesary to state articles of individual faith in this forum. I do agree that alot of my creeds are controversial to say the least. However, that is my concern and not yours. I am not claiming that my path is the only way; I only claim that my path has a way. Therefore I find Pastor Gleen to be out of Line and Morant61 devisive stance beneath me. | ||||||
99 | Is this a hint of Universalism? | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94487 | ||
I claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of my cconscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may. |
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100 | Sola Scriptura-A False teaching | 2 Tim 3:16 | gbennett76 | 94489 | ||
A Little Mormon Thought And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible. 4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible•; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews•, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles? 5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have acursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people. 6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews? 7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth? 8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two• nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also. 9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my bwords according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever. 10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written. 11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written. 12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall bwrite it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it. |
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