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NASB | 1 Corinthians 8:5 For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 8:5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, |
Subject: One God, One Jesus Christ |
Bible Note: Hi, Noveta! You may be a new creature in Christ, but you have demonstrated more maturity than Tara as he/she is so confused that accepts man's interpretations of Scripture as truth, rather than accepting God's Word: Mark 9:7 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!" Tara and the rest of the Jehovah Witnesses listen to Jesus only when they believe that He supports their fallacies... they gladly quote Jesus saying that the Father is greater than He... this passage they believe and accept as the Word of God. But when Jesus states that He and the Father are One--they dismiss it as a symbolic metaphorical expression... Even when the Father calls Jesus God (Hebrews 1:8) they reject God's own statement! They want so badly to believe that Christ is not God that they refuse to understand Jesus' words when He states that no one takes His life, that He gives it freely and that He takes it back again! (John 10:17-18) They profess to be Christians (servants of Christ) yet by their own definitions (since they refuse to accept Christ as God) they are serving two masters--we become slaves of that which we serve (Matthew 6:24)--and the Father, jealous God that He is, will not allow them to serve two masters... of course, if they serve Jesus they are serving only one Master (John 13:13): Jesus is the Lord of lords and the King of kings, outside of Him there are no masters! How do they intend to keep Jesus and the Holy Spirit from dwelling in the Believers? (John 14:16-17, 23) How do they intend to separate the Lamb from the Throne of God, or to keep the Lamb from receiving any praises or from being the Light of the New Jerusalem? (Revelation 5:6,8; 5:13; 6:16; 7:10; 7:17; 22:1; 22:3) How do they intend to wrench the Father from the Son as they are inseparable since they live in each other?: John 14:10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. "Please find a JW study forum." Tara's and the Jehovah Witnesses' delimma is that they seek to worship God in finite understanding because they cannot conceive that God would come in the likeness of man (who is created in God's image and likeness), take upon Himself our sins, allow the creatures to kill His body made of flesh and bones, and return to His Heavenly Throne! They can understand the law of nature... they even accept it's subversion (animals eating grass (before the fall), then animals eating flesh (after the fall), and back again to animals eating grass (new earth)... but it is inconceivable to them that God, who is Spirit, could be Three Persons in One! Blindly, they feel for the truth and though almost tasting it, they reject Him because it is easier to deminish God to their finite understanding than to raise themselves to God's Divine Revelations! We must pray for them; we must pray that the Holy Spirit bless them with Understanding and Faith! God Bless! Angel |