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NASB | 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are [even here and] now children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory]. |
Subject: Actual bodies in heaven? |
Bible Note: Bill, 1 Peter 1:20-21 "But know this first of all, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." We see that the Bible does claim to be inspired by God and therefore not by man's authority. It is not Jesus versus Peter, it is Jesus along with the other word's of God. 2 Peter 3: 15-16 "our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction." And here we see Peter claim that Paul's writing are also to be considered scripture. As well the key comment about the wisdom that was "given him." Paul's teaching was given him by God, which he defends very aggresively in Galatians. Scripture clearly teaches its own authority and inspiration by God. But lets take a look at something Christ Himself said since that is your focus. Matthew 5:17-19 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." We can see clearly that Jesus Himself rebukes anybody who would teach that the Law is invalid. This would be Moses, whom you said a Christian shouldn't be teaching you to follow. Scripture is an all or none I'm afraid. Any part you wish to choose will rebuke you for the part you reject. Every part of it is inspired by God and therefore inerrent. Finally, I want to bring up what might be a touchy correction. And that is that I would gently and humbly ask you to beware pride. That may sound like a surprising thing for me to say but there is one thing that is absolutely essential to your view. And that thing is that in order to believe what you say, you must assume that essentially every Christian throughout history must be deluded and not intelligent enough to see what you deem obvious. I assure you many men of which we will be hard pressed to find their equal today has set their minds to these things. Yet you hold your mind to have trumped them all. Now I do not suggest that you have ever openly thought of it this way, but whether you have or not you must believe that in order to so freely correct all of Christian history. Beware pride, friend. 1 Cor 3:18 "Let no man deceive himself If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise" In Love, Beja |