St. SteVen
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"They'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love..." (everybody sing)Cross the street? Seems more like you are on a path to the other side of the Earth. Enjoy your stay. I won’t be thinking of you.
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"They'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love..." (everybody sing)Cross the street? Seems more like you are on a path to the other side of the Earth. Enjoy your stay. I won’t be thinking of you.
Not true.Impressive you whined about not having Scriptural references.
Not true.
I wanted biblical evidence. (not vague references)
Still waiting.
Now she will accuse me of being too lazy to look them up. (place your bets) - LOL
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Unless “children” has another meaning in “hurt not the little children” … what was He teaching His disciples when He said “refuse not the children to come to Me.” 1 Corinthians 8:4-13 to me…Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one." [5] For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth-as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"- [6] yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. [7] However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. [8] Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. [9] But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. [10] For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? [11] And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. [12] Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. [13] Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.By that warped theology, Christians should kill their babies so that they are guaranteed to go to Heaven instead of risking an "eternity" in Hell by growing into adulthood and rejecting God and being condemned, right?
Of course, there is also the belief of predestiny where some little kiddies get sent to Hell FOREVER to be punished for things they didn't actually do but would have done, right?
Those doctrines are sound, theological, thought but the belief that Jesus will eventually save ALL people (as the Bible CLEARLY states) is crazy, right?
Most of you here think you are NOT of this world but you follow the world's version of Christianity, which isn't Christ's version.
@St. SteVen
Seems everyone else knows better than to reply to you. How come?Apologies for carrying on with a troll deflecting from the Thread Title.
I am not sure that Jun is a JW, although Jack is good at thinking that everyone who disagrees with his version of Christianity must of necessity be a JW....he is just a blind hater.Jun and Auntie,and others here who are also Jehovah Witnesses (JW's founded in 1884) do not believe in the divinity of Jesus.
Actually, it was the pre-human Jesus that was “begotten” long before he became an embryo in Mary’s womb. Col 1:15-17 tells us that he is the “firstborn of ALL creation” which makes him the first of that creation, Jesus confirmed this in Rev 3:14 where he calls himself “the beginning of God’s creation”.They believe Archangel Michael left Heaven and was "miraculously conceived by the Virgin Mary.
I will again challenge anyone to offer any place where they believe we have altered anything in the Bible to suit our beliefs. But be prepared to find out how many of the same things are in your own trusted versions of the scriptures. It’s a rough trip if you want to take it. Genuine truth seekers will.They believe what their official bible, The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Which has changed certain traditional scriptures so to keep to and further the JW teachings.
The mere fact that you have “Protestant denominations” in the first place should alert those who are truth seekers to the fact that there is no such thing as a “Christian denomination” (Protestant or not) as if the truth can be divided in a thousand different ways.....there is just truth or falsehood.....nothing in between is the full truth and half truths are no better than lies. (1 Cor 1:10) So we have to decide whether we are part of that disunited rabble, believing all manner of different things whilst still claiming to be the united “body of Christ”, or whether we are are on “the cramped and narrow road to life”...it is “cramped and narrow” for a reason.Other Protestant denominations disagree. And that is why we will be in conflict.
If I hated you I wouldn't be trying to pull you from the fire.I am not sure that Jun is a JW, although Jack is good at thinking that everyone who disagrees with his version of Christianity must of necessity be a JW....he is just a blind hater.
IOW, you reject your own bible that says Jesus is God and Hell is everlasting. Visiting Kingdom Hall was the worst mistake JW's ever made!The fact is, we do believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ...what we reject is his deity...something that the Bible does not confirm, but in many scriptures denies.
God's love and mercy is more than punishment for ever! What does Scripture stipulate?: "The wages of sin is death."Matthew 25:46
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46 “Then these evil people will go away to be punished forever. But the godly people will go and enjoy eternal life.”
Aren't you the one who believes babies burn in Hell?God's love and mercy is more than punishment for ever! What does Scripture stipulate?: "The wages of sin is death."
Revelation 21:4 reads:
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
What a loving God! Even in the death of the wicked His love shines through.
To God Be The Glory