Difficult to know if you are forming your own position since you do not post it.
I dont know what you mean but I dont have an opinion, all I know is who Jesus said he was in God and we are supposed to be the very same in God. That isnt an opinion, either one is the same in God as Jesus was our you are not. You in the Father and the Father in you as one as Jesus prayed to his God for you to be in John 17 or you are not.
That isnt an opinion it is a decision to be or not to be.
I think I agree.
Not sure.
Again...you're very vague.
Maybe we come to believe by the Spirit...
but if an atheist asked you HOW one comes to believe,
THIS would be your answer?
It isnt a matter of believing, one can believe anything about a god so obvious in all these different denominations beliefs about a god and formed laws to regulate those beliefs. But is a completely different matter when God himself come to the individuals as He did in all of these few read of and open in them who He is and all of the place that He resides in man to be in His same image of Sprit, mind, knowlledge that He is and walk in it as He walks in it.
Here I do believe I agree...
IF what you're saying is that we are to obey God...
which some do not believe to be so important since they are saved...
they will always be saved NO MATTER WHAT.
I do not find this in scripture.
Salvation is Gods same Mind, or Spirit the mind is referred to, be your own mind, Spirit.
There is no other salvation to be had from the God who simply is Love and man is the temple of Him, the place he resides in His kingdom that man is. Jesus was clear in that in Luke 17:20-21. But sadly few even believe Jesus in what he says about it, they make Jesus a god they can relate to to be in their own image instead.
Well it IS church Gary Mac.
It's up to YOU to distinguish between a church made of concrete and stone, and one made by flesh and blood.
It is up to everyone. If a Church building is full of Jewish beliefs, or Mormon beliefs, or Jehovah witness beliefs, or Catholic beliefs, or COCs, Lds, AOGs. that building is not God church at all, it is full of mans laws to regulate a god they can control.
Gods church is anyone who has received from God Himself His same disposition of mind, Spirit, which simply is Love and made to be perfect by the Spirit that God is, Matt 5:48. And th only thing on this planet that is perfect and God is, is Love, and never changes, is the same yesterday as is today and will be the same tomorrow. Everything else changes, everything except Love and man is the temple of Him, Again -- Luke 17:20-21
Absolutely not and here is what he said about his God who sent him. Most do not even consider who Jesus said he was in God.
If Jesus was God, then read this from Jesus quotes and tell us plainly without adding to or taking away from what Jesus said of himself and his God who sent him. Truth is most do not follow Jesus at all in who he said he was in God. They are as the jews and actually accuse him of blaspheme making himself God in spite of who he said he was in God.
John 12:49: For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 12:44-45. who believes in me, does not believe in me but in Him who sent me. He who sees me sees Him who sent me.
John 7:16. Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
John 5 :17 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John 5:19. “Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”
John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 17:2-21, the kingdom of God doesnt come withj observation, it is withn you
John 16:23. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
John 14:16. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Matt 11:25. At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.
What do you mean by SON OF MAN?
Jesus was born of a woman just as you and I, are not you son of man, and d you not have a genealogy ? Jesus did from the linage of David.
The earthly father of Yosef(Joseph), the husband of Mary, was Heli, it is told at Luke 3:23. There is some confusion on this topic which you may be aware of or may not be aware of and is why you’re asking this question.
There is a mistranslation in modern Bibles from the Greek which includes the KJV, in the 1st chapter of Matthew, it mistranslates "father" to "husband". Due to this simple mistranslation, people for years have been confused concerning the genealogies of the Messiah, Mary, and Joseph, and you can see many people making up a lot of stuff to try and feel better about the confusion.
This may have even helped cause some people to lose faith in the scriptures because of the modern Christians confusing this verse and making it look like the Gospels do not know the genealogies.
This mistranslation can be major because this is the very start of the gospels, and it can potentially lead people into thinking that it says the Messiah is not the son of David, when it's known that the Messiah would be from David's line.
Also, the mistranslation causes a contradiction with Matthew 1:17. Verse 17 states that there are 14 generations from Abraham to David, then from David until the Babylon captivity are 14 generations, and then from the Babylon captivity to the Messiah there are 14 generations;
Matthew 1:17 "So all the generations from Abraham to David are 14 generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are 14 generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Messiah are 14 generations"
This actually helps us confirm the mistranslation, and when the mistranslation is corrected, there is absolutely no contradiction. Joseph was Jesus father, not translated as husband.
I THINK it might be because they don't understand your question.
You speak a language all your own.
It is only foreign language to those who cannot relate to who Jesus said he was in God. All I can do is copy and past who Jesus said he was in God and obviously that is foreign to their understanding.
Jesus is speaking of God Father.
Does this mean that John 1:14 is not true?
It is indeed true. Gods word becomes flesh in us all who will receive from God Himself. His word become who we are, not what we believe about it. God word isnt written on stone nor in ink, it is written in the minds of man who God has come and renewed that mind to think in His terms for life in Love.
John 1:1 speaks of the word being God.
Yes John 1 is all about you and who are you in it.
John 1:14 speaks of the word becoming flesh.
Exactly -- Has His word become your flesh?
WHO/WHAT is THE WORD?
Did it become flesh or not?
Depends on if you have received from God the same word as Jesus received from Him in Matt 3:16 where a new heaven and earth was opened to him. You know very well if the same has happened in you or not with that same renewing, word, of mind.
You have Christian written under your avatar.
Are you Christian or not??
I dont see where I have Christian written under my avatar. See where it says faith = Christian. I painted a self portrait of me and if someone asks me if I am Christian, I always reply, I am a son of God if that is what you mean, His child.
The term Christian has been so abused by religious mind the identity of actually being that person of Christ who is anointed of God is lost. Ironic is, the world can see though these hooked on their own laws to govern their religions and call it christianity and those claiming christianity can not even see what they are doing. The world wants no part of these make believers, they want something real and sadly our churches, or better defined as denominations, only gives them las as in you bust believe this or that and do this or that and condemnation instead of love to be like the God of it.
So very simple yet man has made their beliefs so complicated, I dont even want to be part of it nor did Jesus and walks away from it even from the Rabbi that he was of it. And Ironic is, that religious belief that he once taught as rabbi, is the very ones who has him crucified for blaspheme when Gods word came to him and changed his whole outlook on heaven and God in Matt 3;16.