Colossians 2:9 is stating that Jesus is
FULLY God.
It is
NOT stating that
HE manifests
ALL 3 Persons.
That's what
you think...the fulness of the Godhead is not a mere 1/3 of Deity.
Peter didn’t “depart” from the Trinitarian formula.
I beg to differ. Acts 2:38 says clearly,
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Where is the Father mentioned?
baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 28:19 in living water. But if you have not living water, baptize into other water;
Living water is the Holy Spirit; however the prototype for baptism in scripture was the baptism of John, which was in physical water.
As I have stated
over and
over and
over – you
cannot get past the following verses of Scripture and
STILL maintain that OSAS is a
Biblical doctrine
(Matt. 5:13, Matt. 7:21, Rom. 11:22, Heb. 10:26-27, 2 Peter 2:20-22, 2 Peter 3:17, Rev. 3:5, Rev. 22:19).
Epignosis is the word used in these passages.
I do not find the word epignosis in every one of those passages. It may not even be in any of them. Wouldn't it be translated as "knowledge" in the English?
No – I fight against the idea because it is a phony, man-made 16th century invention. It is NOT a Biblical truth, as I have proven on NUMEROUS occasions now.
No, you have not. Because to do so would be to rip out of our biblical understanding what is written in John 5:24, John 6:47, John 10:27-30, Hebrews 13:5, and Matthew 28:20. You are going to have to cut these verses out of your Bible soon; because in denying what they teach us you are effectively doing that in your heart (taking away from the word of the Lord).
Epignosis illustrates a person who has a deep relationship with someone.
The Greek definition for
epignosis can denote a mental assent that is absolutely certain; as opposed to a heart faith that is unto the biblical righteousness of faith (Romans 10:10, Philippians 3:9, Revelation 19:8, Galatians 2:16).
It should be clear that the only ones who fall away as believers are the ones who have a nominal, shallow, or lukewarm faith (which can be certain, but which does not have an effect on the righteousness of the person's life); because this faith has nothing to do with the heart: it is a dead faith that is incapable of bringing real salvation to the one who has it. It is a faith that, while certain in the mind, is only of the mind: the person who has it is ten inches away from real salvation. This is the type that "believe" for a while and then fall away (Luke 8:13) and who never get around to bearing any good fruit.
These are not those on whom the seed is planted in good soil, in the parable of the sower; for they are the elect; who have been predestinated unto salvation, so that the glorification of their bodies is as sure as if it has already happened; for it is spoken of in the past tense (Romans 8:30).
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It appears to me that you are hung up on this word
epignosis and have made a pet doctrine out of it.
It is not biblical, however, when you look at what all of scripture says about the subject at hand.