HammerStone said:
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Dear Brother HammerStone,
Can you please show the work of affirmation that the Nicene creed of 381 A.D. is actually every line as being Biblical in another thread?
If you are interested in drawing interests into the forum, do what other christian forums will not do and that is actually show the scripture given by those scriptural references to actually affirm them that supposedly supports each line in the Nicene creed of 381 A.D.
No other forum will do it. They will only list the scriptural reference and say "done" without actually showing the scripture to see that they really do not affirm them after all because not every scriptural reference given supports each line in the Nicene creed of 381 A.D.
Also... stick to one Bible; I would prefer the KJV only because the NIV capitalize "spirit" when it should not have like in 2 Corinthians 3:6 & John 6:63 because all Bibles... all of them.. testify to Jesus as the bread of life that gives life to the world and therefore it is the Son that gives life; not the Holy Spirit because the Spirit is life so that when we receive the Holy Spirit from Jesus, we are receiving eternal life. All scriptures points to Jesus to come to for life John 5:39-40 and so He is the Giver of life; not the Holy Spirit.
And that listed scriptural reference for the practise of worshipping the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son does not validate that line in the Nicene creed at all. Yes, the Holy Spirit is God and is One of the 3 Witnesses within the One God, but there is no teaching in scripture about worshipping the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son, because we are led by the Spirit to do the Father's will and that is to honour the Son in testifying of the Son in seeking His glory and by doing so, honour God the Father & glorify Him as well. That is which is what the Holy Spirit is sent to do and therefore those led by the Spirit will be doing the same thing.
Those are the two main errors of the Nicene creed of 381 A.D. which is why I believe creeds done for ecumenical purposes should be dropped as a statement of faith.
What is the core of our saving faith? That we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ & that God raised Him from the dead. Everything else is about discipleship in how we walk by faith in the Son of God as our Good Shepherd in helping us to abide in Him & His words, and as you say, we all are at our different growth stage in our walk with the Lord.
So simplify the statement of faith in regards to the simplicity of the gospel, and allow babes that can only receive the milk of the word to come in and grow without fearing they are violating "the core faith" as stated in the current SoF with all of these extras that goes beyond the salvation message.
Just a suggestion since forums are dying out as churches are with their members.
I do not really think you can have fellowship here with brothers & sisters that are in apostasy and know it not, but if you treat your forum as an outreach ministry, then you really only need the simplicity of the gospel message for the statement of faith & trust Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd to lead each seeker from there in edifying one another, correcting one another, and hope God causes the increase, and lean on Him when it is time to withdraw from a discussion when obviously, someone is preaching something else as being more important than preaching Jesus Christ & Him crucified as if there is another caling or another baptism with the Holy Spirit with the signs of tongues or some other sensational sign in the flesh to receive.
Apostasy abounds... and forums are resting in their laurels without actually affirming what they believe to be the statement of faith by the scripture in the KJV. And it is important to stick to one Bible only because not all the Bibles are saying the same thing as the messages have been changed in modern Bibles than what the KJV has it as.
But mayhap it is too late. Mayhap with all of these modern Bibles, and this anti KJV only campaign on the internet will just result in never finding the truth in His words to discern good & evil by the meat ( the actual meaning ) of His words as kept in the KJV.
So maybe that is why no one can hear Him. They are too busy following the crowd; their church; their traditions; and mayhap their statements of faith without ever actually affirming them by looking up those listed scriptural references, but with different Bibles with changed messages, who can say that the Son is the Giver of life; and not the Holy Spirit since the Spirit is life; The Son baptizes us with the Holy Spirit as promised from the Father and as the Son does so, He is giving us eternal life. The Holy Spirit being within us is testifying from the Father & the Son that we have eternal life.
Seems like some of the repliers in this thread has already disabled their accounts.
So maybe simplifying the statement of faith to match the simplicity of the gospel and asking all members to stick to one Bible as per the KJV as having the final say, is the only way any one can grow in truth in following Him as His disciples.