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To save yourself further embarrassment, please take note of the following information, which comes from Sunday School 101:
I would try and laugh it off too. How embarrassing.
Ye wont be much laughing on that day...You would laugh "it" off too?
LOL. "IT" was what you said.
To save yourself further embarrassment, please take note of the following information, which comes from Sunday School 101:
The term "new testament" is just an old-fashioned way of saying "new covenant" -
ie, covenant = testament.
If the term "new testament" is used in Scripture (eg, Heb 9:15), it is not referring to the body of writings, Matthew to Revelation - it is referring to the new covenant established by the shed blood, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The new covenant/testament established through Jesus replaces the old covenant/testament established through Moses.
The Bible is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament, but those terms are just "nicknames" for the contents.
Ye wont be much laughing on that day...
Luk 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luk 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Luk 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
Luk 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Luk 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
God bless you
Y-A-W-N.Gods Word effected in the OT -
Isa 48:
[3] I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they (Gods Word) went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Prophecy Foretold -
Isa.55
[11] So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Prophecy Recapped-
John 1:
[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Prophecy Fulfilled-
John 1
[10] He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
John 1:
[11] He came ...
(In the world)
[12] ...many (in the world) .. received him..
John 17: (Jesus speaking )
[8] For I (Jesus) have given unto them (The Disciples, WHO, received Him and ...) the words which thou (God) gavest me; (Jesus) and they (The Disciples) have received them,(God words) and have known surely that I (Jesus) came out from thee, (God) and they (The Disciples) have believed that thou (God) didst send me.(Jesus)
Prophecy -
John 1:
12: many as receiv-ED him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
To THEM- (that receiv-ED Him)
John 1:
[16] And of his fulness have all we receiv-ED , and grace for grace.
Receiv-ED - NOT having HAD, and Then Having HIS Fulness...
Gee - What did the World Not Have...and Then those who ReceivED Gain?
His Fullness -
And what IS His Fullnes?
John 1:
[17] ... grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Future Prophecy -
(For men who can not Believe without SEEING)
Rev 19:
[13] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
[16] And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
John 10:
[30] I and my Father are one.
You were given a list specific of Numerous Scriptural References. Did you Search Them, Read Them? BY your QUICK response, I highly doubt you bothered to Read the Scriptures, let alone comprehend their meaning.
I take no responsibility for your lack of Hearing, Reading, Searching the Scriptures...
It is Obvious, you are content with Catholic Dogma telling you WHAT to believe, and never having to actually VERIFY what men say Against the Word of God...since you obviously, are oblivious to WHAT and WHO the Word of God...IS!
Yipes!
What do Jewish Scriptures have to do with my question? I asked you who decided on the canon of the NT, not the OT.I'm pretty confidant Jews were writing Scripture and destributing the literature long before Gentiles began collecting the Jewish writings and hiding them from the public.
The apostolic churches had most of the books of the NT being circulated and copied. By the 2nd century the Syriac Peshitta (translation of the Bible into Syriac) was in circulation. Also the 2nd century Muratori Canon in Greek provided an almost complete list of NT books. So the canon was established very early.I asked you who decided on the canon of the NT, not the OT.
The Lord Jesus Christ confirmed that the 24 books of the Hebrew Tanakh were the only books in the OT canon. They correspond to our 39 books (in Protestant bibles). Thus all the apocryphal books were AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDED. See Luke 24.But while you’re at it, please tell me who decided which Jewish writings should be included in the OT canon of the Christian Bible,
Y-A-W-N.
It’s clear by now that you have no Scriptural evidence that the NT is “the word of God”, so if the Scriptures don’t say the NT is the “word of God”, how do you know the NT is “the word of God”?
(As far as I know, the only place in the NT where the term “the word of God” is linked to Scripture is Matt 15:6, but it refers to the OT.)
So I’ll give up on that question
and ask you another one://////////Who decided
that the books from Matthew to Revelation, known as the New Testament, are sacred Scripture and the inspired word of God
and should therefore be included in the canon of the Christian Bible?
What do Jewish Scriptures have to do with my question? I asked you who decided on the canon of the NT, not the OT.
But while you’re at it, please tell me who decided which Jewish writings should be included in the OT canon of the Christian Bible,
and which Jewish writings should not be included in the OT canon of the Christians Bible?
Scripture implies the Bereans searched only the Old Testament to verify what the apostles told them (Acts 17). Why are you recommending searching only the OT?Do as Scripture Teaches...Go Verify what you hear and see if that is In Scriptures
Now is your big chance to show off your authoritative knowledge of the men who decided on the canon of the New Testament: Who were they? What were their names? What was the name of their council, where was it held and in what year did it occur? What was the name of their Church?These gentiles met in council to decide which writings of their Collection they would Assemble into a single codified book.
What a load of drivel.LOL...I'm not embarrassed for what you say.
No.
Covenant is a promise,
Testament is WHAT and to WHOM the promise is given!
The Old Covenant (Promise)
was Given
BY:
the Old Testament (Earlier Word of OF God)
TO:
Hebrews and Tribes of Israel.
The Old Covenant and Testament was NOT Replaced.
It Was Fulfilled!
Any Hebrew person or person of the Tribes of Israel...
Can Believe the the Old Covenant (Promise), was Fulfilled...or Not!
And IF NOT, they can elect to Continue, to follow and obey the The Old Testament Laws.
Because as The Word of God: Jesus' Testimony reveals:
Matt 5:
[17] Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, (or as you say REPLACE), but to fulfil.
[18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
The Word of God: Named Jesus;
Rev 19:
[13] ...his name is called The Word of God.
revealed BY His Testimony, "a Better Covenant (promise)"...
Heb 7:
[22] By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
The Old Covenant (Promise) was Given
To: Hebrews and Tribes of Israel.
The New Covenant (Promise) was Given:
BY Testimony,
BY the Word of God (Jesus)
TO "ALL" People ...
...Hebrews/ Tribes of Israel/ Jews/ Gentiles
Your understanding of your "Sunday SCHOOL 101", Failed you from the get-go.
A Covenant IS a Promise.
WHAT the Promise IS
and
TO WHOM the Promise is Given IS
Revealed in The Testimony
OF:
The Word of God.
Which further: you reveal; you have Confusion of WHAT the Word of God IS:
and
Where to Find The Word of God.
If you are embarrassed...you do something About that...
You clearly Stated, you have NO NEED for Scriptures.
You have been Taught:
The Catholic Church IS the Only True Church;
And Whatever the Catholic Church Teaches IS ALL you require.
When the FACTS ARE:
1) Christ's Church: is a person WITHIN Christ's (risen, living Glorified Body).
Rom 12:
[5] So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Christ's Church, IS An Internal Church...
It's MEMBERS, Can Gather together and Assemble IN man-made Buildings;
To Praise and Worship the Lord God Almighty.
Any man-made building, or Any Place, or Any Time, Members IN the Body of Christ who Gather, to Praise and Worship The Lord God Almighty, the Lord God IS With "Them"...HIS Church.
Teaching the Catholic Church IS the Only TRUE Church is hogwash.
Any Gathering of people...
OF WHOM, they are IN Christ, IS a Gathering of Christ's Church.
And BTW:
How a single Individual Person JOINS and Becomes A Member of Christ's Church...
IS:
BY their OWN True and Sure Heartfelt Belief:
John 6:
[69] And we believe and are sure that thou (Jesus) art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Why are you recommending searching only the OT?
Now is your big chance to show off your authoritative knowledge of the men who decided on the canon of the New Testament: Who were they? What were their names?
What was the name of their council, where was it held and in what year did it occur?
What was the name of their Church?
What a load of drivel.
"a load of drivel"
...Compare ...
In other words, you've no idea who decided on the Canon of the OT or the NT. Why doesn't the that surprise me?l Already have said, I do not know them, their individual intents...I was not in attendance !
What is known: is several Councils were held, seemingly by request of the ruling Emperors.
There have been so many religious councils gathered together.
Are you talking about the Churches of Jewish men...in these places? (In modern day Turkey)
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea?
The Church's established under the authority of: "Jesus is the Christ, the son of the Living God"...were typically called Christian, and by the name of their city. Same as many Christian Churches today.
What you posted to me was senseless drivel. You'll do anything to avoid admitting that you're wrong.Matt 5
Rev 19
Heb 7
Rom 12
John 6 ... that I posted TO YOU is:
Please tell me the term "new covenant" means in the following verse:No ....you have evidenced you are Not Qualified to give me ANY directional advice.
In other words,
Why doesn't the that surprise me?
If you studied history, you would discover it was the Catholic Church
What you posted to me was senseless drivel.You have made it clear Scripture is senseless drivel.
You'll do anything to avoid admitting that you're wrong.
Avoiding? Don't see your admission of being wrong! LOL
please cite any Bible commentary that agrees with your (wonderfully entertaining) claim that "new testament" in Heb 9:15 refers to the canon of Scriptures from Matthew to Revelation. Good luck with that.
No need to cite someone else's words.
Try on The Word of God, for a change.
The Word was oral, written by Scribes, but NOT yet assembled in book form...
None the less, Hebrews is about the New Testament.
Hebrews
[1] God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
[2] Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;