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Faith comes by the Word. And it is a gift. You are the one who seems to always have doubts about the Bible. Matthew was written to Christian Jews. It has a Jewish theme, a gospel to the Jews, even starts out with a genealogy. Tha message is to the Jews, how they treated Christians- read the...

I have been spending all this time defending the reliability of the Bible, that it has been past down accurately, protected ... it is God's word. Faith comes by the Word. If you doubt it, your faith will be weak. How can you know who Jesus is if you aren't sure the stories are true? And how can...

John presents Jesus as deity.

Right, the NWT is not accepted by Christianity outside of the JW org. Scholars would say that it is the only Bible translated to conform to a belief system. I am very well aware of JW views, I have many in my family. Glad you brought this example up. The Holy Spirit grows churches that are in...

Obviously the scribes had numerous methods to text their work. I gave one example of their methods. I trust in the reliability of the Bible, if you don't, that is your problem. I think I'm done here.

No I am not. Sin has left it's mark on everything. Imperfection, corruption, mutations(defects), we see it everywhere and so not one physical thing is seen as perfect. HIS MESSAGE IS CLEAR, ALL OF IT, JUST NOT TO YOU. You don't trust God with just a minor task as to protect His word, yet believe...

See, this statement shows your lack of knowledge and narrow perspective. The Old Testament is the truth, is God's Word and did not lack the preincarnate Jesus/God. He was with the Israelites. The Judeo/Christian faith has the same God in common, only Jews are still blond to Christ. But soon they...

Minor variations a count for no changes in any doctrine. As I said, in the New Testament, there only 400 words in question. The King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words.As for the number of letter characters in the Bible, the total count is a staggering 3,116,480. So a misspelled word in...

All religions don't have Jesus as their Savior. God became flesh and dwelt among us. He healed the sick, lame, blind, deaf and raised the dead. He raised Himself from the dead. Did anybody else in any other religion do that?

Oh boy, you certainly lack faith. As I said in my first post, your many doubts characterize your level of faith. Weak. Well, misspelled words or flip flop phrases never hurt anyone. God is merciful. That He allowed us to cooperate with passing His message along, He also wanted to reflect...

The New Testament is a sound representation of the Original scriptures. It is reliable, estimated to be 99.6% accurate. It bus said that there may he 409 words in question that do not effect/change any doctrine. The Oldest copies of Isaiah was said to be 1000 AD. When they discovered the Dead...

All others were not authored by God. Think about it. If God is all powerful, all knowing, omnipresent and has a message for us, don't you think He would make sure it wasn't corrupted and protected and passed down through the generations?

People with no faith are gullible, then after that, people with little faith are prone to go astray. Well, Peter Enns believes that various significant narratives in Genesis and in the New Testament to be ‘myth’ or ‘legend’ Liberals always try to distort or discard scripture. If it doesn't...

The traditional view of Eternal Hell disturbed me too. It led me to write a book with two chapters focusing on the nature of Hell:. " Hell ... If I Know". Just. becuse I questioned that doctrine ( also taught in my faithful church led by a brilliant Pastor; ( doesn't mean every other doctrine...

What religious upbringing was so wrong that you needed to deconstruct it? Did your parents lead you astray? I didn't have a religious upbringing as a child, my parents weren't religious. I didn't become a Christian until I was 35. Then I found good churches, I guess you didn't have one. Maybe...

I'm wondering if you are getting all your doubts about the Bible, the fundamentals, from Peter Enns? He could be the one throwing you curve balls. Of course God tests our faith. Bad things happen to good people. But the knowledge and wisdom is there in the Bible. We do learn from experiences and...

Souls are drawn to God coming from a state of blind ignorance, a spiritual void and emptiness with a myriad of questions/ doubts that in time are answered. As babes, we do ask questions, it is normal. We pray and God gives us answers little by little, over much time ... a lifetime. When I was...

Lucifer was the most anointed cherub, powerful and beautiful; but his pride caused him to rebel against God. 1/3 of the angels went along with him. This happenned likely before creation. Lucifer became Satan and he was in the Garden. That is when he lost his place in heaven. Satan and his demons...

God educated him to believe correctly. God is dealing with people with mixed beliefs. A different God to someone is real to them, but also, does not exist. The Israelites did not take long turn against the true God and create a golden calf, while Moses was at his divine appointment. Regardless...

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever. John 14:6 How would you interpret another? Is Jesus saying the Father will send Himself, or help you, comfort you Himself? The word "another" suggests a different person. John 16:14 says, "He...