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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    When Jesus was on earth, God was in heaven, and Jesus talked about Him.
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    Is the story of Lazarus and the rich man literal?

    There are many reasons why we can't consider that illustration a literal story. Some of them: 1) Moses' law is not a must for Christians (Lk. 16:29) ... Obviously that parable was intended only for Jews (Lk. 16:14). 2) There are many scriptures saying dead people "know nothing at all" (Eccl...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Since Jesus said: John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’” ... this statement "a supernatural entity [existing] as a spirit...
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    What does the term "will of God" mean?

    The will of God does not depend on what other creatures think, say or do. When God created the earth and everything on it, he declared as GOOD everything He created, so his will was done. Gen. 1:31 After that God saw everything he had made, and look! it was very good. And there was evening and...
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    Questions for Sabbatarians

    The expression "the day of the Lord" in Rev. 1:10 has nothing to do with what day of the week the day of the visions was, but the day or period in the future when Jesus would be enthroned in heavens and finished the great purpose of bringing the end to the evil human system of things under Satan...
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    Should I use someone’s preferred pronouns if it is not their gender?

    I don't have to AGREE with people with an incorrect point of view. I am not obligated. (Matt. 10:32-39)
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    When were angels created?

    Yes, they were created before the first day, because that FIRST day is not about the rest of the Universe, but about terraforming the planet to adapt it for the posterior life. When the earth was already full of the extraordinary beauty that differentiates it from any other spatial body, and...
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    Should I use someone’s preferred pronouns if it is not their gender?

    I guess it's enough to not refer to them in the third person when you're in front of them. If you talk TO THEM, you will only have to use second person pronouns and not the third person which seems to be problematic from their point of view. If you talk ABOUT THEM use the proper pronoun, but...
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    Did God the Father or Jesus create angels

    I can say something similar about that "concious after-dead soul/ghost/spirit" and what spiritualism/spiritism/witchery teaches. Ecclesiastes is clear enough in what it explains about the condition of dead: Eccl. 9:4 There is hope for whoever is among the living, because a live dog is better...
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    A serious questions for the Jehovah's Witnesses on these threads.

    Antiwitnesses puppets bots is what we can see all over the internet. Some of them are worse programmed than others, but all of them are programmed to spread hate and provoke verbal-hate crimes on the web. They should be de-programed because of their lack of human principles... annihilated in...
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    The Biblical Truth About Hell - video and transcript

    The relationship between Annihilationism and Universalism is not necessary at all. One thing does not imply the other. The Bible is clear about people who will be eliminated from existence not only temporarily, but forever. Psal. 69:26 For they pursue the one whom you struck, And they keep...
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    Was religion created to meet a human need?

    "Religion" is the same as "form of worship." It is connected to the recognition of God, and formed by a set of intrinsic beliefs and practices. From my point of view, religion existed since the creation of Adam, because he already had a direct relationship with his Creator, because he spoke...
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    To Be : Made Righteous

    Rom. 12:3 For through the undeserved kindness given to me I tell everyone there among YOU not to think more of himself than it is necessary to think; but to think so as to have a sound mind, each one as God has distributed to him a measure of faith. Your idea about my status before God is just...
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    To Be : Made Righteous

    All these instructions were given to people who were NOT UNDER the Law of Moses, BUT were under the Law of Jesus: 1 Cor. 4:34 Come to your senses in a righteous way and do not practice sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I am speaking to move you to shame. 2 Cor. 12:21 Perhaps when I come...
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    The concept of the elect

    I guess you need to re-read the post#10 to understand what it says. According to what Peter said here, Christians in the first century were elected/chosen for something the prophets were not: 1 Pet. 1:10 Concerning this very salvation a diligent inquiry and a careful search were made by the...
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    Apokatastasis in the early church

    Focus on the topic. Thanks.
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    The concept of the elect

    According to 1 Pet. 1:10-12, some election that applied to Christians in the first century didn't applied to prophets of old. Peter made a very clear difference between the prophets and Christians of his own time. Jesus implied the same here: Luke 16:16 The Law and the Prophets were until...
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    Apokatastasis in the early church

    About the OP: the Greek word apokatastasis is used in the NT (Acts 3:21; Mat. 17:11), but it does not say anything about universal salvation. Relating that biblically used word with that other doctrine is fallacious. That Greek word means restoration and a cognate (word with the same root) of...
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    The concept of the elect

    Talking about Chosen/Elect requires to talk about something else: elect/chosen to what purpose? For example: were the first century Christians chosen for something that the faithful prophets of ancient times were not? That's what Peter tells us here: 1 Pet. 1:10 Concerning this very salvation...
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    Did God the Father or Jesus create angels

    Many believers speak of "the spirit of Jesus" who did not die when his body actually died. But the spirit of Jesus that he entrusted into the hands of his Father is not a who but a what. That spirit in the human Jesus was the life force that allowed him to be alive as a being born biologically...