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Mmm. I think you are one of the many that needs to dig deeper. Start with Gabriel's response to Daniel's lack of understanding. What Gabriel came back to finishbecause Daniel fainted. Basic bible exegesis. Don't start with preconceived ideas and try to fit them to scripture. I could create...

Verses 1-9. Paul fasted for 3 days, not for enlightenment, but from the shock and horror at what he had done due to his ignorance. That's a lesson for us. We can be so confident in our own conceit and ego, ridicule others because they think different, even persecute them, and be utterly...

The Seventh Day Adventist understanding of the 2300 days born out of the Great Disappointment, is really the only one that makes any biblical and historical sense. You guys need to study that in order to dispel the confusion. But kudos to everyone for the effort put in. Some interesting...

“3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into...

Of course. No problem

Fine. But I don't think a discussion on whether Jesus is truly the Son of God needs to be necessarily a trinitarian focussed discussion. Unless one cannot perceive a Father/Son relationship without it. In that case, we definitely do need to discuss the trinity, because basing doctrine on...

Submitting inherently contains the idea of being voluntary. It is left up to us as to who we submit to, and we make that judgement on the basis of Vivian teaching and practise, and as Carl said, the fruit of the Spirit. This church authority concept has me deeply concerned in relation to...

Yes.

“24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath...

That would be so cool.

Well He did. Just in much fewer words, and with a great deal more authority and skill and logic. See above.

I believe Jesus was begotten of the Father before creation. When God created: when He said, "Let us make man in our image"; I believe He was talking to His Son. I also believe it possible that indeed Jesus was eternal as God, but as a begotten Son at some point on eternity. I see the...

The answer is simple. Doing good on the sabbath is not a violation of the law. What's the alternative? Doing good on the sabbath is a sin? You agree with the pharisees? You think Jesus and the Father are evil because they are working and violating the sabbath by doing good? “11 And he said...

We all know and understand that obeying God's commandments as a means to impress God enough to get us saved, is a futile cause. Everyone knows this. In fact, I have never met or heard anyone claim differently. I'm not sure why people keep mentioning it. Why isn't it a common practise among...

Why would you jump to the typical straw man... we are not to seek eternal life by following the ten commandments? The question was, "is work on the sabbath a violation of the Sabbath law?" The answer to that question, is it depends. If the work in question is secular money making employment...

If it were explained, we still wouldn't understand it. Can the finite understand, let alone explain, the infinite? I have long believed that Christ's Sonship is the greatest evidence for His divinity. Without it, He could not be God. He would be reduced to a created being as the JWs and...

Agree. Yet we were made in His image, and it was God Who created the entire concept of being begotten, and generational addition. Throughout John's gospel and his first letter, it is repeated numerous times... begotten Son. How else are we expected to understand that except by our own...

I agree with this. But does the church? And how can this be And still be a Son?

Cain knew murder was sin. (Gen 4:7) Noah, a preacher of righteousness, knew his contemporaries were "only evil continually". (Gen6:5). Abraham knew the law. (Gen 26:5) Joseph knew adultery was a sin against God. (Gen 39:9) Yet throughout the history of Jacob's family, there was this intense...

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” John 17:3 Christ refers to His Father as “the only true God”. He did not say though that He, as God’s Son, was not God, neither did He say that only His Father is God or only His Father...