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I don't see the resurrected body being a limitation.

Nor would I...

So Jesus driving out the money changers was in violation of their will - Yes ?

I am not sure that we can make a case for Love always being passive. Scripture as a whole presents a righteous, just, and loving God at times acting against mans will and sometimes forcefully.

Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. Jesus obviously was facilitating this - so we know that such a ministry has Jesus's approval. As written in Mar 16 - " ...Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He...

I think we need to define 'control' and what is sinful. Jesus took control when He turned the tables in the temple and threw the moneychangers out. This was good control. Also consider the well known verse "without a vision the people perish" The Hebrew for Vision means 'fence'. So the true...

Sadly I have had to confront a couple of 'little foxes' that objected to us having a bible study in the safety of the Nicene Creed. Such confrontations can be awkward but necessary. Thanks to the Mods the issue is resolved. Back to Acts 6 One more point to note... Stephen was preaching...

It’s is a common misconception that Constantine made Christianity the state religion of Rome, this was actually done by his successor. Constantine was not himself a Christian, allegedly until his death when Eusebius records that he was baptised. What Constantine did was legalised the practice...

Control can be negative for sure. It can also be positive.

Johann - I am not clear if you are with us or not - do you believe in the Nicene Creed ?

I think it more likely that they gathered in a community space already established for feasts/weddings etc. This early church was a gathering rather than an institution.

I think I may be able to edit the title and include the warning...

Do you mean a purpose built physical church? It seems some churches were in homes.

We presently have more than 20 participants.

Yep - Must find a way to alert folks of the conditions around participation... Any suggestions appreciated.

Just to say if anyone else does not agree with the Nicene Creed it would be appreciated if you could bow out gracefully.

A word of explanation - Given that face2face does not hold to the Nicene Creed he will no longer be posting here.

Thanks guys...

@face2face This is a private Bible study set up by the Mods that is friendly and avoids the usual conflicts that dominate the Forum. We have two rules - no argument on the Trinity and members of this thread must agree on the Nicene Creed. From your confession, you don't qualify to be among us.

Do you agree with the Nicene Creed?