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I know explaining these Scriptures will make no difference since you fancy your own word to be superior to Scripture. However, I'll make a response for the sake of others reading. You said, "God wasn't made flesh, the Word was." Perhaps you need you read verse 1 again. "In the beginning was...

My authority is the Scriptures. That is what I focus on and I believe they are understandable when read in context. Jesus sure seemed to think the Pharisees should have understood the Scriptures and he didn't seem to think the "everyone has their own interpretation" was a valid excuse for...

Did God die on the cross? First, God, as in the Triune being consisting of Father, Son and Spirit did not die on the cross because Jesus was the Son of God. So let us not confuse "God" as the Triune being with one of the persons of the Trinity, namely, God the Son. Second, as you pointed...

Ive had many conversations with mj. He rejects the Bible as the authoritative Word of God and views his own words as superior to Scripture. If that is the side you want to take, then feel free. But perhaps I am a bit more abrupt with him because of my understanding of his views that fall very...

Yes, and notice that in 1 These 5 he gives no "signs" but rather tells them to live continually as those who are in the light and ready for Christ's return. According to you, the author was mistaken, because there was nothing for them to prepare for because those "signs" weren't coming for 2000...

By that rationale, your own words are pointless. After all, God doesn't need man..including you. So who are you to teach anyone anything? If we listen to you, we are just submitting to the authority of another man and you are trying to build for yourself the very thing you are discounting...

Still doesn't make sense to me. What does whether or not Jesus, himself, was the price for our sins have to do with the status of human souls or Jesus' soul upon death. I mean, if you are trying to parse out the divine soul of Jesus, should we say that Jesus had both a divine soul, plus the...

No, I am not suggesting it is limited to administration of the church. I am saying it is in relation to two or three witnesses in the church that confront another believer about sinful behaviors. The point is that two or three witnesses that confront a believer about something are a valid...

Um, no. Jesus was speaking to his disciples when he made those comments. Go read the text again. Im sure a lot of pregnant women will give birth in September of 2017. Notice the point here, friend. The point is not that Paul is suggesting that there are "signs" for these believers to be...

This doesn't make sense to me. I dont see how accepting the fact that Jesus is both fully man and fully God as the only one able to satisfy the requirements of our justification through his death means a person must reject his deity. Are you trying to suggest that somehow Jesus was separated...

““No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day...

“At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.” (Acts 10:1–2, NIV84) Cornelius had faith in God before he became a...

Is it possible that "His Church" can consist of both Protestants and Catholics?

Nothing wrong with chocolate and sweets. Just understand that weight gain is a simple math equation. If you take in more calories than you burn off, you will store those calories as fat cells. The answer is not merely to diet and cut off all high calorie foods, but to get active and increase...

I agree with Phoneman777 on this one. Grace is not license to indulge in evil. As Paul says, “Why not say—as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved.” (Romans 3:8, NIV84) Those who...

Well, no matter how you want to look at it, bbyrd, I think you can clearly see that Jesus has a specific group in mind...and this group is to distinguish themselves from others and even cast others out of their group if they are unwilling to repent of sinful behaviors that others in the church...

No, it is talking about church discipline. ““If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the...

Again, the "two or three" passage is referring to church discipline. Im really struggling to see exactly what your point is. So let me get this straight... you are trying to "include" those I might exclude...meanwhile, my definition of believer is too broad and likely includes those who are...

My point is simply that comparing the judgment of a non-believer vs that of a "Christian" is misguided. If you are referring to a legalistic false teacher who rejects grace then I wouldn't consider such a person a Christian. Im not suggesting the Bible was written only to a certain time or...

Well I think we need to be cautious with those kinds of applications. Paul is writing to people who are under the Law about how both they and Gentiles are in equal need of grace. In my opinion, its a serious abuse of Scripture to equate devote, "Bible-thumping" Christians with legalistic...