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The general understanding is that people are tortured forever by God seeking retribution

I have come to believe that Jesus' reality ie, his words and actions are the measure by which we interpret the rest of scripture (NT & OT) It is therefore of paramount importance that we see him as is intended ie, the revelation of the infinite God. When Jesus is seen independently of any of...

thank Lambano for acknowledging this great truth. :jest:

Not in the sense that it is generally understood.

The principle is there.

We are a work in progress.

There are many. The underlying principle is that OT scriptures are used to underpin a view of God which Jesus does not support. In fact, Jesus contradicts. This is denied because it is also thought that the scriptures used do not contradict Jesus.....and out of that confusion and muddling a...

You have plenty of personal opinions if I go by your lengthy posts but how many of them = truth? Scripture referenced does not necessarily equate to truth. We can see that in the temptations Jesus endured in his 40 days in the desert. I guess you are familiar with the story of 'The Emperors New...

The Two Witnesses Came and Went Thousands of Years Ago ....or are they past, present, continuous ?

Is it like war memorials....which glorify the killing of others in a backhanded way....by presenting the fallen as a kind of martyr?

I am thankful that those who feel they are chosen are not wrong I am thankful that Palestinians and Chinese, even the Russians, they belong I am thankful that God has mercy on his children gone astray I am thankful his grace embraces all....even today.

I vied for twenty five but to no avail, then I thought I'd been short changed with twenty three. When I looked around I noticed both the maimed and the maimers had twenty four, both the rich and the poor had twenty four, both the young and the old had twenty four.....and then I went looking for...

hmmmm, dumps right on title of your post.

What makes a doctrine false? It interprets scripture independent of the reality of Jesus. .....and what I want to know is, how many folk understand the above statement?

What does Jesus look like according to the Bible? Are you asking if he had a large nose, was tall short or fat or are you asking about his character?

If you can accept it, the veil remains over your vision.

Romans 5:6-21 Eight (8) times it is reiterated, vs 6, vs 8, vs 10, vs 15, vs 16, vs 17, vs 18 and vs 19 ......and there are many more scriptures.

'you must be born again'...Jesus......is not giving a formula to execute but telling us a fact.....a fact that is brought about by God's Spirit......it's comings and goings unknown to human consciousness.....yet we see its effects.

Gods choosing achieves an uncompromising revelation of himself and good news to a people who have only known alienation, suffering and death