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I don't see how that answers my question. As I understand it, Logos refers to the total, inspired, written Word of God (the Bible as a whole) ands to Jesus Christ as the incarnate Word. Rhema refers to a spoken word. But how does that explain where your notion of Paul handing out copies of...

It was commanded to the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane. But the context was not that they should use those two swords they had in an attempt to protect themselves and Jesus from the Roman soldiers and those sent by the high priest. We only have to consider the context: (Mat 26:51) And...

Not so. Jesus said: (Joh 6:47) Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. Not "will have eternal life." So where does that leave the assurance that John speaks of in his epistle? (1Jn 5:13) These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the...

Sorry, but where in the Bible are we told that Paul handed out copies of the Gospel of Luke to "all of the congregations which the Master formed through him"?

Thank you for that thoughtful post. I agree, and I would not want anybody to think that my posts here mean that I think anybody should just sit by and let mass murderers massacre school children. (I don't agree that the government here has taken away the right to defend, though. Because of the...

In view of clear statements about loving our enemies and doing good to those who hate us, plus the fact that we don't read in the bible of Christians attacking with swords or other physical weapons those who opposed them, I would say that a command is needed, if in fact Christians are intended...

I have read through the verses that you quoted from the Bible. However, I cannot see anything in them that refers to whether Christians are in a physical war or a spiritual one.

Although one can get doughnuts in the UK that have a hole in the middle, here we tend to think of doughnuts as : They can have jam fillings like these, or custard, or cream. You can buy bagels here too, but they seem to be much rarer than doughnuts (We spell doughnuts differently too :D )

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I think that must depend on where you live. Here in the UK, "CPS" stand for "Crown Prosecution Service", whose own website says what they exist for: "About CPS The Crown Prosecution Service is an independent organisation that prosecutes criminal cases investigated by police and other bodies...

I didn't mention "self-marrying" in Colorado. I only mentioned getting married in a registry office and getting married in a church building. I don't know what God's view would be about a couple who decided to get married in Colorado with no witnesses. Such details are (as far as I know) not...

According to the Bible, it is the blood of Jesus Christ that washes away our sins: (1Jn 1:7) But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. As commentator John Gill wrote on that verse...

...and also "un-born-again."

But surely unless a person heartfully believes that the gift (presumably you were referring to the gift of salvation) was bought and paid for by Jesus Christ, that person doesn't have salvation anyway.

Not at all. They are married. Although Christians generally want to get married in a church setting, this is not commanded in the Bible. A couple who get married in a register office are just as much married as those who get married in a church building.

We have principles in Scripture. There is a principle in these words of Jesus to Christians: (Mat 5:43) "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' (Mat 5:44) But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate...

I agree that it was a sham trial, and the Chief Priests were not interested in the truth - they even called false witnesses!

There is violence in the Old Testament. I agreed with that fact. There is no command given to Christians to use violence or physical weapons to oppose non-Christians, either on Tuesday or on any other day of the week.

Where do we even read of such an entity as a "Christian nation" in the Bible? Rather we are told that God saves people out of every nation: (Rev 5:9) And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God...

Surely the point is that the High Priest, like most of the Jewish leaders, did not believe that Jesus of Nazareth could possibly be the promised Messiah, so from the High Priest's point of view, Jesus was a mere man claiming to be the Messiah of God. If Jesus had been just an ordinary man...