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Perhaps Jesus was referring to the apostle John, who was the last of the apostles to die (and was the only one to die of natural causes), who was given visions of Jesus coming and establishing the Kingdom of God, etc. - the book of Revelation. Revelation 1:1-2 (WEB): (1) This is the...

I presume you are paraphrasing 2 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV): (17) Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. or more accurately (LSV): (17) And the LORD is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the LORD [is], there [is] liberty; This is not referring to...

Paul tells us what the Gospel is in 1 Corinthians 15 (WEB): (1) Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News [Gospel] which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, (2) by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you...

What was the point of Jesus telling the story, and why do you think he told it?

This parable does name a person! The parable doesn't say that either the beggar or the rich man loved God. If you are not a Christian God still knows your name. Matthew 10:29-31 (WEB): (29) “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your...

Jesus is not God, but that's a topic that we're not supposed to discuss in these forums. Jesus didn't always tell people up front that he was going to tell them a parable - he just told a parable. The people were not so dumb as to not realise that it was a parable. For example, Luke 8:4-11...

So if I had quoted exclusively from the KJV would you condemn me for using that translation too? Okay, I'll do the work for you. Here's just one example: Matthew 13:18 (KJV): (18) Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Matthew 13:18 (YLT - Young's Literal Translation) (18) 'Ye...

Who said I was using the WEB as "a final authority"? Or that I base my understanding of Scripture on just that one translation? You are making incorrect assumptions. Most Bible versions are not literal translations. So what? Literal translations don't even use the word parable; they use...

I have never made that claim, so why would I say that to Jesus? Do you realise that to commit a libel is a sin? Exodus 20:16 (WEB): (16) “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Okay, I'm envious of you! Most of us don't experience that, and we have to study using commentaries and other written or video sources. Right. God/Jesus has only spoken to me once, in a dream, and it was just three words (audible only, no vision) - a page number in the only Bible that I had...

How did the Holy Spirit say that to you? Did you hear it audibly, in a dream, or what? Lots of people seem to think that if they think of something then it must be the Holy Spirit talking to them. That's a dangerous assumption!

Acts 8:29-31 (WEB): (29) The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.” (30) Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” (31) He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip...

That's silly! By the same reasoning you won't take heed of what any pastor or evangelist says, because they're just expressing their "opinions". Jesus told Peter to "feed my sheep" (John 21:17). How could he do that if the sheep just thought he was expressing his opinions and should not be...

Jesus used the same phrase in many other parables - were they actual people and factual stories too?! The parable of the good Samaritan, Luke 10:30 (WEB): (30) Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat...

Read it in context with the previous verse - Revelation 2:14-15 (WEB): (14) But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to...

The apostle Paul wrote that he had direct communication from Jesus about Jesus' return for the Church - 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 (WEB): (15) For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have...

That's not correct - Jesus said, John 5:39 (WEB): (39) “You search the Scriptures [Old Testament], because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. They would have read verses of Scripture that spoke of eternal life, such as: Psalms 133:3...

Romans 6:23 (23) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. We cannot be restored to life (eternal life) unless somebody pays the penalty of death for us. Jesus did that, by willingly dying for us. God was justified in restoring Jesus to...

Their sins have been paid for by Jesus, therefore God is justified in resurrecting everyone to life again. They will live during Christ's 1,000 year reign, during which time they will be taught truth and righteouness, and gradually restored to perfection. At the end of that period Satan is...

John 12:47-48 (WEB): (47) If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (48) He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the...