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There is no real agreement among scholars. Trinitarian scholars included, on how this verse should be translated. There are many translations that indicate we are waiting for the return of Jesus in order to show the glory (manifested power) of God. Jesus is the glory of God, but that doesn't...

You can't just go changing words in the scriptures. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." is not the same as, "In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God." Better to find out exactly what "the Word" is. It's the Greek word...

I hear you. "Son of God" is not the same thing as "God the Son." "Son of God" can be found over 30 times in the scriptures. To find "God the Son" one must refer to the Athenasian Creed or one of it's devilish cousins. To the many who don't know him, we must continue to speak the truth in love.

I quoted a verse that said Jesus came only for the lost sheep of the tribe of Israel. Christians didn't exist until the day of Pentecost, so the Jews to whom Jesus spoke had no idea about Christianity. Jesus made Christianity available only after he died, was raised, and ascended into the...

I recently did a teaching on YHWH and why it is so important. Here, I believe, is the crux of the matter: Grammatically YHWH could be translated as either "I am" or "I will be." Considering the context in which He told Moses His name, I believe that latter makes more sense. God wanted to assure...

Matt 7:21, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. That was quite true when Jesus uttered those words to the Jews (Matt 10:6 & Matt 15:24), but don't you see how things changed with his...

I'm afraid DavidB said something to that effect. Of course, as you say, knowing who God really is is a good thing, but He's not the kind of god that would punish someone for simply doing or believing what they've been taught. Sincerity is certainly a good thing, but it doesn't guarantee accuracy.

Exactly! He even took into account the heart of King David, a guy who had some wife's husband killed so he could have her all to himself. With that in mind, pronouncing God's name incorrectly doesn't seem all that bad.

I agree with you on all those points. But unless God gives you revelation, how do you know if someone is born again of incorruptible seed or not? Seed is seed. An offspring can not change from being the same nature as their parent. A son may behave badly and be a huge disappointment to their...

First of all, I didn't write what I wrote because of that guy's Trinitarian stance. I wrote it because of the utter vitriol and hate he demonstrates towards a brother in Christ who doesn't agree with his doctrine. That's where he lacks knowledge. I would also think the church could agree on the...

1 John 1:8, If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Now I'm beginning to see why you write much of what you write. You deceive yourself and the truth is not in you. Still, I think you are sincere and are in truth born again, just misinformed as were...

Where does the scriptures say I must believe in the trinity to be born again and therefore make me your brother? Wouldn't Romans 10:9 be enough? Rom 10:9, That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou...

The thing about death is that to the person who is dead, there is no consciousness. There is no pain, anxiety, fear, or any other vexation. It's like going to sleep at night. We have no consciousness there either. We don't have an inkling of what happened while asleep. If we had a sore back...

I should have used that version in my post! Thanks. :)

You may know that commas were not found in the original God breathed word. Translators added them for our convenience and they usually do just that. However none of them were actually God's inspiration. I'm sure the translators were sincere, but sincerity is no guarantee for accuracy. Here's...

That's what Plato thought. It's also what the devil told eve in Gen 3:4. Neither one are good sources for truth.

I've never seen open minded research done as quickly as you appear to have done! Or do you summarily rejected everything I said simply because it doesn't agree with orthodox doctrine? Considering the time you spent, I should say the lack of time you spent, I'm going to say its the later. I once...

As you know, the Bible was not written last year in New York of LA. It was written thousands of years ago to a Semitic people who had a radically different worldview than that of our own Greek influenced modern Western point of view. God wrote to these people in terms they could understand...

Well, I think it's great, that unlike many Christians, you recognize the dead are actually dead until raised up again. Better that than believe the lie of Satan that we really don't die, that we somehow actually live on in some other form. If that's true, then why are the dead in Christ raised...

Exod 32:12-14, 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel...