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  1. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Seems to me you want to add your own ideas right in with those already here. Can you really stand apart and judge? Are you not doing a drive by post with a holier than thou attitude? So then you'll fit right in here...
  2. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Many Jews converted to Christ...the early church was Jewish at the outset. I have personally led a few Jews to the Lord. One was orthodox...and he opted to become Catholic. He liked the structure...since he was used to structure. What he didn't like was either a mixture of religion (7th day...
  3. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    You have to leave open the possibility that a rabbi might be more open to what is plainly written in the Torah than a dogmatic indoctrinated Gentile who doesn't know how to reason from the scriptures...apart from a circular reasoning based on a misreading of the text. The modern fantasy gospel...
  4. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Only if one has known the power of God in Christ. otherwise...in human strength a rabbi would eat up a biased believer who has no understanding beyond a dogmatic acceptance of Jesus for personal gain. People Like the ones who negate the truth have no chance against even a person who understands...
  5. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Any unbiased appraisal will see that the unruliness is provided by the crows who circle over the threads in order to hurl abuse on the truth. You have the Father all wrong. He does not champion one person's flesh over the other. He is NOT a respecter of persons. Fear the Lord and learn some wisdom.
  6. Episkopos

    Jesus Revolution

    I guess they had to to get back to classes. Imagine the enrollment next year though!
  7. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    You think God is not greater than a rabbi? You have fully underestimated God and His servants. So you actually understand a LOT less than you esteem yourself to have. I go with God's wisdom...not the wisdom of men. A Jewish rabbi (and most modern believers) are stuck in a one-dimensional...
  8. Episkopos

    Jesus Revolution

    What I see is that God loves us while we are yet sinners. He even anoints flawed people with His vision and purity...and gifting! The church is good at receiving new believers. It's what happens to them after that that smacks of religion and human interference. We tend to spoil what God has...
  9. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    I'm not interested in the state of your ego. But you don't seem to be registering an understanding of your own translating. Is Jesus justifying the righteous? or not? can you read it? A non-Hebrew reader can't see it...but can you? (here comes the honesty part) יַצְדִּיק צַדִּיק
  10. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Right, see you in a few years then! ;)
  11. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    You begin with a statement and back it up with both scripture and logic. The other one does the same. Then comes the argument phase where each is given a time to rebut the other. And if there's time, the audience asks questions to one or the other. I believe with the help of God I would...
  12. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Testing your reading skills and your honesty. Why did the translators obscure so many references to the righteous? They were interested in building a religion that only had ONE dimension to righteousness...to keep it simple for the uneducated (unlearned) masses. Do you see that the Hebrew and...
  13. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    I would do better than you think...because I know how Jews think. And I know the MSS. I can show the different levels of righteousness in the Torah. I can show how Christians, for the most part, have no understanding whatsover about righteousness...on any level...mixing everything up. And the...
  14. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    God also gave us martyrs. Does that mean that God hated His saints so much that He put them to death? You are not seeing the difference between the COUNSEL of God and the wrath of God. Does God want us to die for the sake of Christ? Yes. But is it God's wrath on us? No. God wants what is good in...
  15. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Lexham Septuagint. But check out the Hebrew in the MSS...It says the very same thing. So it was those reformers that obscured the text. Do you know how to read this? The MSS says... בְּדַעְתּוֹ יַצְדִּיק צַדִּיק עַבְדִּי, לָרַבִּים; וַעֲוֺנֹתָם, הוּא יִסְבֹּל. yes. But I don't agree with...
  16. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    God is building another level of righteousness on those with a righteous attitude. He builds the New Covenant on the Old....or as I have said...a second storey on a ground floor. That second storey...goes all the way to heaven! :) It's God praising time!
  17. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    See what I mean?
  18. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Very bad reading...that supports wrong thinking. You who claim to be as righteous as God by wrong thinking also think that God was the One crucifying His own Son. But that is wrong. This is no doubt a waste of time for you...but for others.. Acts 2:23 "Him, being delivered by the determinate...
  19. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Calvinism is championing only one aspect of God's ways (plural). The fact that I also understand OT righteousness...and not just the higher NT righteousness...is lost on people who react with the carnal emotions. Logic dictates that I can't be pegged into one religious ideology or the other. The...
  20. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    We will never be able to reach the Jews as long as we throw out a biblical understanding of righteousness. There are two testaments...each with its own standard of righteousness. The New is built on the OLD. It seems that neither the Jews nor modern believers understand the others idea of...