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@Rita I love how Psalm 23 ties in with John chapter 10, about the Good Shepherd...

@Mayflower Hadn't heard that one before; very Trinitarian lyrics, which is good....

@Mayflower It is a reminder of the primacy of the inward and spiritual; Philippians is strong on this; cf. 'Let this mind be in you...' (Philippians 2.5); '...think on these things' (Philippians 4.8).

@Rene Asologuitar FYI....thread I started...

Hi, Sir, Reminds me of Colossians 1.12: "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light".

In reference to why Protestants protested.

One name; three Persons.

Matthew 28.19: "... baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost".

@Abigail Scripture does speak of a whole host of doctrines about the Person and work of Christ, which some deny.

@Abigail So did you avoid a numbing cream also? :) I would hesitate to regard it as a rite; more as a pragmatic tool that works in witness conversations.

Some of what you say is not accurate; it was the disciples of John in view in Acts 19 and not normative.

As per Matthew 28, one name, three Persons.

Paul in Ephesians 1 has just been speaking of the Ephesian believers having been 'sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise' (v. 13) and about His own power in raising the Lord Jesus from the dead: "the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty...

Father, Son and Holy Spirit are deeply present in Scripture: end of Matthew 28, John's Gospel, esp. chs. 10 thru 17; Romans 8; John's First Epistle, etc.

Hi @Naomi25 In terms of 1 Corinthians 10.32, if we ask, as well as 'what?' and 'when?', 'who?' in relation to the rapture, then this reference to the three distinct groups of people will give an answer. I know that many of a Reformed persuasion see little distinction between Israel and the church.