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I can't keep up with this discussion - the number of posts seems to be increasing exponentially! I'll contribute this extract from 'The Great Debate Regarding The Father, Son & Holy Spirit', appendix D, concerning John 1:1. The only passage which even comes close to teaching the Trinity is 1...

Yeshua also said he had a God four times in one verse - in Revelation 3:12 (WEB): (12) He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which...

It's not my version! It's the Literal Standard Version. Likewise Young's Literal Translation says: (17) And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty; Other translations that also say "the Spirit" are, for example, the American Standard Version, Darby...

Sorry, but we're not allowed to discuss the doctrine of the Trinity. I obviously believe the Trinity doctrine to be a false doctrine. I was just pointing out the error of changing the Scriptures by substituting the name Jesus when it is not there in the original Scriptures. The original name...

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...