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When you refer to God's WORD as pure baloney, then I guess your door is firmly shut. Oh well, can't say I'll see ya on the other side.

Actually I rewrote my response. Apparently we are both wrong. According to Acts 13:33, Jesus was begotten when He was raised from the dead. I am witnessing to that atheist, they are all tough nuts to crack. Plant a seed and pray is all we can hope for.

Most people think Jesus was begotten at birth. Twchnically, being brought into existence, generated by parents at that moment of conception would be more accurate. But I think we are both wrong. The resurrection is when he was begotten. The context talks about becoming High Priest and ascending...

The statement applies to post flood obviously but more accurately from Christ forward. The concept of 1/3 being saved comes from the following passage, which refers specifically to Israel during the Great Tribulation. And it will come about in all the land,” Declares the Lord, “That two parts...

I answered that already. Romans 1 explains that man is without excuse. because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly...

"We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love e the Lord, to those who are called to His purpose. Do you notice that this does not apply to everyone? Only those who love him and are. Allen to HIS PURPOSE. Sin distorts, causes defects, mentally, physically...

Specific names of the individuals you are referring to, please? See, you are just making a off the cuff bombastic statement based on nothing but assumptions and ignorance. You did not know those people, their lives, what they knew, believed, how they lived, nor their awareness of God, and how...

Investigations most thorough and complete!

We need to experience both good and evil. We could not really appreciate or know what good is until we go without it, see the other side. We couldn't know or appreciate God and all His attributes (and all good things come from God). He put the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden for...

Christ's First Coming -- fulfilled!

Oh, for Pete's sake ... can I leave this conversation with my final response. I'll let you have it to chew on. MacArthur is brilliant, but he gets confused sometimes as we all do. He could have stuck with his original explanation without sacrificing any Triune doctrines at all. This topic is in...

The Pre-incarnate God emptied Himself and was then begotten and named Jesus. But here is a more in depth study and interesting perspective. Sonship was not eternal. The second person of of the Trinity was not a son prior to His incarnation http://www.romans45.org/articles/sonship.htm

@Matthias @Wrangler, There is an impenetrable wall between us. Our conversations are futile and I knew that long ago, but carried on for the sake of others reading through this thread. So I must bid you farewell, God Bless. No hard feelings I hope.

God became flesh and dwelt among us! ( John 1:14) The Word is God. Jesus is the Word. It is cut and dry, a child can get it. Jesus is the Light, not a reflection of it. Your analogy is flawed, leaning on your own understanding. But keep looking at yourself in the mirror. You will change over...

No, I don't see a problem with those translations, just with the Geneva translation of John 1:3-4 I reference about eight translations, because none are perfect. I do have my favorites. But if they mess with specific essential doctrines, I won't use them at all. But in your case, I did to...

Slippery. Avoiding the person, Himself. But Who or what is the Holy Spirit to you? God, a person, distinct from Jesus and the Father or just an impersonal force/power of God, and if so could be referred to as "it"? It is possible that the error of not acknowledging the the Holy Spirit as a...

Jesus IS the exact radiance of God's glory in the full. You can't being exactly like God unless you are God. Here are 33 English translations that make that claim: "The Son is the radiance of God’s glory" NIV, ESV, NASB, LSB, AMP, CSB, Holman, NET, WEB, EHV, ESV, HCSB, MEV, MOUNCE, NIRV "Who...

So what is your take on Hebrews 1:8? Will you also offer a "superb translation" that words it differently?

You presented your idea of a superb translation, the Geneva Bible. Here is your understanding of Jesus, Who is described as the WORD. "All things were made by it, and without it was made nothing that was made. In it was life, and that life was the light of men. And that light shineth in the...

You refer to the Son of God, the Word as "it", using a translation you called superb. And then you made this statement: "Christ Jesus is a begotten / created being; begotten / created by His God and my God, by his Father and my Father. A created being cannot be God, who is the Creator. You...