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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    @Bob Estey It's clear that you dismiss parts of the Bible that you think aren't from God or Jesus. However, the rest of us hold a different view. I'm curious as to why you continue to articulate a stance of yours that is already well known to everyone in the forum.
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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    We discover that the complete Bible, encompassing the God-inspired Scriptures, which include Jewish Hebrew-Aramaic and Christian Greek texts, is regarded as "living": Heb. 4:12  For the word of God is alive and exerts power and is sharper than any two-edged sword and pierces even to the...
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    14 IRRESOLVABLE CONTRADICTIONS WHICH RESULT FROM A LITERAL RICH MAN AND LAZARUS

    There are numerous aspects of the illustration that have already been highlighted, indicating that it should not be taken literally. Even if countless additional details are presented, those who cling to the idea of a torturous hell for human souls will remain unwavering in their belief...
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    14 IRRESOLVABLE CONTRADICTIONS WHICH RESULT FROM A LITERAL RICH MAN AND LAZARUS

    While many people tend to interpret the story of the rich man and Lazarus in a literal manner, they often fail to clarify how the concept of the "righteous" dead resting in Abraham's bosom can be taken literally. Are they truly aware of the meaning of the word "bosom" and its usage throughout...
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    14 IRRESOLVABLE CONTRADICTIONS WHICH RESULT FROM A LITERAL RICH MAN AND LAZARUS

    Jesus often used the name Abraham in a symbolic sense. For example, he told the Jews that God could bring forth children for Abraham even from stones (Matt. 3:9). Clearly, the name "Abraham" had a particular symbolism for the Jews. We know that the Jews boasted of having God's approval as a...
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    Interesting that the Bible is "the Word of God", unless someone quotes a translation you disagree with.

    The Bible candidly showcases the flaws of God's servants, allowing us to grasp the genuine nature of imperfection. It recounts the missteps and shortcomings of figures like David, not to encourage emulation of those mistakes, but to highlight the consequences of such actions so we can steer...
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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    In the Bible you find relatively few things said directly by Jesus Christ or Jehovah. However, you find many things written by inspiration, or in other words, other humans wrote them under the influence of the holy spirit or spirit of God. Jesus mentioned one such example here: Mark...
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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    In your imagination you can be whatever you want: a follower of King Kong, a butterfly, a Phoenix, or whatever you think. A different thing is if you really are.
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    Put Christ where he belongs

    The Christian disciples of the first century NEVER CONSIDERED Jesus as their God. Notice that Jesus and God are mentioned as individual persons: Rom.3:29 Or is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of people of the nations? Yes, also of people of the nations. 30 Since God is one...
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    Put Christ where he belongs

    Who cares what you like? You're just a hater, even to Jesus.
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    Put Christ where he belongs

    Jesus, more than 60 years after his ascension to heaven, told his disciples: Rev. 3:12 The one who conquers—I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will by no means go out from it anymore, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the New...
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    Put Christ where he belongs

    Jesus told his disciples: John 20:17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’” Whoever learns from Jesus and accepts his sayings, that one...
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    Put Christ where he belongs

    Jehovah says: Mal. 3:16 At that time those who fear Jehovah spoke with one another, each one with his companion, and Jehovah kept paying attention and listening. And a book of remembrance was written before him for those fearing Jehovah and for those meditating on his name. 17 “And they will be...
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    Put Christ where he belongs

    Is. 60:14 The sons of those who oppressed you will come and bow down before you; All those treating you disrespectfully must bow down at your feet, And they will have to call you the city of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Those who do not worship Jehovah will receive nothing from him...
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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    Then you are clearly not a follower of Jesus, who said that the Scriptures cannot be nullified (John 10:35), since you nullify from the Scriptures whatever you see fit. Do you think if that were approved by Jesus, he would have said that the Scriptures cannot be abrogated? The Greek verb he...
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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    If you are truly a follower of Jesus, shouldn't you consider the Holy Scriptures, just as He himself did? John 10:35 ...the scripture cannot be nullified... PS: He quoted Psal. 82:6 in John 10:34.
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    14 IRRESOLVABLE CONTRADICTIONS WHICH RESULT FROM A LITERAL RICH MAN AND LAZARUS

    It is the Bible that says this: So: Daniel was not in any "bosom of Abraham," much less did he ascend to heaven when Jesus was resurrected, AND David was not in heaven when Peter gave that speech (Acts 2:14-36) in the year 33 CE. If such a location were real, wouldn't it make sense to assume...
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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    This is no surprise to anyone. There are also churches that call themselves "Christian" that are especially designed for homosexuals; a lot of them in the city where I live. Matt. 7:21 Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens, but only the one doing...
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    14 IRRESOLVABLE CONTRADICTIONS WHICH RESULT FROM A LITERAL RICH MAN AND LAZARUS

    There is no mention in Scripture of Abraham being in charge of receiving souls from the dead in an invisible place. What sparked the notion that this mythical location was completely vacated of its treasures to be transported to heaven during Jesus' ascension? Where did this extra-biblical...
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    Is it possible to be SCRIPTURALLY CORRECT AND NOT BE SPIRITUALLY CORRECT?

    It is not Paul whom you are critiquing. All Christians understand that a wife is to be subordinate to her husband as the head of the household, and that a woman should not take on the role of steward within a Christian community. Discontent with certain biblical teachings is not a recent...