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. Continued From No.83 • Col 1:15 . . He is the firstborn of all creation The Greek word translated "firstborn" in that verse is prototokos, which never means created first; no, it always means born first. The correct Greek word for created first is protoktistos. * The average JW probably...

. Continued From No.67 • Acts 1:1-3 . .The first account, O Theophilus, I composed about all the things Jesus started both to do and to teach, until the day that he was taken up, after he had given commandment through holy spirit to the apostles whom he chose. To these also by many positive...

. Continued From No.65 My first encounter with a Watchtower Society agent (a.k.a. Jehovah's Witness) occurred in 1969. At the time I was young and inexperienced; and thus assumed that the missionary coming down my dad's driveway was a typical Christian. But when I talked this over with an...

. Continued From No.57 Here's a question that someone wrote in to the questions from readers section of the April 01, 1976 issue of Watchtower magazine, asking: "Is Jesus the mediator only for anointed Christians? (a.k.a. the 144,000)" The answer given in the magazine is YES. The...

. Were John Q and/or Jane Doe Watchtower Society missionary to be questioned if they believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, I can assure you they would answer in the affirmative. However, they and the interviewer wouldn't be speaking the same language as the conversation would be talking...

. • Song 1:1 . . Solomon's song of songs. Solomon penned quite a few songs; something like 1,005 (1Kings 4:32). Whether he wrote the music too or just the lyrics; I don't know; maybe. He was a very intelligent guy, but that doesn't necessarily mean he was a musician; nor even that he could...

. I suppose there are any number of ways to spiritualize Song, and they're probably all very useful. Nothing especially wrong with allegories; I mean, the apostle Paul allegorized an event from the Old Testament to illustrate his point in Gal 4:21-31, so I think it's probably okay. But as for...

. • Gen 1:20-21 . . And God said: Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after...

. That water you're talking about-- whatever it is and/or wherever it is --was created for the current grand scheme of things. According to second Peter 3:10-12, Rev 20:11, and Rev 21:1 everything made in the first chapter of Genesis is slated to be utterly obliterated and nothing spared, i.e...

. • Gen 1:2b . . and darkness was over the surface of the deep This particular deep is a curiosity because 2Pet 3:5 says the earth was formed out of water and by water. So I think it's safe to conclude that every atomic element that God needed to construct the Earth was in suspension in this...

That passage is problematic for some religions (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) because it reveals Christ exists as a sprit being and a physical being simultaneously. Nevertheless it's a fact verified by John 1:1-4 and John 1:14 _

. • 1Cor 4:4 . . My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. Man was created with as near a perfect conscience as a creature can be given. • Gen 1:27 . . God created Man in His own image, in the image of God created He him. But then came the forbidden fruit incident by which...

. Some time ago, a pastor in Arizona utilized a highway billboard to poll people's opinion not of Christianity, rather; what people think of Christians. Here's the gist of his message: DESCRIBE CHRISTIANS WITH ONE WORD Text Me-- 480-630-1152 The results of the poll can be viewed via Instagram...

. A good Christian friend of mine passed away back in 2006. At the time, I knew the Bible quite a bit better than he did. The irony of that is: by the time I get to Heaven he will know the Bible better; and I rather expect upon arrival to be assigned to his class along with other newbies wherein...

. The letter to Hebrews was addressed to Jews (Heb 1:1) When outsiders attempt to christianize the letter, they get themselves confused; for example; • Heb 10:26-28 . . If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only...

. • 1 John 3:9 . . No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Only one man has ever been God's offspring i.e. God has but one descendant. (Luke 1:35, John 1:14, John 1:18, John 3:16, John 3:18, and 1John 4:9 )...

. Obligating one's self to the Ten Commandments automatically obligates one's self to all the commandments contained in the covenant that Moses' people entered into with God on oath per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. No cherry picking. • Deut 4:2 …You shall not add anything to...

. • Gen 2:1-2 . .The heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God finished the work that He had been doing, and He ceased on the seventh day from all the work that He had done. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it God ceased...

. Critics get upset with the all-powerful loving God for not stepping in and preventing the so-called fall of man. But they need to remember that humanity wasn't created to be the subject of domestication and animal husbandry, i.e. beasts. No, people were created in the image and likeness of...

If true that God is all knowing, and that nothing can be kept secret from Him, and that nothing takes Him by surprise; then the answer to your inquiry has to be YES. If true; then He also foreknew He would be drowning most of the world's inhabitants with a global deluge, and that He would be...