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    Church councils?

    wife will kick me off soon
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    Church councils?

    There is no formal doctrine of the Trinity in the New Testament writers. if this means an explicit teaching that in one God there are three co-equal divine persons. But the three are there, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and a triadic ground plan is there, and triadic formulas are there. ... This...
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    Pauline Writings, Summary: ... Without doubt Paul attributes full divinity to Jesus ... Though at times he presents the Son as in some sense subordinate to the Father, he never makes the Son a creature. ... Many passages suggest that the Spirit is an impersonal divine power; but in other...
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    New Testament witness They [Bible writers] assign Him [Jesus] the divine functions of creation, salvation, judgment. Sometimes they call Him God explicitly. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, introduction, p.xv) They [the scriptures] give us no formal or formulated doctrine of the Trinity, no...
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    The Old Testament Witness to God, SUMMARY: ... Perhaps it can be said that some of these writings about word and wisdom and spirit did provide a climate in which plurality within the Godhead was conceivable to Jews. However, these writers definitely do give us the words that the New Testament...
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    Scriptures are the origin of Trinity "As a Catholic and a firm believer in the Triune God ... The doctrine of the Triune God has had an amazing history. Convinced that this doctrine is a Christian doctrine that did and could originate only from divine revelation. (The Triune God, Edmund...
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    "There is no evidence that any sacred writer even suspected the existence of a [Trinity] within the Godhead." -(The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) Notice the Fortman's comment is specifically referring to Old Testaments writers...
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    In both the Synoptics and Acts there is a realization that Jesus' tremendous works-His salvific death, resurrection, and exaltation -indicate that He was and always had been more than a mere man and that only divine titles could properly describe Him. But is there in them, any clear indication...
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    The spirit of Yahweh was often described in personal terms. The spirit was grieved, guided men, instructed them, caused them to rest (Ps 143.10; Neh 9.20; Is 63.10, 14). But it seems quite clear that the Jews never regarded the spirit as a person; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old...
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    But they do give us an elemental trinitarianism, the data from which such a formal doctrine of the Triune God may be formulated. To study the gradual transition from an unformulated Biblical witness to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we...
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    "Although they identify Fortman as a Catholic, they project the false impression that Fortman either rejects trinity, or that he is willing to accept trinity without any Bible support for the doctrine. The Watchtower is a master at "the slight of hand" technique in quoting from orthodox...
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    The Didache (~A.D. 70) And concerning baptism, baptise this way: Having first said all these things, baptise into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living [running] water. … But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head into the name of...
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    The following quotes show that the doctrine of the Trinity was indeed alive-and-well before the Council of Nicea: Polycarp (70-155/160). Bishop of Smyrna. Disciple of John the Apostle. “O Lord God almighty . . . I bless you and glorify you through the eternal and heavenly high priest Jesus...
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    Church councils?

    I already posted Bowman's Outline doctrine trinity.
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    Advantages to Praying

    Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honored; may your ME: God is to be respected. Kingdom come; may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Me: Kingdom is simply God's ruling on earth. BibleGateway - Keyword Search: Kingdom Give us today the food we need. Forgive us the...
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    Advantages to Praying

    In small group discussions after the Worship is over.
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    163 Reasons The LORD JESUS Christ Is Almighty God!!!

    made it to here, that was a tiring run
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    Advantages to Praying

    Centering on Jesus is centering on the Gospel. It is teaching what is basic information on what is needed to come to Jesus. I teach on the Trinty, Ethics and Prayer in the home bible study I am involved with.
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    Was Jesus/Yeshua born with a Sin Nature?

    guise = " an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something. "he visited in the guise of an inspector""
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    Advantages to Praying

    When I was in the USAF, Where ever they sent me a revival reaching those in the cults broke out. Oficers who were Atheists or Cultists were very unhappy and looked for ways to have me transfered thinking that would end the revivals. They were wrong because I trained non-military people to...