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I think that because, as a disciple of Jesus, I’m instructed to have the mind of Jesus. Nothing. I see very clearly in scripture that he has. Okay. What God revealed to Peter before meeting Cornelius covers a lot of ground. God’s timing is in God’s hands.

That’s a good question. I think the best answer is because it was something which was brought to his attention and he had no choice but to address it. I don’t think it was something that just popped into his mind and he thought he should say something about it before it might happen. It came...

The Holy Spirit isn’t going to say that Paul just didn’t know that there was going to be something new under the sun. Rejecting Paul’s teaching, no matter how it is done, isn’t following Paul and Jesus. Funny that you should mention that. From time to time people I ministered to would ask me...

Rebaptism is a repudiation of the earlier baptism. It is a rejection of the previous theological system and it leads to persecution and, sometimes, torture and loss of life.

It is to a disciple of Jesus. Peter was right when he said that Paul sometimes says things which are difficult to understand. They still carry authority and must be understood properly. It’s easy to manipulate Paul’s words, and destructive. Theorizing about what Paul might or might not say in...

Paul speaks the thoughts of God and Messiah unless he says that he isn’t, which he does on rare occasion. Paul is speaking here the thoughts of Yahweh and Jesus.

I was never a Roman Catholic but I was a Protestant @Pancho Frijoles . How would you expect Roman Catholics and Protestants to react when they hear that I was rebaptized after renouncing my former belief in their God? The message is clear to them. Their reaction is, with few exceptions...

I appreciate that you shared what you think about it with me. The fruit of the spirit and the flesh is well-defined by Paul. Sound doctrine produces good fruit in those who listen, believe and obey. Jesus is sent by Yahweh. Paul is sent by Jesus. Unless Paul states that he is speaking his...

I‘m able to agree with you on that. I‘m unable to agree with you on that. We have partial agreement. I always look for areas of agreement and I’m always pleased when I find it. I agree that it is a friendly conversation, and your point about love in relation to theology hits the mark dead...

That could suffice as an accurate description of the church that licensed me and the college that trained me. It wasn’t a mistake. That has been their message since 1975, as an organization. It began long before the foundation of the organization.

Thank you. That helps me to better understand you. As for me, I’ve seen and heard enough in the video to convince me that the fruit looks good on the surface, but isn’t. It’s open rebellion. The fruit is a slap in the face to Paul - a work of darkness. The church that licensed me would see the...

”Classroom” isn’t bad but it doesn’t connote what I had in mind. It’s a little too broad in scope for my intended meaning. Firstly, it causes me to think of my classroom - as both a college student and then, later, as a college professor. Secondly, it causes me to think of instruction by all...

@Pancho Frijoles we’ve been discussing the relationship of theology and practice in another thread. In that regard, have you watched the video I posted in the OP? If you have, what is the fruit you see displayed in it?

Agreed. On that we do not agree. Thank you, I’m certain that you mean well, but I can’t in good conscience accept the invitation. They were acting zealously in accordance with their theology. They haven’t harmed me (Genesis 50:20). I’ve been blessed by it (Matthew 5:11). Perhaps it’s just...

In responding to @Behold with my name you may confuse our readers. I have very little in common with him, and he with me. My God isn’t the Trinity. He has assured me in writing that his God is the Trinity. I’m taking him at his word.

With all that has been said, allow me to give an approving nod to the Jewish rabbis @Pancho Frijoles. “Jewish rabbis teach that with every recital of the Shema prayer, every Jew accepts the yoke of the kingdom of God upon his shoulders.” https://www.icej.org/blog/hear-o-israel/ Jesus, himself...

It is deniable. The Jewish dentist in your hypothetical denies that Jesus is the Messiah. Denying that Jesus is the Messiah is a work of darkness. You’re separating theology from practice. From the perspective the Hebraic mind, the two cannot be separated.

That is true. That is also true. That isn’t quite true. I explain it by saying that it is either implied or inferred in scripture. What I leave open is the possibility that I might be mistaken about it (which is another reason why I say “or”). I would add to that this: others who believe in...

I tell you plainly, as Jesus told them in his day: I end up thinking that their “God” is the devil. I tell you plainly, no. I’m a disciple of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was accused by some (not all, a critically important point) unbelieving Jews in his day. The modern-day Jew who does not...

You are NOT the Messiah promised by the God of Israel = your God is not the God of Israel, but the devil. So said the unbelieving Jews to Jesus. Readers may need to be reminded that not all Jews were / are unbelieving Jews. It isn’t Jesus, himself a Jew, whose God is the devil. (His God and...