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Matthew 28:19 (ESV)
[sup]19 [/sup]Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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Okay, this is impressive ... if the Holy Spirit actually did what you say He did.Most Christians work hard to prove their doctrine. Just look at the Christian apologetics. Proving means you shore up all the proof verses that support your position. In this process you are biased, because the outcome is predetermined. Testing is done similarly to a court process. You take an independent position and declare the position (or doctrine) you want to test. Then you shore up all the proof that supports that position, and also search for counter proofs. You gather then all together and then evaluate the data. The outcome is not predetermined, for it is determined by the result of the investigation. Since you take an independent position, you must accept the end result, whatever it may be. I tested the trinitarian doctrine when I loved it. I never wanted to disprove it, because I knew it and enjoyed it so much. But for long I was on the opinion that the doctrine was never really tested by the churches. It was passed down through the centuries and often forced down the throats of people, sometimes upon the pain of exile or even death. Those who disagreed were labelled as heretics and persecuted. The Christian Church has never truly tested it. So one night I came before my Father and prayed for his help. I promised that I'd accept whatever the outcome of my investigation would be. The next morning the deity of the Holy Spirit fell apart in 10 minutes simply by collecting related verses through the Strong's Concordance. The doctrine of the deity of Jesus collapsed in a week as some of the passages are harder to interpret. Then I moved on to test other ideas. It was a frightening experience, for suddenly I felt alone in the whole world. Then as time went on I discovered that I had joined the fastest growing religion in the world. God is calling His people out of the idolatrous Babylon. Hear His voice!
I have many Scripture verses that teach who and what Satan is.Your ideas about Satan was adopted from the Pagan religion called Zoroastrianism.
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY's IDEAS ARE ALL FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.My religion is the same as the first century Christians had before they adopted Pagan ideas.
Okay, this is impressive ... if the Holy Spirit actually did what you say He did.
(Multitudes of people have been deceived by Satan and his demons.)
Do you have lots of verses to counterbalance the 80+ verses I have that teach Jesus is God?
First of all, before continuing, let's be very clear about this ...
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THESE 80+ VERSES WERE ADDED TO THE SCRIPTURES?
I have many Scripture verses that teach who and what Satan is.
This is how the church knows this stuff.
Again I would ask ... were these verses also added to the Scriptures at some point?
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY's IDEAS ARE ALL FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
I can go along with your thinking somewhat ... if the Scriptures were changed since the first century.
I'm giving you the opportunity to use this as an excuse for your ideas.
It Looks to me like by what you are saying you would be one of the people who would of kill Jesus and you still would today ? is that right. i think you have another Jesus ?[/size]
There is not a single one as far as I know. Spare me the effort to retype things over and over and read my posts, because I dealt with many of them.
Up to quite recently tribal membership was traced through the father's blood line. I wrote about this also, but people don't seem to understand its implications.
If Jesus was not the biological son of Joseph, he doesn't belong to the tribe of Judah. Make your pick. If you want him to be a virgin-born god-man, so be it, but than he doesn't qualify to the throne of David, ergo, he is not the Messiah. For me I follow the real son of David who came in his Father's name, not the one who came in his own co-eternal and co-equal name.
There are a few verses that have been added, but they are known to textual scholars. To be clear, I do believe that the originals were error free, which we don't have. From memory the earliest complete manuscripts are from the 4th century, which is still pretty good.
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Sure. The bible records what people believed at that time. For example, near the Syrian border sickness was attributed to demons, in Jerusalem to sin.
So goes the claim. JWs also believe that, so do all other sects. At least the Catholics are honest and admit their church tradition is more important.
If you added that Evangelical Christianity derives its ideas from the evangelical interpretation of the scriptures, I wouldn't argue with that.
For your info I used to be an Evangelical Christian, obtained a theology degree and served in full time ministry.