(SwampFox;10753)
Know what the trees are. I've been there in the study and I'm not going there again if you choose not to believe it. God said don't do it and they did it. The premise is the same regardless of a fairytale apple or whether it was a sexual act.
As Christians I thought we were supposed to believe the bible is infallible,wouldn't that open a door to Mr.ACLU ordained at the Universal life church or any other phony claiming to have a doctorate in ancient languages and a Christian claiming that other things in the bible were really metaphorical or that certian things are not sins or that God wants you to do as you please instead of obeying him?
Because the church says so.
I was taught that God is almighty and can do anything and the bible is infallible.The literal Genesis account of creation is an example of God's power.
Just be careful, 5/7 were found unfit in the sight of the Lord in Revelation. That's not very good odds. There are a lot of traditions out there that are not of God. If you've studied and feel that's what went down, then fine.
I realize that most of the churches out there phony,some of them were probably the result of someone's so called "interpretation" of the scriptures.
I have to disagree. Those issues attack the very meaning of salvation. If there is no hell, what exactly are we being saved from?
According to the Jehovah's witnesses it is death that we are being saved from if we seek salvation and that the earth will be recreated where all the righteous shall live forever. Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Ecclesiastes 9 5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Psalm 3729 the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.Revelation 21 1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.