If that's what you think, that's quite OK.
Well, I didn't see an answer. As to your question, is God a man, He certainly is now in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Stranger
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If that's what you think, that's quite OK.
i misunderstood you @ "dragon" there, sorry.Why would I, by extenision, believe meeting Him in the air is symbolic?
Stranger
HUH??I never said Jesus said we became his sheep prior to coming to Him in faith. I said we are His sheep prior to faith. More wordsmith from you. More deception.
Was Jesus lying when he said "ye believe not, because ye are not my sheep"?
Reread #414 again and try to pay more attention.
Stranger
And, is YOU walk like a liar and talk like a liar . . .That's because you have absolute zero understanding. All you know how to do is talk smack. Your haughty pious attitude is an insult to the very Word you proclaim.
You're right however. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck....
None of your ducks are in a row Mary.o
Ahhhh, so you have created a NEW Canon of Scripture??Well lets go back to Peter, remember Him denied Jesus 3 time, remember Judas, one of them twelve, Jesus said he is a devil, remember Saul, pharisee of pharisees killing Jesus children all the while pleasing the pharisees, oh yes they where not perfect people all the reason why Jesus had to pull them aside and chat to them and they are not sacred scriptures just the words of the bible a book that men have placed higher than God Himself.. and there all all teh other little disputes they had,
Luk 9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Luk 9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
Luk 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Oh thats right , thats why Peter was never a pope.
This reveals a LOT about you.Sorry bible does not say that. Peter was sent to fed His sheep, the rest where not thats 1 in 12. You see to be His sheep there are some requirements
Joh 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Joh 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
That would exclude teh majority of Christians, than there is this bit
Luk_14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
That drags down teh numbers a little bit more
Joh 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
An that is why very few if any of "His Sheep" will you find a part of any religion or in any church, Foe He is their first love this bit
Mat 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Mat 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
nothing else, no one else is worth dying for or teh price.
HUH??
Explain the difference:
"I never said Jesus said we became his sheep prior to coming to Him in faith.
I said we are His sheep prior to faith."
Talk about contradictory wordsmithing . . .
Why do you keep asking ME questions when you refuse to answer MINE.'Are' shows that we existed as His sheep. 'Became' means something occurred to make us His sheep. I'ts not hard.
I see you didn't put my question in the quote. Did you think I would forget. So I will ask it again. Was Jesus lying when He said "ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep"? (John 10:26)
Stranger
Why do you keep asking ME questions when you refuse to answer MINE.
I have been asking you for days now: Are you a Calvinist?
Do you believe in Double Predestination - where God create some for Heaven and He creates the rest, just so He can throw them into Hell??
Answer MY question - and I'll be more than happy to answer yours.
This will affect my answer to your question.
I'm not talking about predestination for some. God does predestine some for Heaven.I know I'm jumping in here, but you don't have to be a "Calvinist" to understand God choses. Calvinism is a man's theology for sure, like Catholicism, but the scriptures state clearly and shows clearly that God choses.
all men after Adam come into the world by the will of the flesh, like any other creature on the planet, but born of Spirit, the Holy Spirit is by will of the Spirit. hence those who remain in the life they were born into the world with go where that life ends up, those born of the Holy Spirit by the will of the Spirit remain with the same as the Holy Spirit remains.
so God choses He had respect for Abel's offering and not Cain's that would be choice on God's part. Noah was ten generations from Adam, and Abraham was ten generation from Noah first born of course. that is choice, that is predestined. God's choice is the predestination, and one who is not chosen by God is that person's predestination.
the Almighty has the power to chose, and has no obligation to accept that which is not chosen by Him.
Why do you keep asking ME questions when you refuse to answer MINE.
I have been asking you for days now: Are you a Calvinist?
Do you believe in Double Predestination - where God create some for Heaven and He creates the rest, just so He can throw them into Hell??
Answer MY question - and I'll be more than happy to answer yours.
This will affect my answer to your question.
No - Jesus didn't lie.I am a Christian. I don't know what you are talking about when you say 'double predestination'. And, I don't think you do either. Election is election. It is not a double election. Predestinatin is predestination. It is not a double predestination. How ignorant.
As to election, yes I believe it is true. As to predestination, yes I believe it is true.
So, was Jesus lying when He said "ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep"?
Stranger
No - Jesus didn't lie.
YOU are simply reading things into it that just aren't there.
As for Predestination - no, there is not only ONE view.
Whereas God does predestine some people to grow His people on earth - He doesn't create anybody just to throw them into Hell.
Moses and David are good examples of predestination.
As I already pointed out - 1 Tim. 2:4 tells us in NO uncertain terms that God wills the salvation of ALL people and that ALL come to a knowledge of the truth. Additionally - John 3:16 says that god LOVED the world and sent His son to save it - but that this decision is OURS:
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
YOUR view that God is a monster who creates people just to toss them into Hell is completely ANTI-Biblical.
Yup - they weren't His Sheep because they didn't believe - and they didn't believe because they weren't His Sheep.Good, then it is as Jesus said. "ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep" (John 10:26)
Stranger
As I said, you are certainly entitled not to see the answer as provided in God's word.Well, I didn't see an answer. As to your question, is God a man, He certainly is now in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Stranger
Yup - they weren't His Sheep because they didn't believe - and they didn't believe because they weren't His Sheep.
Glad we can finally agree . . .
And you call ME a "wordsmith" while you pervert this verse by injecting your bizarre little interpretation . . .See, the 'wordsmith' must add to the Scripture to fit his desired interpretation. (John 10:26) "ye believe not, because ye are not my sheep".
They were His sheep before they believed. Because they were His sheep, they believed.
Stranger
No - the Son resides in Heaven with a glorified Body.As I said, you are certainly entitled not to see the answer as provided in God's word.
No, Jesus is not a man. Jesus returned to the Father in Heaven, being Jesus was God, he is once again the Holy Spirit. Not flesh. Spirit.
This reveals a LOT about you.
No wonder you're so full of lies and falsehood. You're simply "hating" everyboy, Like Jesus "commanded" - right?
Unbelievable ignorance . . .
is this supposed to be about me, or theology and your disbelief in Calvinism? again you didn't know whether the person you were posting was even of such doctrine did you?I'm not talking about predestination for some. God does predestine some for Heaven.
The false Calvinist doctrine of Double Predestination is what I'm, talking about - where God creates some for Heaven and some for Hell.
1 Tim. 2:4 tells us in NO uncertain terms that God wills the salvation of ALL people and that ALL come to a knowledge of the truth.
God is not a hypocrite nor does He contradict Himself. Nobody is created by God just so He can toss them into Hell - NOBODY.
As for Catholicism being a "man's" theology - my guess is that you are only saying this because of an ignorance of the teachings of the Church.