Being given immortality and incorruption does not demand a new body. If it was a new body there would be no resurrection.
Wait. Are you denying Jesus was resurrected in a glorified body that will not die?
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Being given immortality and incorruption does not demand a new body. If it was a new body there would be no resurrection.
I was more concerned witrh your false witness against a follower of Jesus.
I will answer you r reply in parts.
I cannot speak for all trinitarians, but I know Jesus is the only begotten Son of God. that concerns His humanity. But before he became man The bible teaches this:
John 1:1
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
This is another error of the Watchtower.
It is not the body, but the blood that is given for remission of sins. they have lied to you and twisted the Scripture to deceive you.
Here are the 20 Things the Blood of Christ Does
- It remits sins (Matt. 26:28 NKJV).
- It gives life to those who consume it (John 6:53).
- It causes us to dwell in Christ and Him in us (John 6:56).
- It is the means by which Jesus purchased the church (Acts 20:28).
- It is the means by which Jesus becomes our atonement through faith (Rom. 3:25).
- It justifies us and saves us from God’s wrath (Rom. 5:9).
- It redeems us (Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:18–19; Rev. 5:9).
- It brings those who were far away from God near to Him (Eph. 2:13).
- It grants us the forgiveness of sins (Col. 1:14).
- It brings peace and reconciliation with God (Col. 1:20).
- It has “obtained eternal redemption” for us (Heb. 9:12).
- It cleanses our consciences from “dead works” to serve the living God (Heb. 9:14).
- It is the means by which we enter the Most Holy Place with boldness (Heb. 10:19 NIV).
- It “speaks a better word than the blood of Abel” (Heb. 12:24 NIV).
- It sanctifies us (Heb. 13:12).
- It makes us complete for “every good work” (Heb. 13:20–21 NKJV).
- It “cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).
- It bears witness in the earth along with the Spirit and the water (1 John 5:8 KJV).
- It is the means by which Jesus washes us (Rev. 1:5; 7:14 KJV).
- It is the means by which we overcome the accuser of the brethren (Rev. 12:10–11).
ohn isn't saying that Jesus is God. At John 20:31 John said that everything he wrote was to prove that Jesus is the son of God.
At 1Timothy 3:16 where your translation says that it was God manifest in the flesh, most modern Bible translations say, "he was manifest in the flesh" that's because in the best known Bible manuscripts the word "he" is there not the word "God." So no this scripture isn't saying it was God that was manifest in the flesh but that it was the Only Begotten Son of God who was manifest in the flesh. Trinitarians removed the word "he" in this scripture and replaced it with the word "God."
Being given immortality and incorruption does not demand a new body. If it was a new body there would be no resurrection. YOu deny the simle word resurrection which means a standing again. In order for something to stand agaqin it has to be laid down prior. Jesus said He would rise bodily from the dead.
John 2:18-22
King James Version
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Sorry Barney but Arius, Origen and the Watchtower got it all wrong! Believe the word of God as written instead of the slick commentaries of those who oppose their own selves.
What I'm saying @Roland NoletteHi
Emily:
Well sorry but the bible is clear:
Acts 4:12
King James Version
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
If they are trusting in a combo of faith in Jesus and works as Muslims, JW';s Mormons and others do- they are not saved. We have to trust in the death and resurrection of jesus as the sole means of our salvation.
there are no righteous gentiles. romans 3 tells us there are none righteous outside of jesus.
Lack of discernment, brother. Jesus is our Lord but not The LORD God. The Bible says God selected Jesus to judge the world. Jesus admitted he was given all authority. Discern.
Your humility is showing. The threat title says Acts & the trinity. The OP says Acts & the trinity. I started this thread but somehow your telling me what this thread is about.
Discernment. Firstborns are always only children until other children come along. We are all sons and daughters of God. Created, one and all, even Jesus.
I am a follower of Jesus and a rejecter of the trinity.
Wait. Are you denying Jesus was resurrected in a glorified body that will not die?
This thread is about Acts.
How the trinitarians deliberately misinterpret John 1 has been delved into dozens of times already. HINT: John 1:1 does not even have Jesus in it.
No they don't, but it's ironic because you deliberately misinterpret acts.
First of all at John 1:1 the very first part of verse one says, in the beginning was the word and the word was with God. The last part of first one doesn't contradict the first part when it says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God. Some other Bibles other than the KJV has John 1:1 translated differently and I'm not even thinking of the NW translation when I say that. John isn't saying that Jesus is God. At John 20:31 John said that everything he wrote was to prove that Jesus is the son of God.
At 1Timothy 3:16 where your translation says that it was God manifest in the flesh, most modern Bible translations say, "he was manifest in the flesh" that's because in the best known Bible manuscripts the word "he" is there not the word "God." So no this scripture isn't saying it was God that was manifest in the flesh but that it was the Only Begotten Son of God who was manifest in the flesh. Trinitarians removed the word "he" in this scripture and replaced it with the word "God."
At John 5:18 Jesus never said he was equal to God in this scripture nor did he imply he was by saying that God was his Father. This was bad reasoning on the Jews part by not only saying Jesus was making himself equal to God but also saying Jesus broke the Sabbath which Jesus wasn't guilty of that either. This scripture shows how erroneous the Jews reasoning was when it came to the scriptures.
Life is in the blood and the life that Jesus sacrificed was a human life. Jesus didn't take that human life back he was resurrected a life giving spirit, Jesus was resurrected with a spirit body not a human body.
What I'm saying @Roland Nolette
Is when Muslims receive Jesus, this changes how they teach Islam.
Jesus fulfills all laws as Lord of lords
Or central Authority of Law over all laws.
Like the Constitutional laws are central
and all State laws still must abide by it.
They still keep their local language for their local laws.
The JW who receive Jesus and become Christian: some may leave but others stay to help teach fellow JW to receive Jesus. They use that system to communicate with others.
So yes this does change how these groups teach.
While these groups may still keep their language and just change the way they teach, using that language to reach that audience in terms they can understand.
I know a Muslim Christian who explained things to his Muslim Parents using their Muslim teachings. They had to obey because he gave the rebuke by his faith in God through Christ. But keeps his Muslim language in order to communicate with his family.
He totally believes in Jesus as God, and his parents objected thinking this was blasphemous.
His faith added to his Muslim laws and fulfills the teaching that Muslims must respect the Jewish Torah, Christian Scriptures and Muslim Quran.
If there is dispute, using Matthew 18:15-20 and for Muslims Sura 109 can resolve any conflict in Christ.
My friend with Muslim parents explained to them using Sura 109 so they accepted and agreed to be at peace with his beliefs about God and Jesus.
He still obeys and doesn't violate the standards they have as Muslims which Jesus Authority governs as well.
Wow! Trinitarians deliberately misinterpret unitarian text of the entire Bible, written by monotheist Jews who reject the trinity to this . Wow. Just wow!
When acts says God raised Jesus from the dead and selected him to judge the world, just how am I misinterpreting it?
You can argue all you want but the fact that Jesus was resurrected with a immortal and incorruptible body when he was resurrected beans he wasn't resurrected with the exact same body. As I said he wasn't a immortal incorruptible human before he died and he wasn't resurrected as a mortal corruptible human when he was resurrected, so he had a different body, you can argue all you want but that's not going to change
Life is in the blood and the life that Jesus sacrificed was a human life. Jesus didn't take that human life back he was resurrected a life giving spirit, Jesus was resurrected with a spirit body not a human body.
John 1: 1 describes who the word was- and the Word was God! John wasn't saying Jesus was His Father, but that Jesus was equally divine as His Father.