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The way I understand it is that God moves us according to his will in many ways. One way is prayer. If you have a burden for America as I do, He provided it. And it could be a sign God will have mercy on our nation.
Paul says to pray for …
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Back in the 60s I heard two different sets of "facts" about the Vietnam War. Those coming from the media, and those circulating around the college campuses. In time the campus news sources proved to be the most reliable. I noticed that the politi…
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Thanks for the good news! I know of missionaries who died trying to make this happen, and now it's a reality. But I don't think the documentary crew is doing us any favors putting the house churches any more on the radar than they already are.
I don't understand Christians arming themselves, much less preparing to use violence to repel violence. So it would be good to understand how Christian NRA members view their role in comparison to Christ.
A cursory reading of the OT shows…
(Quote)But Jesus became the most famous bond slave in history.....
(Quote)Emptiness produces zero reputation in this case. And a cursory reading of the Gospels shows that Jesus' Messiahship needed divine revelation where his humanity did not.
(Quote)You only prove my point that Jesus became of no reputation as God. The fact that you do not believe he is God illustrates this.
(Quote)The doctrine of the trinity is correct for the whole of Christendom, along with the deity of Christ. It is deviation from these two doctrines that constitute the cults of Christendom or other non christian religions. That is, Christian…
I think we can argue skilfully, but unless the Lord grants understanding, Christian apologetics can only strengthen and edify those who agree.
(Quote)If you cannot understand something, does it mean nobody understands it?
Thanks! Interesting and lots to think about.
(Quote)Even you cannot see that Jesus was God. So he is of no reputation to you as being God. You are a walking lab test proving my point.
(Quote)Jesus certainly did not become of reputation being the most famous man ever to live. He became of no reputation as God. Why did the Jews kill him? The simple answer is that he made himself equal to God, and he claimed to be th…
(Quote)If you cannot discern the trinity or deity of Christ in scripture, it does not automatically mean that Christendom is in error for doing so. It only means they can see it and you cannot. In fact it is the deity of Christ and the trinit…
I think most of the problem in discerning the trinity of God comes from assuming the spiritual realm is subject to the constraints of the physical realm. For instance, the gadarene demoniac is said to have been possessed of thousands of demons, a…
(Quote)This is some of the point I'm making. Is that anyone reading scripture certainly sees the Jesus the man. And even those who do not believe he was God know he is the most famous man ever to live. I think of John Lennon who got himself k…
I believe this is true. God placed teachers in the Church.
Thanks for the post. My elementary understanding of Sola Scriptura was a reaction to the Charismatic Movement that I found my way out of. And so it was rather simple. Only the Bible is God's Word. And if anyone says something that does not square…
(Quote)Thanks for your thoughts. Paul said Jesus became of no reputation (emptied himself) when we know he became of great reputation. So in what way did Jesus not develop a reputation? _ What was he not known for?_ One way is that o…
(Quote)I believe the OT at the time of Christ was off limits in many ways to those not born again. It is obvious that the unregenerate could keep the letter of the Law. That is why God gave it at a level they could understand.
But an…
Many who are obviously not God can be lord in their relationship to others. But no one can say Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Spirit. Lord = 2962. κύριος kuriŏs, koo´-ree-os; from κῦρος kurŏs (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) …
(Quote)Without reputation, empty, void of reputation the point being Paul said Jesus became such. But certainly this cannot mean he became such as a man. He is the most famous man ever to live. So how does Paul reconcile this reputation with …
(Quote)I'm unaware of any passage that does not equate YHWH with God. If you are aware of any please share. I am aware of YHWH translated into the Greek Kurios, used for Lord, as in Lord Jesus in the NT however. In which case, no one can say …
Regardless, Paul says the letter kills (the meaning) but the Spirit gives life. And nobody understood the scriptures except those whom Jesus gave understanding.
“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, wi…
(Quote)“Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,” (Luke 24:45)
“who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives l…
(Quote)Thanks for calling attention to this. But as Paul says, the literal (letter) of sola scriptura kills but the Spirit gives life. The Charismatics go beyond this principle and add new scripture through their revelations and utterances.
(Quote)I believe what you say is true, but if Paul said Jesus became of no reputation concerning one thing but, when it is obvious he became of reputation for another, wouldn't Paul be referring to the thing Jesus did not become known for?
(Quote)Thanks for the interesting and valuable post. I think preconceptions about YHWH might have led to the difficulty of visualizing him standing before Abraham and not the other way around. Jesus (YHWH) was a foot washer in the NT. Think o…
I believe Sola Scriptura > @Mitchell said:
(Quote)There is a catch to Sola Scriptura. And that is the work of the Holy Spirit. “At that time …
(Quote)Please excuse my misuse of the word Notorious. What I should have said was how Famous Jesus remains today. But in view of this Paul says he became of no reputation, despite the fact he did not - if only a man. But obviously he became o…
