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Early Christology question
by M.J. inmy knowledge about this is limited to some quotes of what various early church fathers taught and what they said about "heresies", in addition to the nt.
could some of the more knowledgeable folks on this board give their input as to what schools of thought were out there in the 1st century regarding christ's nature, the worship of christ, etc.?
leolaia in another post mentioned how there were three principle factions around the question of salvation.
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A study of Galatians
by Billygoat inseveral months ago, i asked a friend of mine from church to become my "accountability partner.
" basically, someone that meets with me once a week and we share what is going on in our lives.
the point is to share joys, unburden griefs, pray together, pray for each other, be brutally honest with each other, study the bible together, etc.
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All things have been handed to me
by peacefulpete inon another thread the story about jacob wrestling god and cliaming to have seen god face to face reminded me of an interesting point about matt 11:27: "all things have been delivered to me (handed to me) by my father"; and noone knows the son except the father and none knows the father except the son and anyone whom the son choses to reveal him.".
this verse is often lifted from context and used to support a number of doctrinal positions, however in context the stament alludes to jesus being superior to previous prophets including moses and jacob because of his having seen god and had the associated full disclosure from him.. .
the connections between "seeing" god and having his full disclosure "knowing god" and his mind, is made at ex.33:12-23 where moses asks to "know"god's ways and the response is to allow him to "see" him though in a indirect way.
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Bible Reading Leading to More Doubt Than Faith... :(
by jeanniebeanz inok, it?s taken me longer to get my thoughts together on this than i expected, but here is the reason that i have come to have doubts in the divine nature of the bible; its failure to show that the god it describes is abiding by "his" own standards.. for example, according to 2 peter 1:20, the entire bible is inspired of god.
the main attributes of "god" are that "he" is love (1 john 4:8), "he" is just (deuteronomy 32:4), and "he" has all of the power (revelation 7:12).. with that in mind, my first problem with the bibles authenticity is that this ?loving god?
murdered the entire world of men at one point in history by drowning them.
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would you think this scripture could be used for religious tolerance?
by candidlynuts inmark 9: 38-40 nwt.
38 john said to him: ?teacher, we saw a certain man expelling demons by the use of your name and we tried to prevent him, because he was not accompanying us.?
39 but jesus said: ?do not try to prevent him, for there is no one that will do a powerful work on the basis of my name that will quickly be able to revile me; 40 for he that is not against us is for us.
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What Happened to the Body?
by hmike ini'm fairly new here, so please excuse me if this has been discussed before.
it seemed like an appropriate time to bring this up.. suppose we accept that there really was a man jesus, rabbi, teacher, etc., but just a mortal man.
so if he didn't resurrect, what happened to the body, and how was the "myth" of the resurrection perpetuated, especially in light of the numerous "witnesses" (some of whom were still alive when the accounts were written, if we can believe that part of the accounts) and the effect this had on their lives?
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Resurrection to Spirit Form, Your Opinion would be Appreciated,
by jeanniebeanz in2 corinthians 5:6-8 seems to indicate that, according to traditional christian thinking, once a christian dies they are immediately present with the christ.. .
2 corinthians 5:6-8 (kjv).
6. therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the lord, 7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight;) 8 we are confident, i say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the lord.. .
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LET GOD BE TRUE........WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH......
by gdt ina challenge for any who wish to use their youngs or strongs analytical concordances, and just listen to the bible as to the creator's personage.. names @ titles of: the father the son the holy spirit.
descriptive name given yhwh jesus no name, pneuma/ruahh/ wind.
king of kings yes yes no.
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Modalism vs. Trinitarianism (which one stands better against JW doctrine?)
by Ianone inmodalistic monarchianism, also known as modalism, is the view that god variously manifested himself as the father (primarily in the old testament), other times as the son (primarily from jesus?
conception to his ascension), and other times as the holy spirit (primarily after jesus?
ascension into heaven).
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Jesus Christ! Is this a contradiction?
by observador inthe other day while rereading the scriptures about the last supper, i spotted something that is very interesting.. mathew 26:23 reads:"in reply he said: "he that dips his hand with me in the bowl is the one that will betray me.".
the above doesn't make much sense to me because it implies that one would have to give himself away by doing exacly what jesus said the betrayor would do.
now, look at how john words the same event in john 13:26:"therefore jesus answered: "it is that one to whom i shall give the morsel that i dip".