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Holy Spirit in the Old Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit Spirit entered me and set me on my feet (Ezek 2:2) and the Spirit of Christ within them (O.T. prophets) was indicating (1 Pet 1:11). h. A good example in the New testament of the Holy Spirit indwelling a person by metonymy when they had supernatural power is Acts 2:39 where the Holy Spirit is said to be given, when in fact it is one of the 9 spiritual gifts. Paul reminded his readers when giving them personal marriage advice, "I also have the Spirit of God" inside him, when in fact he was using this indwelling metaphor of ... ""It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people ... Ezek 10:18 the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple c. "Stand in the gate of the Lord's house and proclaim there this word and say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-Old-Testament.htm

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Indwelling of the Holy Spirit ... If you had one of the nine supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit, He is said to indwell you by metonymy. d. The Holy Spirit is not actually inside your body, for that is impossible, you simply have the power of God ... A good example in the Old testament of the Holy Spirit indwelling a person by metonymy when they had supernatural power is when the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet (Ezek 2:2) and the Spirit of Christ within them (O.T. prophets) was indicating (1 Pet 1:11). l. A good example in the New testament of the Holy Spirit indwelling a person by ... And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him Jn 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make ... Notice that when the first gentile (Cornelius, Acts 10:15-16) was also baptized in the Holy Spirit miraculously. e. Joel 2:28 continued to be miraculously fulfilled throughout the apostolic age as late as AD 110. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Indwelling.htm

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Brown, Colin: New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology occurrence of triads of deities in ancient Near Eastern paganism." (New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Colin Brown, 1932, God, vol 2, Three, p687, C. J. Hemer) "As far as we can establish, the NT church did not reflect on the relationship of the exalted Christ to God the Father as did later church doctrinal teaching. One may perhaps say that there is indeed no developed doctrine of the Trinity in the NT, but that the writers, particularly in the later strata, thought in trinitarian forms." (New International Dictionary of New ... The Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit occurs only in the baptismal formula in Matt. 28:19. The later addition, I Jn. 5:8 (in Lat. texts from the 6th cent.), contains the triad, the Father, the Word and the Holy ... From this it follows also that the dead person can be thought of simply as a pneuma, as belonging wholly to the spiritual realm (Lk. 24:37, 39; 1 Tim. 3:16: Heb. 12:23; 1 Pet. 3:18 f.; 4:6). It is possible that Paul ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Brown.htm

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Why I left the Pentecostal church What he said was like a direct command from Jesus Christ himself. With this in mind .. at the age of 12 .. I was told I was being called into the ministry and preached my first sermon shortly thereafter. I spent a total of 18 years preaching as a "Pentecostal" preacher. I taught the "Jesus Only" doctrine known as the "Apostolic Faith" (United Pentecostal Church). To ... I have two cousins that are "Pentecostal" preachers. I have been accused of being "In a den of thieves and a pit of vipers", because of my stand on the Word of God and my faithfulness to the Lord's church. My wife ... Only the disciples and those they laid hands on had this power .... They are all dead. B. Pentecostalism teaches .. a person may speak in "tongues" while under the influence of the "Holy Spirit" ...just ... E. How long did it last? ... Until the New Testament could be written and given to the world. F. Paul preached that the time would come .. tongues and miraculous gifts would cease. (1 Cor 13:9,10) a. (Jam ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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Official creed of Assemblies of God ... John 5:17-30, 32, 37; John 8:17, 18 (e) The Title, Lord Jesus Christ The appellation, "Lord Jesus Christ," is a proper name. It is never applied, in the New Testament, either to the Father or to the Holy Ghost. It therefore belongs ... He is, therefore, acknowledged to be both God and man; who because He is God and man, is "Immanuel," God with us. Matt. 1:23; 1 John 4:2, 10, 14; Rev. 1:13, 17. (g) The Title, Son of God Since the name "Immanuel" embraces both God and man in the one Person, our Lord Jesus Christ, it ... intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work (Acts 2:42), and a more active love for Christ, for His Word and for the lost (Mark 16:20). 8. The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost The baptism of ... The Assemblies of God exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to this reason-for-being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. This experience: a. Enables them ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-assemblies-of-god.htm

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Julius R. Mantey: Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament: ... What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and deceive you: Here is the letter written by Julius R. Mantey, whose Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament has been quoted by ... Since Colwell's and Harner's article in JBL, especially that of Harner, it is neither scholarly nor reasonable to translate John 1:1 "The Word was a god." Word-order has made obsolete and ... the verb, and both Colwell and Harner have stated that theos in John 1:1 is not indefinite and should not be translated "a god". Watchtower writers appear to be the only ones advocating such a translation now. ... The mistranslation of ego eimi as "I have been" in John 8:58. The addition of "for all time" in Hebrews 9:27 when nothing in the Greek New Testament supports it. The attempt to belittle Christ by ... He just looked at me. So I repeated, "What is the subject of the sentence?" He didn't know. This was the only person in the Watchtower to read Greek and he didn't know, the subject of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Mantey.htm

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The Personality & Deity of the Holy Spirit proven from the Bible ... ... Otherwise it is like taking you "lap top computer" into court instead of your lawyer. D. The Holy Spirit can be fellowshipped: The Holy Spirit can be fellowshipped: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all" 2 Cor 13:14. We are not saying that the word fellowship itself, demands the Holy Spirit is a person, but that a word that normally, but not always implies personality, is used in ... G. The Holy Spirit bears witness in a pattern that always involves a person: The "Holy Spirit" is said to speak ("The Holy Spirit Says") , then quotes an Old Testament verse, is a pattern found throughout the New Testament proving He is a person: This is a function ... Heb 3:7-11 (Ps. 95:7-11)Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-personality-deity.htm

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Encyclopedia Americana However both taught trinity, the uncreated deity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. The current theocratic organization of Jehovah's Witnesses as taught in the 20th century was not present in the Bible either, since there was no organization larger than local independent and autonomous churches. What Influenced It? India. Triune Hindu godhead, c. 7th ... The simplest affirmation is that God is "Three in One, and One in Three," without making use of such technical terms, derived from law or philosophy, as "substance" or "person." God is Father, and the Father is ... is not Bible based but of pagan. But it gets even worse! Americana plainly states that the apostolic church believed in the deity of Christ! "For the early Christian belief that Jesus was divine" We ... The scriptural data for the doctrine of God begins in the Old Testament, which lays the greatest emphasis upon pure monotheism: God is One (as in the sacred Sheina, "Hear, 0 Israel: The Lord our God is one ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Americana.htm

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Bowman, Robert M.: Why You Should Believe In The Trinity Bowman, Robert M.: Why You Should Believe In The Trinity What Anti-Trinitarians quote: "The New Testament does not contain a formalized explanation of the trinity that uses such words as ... That Bowman is contrasting the undeveloped trinitarian beliefs of the apostles, (who believed in the deity of Christ but had not yet come to grips with the impact on the oneness of God issue) with the developed creedal explanations in Nicea 300 years later. Our comment Just because the Bible fails to "fully develop" trinity doctrine to the same extent as the Nicene fathers, doesn't mean that Jesus isn't God! The mistake of may people today ... In other words, we should be content preaching a mono-theism where Jesus is divine and the Holy Spirit is a person, without trying to figure out the mechanics of such an arrangement as the Nicene Creed does. Deception Exposed: By creating a false dilemma that says: "if the word trinity is not found in the Bible then Jesus isn't divine" Anti-Trinitarians ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Bowman.htm

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Kung, Hans: Christianity and the World Religions JW's quote Kung, and project the false view that they would have an easier time converting Muslims to Watchtower view of God, (where they call Jesus Lord, a God, and Messiah) than Trinitarians to the Triune God. They failed to tell you this that Kung said: "the decisive Christian objection was that Islam ... The distinctions made by the doctrine of the Trinity between one God and three hypostases do not satisfy Muslims, who are confused, rather than enlightened, by theological terms derived from Syriac, Greek, and Latin. Muslims find it all a word game. . . . Why should anyone want to add anything to the ... says in essence: "Muslims find trinity, INCARNATION and the "Sonship of Christ" offensive" The fact remains that the title theos, is clearly applied to Christ proving that Jehovah's Witnesses make a deceptive argument as Lohse states: "Speaking first of the person of Jesus Christ ... In other passages of the New Testament the predicate "God" is without a doubt applied to Christ.' ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kung.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers referred to false doctrine as bad tradition ... The "church fathers" would point out that the Gnostic theology differed from scripture and the Gnostic tradition differed from the church's apostolic tradition. The reference to the ... invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that." Mark 7:7-13 "See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ." Colossians 2:8 "preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and ... Titus 1:14 B. References to false doctrine as tradition by the Fathers: Irenaeus clearly point out that their false teachers tradition differed from the church's tradition. (Against ... This is a perfect example of how post apostolic man-made rules directly contradict the teaching of the New testament that says the Christian can eat anything he likes, common food or ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-5-false-doctrine.htm

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Messianic Re-enactment Rituals of Communion, Lord's Supper ritual of three Old Testament events during the Exodus in 1446 BC: a. Passover: 1 Cor 5:7 "Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed." (1 Corinthians 5:7) b. Manna: Jn 6:31-35 "Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.' " Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. "For the bread of God is that which comes down ... Setup in advance of Communion: "Pour out" Jesus' Juice into 12 cups v17. Notice the word "divide" is the same Greek word for the divided "cloven" hoof of a cow. Notice also the word "poured ... houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel." (Exodus 12:15) ii. ""You shall not offer the blood of My ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Communion-Lords-supper-Midrashic-messianic-Bible-prophecy-type-antitype-metophors-reenactiment-rituals-Passover-Manna-table-Shewbread.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... ... This represents about 53% of the time they have existed! Since the Watchtower organization claims "apostolic succession" who was it that "passed the torch of God's Spirit" to C. T. Russel when he founded the organization? What ... Especially compare the Greek word "prosekunhsan" used with reference to God in Rev 5:14, 7:11, 11:16, and 19:4 and used with reference to Christ in Mt 14:33, 28:9, and 28:17. What is the reason for this inconsistency? If the NWT was consistent in translating "proskuneo" as "worship", how would the verses above referring to Christ read? The NWT translates the Greek word "kyrios" as "Jehovah" more than 25 times in the New Testament (Mt 3:3, Lk 2:9, Jn 1:23, Acts 21:14, Rom 12:19, Col 1:10, 1Thess 5:2, 1Pet 1:25, Rev 4:8, etc.). Why is ... And you came to be like a log snatched out of [the] burning; but you did not come back to me,' is the utterance of Jehovah." How can Jehovah speaking in this verse refer to another person as God ("... like GOD'S overthrow of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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"The Sensational speech of Bishop Joseph Georg Strossmayer in ... to the 500 most important and powerful Catholic leaders in the world.] "Venerable Fathers and Brethren: - It is not without trembling, yet with a conscience free and tranquil ... And still more, to my very great surprise, I find in the apostolic days no question of a pope, successor to St. Peter, and vicar of Jesus Christ, any more than of Mahomet who did not then exist. You, Monsignor Manning, will say that I blaspheme; you, Monsignor Fie, that I am mad. No, Monsignori, I do not blaspheme, and I am not mad. Now having read the whole New Testament, I declare before God, with my hand raised to that great crucifix, ... "Reading then the sacred books with that attention with which the Lord has made me capable, I do not find one single chapter, or one little verse, in which Jesus Christ gives to St. ... The forgetfulness appeared to me to be as impossible as if an historian of this Council were not to mention one word of his holiness Pius IX. [Several voices - 'Silence, heretic, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-joseph-georg-strossmayer.htm

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Norton, Andrews: A Statement of reasons for not believing the ... Norton, Andrews: A Statement of reasons for not believing the doctrines of the Trinitarians concerning the nature of God and the person of Christ Click to View "In the book A Statement of Reasons, Andrews ... that the devil is the personification of sin and not an actual person, in the same way that Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the Holy Spirit is the personification of God's power and not an actual person. ... writers, the Fathers as they are called, were, in a greater or less degree, disciples. [footnote]: * I state the proposition in this general form, in which the authorities to be adduced directly apply to it, But it is to be observed, that the doctrine of the personality of the Logos, and of his divinity, in an Inferior sense of that term, which was the germ of the Trinity, was immediately derived from Philo, the Jewish Plato as he has been called, which fact I shall hereafter have occasion to advert to." ... "The doctrine of the Trinity is not a doctrine of Christ and his ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Norton.htm

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One verse refution of Transubstantiation ... The Bible pattern for the Lord's Supper is that the bread and juice are not combined, but are two separate steps of "Holy communion". We wonder why Roman Catholics and Orthodox doubt God ... Christians Speak, Everett Ferguson, 1981, p 114) 2. Orthodox writers misrepresent history, but correctly identify the Lord's Supper as a battle ground between Christians and Gnostics. "In the early Church, the only people who denied that the Eucharist was truly the Body and Blood of Christ were those who also denied that the Word had truly become man." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox ... Only in the fourth century, were Gnostics isolated in their symbolic view. But amazingly, they were the ones who maintained the Apostolic traditional view. It was the church that had changed ... The following From: Early Christians Speak, Everett Ferguson, 1981, p 107 The Language of the Real Presence About the Lord's Supper: "This is my body" Some New Testament Texts: Mark 14:22 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.htm

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BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations Schonfield Johannes Greber New World Translation Moffatt, James Goodspeed, Edgar Smith, J. M. Powis Emphatic Diaglott Kingdom Interlinear Lamsa Cotton Patch New English Bible Revised English Bible New Testament in an Improved Version Newcome's New Translation Modernists who deny the virgin birth are quoted by Jehovah's Witnesses because both deny the deity of Christ! ... However, Schonfield, author of "The Passover Plot", makes Jesus into a charlatan, and doesn't even believe in the deity of God the Father! Schonfield, an advocate of the "swoon theory" is quoted by the Muslims ... The Complete Bible renders Matthew 1:23 as "A maiden will become pregnant ..." - again denying the virgin birth. Even if one might debate whether the Hebrew word has to mean virgin, there is no question that ... English and written commentaries on it" (George M. Lamsa, More Light on the Gospel, p151) Lamsa denies the physical bodily resurrection of Christ, the actual second coming, the person of the devil and demons. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm

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Conscious life after death proven from the Bible God has a huge storage room with one floppy disk for every man who has died. When we are raised again, God "boots" our new body with our "floppy disk". Sheol/Hades: The Place of ... The righteous were in bliss in one section while the wicked were in torment in the other. Jesus confirmed the rabbinical writers view in Luke 16. Sheol/Hades: Is Not Merely The Grave! Original language: Unseen place: Hebrew: sheol Greek: Hades Grave: Hebrew: kever Greek: mnemeion There is a separate word for grave in both Hebrew and Greek in distinction from sheol/hades In the New Testament, Hades NEVER means the grave. "mnemeion", which is the Greek word ... In 2 Cor. 12:2-4, he could describe a person as being completely conscious while out of the body as well as when the person was in the body. The man in the passage did not cease ... In Phil. 1:22-24, Paul could speak of himself as an "I am" which could choose between being "in" a body or "departing" from that body to be with Christ. Paul viewed his ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-conscious-life-after-death.htm

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Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) We believe that the Bible is God speaking in man's language, and in the original writings is exactly as He gave it, word for word without any error whatsoever. It has been preserved by ... We believe that God exists in three persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that these three are eternal and are one. We also believe that God is the sole Creator of the universe. III. The Deity and the Virgin Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ We believe in the essential Deity and the Virgin Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and that all the Scriptures from first to last centre about Him, His Person and work, His sacrificial death ... Since that time this baptism occurs individually at the moment of salvation, at which time the believer is also indwelt by the Spirit. We believe that the New Testament distinguishes ... We believe that special Divine revelation for authoritative Scripture ceased with the Apostolic age. I Cor.12:4-11; 2 Cor.3:18; Rom. 12:3-8; Acts 2:11; I Cor.12:4-11,13; I Cor. 12:18-21, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm

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Doctrinal Flip Flops of Jehovah's Witnesses! Do not seek to bind others' consciences, and do not permit others to bind yours. Believe and obey so far as you can understand God's Word today. (Watchtower Sept. 15, ... Franz's Answer: "Jehovah God." (Fred W. Franz on the witness stand under oath, New York King's County Clerks' Court Record, 1940, vol. II, p 795) Click to View Pick another/Go to top . . The 27 New Testament books not applicable to the average Jw! Weren't the 144,000 vacancies filled in the first century? Were there any vacancies in ... Pentecost of 33 C.E., the hope held out to believers was of sharing with Jesus Christ in his kingdom rule in heaven. (True Peace And Security - From What Source; 1973; p. 67) 1976 Were those apostles and other Christian Bible writers setting before the baptized believers and earthly hope of becoming the children ... Doctor Alonzo Jay Shadman says: 'The blood in any person is in reality the person himself. It contains all the peculiarities of the individual from whence it comes. This ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-changes.htm

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Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) One of the primary sacrifices is the "fruit of our lips" or our audible worship given to God (Hebrews 13:15). Davidic worship is demonstrative worship that is characterized by the biblical ... We do not accept that this and other ministries were to be confined to an "apostolic age" but they are to be fully activated until the physical return of Christ. Prayer and Intercession. We believe that both personal and corporate prayer are absolutely essential if the Church is to succeed. The New Testament Church was birthed in prayer, it continued steadfast in prayer and bathed all of its activities and ... One of the things that God is doing is turning the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers (Malachi 4:6). God is in the process of healing ... Should ministries choose to be trained in a Bible School setting, it should be the choice of the person involved in conjunction with the counsel of their local church leadership. In spite of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-ministers-fellowship-international.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Abba ... Determine the Problem Chose to obey earthly father over heavenly Father, guilt, hurt, fear, serving two masters (fathers) Ask a Child EDS-7.7.12.PMO 5 years later EDS-7.7.LPT - The case of "Abba" John was raised in ... The second is the well documented departure of the United church of Canada from New Testament Christianity into extreme theological liberalism. The United church currently rejects the Bible as the inspired word of God, most key doctrines in the Bible like: Heaven, Hell, Judgement, the need for personal salvation. They also began to ordain ... John was torn by his allegiance to his heavenly "Abba Father" and his natural father. Which Abba would he obey? This tore him up inside day and night. John was attempting to live for Christ in a perfect way. He even ... If he did not take them, he would be locked up on the mental hospital. He had become delusional, thinking he could help find a missing person that had been killed in an avalanche. He picked up Of course, John was a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-abba.htm

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Four positions on the day of Christian worship God gave a covenant at Mt. Sinai through Moses to the Jews. It is called the first/old covenant/testament. The ten commandments are the foremost visible representation of this first/old covenant was replaced by a new covenant called, among other things "the law of Christ". 100% of the old covenant was abolished. No part of the Old Covenant remains in force. No one prior to Moses (Abraham or Adam) ever heard of the Sabbath law much less kept it. The very first time that anyone was commanded to keep the Sabbath was in Exodus 16. The word "Sabbath" is not even found in the book of Genesis. Gen 2:2-3 was written by ... In reality, what the Catholic church believes is that apostle Peter was the first pope (the first pope was in 606 AD not Peter) and that the very earliest Christians, in apostolic times ... of the Baptist Manual) "Of course, I quite well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history as a religious day, as we learn from the Christian Fathers and other sources. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-4-positions.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... As such, with the completion of the New Testament at the end of the apostolic era, and, thus, with "the perfect" having come, these gifts ceased." (Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Bruce ... The same may be said of the contrast in the last half of the verse between to "know in part" and to "know fully." With the completed New Testament canon, believers are able to know the ... The same is not true with faith and hope. When Christ returns, faith in Christ is replaced with seeing Christ, while hope in the promises of God is replaced by the realization of those promises. Thus, 13:13 reinforces the point ... Therefore, the word "perfect" describes the completion of inspired preaching and points to the consequent cessation of the spiritual gifts which enabled and confirmed that preaching. 5. ... B. The Gender and Meaning Of "The Perfect": 1. "The perfect" (to teleion) is neuter in gender and refers to some thing rather than to some person. This much is certain: the perfect is not ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-1Cor13-8-13.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Mishnah 200 AD Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources First century oral tradition codified into law 200 AD "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm [as Christians] and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1) "thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that." (Mark ... History and content of the Mishnah: 1. "The Mishnah was edited and published between a.d. 200 and 220" (Dictionary of New Testament Background, Rabbinic Literature: Talmud, p898, 2000 AD) 2. "MISHNAH: Series ... Some relate the term to the Hebrew for "second" (sheni שֵׁנִי), implying that the Mishnah is a second TORAH, or as it was called by church fathers in Greek, deuterōsis (δευτέρωσις). Edited by ... you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."" (Mark 7:1-13) c. "R. Eliezer says, "They unloose a vow for a person by [reference to] the honor of his father or mother." B. And sages prohibit. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Mishnah-shanah-Rabbi-Judah-Akiba-oral-law-200ad.htm

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Topical Selection of Early Christian's Beliefs Click to View Reference: Apostolic Fathers: Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other info. Click to View Salvation: Early Christians on BAPTISM Early ... Click to View False religions: Specific false prophets mentioned in the New Testament (Simon, Theudas, Egyptian) Early Christians on PROPHETS OUTSIDE THE APOSTOLIC AGE ... Click to View Nature of God: Early Christians on the TRINITY Early Christians on DEITY OF CHRIST Early Christians on ETERNAL PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST Early Christians on PERSON & PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Click to View Worship: Early Christians on INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN WORSHIP Early Christians on the LORD'S SUPPER Early Christians on the SABBATH DAY vs. SUNDAY Click to View Church History: A Biblical View The history of the church that Jesus Christ established, and the offshoots of that original organization, with particular attention to how these offshoots compare to the biblical description of that original church. Apostolic Age: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexHistory.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International Articles Of Faith Of The United Pentecostal Church International PREAMBLE WE BELIEVE the Bible to be inspired of God; the infallible Word of God. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and ... See modalism as taught by the UPCI Refuted at: Modalism THE SON OF GOD The one true God, the Jehovah of the Old Testament, took upon Himself the form of man, and as the Son of man, was born of the ... "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1:11). This one true God was manifest in the flesh, that is, in His Son Jesus Christ. ". . God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not ... as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (1 Peter 1:15-19). ... A Christian, to keep saved, must walk with God and keep himself in the love of God (Jude 21) and in the grace of God. The word "grace" means "favor." When a person transgresses and sins against ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 17:3 Click to View John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. (John 17:3 represents the primary proof text that Anti-trinitarians use ... If John 17:3 excludes Jesus from being "True God", then the Father is also excluded from being our Teacher, Master or Lord. Click to View False Arian argument stated: It is obvious that Jesus and the Father are not the same person, but two distinct persons. Therefore Jesus is not God. The fact that the Father is the "only true God", excludes Jesus as being the "only true God". Our ... Little children, guard yourselves from idols." 1 Jn 5:20-21 This verse in no way excludes Jesus from the group of "only true God". The word God is used in the sense of class of being, not the name of the ... Yet such language did not exclude the Father from also being our Master The common Greek word for Master in the New Testament: Let all who are under the yoke as slaves regard their own masters [despotes] ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john17-3.htm

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Harner, Philip B.: Journal Of Biblical Literature: Qualitative ... ... denies that "a God" is a proper translation of John 1:1. After quoting the Greek of what John actually wrote, "theos en ho logos", Harner then shows how the Greek would have to read if it was to be translated, "a God". ... Journal of Biblical Literature) Bruce Vawter explains the meaning of the clause succinctly and lucidly: "The Word is divine, but he is not all of divinity, for he has already been distinguished from another divine Person. (Philip B. Harner, "Qualitative Anarthrous Predicate Nouns: Mark 15:39 and John 1:1." in The Journal of ... Otherwise, he continues, "the writer could not say 'the Word was with God.' [W. F. Howard, The Gospel according to St. John (IB 8; New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury. 1952) 464.] Both writers, in effect, are arguing that the ... means Jesus Christ, the Word-become-flesh. "If this is so," he comments, "then perhaps there is justification for seeing in the use of the anarthrous theos something more humble than the use of ho theos for the Father." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Harner.htm

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History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath ... The Record of History History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath, right back to the apostolic age. (33 A.D.) New book on Sabbath vs. 1st day worship ... No! Christians are under a new law, a better Law, the law of Christ, (Gal 6:2) a better covenant (Heb 8:6-7). The 10 commandment law including the requirement to keep the Sabbath day were abolished at the cross along with all the rest of the law of Moses. God gave a covenant at Mt. Sinai through Moses to the Jews. It is called the first/old covenant/testament. The ten commandments are the foremost visible representation of this first/old covenant was ... The very first time that anyone was commanded to keep the Sabbath was in Exodus 16. The word "Sabbath" is not even found in the book of Genesis. Gen 2:2-3 was written by Moses to ... For His word makes this announcement, saying, "That you may know that I am God who redeemed you." (Dialogue With Trypho the Jew, 150-165 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, page ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm

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Comparison list of 14 Moses/Constantine the Great Shadows, Types ... Eusebius Life of Constantine 1.12, Edict of Milan AD 313 "Shadow of what was to come, but the substance belongs to Christ" Col 2:17 Moses Constantine the Great 1. Both raised by Sun-worshipping fathers and believing mothers Pharaoh a Sun worshipper, mother was Hebrew Constantius was a Sun worshipper and ... Constantine was baptized AD 322 in a baptistry he built in AD 315 in Rome: Aramaic Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, Constantine 18th year, AM 5813, AD 322 10. Both preached the word of God in pubic on a regular basis Moses often ... Much of Bible messianic prophecy is connecting current events in AD 27-33 with historic events with many Bible characters and events. Most of Bible prophecy is where an inspired New Testament writer connects a pattern of events ... and thus be permitted to remain with him, and enjoy their usual honors; or, in case of refusal, that they should be shut out from all access to his person, and entirely disqualified from acquaintance and association with him. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Moses-Constantine-the-Great-Jesus-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD313.htm

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Dates: When did the apostolic fathers live? Click to View Click to View History of Christianity Home Page with Power search Click to View When did the Apostolic Fathers and Apologists live? Click to View Who Date Comments Clement (Rome) d110 ... sect Barnabas w130 Not the Barnabas of the Bible Allegorical interpretation of the Old Testament Papias (Hierapolis) w115/140 Contemporary of Polycarp One of the bishops at Hierapolis Wrote: ... A student of Clement presbyter allegorical method of scripture interpretation developed the idea of Christ as Logos or Incarnate Word Hippolytus Rome b170-d236 w200 Presbyter at Rome Cyprian Carthage b200-d253/258 w250 Convert to Christianity c. 245 Bishop of Carthage, 248 One of the most authoritative Fathers of the Church Involved in controversy over treatment of those who had left the ... that of the Father, and was merely a creature Formulated the "homousian doctrine" that the Son of God is the same essence of substance of the Father Became bishop of Alexandria (328) Hilary Poitiers, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexHistory-fathers.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... Nov - Dec Sowing Click to View 25 Dedication or Hanukkah 1 Macc 4:52f; Jn 10:22) Not instituted by God, but man made Jewish tradition. 10 - Tebeth Esth 2:16 Dec - Jan Rains with snow on high ... SABBATIAL YEAR 7th yr Lev 25:1-7; Ex 23:10-11 JUBILEE 50th yr Lev 25:8-55 Click to View II. New Testament Holy Days: A. Today we have four basic type* of holy days: 1. Those of divine origin: ... TRINITY SUNDAY: Sunday after Pentecost: dedicated to the "Trinity7 Click to View III. Origin of Christmas: A. The word "Christmas" comes from "Christ + Mass" 1. from the Catholic "mass" 2. term first used in 1038 AD B. Date ... It may be that Christmas was set on this day to supplant the pagan feast, or it may simply be a coincidence. Hippolytus and Tertullian, two early church fathers who lived before the Nicene ... The uncertainty of all the data discredits the computation. There is no historical evidence that our Lord's birthday was celebrated during the apostolic or postapostolic times. The uncertainty ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm

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Hades: The conscious realm of the dead! ... While this is not clearly (repeated from the previous section): stated in the Old Testament, there seems to be some kind of distinction within Sheol. Later rabbinic writers clearly taught ... This distinction is between "Sheol" and "Kever" is maintained in the Septuagint as well. (The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament.) This proves that the distinction was well understood 2000 years ago. Just as the word "spirit" sometimes denotes breath or wind, the vast majority of the places where "spirit" is used cannot refer merely to breath or wind. God is a Spirit! Likewise Hebrew word ... The rabbinic tradition before, during and after the time of Christ describes the soul departing the body and descending into Sheol at death. The rabbis consistently pictured both the ... C. Hades is not Catholic "Purgatory" Purgatory: Latin, "purge, cleanse" Purpose: to purify and restore a person Catholics believe that the lost, unbelievers and non-Catholics go straight to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-hades.htm

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Mormonism: God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus How can Mormons claim they believe in the virgin birth if God had sex with Mary? They change the definition of the word virgin. Mormons feel that they can still use the phrase "virgin birth" ... The birth of the Savior was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood- was begotten of his Father, as we are of our fathers. (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, 8:115) In relation to the way in which I look upon the works of God and his creatures, I will say that I was naturally begotten; so was my father, and also my Savior Jesus Christ... Well, now for the benefit of the older ones, how are children begotten? I answer just as Jesus Christ was begotten of his father ...Jesus is the only person who had our Heavenly Father as the ... And so, in the final analysis it is the faithful saints, those who have testimonies of the truth and divinity of this great latter-day work, who declare our Lord's generation to the world. Their ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-god-had-sex-with-mary.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: The Exodus "Out of Egypt ... person to indicate that the Exodus is messianic typology when He associates his crucifixion with the snake Moses put on the pole. a. Paul then links the Exodus as one big messianic lesson for Christians! b. "For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was ... Both Moses and Christ Fasted 40 days d. Both Moses and Christ had a s Shining face 4. We see that the New Testament fulfillment is not exactly like the original exodus event, but the parallel is ... So the Lord said, "I have pardoned them according to your word; but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord." (Numbers 14:11-21) b. "So the people came to Moses ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Exodus-Moses-Israel-Christ-church-double-dual-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-type-antitype.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX: 10 Archeological proofs the Septuagint Tanakh ... Greek text out of respect for the name of God: YHWH. Christians simply would never do this, proving the Greek minor prophets scroll was a Jewish Greek translation long before Christ was born. ... They also teach the lie that Jews never translated the entire Old Testament into Greek long before Jesus was born. a. "Rabid Rabbis" like Tovia Singer, know that if the Septuagint Tanakh was a Jewish translation before Christ, then they might as well convert to Christianity because the word "Virgin" in LXX Isa 7:14 was chosen by Jews in 200 BC not Christians in 400 AD. b. There is not a Septuagint Scholar ... The next references occur in the description of the activity of his grandfather, who "devote[d] himself especially to the reading of the law and the prophets and the other books of our fathers ... Eupolemus, who, if identical with the person of that name mentioned in 1 Macc. 8:17, wrote about the middle of the second century, makes use of the Greek Chronicles, as Freudenthal has clearly ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-entire-Tanakh-39-books-translated-complete-by-150BC.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers viewed oral tradition as a duplicate of ... to oral tradition. "So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us." 2 Thessalonians 2:15. Both oral and scripture are called traditions. "Now we command ... "Now, what that was which they preached-in other words, what it was which Christ revealed to them-can, as I must here likewise prescribe, properly be proved in no other way than by those very churches which the apostles rounded in person, by ... Whereas all doctrine must be prejudged as false which savours of contrariety to the truth of the churches and apostles of Christ and God. It remains, then, that we demonstrate whether this doctrine of ours, of which we have now given the rule, has its ... Notice the sequence: 1. Living voice of the apostles. 2. subsequently recorded in their epistles. This shows that the Apostolic Fathers viewed the scriptures as containing the totality of the "living voice". Whereas the Roman Catholic and Orthodox ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-2-oral.htm

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The Incarnation of God, the Son: Jesus Christ ... It is in this distinctive form of the Godhead that Paul says he was equal with God." (Maurice Barnett 1990, The deity of Christ, p54-55) c. "existing in the form of God, the word God is talking about God as He is in heaven. We are not talking about a God who has no substance to him and is hence just an apparition, an outward vision, a facade, and outer form with nothing behind it. Morphe simply emphasized the outward appearance of this divinity, His majesty and glory. ... When God came into the world as Jesus of Nazareth, He changed His form. God can change His outward appearance and remain God. He has the power to do that. Jesus existed in the glorious majesty" (Maurice Barnett, The person of Christ, 1996, p43,47,49) d. "the ... which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world." (John 17:24) 3. 1 Jn 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. 4. 1 Pe 1:20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-incarnation-Jesus-god-son.htm

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Seder Olam Rabbah modern Jewish calendar English pdf free online ... The Seder Olam seeks to squeeze all world history into 50 year compartments called Jubilees. (This is the first time in history that a Jubilee has been defined as 50 years. In the Old Testament and all previous works, like ... The real and scientific age of the earth is 7461 AC in 2017 AD 2. Seder Olam directly equates Shem with the person of Melchizedek to counter the Christian Doctrine that Jesus Christ alone was the type of Melchizedek's priesthood: a. See full outline: Shem WAS NOT Melchizedek b. "About Shem it says (Gen. 9:26): "Praised be the Eternal, the God of Shem," (Ps. 110:4) "about my word to Malchisedekio [Melchizedek]."" (Seder Olam Rabbah 21:77, 160 AD) c. At the time of Christ, Jewish messianic expectation was of the arrival of Melchizedek as a ... And has it not been taught on Tannaite authority in Seder Olam: "... which your fathers possessed, and which you shall possess" (Dt. 30:5)- "And said R. Yohanan, "Who is the Tannaite authority behind Seder Olam? It is R. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Seder-Olam-Rabbah-full-text-PDF-Free-Online-Chronology-modern-Jewish-calendar-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-Rabbinical-Judaism-160AD.htm

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Sola Scriptura: All-sufficient: The Bible alone is a blueprint ... grace and love towards men of our Lord Jesus Christ, with Whom, to the Father and the Holy Spirit, be glory, might, and honor, now and ever, and world without end. ... For this is the exhortation of the Scripture given, that the man of God may be rendered perfect by it; without this therefore he cannot be perfect. Thou hast the ... It is perfectly clear that there is nothing in the New Testament that resembles the Torah in any way. That is to say, there are no specific instructions for worship. ... Our Lord said, This do in remembrance of Me ( Luke 22:19), but neither the Gospel writers nor St. Paul record any further instructions as to how or how often this was ... Clark Carlton, being Orthodox, teaches baptism by full immersion and rejects baptism by sprinkling or pouring as contrary to apostolic tradition. It is unfortunate ... As a member of the "Greek Orthodox church", Clark Carlton should have no shortage of Greek language advisers to inform him that the primary definition of the word ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-all-sufficient-blueprint.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed man-made creeds were tradition ... The Apostolic Fathers believed man-made creeds were tradition based 100% on scripture. "So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us." (2 Thessalonians 2:15) Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Introduction: The "Rule of ... Notice they are different lengths and relate different details: 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 1 Timothy 3:16 2 Timothy 2:8 "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according ... Notice that they were originally not written, but represented a verbal tradition based directly upon the words and writings of the inspired apostles. Irenaeus 180 AD Tertullian 200 AD "believing in one God, the Creator of ... These words which ye have heard are in the Divine Scriptures scattered up and down: but thence gathered and reduced into one, that the memory of slow persons might not be distressed; that every person may be able to say, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-4-creeds.htm

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Official creed of Reformed Baptist church ... Hebrew (which was the native language of the people of God of old), and the New Testament in Greek (which at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the ... But because these original tongues are not known to all the people of God, who have a right unto, and interest in the Scriptures, and are commanded in the fear of God to read and search them, therefore they are to be translated into the vulgar language of every nation unto which they come, that the Word of ... religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence ... men and angels are predestinated, or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ, to the praise of his glorious grace; others being left to act in their sin to ... 1:2; Acts 17:31; Isa. 53:10; John 17:6; Rom. 8:30) The Son of God, the second person in the Holy Trinity, being very and eternal God, the brightness of the Father's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-ref.htm

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The transition from Temple to Synagogue to church: God's eternal ... Notice the reading and teaching was in the temple, but communion was done privately house to house. 7. Apostle Paul who wrote have the New Testament was a Pharisees, the very sect that controlled ... synagogue worship was the bridge between Mosaic Judaism and Christianity 1. The birth of Christ signalled that God was ready to make the final transition from Synagogue worship to Christianity a. ... he was the Christ" (Luke 3:15) b. "Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to Him, "Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone ... "It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' "For ... you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom." (Matthew 21:43) b. "For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gods-eternal-plan-purpose-providential-transition-from-Temple-to-Synagogue-to-Church-prophecy-fulfilled.htm

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Elijah and Elisha Chronology timeline 870-810 BC ... A list of 40 similarities between Elisha as a type of Christ and Elijah as a type of John the Baptist. These are included in green text in the chronology beginning with TYPE: i. A list of 25 wars. ... While Elijah and Elisha, who work exclusively within the then northern tribes of Israel, perform some of the greatest miracles in the Old Testament, the Israel and Aramean kings who were often ... son of Imlah, predicts the death of Ahab:1 Ki 22: 2 Chr 19:2; Why Jehoshaphat would ask for a true prophet of YHWH, then reject the word of God that it will be defeat and therefore DO NOT GO, is a mystery. ... go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready ... Elijah predicted a 3.5-year drought and Elisha predicted a 7-year drought. c. Elijah raised one person from the dead and Elisha two: 1 Ki 17:17; 2 Ki 4:32; 13:20. One man was raised by the dead ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/chronology/bible-chronology-timeline-Elijah-Elisha-John-the-Baptist-Jesus-types-antitypes-870-810BC.htm

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Extra-Biblical oral apostolic tradition does not exist today ... come down even unto us, transmitted as it were from hand to hand, following the example of the orthodox Fathers, receives and venerates, with an equal affection of piety, all the books of the Old and New ... The Church often asserted apostolic sanction for tradition and usages that could not be traced to apostolic writings...While the Bible contains God's original revelation, yet the Bible cannot be understood alone. The Church's living tradition is necessary to understand it. None of the biblical authors had any idea of writing a book which would of itself give us all of God's revelation" (Christ Among Us, p. 166 169). "Like two sacred rivers flowing from Paradise, the Bible and divine Tradition contain the Word of God ...of the two, Tradition is to us more ... association with one person rather than another" (I Cor. 4:6). "For even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel not in accord with the one we delivered to you, let a curse be upon him" (Gal. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-tradition.htm

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Biblical Evangelism: Biblical Guidelines to Effective Evangelism ... I am not an expert but I am an interested student of Biblical evangelism. These are some things that have worked in Bible times and in growing New Testament churches today. There have been some great ... house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which ... The Eng. word "gospel," i.e. "good message," is the equivalent of euangelion (Eng., "evangel"). In the NT it denotes the "good tidings" of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, to be received by faith, on the basis ... of the message of salvation, with a personal object, either of the person preached, e. g., Acts 5:42; 11:20; Gal. 1:16, or, with a preposition, of the persons evangelized, e. g., Acts 13:32, "declare glad tidings"; Rom. 1:15; Gal. 1:8; with an impersonal object, e. g., "the word," Acts 8:4; "good tidings," 8:12; "the word of the Lord," 15:35; "the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-harold-comer-biblical-evangelism.htm

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A Short History of the Watchtower Organization ... He had begun to doubt not only church creeds and doctrines, but also God and the Bible itself. At this critical juncture a chance encounter restored his faith and placed him under the influence of ... It meant that this Adventist splinter group had not remained defeated, as others had, when Christ failed to appear in 1874 as Adventist leaders had predicted; somehow this small group had managed ... In particular, he came up with a basis for reinterpreting the Second Coming as an invisible event: In Benjamin Wilson's Emphatic Diaglott translation of the New Testament the word rendered coming in the King ... The formation of a distinct denomination around Russell was a gradual development. His immediate break was, not with Adventism, but with the person and policies of N. H. Barbour. Nor were barriers ... The aim was to demonstrate that the leadership derived authority from an apostolic source, rather than from Pennsylvania corporate law. This new Governing Body was displayed as further evidence of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-history.htm

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Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed ... The Semi-Arians, who thought it enough to admit the Son's likeness to the Father, but would not allow the second Person to be equal to or consubstantial with the first, were driven by the force of logic, to ... Search for the Christian Doctrine of God, The Arian controversy 318-381, p838) In the New Testament affirmations about the Son were largely functional and soteriological, and stressed what the Son is to us. ... The Council firmly rejected Arius' contention that the Son was a creature, not eternal, and made out of nothing." (The Triune God, Edmund J. Fortman, p 66-70) "Arianism was doomed. It had indeed, with its ... to the new deification of Christ. But, by the time of Arius, in the Church one had become sensitive about the charge of polytheism. For Modalism had criticised the accepted Trinitarian doctrine of the Church as a doctrine of three gods. The Church was, therefore, prepared to clamber out of the former incompleteness of its doctrine of the divinity of Christ and to follow ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! ... possible influence the mysteries may have had on segments of Christendom after A.D. 400, but what effect the emerging mysteries may have had on the New Testament in the first century. ... One liberal scholar illustrates how biased some writers are when they describe the pagan myth in Christian language: "The dead body of Osiris floated in the Nile and he returned to life, this being accomplished by a baptism in the waters of the Nile."[3] This biased and sloppy use of language suggests three misleading analogies between Osiris and Christ: (1) a savior god dies and (2) then experiences a resurrection accompanied by (3) ... Unlike the initiation rites of the mystery cults, Christian baptism looks back to what a real, historical person -- Jesus Christ -- did in history. Advocates of the mystery cults ... The careless use of language could lead one to speak of a "Last Supper" in Mithraism or a "baptism" in the cult of Isis. It is inexcusable nonsense to take the word "savior" with all of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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