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What makes an apostle The Gift of the Holy Spirit Any one who is sent by another: Jn 13:16 b. Jesus was sent forth from God: Heb 3:1 c. The twelve & Paul were sent forth by Jesus: Jn 20:21 d. Christians sent by local churches: 2 Cor 8:13; Phil 2:25 3. Purpose & function of an apostle: One sent by Christ to establish the church by bearing witness to His resurrection. a. Witness of the resurrected Christ: Acts 1:22; 4:33; 22:15; 23:11; 26:16 b. Establish the church of Christ: Eph 2:19-21; 1 Cor 12:28; Rev 21:14 4. Also called an ... A. Functions & qualifications an apostle shared equally with non-apostle Christians 1. Miraculous power from the Holy Spirit: Acts 2:1-4 a. "Holy Spirit baptism" does not distinguish the apostles from other Christians. (Cornelius) b. There was no kind of ... In another place he wrote, "No doubt, after the time of the apostles, the truth respecting the belief of God suffered corruption, but it is equally certain that during the life of the apostles their teaching on this great article did not suffer at all;" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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10 Things young people can do for God. 10 Things young people can do for God. Some of the world's greatest accomplishments have been done by young men and women. Alexander the Great became king before he was thirty years old. Some of the great works of Shelley, ... Times are perilous and our cause is the greatest that the world has ever known. The very hope of the human race lies in wise youth committed to high principles. Young people need the church - they need Christ. Those who are indifferent to the way of the Lord are inviting sorrow on their lives and souls. Jesus says to young and old alike, "If any ... of conquering our own will is life's greatest, for sin is easy. Besides the personal satisfaction that moral purity brings, it brings also the blessings of God (Matthew 5:8). (3) BUILD A CHRISTIAN PERSONALITY True greatness 14,es in spiritual things. Emphasize prayer, study, and righteousness, and they will bless you. "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul"' (Matthew 16:26). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-teens-10things.htm

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Ancient synagogues of the Bible: Ephesus Synagogue: 43 BC When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, but taking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus." (Acts 18:19-21) b. Paul's Second missionary journey: "Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of ... 16.167-168) a. "Certainly, in his decree forbidding the theft of sacred books and sacred money, Augustus treated the Jewish houses of prayer like temples - in the ancient world , money in temples was supposed to be inviolate. ... Master introduction: Summary overview is the place to start to tie it all together. Providence: God's eternal plan: The providential transition from Temple to Synagogue to Church Origin: Synagogues originated at Alexandria ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ephesus-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-apostle-Paul-43bc.htm

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The Jewish Synagogue Mikveh was the "Christian Maker" Baptistry Standardized Architectural Synagogue Signature Typology Synagogue Architecture adopted by the Christian Church Floorplans and Furnishings of Pre-70 AD Second Temple Period synagogues SYNAGOGUE MIKVEH: ... At Qum'ran they would immerse twice every day. 2. It is clear, that in God's providence and his master eternal plan, that synagogues paved the way for water baptism as the gateway to forgiveness of ... we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer [Synagogue]; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled." (Acts 16:13) g. ... fulfilling Jesus prophecy of Matthew 24 in 70 AD. a. "Now this vast multitude is indeed collected out of remote places, but the entire nation was now shut up by fate as in a prison, and the Roman army encompassed the city when it was crowded with inhabitants. Accordingly the multitude of those that therein perished exceeded all the destructions that either men or God ever brought upon the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Mikvah-Christian-Maker-Baptistry-wash-sins-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-copied-similarities-into-church.htm

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Was Peter the first Pope? the Catholic Church into a dangerous tight corner." (This, alone with other doubts regarding papal infallibility, was said by Hans Kung, a prominent Catholic theologian, in his book, "Infallibility, An Inquiry," 1971). Click to View Was The Apostle Peter A Pope? In the books of men, the following titles are commonly used with reference to a man: "Pope," "Holy Father," "Vicar of Christ," "Sovereign Pontiff." All of these are titles that rightly belong only to the Lord Jesus Christ and to God the Father. ... "Let no one deceive you in any way, for the day of the Lord will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and is exalted above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so ... Nonetheless, the Scriptures nowhere teach the idea of a visible and invisible head. Jesus said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." (Matt. 28:18; Emp. mine D.R.). Luke 17:20-21 says, "And on being asked by the Pharisees, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-peter=pope.htm

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What is the 1000 Year Reign of Christ? We shall not labor the point overly much, that the church and the kingdom are one and the same thing. We would ask you to read the following passages which point this up so vividly: Matthew 16:18, Coll. 1:13, and Hebrews 12:28. Revelation Chapter 20 is central to the millennial controversy, and is perhaps the most disputed text in the Bible. This is the crucial paragraph. "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand, and he laid hold on the old dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be fulfilled, after that he must be loosed a little season. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgement was given to them, and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-1000year-reign.htm

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Lesson 20: Preaching In Worship The reason for all the religious division we see in the world today is people will not accept all that God says in the Bible as final authority. They have become their own authority. Jesus says in John 5:32, "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Only by believing and obeying the truth can we be made free from sin. But what is the truth? Jesus says in John 17:17, "Sanctify them by your truth, your word is truth." The word of God is the only truth that will make us free so we can go to heaven. The word of men cannot make us free, but will cause us to be lost. All things preached must come from the word of God. We are told in 1 Peter 4:11, "If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God." The pulpits of our land ring out with what speakers personally think and believe. But how do we know whether a preacher is preaching from God's word or from his own opinion? We must do as the church at Berea did concerning the apostle Paul's preaching in Acts 17:11, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-20-preaching.htm

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Book of Mormon an Inspired translation of Nephi Plates into English The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View Inspired translation of Nephi Plates into English Click to View Click to View Joseph Smith in the process of translating the golden Nephi Plates the angel Moroni gave him. This process of translation of "scripture" is the only time known to man, when God inspired the translator. A. The Bible was inspired in its original language but is translated without inspiration by the skill of ... Huntingon, p168 typed copy at Utah State Historical Society. God's own voice from heaven, "...we heard a voice from out of the bright light above us, saying 'These plates have been revealed by the power of God, and they have been translated by the power of God. ... Mosi 21:28 King Benjamin King Mosiah (same change in Ether 4:1) 1 Nephi 20:1 words added or out of the waters of Baptism 2 Nephi 12:9 the mean man boweth down the mean man boweth not down Alma 29:4 Yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable words deleted ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-inspired-book.htm

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Official creed of the Free Will Baptist Church Freewill Baptist Church Free Will Baptist Articles of Faith The Bible. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are our infallible rule of faith and practice. God. There is one living and true God, revealed in ... Man was created innocent, but by disobedience fell into a state of sin and condemnation. His posterity, therefore, inherit a fallen nature of such tendencies that all who come to years of accountability, sin and become guilty before God. The Work of Christ. The Son of God by His ... end of life, have promise of eternal salvation. Gospel Ordinances. BAPTISM, or the immersion of believers in water, and the LORD'S SUPPER, are the ordinances to be perpetuated under the Gospel. FEET WASHING, an ordinance teaching humility, is of universal obligation, and is to be ministered to all true believers. Tithing. God commanded tithes and offerings in the Old Testament; Jesus Christ endorsed it in the Gospel (Matthew 23:23), and the apostle ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-freewill.htm

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Daniel 2,7,9,12 and Revelation Commentary on the book of Daniel by Steven Rudd Daniel Commentary: Daniel 2: The 5 kingdoms: Rome 49 BC + Church kingdom Daniel 7: The 1260 Days, 42 months: Nero persecution: 64-68 AD Daniel 8/11: 2300 days: Antiochus Epiphanes 167-164 BC Daniel ... Rev 14 Rev 20 Rev 3 Rev 9 Rev 15 Rev 21 Rev 4 Rev 10 Rev 16 Rev 22 Daniel 2:44: Five Kingdoms "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will ... They destroyed the altars that had been built by the foreigners in the marketplace and also the shrines." (2 Maccabees 10:1-2) 8. Jesus used the Hanukkah celebration as an opportunity to teach: Jn 10:22 a. "Now it happened on the day in which the ... Quick links: Daniel 2 | Daniel 7 | Daniel 8/11 | Daniel 9 | Daniel 12 Daniel 12:9-13 (43 Months/1290 days) Ministry of the Messiah: Baptism to Cross Daniel 12:9-13 "He said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible-Only-Revelation-commentary-Steven-Rudd-Daniel-5-kingdoms-1260-days-42-months-70-weeks-490-years-2300-1290-days-43-months.htm

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Kung, Hans: Christianity and the World Religions What they fail to tell the same article also says: For the Christian Church, however, the central issue shifted, over the course of time, to the person of Jesus and his relation to God. And the controversy between Christianity and Islam remains wholly concentrated on this question. Up till now, the decisive Christian objection was that Islam denied the two basic, interconnected dogmas of Christianity; ... The situation resembles that of the most recent declaration of the German Catholic bishops "On the Church's Relations with Judaism" (1980). The statement does acknowledge that the Christian belief in the "Son of God, equal in essence to Him" strikes "many Jews as absolutely contradictory . . . ... Isn't God absolutely simple, rather than composite in this way or that? What is the meaning of a real difference in God between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that nonetheless does not do away with the real unity of God? What, on the other hand, is a logical difference between the Father and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kung.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... ... Far clearer and more fruitful suggestions presented themselves in the Old Testament" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church New York: Scribner's, 1924, vol. 2, p. 566) The unity of God was already immovably fixed by the Old Testament as a fundamental article of revealed religion in opposition to all forms of idolatry. But the New Testament and the Christian ... light of a divine revelation through the " Logos," which, in and through human reason, " lighteth every man that cometh into the world," and which illumined especially such sincere and humble seekers after truth as Socrates and Plato before the incarnation of the Eternal Word in the person of Jesus Christ. ... In discussing the good, sometimes it is difficult to determine whether he means by it an idea, an attribute, a principle, a power, or a personal God. But he leaves no doubt as to his actual belief in the divine personality. God is the reason (the intelligence, Phodo, 97 Q and the good (" Republic," 508 Q; but ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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The signs and causes of melancholy, Richard Baxter, 1716 AD In 1716 AD, Samuel Clifford, minister of the Gospel posthumously compiled a collection of writings of Richard Baxter, preacher for a church. As noted above, Baxter viewed madness as a spiritual ... Satan once into their Phantasies . . . especially when they are guilty of voluntary active Self-pollution". Baxter notes the symptoms as self condemnation due to personal sinful conduct, paranoia that others are constantly talking about them and laziness. "Melancholy Persons are commonly exceeding fearful . . . Their Fantasie most erreth in aggravating their Sin, or Dangers or Unhappiness... They are continual Self-Accusers, turning all into matter of Accusation against themselves ... They are still apprehending themselves forsaken of God . . . and that it is now too late to repent or find ... Baxter also suggests that the sinner should be given lots of undue attention and never left alone. This is opposite to what Jesus said in Matthew 18, where the unrepentant sinner is to be socially ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-signs-and-causes-of-melancholy-richard-baxter-1716ad.htm

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Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice: Template for book of Revelation as well known as "Jesus loves me" in the church today. a. Also known as "The Angelic Liturgy", it is a collection of 13 songs, sung responsively, every Sabbath for 13 weeks. b. "Although none of the Sabbath songs is preserved in its entirety, it is possible to say a number of things about the form and content of the individual songs and about the work as a whole." (Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, critical edition, Carol Newsom, p6, 1985 AD) c. "The songs contain angelic praises of God assigned to the ... Precisely what the author means to say is seldom clear." (The Dead Sea Scrolls, A New Translation, M. O. Wise, M. G. Jr. Abegg, E. M. Cook, p463, 2005 AD) e. "The Sabbath songs intend to unite the worshiper with the angels worshiping in heaven. ... He has purified the pure 16[who belong to the light, that they may recom]pense all those who transgress the true Way, and make atonement for those who repent of sin, obtaining for them His good pleasure. 17[He has given tongues of] knowledge to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-Songs-of-Sabbath-Sacrifice-Angelic-Liturgy-dss-dead-sea-scrolls-Ezekiel-Revelation-70AD-destruction-Jerusalem-prototype-150bc

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Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture "There's nothing in Scripture that supports these kinds of phenomena that I can see, and I can't think of anything throughout the church age that would,' Wimber writes. 'So I feel no obligation to try to explain it. It's just phenomena. It's just people responding to God.'" "There is no place in the Bible where people were lined up and Jesus or Paul or anyone else went along and tapped them on the head and watched them go down, one after another, and somebody else ran ... They got up shortly and arrested Jesus. In Acts 9:22, 26 Paul fell to the ground on the way to Damascus when he heard a voice from heaven speak to him. Also Ezekiel 3:23; Daniel 8:17. We admit people fell down in scripture, but it is absolutely two different ... How much worse it looks with the common ridiculous spectacle of slaying in the spirit and the uncontrollable jerking movements defended in this tract! Both Edwards and the unbeliever condemns them! 2. It works against the Kingdom of Satan. We agree with Edwards. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... ... The necessity to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, and it was, in particular, its faith in the deity of Christ, and the necessity to defend it, that first compelled the Church to face the duty of formulating a full doctrine of the ... The shift is from function to ontology, from the "economic trinity" (Father, Son, and Spirit in relation to us) to the "immanent" or "essential Trinity" (Father, Son, and Spirit in relation to each other). It was prompted chiefly by belief in the divinity of Christ and later in the divinity of the Holy Spirit, but even earlier by the consistent worship of God in a trinitarian pattern and the practice of baptism into the threefold name of God. By ... This does not mean very much, however, for generally speaking the New Testament is less intent upon setting forth certain doctrines than it is upon proclaiming the kingdom of God, a kingdom that dawns in and with the person of Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, there ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! ... day of the week he ascended up to heaven, and on the first day of the week he will appear at last with the angels of heaven" (Didascalia 2). 225 AD The Didascalia (The Teaching of the Apostles) 3. The apostles further appointed: On the fourth ... If, therefore, those who are not saved frequently assemble together for such purposes as do not profit them, what apology wilt thou make to the Lord God who forsakes his Church, not imitating so much as the heathen, but by such, thy absence grows slothful, or turns ... And on the day of our Lord's resurrection, which is the Lord's day, meet more diligently, sending praise to God that made the universe by Jesus, and sent Him to us, and condescended to let Him suffer, and raised Him from the dead. Otherwise ... Frantically, at first, it twists and struggles, then weakens, moving its gills slower, finally quivers and dies. Take a Christian who allows himself to be separated from God in worship, fellowship, prayer, and active service and watch. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance.htm

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Inspiration claims of the Watchtower Bible Tract Society Can you think of any examples of a prophet who was not inspired? B. Jw's are eventually taught the Watchtower was prophesied by Jesus in Mt 24:45 Watchtower organization = "faithful & sensible slave whom God put in charge" Jehovah's Witnesses = "of his household" Watchtower magazine = "food at the proper time." Weekly Watchtower study: Every church worldwide studies same thing, at same time Informed Jw's believe that the Watchtower magazine claims inspiration by God in its ... Just as the early Christians congregation collectively served as the channel of communication from heaven to earth, so in our time. (Eph. 3:10) Abundant spiritual food and amazing details as to the doing of God's will have been flowing through this unique ... we need outside the 'faithful and discreet slave' organization.'" (Watchtower, February 15, 1981, p.19) 1983 "Jesus Christ identified a first requirement when he said in prayer to his Father: 'This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you... ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-inspiration.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Psalm 2 "You are my son, ... God's only begotten son 2 Sam 7:14; Jn 3:16; Heb 11:17-19; Mt 17:5 Nations angry 2 Samuel 5 Jews angry Acts 4:25-26 Age 30 in Hebron 2 Samuel 5:4 Age 30 at baptism Lk 3:23; Mt 3:17; Isa 42:1 Introduction: 1. Psalm 2 is a classified as a Royal ... This essentially refutes Jehovah's Witnesses who misuse the designations of "Begotten" and "Firstborn" applied to Jesus in order to make him a creature. I. David and Jesus were begotten by God at their coronation as kings: A. David's Coronation in Jerusalem in 1003 ... B. Jesus' Coronation at Resurrection in AD 33 1. God's anointed king at Resurrection: a. "And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth." (Matthew 28:18) b. "And we preach to you the ... And why has your countenance fallen? "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." Cain told Abel his brother. And it came ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Psalm2-double-dual-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-you-are-my-son-today-I-have-begotten-you-David-Christ-coronation-resurrection-anointed-king.htm

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Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism ... The Therapy of Soul Cleansing Nothing will do more to make one feel right about his standing with God than being about his Father's business. Jesus was doing that at age 12. One must undergo the experience of what I am talking about before he can effectively reflect upon it. A young lady in the church told me recently that it made her feel a lot better to be out knocking on doors. Somehow all the parts mingle together to give us a feeling of catharsis, cleansing, making things better with Heaven. We know we are doing what God has told us to do (Matt. 28; 18-20; Mark 16:15-16; et al.). When one has made contact with one who is not a Christian and has either spoken to him at length or ... Nothing cheers the heart more than to see the fruits of our earnest labors. Especially is this true when we see somebody whom we have taught the gospel walk down the aisle and be buried in New Testament baptism. Perhaps we have initially knocked on that person's door, have handed him a tract, have given ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm

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Sola Scriptura proven from the Bible! Irrefutable proof texts ... ... safe and sure way to defeat Satan: Scripture. We just with that the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches held scripture alone in the same high regard! Traditionalists have simply not comprehended just how devastating it is that Jesus never appealed to his own authority in his 40 days temptation in the wilderness with the Devil. Three times Jesus was tempted, three times Jesus replied, "It is written". If oral tradition, or the authority of the church was valid, then Jesus would have at least one time ... The only times Jesus referred to Oral traditions, was condemning them: 'But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men." He was also saying to ... 2 Peter 1:3-4 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. 1 John 2:1 D. The Gospel of John, by itself, is sufficient to bring about saving faith in Christ without oral traditions and the other three gospels! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-proof-texts.htm

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Can A Christian Sin And Be Lost? Unquestionably the people spoken of here were once Christians, for the writer speaks of them as those who had, "(quote) escaped from the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ" (unquote). Unquestionably these same ... Remember, God cannot lie, and God is not the author of confusion. Study Hebrews 6:18, and I Corinthians 14:33. To illustrate this, we can study verses about baptism (for instance) in the New Testament books written by the apostles John, Paul, ... See Col. 2:14. Paul's writings, however, are a part of the will of Christ, His New Testament. The New Testament is our guide today. In I John 3:9, we read, "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he ... We suggest that you find how to become a citizen of God's kingdom through study the message, "What Must I Do To Be Saved?" and "Are We Saved By Faith Only?". Belief in, "once saved, always saved" may seem justified by John 10:27-29, "My sheep ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-eternal-security.htm

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THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ... Most of the millions of dollars lost by Adventist leaders in the Davenport Scandal came to the Church in the form of tithe money sacrificially given to the Church by Adventist believers who were struggling to get from one paycheck to another. Pirates of Privilege shows Adventist leaders operating as if they do not believe there is a Heaven to win or a Hell to shun, much less than in the Church's own special teachings about the Sabbath, the Investigative Judgment, or the divine inspiration of Ellen White. Whether her writings were inspired by God or not, these leaders repeatedly ... for the wives and verify their accuracy? 3. Why deny a worker medical benefits if he conscientiously signed off from Social Security in the belief that the Conference Medical policy would supply his needs? ... As a people professing to be reformers, treasuring the most solemn, purifying truths of God's word we must elevate the standard far higher than it is at the present time. Sin and sinners in the church must ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pirates-of-privilege.htm

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Trinity: "Plural of Majesty", "pluralis majestaticus", "singular ... God is one in unity, but three persons: "Let US make man in OUR image". (Gen 1:26) To those who think there is even a single example of the "Royal We" in scripture we say: "We are not amused!" ... As we will see, all of the Anti-Trinitarian arguments are invalid leaving us with no other conclusion then the fact that God is a plurality of persons, just as the Biblical trinity teaches. It is clear that these plural references to God in the Old Testament we hidden until fully revealed by Christ and his apostles with the proclamation of the deity of Jesus. Jews could look back and see Jesus ... Arians (Jehovah's Witnesses, Anti-Trinitarians (Christadelphians), Unitarians and Modalists (UPCI United Pentecostal church international), will appeal to the following Bible texts as proof of "plural ... To suggest that Paul uses the "Royal We" here, is as wrong as it is unwarranted. D. "But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-of-majesty-pluralis-majestaticus-royal-we.htm

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Werner, Martin: The Formation of Christian Dogma The Primitive Christian conception of the Messiah as a high angelic being also explains for us the fact, which is of great doctrinal importance, that in the Primitive Christian era there was no sign of any kind of Trinitarian problem or controversy, such as later produced violent conflicts in the Church. The reason for this ... Wherever in the New Testament the relationship of Jesus to God, the Father, is brought into consideration, whether with reference to his appearance as a man or to his Messianic status, it is conceived of and represented categorically as subordination. And the most decisive Subordinationist of the New Testament, according to the Synoptic ... It was a myth, behind which the historical Jesus completely disappeared, because there was nothing common between them. Hippolytus, for example, once expressed himself in the following manner: 'The Word sprang from heaven into the womb of the Virgin; it sprang from the Mother's womb on, to the Tree; it sprang from the Tree into ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Werner.htm

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Watchtower Deceptions: Confusing Modalism as if it were trinity ... To verify what I'm saying, all one needs to do is simply turn to just about any WT literature and examine how they represent our belief. For example, turn to page 39 of the book You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (which is zealously "placed" by JWs to try to prove their doctrine) to see the kind of logic I'm talking about.4 Right under the picture of Jesus in the bottom left hand corner is the statement "Since Jesus prayed to God, asking that God's will, not his, be done, the two could not be ... who are really no gods at all. 2. Human judges (gods) who come under judgment themselves (Ps 82:6). 3. The kind of god Satan is: A so-called god who has already been judged (2 Cor 4:4; Isaiah 14:15). 4. The one True God in the Bible (John 17:3)." ... The caption under the picture reads, "Since Jesus prayed to God, asking that God's will, not his be done, the two could not be the same person." Within the text, Jesus' prayer in Gesthsemane is quoted, "Let not MY will, but YOURS take place" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-deceptions-modalism.htm

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Neo-Sadduceeism (Acts 23:6-9) Refuted!!! And there arose a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"" Trademark false doctrines of Neo-Sadducees: Sadducees Doctrine Neo-Sadduceeian False doctrine Deny "spirit" Click to View Man has no soul being "monochotomous in nature" Click to View No conscious life after death Click to View Heaven is a literal restored "garden of Eden" on earth Click to View Hell is annihilation rather than eternal conscious torment Click to View Anti-Trinitarian (Even Ellen White & the SDA church was Click to View Arian/unitarian until about 1930 AD) Click to View The Holy Spirit doesn't exist, but is merely a personification of God's power Click to View The Devil doesn't exist, but is the personification of Sin Click to View Demons don't exist, but are personification of disease Click to View Jesus, being created by God, ceased to exist for 3 days in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/neo-sadduceeism.htm

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The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons ... given in place of the following literalistic translation. 2. ... at which nevertheless he was present, and so he placed [them in his narrative]. 1 (2) The third book of the Gospel is that according to Luke. (3) Luke, the well-known physician, after the ascension of Christ, (4-5) when Paul had taken him with him as one zealous for the law,2 (6) composed it in his own name, according to [the general] belief.' ... V. Iv. 3 above. 2. In the first book of his [Origen's] Commentary on the Gospel according to Matthew, defending the canon of the Church, he testifies that he knows only four Gospels, writing somewhat as follows: 3. (4) `Among the four Gospels, which are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven, I have learned by tradition that first was written that according to Matthew, who was once a tax collector but afterwards an apostle of Jesus Christ, who published it for those who from Judaism came to believe, composed as it was in the Hebrew language. (5) ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-councils-synods-canons.htm

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Daniel 2,7,9,12 and Revelation Oct 2021 Commentary on the book of Daniel by Steven Rudd Daniel Commentary: Daniel 2: The 5 kingdoms: Rome 49 BC + Church kingdom Daniel 7: The 1260 Days, 42 months: Nero persecution: 64-68 AD Daniel 8/11: 2300 days: Antiochus Epiphanes ... 20 Rev 3 Rev 9 Rev 15 Rev 21 Rev 4 Rev 10 Rev 16 Rev 22 3 Daniel 2:44: Five Kingdoms 4 "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush ... They destroyed the altars that had been built by the foreigners in the marketplace and also the shrines." (2 Maccabees 10:1-2) 8. Jesus used the Hanukkah celebration as an opportunity to teach: Jn 10:22 14 a. "Now it happened on the day in which ... Daniel 2 | Daniel 7 | Daniel 8/11 | Daniel 9 | Daniel 12 Daniel 12:9-13 (43 Months/1290 days) Ministry of the Messiah: Baptism to Cross Daniel 12:9-13 "He said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible-Only-commentary-Daniel-Steven-Rudd.pdf

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Is Suicide an answer to life's problems? ... Being made in God's image, He wants you to use your body as his representative here on earth. He wants you to learn from His word, the Bible, how to live to please Him. And dear friend, you can understand the Bible and find out God's plan for your life. God sent his own son Jesus Christ to die so you could have a rich and full life here and then life in heaven when he calls us from this earth. Because He lived, you have great purpose in life. Thirdly, you can have total confidence in the grace and forgiveness of God to remove all the shame and guilt of sin in your life. Believe in and enjoy the great love of God as David said, "When my father and mother forsake me, then Jehovah will take me up." (Psa. 27:10). You can be clean from every sin of your life by obeying the gospel of Christ, becoming a simple New Testament Christian. And last, you need the continual practice of believing prayer as a powerful protective against suicide. Peter exhorts us to cast all our cares on him, because ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-suicide.htm

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Tradition wars: The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make ... Roman Catholics and Orthodox nuke it out, each claiming the other's tradition is wrong, while sola Scriptura advocates point them back to the Bible as the only hope for unity! Both Roman Catholics and ... The Immaculate Conception is utterly rejected by the Orthodox. The orthodox baptized by full immersion (thrice), the Catholics sprinkle. In the Orthodox Church married men can become priests. In the ... Catholics believe the bread and wine (transubstantiation) become the literal body of Christ when the priest says, "this is my body". The Orthodox disagrees and says the change takes place at prayer. ... Transubstantiation is a false doctrine that says the bread and grape juice of the Lord's supper actually molecularly change to become the flesh and blood of Jesus. Of course this old doctrine was ... If they reject this, we are clearly not bound to follow them. Therefore let God-inspired Scripture decide between us; and on whichever side be found doctrines in harmony with the word of God, in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-vs-orthodox.htm

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The Growing vs. The Dying church Yet, they work very hard! We are the lazy ones! The key to church growth is to activate the general membership to be seekers of the lost. But this is a difficult tradition to overturn. Disinterest in reaching the lost is not the only problem we are battling today. We are also faced with general apathy, poor attendance, compromising of moral standards, and morgue-like worship services. Actually, all these little problems are merely symptoms of one large central problem: a superficial relationship with God. So, rather than cracking the whip or laying guilt trips on members to reach the lost, deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ through a daily Bible reading and prayer program. Then they will volunteer to ... Quiet As Tombs Love And Forgiveness Gossip, Suspicion & Bickering Sacrificial money Givers Merely Tip The Lord with leftovers Emphasize Moral Purity Sin, Adultery, Compromise rampant Men & Women Soul-winners Pastor System Never Forsake Assembly Attendance Is An Option ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-dying-church.htm

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Lesson 1: The Purpose Of Our Worship Of God Our worship must show our adoration and loyalty to God for His grace in providing us with the way to escape the bondage of sin, so we can have the salvation He so much wants to give us. The nature of the worship God demands is the prostration of our souls before Him in humble and contrite submission. James 4:6, 10 tells us, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up". Our worship to God is a very humble and reverent action. Jesus says in John 4:23-24, "But ... Worship is a time when we pay deep, sincere, awesome respect, love, and fear to the one who created us. Acts 17:24-25 says, "God who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in ... to work out our own salvation? A With fear and trembling. B Any way we want to. C Let the church do it for me. 10) T F God will determine our eternal destiny. 11) (James 4:8) If we draw near to God A He will not draw near to us. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-1-purpose.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 180 AD: Irenaeus For she is the entrance to life; all others are thieves and robbers. On this account are we bound to avoid them, but to make choice of the thing pertaining to the Church with the utmost diligence, and to lay hold of the tradition of the truth. For how stands the case? Suppose there arise a dispute relative ... written in their hearts by the Spirit, without paper or ink, and, carefully preserving the ancient tradition, believing in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and all things therein, by means of Christ Jesus, the Son of God; who, because of His surpassing love towards His creation, condescended to be born of the virgin, He Himself uniting man through Himself to God, and ... We rely on "oral tradition" in the absence of written documents. Had Irenaeus' creed (in blue) included any extra biblical doctrines like, the perpetual virginity and assumption of Mary, infant baptism, triple baptism; the sign of the cross etc., then Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders would still only ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-irenaeus.htm

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When & Where Did The New Testament Church Begin? About six months before His death, Christ said, "upon this rock I will build my church" Matthew 16:16-18. In the Old Testament many predictions were made concerning the church or the Kingdom, and that it would never be destroyed. In Isaiah 2:2-4, he states that when the word of Jehovah would go forth from Jerusalem, Jehovah's house was to be established and all nations would flow into it. In Zach. 1:16, God speaking through the prophets said, "My house shall be built in Jerusalem". In Mark 9:1, Jesus told his Apostles, "some of you ... The church set forth in the New Testament rests upon seven cardinal principles: the death of Christ the resurrection of Christ the ascension of Christ the sending of the Holy Spirit by Christ baptism by His authority baptism ... A few days later Peter explained, "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). All of the foundation stones of the church were firmly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-origin-church.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... of the ancient Church sought to set forth the Christian experience in logical terms of reason. In the effort they were led, inevitably, to effect an alliance between the gospel of their salvation and the speculative philosophy, and more especially the Platonism, in which they had been trained, while, in making room for the Christian gospel within the world-not altogether hospitable of the Greek philosophy, they found themselves translating their empirical knowledge of God-the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ-into a doctrine of diversity or multiplicity, as distinguished from merely abstract unity, within the divine Nature itself. ... The simple affirmation of the "threeness of God", seen at the Baptism of Jesus and the baptism of every Christian, is the Economic Trinity Ontological Trinity: Second, the developed trinity or as the Watchtower leaves out the, "strictly ontological" trinity, is the theological explanation as to how a mono-theistic view of God can have threeness. This ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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Is Scientology A Religion? YES! Alan Black ... Religions there. 4. For example, Alan W. Black and Peter E. Glasner, eds., Practice and Belief: Studies in the Sociology of Australian Religion, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1983. II. DIMENSIONS ... Sometimes these practices are quite elaborate and publicly visible, as in the eucharistic liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church or the sacred ceremonies of Australian aboriginal religions. Sometimes they are much less elaborate and less publicly visible, as in the forms of meditation practised in Buddhism or the private prayer which is part of various religious traditions. In using the word ... II.III. THE NARRATIVE OR MYTHIC DIMENSION In very many religions, there are narratives. These narratives may be about the activities of God, gods or other spiritual entities, about the career of a ... Likewise Islam has the Shari'a (law) prescribing various moral and ritual duties. In Christianity, Jesus summed up his ethical teaching in the commandment "love your neighbour as yourself." At least ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-is-a-religion-black.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... ... Gifts Ceased know and prophecy only a part know fully, perfect knowledge of Christ Children tosses about became a mature man look into mirror dimly face to face (mirror clearly) every wind of doctrine unity of the faith II. Definition of perfect (teleion) in 1 Cor 13:8-13 A. ... Finally, since these gifts are specifically identified in 12:27-28 as those which God has given to the church, the body of Christ, "the perfect" represents the full or complete revelation that God intends for the church. Thus, "the perfect" points to completed revelation God has intended for the ... perfection and maturity: a. "Therefore you are to be perfect [teleios], as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48) b. "Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete [teleios], go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."" (Matthew 19:21) c. "Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature [teleios]; a wisdom, however, not of this ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-1Cor13-8-13.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Candy ... Law of Anticipatory Warthog Psychosis (AWP) EDS-7.7.13.AWP Determine the Problem Secret sin of lesbian sexual unions soon to be discovered Ask a Child Something is making her sad. EDS-7.7.12.PMO 5 years later EDS-7.7.LPT Repented, restored The case of "Candy" A 30 year old single Christian woman, named Tammy, was very active in the Lord's work of her local church. She helped set up the church website, was active in personal evangelism and was responsible for the baptism of dozens. She was admired and respected for her work in the Lord by the ... He confronted Tammy about how absurd it was for her to feel that she was a bad Christian for falling asleep in prayer, even if she had made such a goal that night. However, instead of following the pattern of praising Tammy ... Notice the super-spiritual activity ("super-Christian syndrome") of soul winning etc, was a kind of "balance scale salvation" where if she worked extra hard for God, it would balance out the lesbianism. When a church member ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-candy.htm

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Sunday: Weekly memorial of the resurrection of Christ to the Magnesians, chp 9. Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, pg. 62-63.) 130AD BARNABAS: Moreover God says to the Jews, 'Your new moons and Sabbaths 1 cannot endure.' You see how he says, 'The present Sabbaths are not acceptable to me, but the Sabbath which I have made in which, when I have rested [heaven: Heb 4] from all things, I will make the beginning of the eighth day which is the beginning of another world.' Wherefore we Christians keep the eighth day for joy, on which also Jesus arose from the dead and when he appeared ascended into heaven. (15:8f, The Epistle of Barnabas, 100 ... days to celebrate the same practices as we in remembrance of the resurrection of the Savior. (Church History Ill.xxvii.5) 300 AD Eusebius of Caesarea "The day of his [Christ's] light . . . was the ... one, and every Lord's day, hold your solemn assemblies, and rejoice: for he will be guilty of sin who fasts on the Lord's day, being the day of the resurrection, or during the time of Pentecost, or, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-of-resurrection.htm

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The Catholic Church did not Give the world The Bible! The Catholic writers quoted above state that one can accept the Bible as being inspired and as having authority only on the basis of the Catholic Church. In reality, the Bible is inspired and has authority, not because a church declared it so, but because God made it so. God delivered it by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and declared that it would abide forever. "All scripture is inspired of God..." (2 Tim. 3:16). "...Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." (2 Pet. 1:21). "Heaven and ... (1 Cor. 1:2). 6. Why does it condemn the making and adoration of images? (Ex. 20:4-5). 7. Why does it teach that baptism is immersion instead of pouring? (Col. 2:12). 8. Why does it forbid us to address religious leaders as "father"? ... The holy Scriptures were written for all (1 Cor. 1:2; Eph. 1:1) and all will be judged by them in the last day (Rev. 20:12; John 12:48). Jesus said that His Word will abide forever (Matt. 24:35; 1 Pet. 1:23-25). Fourthly, the Catholic claim ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm

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What is Bible Repentance? ... Jesus called his actions repentance. The young man reflected over the matter, he came to know that he was wrong, realizing that he had sinned against his father. Having arrived at this conclusion, the young man faced about in an opposite direction and did according to his father's request. All men need to repent. All men sin and as a result, all men need to turn from sin and turn to righteousness. When Paul was speaking from Mars Hill to the Athenians and reasoning with them concerning the living God, he told them that in times past God had winked at such ignorance as the Athenians were then ... Such unrighteous beings are to repent, to change their affection, and to turn to the living God. Then prayer will be acceptable. Then, and only when man repents, will God hear and answer. When man ... This is the goodness of God, This is the love of God. Repentance is a change in our affection, a turning to God. Leaving Satan and serving the Savior causes one to avoid destruction. Christ said and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-repentance.htm

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5 Barriers to church growth ... When she reported the news to the men, they didn't believe her! In Jn 4:27-30, Jesus used a woman to bring out an entire village to hear the gospel. Lk 8:3 Joanna, Susanna, Mary & others contributed to financial support of Jesus' ministry. Eunice and Lois were commended for teaching their children the gospel. In Col 4:15, Nympha allowed the church to meet in her house every Lord's day. Col 4:15 Pheobe was called a "servant of the church...worthy of all respect" Rom 16:1-2. We have Philip's four daughters who prophesied in Acts 21:9. Acts 18:26 Priscilla and Aquila taught the details of baptism ... After all, women themselves will often claim that men don't understand them! A woman is much better at being frank about the sin of fornication in the non-Christian's life there is no possibility of ... Yes, the men certainly have overlooked the incredible potential women inherently possess women stop overlooking themselves and develop their own God given skills as soulwinners. GOSSIP, GRUDGES AND ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-barriers-growth.htm

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Faith is used 4 ways in the Bible We accept God not only exists but He created everything in 6 days 3. Faith accepts even that which appears unreasonable: Rom 4:17 II. Faith (Gr: pistis) used in four ways: A. #1: A Personal Belief, Mental Acceptance & Acknowledgement Of God's ... Gal 1:23 preaching the faith he once tried to destroy c. Eph 4:5 only one faith d. Eph 4:23 until we all attain to the unity of the faith a. Acts 14:22 encouraging them to continue in the faith f. Acts 16:5 strengthen in the faith g. 2 Cor ... Lk 18:8 will Jesus find the faith upon the earth when He returns III. How do we get faith? A. Some wrongly teach faith comes directly from God, the Holy Spirit or Jesus 1. The Holy Spirit directly imparts faith independently of any medium. 2. God directly "operates" ... B. God indirectly imparts faith through the sodium or instrument of the Bible: 1. Rom 10:5-18 a. Who will ascend into heaven? ANSWER: Deut 30:10-14 b. V8 "the word of faith" c. V17 faith comes from hearing the word of Christ 2. Jn 20:30-31 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-faith-defined-basics.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... Arthur Weigall: The Church made a sacred day of Sunday ... "largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festivals endeared to the people by tradition, and to give them a ... origin: p131,132 "Washed in the Blood of the lamb" is of pagan origin: p132 Baptism and the Lord's Supper are both of pagan origin: p134, p146,147 Phrase "Soldiers of Christ" is of pagan origin: p135 Jesus as "the Shepherd" is of pagan origin: p136 Lords Supper is of pagan origin" p146,147 The idea of "blood atonement for sins" is of pagan origin: p152,158 Jesus "Begotten of God" is of pagan origin: p169 Incarnate Logos of Jn 1:1 is of pagan origin, The "pre-existent angel" is a 4th century concept: ... E. Mithraism had these elements in common with Christianity! Did baptism and the final judgment also originate with Mithraism??? Baptism a sacred meal categorical ethics belief in a final judgment eternal life for the righteous eternal punishment ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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Why Does God Allow Suffering? I am reminded of another story of a young grain farmer who spent his last dollars on seed for a crop which was wiped out by drought and hail. He missed church for 3 months blaming it on God. The preacher came and said to him, "Son, God knows that, while it is impossible to grow good grain ... heaven is beyond our wildest dreams! "God is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all we ask or think." Ephesians 3:20 Suffering in this life helps us focus on and long for the next! We need to remember that we live in a physical world with physical laws. We stub our toes, cut our fingers, break our legs, catch the flu, get into car accidents. Some things just happen by the very nature of our physical existence. No one is to blame. But if blame is to be laid, let's not rule out the actions of the Devil, who afflicted Job with great tribulation, tempted Jesus to sin, and prowls about like a lion seeking someone to devour! If you want to blame suffering on someone, why blame the loving God who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-sufferingWhy.htm

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Why Does God Allow Suffering? I am reminded of another story of a young grain farmer who spent his last dollars on seed for a crop which was wiped out by drought and hail. He missed church for 3 months blaming it on God. The preacher came and said to him, "Son, God knows that, while it is impossible to grow good grain ... heaven is beyond our wildest dreams! "God is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all we ask or think." Ephesians 3:20 Suffering in this life helps us focus on and long for the next! We need to remember that we live in a physical world with physical laws. We stub our toes, cut our fingers, break our legs, catch the flu, get into car accidents. Some things just happen by the very nature of our physical existence. No one is to blame. But if blame is to be laid, let's not rule out the actions of the Devil, who afflicted Job with great tribulation, tempted Jesus to sin, and prowls about like a lion seeking someone to devour! If you want to blame suffering on someone, why blame the loving God who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-sufferingWhy.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 Second Adventist preacher Jonas Wendell. For some years after that Russell continued to study Scripture with and under the influence of various Adventist laymen and clergy, notably Advent Christian Church minister George Stetson and the Bible Examiner's publisher George Storrs. He met locally on a ... published by Nelson H. Barbour of Rochester, New York. One of the distinguishing features of Barbour's group at that time was their belief that Christ returned invisibly in 1874, and this concept presented in The Herald captured Russell's attention. ... Russell and Barbour believed and taught that Christ's invisible return in 1874 would be followed soon afterward, in the spring of 1878 to be exact, by the Rapture-the bodily snatching away of believers to heaven. When this expected Rapture failed to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-history.htm

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Taylor, Vincent: 1: The person of Christ in NT teaching. 2: The ... ... man through incarnation, and is subject to any type of development, that Jesus is no longer God or never was God. Full Text: "Many questions arise in the mind concerning the divine consciousness of Jesus. In what manner did it emerge during the conditions of His earthly existence? Was His sense of Sonship subject to development? ... The facts, however, are too easily forgotten, or are insufficiently weighed, in the anxiety to insist upon the divinity of Christ; so much so that in all periods, and even today, docetism, the belief that the humanity was but a semblance or phantom, is the constant peril of the Church. Luther powerfully expresses the truth when he writes: 'He ate, drank, slept, waked; was weary, sorrowful, rejoicing; He wept and He laughed; He knew hunger and thirst and sweat; He talked, He toiled, He prayed ... so that there was no difference between Him and other men, save only this, that He was God and had no sin'. Emil Brunner, who cites this passage, goes so far as to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Taylor.htm

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Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs ... ... For He wished him who had been received into partnership in His undivided unity to be named what He Himself was, when He said: "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church:" that the building of the eternal temple by the wondrous gift ... Listen to this passage: "Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the bishops and deacons." Do you wish for another instance? In the Acts of the Apostles Paul thus speaks to the priests of a single church: "Take heed unto yourselves and to all the flock, in the which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed the church of God which He purchased with His own blood." And lest any should in a spirit of contention argue that ... For in all points...we are eager to add to the honor and authority of your See, now we entreat your Blessedness to pray for us, and to obtain for us the protection of heaven." (Roman emperor Justinian I, Volume of the Civil Law, Codices lib. I tit. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-451-588AD.htm

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